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25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1994 Bret Hart & Lex Luger

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1994 Bret Hart & Lex Luger

This is one Royal Rumble I’ve been looking forward to writing about. Both winners of this Royal Rumble Match are wrestlers I enjoyed, and sometimes loathed early on. In my mind, this is when the Royal Rumble really started getting [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE
View The Cover For The Rock’s Upcoming DVD Here

View The Cover For The Rock’s Upcoming DVD Here

The Rock has posted the cover for his upcoming DVD, The Rock: The Epic Journey of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, on his Twitter account. He also mentioned that the DVD is scheduled for a February 21 release. The cover is [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Triple H Visits New York Giants Practice Today

Triple H Visits New York Giants Practice Today

Triple H was at the practice facility of the New York Giants today. A photo was taken of Hunter with FB Tyler Sash and CB Prince Amukamara. You can view the photo at this link. The New York Giants are [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
View The TNA Victory Road Promotional Poster Here

View The TNA Victory Road Promotional Poster Here

Dixie Carter has released the TNA Victory Road pay-per-view promotional poster featuring Sting. You can view it below: [...]

January 11, 2012 TNA News
What People In WWE Including Curt Hawkins Think Of WWE’s Funkasaurus

What People In WWE Including Curt Hawkins Think Of WWE’s Funkasaurus

While Brodus Clay’s “Funkasaurus” gimmick surprised many, it got high marks from several people within WWE. Goldust, who works as a producer backstage, said the gimmick was over with him and had “big potential.” Even Curt Hawkins, who had the [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Ring Of Honor Holding Three iPPVs In March; New TV Clearance In Rhode Island

Ring Of Honor Holding Three iPPVs In March; New TV Clearance In Rhode Island

- Ring of Honor is currently schedule to air three iPPVs in March. They are as follows: * March 4th in New York City * March 30th in Miami * March 31st in Miami - The company’s programming will also [...]

January 11, 2012 ROH
WNW Premium Mailbag – Kevin Fertig, Wrestlemania In Vancouver, Kevin Nash’s Feud With Ultimate Warrior, Why ECW Didn’t Work In WWE, Ric Flair’s Second Trip To The WWE Hall Of Fame, Scrapped Divas, Backstage Opinion Of Cole, Jericho’s Mute Gimmick, Falling PPV Buys

WNW Premium Mailbag – Kevin Fertig, Wrestlemania In Vancouver, Kevin Nash’s Feud With Ultimate Warrior, Why ECW Didn’t Work In WWE, Ric Flair’s Second Trip To The WWE Hall Of Fame, Scrapped Divas, Backstage Opinion Of Cole, Jericho’s Mute Gimmick, Falling PPV Buys

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January 11, 2012 Premium Mailbags
The Rock Shooting Promo For Sunday’s NFC Divisional Playoff Game On Fox

The Rock Shooting Promo For Sunday’s NFC Divisional Playoff Game On Fox

- The following is from the official Twitter account of The Rock: Shooting the #ElectrifyingIntro for @NFLonFOX Packers/Giants this Sunday. #RoadToTheLombardi twitter.com/TheRock/status… — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) January 11, 2012   [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Sting’s Final Match In England; More On Upcoming Overseas Impact Wrestling Tapings

Sting’s Final Match In England; More On Upcoming Overseas Impact Wrestling Tapings

TNA has issued a press release about the company taping two episodes of Impact Wrestling at the Wembley Arena in London, England on January 28th. They are promoting Sting as to appearing for the first time in the UK in [...]

January 11, 2012 TNA News
Brodus Clay Comments On His Shocking Gimmick, Raw Supershow In Cleveland, Official WWE Hall Of Fame Announcements

Brodus Clay Comments On His Shocking Gimmick, Raw Supershow In Cleveland, Official WWE Hall Of Fame Announcements

- WWE has an exclusive video on their official website with Brodus Clay talking about his debut on Monday’s Raw Supershow and how he shocked everyone with his gimmick.  Clay assures the interviewer you can take him serious and points [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Chris Jericho’s Return Gimmick, John Cena’s Value Preventing Character Progression, Mysterio’s Return Date, Edge/WWE HoF

Chris Jericho’s Return Gimmick, John Cena’s Value Preventing Character Progression, Mysterio’s Return Date, Edge/WWE HoF

Obviously the Chris Jericho storyline is still developing…But is there going to be a woman involved somehow? Should we stop reading into anything else that was in the cryptic videos, especially with the girl that was in them? I haven’t [...]

