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05/01/2008: ""

Wrestling fans roll out welcome mat for return of WWE
So far, more than 2,500 wrestling fans have smacked down $33, $43, $53 or $63 to take in Sunday's afternoon card at the Aitken University Centre - the WWE's first appearance here in five years.


Let's hope no one gets hurt.


That's because the wrestlers who'll be bouncing off turnbuckles on the 1 p.m. card at the AUC will be back on the mat that night for a 7:30 p.m. show at Harbour Station in Saint John.


It's part of the Wrestlemania Revenge Tour that also hits the Moncton Coliseum the night before.


The Fredericton and Saint John shows were just updated Tuesday, so here's the lowdown in case you're still sitting on the fence - or in this case, ropes - about getting tickets.


Fredericton will feature a Smackdown tag team match pitting Batista and Matt Hardy against Edge and MVP. Edge is actually Adam Copeland from Orangeville, Ont. He was trained by, among others, Sweet Daddy Siki and Leo Burke from the old Atlantic Grand Prix wrestling circuit, but I digress.


In a two-on-one handicap match, The Big Show will take on Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder.


There will also be a ECW championship match between Kane and Chavo Guerrerro, and a WWE tag team championship match pitting Jimmy Yang and Shannon Moore against John Morrison and The Miz.


"Other superstars to be featured,'' according to the release out of WWE headquarters in Stamford, Conn., include Finlay (Hornswoggle vs. Chuck Palumbo; CM Punk vs. Shelton Benjamin; Ted DiBase Jr. vs. Kenny Dykstra; and Kofi Kingston vs. Mike Knox.



Credit for the above HERE