Late-Arrivals To RAW/ECW?, JBL’s ‘Mania Angle?, More

During his new blog post over on the WWE Universe social networking website JBL stated the following: “I have said all along I am going to do something historic at Wrestlemania, believe me when I tell you-it will blow you away what will happen with JBL at Wrestlemania.”

There were said to be lots of late arrivals to the Raw/ECW tapings on Monday in Boston, MA due to the bad weather. Jerry Lawler couldn’t fly into Boston, so he ended up flying into LaGuardia Airport and took a train ride from New York to Boston before the show. He reportedly had never taken a train ride before in his entire life. Michael Hayes arrived late to the show as well. In the past, wrestlers would get some heat if they arrived late due to weather. This was a situation where people were warned ahead of time and it doesn’t appear any wrestlers missed the show or were drastically late. A good majority were already in the area doing house shows so they were able to get into Boston on schedule.

WWE attendance figures courtesy of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

2/27 in Long Island, NY (Raw): 15,000 fans.
2/27 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada (Smackdown): 3,500 fans.
2/28 in Wilkes-Barre, PA (Raw): 3,000 fans.
2/28 in Burlington, VT (Smackdown): 2,500 fans.
3/1 in Poughkeepsie, NY (Raw): 2,500 fans.
3/1 in Glens Falls, NY (Smackdown): no word on attendance.
3/2 in Boston, MA (Raw/ECW taping): no word on attendance.
3/3 in Mohegan Sun, CT (Smackdown taping): sellout.

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