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Kurt Angle Discusses His Olympic Goals, His Past Issues With Painkillers, More

Kurt Angle Discusses His Olympic Goals, His Past Issues With Painkillers, More

Kurt Angle recently did an interview with The Associated Press in which he discusses his goal to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games, Bound For Glory, his past addiction to painkillers, and more. In the excerpt below, Angle compares his [...]

October 15, 2011 TNA News
Update On TNA Bound For Glory In South Africa

Update On TNA Bound For Glory In South Africa

Wrestling News World reader Brandon van Reenen sent in the following: -Despite recently acquiring the rights to TNA programming, South Africa’s SuperSport channel on the DSTV satellite subscription service will not be broadcasting TNA Bound for Glory. However, subscribers to [...]

October 15, 2011 TNA News
Smackdown! or Good Lord, That’s a Lot of People in That Ring

Smackdown! or Good Lord, That’s a Lot of People in That Ring

Opening Thoughts I did not watch Raw. I have no intention to, except for perhaps the first segment. When you read about how terrible the rest of the night was, and the complete lack of logic and sense from WWE, [...]

October 15, 2011 Smackdown
Goldust Injury Update

Goldust Injury Update

Goldust underwent an MRI on Thursday to determine the condition of his shoulder during the healing process and said he may need another surgery due to scar tissue. He posted the following on his Twitter account: Thanks for all the [...]

October 15, 2011 WWE News
The Ultimate Warrior Performing At Halloween Concert

The Ultimate Warrior Performing At Halloween Concert

Wrestling News World reader Jordan sent in the following: The Ultimate Warrior will be doing a live performance of his spoken-word track, The Warrior Code, at a Halloween concert in Los Angeles headlined by Asking Alexandria, We Came As Romans, [...]

October 15, 2011 Other News
WWE Smackdown Results (10/14/2011) – Orton Gets One More Match

WWE Smackdown Results (10/14/2011) – Orton Gets One More Match

WWE Smackdown Results – 10/14/2011 Report by: Guilherme Jaeger of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The show starts with a package featuring last week’s Big Show return and the attack on Mark Henry that guaranteed him a World Heavyweight Title match. After the opening [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE Results
WWE Smackdown Results (10/14/2011) – Orton Gets One More Match

WWE Smackdown Results (10/14/2011) – Orton Gets One More Match

WWE Smackdown Results – 10/14/2011 Report by: Guilherme Jaeger of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The show starts with a package featuring last week’s Big Show return and the attack on Mark Henry that guaranteed him a World Heavyweight Title match. After the opening [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE Results
Jim Ross Doesn’t Think He’ll Ever Return To Weekly WWE Television

Jim Ross Doesn’t Think He’ll Ever Return To Weekly WWE Television

Jim Ross wrote on Twitter today he never expected to be used on weekly WWE television again. He does, however, expect to continue to work with developmental workers and stuff with the upcoming WWE Network. [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (10/13/11) – Merida, Mexico

WWE Raw House Show Results (10/13/11) – Merida, Mexico

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw house show from the Kukulcan Baseball Stadium in Merida, Mexico: * Mason Ryan b. Primo * Alex Riley b. David Otunga. After the match, Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger took out [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE House Shows
Rey Mysterio Health Update

Rey Mysterio Health Update

Rey Mysterio wrote the following on Twitter today: Stitches r out & therapy is going well! Slow healing procedure but want to make sure I come back strong! 1 luv! 619.. [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Discusses His Match At Bound For Glory

Hulk Hogan Discusses His Match At Bound For Glory

Wrestling News World reader Skip Mathias sent in the following: Today, Hulk Hogan was interviewed on WLUM Milwaukee (FM 102.1) with the morning DJs Kramp & Adler. In his interview, he talks about his upcoming match at “Bound for Glory”, [...]

October 14, 2011 TNA News
WWE Announces January TV Tapings In Arizona

WWE Announces January TV Tapings In Arizona

WWE announced the following television taping taped in Arizona for January: * WWE Raw Supershow on Monday, January 23, 2012 from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona * Smackdown on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from the Tucson Convention Center [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
SyFy Announces Another SuperSmackdown Live Show For November

SyFy Announces Another SuperSmackdown Live Show For November

- SyFy issued the following press release today: SYFY PRESENTS WWE SUPERSMACKDOWN LIVE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT 8PM NEW YORK – October 14, 2011 – Following the record setting performance of Syfy’s first ever SuperSmackDown Live special on August [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
JR Reveals Participants For Legends Roundtable Episodes

JR Reveals Participants For Legends Roundtable Episodes

Jim Ross just wrote on Twitter he’ll be in Stamford, Connecticut next Wednesday night with Roddy Piper, Diamond Dallas Page, Michael Hayes and Mean Gene Okerlund taping two shows of Legends Roundtable. [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
Final Bound For Glory Lineup; Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

Final Bound For Glory Lineup; Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

Below is the find Bound for Glory lineup. TNA Bound For Glory 2011 will take place Sunday from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We’ll have full coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com: TNA Championship Match - Kurt Angle (c) vs. Bobby [...]

