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The Rock Puts Over TNA Champion Bobby Roode

The Rock Puts Over TNA Champion Bobby Roode

- TNA Champion Bobby Roode received a huge endorsement today as The Rock put him over on Twitter. The following is from Rock’s official Twitter account: @REALBobbyRoode I dig your work. Keep movin’ the crowd and kicking that ass. (tell [...]

February 4, 2012 TNA News
Sheamus Wins The Royal Rumble, Kharma & The Great Khali Return, Tyson Into The WWE HoF, Undertaker Wrestlemania Ready, Another Year-Long Wrestlemania Feud Announced Again This Year?, Original Rumble Match Plans Revealed, Why McMahon Nixed CM Punk’s UFC Appearance, Wrestlemania Not Available In Theaters, Sting & Others Injured At Overseas Impact Wrestling Taping, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

Sheamus Wins The Royal Rumble, Kharma & The Great Khali Return, Tyson Into The WWE HoF, Undertaker Wrestlemania Ready, Another Year-Long Wrestlemania Feud Announced Again This Year?, Original Rumble Match Plans Revealed, Why McMahon Nixed CM Punk’s UFC Appearance, Wrestlemania Not Available In Theaters, Sting & Others Injured At Overseas Impact Wrestling Taping, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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February 4, 2012 Premium Newsletters
WWE Raw House Show Results (2/03/12) – Topeka, Kansas

WWE Raw House Show Results (2/03/12) – Topeka, Kansas

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event from the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, Kansas: * “Funkasaurus” Brodus Clay b. Michael McGillicutty * Ryback b. Alex Riley. David Otunga was involved before and after, introducing Ryback and [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE House Shows
Updated WWE Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View Lineup

Updated WWE Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View Lineup

Following the airing of last night’s Smackdown, below is the updated lineup for WWE Elimination Chamber: Raw Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE News
Layla’s Return, Wrestlemania Pro-Am Golf Tournament, Kofi Kingston Stresses Education

Layla’s Return, Wrestlemania Pro-Am Golf Tournament, Kofi Kingston Stresses Education

- Layla and Sgt. Slaughter were recently on NBC Miami to promote Wrestlemania XXVIII. Layla said she’s been training to return to the ring but wouldn’t disclose if she would be back for the pay-per-view. Click here for coverage by [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE News
Weekly Rundown: Sheamus, Taker and Great Wrestling

Weekly Rundown: Sheamus, Taker and Great Wrestling

Feel free to do your own rundown via the comment section in the future (writing little notes as you watch the shows could be very engaging and fun – give it a try and tell us via the comment section [...]

February 4, 2012 Landau Rundown
Jody Kristofferson Begins Working In WWE Developmental

Jody Kristofferson Begins Working In WWE Developmental

TMZ has a new article online with pictures on Kris Kristofferson’s son “Big Country” Jody Kristofferson working in Florida Championship Wrestling. You can read it at this link. Remember it was Triple H that inked Kristofferson to a WWE developmental [...]

February 4, 2012 NXT Wrestling
WWE Smackdown Results (2/3): Orton vs. Barrett, NO DQ!

WWE Smackdown Results (2/3): Orton vs. Barrett, NO DQ!

World Wrestling Entertainment presents Smackdown Date: 2/3/2012 From: Omaha, NE Teddy Long is in the ring to open the program. He quickly puts over the Royal Rumble and says that Smackdown will be taking part in the Elimination Chamber pay [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE Results
The Rock To Appear On Both NBC & mtvU This Monday

The Rock To Appear On Both NBC & mtvU This Monday

- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will star in “5 Questions With Dwayne Johnson,” a special feature on mtvU scheduled to air on Monday, February 6. A preview is embedded below: -In addition, The Rock is scheduled to be a guest [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE News
JR Discusses Daniel Bryan’s Run As World Champion, Working WrestleMania, More

JR Discusses Daniel Bryan’s Run As World Champion, Working WrestleMania, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -For the record, informed fans who feel that Daniel Bryan is inadequate as World Champion in WWE have more than likely never had their a** [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE News
Watch The First Episode Of WWE Backstage Fallout, Starring Sheamus, Cody Rhodes & Natalya

Watch The First Episode Of WWE Backstage Fallout, Starring Sheamus, Cody Rhodes & Natalya

One of the new features on the official WWE YouTube channel, Backstage Fallout, features backstage interviews from Superstars and Divas after their matches. In this weeks episode, Natalya, Sheamus, and Cody Rhodes are all interviewed. The video is embedded below: [...]

