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PAUL HEYMAN TALKS PUNK VS. LESNAR, PUNK VS. AUSTIN, PAUL BEARER ANGLE & MORE

Paul Heyman spoke with Chad Dukes of ChadDukesWrestling.com and 1067 The Fan to promote WrestleMania 29. Here are some highlights:

The Paul Bearer angle:

“I mean leave it to a Jew to portray a resurrection the day after Easter Sunday. That was part of how offensive it was supposed to be! Of course, it was designed to offend! It was designed to be controversial! It was designed to piss people off and I wish it went even further than it did.”

The possibility of a CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar match:

“Listen if they happen to come to blows, I have both sides of a main event, that’s not bad. Isn’t that conventional thinking, I’d have to choose one side? Listen, tell ya my theory of life. I have a hot girlfriend. I have another hot girlfriend, on the side. Now, I can sit there and lie to them both and say, “Honey, you’re the one,” and then go to the other one, “Baby, you’re the one.” Or I can get them together and have the best of all worlds. Now you tell me, do you wanna live the double life, or do you sit there and say, can’t we all get along? So, why can’t I have both sides of the main event?”

A Steve Austin vs. CM Punk match:

“I’m very intrigued by what could possibly happen if those two could step into the ring with each other. The chemistry with each other, and around each other, there’s a real combustible element there. You just know it. They have so much respect and admiration for each other, but man you look into each others eyes going, “man I’d really like to tangle with this dude.”

“Let’s say Austin comes back for WrestleMania XXX, let’s say he comes back against CM Punk. Is that a $200 million dollar weekend in revenue? Is that a $200 million dollar gross revenue weekend and is the catalyst for that figure going from 150 to 200, Stone Cold Steve Austin? Now if that intrigues Steve, it intrigues me but I’m not Steve, I think Steve would be back.”

CM PUNK TALKS ABOUT STEVE AUSTIN, THE NEW WWE TITLE BELT, WEARING A CESARO SHIRT

CM Punk spoke with Chad Dukes of 106.7 The Fan while at WrestleMania Axxess. Here are some highlights:

Wearing an Antonio Cesaro shirt at the WrestleMania press conference:

“It was a clean shirt that grabbed and I wore that day. It’s not some sort of silent protest because he’s not on Mania, although I will go on record right now that it’s absolutely ridiculous that he doesn’t have a match at Wrestlemania. I will pimp that guy until the cows come home. He’s awesome. He’s everything that the WWE should want in their superstars. He’s tremendous. He can wrestle, he’s a brick house, he’s looks the part, he acts the part, he walks and talks that part. He can speak seven different languages! You’re missing the boat on this guy.”

The new WWE Title belt:

“That was actually one of the goals. I never would have spoken about it on TV if there wasn’t a new title belt ready to go. So, I did that and I just got the run-around forever about it. It was talked about, it just never happened.”

The Undertaker and The Streak:

“I’ve got the Undertaker and I think the streak, ultimately, is bigger than the title. Twenty years undefeated at Wrestlemania and the way this thing’s been built up, no I’m not salty about not even having the title anymore. I think I built that thing (the WWE title) up and I worked very hard to do that, to get it ready for the next guy. So no, not salty at all.”

Steve Austin:

“It’s never been really acknowledged within the WWE. This isn’t me trying to promote something that isn’t there, but there was just this hilarious tension in the room when me and Steve were in there. It’s funny to actually be in a room live, everybody else is uncomfortable except me and Steve. There’s this weird magnetism. It’s this unspoken thing. The only way I can describe it, and Paul Heyman completely 100% agrees, it’s the Old West and there’s the two gunfighters, and they’re buddies, but everybody always goes, ‘I wonder what would happen… what if?’ And that’s all it is. It’s fun.”

LEGENDS IN TOWN PLUS SINGER PERFORMING AT WM29

Aside from the usual WWE Legends that work for the company and usually attend company events, other legends in town for this weekend’s WrestleMania festivities include Harley Race, Larry Zbyszko, Diamond Dallas Page, Jake Roberts, Bret Hart, Tommy Dreamer, Dominic DeNucci, Mil Mascaras and Dos Caras.

