WrestleMania 2015 city finalist, Hornswoggle’s movie and Jerry Lawler's Batmobile
- The Mercury News reports that Santa Clara is a finalist to host WrestleMania in 2015 at the new San Francisco 49ers’ stadium, which can hold 75,000 fans. According to the article, Philadelphia is the other competing city, and Santa Clara mayor Jamie Matthews will be flying to WWE headquarters in Connecticut next week to pitch Vince McMahon.
“It really is the wrestling world’s Super Bowl,” said Matthews. “[It] be something that will benefit the cities around us economically and cement our pre-eminence as a sports capital here.”
- DreadCentral.com has new details about WWE Studios new Leprechaun reboot starring Hornswoggle. According to the article, the film is now in post-production and also stars Stephanie Bennett, Teach Grant and Bruce Blain.
- The grand opening for the Jerry “The King” Lawler museum at the Resorts Casino Tunica in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi will take place this Saturday. Lawler will be at the opening signing autographs from 2pm – 4pm and tweeted that he would be bringing his 1966 Batmobile with him:
I’m bringing my 1966 Batmobile to the Jerry Lawler Museum this Saturday at Resorts Casino in Tunica, MS. Come see it! pic.twitter.com/BhQQ62gvAB
— Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) August 20, 2013