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William Regal Ribbed At Superstars Taping

William Regal Ribbed At Superstars Taping

William Regal was ribbed at yesterday’s WWE Superstars taping in Liverpool, England, prior to his match with Daniel Bryan. While Regal was making his entrance, the “Real Man’s Man” Steven Regal theme he had during his stint in the late [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
Henry O. Godwinn In Serious Car Accident

Henry O. Godwinn In Serious Car Accident

Mark Canterbury, also known as Henry O. Godwinn from his days in WWE, was involved in a serious automobile accident earlier today, I can now confirm. From what I was told, Canterbury was in an accident in West Virginia that [...]

November 9, 2011 Other News
Why Did John Cena Choose The Rock?; John Morrison Speaks On His Win Against Ziggler

Why Did John Cena Choose The Rock?; John Morrison Speaks On His Win Against Ziggler

- WWE.com has a new editorial online questioning why John Cena chose to partner with The Rock at Survivor Series. You can read it at this link. - Also available on WWE.com is a video of John Morrison discussing his [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
Matt Morgan, Christy Hemme & SoCal Val At Johnny Damon Charity Event

Matt Morgan, Christy Hemme & SoCal Val At Johnny Damon Charity Event

Matt Morgan, Christy Hemme and SoCal Val represented TNA Impact Wrestling at Johnny Damon’s “Johnny Jam ’11″ at the Hard Rock Hotel Beach Club at Universal Studios Orlando last Sunday. Morgan posted photos here, here and here. The official TNA [...]

November 9, 2011 TNA News
Matt Morgan’s Cousin, A Detective, Gunned Down Monday In New Jersey

Matt Morgan’s Cousin, A Detective, Gunned Down Monday In New Jersey

The cousin of TNA Impact Wrestling star Matt Morgan, Detective Michael Morgan, was gunned down on Monday while off-duty in New Jersey. The suspects of the shooting were apprehended this morning and a press conference is scheduled for today. Click [...]

November 9, 2011 TNA News
Daily WWE European Tour Update – Details On Every Show Remaining

Daily WWE European Tour Update – Details On Every Show Remaining

WWE is still overseas on their extended European tour. Below is today’s update: Raw: * Tonight from Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England (more info) * Tomorrow from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland (more info) * Friday from [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
The Rock vs. John Cena Outcome, Maryse’s Departure, Undertaker’s Opponent, Ryder Support

The Rock vs. John Cena Outcome, Maryse’s Departure, Undertaker’s Opponent, Ryder Support

Do you feel the outcome of The Rock vs. John Cena at Wrestlemania XXVIII has already been decided? Surely WWE wouldn’t bring Rock back only to lose? The outcome hasn’t been decided and valid arguments could be made either way. [...]

November 9, 2011 Ask WNW
Charges From Kurt Angle’s September 2011 Arrest Settled; Angle Blames Texting Over Pay, Not Alcohol, For Reckless Driving

Charges From Kurt Angle’s September 2011 Arrest Settled; Angle Blames Texting Over Pay, Not Alcohol, For Reckless Driving

Kurt Angle’s September 4, 2011 arrest in Virginia that originally carried charges of Driving Under the Influence was settled in a Warren County court room yesterday. Angle was fined $1500 but no jail time attached. The former TNA Champion’s attorney, [...]

November 9, 2011 TNA News
Where Are They Now? – Haku

Where Are They Now? – Haku

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) and Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) of #AftermathRadio on thescore.com spoke with former WWE Superstar Tonga Fifita, best known as Haku (WWE) and Meng (WCW): Highlights: Working these days at a Toyota dealership and how he got connected with [...]

November 9, 2011 Other News
Video From Yesterday’s WWE Raw House Show In Newcastle

Video From Yesterday’s WWE Raw House Show In Newcastle

Wrestling News World reader Danny Roy sent in the following video from yesterday’s WWE Raw house show from Newcastle, England: It’s also worth noting Kevin Nash worked the show. WWE Raw House Show Results (11/08/11) – Newcastle, England [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (11/08/11) – Newcastle, England

WWE Raw House Show Results (11/08/11) – Newcastle, England

Wrestling News World reader Gary Walker sent in the following report from yesterday’s WWE Raw house show from Newcastle Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England: * Santino Marella def David Otunga via pinfall after hitting the Cobra. * Mason Ryan [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE House Shows
Dark Match Main Event Result From Tonight’s Smackdown Taping With Video

Dark Match Main Event Result From Tonight’s Smackdown Taping With Video

Wrestling News World reader Matthew Connolly sent in the following report: Randy Orton, Sheamus, & Big Show b. Cody Rhodes, Christian & Mark Henry, with Booker T as the special referee. Henry and Christian fled the ring mid-match, and Show [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Liverpool, England

