— WWE has confirmed the induction of “Cowboy” Bill Watts into the WWE Hall of Fame. In the latest edition of Legends of Wrestling on WWE 24/7 Classics On Demand, Watts, who appears on the program, is listed as a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame inductee. So, WWE ended up spoiling the news before it was announced on Raw or Smackdown.
— The May 4, 2009 edition of Raw is set to take place at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. at the arena box office, Tops Supermarkets and www.tickets.com.
— WWE.com has posted models of the final batch of characters to be revealed for the upcoming “Legends of WrestleMania” video game. Images of Arn Anderson, Big Boss Man, Koko B. Ware, Michael Hayes, Mr. Perfect, Paul Bearer, Ric Flair, Ultimate Warrior, and Undertaker have been disclosed. You can see the images at the following link.
If you’re wondering how the images previously leaked online last week (and when specific characters were going to be introduced by IGN.com), it was as a result of one ardent person who managed to crack WWE.com’s code.
After WWE.com released images of the first batch of Legends, through tons of trial and error, one person meticulously discovered the other images by constantly changing the wrestler name and photo set number in the URL (for example -“/legendswrestlemania/photos/rosterpt3/mr.-fuji.jpg” to “/legendswrestlemania/photos/rosterpt4/ric-flair.jpg”). Although, a list correctly revealing all 40+ characters leaked online about four weeks ago, so he was able to use the information from the list when changing the character names. The URL’s to the images were then posted online, which WWE.com soon found out about and quickly deleted.
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