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Shawn Michaels At Smackdown, Dennis Haskins At Raw, John Cena Turning Heel?

Shawn Michaels At Smackdown, Dennis Haskins At Raw, John Cena Turning Heel?

- Shawn Michaels will be in Las Vegas this week for a gun show. He noted on his Twitter account that he’ll most likely visit with the Smackdown crew at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday. - Dennis Haskins [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
Former WWE Star & Wrestlemania Headliner Wants To Return To WWE – Details On His Former Employer Giving Him The Cold Shoulder; Backstage News On TNA Impact Wrestling Being Interested But Why Money Is A Major Issue

Former WWE Star & Wrestlemania Headliner Wants To Return To WWE – Details On His Former Employer Giving Him The Cold Shoulder; Backstage News On TNA Impact Wrestling Being Interested But Why Money Is A Major Issue

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January 16, 2012 Backstage News
Official Wrestlemania XXVIII Theme Song, Three Names Confirmed For WWE Legend’s House, WWE Network Launch Delayed

Official Wrestlemania XXVIII Theme Song, Three Names Confirmed For WWE Legend’s House, WWE Network Launch Delayed

- The official theme song of Wrestlemania XXVIII is “Invincible” by Machine Gun Kelly. For more on the song and the band, click here. - Roddy Piper, Dusty Rhodes and The Iron Sheik are all confirmed for WWE Legend’s House, [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
WNW Premium Mailbag – A Pro Wrestling Union, The Contract Status Of WWE Performers, Mike Tyson & Celebrities In The WWE Hall Of Fame, Undertaker vs. Orton?, Cena As A Heel, Austin At Wrestlemania?, Air Boom’s Title Loss, Fans Recording Live Event Footage

WNW Premium Mailbag – A Pro Wrestling Union, The Contract Status Of WWE Performers, Mike Tyson & Celebrities In The WWE Hall Of Fame, Undertaker vs. Orton?, Cena As A Heel, Austin At Wrestlemania?, Air Boom’s Title Loss, Fans Recording Live Event Footage

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January 16, 2012 Premium Mailbags
TNA Announces New TV Deals In Africa & New Zealand

TNA Announces New TV Deals In Africa & New Zealand

TNA announced new television deals in Africa and New Zealand today. Below is the official press release: Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling has announced a three-year distribution deal with Africa’s Supersport television network and a deal with New Zealand’s Sky [...]

January 16, 2012 TNA News
TNA Announces Live Event In Kansas; This Week’s Impact Wrestling Preview

TNA Announces Live Event In Kansas; This Week’s Impact Wrestling Preview

- TNA has announced a March 1st live event from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. - Below is the official preview for this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling: - After beating Kurt Angle, “Cowboy” James Storm is the new [...]

January 16, 2012 TNA News
Mark Henry & Dave Batista Party With Wu-Tang Clan Over The Weekend

Mark Henry & Dave Batista Party With Wu-Tang Clan Over The Weekend

How is Mark Henry spending time off WWE live events recovering from injury? Partying with the Wu-Tang Clan with Dave Batista… Below is a photo of Henry and Batista with the rap group on their tour bus after Saturday’s show [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
More On New WWE Tag Champs, Ryback Works Weekend Live Events, Tonight’s Raw Supershow Taping

More On New WWE Tag Champs, Ryback Works Weekend Live Events, Tonight’s Raw Supershow Taping

- WWE has put an article online on their official website with the news of Primo & Epico winning the WWE Tag Team Championship at yesterday’s Raw live event in Oakland, California. You can read their coverage at this link. [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
Watch Footage Of The WWE Tag Team Championship Change Here

Watch Footage Of The WWE Tag Team Championship Change Here

Footage of Epico & Primo winning the WWE Tag Team Championship at yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California has surfaced online. Below is the finish: [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
Scenarios For WWE Tag Team Title Change, Wrestlemania In The UK, Cold In New Jersey, WWE Purchasing Other Promotions

Scenarios For WWE Tag Team Title Change, Wrestlemania In The UK, Cold In New Jersey, WWE Purchasing Other Promotions

Do you think it was a good idea for Air Boom to drop the WWE Tag Team Championship at at yesterday’s Raw house show in Oakland, California? From time-to-time WWE will do a title change at a live event to [...]

