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Bret Hart Says Shawn Michaels Stole The Idea Of The Ladder Match From Him

Bret Hart Says Shawn Michaels Stole The Idea Of The Ladder Match From Him

Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network once again sat down with WWE Hall of Famer, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. Highlights: -On Wrestlemania 8 with Roddy Piper and his chance with the Intercontinental Title: [...]

June 12, 2012 WWE News
RAW Resutls 6/11/12 – Big Show’s Gonna Knock Ya Out!

RAW Resutls 6/11/12 – Big Show’s Gonna Knock Ya Out!

RAW this week starts with music and pyro. In Ring Segment Laurinaitis out on his mobility scooter, crutch in front of him, down to the ring, then uses the crutch to get into the ring. Cole says that the rumors [...]

June 12, 2012 WWE Results
This Week’s Smackdown Main Event Announced – Seeking Correspondents That Are Attending

This Week’s Smackdown Main Event Announced – Seeking Correspondents That Are Attending

This week’s Smackdown will be headlined by WWE Champion CM Punk & World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan & Dolph Ziggler. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from the Verizon Wirless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. If [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Vader Returns To WWE; Works Match On Raw Supershow

Vader Returns To WWE; Works Match On Raw Supershow

Leon “Vader” White worked a match against Heath Slater on tonight’s Raw Supershow. Vader went over Slater in the match. White was brought in as a name from the past to celebrate the lead-in to the 1000th episode of Raw. [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Triple H To Address His Future & Brock Lesnar At WWE No Way Out

Triple H To Address His Future & Brock Lesnar At WWE No Way Out

WWE announced on tonight’s Raw Supershow that Triple H will appear at No Way Out for the first time after being “served a lawsuit” by Brock Lesnar. It was promoted that he will address his future and Lesnar in the [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
WWE No Way Out Pre-Show Match; Backstory Behind Vince McMahon’s “One Legged Wrestler” Joke On Raw Supershow

WWE No Way Out Pre-Show Match; Backstory Behind Vince McMahon’s “One Legged Wrestler” Joke On Raw Supershow

- Brodus Clay will face David Otunga in the WWE No Way Out pre-show match that will be broadcast on WWE’s YouTube channel and streamed live here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. The pre-show begins at 7:30 PM EDT. Make sure you join [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler To Replace Alberto Del Rio In World Heavyweight Championship Match At No Way Out

Dolph Ziggler To Replace Alberto Del Rio In World Heavyweight Championship Match At No Way Out

Dolph Ziggler won a Fatal 4-Way elimination match on tonight’s Raw Supershow, beating Christian, Jack Swagger and The Great Khali to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. Ziggler will replace Alberto Del Rio at No Way [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
TNA Issues Statement Regarding Current Litigation Against WWE

TNA Issues Statement Regarding Current Litigation Against WWE

- TNA Wrestling issued the following press release: TNA Entertainment Releases Statement Regarding Current Litigation NASHVILLE, Tenn — TNA Entertainment, LLC President Dixie Carter releases a statement in regard to the recent TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) the company filed against [...]

June 11, 2012 TNA News
Smackdown Rating

Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.76 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,476,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Hartford, Connecticut

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Hartford, Connecticut

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. [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE Spoilers
TNA Issues Press Release On Sting’s Hall Of Fame Induction; Slammiversary Attendance

TNA Issues Press Release On Sting’s Hall Of Fame Induction; Slammiversary Attendance

- TNA Wrestling issued the following press release today: TNA WRESTLING MAKES HISTORY AT SLAMMIVERSARY X PRESIDENT DIXIE CARTER ANNOUNCES “THE ICON” STING AS THE FIRST TNA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE IN FRONT OF LARGEST CROWD IN US HISTORY [...]

June 11, 2012 TNA News
Alberto Del Rio Officially Off WWE No Way Out; New Number One Contender To Be Announced Tonight

Alberto Del Rio Officially Off WWE No Way Out; New Number One Contender To Be Announced Tonight

WWE has announced that Alberto Del Rio will miss No Way Out this Sunday due to a concussion. A new number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship will be announced on tonight’s three-hour episode of Raw Supershow. [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Christian Unhappy With TNA Appearance?, Does Karen Jarrett Have A Point About Jeff & The TNA Hall Of Fame?, A Lighter WWE Schedule, Matt Morgan Update

Christian Unhappy With TNA Appearance?, Does Karen Jarrett Have A Point About Jeff & The TNA Hall Of Fame?, A Lighter WWE Schedule, Matt Morgan Update

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 [...]

June 11, 2012 Ask WNW
Vince McMahon Flipping Out Over Alberto Del Rio’s Serious Injury – Details On Three WWE Stars That Have Been Talked About To Replace Him At Sunday’s No Way Out Pay-Per-View Including One That May Surprise You, Del Rio Health Update, More

Vince McMahon Flipping Out Over Alberto Del Rio’s Serious Injury – Details On Three WWE Stars That Have Been Talked About To Replace Him At Sunday’s No Way Out Pay-Per-View Including One That May Surprise You, Del Rio Health Update, More

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 [...]

