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WWE Vintage Collection Summary For February 24, 2012

WWE Vintage Collection Summary For February 24, 2012

Below is a recap of last night’s WWE Vintage Collection courtesy of our old pal Devin Cutting: Vince McMahon Announces The Sale Of WCW 
WCW Nitro – March 26th, 2001 Vince McMahon Fires Jeff Jarrett
 WWF Raw – March 26th, [...]

February 25, 2012 WWE News
Trish Stratus Says Flatulence & Hoeski Gimmicks Are Just Character Development

Trish Stratus Says Flatulence & Hoeski Gimmicks Are Just Character Development

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network had a chance to sit down and interview former 6 time WWE Womens Champion Trish Stratus. In the interview, Stratus does not rule out the [...]

February 25, 2012 WWE News
WWE Signs Dragon Gate USA Referee; Help Amy Meet CM Punk

WWE Signs Dragon Gate USA Referee; Help Amy Meet CM Punk

- Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: Arda Ocal from The Score reports on his Twitter (@arda_ocal) Dragon Gate USA referee Jason Harding (real name Jason Ayers) has signed a developmental deal with WWE and will report [...]

February 25, 2012 WWE News
Preview For The Epic Journey Of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson DVD Released; Eve Responds To Zack Ryder

Preview For The Epic Journey Of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson DVD Released; Eve Responds To Zack Ryder

The following preview for The Epic Journey Of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson DVD has been posted to The Rock‘s YouTube channel, and is embedded below: -Eve posted the a video to her Facebook page to respond to Zack Ryder‘s video [...]

February 25, 2012 WWE News
Rey Mysterio Reveals Which Match He’d Like To Compete In At WrestleMania, A Possible Match With Sin Cara, More

Rey Mysterio Reveals Which Match He’d Like To Compete In At WrestleMania, A Possible Match With Sin Cara, More

Rey Mysterio was recently interviewed by WDFN The Fan and discussed a number of topics involving his eventual return to the ring. Rey once again said that he is trying to make his return to the ring by WrestleMania XXVIII, [...]

February 25, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

Last night’s edition of Impact Wrestling did a 1.19 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,582,000 viewers on Spike TV. Impact Wrestling Ratings Archive [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
Christopher Daniels Promotes Weekend TNA Live Event, Talks WCW & WWA, More

Christopher Daniels Promotes Weekend TNA Live Event, Talks WCW & WWA, More

The Herald Mail has a new article online featuring quotes from Christopher Daniels to promote Saturday’s TNA live event in Hagerstown, Maryland where he is scheduled to face AJ Styles. Below are the highlights: “A.J. is always someone who pushes [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
Lots Of WWE News & Notes

Lots Of WWE News & Notes

- Eve promotes this weekend’s WWE Raw live event in Ontario, California in an interview at this link. - The Miami Herald has more coverage of John Cena and NASCAR’s Carl Edwards at this link. - WWE Divas Champion Beth [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
Trish Stratus Discusses Desire To Work With Beth Phoenix; Says John Morrison Had No Interest In Working With Her

Trish Stratus Discusses Desire To Work With Beth Phoenix; Says John Morrison Had No Interest In Working With Her

The UK Sun has a new article online featuring quotes from Trish Stratus. In the piece, she discusses her desire to work with WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and John Morrison not wanting to work with her. Below is an [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
Detroit Raw Supershow Presale Password, Two FCW Title Changes, Natalya Using The Glam Slam

Detroit Raw Supershow Presale Password, Two FCW Title Changes, Natalya Using The Glam Slam

- A presale began this morning to obtain tickets to the April 23rd Raw Supershow from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The password is SUPERSHOW. - The FCW Championship changed hands twice at last night’s tapings in Tampa. [...]

February 24, 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 24, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

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

February 24, 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: [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
Steve Austin: Shawn Michaels Is “The Greatest In Ring Performer I Have Ever Seen”

Steve Austin: Shawn Michaels Is “The Greatest In Ring Performer I Have Ever Seen”

Stone Cold Steve Austin has a new blog on his Broken Skull Ranch website. He praises Shawn Michaels in the worlds of wrestling and hunting in the excerpt below: “I may be headed straight into another project if the business [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (2/23/12) – Tegucigalpa, Honduras

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (2/23/12) – Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * Ezekiel Jackson b. Drew McIntyre. After the match, WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes hit the ring and took out [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE’s Earnings Miss, Tough Enough Season Two, Which Match Should Close Wrestlemania XXVIII?, Referees/Wellness

WWE’s Earnings Miss, Tough Enough Season Two, Which Match Should Close Wrestlemania XXVIII?, Referees/Wellness

