WWE News: Designer Talks WrestleMania Sets, Special Lanny Poffo Podcast

– WWE.com spoke with set designer Jason Robinson about working on the designs for the WrestleMania sets each year. Speaking about this year’s set he said, “Expect something different from us. The atmosphere being West Coast and daylight presented some very unique challenges for us to overcome. The structure itself isn’t really tied to a particular thing like the city or arena, but we have this really unique thing where we can’t hide anything. We have to be open, [because] everybody’s going to see everything. I can’t do the theater magic and hide the bad parts. So we’ve had to work really hard. Everything had to tie in and feel like it was part of the image and the structure. It’s a unique set, a unique way of lighting the ring because of the sun. You’ll see some different search lights around there, and from a lighting point of view and the set, we’ve had to deal with having full sun on the set because you can’t hide anything. You’ll see it’s a different set from us this year.”

– The Shining Wizards Podcast has a new entry, which is a tribute to Lanny Poffo. The special podcast is titled “Wrestling With Genius – A Tribute To Lanny Poffo: The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast” and includes readings from his book Wrestling With Rhyme as well as original creations and stories. Among the participants in the podcast were Ethan Carter III, Brian Myers (Curt Hawkins), PJ Black (Justin Gabriel), The Blue Meanie, Steve Corino, Bill Apter, Dan Maff, Zach Gowen and Gregory Iron. You can check it out here.

– CBS Sports has an article on the life of the late Andre The Giant. You can read it here.