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25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2009 Randy Orton

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2009 Randy Orton

While I hope Orton doesn’t return to win the 2012 Royal Rumble Match, he did a great job with it in 2009. I have been very impressed with Orton’s career. He took what he had, genetics and the in through [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE
Ring of Honor Results (1/28/12) – The New American Wolves?

Ring of Honor Results (1/28/12) – The New American Wolves?

Ring of Honor Results – (1/28/12) Results by: Adam W of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Ring of Honor! We start the show with a highlight from Final Battle 2011 of Kevin Steen giving the Package Piledriver to Steve Corino, [...]

January 28, 2012 ROH
Smackdown! or For Those With a Short Atten…A SQUIRREL!

Smackdown! or For Those With a Short Atten…A SQUIRREL!

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A BLOG, NOT A NEWS ARTICLE. THE FOLLOWING WRITINGS ARE THE OPINIONS OF A STAFF WRITER OF WRESTLING NEWS WORLD. THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE OWNER OR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF. ALSO: [...]

January 28, 2012 Smackdown
Daniel Bryan Interviewed By Marvel – Talks Superheroes, The Best Match In His WWE Career, More

Daniel Bryan Interviewed By Marvel – Talks Superheroes, The Best Match In His WWE Career, More

Marvel has a new interview up with Daniel Bryan, in which he discusses which superheroes he thinks he could make tap out, his best match in WWE, and more. In the following excerpt, Bryan discusses how it feels to be [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
The Miz Says If He Could Face Anyone At Wrestlemania, Past Or Present, Dead Or Alive, It Would Be LeBron James

The Miz Says If He Could Face Anyone At Wrestlemania, Past Or Present, Dead Or Alive, It Would Be LeBron James

Metro.co.uk has a new Q&A online with The Miz to promote tomorrow night’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view. While Miz does the article in-character, below is a question and answer I found interesting: If you had to face anyone at Wrestlemania, past [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Booker T Discusses Returning At Last Year’s Royal Rumble, Reveals His Pick To Win This Year’s Event, More

Booker T Discusses Returning At Last Year’s Royal Rumble, Reveals His Pick To Win This Year’s Event, More

The Miami Herald has a new interview with Booker T, in which he discusses his career as a wrestler and an announcer, the Royal Rumble, and more. When asked about his return to WWE in last year’s Royal Rumble match, [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Watch Today’s Edition Of Ring Ka King In Its Entirety Here

Watch Today’s Edition Of Ring Ka King In Its Entirety Here

Embedded in the videos below is Ring Ka King for January 28, 2012 courtesy of the official YouTube channel of the Colors Network: Ring Ka King – January 28 2012 – Part 1/5 Ring Ka King – January 28 2012 [...]

January 28, 2012 Ring Ka King
Jim Ross Predicts The Royal Rumble, Discusses The Event On Radio, More

Jim Ross Predicts The Royal Rumble, Discusses The Event On Radio, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: Daniel Bryan retains the World Title by hook or crook. Seems as if the resourceful Bryan is changing his TV persona and will use [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
David Otunga Talks More About His Recent Victory In Court, His Legal Record, More

David Otunga Talks More About His Recent Victory In Court, His Legal Record, More

The official WWE website has more on David Otunga‘s victory in court earlier this week. Otunga reveals more about his legal past in the following excerpts: “I actually worked as a full time trial lawyer in Boston while in my [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Reveals Which Opponent Used To Actually Scare Him

Hulk Hogan Reveals Which Opponent Used To Actually Scare Him

Hulk Hogan recently took part in a five-minute interview with BBC, in which he discussed how much of wrestling is choreographed, his iconic look, and more. In the following quote, he responds to being asked if he’s ever been scared [...]

January 28, 2012 TNA News
What Caused Evan Bourne’s Second Wellness Violation; Will He Be Fired?, The Rock On Raw Supershow, Top WWE Star & Former World Heavyweight Champ Furious Over Their Position In The Company; Threatening To Leave, Ted DiBiase Has A Broken Wrist, Mr. Anderson On Beef With Cena & Orton, TNA Execs Upset With Recent Behavior Of Hogan, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

What Caused Evan Bourne’s Second Wellness Violation; Will He Be Fired?, The Rock On Raw Supershow, Top WWE Star & Former World Heavyweight Champ Furious Over Their Position In The Company; Threatening To Leave, Ted DiBiase Has A Broken Wrist, Mr. Anderson On Beef With Cena & Orton, TNA Execs Upset With Recent Behavior Of Hogan, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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January 28, 2012 Premium Newsletter
Final Advertised Royal Rumble Lineup; Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EST

Final Advertised Royal Rumble Lineup; Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EST

Tomorrow night at 8 PM EST we will have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of WWE Royal Rumble here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Below is the final advertised lineup: Singles Match - John Cena vs. Kane WWE Championship Match John Laurinaitis as special [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Ric Flair Named Brand Ambassador For New Brand Of Energy & Protein Shots

Ric Flair Named Brand Ambassador For New Brand Of Energy & Protein Shots

- The following press release hit the wire yesterday: CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — World famous Hall of Fame wrestler Ric Flair has been named Brand Ambassador for a new brand of Energy and Protein power shots, [...]

