Triple H and Stephanie McMahon attended Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero boxing fight in Las Vegas.

[heyman2extreme]Paul Heyman & Brock Lesnar made a “surprise” appearance at WWE Headquarters this morning – and destroyed the office of Triple H.

WWE.com has a storyline-driven article up featuring comments from WWE employees talking about Heyman & Lesnar’s apperance. “Superstars are here pretty regularly, but this was something different,” said one employee. “You could tell they were here on a mission.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it here,” another employee said. “This isn’t supposed to happen in an office.”

Heyman tweeted that footage of the incident will be shown tonight on Monday Night RAW.

– Brock Lesnar and Triple H settling their rivalry inside a steel cage has been the plan all along. The match was originally planned for later this year, however CM Punk’s hiatus led WWE to move the match up to Extreme Rules.

– The latest word on Rosa Mendes’ WWE status is that she won’t be back on the road until she addresses the personal issues that led her to being sent home from last week’s European tour.

– WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn posted this Tout video after RAW addressing her “secret admirer”:

• Details on BATISTA’s Recent Meeting With TRIPLE H

(Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

– Triple H tweeted the following message to The Rock regarding the box office success of his new movie, Pain & Gain:

@TheRock congrats on "Pain and Gain" #1 #can'tstoptherock DAMN!!!!!

— Triple H (@TripleH) April 29, 2013

– WWE Hall of Famers Edge and Bret Hart attended Saturday night’s Calgary Hitmen vs. Edmonton Oil Kings minor league hockey game. Edge tweeted:

What a night! Calgary Hitmen game with @BretHart , won in OT, followed by a great dinner. Never get's old sharin Owen stories

— Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) April 29, 2013

– Titus O’Neil posted a new Tout video announcing that the Prime Time Players will be training with the Ohio State University football team prior to tonight’s RAW:

• New STEPHANIE McMAHON BIKINI Photo: You’ve NEVER Seen Her Like This!

– WWE COO Triple H tweeted the following on Monday morning, teasing that tonight’s WWE RAW from Columbus, Ohio could feature some involvement from DX:

Columbus…..R U READY?#Raw

— Triple H (@TripleH) April 29, 2013

– WWE.com has a new article up looking at Triple H’s upcoming steel cage match against Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules. The piece emphasizes that Lesnar’s past as a UFC cage fighter will work to his advantage:

“Will Brock Lesnar’s experience fighting in the UFC’s Octagon prove advantageous or detrimental when he steps inside WWE’s steel cage against Triple H at Extreme Rules?””

– WWE Hall of Famer Edge responded to a fan who Tweeted him about John Cena’s Achilles tendon injury. The fan noted that Edge had the same injury during his career, and it kept him out of action for 12 months. Edge replied:

Actually 6 months, not a year. Still sucks though. He's stubborn, he'll get through it @CCTChairShots @WWE @JohnCena

— Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) April 29, 2013

• New STEPHANIE McMAHON BIKINI Photo: You’ve NEVER Seen Her Like This!

– WWE COO Triple H was asked on Twitter about which Shield member he is most impressed with. He replied:

“@WWE_JCena: @TripleH trips. Which shield member are you impressed with the most ?” Honestly…. All of them #realdeal

— Triple H (@TripleH) April 25, 2013

– CM Punk and girlfriend Amy “Lita” Dumas attended last night’s Iron Man 3 movie premiere. Here’s a picture (click to enlarge):

– With the WWE SmackDown crew in London, England today for this afternoon’s SmackDown & Main Event TV tapings, the RAW brand is in Nottingham, England for a live event at the Nottingham Capital FM Arena.

Superstars advertised for the RAW show (who won’t be at SmackDown) include John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback, Kane, Daniel Bryan, R-Truth, Antonio Cesaro, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, AJ Lee and Kaitlyn.

– Jeff Wilen of the the Daytona Beach News-Journal interviewed Triple H last Thursday about the WWE Hall of Fame, WrestleMania taking place from Orlando again, his wrestling future and more:

– Jim Ross tweeted the following about The Undertaker’s WWE legacy after his match on Monday’s RAW:

I mean this respectfully, but #Undertaker IMO has surpassed the immortal Andre the Giant as greatest BIG man in history of the biz. #WWE

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 23, 2013

– Triple H posted the following Tout video addressing Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar:

In an interview with Forbes, Triple H talked about the Attitude Era, if he would regret having his career ended in a match and more. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

The Attitude Era: “It’s one of those things — I’ve talked about this with Austin and a little bit with Rock, too — you don’t realize is happening at the time; it’s just what you’re doing. We were all so wrapped up in what we were doing, and it was so competitive with each other. It’s only now that I think we can look back and go, ‘Wow. That was a pretty special time, and we shared some pretty special things all together and made history.’ I think at the time you’re doing it, you realize it’s going well, but you’re just so deep in there that you can’t even fathom really what you’re doing. To look back at it now and see all those times, and to watch the video game…when we did the voiceovers to the video game, to go back and watch some of those scenes take place, it’s crazy because you forget what a…that was just another day then.”

