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Rey Mysterio In Latest Episode Of WWE Toyz; WWE Extreme Rules Commercial

Rey Mysterio In Latest Episode Of WWE Toyz; WWE Extreme Rules Commercial

- Rey Mysterio is featured in episode 4 of WWE Toyz embedded in the video below: - Embedded in the video below is an official commercial for WWE Extreme Rules: [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Photo Of Ric Flair’s Two WWE Hall Of Fame Rings

Photo Of Ric Flair’s Two WWE Hall Of Fame Rings

Arda Ocal sent in the following photo of Ric Flair’s two WWE Hall of Fame rings: Make sure you visit Arda’s blog so he doesn’t get mad about his embedding the photo. [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Edition Of Superstar Toyz Starring Rey Mysterio Here

Watch The Latest Edition Of Superstar Toyz Starring Rey Mysterio Here

Embedded in the video below is Episode 4 of Superstar Toyz, starring Rey Mysterio, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Why JR Called Triple H vs. The Undertaker At Wrestlemania 28; When The Decision Was Made

Why JR Called Triple H vs. The Undertaker At Wrestlemania 28; When The Decision Was Made

The following is from the official Twitter account of Jim Ross; HHH, Taker & HBK all wanted me to call HIAC @ WM28. WWE upper mgmt made it happen. It was confirmed late Friday night. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Rima Fakih Reportedly Under Contract With WWE

Rima Fakih Reportedly Under Contract With WWE

Former Miss USA and WWE Tough Enough contestant Rima Fakih is believed to have signed a WWE contract. There was an article in German that apparently had a quote from Rima confirming the signing over Wrestlemania 28 weekend. Rima was [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Yoshi Tatsu Wants A Program With Lord Tensai Or Sakamoto

Yoshi Tatsu Wants A Program With Lord Tensai Or Sakamoto

- Yoshi Tatsu posted the following on Twitter: Open challenge to Lord Tensai from @YoshiTatsuWWE . — Yoshi Tatsu (@YoshiTatsuWWE) April 3, 2012 Open challenge to Lord Tensai from @YoshiTatsuWWE . — Yoshi Tatsu (@YoshiTatsuWWE) April 3, 2012 [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Brock Lesnar Saves Bland Cena Promo, How Vince Won By Burying Daniel Bryan, The Rock Finished With WWE, Comparing Rock/Cena To Rock/Hogan

Brock Lesnar Saves Bland Cena Promo, How Vince Won By Burying Daniel Bryan, The Rock Finished With WWE, Comparing Rock/Cena To Rock/Hogan

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 [...]

April 3, 2012 Ask WNW
Several Video Highlights From WWE Raw Supershow – Brock Lesnar Returns

Several Video Highlights From WWE Raw Supershow – Brock Lesnar Returns

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: Santino Marella vs. [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Exclusive Details On Brock Lesnar In WWE – Program With John Cena, Why He Appeared On Raw Supershow & Not Wrestlemania, Details On His Contract, How He Settled Things With UFC

Exclusive Details On Brock Lesnar In WWE – Program With John Cena, Why He Appeared On Raw Supershow & Not Wrestlemania, Details On His Contract, How He Settled Things With UFC

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April 3, 2012 Backstage News
Scott Steiner Says He Refused To Sign TNA Contract Extension; Continues To Bury Company Elite

Scott Steiner Says He Refused To Sign TNA Contract Extension; Continues To Bury Company Elite

Scott Steiner claims he was offered a contract extension from TNA but refused to sign it. His comments last night were just the beginning of a rant that continued, where he said he’s going to be the voice for the [...]

April 3, 2012 TNA News
Former WWE Women’s Champion Posts WWE Royalty Earnings On Facebook

Former WWE Women’s Champion Posts WWE Royalty Earnings On Facebook

Former WWE Women’s Champion Madusa has the IWC buzzing this morning regarding royalty earnings from WWE that she posted on her Facebook page. The image below is what she posted , which appears to be a check stub: From Madusa: This [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
How Often You Can Expect To See Brock Lesnar On WWE TV; Duration Of His Contract Revealed

How Often You Can Expect To See Brock Lesnar On WWE TV; Duration Of His Contract Revealed

Brock Lesnar’s WWE contract is for a duration of one year that will run through next year’s Wrestlemania 29 pay-per-view. Under the agreement, it’s believed Lesnar will make a minimum of two appearances each month with more on the build [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
A Super Over Daniel Bryan Cuts A Promo Following WWE Raw Supershow (Video Here)

A Super Over Daniel Bryan Cuts A Promo Following WWE Raw Supershow (Video Here)

Daniel Bryan cut a promo after last night’s WWE Raw Supershow went off the air where he said, “I think you people have finally convinced them to make me a new t-shirt.” You can view the promo sent to use [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton Pulled From Upcoming WWE Studios Film Because Of Troubled Military Past; WWE Says They Demonstrated Poor Judgment In Casting Orton For The Role

Randy Orton Pulled From Upcoming WWE Studios Film Because Of Troubled Military Past; WWE Says They Demonstrated Poor Judgment In Casting Orton For The Role

TMZ is reporting that Randy Orton has been pulled from his proposed role in the upcoming WWE Studios production “Marine: Homefront.” WWE faced intense backlash because of Orton’s troubled military past. Orton was dishonorably discharged from the United States Marines [...]

