“The Showcase of the Immortals” Wrestlemania 29 will be live, this Sunday night from midnight on Sky Box Office. Featuring in two out of three main events is a New York native and the son of a Holocaust survivor whose self appointed nickname is the “The Creative Rabbi” of the WWE. That man is Paul Heyman. Once the owner of the third largest, yet at one time the most popular wrestling federation in the world with ECW, Paul now spends most of his time managing two of the most popular bad guys in the business. He will be in the corners of former UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar as he vows to end the long career of WWEs Chief Operating Officer, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, HHH and in what most fans are calling the “Real Main Event” he will be firmly in the corner of the former and longest reigning WWE champion of the last twenty year, CM Punk as he looks to end the 20-0 Wrestlemania winning streak of the Undertaker.
Also fighting on the “Grandest stage of them all” is longstanding member of the wrestling roster, Kane (Real name, Glen Jacobs). Born in Spain, but growing up in America, not much is known about the family history of Kane due to the nature of the character he portrays, although his previous character was a dentist known as Dr Isaac Yankem. Jacobs’ turned his once dark and sinister character, Kane, into a serious yet comical tag-team Champion. Some would say this taps into his Jewish history. Kane will be defending his Championship with partner Daniel Bryan as they face the duo of Dolph Ziggler (Yes, that is his characters name) and Big E. Langston with AJ Lee in their corner.
Another Tag-Team wrestler of Jewish descent aiming for a victory that night is Matt Bloom, also known as Tensai. As with most Jewish wrestlers, Matts’ persona has become that of a comedic nature. Brought back to the WWE after a long hiatus in Japan, he was supposed to portray an evil, vicious Japanese wrestler. The fans did not take to this so he was transformed into a comedic, happy-go-lucky yet still vicious...dance machine teaming with the equally vicious Brodus Clay to form the team known as “What the Funk”. The will be teaming with the Funkadactyls to take on the team known as “Rhodes Scholars” and the Bella twins.
Taking charge of the pre and post shows to Wrestlemania is another Jewish Superstar known as Matt Striker. A former wrestler turned host, Striker, real name Matt Kaye, is another New York native who has that traditional Jewish gift of the gab. Matt will be found on the WWE App (Available on Google Play or the iStore) interviewing a host of superstars throughout the evening from 11pm until 5am.
