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The Rock vs. John Cena Documentary To Air On 11 NBC Universal Networks

The Rock vs. John Cena Documentary To Air On 11 NBC Universal Networks

- WWE issued the following press release this evening: STAMFORD, Conn., Mar 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — WWE® and NBCUniversal are joining forces to televise “Once in a Lifetime — Rock vs. Cena,” an epic one-hour special that follows WWE [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw Supershow Rating

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.1 cable rating off hours of 3.14 and 3.06 with an average viewing audience of 4,382,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey (Part 2)

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey (Part 2)

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. [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey

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. [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Triple H Sets The Record Straight – FCW “Is Being Revamped, Not Shut Down”

Triple H Sets The Record Straight – FCW “Is Being Revamped, Not Shut Down”

The official WWE website has released an announcement by Executive Vice President of Talent, Paul Levesque, otherwise known as Triple H. Levesque had the following to say to the rumors about Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE’s developmental territory, closing down: “It [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Ted DiBiase Blogs On Recent Trials & Tribulations

Ted DiBiase Blogs On Recent Trials & Tribulations

Ted DiBiase has a new blog entry on his official website entitled “Under the Knife.” Below is an excerpt: It’s 4:55 am and I can’t sleep. My back is killing me from having my leg propped up all day and [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Bret Hart Says Natalya’s Flatulence Gimmick Is A Test

Bret Hart Says Natalya’s Flatulence Gimmick Is A Test

Arda Ocal reporting: Part 2 of the interview Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) conducted with Bret Hart (@BretHart) has been released. Highlights: - How Bret feels its a shame that Tyson Kidd is not on RAW or Smackdown, as well as feeling [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Meet Cody Rhodes At FCW Show Tomorrow Night In Orlando

Meet Cody Rhodes At FCW Show Tomorrow Night In Orlando

- Florida Championship Wrestling issued the following press release today: Orlando, Fl – March 20, 2012 FCW Wrestling will be invading Orlando tomorrow night, March 21st and are bringing WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes for a special meet and greet [...]

March 20, 2012 NXT Wrestling
Presale Password To Obtain Tickets To WWE SummerSlam 2012

Presale Password To Obtain Tickets To WWE SummerSlam 2012

There is a ticket presale currently ongoing to obtain tickets to WWE SummerSlam 2012 at this link. The password to buy tickets is SLAM. The presale started yesterday at 10 AM PDT and will end on Saturday at 10 PM [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Rob Van Dam Booked For Weekend TNA Live Events

Rob Van Dam Booked For Weekend TNA Live Events

I reported on Sunday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Rob Van Dam was returning to TNA Impact Wrestling. While his return to television hasn’t happened yet, RVD was announced for this weekend’s live events in New York and Pennsylvania in singles [...]

March 20, 2012 TNA News
WWE Announces Flo Rida & Machine Gun Kelly Will Perform Live At Wrestlemania XXVIII

WWE Announces Flo Rida & Machine Gun Kelly Will Perform Live At Wrestlemania XXVIII

- WWE issued the following press release today: WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced hip-hop stars Flo Rida and Machine Gun Kelly will perform at WrestleMania XXVIII live on pay-per-view Sunday, April 1 at 7 PM ET, emanating from Sun Life [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Top WWE Star Helps Matt Bloom (Formerly Giant Bernard & A-Train) Get Rehired By WWE – Details On Who It Was That Got Him The Job, First Plans For The Lord Tensai Gimmick, Why Bloom Denied His Signing On Twitter, Relationship With The WWE Office, How Word Quickly Spread To The Internet, More

Top WWE Star Helps Matt Bloom (Formerly Giant Bernard & A-Train) Get Rehired By WWE – Details On Who It Was That Got Him The Job, First Plans For The Lord Tensai Gimmick, Why Bloom Denied His Signing On Twitter, Relationship With The WWE Office, How Word Quickly Spread To The Internet, More

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March 20, 2012 Backstage News
Breaking News – Steve Keirn Says There Is “No Truth” To FCW Shutting Down Rumor

Breaking News – Steve Keirn Says There Is “No Truth” To FCW Shutting Down Rumor

I contacted Florida Championship Wrestling President Steve Keirn via email this morning to ask about rumors regarding WWE shutting down the Tampa-based promotion. Keirn replied with the following quote: There is no truth to the rumor we are at school [...]