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Liverpool, England

WWE taping this week’s Smackdown from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Below are full results: Smackdown (Airing Friday on SyFy): * Randy Orton came out to cut a promo on his 5-on-5 Survivor Series match. He listed off his [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Liverpool, England (Part 2)

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Liverpool, England (Part 2)

WWE taped the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars today from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Below are full results: [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Liverpool, England

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Liverpool, England

WWE taped this week’s WWE NXT today from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Below are full results: [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE Spoilers
WWE Remembers Smokin’ Joe Frazier

WWE Remembers Smokin’ Joe Frazier

The official WWE YouTube channel posted the following retrospective on famous heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier‘s appearances in professional wrestling. Frazier, who passed away last Monday, acted as the guest referee of the main event of NWA Starrcade 1984 between Ric [...]

November 9, 2011 WWE News
Full Details On How Serious WWE Is About Eliminating Synthetic Cannabinoids

Full Details On How Serious WWE Is About Eliminating Synthetic Cannabinoids

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November 8, 2011 Backstage News
WWE Raw Supershow Rating

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 2.9 cable rating off hours of 2.94 and 2.81 with an average viewing audience of 4,015,000 viewers on the USA Network. [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
WWE Not Interested In Chyna But One Diva They Are Looking To Bring Back, TNA Announcer Finds Work In The NHL

WWE Not Interested In Chyna But One Diva They Are Looking To Bring Back, TNA Announcer Finds Work In The NHL

- I can confirm there’s 100% no interest in Chyna within WWE. The one Diva that company officials are trying to work out a deal for her to return is Michelle McCool. While McCool is reportedly not interested at this [...]

November 8, 2011 Insider Rumblings
AJ Styles Injury Update

AJ Styles Injury Update

AJ Styles has a grade two high ankle sprain he suffered at a TNA Impact Wrestling house show this weekend. Styles posted a photo of the injury on his official Twitter account at this link. Styles hopes to be back [...]

November 8, 2011 TNA News
CM Punk Inspires GTS Pizza At Chicago Pizzeria

CM Punk Inspires GTS Pizza At Chicago Pizzeria

CM Punk is the inspiration behind a pizza at a pizza place in Chicago called Ian’s Pizza. The pie is called The G.T.S. and features smoked turkey leg, sliced potatoes, Swiss cheese and French fried onions and will be available [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
Where Are They Now? – Tatanka

Where Are They Now? – Tatanka

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network spoke with former WWE Superstar “The Native American” Tatanka while he was in Toronto to promote his upcoming appearances for CWI Wrestling (www.cwiwrestling.com). Highlights: Whether or not there was ever any other consideration [...]

November 8, 2011 Other News
New Brock Lesnar Interview By WWE Games

New Brock Lesnar Interview By WWE Games

Brock Lesnar was recently interviewed by WWEGames and discussed his inclusion in the upcoming WWE ’12 video game. He continued to mention that he never got an opportunity to face “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, discussed his feelings on the current [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (11/07/11) – Birmingham, England

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (11/07/11) – Birmingham, England

Wrestling News World reader Alex Demski sent in the following house show report from last night’s Smackdown show from the Birmingham LG Arena in Birmingham, England: William Regal def Daniel Bryan After the match Regal cuts a promo saying that [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE House Shows
Seeking Correspondents From Today’s Smackdown Taping In Liverpool

Seeking Correspondents From Today’s Smackdown Taping In Liverpool

WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars, this week’s WWE NXT and this week’s Smackdown today from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The advertised dark match main event is World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry, Christian [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
Michael Cole/Jim Ross Angle, Chyna In WWE, The WWE Network PG?, Mick Foley’s TV Return

Michael Cole/Jim Ross Angle, Chyna In WWE, The WWE Network PG?, Mick Foley’s TV Return

What is the purpose of having the Michael Cole/Jim Ross challenge pushed back another week? Does Vince just want to have an excuse to pick on Ross? The segment was cut from last week’s Raw Supershow because of time constraints [...]

November 8, 2011 Ask WNW
Where Are They Now? – Ultimate Warrior

Where Are They Now? – Ultimate Warrior

Wrestling News World reader Jordan sent in the following: Ultimate Warrior is starting some sort of project with heavy metal bands on Sumerian Records. Here is a teaser trailer. As you can see, Warrior is still in rare form: Tweet [...]

