Ex-WWE writer and current Metro Sports anchor Chris Gough talks WrestleMania

The Royals are in Arizona for spring training, which is fortunate for Metro Sports anchor Chris Gough. That’s because so is WrestleMania XXVI, the Super Bowl of professional wrestling.

Gough is a former creative writer for World Wrestling Entertainment, and he’ll be at University of Phoenix Stadium Sunday to see the show live. I talked with Gough this week about what it was like working with WWE head honcho Vince McMahon and building to the company’s biggest show of the year and his thoughts on this year’s matches, headlined by the return of Bret “Hitman” Hart to take on McMahon and Shawn Michaels putting his career on the line versus The Undertaker‘s 17-0 WrestleMania undefeated streak.

After the jump, excerpts from our conversation.