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Edge Throws Out First Pitch At Blue Jays Game; Appears At Comic-Con In Toronto

Edge Throws Out First Pitch At Blue Jays Game; Appears At Comic-Con In Toronto

Edge threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball game. The Blue Jays Tweeted a photo from their official Twitter account that you can view at this link. The 2012 WWE Hall [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/14/12) – Belfast, Northern Ireland

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/14/12) – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Below are quick results from today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Northern Ireland: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * William Regal & Tyson Kidd b. Camacho & Hunico * Alberto Del Rio b. Ezekiel Jackson * AJ [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE House Shows
Kurt Angle Says Lockdown Match Is Biggest Test Since Brock Lesnar At Wrestlemania With His Neck

Kurt Angle Says Lockdown Match Is Biggest Test Since Brock Lesnar At Wrestlemania With His Neck

Kurt Angle plans to work against Jeff Hardy at tomorrow night’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view in Nashville. Angle is already in Nashville and is participating in the company’s fanfest to promote the show. Angle recently revealed he has a torn hamstring [...]

April 14, 2012 TNA News
Matt Morgan Reveals His TNA Contract Is Coming Up & He Won’t Rule Out Return To WWE

Matt Morgan Reveals His TNA Contract Is Coming Up & He Won’t Rule Out Return To WWE

Matt Morgan told the Pro Wrestling Torch in an interview to promote Sunday’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view that his contract with the company is up in October. Morgan said he would not rule out a return to WWE because he’s a [...]

April 14, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw House Show Results (4/13/12) – Stuttgart, Germany

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/13/12) – Stuttgart, Germany

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Stuttgart, Germany: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley * Brodus Clay b. [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE House Shows
More On The Bella Twins Leaving WWE At The End Of The Month

More On The Bella Twins Leaving WWE At The End Of The Month

Brie and Nikki Bella are both advertised for next week’s WWE Raw Supershow in London but have not been on overseas live events. It was noted today on their official Twitter account they are currently en route to London. As [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE News
Sheamus Discusses “$500K Fine”; Details On The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD Set With Release Date

Sheamus Discusses “$500K Fine”; Details On The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD Set With Release Date

- Sheamus discusses being “fined $500,000″ after “attacking” a referee in a video on dot com at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Adam for sending the link.) - The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD set is now available for pre-order here [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest “Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

Watch The Latest “Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

The latest episode of “Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 14, 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: [...]

April 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/13/12) – Belfast, Ireland

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/13/12) – Belfast, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Dan Kelly was in attendance at tonight’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Ireland and sent in the following report: Stadium was completely full, which is the first time I’ve seen WWE do so for a while. [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
Dixie Carter Says She’s Heartbroken For Kurt Angle

Dixie Carter Says She’s Heartbroken For Kurt Angle

Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter about Kurt Angle ending his Olympic comeback attempt due to injury: I am heartbroken for Kurt. His commitment to making the Olympic team was unreal. But that’s the kind of athlete he is. [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
Go-Home To TNA Lockdown Impact Wrestling Rating

Go-Home To TNA Lockdown Impact Wrestling Rating

Last night’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.98 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,395,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
Watch Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling Here; What Did You Think of The Show?

Watch Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling Here; What Did You Think of The Show?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Impact Wrestling. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: The Fight For Tag Team Domination At Lockdown Austin Aries [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
Severe Injury Costs Former WWE Champion Big Money Offer To Return To The Ring

Severe Injury Costs Former WWE Champion Big Money Offer To Return To The Ring

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April 13, 2012 Insider Rumblings
More On The Stipulations Gimmick For The Returning WWE No Way Out Pay-Per-View

More On The Stipulations Gimmick For The Returning WWE No Way Out Pay-Per-View

WWE No Way Out is set to return to pay-per-view on Sunday, June 17, 2012 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show’s main events will be in steel cage matches but they will also include stipulations [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE News
Has Vince McMahon “Lost It”?, WWE Accommodating Talent, Rumored 2012 WWE Draft Date, The Cost In Offering Rehab To Former Stars