October 14, 2011 TNA News
Divas Reality Show Planned For WWE Network

Divas Reality Show Planned For WWE Network

The official WWE website has poll up to vote for the name of another upcoming show on the WWE Network. The synopsis given for the show is: “A reality show that welcomes you aboard the private Divas tour bus as [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
Brock Lesnar’s WWE ’12 Profile Now Available

Brock Lesnar’s WWE ’12 Profile Now Available

Brock Lesnar‘s roster profile for the upcoming WWE ’12 video game is now available. Lesnar has an overall rating of 93, lower than only The Undertaker (97), The Rock (96), John Cena (96), Randy Orton (95), CM Punk (95), Stone [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
Watch The Opening Video For Bound For Glory Here

Watch The Opening Video For Bound For Glory Here

Embedded in the video below is the opening to Sunday’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view. We’ll have full coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com: [...]

October 14, 2011 TNA Results
Landau’s Landscape II: X-Division

Landau’s Landscape II: X-Division

I was actually conflicted in regards to what to write Landscape II about, between TNA’s X Division and Wrestling Storylines in general. Since Landscape I was about WWE specifically, I decided to go with TNA for landscape II, and I’ll [...]

October 14, 2011 Landau’s Landscape
Bobby Roode Discusses Bound For Glory, The Future Of Beer Money, More

Bobby Roode Discusses Bound For Glory, The Future Of Beer Money, More

The Miami Herald recently interviewed Bobby Roode to promote this Sunday’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view. Among other topics, Roode discussed his upcoming match with Kurt Angle in the excerpt below: “Having the opportunity to step into the main event – [...]

October 14, 2011 TNA News
Jeff Hardy Released From Jail; Bound For Glory Status Revealed

Jeff Hardy Released From Jail; Bound For Glory Status Revealed

Jeff Hardy has served his 10 day jail sentence and has been released. At last night’s edition of Impact Wrestling, Hardy revealed he would in fact be appearing at Bound For Glory this Sunday. Click here for full coverage of [...]

October 14, 2011 TNA News
Weekend WWE Schedule – Tour Of Mexico; Next Week’s TVs

Weekend WWE Schedule – Tour Of Mexico; Next Week’s TVs

WWE is touring Mexico and taping TVs in the country this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: * Friday from the Baseball Stadium Hermanos Serdan in Puebla, Mexico (more info) Smackdown: * Friday from November 20th Baseball St. in [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE News
Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

WWE taped this week’s Smackdown from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Thanks to Wrestling News World readers K and Rudy Gonzalez for providing us with text-message updates. Below are full results: [...]

October 14, 2011 WWE Spoilers
Impact Results (10/13/11) – Roode To Glory

Impact Results (10/13/11) – Roode To Glory

Impact Wrestling Results – 10/13/2011 From Knoxville, Tennessee Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package about the Sting and Hogan rivalry. It has voice over from Sting and Hogan from last week. It [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA Results
Hulk Hogan’s Main Event Gets Terrible First Review

Hulk Hogan’s Main Event Gets Terrible First Review

GameInformer has reviewed the upcoming Hulk Hogan’s Main Event video game for Kinect, and it was not flattering. Garnering a rating of only 1/10, the reviewer cites awful gameplay, a shoddy creation system, and Hogan himself contributing only around 30 [...]

October 13, 2011 Other News
Batista Starring In The Scorpion King 3

Batista Starring In The Scorpion King 3

Batista will star alongside Kimbo Slice, Ron Perlman, and Billy Zane in The Scorpion King 3: Battle For Redemption, coming to DVD and Blu-Ray. A trailer is embedded below: [...]

