We’ve got links to lots of news and commentary from over the weekend and the final days leading into WrestleMania 24…
Today is Ric Flair Day in Columbia, SC… and the Nature Boy coverage continues in the Fayette Observer and IGN, Long Island Press among many others.
The Miami Herald covers Rocky Johnson’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
In non-Mania news, the trailer for Vampiro’s new movie can be seen here (WMV file).
Also, Kid Kash got a loss in an impressive MMA debut, which can be seen on YouTube.
The Orlando Sentinel writes about WWE’s FCW developmental territory.
Seth Mates’s latest blog entries at Newsday.com are about why handing HHH the World Title was the right move and why WWE 24/7 and WWE Magazine are being handled wonderfully by his former employer.
There’s an article on WWE marketing to kids with age appropriate content, including its new magazine, at Variety.com.
The latest on Nick Hogan’s legal issues, a lawsuit from his injured friend, can be found here.
Alex Marvez writes about 2007 being second year in a row that wrestling increased in popularity in his latest syndicated column.
Jim Ross Links! latest blog entry, new Q&A and Ric Flair as last week’s SOTW.
Paul Heyman talks about Steve Austin here.
Shad Gaspard (from Cryme Tyme) wrote a blog entry on Jeremiah Wright here.
Elijah Burke also gets political, with a blog entry on Barack Obama and more here.
Victoria writes about her new store, Web site and recent Smackdown Diva competitions here.
Ashley says her cast is off and she still has physical therapy to undergo (although Wrestling Observer‘s Dave Meltzer has been writing that her injury is a cover story for her being sent home a few weeks back) here.
There’s a new WWE.com feature on WrestleMania matches here.
Finally, for an update on Jeff Hardy and his girlfriend Beth’s recent troubles, click here.
