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Foley Returning, Morrison’s WWE Contract, SummerSlam Buys, Could The WWE Network Jeopardize The Company?

Foley Returning, Morrison’s WWE Contract, SummerSlam Buys, Could The WWE Network Jeopardize The Company?

Is there any particular reason why WWE decided to have Mick Foley return at a house show rather than Monday Night Raw? Mick Foley said in his promo he could return to play whenever he wanted too and there was [...]

November 4, 2011 Ask WNW
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (11/03/11) – Bilbao, Spain

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (11/03/11) – Bilbao, Spain

Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following report from last night’s Smackdown house show from the Bilbao Arena in Bilbao, Spain. The opinions featured here are not those of Fernando as he simply translated this report. First match: [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE House Shows
WWE Raw House Show Results (11/03/11) – Nantes, France

WWE Raw House Show Results (11/03/11) – Nantes, France

Wrestling News World reader Nino sent in the following report from last night’s WWE Raw house show from Zenith Nantes in Nantes, France: Not sold out but still a decent attendance. * Santino Marella came out first, addressing the crowd [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE House Shows
Presale Password For 12/27 Smackdown Taping In Indianapolis

Presale Password For 12/27 Smackdown Taping In Indianapolis

A presale is currently underway to obtain tickets to the December 27th Smackdown taping from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. To take advantage of this deal, click here and use the password Holiday. Tickets go on sale to the [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
WWE Stock Outperforms Thursday’s Market Despite WWE Studios Dragging Down Earnings

WWE Stock Outperforms Thursday’s Market Despite WWE Studios Dragging Down Earnings

CTPost had a blurb on WWE’s stock outperforming Thursday’s market after reporting their third quarter earnings for 2011. Below is an excerpt: Stamford-based WWE also reported earnings Thursday and saw shares up 3.4 percent to $10.66 on the New York [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Problems For WWE Studios As Revenue Plummets

Problems For WWE Studios As Revenue Plummets

Variety has a new article online expounding on the revenue of WWE Studios plummeting 51% in the third quarter of 2011. The publication quotes Vince McMahon from yesterday’s investor conference call where he said the company was going to “monitor [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Linda McMahon Backing Mitt Romney For President

Linda McMahon Backing Mitt Romney For President

POLITICO has a new article online that states Linda McMahon is backing Mitt Romney for president. You can read their coverage at this link. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta for sending this in. [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Weekend Impact Wrestling Schedule – Three House Shows, Seeking Reports

Weekend Impact Wrestling Schedule – Three House Shows, Seeking Reports

Below is this weekend’s TNA Impact Wrestling schedule. This weekend the company is touring through Michigan, Ohio, and Canada: * Tonight from the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan (more info) * Saturday from the Seagate Center in Toledo, Ohio [...]

November 4, 2011 TNA News
Information On Divas DLC Pack For WWE ’12

Information On Divas DLC Pack For WWE ’12

The content of another downloadable content pack for the upcoming WWE ’12 video game has been announced. The “Divas Pack” will include the following playable characters: * Kharma * Brie Bella * Nikki Bella * Trish Stratus * Alicia Fox [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Weekend WWE Schedule – European Tour Begins, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Correspondents

Weekend WWE Schedule – European Tour Begins, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Correspondents

Below is this weekend’s WWE house show schedule: Raw: * Tonight from Galaxie Mega Hall in Amneville, France (more info) * Saturday from MEN Arena in Manchester, England (more info) * Sunday from the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England (more [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE Superstars, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
WWE Acknowledging John Morrison’s Losing Streak; Trish Stratus Giving Away WWE ’12 Game

WWE Acknowledging John Morrison’s Losing Streak; Trish Stratus Giving Away WWE ’12 Game

-The official WWE website has an article up on John Morrison‘s recent losing streak, mentioning that he hasn’t won a match since August. Morrison cites coming back too soon from his neck injury as a major reason for the losing [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling Here

Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling Here

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Impact Wrestling, courtesy of the company’s official YouTube channel: Bobby Roode Becomes the New World Champion Ronnie from MTV’s Jersey Shore Makes Impact Wrestling Debut Garett’s Heart-To-Heart Talk With [...]

November 4, 2011 TNA News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show, courtesy of the official Impact Wrestling YouTube channel: [...]