January 28, 2012 TNA News
WWE Vintage Collection Summary; Zack Ryder’s YouTube Show Moving, New WWE Webisodes

WWE Vintage Collection Summary; Zack Ryder’s YouTube Show Moving, New WWE Webisodes

- WWE Vintage Collection on January 27th, 2012 featured the following: * Battle Royal for the Cruiserweight Title WWE Smackdown * March 31st, 2005 3-Ring Battle Royal WCW World War III * November 24th, 1996 20-Man Battle Royal WWF Superstars [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
TNA House Show Results (1/27/12) – Manchester, England

TNA House Show Results (1/27/12) – Manchester, England

Below are quick results from yesterday’s TNA Impact Wrestling house show from Manchester, England: * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Mark Haskins & Alex Shelley * Crimson b. Douglas Williams * AJ Styles b. Gunner * Mickie James [...]

January 28, 2012 TNA House Shows
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.17 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,597,000 viewers on Spike TV. [...]

January 28, 2012 TNA News
Sgt. Slaughter & Layla Attend Miami Heat Game To Promote Upcoming WWE Events; Draw Little To No Reaction

Sgt. Slaughter & Layla Attend Miami Heat Game To Promote Upcoming WWE Events; Draw Little To No Reaction

Wrestling News World reader Quexzea sent in the following: Sgt. Slaughter and Layla where at the Miami Heat vs New York Knicks NBA game last night to promote Wrestlemania XXVIII, Raw Supershow (4/2/12) and the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
New Video Previews Of WWE ’12 DLC: Randy Savage, Masked Kane, Batista, Mick Foley, More

New Video Previews Of WWE ’12 DLC: Randy Savage, Masked Kane, Batista, Mick Foley, More

The official WWE Games YouTube channel has posted in-game footage, entrance videos, and roster profiles of the “Legends Pack,” which will be released on January 31. Now included in the pack are Masked Kane and “Pre-Funk” Brodus Clay. Some video [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Watch The Latest Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story, featuring Zack Ryder: [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE News
Weekly Rundown: Because Guy Helped Last Week

Weekly Rundown: Because Guy Helped Last Week

Hello, all, and welcome to my first and potentially only edition of the Rundown. Coincidentally, my needs last week were timed just before Mr. Landau’s needs this week, and so I find myself pulling double duty. I’m happy to do [...]

January 28, 2012 Landau Rundown
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2008 John Cena

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2008 John Cena

In October 2007 John Cena completely tore his pectoral muscle and was said to be out of action for six months to a year. Three months later he was a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble Match and somehow won [...]

January 28, 2012 WWE
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2007 Undertaker

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2007 Undertaker

I can’t believe it took so long for the Undertaker to win a Royal Rumble! I mean I know it didn’t happen as I’ve written about them all so far, but it seems as though Taker should have won the [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE
WWE Smackdown Results (1/27): Last Stop Before The Royal Rumble!

WWE Smackdown Results (1/27): Last Stop Before The Royal Rumble!

World Wrestling Entertainment presents Smackdown Date: 1/27/2012 From: Tucson, AZ A video promoting what happened two weeks ago between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and Big Show is aired. Of course, they highlight what happened to AJ, again. Big [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE Results
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2006 Rey Mysterio

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2006 Rey Mysterio

I really thought Rey had a chance to win the 2005 Royal Rumble as he lasted through most of the match. Okay, I never really thought Rey would win, except after he lasted so long in the previous Royal Rumble [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE
Hulk Hogan Asked To Join Metallica

Hulk Hogan Asked To Join Metallica

Hulk Hogan has been all over the news in the United Kingdom promoting TNA Impact Wrestling’s current tour. Wrestling News World writer Rick Craig sent word the Hulkster claimed in an interview with The UK Sun he was actually asked [...]

