Bubba To Get A TV Show?, WWE Stock Tanks, ‘Mania News, More

Partial Source: Pwinsider.com

— WWE stock fell $1.49 to $16.21 following the announcement of the company’s first quarter results today. It’s worth noting that the entire market was down today but that is a major drop for WWE’s stock. WWE also held their financial report today so that likely played a part in the drop as well. The WrestleMania buyrate was obviously not good news at all.

— BloggingStocks.com is saying that investors may want to look at picking up WWE stock now while the price has dropped due to the first quarter results announced today.

— Tickets for WWE events at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX on July 28 and at the Civic Center in Pensacola, FL on July 4 go on sale May 15 at 10AM.

— Bubba the Love Sponge is getting a one-week tryout pilot with the Tribune Company to do a Jerry Springer-style TV show with former Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham.

— The Blu-Ray version of WrestleMania 26 is now available at Best Buy. The edit we mentioned yesterday of Jack Swagger retrieving the briefcase is said to be seamless, but another edit of a Ted DiBiase match from WrestleMania 6 changes the crowd reaction and removes Jesse Ventura’s commentary.

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