January 11, 2012 Ask WNW
How Much John Cena Is Worth To WWE

How Much John Cena Is Worth To WWE

- The following is from the Twitter account of ESPN’s Michele Steele: WWE says Cena was a $106 million retail brand in 2010 — Michele Steele (@MicheleSteele) January 10, 2012 Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Dave for sending this [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Undergoes Surgery Last Night

Hulk Hogan Undergoes Surgery Last Night

Painful news out of the Hulk Hogan camp this morning as TMZ is reporting the Hulkster has been dealing with problems stemming from dental surgery he underwent back in October. In October, Hogan had a sinus graft and then went [...]

January 11, 2012 TNA News
Steve Austin Offers Tim Tebow 3:16 Under One Condition

Steve Austin Offers Tim Tebow 3:16 Under One Condition

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin called in to TMZ Live to discuss Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow as the new 3:16 guy. He comes on at 44:03 embedded in the video below: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Thanks to Wrestling News [...]

January 11, 2012 Other News
Bobby Roode On Being TNA Champion, Hogan’s Lack Of Confidence In Him, Spitting In Dixie Carter’s Face

Bobby Roode On Being TNA Champion, Hogan’s Lack Of Confidence In Him, Spitting In Dixie Carter’s Face

SportsVibe.co.uk has a new interview online with TNA Champion Bobby Roode. Below is an excerpt: You’re the current TNA World Champion. Does that achievement top the lot? Absolutely, my dream when I got into this business was to become World [...]

January 11, 2012 TNA News
Mick Foley On Celebrity Wife Swap, Bret Hart Congratulates Edge, Goldust vs. Cody Rhodes At Wrestlemania?

Mick Foley On Celebrity Wife Swap, Bret Hart Congratulates Edge, Goldust vs. Cody Rhodes At Wrestlemania?

- The episode of “Celebrity Wife Swap” featuring Mick Foley will air Tuesday, January 24th at 9 PM EST. - The following is from of the official Twitter account of Bret Hart: Congrats to the inductees so far to the [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon Featured On Mitt Romney Attack Ad

Vince McMahon Featured On Mitt Romney Attack Ad

The Democratic National Committee has released an advertisement directed at United States politician Mitt Romney, using clips of various famous people saying “You’re fired!” Among them is Vince McMahon. On an interesting note, Linda McMahon has endorsed Romney for President. [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
WWE Claims Zack Ryder Is “Seriously Injured”; Next Week’s US Title Match Possibly Canceled

WWE Claims Zack Ryder Is “Seriously Injured”; Next Week’s US Title Match Possibly Canceled

The official WWE website has posted an article claiming that Kane‘s attack on Zack Ryder on this week’s Raw left Ryder “seriously injured.” Ryder reportedly suffered no structural damage, but is undergoing further evaluation in the next week. Although it [...]

January 11, 2012 WWE News
RAW Is Blogged – Shake Your Funkasaurus White Boy

RAW Is Blogged – Shake Your Funkasaurus White Boy

Two weeks in a row WNW has been buzzing after RAW. Heck, not just WNW, but the whole IWC for the second week in a row. Whether you’re happy about the decisions WWE has made with wrestlers, their characters and [...]

January 10, 2012 Raw is Blogged
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Laredo, Texas (Part 2)

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Laredo, Texas (Part 2)

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Impact Wrestling Taping Results (1/19) & (1/26) *Spoilers*

Impact Wrestling Taping Results (1/19) & (1/26) *Spoilers*

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

January 10, 2012 TNA Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE Spoilers
WWE Raw Supershow Rating

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 2.9 cable rating off hours of 2.96 and 2.77 with an average viewership of 4,008,000 viewers. The number is down with the disturbing down from hour one to hour two. However, the show [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Today’s Ring Of Honor Newswire – Updates On Upcoming Shows

Today’s Ring Of Honor Newswire – Updates On Upcoming Shows

ROH Wrestling sent us their Newswire for today and requested it to be posted.  You can view it below: -Thank you to all of the fans in Baltimore who attended our TV Taping last Saturday at the Du Burns Arena. [...]

January 10, 2012 ROH
TNA Adds Impact Wrestling Taping Dates In Manchester & Nottingham; Updated Taping Schedule

TNA Adds Impact Wrestling Taping Dates In Manchester & Nottingham; Updated Taping Schedule

TNA will tape Impact Wrestling in Nottingham, England on January 26th and Manchester, England on January 27th, TNA President Dixie Carter has confirmed with the following Tweet: Just confirmed Spike/Challenge TV cameras will be in Manchester and Nottingham as well [...]

January 10, 2012 TNA News
Details On Tonight’s Smackdown Taping – World Heavyweight Title Match, Official Commercial, Seeking Correspondents

Details On Tonight’s Smackdown Taping – World Heavyweight Title Match, Official Commercial, Seeking Correspondents

WWE will tape this week’s WWE NXT, the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. As reported last night, Daniel Bryan will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Gregory Shane Helms Undergoes More Surgery Today

Gregory Shane Helms Undergoes More Surgery Today

Gregory Shane Helms underwent more surgery today. He has noted on Twitter that it was successful. Below are some Tweets from his official Twitter account: Don’t wanna tweet too much right now. Still groggy and can barely see the keyboard, [...]