January 16, 2012 Ask WNW
THQ Says They Haven’t Canceled 2014 Lineup; Puts Over WWE ’12 Success

THQ Says They Haven’t Canceled 2014 Lineup; Puts Over WWE ’12 Success

WWE’s video game partner THQ has responded to a rumor that surfaced over the weekend that they were done for and had canceled their 2014 lineup. Below is their official statement: THQ has not cancelled its 2014 line-up, and has [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (1/15/12) – Oakland, California

WWE Raw House Show Results (1/15/12) – Oakland, California

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw house show from Oakland, California: * The Miz came out and ran down the San Francisco 49ers. R-Truth interrupted him by entering through the crowd. John Laurinaitis came out with David [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/15/12) – Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/15/12) – Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Below are quick results from last night’s Smackdown house show from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada: * Hornswoggle came out but was interrupted by WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. Ted DiBiase made the save. * Ted DiBiase b. Jinder Mahal [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE House Shows
Kurt Angle Says WWE Is Knocking On His Door; WWE Hiring On-Air Announcer

Kurt Angle Says WWE Is Knocking On His Door; WWE Hiring On-Air Announcer

- Kurt Angle has been asked on Twitter about the Royal Rumble and claims WWE is knocking on his door. The following is from his official Twitter account: @angkefoods1: @Churchie1970 My Loyalty Is With Tna. Wwe Is Knocking On My [...]

January 16, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
Watch Last Week’s Smackdown Here

Watch Last Week’s Smackdown Here

Embedded in the video below is last week’s Smackdown courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: [...]

January 16, 2012 WWE News
WWE Website Looks At Reasons Why Fans Love & Hate John Cena

WWE Website Looks At Reasons Why Fans Love & Hate John Cena

- Wrestling News World reader Corey sent in the following: WWE’s website has a two-part article up asking why do fans cheer for John Cena and why do they chant that he sucks. Here are a few reasons they list [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
New WWE Tag Team Champions

New WWE Tag Team Champions

Epico & Primo beat Air Boom at tonight’s WWE live event from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. WWE uploaded the following video of the team celebrating with Rosa Mendes. You can view [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon Spotted Driving A New Bentley

Vince McMahon Spotted Driving A New Bentley

The Greenwich Times spotted Vince McMahon in a new Bentley last week. Below is an excerpt from a local article online at this link: Scene … WWE Chief Executive and Greenwich resident Vince McMahon was seen behind the wheel of [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
Ole Anderson On Being WWE Hall Of Fame Snub – “Vince McMahon Hates My Guts, And I Don’t Like Him”

Ole Anderson On Being WWE Hall Of Fame Snub – “Vince McMahon Hates My Guts, And I Don’t Like Him”

Ole Anderson spoke with Mike Mooneyham of The Post And Courier about being excluded in the WWE Hall of Fame induction of the Four Horsemen. Below is an excerpt: “Vince McMahon hates my guts, and I don’t like him. So [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
Triple H & Stephanie McMahon Reveal What They Want To Accomplish Personally & Professionally In 2012

Triple H & Stephanie McMahon Reveal What They Want To Accomplish Personally & Professionally In 2012

Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal Daily ran a feature at the beginning of the year with industry executives revealing what they want to accomplish personally and professionally in 2012. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were featured in the piece. [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
Daniel Bryan’s Heel Turn, AJ “Injury” Update, Randy Orton Pulled From This Week’s TVs

Daniel Bryan’s Heel Turn, AJ “Injury” Update, Randy Orton Pulled From This Week’s TVs

- The Daniel Bryan heel turn appears complete as I’m told he drew very solid heel reactions at last night’s Smackdown house show from the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. - WWE has a kayfabe article online on [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (1/14/12) – Sacramento, California

WWE Raw House Show Results (1/14/12) – Sacramento, California

Wrestling News World reader Anthony sent in the following report from last night’s Raw house show from the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California: The Miz came out to cut a promo then, R-Truth came out to confirm him then, [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE House Shows
Second Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/14/12) – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Second Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/14/12) – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wrestling News World reader Brendan A. sent us the following report from last night’s Smackdown house show from the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Hornswoggle opened the show to welcome the WWE back to Vancouver. Cody Rhodes interrupted [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/14/12) – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (1/14/12) – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Below are quick results from last night’s Smackdown house show from the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: * Hornswoggle came out to open the show but was interrupted by WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. Ted DiBiase made the [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE House Shows
Ric Flair Comments On Second WWE Hall Of Fame Induction; Says Whole TNA Crew Watched Raw Vignette

Ric Flair Comments On Second WWE Hall Of Fame Induction; Says Whole TNA Crew Watched Raw Vignette

Mike Mooneyham of The Post and Courier has a new article online featuring quotes from Ric Flair where he comments on his second induction into the WWE Hall of Fame with the Four Horsemen. Flair confirms that it was Triple [...]

January 15, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
New York Post Writer Attempts To Smear Republican Presidential Candidate Because Of WWE Association

New York Post Writer Attempts To Smear Republican Presidential Candidate Because Of WWE Association

The one and only Phil Mushnick has a hilarious editorial in today’s New York Post entitled “Rick Santorum’s slimy WWE past” and highlights the fact Santorum, who is seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States, served as [...]