March 20, 2012 NXT Wrestling
Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout; What You  Didn’t See On Last Night’s Raw Supershow

Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout; What You Didn’t See On Last Night’s Raw Supershow

- Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: - After last night’s Raw Supershow went off the air The Miz came out and cut a promo. This drew [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Brodus Clay At Wrestlemania, Dark Live Events, Cena & Rock Taking A Backseat To Triple H & Undertaker, Free Time In WWE

Brodus Clay At Wrestlemania, Dark Live Events, Cena & Rock Taking A Backseat To Triple H & Undertaker, Free Time In WWE

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 20, 2012 Ask WNW
WWE News & Notes

WWE News & Notes

- The Miami Herald has a couple new articles online as they increase coverage as we get closer to Wrestlemania XXVIII. One of the articles covers a Jack Swagger appearance last week while another ironically covers a Florida Championship Wrestling [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Flo Rida Reveals The Songs He Will Be Performing At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Flo Rida Reveals The Songs He Will Be Performing At Wrestlemania XXVIII

The following is from the official Twitter account of Flo Rida: Tune in to watch me perform #WildOnes & #GoodFeeling live on 4/1 at @WrestleMania during @therock‘s entrance! info @ wrestlemania.com — FLO RIDA (@official_flo) March 20, 2012 Thanks to [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Watch Episode #3 Of WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Here

Watch Episode #3 Of WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Here

Bruce and Sean are back with WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly episode #3. The show is a joint project between WrestlingNewsWorld.com and GeekTacular.tv: [...]

March 20, 2012 YouTube
Backstage Word On WWE Shutting Down Florida Championship Wrestling – Developmental Workers Thinking Of Quitting, Releases Coming?, What I’ve Heard For Years

Backstage Word On WWE Shutting Down Florida Championship Wrestling – Developmental Workers Thinking Of Quitting, Releases Coming?, What I’ve Heard For Years

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March 20, 2012 Insider Rumblings
TNA Lockdown To Be Shown In Select Theaters; Full List of Locations Released

TNA Lockdown To Be Shown In Select Theaters; Full List of Locations Released

TNA Wrestling’s official YouTube channel has released the following preview of TNA Lockdown, coming to select theaters as well as pay-per-view on April 15: The full list of participating theaters has been released, as well as ticket information and more. [...]

March 20, 2012 TNA News
John Cena Discusses His Favorite Wrestler, WrestleMania, More; Eve Posts In-Character Video On Twitter

John Cena Discusses His Favorite Wrestler, WrestleMania, More; Eve Posts In-Character Video On Twitter

-WNW reader Aimee M sent in the following: John Cena was on the Preston & Steve Show in Philadelphia this morning promoting RAW and Wrestlemania. They talk about cars, performing for the armed forces, Make a Wish, when he’ll stop [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Daniel Bryan Discusses Working As A Heel, His WrestleMania XXVIII Match With Sheamus, More

Daniel Bryan Discusses Working As A Heel, His WrestleMania XXVIII Match With Sheamus, More

Daniel Bryan was recently interviewed by The Daily World and discussed a number of topics, including wrestling in his backyard during his childhood, his transition into having a heel persona and using his vegan lifestyle to draw heat, his upcoming [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings – Top Raw Stars Advertised, Steel Cage Dark Match Main Event, Seeking Correspondents

Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings – Top Raw Stars Advertised, Steel Cage Dark Match Main Event, Seeking Correspondents

WWE will tape this week’s WWE NXT, the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. John Cena, CM Punk, Triple H, Kane, and Dolph Ziggler are all [...]

March 20, 2012 WWE News
WWE Shutting Down Florida Championship Wrestling

WWE Shutting Down Florida Championship Wrestling

WWE is  shutting down Florida Championship Wrestling, their official developmental territory. The company has already contacted their local television provider, the Bright House Network, and informed them of their decision. The programming will cease to air in three weeks. Everyone involved [...]

March 20, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
RAW Results 3/19/12 – Which Rocky Is He?

RAW Results 3/19/12 – Which Rocky Is He?

RAW this week starts with music and pyro. In Ring Segment Punk out to the ring. Punk looks rather pissy. Video of Jericho on the tron last week verbally attacking Punk, telling that Punk’s father is an alcoholic. Punk looks [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE Results
This Week’s Smackdown Main Event; Seeking Correspondents

This Week’s Smackdown Main Event; Seeking Correspondents

WWE announced on tonight’s Raw Supershow that this week’s Smackdown will be headlined by WWE Champion CM Punk & Sheamus vs. World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan & The Miz. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from the Prudential [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Two More Members Announced For “Team Johnny” At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Two More Members Announced For “Team Johnny” At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger were added to “Team Johnny” for the 12-man tag team match at Wrestlemania XXVIII to determine control of the brands. Already announced for “Team Johnny” are team captain David Otunga, Christian and Mark Henry. So [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Shane Douglas Pops Up On Raw Supershow

