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WWE Exec Says There Will Be A WWE Network In Some Shape Or Form; Confirms Legends House Is Complete

WWE Exec Says There Will Be A WWE Network In Some Shape Or Form; Confirms Legends House Is Complete

NewsTimes.com has a new article online featuring quotes from WWE Chief Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson. In it, she gives an update on the WWE Network and confirms the company has finished shooting Legends House. Below is an excerpt: “There will [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlemania Weather Webcam, TMZ Covers The Rock’s Inspiration, Steve Austin Roasts Zakk Wylde

Wrestlemania Weather Webcam, TMZ Covers The Rock’s Inspiration, Steve Austin Roasts Zakk Wylde

- Wrestling News World reader Dustyn sent in this link which goes to a weather webcam at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida (the home of Wrestlemania XXVIII). - TMZ has coverage online from The Rock vs. John Cena documentary [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE NXT in its entirety, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Bruce & Sean Look At Wrestlemania Weekend PPVs In This Week’s Episode Of WrestleGeek Weekly

Bruce & Sean Look At Wrestlemania Weekend PPVs In This Week’s Episode Of WrestleGeek Weekly

Bruce and Sean are back with WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly episode #4. In this week’s episode, the duo looks at wrestling pay-per-views this weekend in Miami. The show is a joint project between WrestlingNewsWorld.com [...]

March 28, 2012 YouTube
Rey Mysterio Update

Rey Mysterio Update

While he’s not on the card for Wrestlemania XXVIII, Rey Mysterio is in Miami, Florida. Mysterio, along with The Great Khali, R-Truth, Christian and The Bella Twins visited Holtz Children’s Hospital today in Miami. WWE posted photos on Facebook at [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Backstage News On John Cena’s Initially Strained Relationship With Vince McMahon & Triple H, Christian’s Severe Injury & The Reason He Was Pulled From 12-Man Tag Match, Original Plans For Alberto Del Rio At Wrestlemania Revealed & What He Was Told Regarding His Usage, Why This Year’s Wrestlemania Is Being Called “The End Of An Era,”  & Four Surprising Names Confirmed For Sunday’s Pay-Per-View

Backstage News On John Cena’s Initially Strained Relationship With Vince McMahon & Triple H, Christian’s Severe Injury & The Reason He Was Pulled From 12-Man Tag Match, Original Plans For Alberto Del Rio At Wrestlemania Revealed & What He Was Told Regarding His Usage, Why This Year’s Wrestlemania Is Being Called “The End Of An Era,” & Four Surprising Names Confirmed For Sunday’s Pay-Per-View

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March 28, 2012 Insider Rumblings
Bret Hart/WWE Hall Of Fame Update

Bret Hart/WWE Hall Of Fame Update

Bret Hart confirmed on his social networking accounts today he will not be at this year’s WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida on Saturday night. Hart was rumored at one time to [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
WNW Premium Mailbag – How WWE Will Fight Weather Threats At Wrestlemania, Heat On Daniel Bryan For Busting Sheamus Open Hardway?, Declining Ratings & Will They Ever Turnaround, The Outcome Of John Cena vs. The Rock Analyzed, Celeb Injury Providing An Opportunity For A Return?

WNW Premium Mailbag – How WWE Will Fight Weather Threats At Wrestlemania, Heat On Daniel Bryan For Busting Sheamus Open Hardway?, Declining Ratings & Will They Ever Turnaround, The Outcome Of John Cena vs. The Rock Analyzed, Celeb Injury Providing An Opportunity For A Return?

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March 28, 2012 Premium Mailbags
WWE Producer Reveals Developmental Workers On The Short-List For A Call-Up

WWE Producer Reveals Developmental Workers On The Short-List For A Call-Up

Ricky Steamboat told Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald he feels that developmental workers Seth Rollins, Bo Rotundo, Husky Harris and Antonio Cesaro are ready for a “look-see” on the main WWE roster. Rollins is better known to wrestling fans [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Sheamus – “I’m Never Satisfied With What I’ve Achieved”

Sheamus – “I’m Never Satisfied With What I’ve Achieved”

IrishCentral.com has a new Q&A online with Sheamus. Below is an excerpt: “My WWE career has been amazing,” he says. “It took a lot of time for me to get here, and you never stop paying your dues. I’m never [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Ricky Steamboat Says He’s About 80% Following Brain Aneurism

Ricky Steamboat Says He’s About 80% Following Brain Aneurism

Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring a Q&A with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. One of the first issues addressed is his health as Steamboat suffered a brain aneurism a year and a half ago. [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Watch Wrestlemania XXVIII Press Conference Here – Live Streaming Video

Watch Wrestlemania XXVIII Press Conference Here – Live Streaming Video

As we reported earlier today here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, WWE is holding a Wrestlemania XXVIII Press Conference today in Miami on YouTube. You can watch the press conference, now in progress, in the video embedded below: [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Alicia Fox Believes She & Kelly Kelly Were Part Of WWE’s Experiment To Teach Models How To Wrestle

Alicia Fox Believes She & Kelly Kelly Were Part Of WWE’s Experiment To Teach Models How To Wrestle