January 15, 2012 WWE News
Smackdown! or Sometimes I Think They Read This Blog So I Can Yell At Them Next Week

Smackdown! or Sometimes I Think They Read This Blog So I Can Yell At Them Next Week

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January 14, 2012 Smackdown
Ring of Honor Results (1/14/12) – 8-Way Pandemonium

Ring of Honor Results (1/14/12) – 8-Way Pandemonium

Ring of Honor Results – (1/14/12) Results by: Adam W of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Ring of Honor! We are greeted by Kevin Kelly and Jim Cornette, introducing us to Northern Aggression. We will see a history defining 1 [...]

January 14, 2012 ROH
25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1996 HBK

25 Years of Rumble Winners – 1996 HBK

I’m such an HBK fan and the direction the WWF and WCW went after this Royal Rumble changed the industry as a whole. WCW was starting to gain a little steam and it was 1996 when they gained more than [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE
The Broski Of The Week Song Coming To WWE Television

The Broski Of The Week Song Coming To WWE Television

The Luke & Duane Show wrote the following on their Facebook page: Today, we reached an agreement with WWE regarding the use of our song Just Take Care, Spike Your Hair (The Broski of the Week Song) on future WWE [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (1/13/12) – Yakima, Washington

WWE Raw House Show Results (1/13/12) – Yakima, Washington

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw house show from the Yakima Valley SunDome in Yakima, Washington: * R-Truth b. Jack Swagger * Daniel Bryan b. Jamie Noble. The match was Noble’s first since November 2009 as he [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE House Shows
Wrestlemania Plans Revealed; Another Dream Match, Surprising Major WWE Legend Involved In “The Streak” Match, Edge To Take His Place of Honor, Kurt Angle Clean Of PEDs?, Why A Current WWE Main Eventer Is Discouraging Company Interest In Brock Lesnar, Hogan Has Emergency Surgery, Why WWE Refuses To Change Cena, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

Wrestlemania Plans Revealed; Another Dream Match, Surprising Major WWE Legend Involved In “The Streak” Match, Edge To Take His Place of Honor, Kurt Angle Clean Of PEDs?, Why A Current WWE Main Eventer Is Discouraging Company Interest In Brock Lesnar, Hogan Has Emergency Surgery, Why WWE Refuses To Change Cena, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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January 14, 2012 Premium Newsletters
Jeff Hardy Encourages People Never To Start Drinking Or Doing Drugs; Says Matt Is Doing Well

Jeff Hardy Encourages People Never To Start Drinking Or Doing Drugs; Says Matt Is Doing Well

Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from Jeff Hardy. Below is an excerpt: “I really believe that people learn from examples and through problems themselves,” Hardy said. “OK, my brother [Matt] and myself, [...]

January 14, 2012 TNA News
Hulk Hogan Now Focal Point Of Advertisements For TNA’s Upcoming UK Tour

Hulk Hogan Now Focal Point Of Advertisements For TNA’s Upcoming UK Tour

Hulk Hogan is booked for TNA Impact Wrestling’s shows in Manchester on January 27th and London on January 28th, according to the following Tweet by TNA’s Simon Rothsein: Hulk Hogan coming to Manchester and London! Buy your tickets before they [...]

January 14, 2012 TNA News
Sting Joins Twitter

Sting Joins Twitter

Sting is now on Twitter at Twitter.com/Sting. [...]

January 14, 2012 TNA News
WWE Cancels Show In College Station

WWE Cancels Show In College Station

WWE has canceled their scheduled January 22nd house show from College Station, Texas. [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News
Natalya Following In The Footsteps Of Bret Hart

Natalya Following In The Footsteps Of Bret Hart

Natalya is following in the footsteps of her uncle and is journaling her time in WWE in detail. Here’s what she told SLAM! Wrestling: “I keep very detailed, meticulous notes of my life, and it’s totally inspired by my Uncle [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News
Cowboys Stadium Out As Potential Wrestlemania Host

Cowboys Stadium Out As Potential Wrestlemania Host

The Dallas Observer is reporting that Cowboys Stadium won’t host Wrestlemania, at least not in the next two years. The publication spoke with Cowboys Stadium spokesman Brett Daniels. He said the following: We can’t host WrestleMania the next two years [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Hall Of Fame Tickets Now On Sale; Bret Hart’s Daughter Launches Clothing Line

WWE Hall Of Fame Tickets Now On Sale; Bret Hart’s Daughter Launches Clothing Line

- Tickets for the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony went on sale this morning. If you’re looking for tickets, click here to buy now. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place Saturday, March 31, 2012 [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon Nixes Possible CM Punk Appearance On UFC On Fox

Vince McMahon Nixes Possible CM Punk Appearance On UFC On Fox

Vince McMahon will not allow WWE Champion CM Punk to escort Chael Sonnen to the Octagon for Sonnen’s fight against Mark Munoz on January 28 on UFC on Fox. Punk confirmed the news to the folks at MMAFighting.com. Thanks to [...]

January 14, 2012 WWE News