April 3, 2012 WWE News
RAW Results 4/2/12 – Yes, Yes, Daniel Bryan, Yes!

RAW Results 4/2/12 – Yes, Yes, Daniel Bryan, Yes!

Backstage Segment This post WrestleMania 28 RAW starts with all the wrestlers sitting in a room. Laurinaitis said last night he made history when he became the GM of RAW and Smackdown, arguably the most powerful man in the WWE. [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE Results
Brock Lesnar Returns To WWE To Confront John Cena

Brock Lesnar Returns To WWE To Confront John Cena

Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar returned to WWE at tonight’s Raw Supershow, confronting John Cena in the show’s closing segment. As I broke exclusively here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium earlier today, Cena’s name emerged as a possible opponent for Lesnar at [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlemania XXVIII Rematch Announced For Smackdown

Wrestlemania XXVIII Rematch Announced For Smackdown

Randy Orton vs. Kane is set for this week’s Smackdown. As noted earlier here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Alberto Del Rio will face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus for a shot at the title. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Abraham Washington Returns To WWE On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Abraham Washington Returns To WWE On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Abraham Washington made his return to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow during a backstage segment with Mark Henry. Washington “offered his services” to Henry by giving him a business card. Washington has been in WWE’s developmental system since [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
This Week’s Smackdown Main Event

This Week’s Smackdown Main Event

Alberto Del Rio is scheduled to face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus on this week’s Smackdown. If he wins, he’ll win a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from Amway Center in Orlando, [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Matt Bloom Returns To WWE As Lord Tensai On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Matt Bloom Returns To WWE As Lord Tensai On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Matt Bloom returned to WWE on tonight’s Raw Supershow as Lord Tensai. He was accompanied to the ring by Sakamoto. Michael Cole acknowledged Tensai as a former WWE star that went to Japan and found success and has returned. Sakamoto, [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Sheamus Now On Twitter, Dean Ambrose Works Another WWE Dark Match, John Laurinaitis’ “Takeover”

Sheamus Now On Twitter, Dean Ambrose Works Another WWE Dark Match, John Laurinaitis’ “Takeover”

- Less than a month ago World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus explained why he wasn’t on Twitter, citing too much access to superstars. Today, he has opened a Twitter account at Twitter.com/wwesheamus. To be fair, he did say there may be [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Evan Bourne’s Injury Career-Threatening

Evan Bourne’s Injury Career-Threatening

Evan Bourne’s foot injury is not just a nasty looking severe injury but it’s career threatening. Bourne suffered a midfoot fracture, also known as a LisFranc fracture dislocation, which is an injury that has been known to be career-threatening to [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Miami, Florida

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Miami, Florida

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. [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE Spoilers
WWE Doing Missing Angle With John Cena

WWE Doing Missing Angle With John Cena

- The following is from the WWE Insider Twitter account: We haven’t heard from @JohnCena since his loss to @TheRock at #WrestleMania, and he’s nowhere to be found at #Raw. — The WWE Insider (@WWEInsider) April 2, 2012   [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlemania 28 Press Conference Videos – John Cena, The Rock & Chris Jericho

Wrestlemania 28 Press Conference Videos – John Cena, The Rock & Chris Jericho

There was a press conference prior to yesterday’s Wrestlemania 28 pay-per-view from Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. Brian Fritz was there and uploaded videos of John Cena, The Rock and Chris Jericho answering questions: John Cena The Rock Chris [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Go-Home To Wrestlemania XXVIII Smackdown Rating

Go-Home To Wrestlemania XXVIII Smackdown Rating

Last week’s go-home to Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of Smackdown did a 1.76 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,480,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Raging Scott Steiner Gone From TNA

Raging Scott Steiner Gone From TNA

Scott Steiner has been released from his TNA contract, WrestlingNewsWorld.com can now confirm. Steiner wasted no time to take aim at Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and company on Twitter as he buried them earlier this evening. [...]

April 2, 2012 TNA News
Man Dies Watching Wrestlemania, New York Yankees Attend PPV, Torrie Wilson Shows A-Rod Around, DDP Montage

Man Dies Watching Wrestlemania, New York Yankees Attend PPV, Torrie Wilson Shows A-Rod Around, DDP Montage

- Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta sent this story about a 24-year-old man dying while wrestling with his young cousin at a Wrestlemania XXVIII party last night. - In addition to Alex Rodriguez, his New York Yankees teammates Robinson [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Scott Steiner Buries Hulk Hogan & TNA Writing Team On Twitter

Scott Steiner Buries Hulk Hogan & TNA Writing Team On Twitter

- Scott Steiner took to Twitter this evening to bury Hulk Hogan. The following Tweets are from his official Twitter account: Can somebody send tna’s booking team of pritchard hogan n bischoff video’s from ring ka king..booking hogan in a [...]

