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Presale Details For Raw Supershow In Denver, CM Punk With Lita At Tonight’s Cubs Game, WWE Night Of Champions

Presale Details For Raw Supershow In Denver, CM Punk With Lita At Tonight’s Cubs Game, WWE Night Of Champions

- There will be a presale beginning on Friday to obtain tickets to the July 9th WWE Raw Supershow taping from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The presale will take place at this link and you can obtain tickets [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia

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. [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia (Part 2)

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia (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. [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Roanoke, Virginia

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. [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE Spoilers
RAW Is Blogged – It’s Just Not The Same

RAW Is Blogged – It’s Just Not The Same

It seems as though it’s been a volatile couple days in the WWE. Seems as though Punk’s mouth has been running a bit. Honestly, I don’t blame him, but I’m of the mouthy and hot headed sort myself. No matter [...]

May 8, 2012 Raw is Blogged
Details On Why The Timing Of Rey Mysterio’s Positive Wellness Test & Suspension Call Into Question The Credibility Of The Entire WWE Wellness Program, What Some Conspiracists Are Saying, & How One Nasty Story About The Company Using The Policy To Punish Workers Is Making Rounds

Details On Why The Timing Of Rey Mysterio’s Positive Wellness Test & Suspension Call Into Question The Credibility Of The Entire WWE Wellness Program, What Some Conspiracists Are Saying, & How One Nasty Story About The Company Using The Policy To Punish Workers Is Making Rounds

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May 8, 2012 Backstage News
Updated TNA Pay-Per-View Schedule With Dates & Locations For The Rest Of 2012

Updated TNA Pay-Per-View Schedule With Dates & Locations For The Rest Of 2012

Below is the updated TNA pay-per-view lineup for the rest of the year: TNA Sacrifice on Sunday from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida TNA Slammiversary on Sunday, June 12, 2012 from the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas TNA Destination [...]

May 8, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw Supershow Rating

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.0 cable rating off hours of 3.1 and 2.94 with an average viewing audience of 4,312,000 viewers on the USA Network. WWE Raw Ratings Archive [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
Jerry Lawler Discusses His Interest In Competing In The Ring, Not Having A Major Injury In 40 Years, More

Jerry Lawler Discusses His Interest In Competing In The Ring, Not Having A Major Injury In 40 Years, More

Arda Ocal sent in the following: theScore’s Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) sat down with WWE Commentator Jerry “The King” Lawler (kingjerrylawler.com). Highlights: -How his illustrations gave him his break in pro wrestling: “I sent the pictures into the TV station that [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
WWE Extending Monday Night TV Tapings Beginning This Summer

WWE Extending Monday Night TV Tapings Beginning This Summer

WWE will be extending their Monday night tapings effective July 2, 2012. The company will begin tapings an hour and half before the show is set to go live on the USA Network at 9 PM/8 CT. Currently, the tapings [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
John Cena Appearing On Raw Supershow Next Week; On “Dream Machines” Tonight; Upcoming Raw Supershow Tapings In Cincinnati & Dallas

John Cena Appearing On Raw Supershow Next Week; On “Dream Machines” Tonight; Upcoming Raw Supershow Tapings In Cincinnati & Dallas

- John Cena Tweeted that he will appear live on next week’s WWE Raw Supershow. Despite “appearing via satellite” on last night’s broadcast, he worked the dark match main event against Kane. - Speaking of Cena, his guest appearance on [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Here

The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” following last night’s WWE Raw Supershow is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending the link. [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings From Roanoke, Virginia – Double Dark Match Main Event, Seeking Correspondents

Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings From Roanoke, Virginia – Double Dark Match Main Event, Seeking Correspondents

WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars, this week’s WWE NXT, and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Two dark match main events are advertised. The first is Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan for the [...]

May 8, 2012 Uncategorized
Backstage News From Raw Supershow – CM Punk Makes Off Color Comments About Triple H Accompanying Floyd Mayweather To The Ring For Title Fight, Last Minute Change To The Main Event, Big WWE Injury Occurs, Punk Headed To Wrigley Field Later This Week

Backstage News From Raw Supershow – CM Punk Makes Off Color Comments About Triple H Accompanying Floyd Mayweather To The Ring For Title Fight, Last Minute Change To The Main Event, Big WWE Injury Occurs, Punk Headed To Wrigley Field Later This Week

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May 8, 2012 Backstage News
CM Punk Spoiling Paul Heyman’s Return, The Miz Buried, Brock Lesnar’s Status In WWE, The Departure Of The Bella Twins

CM Punk Spoiling Paul Heyman’s Return, The Miz Buried, Brock Lesnar’s Status In WWE, The Departure Of The Bella Twins

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 [...]

