Wade Barrett's Big Announcement Revealed, Alberto Del Rio On Wrestling Being "Fake," Bollywood Boyz
- Stu Bennett, the former Wade Barrett, teased some big news on Twitter today. He wrote, "BIG announcement coming later today. (and no, I'm not the new @England manager..)"
We have learned that Bennett has been cast for Evolutionary Films' forthcoming feature film, Vengeance. He has been cast in the lead role of John Gold and will be pitted against martial arts legend Gary Daniels (The Expendables, Fist of the North star), who will play his nemesis Hatcher in the movie.
- NDTV recently interviewed Alberto Del Rio during his promotional tour in India last week, which you can read here. During the interview, Del Rio discussed phones, gaming, why he did MMA and more. He also addressed criticism of wrestling "being fake."
"If someone thinks wrestling is fake... the storylines sure, but the matches are real," Del Rio said. "And if someone says I don't watch wrestling because it's fake, well, would you like to try doing it first?"
- CBC News has a story here profiling Harv and Gurv Sihra, the brothers known as The Bollywood Boyz, who are part of the WWE Cruiserweight Classic that kicks off tonight on the WWE Network.
"We got to talk to Triple H personally, we got to pitch him ideas. We got some hands on training with William Regal, it was just surreal. That whole week, we were just soaking it all in," said Gurv Sihra.
"We're hopeful we're going to make another trip back," added Harv. "We felt like we delivered, we're different and unique, and right now we're taking it one day a time."
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