November 4, 2011 TNA News
New TNA World Heavyweight Champion

New TNA World Heavyweight Champion

Bobby Roode defeated James Storm to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion on this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling. Click here for full results from the show. [...]

November 4, 2011 TNA News
New TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions

New TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions

Madison Rayne & Gail Kim defeated Brooke Tessmacher & Tara to become the new TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions on this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling. Click here for full results from the show. [...]

November 4, 2011 TNA News
Zack Ryder Starts Petition To Get A United States Championship Match

Zack Ryder Starts Petition To Get A United States Championship Match

Zack Ryder has been promoting an online petition he put together that implores Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis to give him an opportunity at Dolph Ziggler‘s United States Championship. The petition, which has been promoted on the official WWE [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE News
Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

WWE taped this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Below are full results: [...]

November 4, 2011 WWE Spoilers
TNA/IW Blog Zone – Easy Come, Easy Go

TNA/IW Blog Zone – Easy Come, Easy Go

I have been sitting around all day trying to figure out what to write about. Everything has distracted me from writing today. My brain is mulling, but it hasn’t reached my fingers so neither this nor my novel have progressed [...]

November 4, 2011 IW Blog Zone
Impact Wrestling Results (11/3/11) – Roode: He Needs The Beer To Get The Money

Impact Wrestling Results (11/3/11) – Roode: He Needs The Beer To Get The Money

Impact Wrestling Results – 11/3/2011 From Macon Coliseum in Macon, Georgia Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package of James Storm. He is shown in the video while showing clips of his matches [...]

November 3, 2011 TNA Results
Backstage News On The Title Picture In TNA – The Original Plan Going Into Bound For Glory & How Plans Changed To Get The Head Scratching Finish, Plus You Won’t Believe Who Hogan & Bischoff Want The Belt On & More On Their Increase In Power

Backstage News On The Title Picture In TNA – The Original Plan Going Into Bound For Glory & How Plans Changed To Get The Head Scratching Finish, Plus You Won’t Believe Who Hogan & Bischoff Want The Belt On & More On Their Increase In Power

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November 3, 2011 Backstage News
Pre-Sale Password To Obtain Tickets To 12/28 Smackdown House Show In Detroit; Begins Tomorrow

Pre-Sale Password To Obtain Tickets To 12/28 Smackdown House Show In Detroit; Begins Tomorrow

There will be a pre-sale tomorrow from 10 AM to 10 PM to obtain tickets to the December 28th Smackdown house show from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Use the password HOLLIDAY at this link. Tickets will go [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
WWE Announces Tour Of Spain For Next June

WWE Announces Tour Of Spain For Next June

Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: WWE will be touring my country next June, holding four live events. Here are the dates and venues: * 06/06: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid * 06/07: Palacio de deportes San Pablo, Seville [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
WWE Announces Plans For Interactive Countdown Show

WWE Announces Plans For Interactive Countdown Show

WWE has unveiled plans for another show on the forthcoming WWE Network. The project will be an interactive countdown show, in which fans rank WWE’s hottest topics. Below are the official details: Greatest Superstar ever? Best catchphrase? Worst 80s hair? [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
WWE Investor Conference Call Recap – Lots Of WWE Network Questions But Very Few & Vague Answers

WWE Investor Conference Call Recap – Lots Of WWE Network Questions But Very Few & Vague Answers

WWE held a conference call with investors this morning to discuss their third quarter earnings of 2011. I was on the call as you can read a full recap below: Michael Weitz opened the call and announced Vince McMahon and [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Official WWE PPV Buyrates For Money In The Bank, SummerSlam & Night Of Champions

Official WWE PPV Buyrates For Money In The Bank, SummerSlam & Night Of Champions

The official buyrates for the following WWE pay-per-views were announced today in the company’s 2011 third quarter earnings report: * Money in the Bank – 195,000 buys (compared to 165,000 in 2010) * SummerSlam – 296,000 buys (compared to 350,000 [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
WWE Reports Third Quarter Earnings For 2011; Vince McMahon Comments

WWE Reports Third Quarter Earnings For 2011; Vince McMahon Comments

WWE announced today their third quarter results for 2011. Below is an excerpt from their official press release: STAMFORD, Conn., November 3, 2011 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Revenues totaled [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Daily WWE European Tour Update – 20 Shows Left

Daily WWE European Tour Update – 20 Shows Left

One show down, twenty to go. Below is your daily update on the WWE European Tour: Raw: * Tonight from Zenith Nantes in Nantes, France (more info) * Friday from Le Galaxie in Amneville, France (more info) * Saturday from [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Seeking Reports From Tonight’s TNA House Show In Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Seeking Reports From Tonight’s TNA House Show In Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

TNA Impact Wrestling will run a house show tonight from the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Click here for more information. If you attend, please submit a live report. [...]

