WWE News: Sylvester Stallone Shares Hulk Hogan Story From Rocky III, Mick Foley Blogs About End Of Holy Foley, More Tickets Available For Post-Wrestlemania RAW

– Sylvester Stallone shared a photo on Instagram from Rocky III, along with a behind-the-scenes story about Hulk Hogan, who played Thunderlips in the film. He wrote:

Another flashback and another reason why it's not such a great idea to always do your own stunts! I met Terry Bollea aka THUNDERLIPS aka HULK HOGAN In the very early 80s when I was directing Rocky III. AT 6feet 7 and 295 pounds with 24 inch biceps ! He was an amazing athlete! Incredibly powerful. I remember a violent move where he threw me into the corner , charged across the ring like an ENRAGED bull and leaped so amazingly high Above me,that his shinbone actually came down giant tree on my collarbone , and I tumbled to the floor. I was afraid to look at my shoulder for about 10 minutes … I said "don't roll me over , don't move me, " because I was sure there was bone protruding through my upper chest ! Of course there wasn't but I have never felt such a mind numbing pain from a massive hit before or since that day! HULK Just didn't know his own strength. Believe it or not when he jumped into the audience to fight with the stuntmen , three of them had to be treated at the hospital. Great guy, great friend, his presence made the Film very very special. HULK , if you're reading this, it was a privilege to be mangled by such a gentleman.

A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Mar 7, 2017 at 6:59pm PST

– In a post on Facebook, Mick Foley wrote about the end of his WWE Network series Holy Foley. He wrote:

Thank you to all of you who gave our show a chance, and invited us into your living room. Last night’s episode of #HolyFoley was the 10th of 10 episodes, and I am really happy that WWE took a chance on us, and that we took a chance on doing the show. If you look closely in a few of the episodes (the scene where my son is playing the acoustic guitar in the Christmas room comes to mind) you can see that I look absolutely exhausted. There is a reason for that. Even though the contract been signed, and I was assured that all systems were a go, I just did not believe the show was actually happening until the day of the crew arrived at my door. So I had booked seven straight weekends of appearances – including trip to Montana in British Columbia. So I basically went 49 days without a break – and in some scenes, you can really tell that I am lagging.

We thought we had a good little showing our house while we are shooting it – but the editing team did a tremendous job, and I truly enjoyed watching every episode with my family, remarking on how great everything turned out. I think my wife is actually the unsung hero of the show – willingly turning things up a notch or two… or three – for the good of the show. Yes, my wife is definitely quirky – but she is not crazy… or at least not as crazy as she seems on the show.

Well not everything in reality TV is real, there were some moments that I will always treasure, and I’m glad the cameras were on hand to capture their authenticity. Listening to my son play my entrance music on the electric guitar was the best Christmas present ever, and coming face-to-face with the Cell at the WWE Warehouse was as real as it gets, and elicited a reaction from me that I still can’t explain, and will probably never fully understand.

Maybe one of you reading this can do a little fact checking for me here – but I believe during my 32 weeks (so far) as #Raw GM that I have only plugged my show two or three times. I’m proud of that. Not everyone is thrilled with every show on Monday night, and that everyone is thrilled with my role on the show – but I don’t think anyone can claim that I used it as a personal platform for my own projects. I think guests on Raw often plug more in a five minutes segment that I have in seven months as GM.

I do wish the show had been given the chance to pick up momentum over the course of the season, as opposed to being available for binge watching instantly. I do know that is how people prefer to watch their shows these days – I just think it prevents a more organic build, and word of mouth of that old-fashioned water cooler kind. Personally, I hope that WWE will shop these episodes to another network, as I think you could find a home outside of #WWENetwork ,quite possibly with viewers who are not traditional #WWE fans. But whether it’s shows up somewhere else, goes on for another season, or fades away from this point on, I will always look back at the 10 weeks we worked on Holy Foley as an incredibly positive experience. Thanks to everyone who joined us on the ride.

– Due to some production changes from WWE, there are extra tickets available for the post-Wrestlemania episodes of RAW and Smackdown Live:

@WWE had some production changes and they've just opened up some greats seats for Raw and SmackDown Live after #WrestleMania. Get tix now!

— CampingWorldStadium (@CWStadium) March 10, 2017