If he would regret being forced to retire after a match: “I wouldn’t have one regret. I wouldn’t have any. I’ve had a hell of career, a hell of a run. I’ve done everything I wanted to do in this business. I’ll never leave this business. It’s ironic. Years ago when I said it about being in the game, you know that statement was really about the business. It was about being a student of the game and about this business and when I say the game will never die, I truly mean that. None of us are bigger than this. None of us are bigger than the WWE. It will always continue to go on and I will always be a part of it.”

If he plays video games: “Let me just say right now that if I gave advice to a gamer it would be terrible because I don’t play them and it would probably surely cause their demise in the game.”

* Major Update On CM PUNK Taking Extended Time Off From WWE

WWE COO Triple H and Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday the opening of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. The sports-entertainment organization issued the following press release touting the opening.

NEW WWE® PERFORMANCE CENTER OPENING

STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 – Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent developmental system, recently re-branded NXT® and create nearly 100 high-wage jobs in Orlando, Florida.

With 26,000 square-feet, seven training rings, a world-class strength and conditioning program and cutting-edge edit and production facilities, the new Performance Center will give WWE the ability to train more potential performers than ever before through a comprehensive program including in-ring training, physical preparedness and character development. The new center will be the training ground for talent that includes former professional and collegiate athletes, Olympians and entertainers, and will offer a best-in-class sports medicine program creating a central location for all WWE talent to receive the best care both in and out of the ring.

“Our economy has created nearly 300,000 new private sector jobs in just over two years, meaning that thousands of Florida families now have the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” said Governor Rick Scott. “WWE could have chosen anywhere in the world to house this new global performance center – and they chose the Sunshine State. Today’s announcement that WWE will create nearly 100 more jobs for families in Central Florida is further proof that everything we do is geared towards job creation and it’s working.”

“We are so excited that WWE has chosen to establish its training and talent development operations in Central Florida,” said Teresa Jacobs, Mayor of Orange County. “In addition to strengthening our burgeoning entertainment production industry, the WWE Performance Center brings high-value jobs, capital investment and continued economic expansion to our area.”

Today’s announcement solidifies WWE’s presence in Orlando and evolves WWE’s partnership with Full Sail University. Last year, WWE and Full Sail announced an innovative partnership that moved live tapings of WWE NXT series, WWE’s weekly one-hour show that broadcasts on WWE.com and in more than 60 countries worldwide, to Full Sail Live, the university’s state-of-the-art performance venue. The partnership, which created a new student scholarship fund, also allows students of the university’s entertainment-focused degree programs, including Film, Show Production, Digital Arts and Design, Internet Marketing and Entertainment Business, to gain real-world experience alongside WWE production staff during WWE NXT tapings.

“The WWE Performance Center and our partnership with Full Sail University are critical to the future of our company,” said Paul “Triple H®” Levesque, Executive Vice President, Talent and Live Events, WWE. “Orlando is now the home to the next generation of WWE Superstars.”

“Collaborating with WWE has elevated the education experience here at Full Sail University by creating many opportunities for our students to gain hands-on experience by being mentored by some of the best minds in the entertainment production industry,” said Garry Jones, President of Full Sail University. “We are excited to welcome WWE to the neighborhood and can’t wait to see what the future holds for this evolving partnership.”

– Former WWE Champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has issued an update on his claim of an abdominal tear injury mid-way through his match with John Cena at WrestleMania.

Johnson wrote on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, “Injury update: Physical therapy starts tomorrow. Hardcore training starts today. Thank U guys for the love. 5 weeks out..#RoadToHercules.”

Johnson had previously indicated on Twitter that he believes he suffered the injury while delivering the Rock Bottom to Cena during the bout. Last Saturday, Johnson revealed that he and his physician had elected to not re-attach tendons to his pelvis as part of the rehabilitation process. “They’ll just scar up,” he noted.

– According to the Orlando Sentinal, WWE is scheduled to make an announcement tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. in Orlando, Florida, regarding a “new developmental.” State Gov. Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent and Live Events Paul Levesque (a/k/a Triple H) and Garry Jones, president of Full Sail University, are expected to attend the conference.

WWE representatives would not provide any additional details to the publication. The Sentinal notes that “several wrestling-insider websites” have speculated that the WWE will open a training facility.

The full article is available here.

On Monday’s RAW, WWE set the stage for Triple H and Brock Lesnar to wrestle each other for a third time at next month’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

Originally, WWE’s plans called for Brock Lesnar to attack The Rock the night after WrestleMania 29 to and build to a match at SummerSlam (not WrestleMania 30, as previously reported). Lesnar and Triple H’s rubber match would have taken place later this year.

