Let us take a look at the top 10 stories of the hour from the world of Professional Wrestling:
10. Mick Foley’s WrestleMania 32 Role
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley made his return to WWE Programming on Raw, where he passed the torch to Dean Ambrose by gifting him a barbed wire baseball bat. There’s no official word on what Foley’s role will be at WrestleMania 32, but he’s expected to do something similar to what DX/nWo did at last year’s WrestleMania.
9. Gawker Founder Reacts To Losing Lawsuit Involving Hulk Hogan
As we noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan won the lawsuit against Gawker and was awarded $115 million.
Below is what Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, had to say:
Given key evidence and the most important witnesses were both improperly withheld from the jury, we all knew the appeals court will need to resolve the case. I want to thank our lawyers for their outstanding work and am confident that we would have prevailed at trial if we had been allowed to present the full case to the jury.
That’s why we feel very positive about the appeal that we have already begun preparing, as we expect to win the case ultimately.
8. Jake “The Snake” Roberts Reveals His True Opinion on Vince McMahon
During a recent appearance on The Hannibal TV, WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts revealed his true opinion about Vince McMahon.
Below is what Jake said:
“Brilliant, brilliant. The hardest working motherf–ker I know. Like him or not, it doesn’t matter, he’s the hardest working son of a b—h I know. He’s done a lot for this business, he’s done a lot of things that hurt this business. But for somebody in his position, he’s done pretty f–king good.”