Sunday Link-Off: The Main Event

It’s Sunday, Sunday. Gotta get down on Sunday. It’s not just any Sunday today. It’s actually WrestleMania Sunday! Are you ready for some wrestling?! I’m fairly certain the former WWE Women’s Champion Kelly Kelly is.

This year’s WrestleMania is really just an attempt by the WWE to recreate their biggest match ever. That would be Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. This year marks the 25th anniversary of that match which made the WWE an absolute power house. (Grantland)

One of this year’s feature matches is HHH vs. The Undertaker in a Hell In A Cell match. Normally a match wouldn’t have political implications but given the WWE’s anti-bleeding policies and Linda McMahon’s political aspirations, this match is getting more attention than it otherwise would have. (The Atlantic)

Here’s a pretty good thought: Slap Shot might be the most honest sports movie ever made. It might be the only one to really grasp the fan/player/owner dynamic. (Deadspin)

After the jump, more WrestleMania links, the Leafs are a disaster and the Bohemian Rhapsody singer synced up to Queen.

Suppose you’re not a wrestling fan, what could make you interested in WrestleMania? Well, there are some surprising similarities between the NHL and WWE. (Down Goes Brown)

Few people outside the ring are as synonymous with professional wrestling as Mean Gene Okerlund. In terms of non-wrestlers, Mean Gene is in my top three with Howard Finkel and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. Anyway, here are five of Mean Gene’s greatest interviews. (Uncoached)

With NBC and CBS having joined ABC/ESPN in the cable sports channel game, Fox is looking at stepping up with its own sports network. (Bloomberg)

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ season was as good as done back in February. According to my old radio running mate, David Alter of the FAN590 in Toronto, some of the blame can be placed at the hands of the Air Canada Centre DJ who keeps playing Alan Frew’s Free To Be even though the Leafs have not won a game this season when that song is played. (National Post)

Want to get Toronto sports fans excited? Win them free pizza! Raps fans got so excited over a free slice of pizza that it scared Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy. (Sports Grid)

I don’t know whether I should be happy or be annoyed they couldn’t leave well enough alone but there will be an Anchorman sequel. That’s why the crew at Awful Announcing recast the movie using the stars of ESPN. (Awful Announcing)

Since today is April Fools’ Day, it’s only appropriate that we look back on one of the greatest pranks in sports history: Alleged Mets pitcher Sidd Finch. (SplitSider)

Coming soon to AMC is a football drama starring Tommy Lee Jones. If this is half as good as Friday Night Lights, it would be at least a thousand times better than any point in time that Lori Grimes is on-screen during The Walking Dead. (Hollywood Reporter)

I would’ve linked to Variety’s article about the 20 best one-season wonder TV shows but it didn’t include Firefly. If you’re going to troll for the sake of trolling, you don’t get linked. So fuck you, Variety. There are literally dozens of blogs that do what you do and do it much better, print version be damned.

So Anchorman got a sequel but not Zombieland? The hell? Anyway, here’s 20 facts you probably didn’t know about Zombieland. (Pajiba)

How big a star is Matt Lauer? He’s making hiring/firing decisions for NBC’s Today Show including the fate of Ann Curry. (Mediaite)

Coming soon to book stores near you: The woman who did the Olive Garden review is going to write a book with Anthony Bourdain. (Eater)

In honour of tomorrow’s NCAA March Madness final, here’s a collection of March Madness bloopers called Dumb Shining Moment. (Deadspin)

I’m sure you’ve the video of the drunk guy in the back of a police cruiser singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Now watch sing synced up with Queen’s backing music.

Today in stupid human tricks is a man losing a fight with a goose. Go goose!

The NHL is doing a “Because it’s the Cup” commercial for each team. Here’s the one for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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