The Rock’s injury at WrestleMania led WWE to change gears and go right into the third chapter of the Lesnar vs. Triple H feud.

(Source: PWInsider.com)

– After last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Knoxville concluded, The Shield came out and beat down Randy Orton and Sheamus. Triple H, wearing a cast on his arm, ran out to make the save. Triple H, Sheamus and Orton all hit their finishers on the heels to end the show.

– WWE will return to Knoxville, Tennessee for SmackDown on November 19th. The pre-sale is going on now and the password is Knoxville.

– Tonight’s episode of WWE Main Event will feature a Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender to Wade Barrett’s Intercontinental championship.

– WWE.com has confirmed that Triple H will be at Monday’s RAW to Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar’s challenge for a steel cage match at Extreme Rules.

– As noted earlier, Ric Flair was backstage at Monday’s WWE RAW from Greenville, He was just there visiting and there were no plans for him to appear on television.

– John Cena, Daniel Bryan and Ricky Steamboat will be appearing at the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con in Philadelphia, PA, which takes place over the weekend of May 30th.

– CM Punk will be doing appearing at the Wizard World NYC Experience on June 28th for a signing, photo session and Q&A panel.

– Triple H underwent an MRI on his wrist this week because there is some concern that he might have suffered a scaphoid fracture. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons describes the injury as typically being “caused by a fall on an outstretched hand, with the weight landing on the palm.”

Possible reason @TripleH was late for #Raw. Ruling out scaphoid fracture via MRI. pic.twitter.com/OgG7oBxxFG

— WWE (@WWE) April 16, 2013

Arda Ocal of the Baltimore Sun and Layfield Report recently conducted a live Q/A with Bret “Hitman” Hart. In the session which was primary questions from the audience, many questions were covered including:

– Opponents we wished he had a chance to work and would have liked to work one more match against

– His interactions with Batista

– Opinions of John Cena and the opinions of him from critics

– Who he considers today to be the “Best There is, Best There Was and the Best There ever will be”

Ocal asked him about comments he made when the pair last spoke in an interview a few weeks ago about Triple H not being in his Top 1000 wrestlers and giving Undertaker vs Triple H at Wrestlemania 28 a 4 out of 10.

Bret is aware that this has become a phenomenon among the internet wrestling community and also gave the match between Triple H and Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 a 4/10. He also reveals that he and Triple H don’t speak today and when they see each other its typically nothing more than “Hi, bye”. Though he does keep in contact today with Shawn Michaels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIYmDweNiQ

https://twitter.com/TripleH/statuses/321767376171446274

– The WrestleMania 29 DVD and Blu-ray will be released in the United States on May 14th, Australia on May 14th, Canada on May 21st and Europe on June 10th.

– Wade Barrett tweeted the following on Monday night after regaining the Intercontinental championship from The Miz on RAW:

Feels great to be the Intercontinental Champion once again. I'm battered and bloody, but have Gold Against The Soul. #BarrettBarrage

— Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) April 9, 2013

– Triple H tweeted this photo of his hand bandaged hand:

Hand and arm not working, head to toe pain…… loved every minute!!!!! #WRESTLEMANIA29 pic.twitter.com/ky0D4BhS1P

— Triple H (@TripleH) April 9, 2013

– WWE champion The Rock spoke to the Associated Press this week about criticism from the WWE locker room that he’s a part time star taking a top spot in the company.

“For the guys in the locker room, it has to be more than just, ‘I’m ready to carry the company.” he said. “It has to be, ‘I’m ready to carry the company and then I’m ready to carry the company to places it’s never been.’ That’s hard to do considering the precedent that’s already been set.”

– Triple H has reportedly reached out to the legendary Ivan Koloff about attending WrestleMania weekend. Koloff has a lot of history with Bruno Sammartino and is being considered for the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame class.

– Last week’s 3/29 episode of WWE SmackDown drew a 2.0 cable rating with 2.85 million viewers. Despite an appearance from WWE Champion The Rock, this was down from last week (2.11 rating, 3 million viewers). SmackDown was the #3 most-watched cable show for the night.

– The Rock tweeted the following on Monday, stating that tonight’s RAW will be the most meaningful RAW of his career:

Eagle has landed – DC. Tonight will be the most meaningful @WWE RAW of my career. Honored its in our nation's capitol.. #BringIt

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 1, 2013

– WWE has released a video of Triple H training for his upcoming No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 29. During the video, Hunter explains that he changed his workout program a few years ago to focus more on conditioning instead of having a bodybuilder physique.

– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is home in Charlotte, NC after being hospitalized in Philadelphia on Monday night. Flair was scheduled to appear on RAW, but WWE doctors checked him out before the show and sent him directly to the hospital due to the blood clot in his leg. Flair will be seeing doctors today and was replaced by Booker T on RAW.