January 27, 2012 TNA News
The Return Of The Old Smackdown Set?; Mick Foley On “30 Rock”

The Return Of The Old Smackdown Set?; Mick Foley On “30 Rock”

- WWE has a new article on their official website where they are calling for the original Smackdown set featuring the first to return to the show. While I don’t know the purpose of these types of articles, you can [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2005 Batista

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2005 Batista

Coming after the last article and how it ripped at my heart, I hope this one will be easier for all of us. I will admit that I’ve never been the hugest Batista fan. I will fully admit that he [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE
Possible Surprise Royal Rumble Entrant; WWE Announcer Living His Dream

Possible Surprise Royal Rumble Entrant; WWE Announcer Living His Dream

- I heard there was talk of “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan possibly being used as a surprise entrant in the 30-man Royal Rumble match. While I can’t confirm he’ll be used, he canceled a scheduled indy date he had for Sunday. [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
Mark Henry Injured (Smackdown Spoiler)

Mark Henry Injured (Smackdown Spoiler)

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 27, 2012 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 edition of Impact Wrestling courtesy of the official TNA YouTube channel. AJ Styles Confronts Kazarian Garett’s New Trainer….Revealed? Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe ODB and EY vs. Angelina Love [...]

January 27, 2012 TNA News
WrestleMania XXVIII Axxess Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

WrestleMania XXVIII Axxess Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Tickets for this year’s WrestleMania Axxess will go on sale tomorrow at 10 AM ET. General admission tickets are priced at $40 per session and the following times are available: Thursday, March 29 6-10PM Friday, March 30 6-10PM Saturday, March [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
Jim Ross Remembers Andre The Giant On The Anniversary Of His Death

Jim Ross Remembers Andre The Giant On The Anniversary Of His Death

Jim Ross took some time to remember Andre The Giant, who passed away 19 years ago today, on a blog from MattyCollector.com. An excerpt is posted below: “Andre knew that he had an illness known as acromegaly, where the body [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler Says WWE Has Started To Realize He’s One Of Their Go-To Guys

Dolph Ziggler Says WWE Has Started To Realize He’s One Of Their Go-To Guys

The Evansville Courier & Press has a new article online promoting tomorrow night’s WWE live event with comments from Dolph Ziggler. Below is an excerpt: “It’s been a slow, gradual build that they’ve started to realize I’m one of their [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
ROH Newswire For January 27th

ROH Newswire For January 27th

ROH Wrestling sent out their latest Newswire today, which is posted below: - The Du Burns Arena in Baltimore will be rocking once again on February 4th for our next set of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV Tapings! We are [...]

January 27, 2012 ROH
David Otunga Serves As Lawyer In New York Court Case

David Otunga Serves As Lawyer In New York Court Case

TMZ posted an article on David Otunga returning to the courtroom earlier this week to represent a man who felt he was wrongfully terminated and denied unemployment benefits. Otunga, who graduated from Harvard Law School, won the case for his [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler Discusses His Show-Off Persona; New Miz Interview

Dolph Ziggler Discusses His Show-Off Persona; New Miz Interview

- Dolph Ziggler was recently interviewed by BetweenTheRopes.com and discussed his “Show Off” persona, his plans for the Royal Rumble, his favorite era of wrestling, and more. The interview is embedded below: - Wrestling News World reader Mike Heath sent [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
Weekend WWE Schedule – One Supershow, Royal Rumble, Next Week’s TVs

Weekend WWE Schedule – One Supershow, Royal Rumble, Next Week’s TVs

There is one WWE Supershow live event this weekend before Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Supershow Live Events: Evansville, Indiana (more info) On Sunday, WWE will hold their Royal Rumble pay-per-view from the Scottrade Center in St. [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE News
How The 30-Man Rumble Is Booked, Input From Commentators, WWE Stages, Wellness Tests

How The 30-Man Rumble Is Booked, Input From Commentators, WWE Stages, Wellness Tests

The following is today's edition of Ask WNW. Ask WNW is the most popular feature on the website where Richard Gray answers four questions daily, Monday through Friday. To submit your question for the next installment of Ask [...]

January 27, 2012 Ask WNW
TNA Announces Next Year’s UK Tour; Touts History At Yesterday’s Show In Nottingham

TNA Announces Next Year’s UK Tour; Touts History At Yesterday’s Show In Nottingham

- TNA Impact Wrestling issued the following press release today: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING MADE HISTORY LAST NIGHT IN NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND AS HOGAN, STING AND ANGLE WRESTLE TNA IMPACT WRESTLING 2013 TOUR TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY Nottingham, England (Friday, January 27, [...]

January 27, 2012 TNA News
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2004 Chris Benoit

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 2004 Chris Benoit

Before I started this Royal Rumble series I talked to Richard about it and he gave me the go ahead. Then after thinking about it and talking about it a bit I went back and asked Richard about this specific [...]

January 27, 2012 WWE