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Raw Results 5/14/12 – Who Will Really Be Future Endeavored?

Raw Results 5/14/12 – Who Will Really Be Future Endeavored?

RAW this week starts with Triple H backstage. Laurinaitis stopped Trip, physically, and said he didn’t know Brock would attack. He jumped from the ring to let Trip defend himself like a man. It hurt him to see Brock beat [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE Results
This Week On Smackdown – Sheamus vs. Randy Orton; Alberto Del Rio

This Week On Smackdown – Sheamus vs. Randy Orton; Alberto Del Rio

The following has been announced for this week’s Smackdown: World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. Randy Orton Alberto Del Rio will appear in some capacity WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Stipulation Announced For John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis At WWE Over The Limit

Stipulation Announced For John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis At WWE Over The Limit

The stipulation for John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis at Sunday’s WWE Over the Limit pay-per-view is that if Cena wins, Laurinaitis is “fired.” The match will be a singles match and any WWE star that attempts to interfere, will be [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Tag Team Championship Match Added To WWE Over The Limit

WWE Tag Team Championship Match Added To WWE Over The Limit

Kofi Kingston & R-Truth will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger at Sunday’s WWE Over the Limit pay-per-view. WWE Over the Limit will take place Sunday from the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Over The Limit Pre-Show Match Announced – Zack Ryder vs. Kane

WWE Over The Limit Pre-Show Match Announced – Zack Ryder vs. Kane

Zack Ryder will face Kane in the WWE Over the Limit pre-show that will be broadcast live on the company’s official YouTube channel and embedded here prior to Sunday’s pay-per-view. Be sure and join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com beginning at [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Former WWE Star Works TNA Tryout Match

Former WWE Star Works TNA Tryout Match

Former WWE talent Mike Knox worked a tryout match with TNA after tonight’s Impact Wrestling taping from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Knox went under to Devon. Knox worked for WWE from 2005 to 2010 and has been working the [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Orlando, Florida (5/17)

*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Orlando, Florida (5/17)

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 14, 2012 TNA Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Pittsburgh, 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. [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Tag Match Announced For Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow

Tag Match Announced For Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow

WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes & Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Champion CM Punk & WWE United States Champion Santino Marella has been announced for tonight’s Raw Supershow in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We’ll have exclusive Raw Supershow coverage here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com at [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Live Smackdown On July 3rd, House Show In Sioux City, WWE Officially Announces Partnership With Full Sail University

Live Smackdown On July 3rd, House Show In Sioux City, WWE Officially Announces Partnership With Full Sail University

- WWE and SyFy have announced a live Smackdown on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. A presale to obtain tickets will begin on Thursday at 10 AM using the password SMACK. - [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Smackdown Rating

Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.7 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,530,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Spoiler For Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow

Spoiler For Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow

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 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/13/12) – Youngstown, Ohio

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/13/12) – Youngstown, Ohio

Below are quick results from last Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio: * The Usos b. Darren Young & Titus O’Neil * Jinder Mahal b. Ezekiel Jackson * Natalya b. AJ * Ryback b. [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE House Shows
Seeking Correspondents For Tonight’s Raw Taping, WWE NXT Taping Sold Out, Supershow In Tucson

Seeking Correspondents For Tonight’s Raw Taping, WWE NXT Taping Sold Out, Supershow In Tucson

- WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Notables advertised for tonight’s Raw Supershow include Triple H and Christian. If you’re attending and would [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
King Mo’s Drawing Power On Spike TV; Rob Van Dam Health Update

King Mo’s Drawing Power On Spike TV; Rob Van Dam Health Update

- It’s interesting to note that “MMA Uncensored Live” that followed Impact Wrestling last Thursday averaged 567,000 viewers on Spike TV. The number is significant because the show featured new TNA signing King Mo and Dixie Carter and the highest [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
More Notable TNA Names Absent At Last Night’s Sacrifice Pay-Per-View

More Notable TNA Names Absent At Last Night’s Sacrifice Pay-Per-View

In addition to Dixie Carter and Eric Bischoff not being backstage at last night’s TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair were not there either. As I’ve noted on more than one occasion, Flair was advertised for weekend live [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
WWE Looks At “A Revolution Is Coming” Viral Marketing Campaign

WWE Looks At “A Revolution Is Coming” Viral Marketing Campaign

WWE has a new article online over on dot com looking at the “A Revolution is Coming” viral marketing campaign. The piece doesn’t shed any new details and is just looking to generate hype for the campaign. WWE uses these [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
WWE Officials Concerned About A Current Main Event Star They Fear Isn’t Going To Be With Them For The Long Haul; Details On Who It Is & If It Will Alter The Way The Company Is Booking Them

WWE Officials Concerned About A Current Main Event Star They Fear Isn’t Going To Be With Them For The Long Haul; Details On Who It Is & If It Will Alter The Way The Company Is Booking Them

The following article is only available to WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium Members. Sign-up here to view this article and unlock all our exclusive features. By signing up not only will you unlock all exclusive features but the website is also [...]