– The pre-sale code for WWE’s Money In The Bank pay-per-view on July 14th from Philadelphia, PA is WWEMoney.

– Wade Barrett tweeted the following about Triple H low-blowing him on RAW:

Great news: Doc just counted and they are both still there. In addition, I am STILL the IC-Champion. #CheapShots #Plums #MoreIce

— Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) March 26, 2013

WWE.com attempted to get a word with Barrett after his match against The Miz on RAW:

(Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

– On Monday’s RAW, Paul Heyman revealed that Triple H’s match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 29 will be a No Holds Barred match, with Triple H’s career on the line. Dave Meltzer reports that the stipulation was finalized just days before RAW, and other ideas for the match included Hell In A Cell, or Shawn Michaels and Paul Heyman in Triple H and Brock Lesnar’s corners.

– Former WWE Diva Serena Deeb will be making her return to the ring in May after an 18-month hiatus due to injury. She’ll be wrestling former WWE Diva Shelly Martinez at Pro Wrestling Syndicate’s Bombshell Ladies of Wrestling event on May 11th from Metuchen, New Jersey.

– “Stone Cold Steve” Austin tweeted on Thursday that he will not be taking part in WrestleMania 29 weekend:

I've had many questions concerning WrestleMania 29. The decision has been made that I will not be at WM29 and that the bottom line.

— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) March 21, 2013

Triple H is making more big changes to WWE’s developmental system that could have a profound impact on WWE’s next generation of Superstars. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Triple H has pushed for the elimination of lengthy scripts for promos – and for the wrestlers to given general bullet points instead.

Some of the best talkers in wrestling history have gone on record stating that many of today’s Superstars never properly learn the art of cutting promos because they are so heavily scripted by WWE’s writing team. Working off bullet points will allow the wrestlers to show more of their personalities and require them to improvise a lot more. The idea is that the change will lead to characters being more authentic and not all sounding the same.

This is a much more “old school” approach – something Triple H is known for, compared to his father-in-law Vince.

– Here are some recent WWE attendance figures, courtesy of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

• 3/15 (RAW) from Bridgeport, CT drew a sellout of 7,700 fans for $280,000
• 3/16 (RAW) from Providence, RI drew a sellout of 10,500 fans for $360,000
  3/16 (SmackDown) from Hammond, IN drew a sellout of 4,500 fans for $150,000
• 3/17 (RAW) from Binghamton drew a sellout of 5,200 fans for $200,000
  3/17 (SmackDown) from Toledo, OH drew 4,800 fans for $140,000

– Mark Henry tweeted the following about his WrestleMania 29 opponent, Ryback:

Ryback I saw your tweet,you beating me is taking food from my kids. I will END anyone tryin to take what I got!!! pic.twitter.com/ecVCWRbSRt

— TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) March 21, 2013

– Triple H hyped his WrestleMania 29 match with Brock Lesnar by posting the following late last night on Twitter:

Midnight, 2nd workout of the day……#noholdsbarred pic.twitter.com/T2wi9L5Y1H

— Triple H (@TripleH) March 21, 2013

– Monday’s episode of WWE RAW scored a 3.09 cable rating and averaged 4.26 million viewers, down from last week. Here are the hourly numbers:

• Hour 1: 4.25 million
• Hour 2: 4.42 million
• Hour 3: 4.11 million

– ESPN.com has updated their weekly WWE Power Rankings and gave Triple H the top spot this week. Here’s this week’s Top 10:

1. Triple H
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Jack Swagger
4 Dolph Ziggler & Big E. Langston
5. Randy Orton
6. CM Punk
7. Ryback
8. John Cena
9. Hell No
10. Chris Jericho

The article questioned where WWE Champion The Rock was (he was in the UK doing media work for “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”) and said that the show “will go down as one of the historically bad nights in wrestling television (and a clear signal that they need to end the three-hour experiment).”

WWE.com has an article up looking at the “Triple H retirement” stipulation that’s been added to his match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 29. The article includes from retired WWE Hall of Famers Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels, who talk about the significance of the stipulation:

Ric Flair: “He’s too young to leave the business and has too much left to offer. If he doesn’t wrestle again, no matter how much time he spends in the office working with the company, he’ll be miserable. He needs to be in the ring. That’s who he is. Triple H is a student of this business and has studied and has loved it since he was a young man, and it’s reflected in who he is. And I think he needs to stay active and keep contributing in the ring. He can’t stay backstage or in the office. He’ll get bored with that real fast.”

HBK: “I certainly believe that he’s got plenty of other responsibilities that would keep him busy. I think he would be content. He’s always had a level head on his shoulders — more so than me — so from that standpoint, I think he would. Could he say, ‘absolutely no more, not even here and there’? I don’t know. I think that’s always the million-dollar question for all of us.”