November 8, 2011 Other News
JR Gives An Update On Jerry Brisco, Discusses Who The Biggest Star Of Attitude Era Was, More

JR Gives An Update On Jerry Brisco, Discusses Who The Biggest Star Of Attitude Era Was, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -Oklahoma State is rolling which makes my pal Jerry Brisco happy. Jerry, who recently suffered his 4th stroke in about a year or so, [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
Update On The Status Of Jim Ross & The Michael Cole Challenge

Update On The Status Of Jim Ross & The Michael Cole Challenge

Jim Ross tweeted the following yesterday in regard to his status for next week’s Raw taping: I’ll be in Boston next week for the 3 hour Raw & I will take the Michael Cole Challenge whatever that is. Is it [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
Film Starring Trish Stratus To Be Distributed In United States Markets

Film Starring Trish Stratus To Be Distributed In United States Markets

Wrestling News World reader Jeff sent in the following: TrishStratus.com has announced that MPI Media Group has acquired the rights to distribute Bounty Hunters, a film starring Trish Stratus, in the United States, as well as in many international markets. [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
WWE Raw Results – 11/7/2011 – Cena Did Get Got!

WWE Raw Results – 11/7/2011 – Cena Did Get Got!

Written by Kendra Bunyon on Nov 7, 2011 – 11:29:15 PM RAW this week starts with music and pyro. Cena out to the ring to mixed reaction. He likes the lively fans and warm welcome that really isn’t warm. He [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE Results
Watch The Latest Edition Of The Tommy Dreamer TV Here

Watch The Latest Edition Of The Tommy Dreamer TV Here

The latest edition of The Tommy Dreamer TV is embedded in the video below: [...]

November 8, 2011 Other News
CHIKARA Giving Opportunity For Free Tickets For Life

CHIKARA Giving Opportunity For Free Tickets For Life

Indy promotion CHIKARA Pro is giving one fan a chance to attend every show by the promotion for life by entering an online contest. The details for the contest are as follows: Winner will receive a complimentary pair of tickets [...]

November 8, 2011 Other News
Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s WWE Raw Supershow Here

Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s WWE Raw Supershow Here

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s WWE Raw Supershow, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade. John Cena & [...]

November 8, 2011 WWE News
RAW Is Blogged – You Can’t Go Home Again

RAW Is Blogged – You Can’t Go Home Again

I stated that I would respond to commenters’ questions after my rant on Cole and the WWE over the verbal attack on JR and digestive disorders as a whole. I was asked what I would do in JR’s shoes (sigh, [...]

November 8, 2011 Raw is Blogged
Dragon Gate USA News & Notes

Dragon Gate USA News & Notes

Dragon Gate USA returns to Philadelphia this Saturday for “Bushido: Code Of The Warrior 2011″ at the legendary Arena. This is a special 5:30pm belltime since it is part of a double header with CZW, which will follow the DGUSA [...]

November 8, 2011 Dragon Gate USA
TNA Impact Wrestling Officially Announces Partnership With Ohio Valley Wrestling

TNA Impact Wrestling Officially Announces Partnership With Ohio Valley Wrestling

- TNA Impact Wrestling issued the following press release: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announces that they are entering into an exclusive relationship with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), effective immediately, as the official training and developmental facility for TNA’s current and future [...]

November 7, 2011 Ohio Valley Wrestling, TNA News
What Caused Evan Bourne, Heath Slater & Darren Young To Receive Wellness Strikes & 30-Day Suspensions, Details On A Suspension Not Announced By WWE, Plus Debunking Speculation Regarding The Wellness Violations Of Mike Chioda & Sin Cara

What Caused Evan Bourne, Heath Slater & Darren Young To Receive Wellness Strikes & 30-Day Suspensions, Details On A Suspension Not Announced By WWE, Plus Debunking Speculation Regarding The Wellness Violations Of Mike Chioda & Sin Cara

The following article is only available to WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium Members. Sign-up here to view this article and unlock all our exclusive features. By signing up not only will you unlock all exclusive features but the website [...]

November 7, 2011 Backstage News
Chyna Wants To Return To WWE

Chyna Wants To Return To WWE

Chyna recently appeared on The Howard Stern Show and briefly discussed wanting to return to WWE. She claims to have asked Vince McMahon if he was willing to put personal issues aside and go into business together. The video is [...]

November 7, 2011 WWE News
Ohio Valley Wrestling Becomes Official Developmental Territory For TNA

Ohio Valley Wrestling Becomes Official Developmental Territory For TNA

TNA Impact Wrestling announced today they have come to terms on a deal with Ohio Valley Wrestling for the promotion to be their official developmental promotion. OVW owner Danny Davis will work with Bruce Prichard in the developmental of talent [...]

November 7, 2011 Ohio Valley Wrestling, TNA News