May 14, 2012 Backstage News
David Otunga’s Whereabouts, WWE NXT Getting A Major Makeover, Don’t Get Worked By Brock Lesnar, Ric Flair/TNA

David Otunga’s Whereabouts, WWE NXT Getting A Major Makeover, Don’t Get Worked By Brock Lesnar, Ric Flair/TNA

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 14, 2012 Ask WNW
WWE Raw House Show Results (5/13/12) – Rochester, New York

WWE Raw House Show Results (5/13/12) – Rochester, New York

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Rochester, New York: * Brodus Clay w/Hornswoggle b. JTG * Zack Ryder b. Dean Ambrose via disqualification * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Beth Phoenix * WWE United States [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Roster Updates, Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

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

- The profiles of Ranjin Singh and Lita have been moved to the Alumni section of WWE.com. (Thanks to Wrestling News World readers CJ Blaze and Logan Walker) - The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle Says He Injured His Knee At Sacrifice; Neither Dixie Carter Nor Eric Bischoff At Pay-Per-View

Kurt Angle Says He Injured His Knee At Sacrifice; Neither Dixie Carter Nor Eric Bischoff At Pay-Per-View

Kurt Angle claimed on Twitter last night that he injured his knee in his match against AJ Styles at TNA Sacrifice. The following is from ANgle’s official Twitter account: @robertemons: I think Hardy, Roode, Aries, Daniels and Kaz and Me! [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
Steve Austin Working As Chael Sonnen’s Strength & Conditioning Coach

Steve Austin Working As Chael Sonnen’s Strength & Conditioning Coach

UFC’s Chael Sonnen admitted that Steve Austin is working with him as his strength and conditioning coach and has been for his last three fights. Sonnen said he travels to Austin’s ranch in Texas and goes through 30 days of [...]

May 14, 2012 Other News
Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week – Knockouts Championship Match, Full Taping Results Tonight

Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week – Knockouts Championship Match, Full Taping Results Tonight

- TNA will tape this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Below is the official preview: (Remember…Starting Thursday, May 31, IMPACT moves an hour earlier to a new start time of 8pm on SpikeTV!) [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
TNA Sacrifice Post Game Show; What Did You Think Of TNA’s May Pay-Per-View

TNA Sacrifice Post Game Show; What Did You Think Of TNA’s May Pay-Per-View

Embedded in the video below is the TNA Sacrifice Post Game Show: Exclusive Footage: Sacrifice Post Show with JB Be sure and head on over to our Facebook page and give Sacrifice a school letter grade. [...]

May 14, 2012 TNA News
Edge Says His Feud With Matt Hardy Was The Most Stressful Time In His Career, Discusses His Favorite WrestleMania Moment, More

Edge Says His Feud With Matt Hardy Was The Most Stressful Time In His Career, Discusses His Favorite WrestleMania Moment, More

Edge recently did an interview with The Sam Roberts Show on Sirius XM Radio, and discussed his retirement, his famous angle with Matt Hardy & Lita, transitioning to a veteran role, his WrestleMania XXIV match with The Undertaker, and more. [...]

May 14, 2012 WWE News
TNA Sacrifice Results (5/13/12) – New Tag Team Champions, Bobby Roode Retains

TNA Sacrifice Results (5/13/12) – New Tag Team Champions, Bobby Roode Retains

Click for full results of TNA Sacrifice by WrestlingNewsWorld.com's own Sean Hopkins [...]

May 13, 2012 TNA Results
Graphic Photo Of Austin Aries Following TNA Sacrifice Match Against Bully Ray

Graphic Photo Of Austin Aries Following TNA Sacrifice Match Against Bully Ray

Dixie Carter posted the following graphic photo of Austin Aries on Twitter following his match against Bully Ray at tonight’s TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view: [...]

