By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

-- The Arizona Republic continued its coverage of WrestleMania with a Q&A with WWE VP John Saboor, who was asked about some misconceptions about the WWE brand. Saboor said WWE wants it to be known they're not a "wrestling promotion," but a global entertainment brand.

"A common misconception is that WWE is still the regional wrestling organization Vince McMahon purchased in 1982," Saboor said. "Over the past 28 years, WWE has evolved into a publicly traded, global-media entertainment company."

Saboor also talked about PG-TV as opposed to TV-14, WWE fighting the global recession last year, and the basics on what WWE is aiming for casual newspaper readers.

-- Ariz. Republic profiled this year's WWE Hall of Fame main eventer, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, and the DiBiase family's legacy in the wrestling business.

DiBiase will be inducted into the HOF by Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Brett DiBiase. He says he initially didn't want his sons to get into the wrestling business after his trials and bad decisions as a WWE star.

"I'm excited to see my sons follow in my footsteps. There was a time I wouldn't have said that, but so much has changed in the WWE. They have a state-of-the-art drug-testing policy that brings accountability into the company that wasn't necessarily there years ago," DiBiase said.

"A lot of those negatives are not there anymore, but it still comes down in the end to personal choice. At some point you have to take responsibility for the choices you make. I came to a crossroads in my life, and I had to make a choice, and I chose my family. I chose to learn from my mistakes."

Link: Ariz. Republic story.

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