April 2, 2012 TNA News
Why Brock Lesnar Did Not Appear At Wrestlemania 28 Last Night, Another Name Emerges For A Total Of Three Possible Opponents For Him At Wrestlemania XXIX Next Year, The Latest Dream Match On WWE’s Wish List For Next Year Involving Yet Another WWE Legend, What Left Vince McMahon Disappointed, Latest On Contract Negotiations With Lesnar

Why Brock Lesnar Did Not Appear At Wrestlemania 28 Last Night, Another Name Emerges For A Total Of Three Possible Opponents For Him At Wrestlemania XXIX Next Year, The Latest Dream Match On WWE’s Wish List For Next Year Involving Yet Another WWE Legend, What Left Vince McMahon Disappointed, Latest On Contract Negotiations With Lesnar

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April 2, 2012 Backstage News
Justin Gabriel Out For Six Weeks With Elbow Injury

Justin Gabriel Out For Six Weeks With Elbow Injury

Wrestling News World Logan Walker sent in the following: Justin Gabriel posted the following on his Twitter account today: Just had X-rays and MRI on elbow. Good news : no surgery needed. Bad news: out for 6 weeks. twitter.com/Justin__Gabrie… — [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
WWE Developmental News – Steve Keirn Says Major Updates Coming Soon

WWE Developmental News – Steve Keirn Says Major Updates Coming Soon

Florida Championship Wrestling President Steve Keirn wrote the following on Twitter: Major Updates Coming Soon. Plus TV Taping Thurs. And Show in Punta Gorda Fri. with @WWE Star Alberto Del Rio. fcwwrestling.info/040612.html — FCW (@stevekeirnsfcw) April 2, 2012 Triple H [...]

April 2, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Jerry Lawler’s Stiff Comment About Bruce Prichard At Wrestlemania 28

Jerry Lawler’s Stiff Comment About Bruce Prichard At Wrestlemania 28

For those that missed it on last night’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view broadcast, Jerry Lawler, when commenting on the white suit of John Laurinaitis, said, “That suit is so ugly, it would give Brother Love a heart attack.” Brother Love of [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
TNA Taping Impact Wrestling Tonight & Tuesday, Ric Flair Backstage, Bruce Prichard Update, Official Preview

TNA Taping Impact Wrestling Tonight & Tuesday, Ric Flair Backstage, Bruce Prichard Update, Official Preview

- TNA will tape this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight and next week’s show on Tuesday night. Below is the official preview for this week’s show: - Hulk Hogan is now the General Manager and takes control of IMPACT WRESTLING this Thursday. [...]

April 2, 2012 TNA News
What You Didn’t See On The Wrestlemania 28 Pay-Per-View Broadcast

What You Didn’t See On The Wrestlemania 28 Pay-Per-View Broadcast

After Wrestlemania XXVIII went off pay-per-view, John Cena continued to star e down The Rock on his way up the ramp. The Rock gave high fives at ringside and interacted with the fans, including interacting with his mother, daughter and [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Ring Of Honor Holding A Show At A Major Venue In Charleston, West Virginia

Ring Of Honor Holding A Show At A Major Venue In Charleston, West Virginia

Ring of Honor is headed to my neck of the woods as they have announced a show at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia on June 15, 2012. Bell time is scheduled for 7:30 PM EDT. I find [...]

April 2, 2012 ROH
Maria Menounos Didn’t Have An Accident During Wrestlemania Match; Detailed Coverage Of Batista In South Beach

Maria Menounos Didn’t Have An Accident During Wrestlemania Match; Detailed Coverage Of Batista In South Beach

- “Extra” host Maria Menounos wrote the following on Twitter: Just won my match at #Wrestlemania with @realkellykelly.amazing experience.and ps-that was eve’s makeup on my pants-let’s not get cray cray — maria menounos (@mariamenounos) April 2, 2012 - StyleSeenDaily.com has [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News
Weekly Rundown: Special WrestleMania edition

Weekly Rundown: Special WrestleMania edition

Pre-PPV predictions (written up prior to the PPV’s airing): Tag Team Titles match: Colonz – no reason for them to drop the titles on a dark match. Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy for control over both brands: Team Johnny – [...]

April 2, 2012 Landau Rundown
Chris Jericho Says The Better Man Won, It’s Time To Move On

Chris Jericho Says The Better Man Won, It’s Time To Move On

Chris Jericho posted the following on Twitter this morning: Feel like I got run over by a truck…and in a way I did. The better man won last night. I guess its time for me to move on. — Chris [...]

April 2, 2012 WWE News