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Vince McMahon received his star on the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame. From the official guide from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

For his outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and in celebration of Wrestlemania 24, Vince McMahon will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. … McMahon became a pioneer in the cable television industry by leveraging the new technologies of pay-per-view and closed-circuit television for the first WrestleMania in 1985. He had not only built a brand that the audience would watch on television, but he had created such a demand for the WWE that the audience would pay to watch its PPV spectaculars. WrestleMania III in 1987 attracted 93,173 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome, setting an indoor attendance record that still stands. For the past three years, WWE’s pre-eminent pay-per-view, WrestleMania, has achieved more than one million buys worldwide and on April 1, 2007; WrestleMania 23 achieved nearly 1.2 million buys, making it the highest grossing one-day live event in WWE history.

Jack and Jerry Brisco are to be inducted into the WWE Wrestling Hall of Fame at WrestleMania. The Brisco brothers won twenty tag team championships.

Raw tuned out to be a three hour WrestleMania Rewind Match-athon. The first match was a casket match between the Undertaker and Mark Henry. The Demon of Death Valley again buried Mark Henry. In a blast from the past, from the first WrestleMania, the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, the Foreign Legion, came down to the right to face the US Express in the ring.

Tonight was the official weight in between the Big Show and Floyd Money Mayweather, the biggest athlete versus the greatest fighter respectively. Money came in at 159 pounds while the Big Show came in at a whopping 442 pounds. That is three hundred pounds weight differential. After the weight-in, the Big Show brought his posse which included practically the whole ECW and Smackdown. In a bad move, Money crew walked off the ring before Money, well this was all the break the Big Show needed to throw Money out of the ring onto the cold hard concrete! Money ran off stage visible pain.

At the start of Smackdown, Edge tried to talk some sense into Ric Flair about going head to head on a potentially career ending match against Sean Micheals at WrestleMania. Edge said, “I want to talk to Ric Flair, the loser.” Ric answered back and called Edge’s relations with Vickie Guerrero a “sham.” Edge had to calm Vickie’s Latin blood done after the Nature Boy’s rude statement. But there was no calming Vickie, the declared that next week Ric Flair will meet Edge and his minions on a 3 on 1 steel cage handicap match.

On Monday night Raw, Mr. McMahon confronted Finlay regarding Hornswaggle paternity. Finlay finally admitted that he conspired with Mr. McMahon’s family to hides Hornswaggle’s true paternity and that he, Finlay, was in fact Hornswaggle’s father. While the secrets were unraveling, JBL appeared on screen via satellite from Hornswaggle’s room where he terrorized Finlay’s lucky charm, I mean son. The satellite connection blacked out and it was not clear the condition that JBL left Hornswaggle in. I am sure that JBL will have to answer to Finlay on next weeks Raw.

On Monday night Raw, it was announced that Mae Young will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Mae Young made her wrestling debut in 1939, she has made countless WWE appearances. She maybe best remembered for appearing along side the late “Fabulous Moolah” who was her real-life best friend. The Divas are grateful for pioneers such as Mae Young and the late “Fabulous Moolah” for paving the way for Women’s wrestling.

Umaga of Raw will face face Batista of Smackdown at WrestleMania. Who will dominate at WresleMania? Can’t wait and see.

The Big Show wrestled a mixed martial arts exhibition match against Brandon “The Thrill” Hill (who is comparable to the size of Floyd “Money” Mayweather. The Big Show started off the match by being non-compliant when being called to the center of the ring to go over rules; he went on to bump Brandon hard in attempt to intimidate him. The Big Show threw Brandon around like he was a rag doll and pinned him in no time. Could this be Floyd in a few weeks? We will see the result in a few weeks. The Big Show went on to send a message taunting Floyd Mayweather, but he was not intimidated. In fact “Money” Mayweather went on to trash talk and he threatened to break the Big Show’s jaw at Wrestlemania.

Last night on Smackdown, The Miz and Jim Morrison made fun of Festus’ condition on their talk show prior to the match. The Miz and Jim Morrison were ready for the match, as soon as Festus heard the bell, he was ready for them. Immediately he knocked The Miz down to his feet, Festus dominated the entire time. The Miz nor Jim Morrison had a chance to regain their strength after the powerful Festus bolted them over time after time. After the match The Miz looked horrified of the monster Festus. He really did look like he wanted to eat his words.

Vicky Guerrero and Edge where seen making plans for after their honeymoon. Edge talked about moving out of the American Southwest, out of American, and move into “God’s country, Canada.” Vicky is so enthralled by her Canadian bacon hunk that she agree, she said, “I love Canada, I love Canadians.” What a disgusting show of public affection!