Edge & Linda McMahon on Canada AM

Edge & Linda McMahon were guests on the March 15th edition of Canada AM.
Below is a recap of their interview.

Edge talked about him attending WrestleMania 6 as a fan & working at
WrestleMania 18 as a wrestler, noting that competing on Sunday will be a
dream come true for him & that he will have huge goosebumps that day.

Linda stated that the reason why the WWF decided to bring WrestleMania back
to Toronto is that the Canadian market is very strong for the WWF and that
the Canadian media & fans are very wonderful to the entire company.

Linda spoke briefly about the size of the WWF, it's merchandise & multimedia
projects and how much TV coverage the WWF receives around the world.

Linda said that Vince, Shane & Stephanie are great performers and that since
Vince is the creator of the WWF, he is involved in everything that the WWF
does.

Edge predicted that he will defeat Booker T at WrestleMania 18 & stated that
due to the huge fan support that he will have in Toronto, his hometown, it
will be difficult for him to lose.

Edge talked about the tough lives that wrestlers live, mentioning that they
work each day from the moment that wake up until midnight and that after
each show, they eat wherever they can, then immediately head to bed.

Edge said that since WrestleMania 18 is in his hometown, he is able to spend
time with his family & friends.

When asked about the XFL & other sports projects, Linda stated that there
are currently no plans for the WWF to get involved with other sports. She
then said that the WWF is now part of the music, publishing & licensing
businesses and that when the WWF hires someone to run it's Los Angeles
office, the WWF will have more TV & movie projects to work on.

Linda stated that the sexuality in the WWF product has increased lately and
that although the WWF divas are good looking, their characters are powerful
& make good role models for the WWF's female fans. She also mentioned the
WWF's female viewing audience is growing.
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Lita & Edge on The Score

Lita & Edge were interviewed on The Score today. Below is a recap of the
interviews.

Lita admitted that she had a difficult time paying attention to the opening
ceremony for Fan Axxess because she was looking at the large crowd that
attended the event. She then said that no matter how many times she has to
appear in front of a huge crowd, she is always as excited as she was at the
previous appearances.

Edge stated that since it was announced that WrestleMania 18 would be held
in Toronto, all he has thought about is what he will be doing at the show &
how he can excite all of the fans that will be in attendance.

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Couple gets engaged at FAN AXXESS
by Phil Speer

TORONTO -- Laurie Larivee and Zack Belkner had been good friends for two years, and started dating nine months ago. It was clear that they were made for each other, and it was just a matter of time before Belkner "popped the question." But his girlfriend didn't want a "traditional" proposal.

So Belkner called the World Wrestling Federation. After three months of conversations with the company, Belkner arranged to ask his girlfriend to marry him in the middle of the ring - at the Pizza Pizza Arena on Friday at FAN AXXESS -- with guest superstars Edge and Lita there as witnesses.

"She said whatever I did to ask her, she didn't want a 'traditional Valentine's Day' type thing," said Belkner, 27, of Boston. "So I figured, What could be better than the World Wrestling Federation?"

Larivee, a 23-year-old resident of Lincoln, R.I., said she was clueless as to what was going on when she was summoned to the ring during the evening session of FAN AXXESS.

"I had no idea," she said. "I thought maybe I was going to meet somebody."

Sure enough, Edge came to the ring, followed by Lita. Both Larivee and Belkner are huge Federation fans; merely meeting the two superstars would have been good enough.

But then Edge looked at Belkner and mentioned that he had heard that Belkner "had a question to ask." Belkner confirmed that he did -- he had a question for his girlfriend. He dropped to one knee; Larivee realized what was going on and started crying. She quickly agreed to marry her boyfriend, and Edge, Lita, and several hundred fans crowded around the Pizza Pizza Arena cheered wildly.

"You could tell how happy she was when she realized what he was going to do," Lita said.

Added Edge, "It was pretty cool to be asked to be involved in a pivotal part of someone's life, in a different way than entertaining them in a wrestling match."

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