WWE News: Bobby Roode Discusses His TNA Run, Onion Satirizes WrestleMania In New Article

– Bobby Roode spoke with Bleacher Report promoting tonight’s NXT Takeover: Orlando event. During the interview, Roode briefly touched on his time in TNA.

“I got an opportunity there to work with a lot of great guys, to be in the ring with a lot of veterans, to just open my eyes and open my ears to learn from guys like Kurt Angle and Bully Ray and the Hardys,” he said. “You get five or 10 minutes or possibly jump in the car with them to ride to the next town for two to three hours and pick their brains. I used that opportunity a lot.”

– Comedy “news” site The Onion has posted a new article in honor of WrestleMania that has some fun with WWE’s biggest event of the year. The satirical article, which you can check out at the link in the below Tweet, claims that WWE announced the theme for this weekend’s show as “Springtime in Paris” in order to “bring the City of Light to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.”

The article jokes, “‘Come Sunday, all eyes will be on the WWE as we bring you a night of blood, sweat, and Parisian charm,’ said [Vince] McMahon, adding that the flagship event would transport its 100,000 spectators to the banks of the River Seine as they take in more than 13 matches, including a Fatal 4-Way elimination. ‘This will be an unforgettable event packed with some of the baddest men and women in all of professional wrestling surrounded by the grand splendor of the French capital.”It will be simply the most magnificent evening in the history of the WWE,’ added McMahon.

According to the design plans released by the WWE, the event boasts a specially designed ring with turnbuckles hung from Eiffel Tower replicas and a canvas mat painted with Claude Monet’s Water Lily Pond. Sources also confirmed that the organization had constructed a 20-foot-tall Notre Dame Cathedral on the arena floor to begin each wrestling match with the ringing from its bell tower.”

WWE Announces WrestleMania 33 Theme Will Be Springtime In Paris https://t.co/FRvNbwNdMa pic.twitter.com/ldOJtx8VyF

— Onion Sports Network (@OnionSports) March 31, 2017