Has Vince McMahon “Lost It”?, WWE Accommodating Talent, Rumored 2012 WWE Draft Date, The Cost In Offering Rehab To Former Stars

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 13, 2012 Ask WNW
Weekend WWE Schedule – Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues Overseas; Details On Next Week’s TV Tapings

Weekend WWE Schedule – Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues Overseas; Details On Next Week’s TV Tapings

WWE’s extended Wrestlemania Revenge tour kicks into full gear this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the O2 World Berlin in Berlin, Germany (more info) Sunday from [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE News
WWE Taping Smackdown In Evansville, Indiana This Summer, Return To Dublin, The Rock’s Next Movie Role

WWE Taping Smackdown In Evansville, Indiana This Summer, Return To Dublin, The Rock’s Next Movie Role

- WWE has announced the June 26th Smackdown taping will take place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. - As noted in yesterday’s house show results, WWE will return to Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 2012. - The Rock [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE News
Final TNA Lockdown Lineup – Opening Video & Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

Final TNA Lockdown Lineup – Opening Video & Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

- Following the airing of last night’s Impact Wrestling, below is the final lineup for TNA Lockdown: Steel Cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship - Bobby Roode © vs. James Storm Lethal Lockdown Match If Team Eric wins, [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw House Show Results (4/12/12) – Gdansk/Sopot, Poland

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/12/12) – Gdansk/Sopot, Poland

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk/Sopot, Poland: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, Eric Young

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, Eric Young

This week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
Scott Steiner Continues Twitter Rampage; How Others In TNA Feel About Hogan & Company

Scott Steiner Continues Twitter Rampage; How Others In TNA Feel About Hogan & Company

Scott Steiner continues his rampage against Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Bruce Prichard on his official Twitter account. Steiner encouraged fans to turn the channel when Hogan, Bischoff or Garett Bischoff came on the screen in order to support workers [...]

April 13, 2012 TNA News
Third Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Third Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Matthew Macklin attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown from Dublin, Ireland and sent in the following report: The building seemed to be very close to full suprisingly. Lilian Garcia was the ring announcer for the evening. 1. The [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
Second Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Second Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Adam O’Brien attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below are full results: Last night I attended the first house show event of the SmackDown Wrestlemania Revenge Tour, from the O2 Arena in Dublin, [...]

April 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
TNA/IW Blog Zone – Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back

TNA/IW Blog Zone – Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back

It seems as though every time I see the name Kurt Angle on WNW it’s because he is, isn’t, is, isn’t, is, isn’t, is, isn’t going to the 2012 Summer Olympics. While I am all for everyone having goals, and [...]

April 13, 2012 IW Blog Zone
Impact Wrestling Results (4/12/12) – All Will Be Locked Up At Lockdown

Impact Wrestling Results (4/12/12) – All Will Be Locked Up At Lockdown

Impact Wrestling Results – 4/12/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package that showcases Hulk Hogan in charge of Impact Wrestling. It shows him making Roode vs. [...]

April 12, 2012 TNA Results
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: [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader King Jamsie attended today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below is their full report: The Great Khali Def. Jinder Mahal Alberto Del Rio Def. Yoshi Tatsu * Del Rio Promo * Alberto Del Rio [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE House Shows
Flo Rida Tells Heath Slater He’s Coming For Him

Flo Rida Tells Heath Slater He’s Coming For Him

Flo Rida responds to Heath Slater’s attack at Wrestlemania XXVIII embedded in the video below: [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
Bobby Lashley Considering A Professional Boxing Match

Bobby Lashley Considering A Professional Boxing Match

- Mister Saint Laurent reporting: Donald Trump’s hand picked WrestleMania 23 main eventer and current MMA champion heavyweight Bobby Lashley joined Mister Saint Laurent on MLW Radio presented by www.BarberShopWindow.com, the official podcast of Major League Wrestling. Lashley has competed [...]