May 13, 2012 TNA News
New TNA Tag Team Champions

New TNA Tag Team Champions

Christopher Daniels & Kazarian beat Magnus & Samoa Joe at tonight’s TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view to win the TNA Tag Team Championship. [...]

May 13, 2012 TNA News
Ring Of Honor Issues An Apology To People That Purchased “Border Wars” Offering Refunds Or Next iPPV Free

Ring Of Honor Issues An Apology To People That Purchased “Border Wars” Offering Refunds Or Next iPPV Free

ROH Wrestling sent out the following email to people that ordered their “Border Wars” iPPV last night. As we noted last night, there were widespread problems with people being unable to view the show after paying for it: Dear Ring [...]

May 13, 2012 ROH
Smackdown! or A.J. Gone Crazy

Smackdown! or A.J. Gone Crazy

Opening Thoughts My apologies for this being late…I’ve had a hell of a week – 20+ hours of overtime, preparing for Metroplex Wrestling both over the weekend and in a couple of weeks, and it’s Mother’s Day – Happy Mother’s [...]

May 13, 2012 Smackdown
Watch Pre-Sacrifice Interviews With Brooke Tessmacher & Joseph Park Here

Watch Pre-Sacrifice Interviews With Brooke Tessmacher & Joseph Park Here

TNA posted the following interviews with SoCal Val on their official YouTube channel. You can watch them embedded in the videos below: Brooke Tessmacher Joseph Park [...]

May 13, 2012 TNA News
Full Details On TNA’s 2013 Tour Of The United Kingdom; Taping Impact Wrestling In London

Full Details On TNA’s 2013 Tour Of The United Kingdom; Taping Impact Wrestling In London

TNA has posted full details on next year’s return to the United Kingdom, including that the company will once again tape Impact Wrestling in London. Below is the official release: IMPACT WRESTLING returns to the UK and Ireland in January [...]

May 13, 2012 TNA News
TNA Predicts – Sacrifice

TNA Predicts – Sacrifice

Today, May 13, 2012, TNA presents Sacrifice from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. I’m sorry this is so late, I have had some family issues to deal with. Because of this, I’m going to keep this short and sweet [...]

May 13, 2012 Predictions
More Details On Possible New WWE Live Show, Alberto Del Rio Not On Last Night’s Show, Chris Jericho Claims WWE Set A Record In Syracuse

More Details On Possible New WWE Live Show, Alberto Del Rio Not On Last Night’s Show, Chris Jericho Claims WWE Set A Record In Syracuse

- Vince McMahon said back in August there were plans for a new one-hour live show to air before WWE Raw. With the news breaking last week the company was extending their Monday night tapings a full hour, this appears to [...]

May 13, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/12/12) – Newark, Delaware

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/12/12) – Newark, Delaware

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event in Newark, Delaware: * The Usos b. Titus O’Neil & Darren Young * Jinder Mahal b. Ezekiel Jackson * Natlaya b. AJ via disqualification. Prior to the match, AJ [...]

May 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Raw House Show Results (5/12/12) – Syracuse, New York

WWE Raw House Show Results (5/12/12) – Syracuse, New York

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event from Syracuse, New York: * Brodus Clay b. JTG * Zack Ryder b. Dean Ambrose via disqualification * WWE United States Champions Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger & The [...]

May 13, 2012 WWE House Shows
Live Report From Ring Of Honor “Border Wars” With Full Results

Live Report From Ring Of Honor “Border Wars” With Full Results

Wrestling News World reader A-Rob attended last night’s Ring of Honor “Border Wars” iPPV in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and sent in the following live report: Before the show they had a pre-show meet and greet with Fit Finlay, Michael Elgin, [...]

May 13, 2012 ROH
David Otunga & Jennifer Hudson At Six Flags Following Murder Trial

David Otunga & Jennifer Hudson At Six Flags Following Murder Trial

TMZ posted a photo of Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga at Six Flags Great American in Chicago over the weekend. You can view it at this link. Otunga has been off the road with WWE to attend the murder trial [...]

May 13, 2012 WWE News
New ROH Champion; Given The Current State Of Ring Of Honor, Should We Discontinue Our Coverage? (Vote Here)

New ROH Champion; Given The Current State Of Ring Of Honor, Should We Discontinue Our Coverage? (Vote Here)

Kevin Steen beat Davey Richards at last night’s Ring of Honor “Border Wars” iPPV to win the ROH Championship. Due to widespread technical difficulties, the show was unavailable to the masses and we were unable to provide readers with live [...]

May 13, 2012 ROH