February 4, 2012 WWE News
Report: John Cena To Enter To “Invincible” By Machine Gun Kelly At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Report: John Cena To Enter To “Invincible” By Machine Gun Kelly At Wrestlemania XXVIII

HipHopDx.com is reporting that John Cena will enter to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Invincible” at Wrestlemania XXVIII for his match against The Rock. The bout will headline this year’s show which will take place Sunday, April 1, 2012 from the Sun Life [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

Last night’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.15 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,613,000 viewers on Spike TV. Impact Wrestling Rating Archive [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
The Truth No One Wants To Hear In The Undertaker vs. Triple H III At Wrestlemania XXVIII

The Truth No One Wants To Hear In The Undertaker vs. Triple H III At Wrestlemania XXVIII

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February 3, 2012 Editorials
Watch The Latest Edition Of Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

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

Episode #51 of Z! True Long Island Story with Zack Ryder is now available embedded in the video below: [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Why You Probably Won’t Be Seeing Wrestlemania XXVIII Available In 3D In Movie Theaters This Year & How It Involves WWE’s Number One Priority As A Company

Why You Probably Won’t Be Seeing Wrestlemania XXVIII Available In 3D In Movie Theaters This Year & How It Involves WWE’s Number One Priority As A Company

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February 3, 2012 Backstage News
New TNA Videos – Before The Bell, Bobby Roode On The Radio, Jeff Hardy At Last Night’s Live Event

New TNA Videos – Before The Bell, Bobby Roode On The Radio, Jeff Hardy At Last Night’s Live Event

- The following videos were uploaded by the official TNA Impact Wrestling YouTube channel: Before The Bell: World Heavyweight Title Match Bobby Roode on morning radio in Florence, SC Jeff Hardy’s Entrance From Columbia, SC Live Event [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
Weekend TNA Schedule – Two Live Events, Taping Results For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling

Weekend TNA Schedule – Two Live Events, Taping Results For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling

TNA Impact Wrestling continues their live tour loop of The Carolinas. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Live Events: Tonight from the Florence Civic Center in Florence, South Carolina (more info) Saturday from the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina (more [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
Weekend WWE Schedule – 5 Live Events, Next Week’s TV Tapings, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

Weekend WWE Schedule – 5 Live Events, Next Week’s TV Tapings, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

WWE has a full slate of weekend live events. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, Kansas (more info) Saturday from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas (more info) Sunday from the Kay [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Mick Foley Puts Over TNA Workers; Updated Against All Odds Pay-Per-View Lineup

Mick Foley Puts Over TNA Workers; Updated Against All Odds Pay-Per-View Lineup

- Mick Foley is under WWE contract but he doesn’t mind giving credit where credit is due. The following is from his Twitter account: Well done – @Cowboy_J_Storm , @REALBobbyRoode and Bully Ray all worked their butts off! — Mick [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
CM Punk & Daniel Bryan As Long-Term Champions, The Risk With The WWE Network, Knockouts vs. Divas, Ric Flair’s Induction

CM Punk & Daniel Bryan As Long-Term Champions, The Risk With The WWE Network, Knockouts vs. Divas, Ric Flair’s Induction

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 [...]

February 3, 2012 Ask WNW
ESPN Anchor Discusses Working With Former WWE Personalities

ESPN Anchor Discusses Working With Former WWE Personalities

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: In the latest edition of “Part of the Universe” with theScore’s Arda Ocal, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Robert Flores describes the relationship between WWE and ESPN in terms of former talent working there (Jonathan [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
The Rock – “The Only Film I’ve Enjoyed Starring A Wrestler Was Mickey Rourke In The Wrestler.  That’s It.”

The Rock – “The Only Film I’ve Enjoyed Starring A Wrestler Was Mickey Rourke In The Wrestler. That’s It.”

The Guardian out of the United Kingdom has a new interview online with The Rock. While he discusses his new movie, he has an interesting comment regarding wrestlers in movies. This could also be construed as a dig at John [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Match Cut From Smackdown, Jim Ross At Monday’s Raw Supershow, Two FCW Title Changes

Match Cut From Smackdown, Jim Ross At Monday’s Raw Supershow, Two FCW Title Changes

- Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater was cut from the international airing of Smackdown and will likely be cut from the United States broadcast tonight on SyFy. - Jim Ross will be at Monday’s Raw Supershow from the Chesapeake Energy [...]

