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The Steel Cage

Newsday tag team champs Alfonso Castillo and Josh Stewart slam you with pro wrestling news and insights.

WWE Raw: John Cena puts The Rock in his place

John Cena attends a press conference to announce

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Last night’s Raw was all about one thing: The Rock and John Cena’s match at Wrestlemania.

Raw culminated with The Rock’s return and a face-to-face showdown. The Rock delivered a decent promo calling Cena “kung pow chicken.” Was the promo up to Rock’s usually high standards? No, but it was still entertaining. The promo wasn’t “electric” because The Rock was too busy explaining to the fans whey...

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WrestleMania's 10 Biggest Matches

Actor and fromer WWE supestar Dwayne quot;The Rockquot;

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WWE is going out of its way to bill this year’s WrestleMania main event as the biggest match in wrestling history. Considering the legacies of the Rock and John Cena—and the fact that the Rock has not competed in a singles match in nine years, calling the bout “epic” is not an understatement.

But Cena-Rock has some stiff competition for the title of “biggest” WrestleMania match ever. Here’s...

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WWE's CM Punk engages in a Twitter feud with Chris Brown

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WWE Champion CM Punk has challenged Grammy Award winning singer Chris Brown “to put the gloves on” and fight him with all the money going to charity.

The war of words began in a heated exchange on Twitter Monday night before Raw aired when Punk tweeted, "I would like @chrisbrown fight somebody that can defend themselves," said Punk. “Me curb stomping that turd would be a #wrestlemania...

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WWE Raw: Undertaker to face Triple H at Wrestlemania in Hell in a Cell

Undertaker. Triple H. Wrestlemania. Hell in a Cell. Say no more.

It’s official and thus, we are now on the road to Wrestlemania 28. Yes, we have the WWE building toward a Chris Jericho-CM Punk feud with the title at stake. Yes, we have John Cena vs. The Rock in an icon vs. icon match. But the road to Wrestlemania got a huge boost tonight on Raw in a tremendous segment that made it official:...

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The logistics of WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium

Gov. Chris Christie stands with WWE chairman and

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Long time no see everyone. Now that we're on the "Road to WrestleMania," I expect to be stop by the Cage more often. Many thanks to Anthony for holding down the fort.

The announcement today that WrestleMania 29 will be on held next year at Met-Life Stadium is great news for wrestling fans here in the New York Metropolitan Area, but it raises some logistical issues--the obvious having...

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It's official: WWE Wrestlemania 29 coming to MetLife Stadium

New York Jets chairman and CEO Woody Johnson,

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Start spreading the news, New York, New Jersey and MetLife Stadium will host Wrestlemania 29 on April 7, 2013.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, along with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon made the announcement at MetLife Stadium today.

“We are excited to be hosting WrestleMania XXIX in the great state of New Jersey,” said Christie. “Having WWE’s preeminent international event here will strengthen...

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WWE Wrestlemania coming to MetLife Stadium in 2013

The New Meadowlands Stadium hosts its first football

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Wrestlemania 29 is coming to MetLife Stadium in 2013, according to WWE.com.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to make the announcement Thursday at MetLife Stadium, the home of the Giants and Jets, at 11 a.m. Executives from both teams are expected to attend the announcement. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, John Cena, The Rock, Triple H and Sheamus will be on hand to represent...

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Giants' Brandon Jacobs to appear on TNA Impact Thursday

Brandon Jacobs screams as he warms up prior

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Giants running back Brandon Jacobs is trading in his shoulder pads for wrestling boots.

Jacobs will appear on "TNA Impact Wrestling" this Thursday on Spike TV at 9 p.m. (EST). The appearance was originally filmed this past Monday in Orlando. Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was first offered the role but pulled out.

Earlier today former TNA Champion and Olympic gold medalist...

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WWE producing great storytelling with Undertaker, Triple H and Shawn Michaels

Undertaker delivers quot;snake eyesquot; to Shawn Michaels at

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I love to read the message boards after “Raw” each week to see what fans are saying about the WWE’s product. This past week, the boards were filled with fans expressing their feelings about how boring it will be to see Triple H and the Undertaker in the ring one more time. In the immortal words of the Miz, “really?” In other words, is the internet wrestling community (IWC) serious? Are they really...

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Mick Foley featured in FollowLI

Setauket native and WWE Superstar Mick Foley performs

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Check out Setauket's own Mick Foley, who is featured as part of newsday.com's FollowLI series of Twitter profiles....

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