May 8, 2012 Ask WNW
Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s WWE Raw Supershow Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch Several Video Highlights From Last Night’s WWE Raw Supershow Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s WWE Raw Supershow. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler John Laurinaitis reveals his [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
John Cena Appears After Raw Supershow; Beats Kane In Dark Match Main Event

John Cena Appears After Raw Supershow; Beats Kane In Dark Match Main Event

John Cena appeared in front of the live crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina after last night’s WWE Raw Supershow went off the air. Cena beat Kane in a dark match main event after hitting the Attitude Adjustment. [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
Ricardo Rodriguez Has Run-In With Police On His Way To Raw Supershow

Ricardo Rodriguez Has Run-In With Police On His Way To Raw Supershow

TMZ is reporting that Ricardo Rodriguez was stopped by police yesterday in Greensboro, North Carolina on his way to WWE Raw Supershow. According to the report, Rodriguez was doing 70 mph in a 55 mph zone and given a $200 [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk Apologizes For Controversial Tweets, Speaks Directly With Fan He Told To “Kill Yourself”

CM Punk Apologizes For Controversial Tweets, Speaks Directly With Fan He Told To “Kill Yourself”

CM Punk took to Twitter to apologize for his controversial tweets following his denouncement of North Carolina’s proposed Amendment 1, as well as directly apologizing to the fan he said “kill yourself” to. The tweets are compiled below: I was [...]

May 8, 2012 WWE News
Backstage News On The Latest WWE Release

Backstage News On The Latest WWE Release

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May 7, 2012 Backstage News
More On Paul Heyman Returning To WWE, Relationship With Brock Lesnar, CM Punk Spoiling His Return

More On Paul Heyman Returning To WWE, Relationship With Brock Lesnar, CM Punk Spoiling His Return

The plan coming out of last week’s TVs was for Paul Heyman to be brought in as Brock Lesnar’s mouthpiece around SummerSlam. I’m not sure what changed as Vince McMahon, who never saw eye-to-eye with Heyman, was reportedly insistent that [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk Tells Homophobic Fan To “Kill Yourself,” Another To “Drink Bleach”; British Publication Re-Posts CM Punk Yelling Homophobic Slur At WWE Live Event Last Summer

CM Punk Tells Homophobic Fan To “Kill Yourself,” Another To “Drink Bleach”; British Publication Re-Posts CM Punk Yelling Homophobic Slur At WWE Live Event Last Summer

WWE Champion CM Punk has set off a firestorm with a Tweet he sent to a fan. In response to Punk’s views on Amendment 1, a fan replied with a homophobic Tweet. Punk mentioned the fan’s Tweet and responded by [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Paul Heyman Returns To WWE; CM Punk Spoils On Twitter

Paul Heyman Returns To WWE; CM Punk Spoils On Twitter

Paul Heyman returned to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow as Brock Lesnar’s “legal representative.” WWE Champion CM Punk spoiled the return of Heyman with the following Tweet posted at 10:32 PM EDT: Okay. I’m having a blast with [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
World Heavyweight Championship Match At WWE Over The Limit Now A Fatal 4-Way

World Heavyweight Championship Match At WWE Over The Limit Now A Fatal 4-Way

The World Heavyweight Championship match at WWE Over the Limit has been changed to a Fatal 4-Way. Sheamus will now defend the title against Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. WWE Over the Limit will take place Sunday, [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
WWE Divas Championship Match Set For WWE Over The Limit

WWE Divas Championship Match Set For WWE Over The Limit

Layla will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Beth Phoenix in two weeks at WWE Over the Limit. WWE Over the Limit will take place Sunday, May 20, 2012 from the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll have exclusive [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
RAW Results 5/7/12 – Where Were The ECW Chants?

RAW Results 5/7/12 – Where Were The ECW Chants?