November 3, 2011 TNA House Shows
AJ Styles In WWE, Otunga/Jennifer Hudson, Wellness Violations, How To Get Great Seats For Wrestlemania

AJ Styles In WWE, Otunga/Jennifer Hudson, Wellness Violations, How To Get Great Seats For Wrestlemania

What are the chances AJ Styles ever leaves TNA Impact Wrestling for WWE? This is a common question I see readers asking from time to time and while it’s certainly possible AJ Styles could leave TNA for WWE, how much [...]

November 3, 2011 Ask WNW
Second Report: WWE Raw House Show Results (11/02/11) – Dublin, Ireland

Second Report: WWE Raw House Show Results (11/02/11) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Matthew Macklin sent in the following report: I attended the WWE Raw house show in Dublin. The O2 looked to be close to full. The crowd was electric all night, probably the best atmosphere inside the [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE House Shows
Rey Mysterio Discusses Desire To Work Wrestlemania XXVIII Next Year

Rey Mysterio Discusses Desire To Work Wrestlemania XXVIII Next Year

The Miami Herald posted a new article today featuring quotes from Rey Mysterio to promote tomorrow’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pre-sale ticket event in Downtown Miami. Mysterio expresses his desire to be ready to return from his knee injury to work the [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Password For Wrestlemania XXVII Ticket Pre-Sale Beginning Today At 10 AM ET

Password For Wrestlemania XXVII Ticket Pre-Sale Beginning Today At 10 AM ET

Tickets can be obtained to Wrestlemania XXVIII for the first time in a pre-sale beginning today at 10 AM ET and ending Friday at 11:59 PM ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday morning at 10 AM. [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

Embedded in the video below is last night’s WWE NXT in its entirety, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
Full Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Tonight

Full Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Tonight

TNA taped tonight’s Impact Wrestling from the Macon Coliseum in Macon, Georgia. Below are full taping results: [...]

November 3, 2011 TNA Spoilers
Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

The following matches were taped for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars: [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE Spoilers
JR Discusses His Time In WCW, Lita, More

JR Discusses His Time In WCW, Lita, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -Drew a few tough hands while in WCW but I refuse to let a handful of bad days in pro wrestling define my career [...]

November 3, 2011 WWE News
WNW Premium Mailbag – WWE Superstars Are Not Employees & What That Means In Terms Of “Who Pays,” Big Show & Mark Henry Collapsing The Ring, Upcoming Wrestlemania Locations, Cena’s New Attire, More On Plans For HHH vs. Kevin Nash

WNW Premium Mailbag – WWE Superstars Are Not Employees & What That Means In Terms Of “Who Pays,” Big Show & Mark Henry Collapsing The Ring, Upcoming Wrestlemania Locations, Cena’s New Attire, More On Plans For HHH vs. Kevin Nash

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November 2, 2011 Premium Mailbags
Video Footage Of Mick Foley’s WWE Return Tonight In Dublin, Ireland

Video Footage Of Mick Foley’s WWE Return Tonight In Dublin, Ireland

Embedded in the video below is video footage of Mick Foley returning to WWE at tonight’s Raw house show from Dublin, Ireland: For more on Foley’s WWE return, click here. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta for sending [...]

November 2, 2011 WWE News
Ring Of Honor Battle In The Carolina’s Match Announcements

Ring Of Honor Battle In The Carolina’s Match Announcements

- ROH Wrestling sent out the following today: Ring of Honor is extremely excited about our debuts in Spartanburg, SC and Greensboro, NC on December 2nd & 3rd respectively, in large part due to our great Sinclair Broadcasting stations in [...]

November 2, 2011 ROH