Accidental Sexiness has a new Q&A online with Alicia Fox. Below is an excerpt: “I did a couple of things for Venus Swimwear in Jacksonville,” Fox said. “I think at the time Kelly Kelly and I were doing it [modeling] [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
John Cena Discusses The Rock’s Vulnerability

John Cena Discusses The Rock’s Vulnerability

John Cena did media for Wrestlemania XXVIII promotion a couple weeks ago in Philadelphia. You can watch all the video interviews he did at this link. In the video embedded below, Cena, in character, discusses The Rock’s vulnerability: [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Inbox” Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Inbox” Here

Episode 9 of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Linda McMahon Returning To Her Roots; Will Attend Wrestlemania XXVIII On Sunday

Linda McMahon Returning To Her Roots; Will Attend Wrestlemania XXVIII On Sunday

Linda McMahon is returning to her roots… her campaign announced today that she would be putting the Republican nominating race for US Senate against Christopher Shays on hold this weekend to attend Wrestlemania XXVIII from Sun Life Stadium in Miami, [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Video Footage Of Arn Anderson Thanking The Fans At Last Weekend’s WWE Live Event

Video Footage Of Arn Anderson Thanking The Fans At Last Weekend’s WWE Live Event

Video of Arn Anderson speaking to the crowd at last Sunday’s WWE Raw live event in Charlotte, North Carolina has made it to YouTube. You can watch the video of Anderson thanking the Charlotte fans embedded below: Anderson will be [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
The Wrestlemania 28 Status Of Maria Menounos Revealed

The Wrestlemania 28 Status Of Maria Menounos Revealed

While some may consider her broken ribs have her down for the count, “Extra” host Maria Menounos made sure to reassure her fans she will work Wrestlemania XXVIII on Sunday. One of Maria’s Twitter followers asked if she would still [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Maria Menounos Injury Update – Two Broken Ribs, How The Injury Happened, Wrestlemania Match

Maria Menounos Injury Update – Two Broken Ribs, How The Injury Happened, Wrestlemania Match

“Extra” host Maria Menounos actually broke two ribs when she fell on “Dancing with the Stars” partner Derek Hough’s knee during rehearsal. US Weekly has a new article online where Menounos discusses how she is healing. The injury could take [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlemania 28 Questions – WWE Hotel, Hall Of Fame On TV, Ric Flair’s Appearance, The Miz

Wrestlemania 28 Questions – WWE Hotel, Hall Of Fame On TV, Ric Flair’s Appearance, The Miz

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 [...]

March 28, 2012 Ask WNW
Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week, Full Taping Results, TNA Programming In South Africa

Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week, Full Taping Results, TNA Programming In South Africa

- Below is the official preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c. If you can’t watch it Thursday, make sure to set your DVR to record it so you don’t [...]

March 28, 2012 TNA News
Tyler Reks Shows Off His Wrestlemania 28 Hotel Room, Renting Car With Curt Hawkins, Kofi Kingston & Hornswoggle

Tyler Reks Shows Off His Wrestlemania 28 Hotel Room, Renting Car With Curt Hawkins, Kofi Kingston & Hornswoggle

Tyler Reks posted the following videos on YouTube: Tyler Reks hotel sneak peek Wrestlemania 28 Tyler Reks, Curt Hawkins, Kofi Kingston, Hornswoggle get their rental car at Wrestlemania 28 [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
WWE Hires New Director Of Talent Development With A Volleyball Background

WWE Hires New Director Of Talent Development With A Volleyball Background

WWE has hired Canyon Cemen as their new director of talent development. He will replace Ty Bailey. Cemen, 39, has a volleyball background as he won the silver medal at the 1997 World Championships of volleyball with partner Mike Whitmarsh. [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Justin Gabriel Toughing It Out For Wrestlemania XXVIII

Justin Gabriel Toughing It Out For Wrestlemania XXVIII

Justin Gabriel needed three stitches in his mouth after his match taped for this week’s WWE Superstars on Monday night, however, Gabriel wrote on Twitter he refused due to it being Wrestlemania XXVIII week. Gabriel’s match was against Tyson Kidd [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
WWE Calls Wrestlemania 28 Social Media Event Of The Year – Includes Social Schedule

WWE Calls Wrestlemania 28 Social Media Event Of The Year – Includes Social Schedule

- WWE issued the following press release, calling Wrestlemania the “Social Media Event of the Year”: STAMFORD, Conn., March 27, 2012 – WWE® (NYSE:WWE) today announced the first ever “WrestleMania Pre-Show,” simulcast live on YouTube, Facebook and WWE.com this Sunday, [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlemania 28 News – Photo Of The Program, Betting Offered, View The Setup That Is Underway

Wrestlemania 28 News – Photo Of The Program, Betting Offered, View The Setup That Is Underway

- Zack Ryder Tweeted the following photo of the Wrestlemania XXVIII program featuring Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy. #WrestleMania 28 program… t.co/fnwgDny3 — Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) March 28, 2012 - There is a United Kingdom betting company called Paddy Power that [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk Discusses Wrestlemania, If His Match Was a Marvel Comic, Favorite Wrestlemania Moment Of All-Time

CM Punk Discusses Wrestlemania, If His Match Was a Marvel Comic, Favorite Wrestlemania Moment Of All-Time

Marvel has a new interview online with WWE Champion CM Punk. Below is an excerpt: Marvel.com: With WrestleMania almost here, how are you feeling about the event? CM Punk: You know, it’s the biggest show of the year for us, [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
WrestleMania XXVIII Press Conference To Be Held This Afternoon

WrestleMania XXVIII Press Conference To Be Held This Afternoon

WWE will be holding a WrestleMania XXVIII press conference today at 2:30 PM ET, and a livestream will be available on YouTube, and will be available for viewing in the video below: [...]