RAW this week starts with video recap of Cena in the ring, arm in a sling last week. Laurinaitis came out and talked smack to Cena, then said he’d introduce Cena to his next opponent, but it wasn’t Tensai, it [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE Results
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Greensboro, North Carolina

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Greensboro, North Carolina

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. [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Ezekiel Jackson Discusses The Downturn His Career Has Taken & Hypes A New & Improved Version Of Himself

Ezekiel Jackson Discusses The Downturn His Career Has Taken & Hypes A New & Improved Version Of Himself

Ezekiel Jackson posted the following video on his YouTube channel, discussing the downturn his career has taken since losing the Intercontinental Championship to Cody Rhodes 8 months ago, and informing fans that they are going to see a new and [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Smackdown Rating

Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.94 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,709,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Steve Austin Signs On To Host “Redneck Island” On CMT

Steve Austin Signs On To Host “Redneck Island” On CMT

Deadline.com is reporting that Steve Austin has signed a deal to host the new reality TV series on CMT called “Redneck Island.” The 10-episode competition drops 12 blue-collared contestants into a tropical paradise where they compete for $100,000. The show [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Watch CM Punk Promote Tonight’s Raw Supershow In Greensboro Here

Watch CM Punk Promote Tonight’s Raw Supershow In Greensboro Here

CM Punk did media this morning to promote tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow in Greensboro, North Carolina. He appeared on both Fox 8 and The Good Morning Show. Click here to view CM Punk’s appearance on Fox 8. His appearance on [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Jim Ross Discusses The Life & Legacy Of Owen Hart

Jim Ross Discusses The Life & Legacy Of Owen Hart

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: Today is Owen Hart’s birthday. The youngest child of the Stu and Helen Hart dynasty would have been 47 years of age. Owen will always be [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
WWE Looking To Name Tag Team Champs

WWE Looking To Name Tag Team Champs

WWE is looking to name WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth & Kofi Kingston. Possible names include: Air Truth Ka-Boom R-Boom Truth in Paradise Air Jimmy You can vote at this link. [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
Even More Bizarre Details On John Cena’s Post-Match Promo At Extreme Rules, Brock Lesnar’s Tantrum Backstage & Why Some Of The Producers Felt The Whole Thing Sent A Bad Message To The Locker Room, Three WWE Legends Furious Over The Outcome Of Cena vs. Lesnar & Why They Were Very Vocal About It, Plans For Next Year’s Wrestlemania XXIX Main Event Change Again; Full Details On The Match Vince McMahon Is Leaning Towards

Even More Bizarre Details On John Cena’s Post-Match Promo At Extreme Rules, Brock Lesnar’s Tantrum Backstage & Why Some Of The Producers Felt The Whole Thing Sent A Bad Message To The Locker Room, Three WWE Legends Furious Over The Outcome Of Cena vs. Lesnar & Why They Were Very Vocal About It, Plans For Next Year’s Wrestlemania XXIX Main Event Change Again; Full Details On The Match Vince McMahon Is Leaning Towards

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May 7, 2012 Backstage News
Mickie James On Possible WWE Return – “You Can Never Say Never”

Mickie James On Possible WWE Return – “You Can Never Say Never”

Wrestling News World reader Mike Buda sent in the following: We recently had an interview with Mickie James and she talked about her upcoming match in Puerto Rico with Melina, her music career, TNA’s Knockouts and WWE Divas, and if [...]

May 7, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
WWE Supershow In New Mexico, Seeking Correspondents From Tonight’s Raw Supershow, CM Punk Shoots On Amendment 1

WWE Supershow In New Mexico, Seeking Correspondents From Tonight’s Raw Supershow, CM Punk Shoots On Amendment 1

- WWE has announced a Supershow from the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on July 8, 2012. - WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE News
What Now For Bobby Lashley?, Tension Between Lesnar & Cena, Creating WWE Merchandise, Upcoming Developmental Call-Ups

What Now For Bobby Lashley?, Tension Between Lesnar & Cena, Creating WWE Merchandise, Upcoming Developmental Call-Ups

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 [...]

May 7, 2012 Ask WNW
Bobby Lashley Loses MMA Fight Over The Weekend

Bobby Lashley Loses MMA Fight Over The Weekend

Bobby Lashley lost his fight against James Thompson at Super Fight League 3 over the weekend. Lashley, who was heavily favored to win the fight, has now dropped two of his last four fights. It’s worth noting that Lashley has [...]

May 7, 2012 Other News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/06/12) – North Charleston, South Carolina

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/06/12) – North Charleston, South Carolina

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in North Charleston, South Carolina: * The Usos & The Great Khali b. Hunico, Camacho & Jinder Mahal * Ryback b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Natalya [...]

May 7, 2012 WWE House Shows