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Grey sings the WrestleMania theme song “Coming Home” along with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Singer Skylar Grey revealed on Twitter that she will also be performing at Sunday’s WrestleMania 29 pay-per-view: 

Skylar Grey       
@SkylarGrey
"I'll be performing w/ @iamdiddy at @WrestleMania Sunday, April 7th live on Pay Per View!! Its @JohnCena vs @TheRock pic.twitter.com/DXQtSrbrpD"
11:23 PM - 03 Apr 13

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CM PUNK’S “CULT OF PERSONALITY” THEME TO BE PERFORMED LIVE AT WRESTLEMANIA 29 BY LIVING COLOUR

According to Mapex USA Drums, drummer Will Calhoun of Living Colour will be using their snare drum at the WWE WrestleMania 29 show live on Sunday. CM Punk announced on Twitter that the band Living Colour will be at WrestleMania 29 this Sunday to perform his theme song “Cult Of Personality” as he walks to the ring for his match against The Undertaker:

CM Punk       
@CMPunk

"Time to let the cat out of the bag! @LivingColour will be playing me to and from the ring Sunday at #Wrestlemaina. #cultofpersonality"
4:20 PM - 04 Apr 13

@LivingColour also tweeted:

Living Colour      
@LivingColour

"We're excited to announce that we will be performing at #WRESTLEMANIA for @CMPUNK and the WWE!"
4:33 PM - 04 Apr 13

THE ROCK TALKS ABOUT “TWICE IN A LIFETIME” & HIS STATUS FOR WM30

WWE Champion The Rock was interviewed by the Associated Press this week to hype WrestleMania 29 this weekend, calling it the biggest show of his career. Despite the fact that last year’s showdown was billed as Once In A Lifetime, The Rock said the re-match made sense because it was “still the biggest money-match the promotion could offer in the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.”

Despite the fact that he appeared at the WrestleMania 30 press conference and implied he’d be at that event, The Rock Johnson told the Associated Press that he’s unsure if he will wrestle again at next year’s WrestleMania. The AP reported: “Johnson said he hasn’t decided if he’ll participate in WrestleMania 30 next year in New Orleans.”

As for his crazy schedule of balancing WWE, movies, TV shows, commercials and promotional appearances, The Rock said, “I never feel that it’s too much, “because I’m aware of the plan. I put the plan together (laughs). But in that, comes really incredible challenges that require a lot of people to embrace the vision of it, to support it.”

TRISH STRATUS EXPLAINS WHY STEPHANIE MCMAHON IS INDUCTING HER INTO THE HALL OF FAME

2013 WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus spoke to TrishStratus.com this week and revealed why WWE executive Stephanie McMahon is inducting her:

“As the Hall of Fame is a nod to what one has accomplished in their career, my mind naturally went to Stephanie as there would have never been a Women’s Division to win seven championships and create lasting memories in, without her continuous support of the women in our company.”

Stephanie McMahon also spoke to to TrishStratus.com about her longtime friendship with Trish:

“We both started around the same time, we were both ‘green’ as you would say,” McMahon said. “Trish went on to become an incredible Diva in the ring… but we had the opportunity to start in a similar place. To be able to tell the story that we told was quite an amazing opportunity at a really entertaining, attitudinal time in our business.”

CM PUNK TALKS ABOUT TEAMING WITH & WRESTLING AGAINST LESNAR, CENA PILEDRIVER & MORE

ESPN’s Jon Robinson recently spoke with controversal WWE star CM Punk who spoke on such topics as facing The Rock for a third time, the WrestleMania 29 match he is looking forward to most, and more. The story can be read in full at ESPN.com, below are excerpts from the article:

When asked what beating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 would do for his legacy, Punk responded, “I think it would do something tremendous for anybody’s legacy. Some people get excited just because they’re wrestling The Undertaker at WrestleMania, but I’m not really in awe of anybody I wrestle; I’m here to beat him. It’s one of the only things I can possibly do to top my career moment I had in Las Vegas when I cut that infamous promo.”

CM Punk was asked which WrestleMania 29 match he was most looking forward to watching, Punk said, “Fandango versus Chris Jericho. You probably don’t believe me, but it’s true. I can’t remember the last time somebody debuted at WrestleMania, and Fandango is actually one hell of a talent, so I’m excited to see where this goes. Besides, it’s Chris Jericho. You can’t go wrong with a Chris Jericho match.”

Future match-ups were discussed such as a third match against The Rock to which Punk said, “I don’t think it’s in the cards, but I wouldn’t say no to it.” He went on to say there was discussions between himself, Paul Heyman, and Brock Lesnar about himself and Lesnar joining forces in a tag team. When asked about a match against Lesnar, Punk simply responded, “I think that would be horrible for him. He doesn’t want to fight me.”

CM Punk didn’t hesitate when asked which match would be most talked about, the pile driving superstar simply responded, “My match. I’m out to prove people wrong again. I don’t think it’s a secret that I wanted to be in the main event at WrestleMania and I don’t think it’s a secret that people are like, ‘But you’re in one of the main events, you’re wrestling The Undertaker.’ But I’m not one for consolation prizes. I’m out to steal the show, and I’m out to do the improbable. If I’m able to do that, that remains to be seen, but we’ll find out.”