– As noted, Randy Orton celebrates his 39th birthday today. Vince McMahon dusted off his Twitter account for a rare social media appearance to wish “The Viper” a happy birthday. Check out the tweet from the WWE Chairman to Orton below.
A third-generation competitor and a one-of-a-kind Superstar. Happy birthday to 13-time World Champion @RandyOrton! pic.twitter.com/BWRpOIbqwH
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) April 1, 2019
– WWE posted the following tweet in honor of today marking the 7-year anniversary of the “Once in a Lifetime” showdown (which was featured a second time in a rematch the very next year) between Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena at WrestleMania 28:
.@TheRock & @JohnCena finally went to BATTLE at #WrestleMania on this day 7 years ago! pic.twitter.com/137hCXyjB4
— WWE (@WWE) April 1, 2019
– Triple H posted the following shortly after WWE and Sports Illustrated broke the news on Monday afternoon that Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake (Ed Leslie) will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame as part of the 2019 class during the induction ceremony scheduled for this weekend as part of WrestleMania 35 Weekend:
A legendary host, #SummerSlam main-eventer and now he’ll be struttin’ and cuttin’ his way into the #WWEHOF!
Congratulations to @brutusbeefcake_ on your induction! #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/MCtDhCGlBK— Triple H (@TripleH) April 1, 2019
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