October 13, 2011 Other News
Official Footage Of D-Generation X’s Return In Dallas Now Available

Official Footage Of D-Generation X’s Return In Dallas Now Available

D-Generation X reunited in an off-air segment during this week’s Smackdown tapings. Wrestling News World reader Ashok provided us with fan footage of the appearance, and now the official WWE website has posted official footage. Click here to watch the [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Upset At President Obama’s Use Of His Theme Music

Hulk Hogan Upset At President Obama’s Use Of His Theme Music

Hulk Hogan appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss his feelings on President Obama. He cites the president using his “Real American” theme music at this year’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner without asking for permission as one reason [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA News
JR Discusses Being Fired On Raw, More

JR Discusses Being Fired On Raw, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -After an embarrassing Monday night firing on live TV with no advance notice, it took me a day or two to rebound but I’m [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
Eric Bischoff Discusses Hogan At Bound For Glory, Bobby Roode, The X-Division, More

Eric Bischoff Discusses Hogan At Bound For Glory, Bobby Roode, The X-Division, More

Wrestling News World writer Rick Craig sent in the following: Eric Bischoff appeared on Monday Night Mayhem, which airs every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. via MondayNightMayhem.com. Highlights from the interview are as follows: His reaction to Bruce Prichard replacing [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA News
Update On Roddy Piper’s Broken Neck, Former Top WWE Name Says They Would Accept Role As Raw General Manager, Gail Kim’s WWE Departure Has A Ripple Effect, Vince McMahon’s New Kick On Raw Supershow & News On Laurinaitis Tweeting

Update On Roddy Piper’s Broken Neck, Former Top WWE Name Says They Would Accept Role As Raw General Manager, Gail Kim’s WWE Departure Has A Ripple Effect, Vince McMahon’s New Kick On Raw Supershow & News On Laurinaitis Tweeting

- “Rowdy” Roddy Piper is still recovering from surgery to repair a broken neck and is wearing a brace. He’s scheduled to appear at the Rock and Shock Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts this weekend from the DCU Center and The [...]

October 13, 2011 Backstage News
Dana White Explains Allowing Brock Lesnar In WWE ’12; Says He Won’t Wrestle While Under UFC Contract

Dana White Explains Allowing Brock Lesnar In WWE ’12; Says He Won’t Wrestle While Under UFC Contract

UFC president Dana White was asked about Brock Lesnar being involved in WWE ’12. Here’s a paraphrase of White’s comments: WWE asked, what does it hurt me? He’s still in my game too. Yes, the line is crossed if WWE [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Results (10/13/11) – Roode To Glory

Impact Wrestling Results (10/13/11) – Roode To Glory

Impact Wrestling Results – 10/13/2011 From Knoxville, Tennessee Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package about the Sting and Hogan rivalry. It has voice over from Sting and Hogan from last week. It [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA Results
JR’s Future In WWE, Does WWE Think We’re Stupid?, Undertaker At Vengeance, Raw Opening Segment

JR’s Future In WWE, Does WWE Think We’re Stupid?, Undertaker At Vengeance, Raw Opening Segment

Has there been any updates as to why Jim Ross was relieved of his announce duties on Monday’s Raw Supershow? Has his health taken a poor turn? Why does Vince always seem to pick on and embarrass JR on television? [...]

October 13, 2011 Ask WNW
Impact Wrestling Results (10/20/11) – A Brand New Beginning

Impact Wrestling Results (10/20/11) – A Brand New Beginning

TNA Impact Results – 10/20/2011 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts off with a video package. It goes back to 10/10/10 where they Hogan and Eric took TNA away from Dixie. [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA Results
Jim Ross Believes He’s Not In WWE’s Future Plans As An Announcer

Jim Ross Believes He’s Not In WWE’s Future Plans As An Announcer

Jim Ross discussed his on-screen “firing” from WWE on this week’s Raw Supershow with Sean Pendergast of Yahoo! Sports Radio yesterday. He said he had no idea of the “firing” and said it was a complete “surprise.” JR called the [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
New John Cena & Zack Ryder Interviews

New John Cena & Zack Ryder Interviews

-John Cena recently took part in a radio interview with the local 97.1 The Eagle radio station, and discussed the Raw walkout, his upcoming match with The Rock, and more. Click here to listen to the interview. -Zack Ryder was [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
JBL Discusses A Possible Return To WWE Or A Stint With Impact Wrestling

JBL Discusses A Possible Return To WWE Or A Stint With Impact Wrestling

John Layfield killed any rumors of him returning to WWE or appearing in TNA any time soon on a blog post on his official website. Some excerpts are posted below: “The question is whether I will return to WWE television. [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE News
Full Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Tonight

Full Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Tonight

TNA taped the October 13th edition of Impact Wrestling from the Knoxville Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Below are full taping results: [...]

October 13, 2011 TNA Spoilers
Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

WWE will air this week’s WWE Superstars today on WWE.com and in international markets. Below are full results: [...]

October 13, 2011 WWE Spoilers