Shane Douglas Pops Up On Raw Supershow

Shane Douglas had some fun at tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow. During Big Show vs. Kane, Douglas was shown on-camera wearing a Lucha Libre mask and a white button up shirt. He removed his shirt, exposing his black and yellow “Franchise” [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
WWE Announces Flo Rida For Wrestlemania XXVIII

WWE Announces Flo Rida For Wrestlemania XXVIII

WWE announced on tonight’s Raw Supershow that Flo Rida will perform live as The Rock comes to ringside for his match against John Cena at Wrestlemania XXVIII. Cena confirmed last week he’ll enter to “Invincible” by Machine Gun Kelly. Wrestlemania [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Details On The Identity Of Lord Tensai

Details On The Identity Of Lord Tensai

WWE began airing vignettes on tonight’s Raw Supershow for a new character with a Japanese-like gimmick named Lord Tensai. Tensai is actually Matthew Bloom and his signing was a topic of conversation backstage at this weekend’s live events. Bloom has [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Triple H Imitates The Undertaker In Return To The Ring

Triple H Imitates The Undertaker In Return To The Ring

Triple H returned to the ring at yesterday’s WWE Supershow live event from Madison Square Garden in New York City. For those that missed the results, Hunter teamed with WWE Champion CM Punk & Randy Orton to face Chris Jericho, [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Announced Raw Supershow Attendance, John Cena vs. The Rock Documentary Airing Next Week, Brodus Clay Works Raw Dark Match

Announced Raw Supershow Attendance, John Cena vs. The Rock Documentary Airing Next Week, Brodus Clay Works Raw Dark Match

- The announced attendance for tonight’s Raw Supershow from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia was 18,088. The show was a legitimate sellout. - A one-hour documentary, highlighting John Cena vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania XXVIII, will precede next week’s [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Jim Ross Says WWE Will Be Able To Continue Promoting Events In Oklahoma

Jim Ross Says WWE Will Be Able To Continue Promoting Events In Oklahoma

- The following is from the Twitter account of Jim Ross: Okla Athletic Comm rescinding issues affecting WWE in Oklahoma. More to come. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 20, 2012 WWE will now be able to continue promoting events in [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Kevin Nash Says We Haven’t Seen The Last Of HHH Or Undertaker, Says CM Punk Had More Leeway Than Him, Won’t Rule Out Return To TNA

Kevin Nash Says We Haven’t Seen The Last Of HHH Or Undertaker, Says CM Punk Had More Leeway Than Him, Won’t Rule Out Return To TNA

The UK Sun has a new article online featuring quotes from Kevin Nash. Below are the highlights: The Undertaker vs. Triple H at Wrestlemania XXVIII: “It’s going to be hard for them to follow last year, because the match they [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Videos – Zack Ryder Holds A Pre-Raw Supershow Rally; David Otunga On The Wendy Williams Show

Videos – Zack Ryder Holds A Pre-Raw Supershow Rally; David Otunga On The Wendy Williams Show

- Zack Ryder held a pre-Raw Supershow rally prior to tonight’s show, lobbying for a Wrestlemania XXVIII match. You can view cell phone footage from it embedded below: - Embedded in the video below is footage of David Otunga on The [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Orlando, Florida (3/22) *Spoilers*

Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Orlando, Florida (3/22) *Spoilers*

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. [...]

March 19, 2012 TNA Spoilers
WWE Videos – WWE & The Ryan Seacrest Foundation Bring A Smile To Children, Bending The Rules At Walmart Next Week

WWE Videos – WWE & The Ryan Seacrest Foundation Bring A Smile To Children, Bending The Rules At Walmart Next Week

- The following videos are from the official WWE YouTube channel: WWE and the Ryan Seacrest Foundation bring a smile to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Bending the Rules starring Edge and Jamie Kennedy on DVD and Blu-Ray Next Tuesday [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Last Week’s Smackdown Rating

Last Week’s Smackdown Rating

Friday’s edition of Smackdown did a 1.92 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,840,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

March 19, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon Fuming Over Recent Leaks Regarding The WWE Network; Hires Private Investigators To Find Leaks, Current Employees Threatened With Termination, Why The Network Is Being Described As A “Complete Disaster,” Negotiations Hurt By Recent Media Reports

Vince McMahon Fuming Over Recent Leaks Regarding The WWE Network; Hires Private Investigators To Find Leaks, Current Employees Threatened With Termination, Why The Network Is Being Described As A “Complete Disaster,” Negotiations Hurt By Recent Media Reports

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March 19, 2012 Backstage News