April 12, 2012 Other News
John Cena vs. Tim Tebow; Former WWE Tough Enough Contestant Has Pointed Words For His Trainers

John Cena vs. Tim Tebow; Former WWE Tough Enough Contestant Has Pointed Words For His Trainers

- Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: NFL.com writer Adam Rank places a competition between John Cena and NFL star Tim Tebow, as they are the most polarizing people on their respective fields. I found it pretty [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
Details On An Incident That Occurred Over Wrestlemania 28 Weekend That Has WWE Officials Once Again Searching For The Source Of An Internal Leak, Vince McMahon’s Safety A Concern?, Insider News On What Happened That Has Made The Leak Once Again A Top Priority

Details On An Incident That Occurred Over Wrestlemania 28 Weekend That Has WWE Officials Once Again Searching For The Source Of An Internal Leak, Vince McMahon’s Safety A Concern?, Insider News On What Happened That Has Made The Leak Once Again A Top Priority

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April 12, 2012 Backstage News
CM Punk/Chris Jericho Angle At Revolver Awards, WWE Announces Shows In Ecuador, Tito Ortiz Continues To Tease WWE

CM Punk/Chris Jericho Angle At Revolver Awards, WWE Announces Shows In Ecuador, Tito Ortiz Continues To Tease WWE

- WWE did an angle at the Revolver Awards last night in Los Angeles. CM Punk was awarded “Most Metal Athlete” but wasn’t there to accept. Chris Jericho, who hosted the awards, smashed it. - WWE has announced the following dates [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
Thoughts On Scott Hall, Mick Foley vs. Dean Ambrose, Christy Hemme’s Career-Ending Injury, Steiner’s Tweets, WWE Injury Updates

Thoughts On Scott Hall, Mick Foley vs. Dean Ambrose, Christy Hemme’s Career-Ending Injury, Steiner’s Tweets, WWE Injury Updates

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 12, 2012 Ask WNW
WWE Overseas Update – A Full Look At The Updated Live Events Schedule

WWE Overseas Update – A Full Look At The Updated Live Events Schedule

One show down, several to go… WWE’s overseas tour continues today. Below is the updated schedule: Raw: Today from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk/Sopot, Poland (more info) Friday from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle Pulls Out Of Olympic Comeback Attempt; Reveals Partial MCL Tear

Kurt Angle Pulls Out Of Olympic Comeback Attempt; Reveals Partial MCL Tear

Kurt Angle’s hope to return to the Olympics has ended. Angle posted the following on Twitter: Due to Hamstring@Knee Injuries, I’m forced to Pull Out of trials.Had a talk W/ Usa Wrestling Coach Zeke Jones Who has Supported Me all [...]

April 12, 2012 TNA News
WWE Developing New DVD Series With A Great Price; Tito Ortiz Comments On WWE Interest

WWE Developing New DVD Series With A Great Price; Tito Ortiz Comments On WWE Interest

- WWE will be developing a new DVD series entitled “Superstars Collection.” The releases will be single-disc sets and will begin with John Cena and Zack Ryder in July. The retail price is only $10. - Following his Tweet, Tito [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
Daniel Bryan Admits To Being Angry About 18-Second Wrestlemania Match, Says Monday’s Raw Supershow Was “Hectic”

Daniel Bryan Admits To Being Angry About 18-Second Wrestlemania Match, Says Monday’s Raw Supershow Was “Hectic”

GQ has a very good Q&A online with Daniel Bryan. In it, he discusses his abbreviated Wrestlemania match and called this past Monday’s Raw Supershow a “hectic show.” Below is an excerpt: GQ: Do you have any ideas as to [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (4/11/12) – Moscow, Russia

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/11/12) – Moscow, Russia

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow, Russia: * WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo b. R-Truth & Kofi Kingston to retain * David Otunga b. Alex Riley [...]

April 12, 2012 WWE House Shows
Scott Hall & Larry Zbyszko Train With Their Children Last Night In Florida (Photos)

Scott Hall & Larry Zbyszko Train With Their Children Last Night In Florida (Photos)

- The following was sent to us by Larry Johnson: Scott Hall was back in the ring Wednesday night at the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando, FL. He, along with Larry Zbyszko and Chasyn Rance, ran the class that included [...]

April 12, 2012 Other News