March 28, 2012 WWE News
John Cena vs. The Rock “Once In A Lifetime” Special Rating

John Cena vs. The Rock “Once In A Lifetime” Special Rating

The John Cena vs. The Rock “Once in a Lifetime” special that preceded last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 1.6 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,134,000 viewers on the USA Network. [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
Dixie Carter Comments On Ric Flair Attending WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Dixie Carter Comments On Ric Flair Attending WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Ric Flair’s Public Relations firm, Legacy Talent and Entertainment, issued the following press release about their client attending this weekend’s WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony. TNA President Dixie Carter issues a comment. The release is available in its entirety [...]

March 27, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
Go-Home To Wrestlemania XXVIII WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Go-Home To Wrestlemania XXVIII WWE Raw Supershow Rating

The go-home to Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.04 cable rating off hours of 2.96 and 3.12 with an average viewing audience of 4,443,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
Dixie Carter Says Chris Sabin Has Received Medical Clearance To Return

Dixie Carter Says Chris Sabin Has Received Medical Clearance To Return

- The following is from the official Twitter account of Dixie Carter: 334 days later, I just received Chris Sabin’s medical clearance to return to the ring. Very excited. MMG fans stay tuned! — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 27, 2012 [...]

March 27, 2012 TNA News
RAW Is Blogged – Team Edward, Or Team Jacob?

RAW Is Blogged – Team Edward, Or Team Jacob?

I was going to write a separate Blog about Once In A Lifetime: Rock vs Cena, but I really don’t think there was enough content on the show to warrant a full write up. Yes, there was a lot there, [...]

March 27, 2012 Raw is Blogged
WWE Confirms Ric Flair Will Be In Attendance At Hall Of Fame Ceremony This Weekend

WWE Confirms Ric Flair Will Be In Attendance At Hall Of Fame Ceremony This Weekend

WWE announced this afternoon on dot com that Ric Flair will be in attendance at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Flair will join Arn Anderson, Tully [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
JBL Comments On Inducting Ron Simmons Into WWE Hall Of Fame; Steve Austin & CM Punk Continue To Tease Wrestlemania Dream Match

JBL Comments On Inducting Ron Simmons Into WWE Hall Of Fame; Steve Austin & CM Punk Continue To Tease Wrestlemania Dream Match

- JBL wrote the following on his Facebook page in regards to inducting Rob Simmons into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend: There’s only two problems with me inducting Ron into HOF this weekend in Miami. Do you really [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton To Star In Marine: Homefront; Zack Ryder & Alex Riley Visit Children’s Hospital In Atlanta

Randy Orton To Star In Marine: Homefront; Zack Ryder & Alex Riley Visit Children’s Hospital In Atlanta

- Randy Orton is slated to star in the upcoming WWE Studios production Marine: Homefront, the third installment of the series. Production will begin on June 11, 2012 in Vancouver and will be distributed by FOX straight-to-DVD. The film is [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
More Details On Sakamoto & Lord Tensai; Zack Ryder & Alicia Fox At MLB Game Today

More Details On Sakamoto & Lord Tensai; Zack Ryder & Alicia Fox At MLB Game Today

- Wrestling News World reader Robi reporting: As Richard noted earlier, the Japanese man who was in Lord Tensai’s teaser promo was Kazma a wrestler & student of Taka Michinoku’s Kaientai Dojo. He was signed by WWE earlier this year [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
“Bending The Rules” Starring Edge Now Available On DVD & Blu-Ray

“Bending The Rules” Starring Edge Now Available On DVD & Blu-Ray

The newest WWE Studios film, Bending The Rules, starring Edge and Jamie Kennedy, is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. The latest preview of the movie is embedded below: [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
John Morrison Impersonates Triple H & The Undertaker In Battle Rap Video

John Morrison Impersonates Triple H & The Undertaker In Battle Rap Video

John Morrison has recorded a battle rap in which he impersonates Triple H & The Undertaker before their upcoming match at WrestleMania XXVIII. The video is embedded below: [...]

March 27, 2012 WWE News
Details On The Identity Of The Other Worker In Last Night’s Lord Tensai Vignette

Details On The Identity Of The Other Worker In Last Night’s Lord Tensai Vignette

The Japanese worker that was featured in last night’s Lord Tensai vignette was WWE developmental worker Sakamoto. Sakamoto was trained by former WWE star TAKA Michinoku. You can read more about Sakamoto on his bio page at the official Florida [...]

March 27, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News