WrestleMania 22 Blog

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Name: Gaz Mc

Do you feel we will ever see Bret Hart ever again in a WWE ring... be it as part of a farewell speech at the Hall of Fame or at WrestleMania 22?

In the ring as an active competitor…no. However, I do think there is a great chance that he will be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. If he doesn’t go in next year it will be because he did not feel like it was time. He sure as hell deserves to be in there.

Name: Ryan

I was wondering if Stone Cold Steve Austin will ever participate in a match again. It would be great to see him back in action. Is his injury as severe as HBK's was when he broke his back and managed to return a few years later?

If I were a betting man and I have been known to engage in a game of Texas Hold ‘Em from time to time, I would say we would absolutely see the Texas Rattlesnake in the ring again. When and against whom is the $64,000 question. WrestleMania 22 in Chicago wouldn’t be a bad place. Until then, Steve is working on his developing movie career in Hollywood and is continuing to train and is in great shape and looks like he could kick some ass about any time he was called upon.

Source: PWTorch Newsletter

Hulk Hogan is not expected to make a return any time soon. WWE currently has no plans him, although it can be assumed that he will make an eventual return when the time is right.

One backstage source speculated that Vince made a deal with Hogan that if he were to get the clean win over Michaels at SummerSlam, he would eventually have to job cleanly to John Cena, prospectively at WrestleMania 22. With Hogan going clean over Michaels, and then Cena going clean over Hogan (after Michaels wasn't able to), it would help to further elevate Cena. If that was the deal between Vince and Hogan, enabling Hogan to take advantage of his "creative control" stipulation and get the clean win over Shawn, it is unknown whether or not Michaels was even aware of it.

John Cena is clearly seen by Vince as the best chance he has of creating a new top tier draw. Both Batista and Randy Orton are seen way lower than Cena in the eyes of Mr. McMahon.

Check back later this week for more updates

From WWE.com

WrestleMania to take Chicago by storm
August 21, 2005

For the first time in nearly a decade, WrestleMania will return to Chicago when RAW and SmackDown! present WWE WrestleMania 22 live at the Allstate Arena on Sunday, April 2, 2006.

It was just announced that seats for WrestleMania will go on sale Saturday, October 15 (10 a.m. Chicago Time / 11 a.m. Eastern Time / 8 a.m. on the U.S. West Coast). Tickets will be available online at www.ticketmaster.com and by calling Ticketmaster phone charge at 312-559-1212. In the Chicago area, tickets will also be available at the Allstate Arena Box Office in Rosemont, and at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, including all Carson Pirie Scott stores, Tower Records and Hot Tix locations, and select Coconuts and FYI locations.

If history is any indication, WrestleMania tickets will not last long: prior to last years WrestleMania 21 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, fans had claimed all available tickets in less than one minute! Undoubtedly, WrestleMania 22 will be one of the hottest events in Chicago in 2006. What's more, based on past experience, fans will be coming to WrestleMania from virtually every state and from more than one dozen different countries.

Adding to the WrestleMania Weekend excitement in Chicagoland will be the now traditional WrestleMania Fan Frenzy including the 2006 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The Hall of Fame Induction will take place at the Rosemont Theatre on the eve of WrestleMania: Saturday, April 1.

So, circle your calendars right now for these important dates:
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Saturday, October 15 - WrestleMania Tickets on sale

Saturday, April 1 - WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Sunday, April 2 - WrestleMania 22

Then, keep checking right here on WWE.com in the coming weeks and months as more WrestleMania Week details become available.

(Second Update 5:55 PM CT Time) From WWE.COM
Former WWE Champion Bret Hart has arrived at WWE Headquarters. The “Hit Man” will be meeting with WWE officials regarding the possibility of an upcoming DVD. Hart will be in Stamford for the remainder of the week. WWE.com will have further updates as more information becomes available.

Also from pwinsider.com

Bret Hart's meeting today is regarding the soon to be released DVD "Screwed: The Bret Hart Story" so we'll know soon enough whether he'll be participating in the project. One would think that if he was willing to fly
into Stamford that he's close to agreeing to terms. WWE has also made numerous overtures to Bret about being inducted into the Hall of Fame next year in Chicago, Illinois.

(First Update)Bret Hart on his way to WWE Headquarters
August 3, 2005

Bret "Hit Man" Hart is scheduled to arrive at WWE Headquarters at 4:00 p.m. ET today to meet with WWE officials.

WWE.com will continue to have updates on this throughout the afternoon.

Any affect this will have on Wrestlemania 22 or the Hall of Fame ceremony will be covered here

From WWE.com

Dusty Rhodes meeting over
August 3, 2005

Dusty Rhodes meeting with Stephanie McMahon has ended. When asked about the meeting, McMahon responded:

“Dusty is an incredible asset both creatively and as a talent. We are exploring all possibilities of working with Dusty in the future.”

Whether or not this has to do with our previous post of Jim Ross offering Dusty a spot in the 2006 WWE Hall of Fame is unclear. More as this story develops.