February 3, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Injury Update On Sting

Injury Update On Sting

Sting has a torn plantar fascia in his foot and is expected to be out four to six weeks. He feels like he’ll be able to work after next Sunday’s Against All Odds pay-per-view.  The injury comes has a huge [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
Matt Hardy Update

Matt Hardy Update

No progress was made in Matt Hardy’s court hearing yesterday as a continuance was granted. Hardy was scheduled to answer three felony drug charges, violation of a court order, driving while impaired and exceeding safe speed. The new court date [...]

February 3, 2012 Other News
TNA Impact Wrestling House Show Results (2/02/12) – Columbia, South Carolina

TNA Impact Wrestling House Show Results (2/02/12) – Columbia, South Carolina

Below are quick results from last night’s TNA Impact Wrestling live event in Columbia, South Carolina: * Eric Young & ODB b. TNA TV Champion Robbie E & Robbie T * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Jesse Sorensen [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA House Shows
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: [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Update On Upcoming Trish Stratus Film; Batista’s Film Added To Cinemax On Demand Channel

Update On Upcoming Trish Stratus Film; Batista’s Film Added To Cinemax On Demand Channel

-Wrestling News World reader Jeff sent word that Trish Stratus‘ upcoming movie, Bounty Hunters, is scheduled for a February 28 release. The synopsis of the film on the official Trish Stratus website reads: A group of down-on-their-luck bounty hunters, led [...]

February 3, 2012 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: [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

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. [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling From London, England Here

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

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s edition of Impact Wrestling, courtesy of the official TNA YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade. Impact [...]

February 3, 2012 TNA News
Zack Ryder Wants To Be In The World Title Hunt By The End Of This Year, Reveals Dream WrestleMania Match

Zack Ryder Wants To Be In The World Title Hunt By The End Of This Year, Reveals Dream WrestleMania Match

The Daily Star has a new article up featuring quotes from Zack Ryder, in which he discusses Z! True Long Island Story, his goals this year, and more. Ryder is quoted as saying: “In January 2011 I was a nobody [...]

February 3, 2012 WWE News
TNA/IW Blog Zone – A Cyclone & A Blizzard

TNA/IW Blog Zone – A Cyclone & A Blizzard

I really went to start this on a high note, so I want to talk about a few new things that have popped up on the front page of WNW today. First off Shawn, otherwise known as Big Van Blitzko, [...]

February 2, 2012 IW Blog Zone
Impact Wrestling Results (2/2/12) – See It To Believe It

Impact Wrestling Results (2/2/12) – See It To Believe It

Impact Wrestling Results – 2/2/2012 From Wembley Stadium in London, England Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com This historic Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package showing why this episode is historic. It’s historic because it was filmed in [...]

February 2, 2012 TNA Results
WWE Parodied By Satirical Cartoon Network Show

WWE Parodied By Satirical Cartoon Network Show

Mad, a satirical kids’ show on Cartoon Network, recently lampooned the WWE in a sketch titled WWE Bought A Zoo, and features the likenesses of John Cena, Triple H, and Rey Mysterio. The clip from the episode is embedded below, [...]

February 2, 2012 WWE News
WWE Signs OVW Regular Marcus Anthony; New 3-Disc DVD Set On CM Punk In The Works

WWE Signs OVW Regular Marcus Anthony; New 3-Disc DVD Set On CM Punk In The Works

- WWE has signed Marcus Anthony to a developmental contract. Anthony was a regular in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which ironically enough, is the official developmental territory of TNA. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for his help with this information.) - [...]

February 2, 2012 WWE News
Federal Agent Poses As WWE Rep To Seize Websites That Linked To Pirated Telecasts

Federal Agent Poses As WWE Rep To Seize Websites That Linked To Pirated Telecasts

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security enforcement agent posed as a WWE representative last week and offered to buy various domain names from a Michigan man named Yonjo Quiroa. In reality, the agent was part of an operation to take [...]

February 2, 2012 WWE News
Sting Pushing TNA For A Live Show, Says The Company Is More Popular In The UK Than US, His Status, More

Sting Pushing TNA For A Live Show, Says The Company Is More Popular In The UK Than US, His Status, More

Brian Fritz has a new interview online with Sting to promote tonight’s edition of Impact Wrestling. You can listen in the video embedded below: [...]

February 2, 2012 TNA News
The Rock To Star In New Michael Bay Film

The Rock To Star In New Michael Bay Film

Vulture is reporting that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is slated for the lead role in a new Michael Bay film called Pain and Gain. According to their report, Ed Harris is in talks to co-star. Below is a synopsis of [...]

February 2, 2012 WWE News