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 24, 2012 Ask WNW
Weekend WWE Schedule – Big Raw Live Events, Smackdown Out Of The Country, Next Week’s TVs

Weekend WWE Schedule – Big Raw Live Events, Smackdown Out Of The Country, Next Week’s TVs

Below is this weekend’s WWE schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California (more info) Saturday from the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California (more info) Sunday from the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon (more [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
Weekend TNA Schedule – Three Live Events In Maryland, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Reports

Weekend TNA Schedule – Three Live Events In Maryland, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Reports

TNA Impact Wrestling will tour the state of Maryland this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Live Events: Tonight from Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland (more info) Saturday from the Maryland Theater in Hagerstown, Maryland (more info) Sunday [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
New Rey Mysterio Interview; Gangrel/Blood Spitting Rib

New Rey Mysterio Interview; Gangrel/Blood Spitting Rib

- Wrestling News World reader Jonel Jaksa sent in the following: WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio will be in Detroit signing autographs at Autorama inside Cobo Center this weekend and he phoned in to chat about meeting his many fans, when [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
JJ Dillion Discusses His Upcoming WWE Hall Of Fame Induction, Triple H Running WWE, More

JJ Dillion Discusses His Upcoming WWE Hall Of Fame Induction, Triple H Running WWE, More

- Mister Saint Laurent reporting: A new episode of MLW Radio featuring the legendary JJ Dillon is now available on www.MLW.com and iTunes by searching MLW RADIO. In part one of our two part conversation, JJ Dillon talks about how [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
TNA/IW Blog Zone – Are You Serious? That’s The TV Title Belt?

TNA/IW Blog Zone – Are You Serious? That’s The TV Title Belt?

I’m going to keep this short as it’s school vacation week up here in Maine and I have been spending more time with the kids than in front of my netbook. While I really want to be thrilled that Russo [...]

February 24, 2012 IW Blog Zone
Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling; What Did You Think Of The Show?

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: Super [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Watch The Latest Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest Impact Wrestling Post Show: [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
Gail Kim Discusses Eliminating Herself In A Raw Divas’ Battle Royal, When She Decided To Be A Wrestler, More

Gail Kim Discusses Eliminating Herself In A Raw Divas’ Battle Royal, When She Decided To Be A Wrestler, More

Gail Kim was recently interviewed by Schema Magazine and discussed a number of topics, from her experiences as a Korean-Canadian female wrestler to her departure to WWE and more. When asked about when she knew she wanted to be a [...]

February 24, 2012 TNA News
WWEShop Releases “Kayfabe” Line Of T-Shirts; New Shawn Michaels Interview On WWE.com

WWEShop Releases “Kayfabe” Line Of T-Shirts; New Shawn Michaels Interview On WWE.com

-The official WWEShop website has released a line of t-shirts with insider terms and phrases printed on them, such as “Heel,” “Jobber,” and “I’m so over.” Click here to view the shirts. -WWE.com has posted an audio interview with Shawn [...]

February 24, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Results (2/23/12) – Follow The Yellow Brick Road To Victory Road

Impact Wrestling Results (2/23/12) – Follow The Yellow Brick Road To Victory Road

TNA Impact Results – 2/23/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts off with a video package, as usual. It showcases Bobby Roode and his great TNA World Title reign. He keeps [...]

February 23, 2012 TNA Results
Fox Sports Covers Brandon Jacobs’ Appearance On Impact Wrestling; Dixie Carter Says She’s Discussing His Post-Football Career

Fox Sports Covers Brandon Jacobs’ Appearance On Impact Wrestling; Dixie Carter Says She’s Discussing His Post-Football Career

-Fox Sports has a new article about Brandon Jacobs‘ appearance on Impact Wrestling and his possible future as a professional wrestler. In the article, Dixie Carter is quoted as saying the following: “If you watch Brandon on Impact Wrestling, you’ll [...]

February 23, 2012 TNA News
Trish Stratus Comments On Upcoming Movie With Amy “Lita” Dumas

Trish Stratus Comments On Upcoming Movie With Amy “Lita” Dumas

Trish Stratus spoke to Diva-Dirt.com about her upcoming movie with former WWE Diva Amy “Lita” Dumas that was originally announced in 2010. Below is an excerpt: “We had gotten together about doing a remake of a movie called ‘Doctor Doom [...]