January 10, 2012 Other News
Video Highlights From Last Night’s Raw Supershow; What Did You Think Of The Broadcast?

Video Highlights From Last Night’s Raw Supershow; What Did You Think Of The Broadcast?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from Monday’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, tell us what you thought of the show by giving it a school letter grade here on our Facebook [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Top WWE Main Event Name Discouraging Company Interest In Brock Lesnar; Why The WWE Mega Star Has An Underlying Conflict Of Interest In Lesnar Working Wrestlemania XXVIII This Year, 100% Confirmation That Lesnar Thinks He Will Work For Vince McMahon In WWE Again

Top WWE Main Event Name Discouraging Company Interest In Brock Lesnar; Why The WWE Mega Star Has An Underlying Conflict Of Interest In Lesnar Working Wrestlemania XXVIII This Year, 100% Confirmation That Lesnar Thinks He Will Work For Vince McMahon In WWE Again

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January 10, 2012 Backstage News
Official Press Release On John Cena’s New Partnership With Post Fruity Pebbles

Official Press Release On John Cena’s New Partnership With Post Fruity Pebbles

- The following press release hit the wire today: PARSIPANNY, N.J., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Post Fruity Pebbles and WWE Superstar John Cena are teaming up for a new partnership, which includes a collectable cereal box and [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Linda McMahon Accused Of Plagiarizing Op-ed That Ran On A Connecticut News Site Last Week

Linda McMahon Accused Of Plagiarizing Op-ed That Ran On A Connecticut News Site Last Week

There is controversy today out of the Linda McMahon for Senate campaign. McMahon is accused of plagiarizing an op-ed (definition here) that ran last week on a Connecticut news site. In the piece, online here, McMahon writes the following about [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton Off To The Bahamas, WWE March House Shows In Michigan, What You Didn’t See On Raw Supershow

Randy Orton Off To The Bahamas, WWE March House Shows In Michigan, What You Didn’t See On Raw Supershow

- Randy Orton told his Twitter followers that he and his family are off to vacation in the Bahamas tomorrow. - WWE has announced a March 10 house show from the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Bret Hart Not Appearing At WWE Show In Prince George

Bret Hart Not Appearing At WWE Show In Prince George

Bret Hart has clarified his brother’s Tweet about being in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada on Sunday. Bret says while he will be there, it’s not WWE related and he won’t appear on their show. Below is Bret’s Tweet: Just [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Brodus Clay’s Funky Gimmick, Four Horseman Inducted With Ric Flair In TNA, WWE Network Panic, Rumble Match Winner

Brodus Clay’s Funky Gimmick, Four Horseman Inducted With Ric Flair In TNA, WWE Network Panic, Rumble Match Winner

Brodus Clay – you know, the man from Planet-funk, the Funk-a-sorus. What are your thoughts on his debut gimmick? Believe it or not, this is the most popular question of the day. Some people loved it, some people hated it [...]

January 10, 2012 Ask WNW
Kurt Angle & His Run For The Olympics – Looking To Regain His Youth, Is He Clean Of PEDs?

Kurt Angle & His Run For The Olympics – Looking To Regain His Youth, Is He Clean Of PEDs?

Fox Sports has a new article online on Kurt Angle’s one last bid to compete at the Olympics this year. Angle’s manager and close friend David Hawk is quoted in the piece along with Angle. Below are some excerpts: David [...]

January 10, 2012 TNA News
Edge Gives His Immediate Reaction To Being Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

Edge Gives His Immediate Reaction To Being Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Edge appeared on #AftermathRadio with Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) and Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) to talk about his induction into the 2012 Hall of Fame. In the live interview that transpired immediately after RAW went [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
Steve Austin Puts Over Tim Tebow; Willing To Surrender The Numbers 316

Steve Austin Puts Over Tim Tebow; Willing To Surrender The Numbers 316

TMZ has a nice article online on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin surrendering the numbers 316 to Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow. Below is an excerpt: Austin continues, “A guy named John was using it before me … so if Tebow [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE News
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1993 Yokozuna

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1993 Yokozuna

I have gone into most of these not knowing who I would be talking about the next day. Of course I know a lot about Hogan and Flair, thought most of what I wrote was new to me, but I [...]

January 10, 2012 WWE
RAW Results – 1/9/12 – Ryder’s Tire

RAW Results – 1/9/12 – Ryder’s Tire

RAW this week starts with video recap of last week’s main event, then Kane’s attack on Cena and Ryder. Kane’s fire erupts, then lights out. Red lights come up on stage and Kane is standing there surrounded in smoke. He [...]

January 9, 2012 WWE Results