February 23, 2012 TNA News
Backstage Reaction To Jesse Sorensen’s Serious Injury; Who Are His Co-Workers Blaming For The Botched Spot?, Not Everyone Supports The Hulk Hogan/Eric Bischoff Regime, What Some Of The TNA Originals Think Of The Company Today & Why Ric Flair & Other Top Names Must Get On Board If TNA Is Ever Going To Compete With WWE

Backstage Reaction To Jesse Sorensen’s Serious Injury; Who Are His Co-Workers Blaming For The Botched Spot?, Not Everyone Supports The Hulk Hogan/Eric Bischoff Regime, What Some Of The TNA Originals Think Of The Company Today & Why Ric Flair & Other Top Names Must Get On Board If TNA Is Ever Going To Compete With WWE

The following article is only available to WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium Members. Sign-up here to view this article and unlock all our exclusive features. By signing up not only will you unlock all exclusive features but the website [...]

February 23, 2012 Backstage News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Outside The Ring” With Randy Orton Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Outside The Ring” With Randy Orton Here

The official WWE YouTube channel has uploaded the second episode of the Outside The Ring series. In this episode, Randy Orton films a commercial for the WWE ’12 video game. The video is embedded below: Thanks to WNW reader Logan [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
Update On Shane McMahon, Inks Deal With Disney

Update On Shane McMahon, Inks Deal With Disney

Shane McMahon has facilitated a deal for YOU On Demand Holdings with Walt Disney Company to distribute video-on-demand Disney movies in China. You can read the full story by Reuters at this link. [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
Behind-The-Scenes Special On The Rock vs. John Cena Airing On The USA Network Prior To Wrestlemania

Behind-The-Scenes Special On The Rock vs. John Cena Airing On The USA Network Prior To Wrestlemania

- The USA Network will air a behind-the-scenes special to The Rock vs. John Cena on Monday, March 26, 2012 before Raw Supershow at 8 PM to promote their Wrestlemania XXVIII main event. [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
Jesse Sorensen – “I Have A Long Road To Recovery Ahead”

Jesse Sorensen – “I Have A Long Road To Recovery Ahead”

Jesse Sorensen posted the following on Twitter: Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. I have a long road to recovery ahead, but your support means the world to me. — Jesse Sorensen (@TNASorensen) February 23, 2012 Sorensen suffered [...]

February 23, 2012 TNA News
Official Trailer For WWE WrestleFest App Released

Official Trailer For WWE WrestleFest App Released

The official THQ & WWE Games website has released the following trailer for the new WWE Wrestlefest game remake for iPhone and iPad. The trailer, which boasts over 30 Superstars and Legends, is embedded below: Click here for more information [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
My Preference To Win Control Of The Brands, Success Of Daniel Bryan & Wade Barrett, Kharma Update, The Rock vs. John Cena

My Preference To Win Control Of The Brands, Success Of Daniel Bryan & Wade Barrett, Kharma Update, The Rock vs. John Cena

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 23, 2012 Ask WNW
Vince McMahon Blames WWE’s Disappointing Earnings On WWE Studios & TV Licensing, Discusses The WWE Network, More

Vince McMahon Blames WWE’s Disappointing Earnings On WWE Studios & TV Licensing, Discusses The WWE Network, More

WWE held a conference call with investors this morning to discuss their disappointing quarter four and overall earnings for 2011. WWE CFO George Barrios and Vince McMahon handled the call. Unfortunately I had to miss the call due to a [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk Talks To HLN’s Showbiz Tonight About His Chris Brown Feud

CM Punk Talks To HLN’s Showbiz Tonight About His Chris Brown Feud

CM Punk recently appeared on Showbiz Tonight on HLN to further discuss his issues with Chris Brown. The video is embedded below: [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
SuperSmackdown Live Rating

SuperSmackdown Live Rating

Tuesday’s SuperSmackdown Live did a 1.7 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,326,000 viewers on SyFy. The show will repeat in the normal Smackdown timeslot tomorrow night. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
Even More Coverage Of The CM Punk/Chris Brown Feud

Even More Coverage Of The CM Punk/Chris Brown Feud

- Wrestling News World reader Eric Cyrus sent word that Conan O’Brien mentioned the ongoing feud between WWE Champion CM Punk and R&B singer Chris Brown on his show last night. - WWE Champion CM Punk was on TMZ Live [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News
Official WWE PPV Buyrate Numbers For Hell In A Cell, Vengeance, Survivor Series & WWE TLC

Official WWE PPV Buyrate Numbers For Hell In A Cell, Vengeance, Survivor Series & WWE TLC

For those that missed it in today’s WWE earnings report, below are the official buyrate numbers for the following pay-per-views: WWE Hell in a Cell – 182,000 (compared to 210,000 in 2010) WWE Vengeance – 121,000 (compared to 137,000 as [...]

February 23, 2012 WWE News