June 11, 2012 Backstage News
Chris Jericho-WWE Update

Chris Jericho-WWE Update

The schedule was released today for Rockstar Uproar 2012, a summer music festival, that will feature Chris Jericho and his band Fozzy. Fozzy isn’t scheduled to play August 19th (the night of SummerSlam) and there are no tour dates on [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Jeff Jarrett Gets His Feelings Hurt; Team Hogan/Bischoff Win The War, Backstage Visitors At Slammiversary, Identity Of Abyss, Dixie Carter’s Reaction

Jeff Jarrett Gets His Feelings Hurt; Team Hogan/Bischoff Win The War, Backstage Visitors At Slammiversary, Identity Of Abyss, Dixie Carter’s Reaction

- The absence of Jeff Jarrett at last night’s Slammiversary pay-per-view was particularly noteworthy, with both Jeff and Karen making it clear on Twitter their feelings were hurt. This is a clear case of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff coming [...]

June 11, 2012 TNA News
Cody Rhodes Feels The Rhodes Family Is Better Than #8 In The 15 Greatest Families In WWE History

Cody Rhodes Feels The Rhodes Family Is Better Than #8 In The 15 Greatest Families In WWE History

Cody Rhodes wasn’t impressed with dot com’s article of “The 15 Greatest Families in WWE History” in which the Rhodes family is ranked #8. Rhodes had the following to say about the article that is online at this link: The [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (6/10/12) – Binghamton, New York

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (6/10/12) – Binghamton, New York

Below are quick results from last night’s Smackdown live event in Binghamton, New York: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * Teddy Long announced Alberto Del Rio was out with a concussion. He said while John Laurinaitis might not [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE House Shows
JBL Returning To WWE, Live Event Canceled, Developmental Worker On The Road With Smackdown

JBL Returning To WWE, Live Event Canceled, Developmental Worker On The Road With Smackdown

- John “Bradshaw” Layfield was on The Sam Roberts Show yesterday where he reveled he has a deal in place with WWE to appear on television. JBL noted neither he nor the company know exactly what he is going to [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Update On John Laurinaitis’ Job Status In WWE

Update On John Laurinaitis’ Job Status In WWE

WWE has removed the profile of John Laurinaitis as Executive Vice President of Talent Relations from their corporate website. The last I heard he was still in a position of management but Triple H has been trying to push him [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
Post-Slammiversary Videos – Comments From Sting & Bobby Roode, Show Wrap-Up

Post-Slammiversary Videos – Comments From Sting & Bobby Roode, Show Wrap-Up

- Jeremy Borash posted the following post-Slammiversary interviews on YouTube: Sting Post Match Comments – Slammiversary 2012 Roode taunts fans as he leaves arena – post Slammiversary video Slammiversary 2012 Post Show Wrap-up [...]

June 11, 2012 TNA News
Impact Wrestling Main Event Announced – Official Preview For This Week’s Show

Impact Wrestling Main Event Announced – Official Preview For This Week’s Show

This week’s live episode of Impact Wrestling will be headlined by TNA Champion Bobby Roode vs. Mr. Anderson. Below is the show’s official preview: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast LIVE on SpikeTV at 8/7c - IMPACT will feature the aftermath [...]

June 11, 2012 TNA News
Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow Taping – Mr. McMahon Returns

Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow Taping – Mr. McMahon Returns

WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The focal point of tonight’s Raw is the return of Mr. McMahon to “evaluate” the job performance [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE 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: [...]

June 11, 2012 WWE News
TNA Slammiversary X Results (6/10/12) – New Knockout Champion, New TNA Tag Champs, Sting Going Into HoF, Christian Appears, Roode Retains

TNA Slammiversary X Results (6/10/12) – New Knockout Champion, New TNA Tag Champs, Sting Going Into HoF, Christian Appears, Roode Retains

Click above for full results of Slammiversary X by WrestlingNewsWorld.com's Sean Hopkins! [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA Results
New TNA Tag Team Champions

New TNA Tag Team Champions

Kurt Angle & AJ Styles beat Christopher Daniels & Kazarian at Slammiversary to win the TNA Tag Team Championship. [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Christian Appears At TNA Slammiversary

Christian Appears At TNA Slammiversary

Christian appeared at tonight’s Slammiversary pay-per-view in an in-ring segment where he was introduced by Hulk Hogan. He joked about the ring having less sides than the last time he was in a TNA ring but put over the fans [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
Official Details On Sting Becoming The First TNA Hall Of Fame Inductee

Official Details On Sting Becoming The First TNA Hall Of Fame Inductee

TNA Wrestling issued the following press release on Sting being the company’s first Hall of Fame inductee: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING ANNOUNCES THE “TNA HALL OF FAME” – “THE ICON” STING BECOMES THE FIRST INDUCTEE AT SLAMMIVERSARY TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announced [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

Brooke Tessmacher beat Gail Kim at Slammiversary to win the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship. [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Sting Announced As First TNA Hall Of Fame Inductee; To Be Inducted At Bound For Glory

Sting Announced As First TNA Hall Of Fame Inductee; To Be Inducted At Bound For Glory

Sting was announced as the first inductee to the TNA Hall of Fame at tonight’s Slammiversary pay-per-view. TNA President Dixie Carter came out to make the announcement, also bringing out the entire roster along with the agents. Sting came out [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
James Storm Returns; Ends Crimson’s Undefeated Streak

James Storm Returns; Ends Crimson’s Undefeated Streak

James Storm made his return to TNA Wrestling at tonight’s Slammiversary pay-per-view. Storm was the opponent that answered Crimson’s “Open Challenge.” In the match, Storm went over Crimson quickly, ending his undefeated streak. Storm has been away from TNA since [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Hulk Hogan Says No One Is Bringing Down His Vibe At Slammiversary; Scott Steiner Claims TNA Flies Brooke Hogan’s Dog To Shows

Hulk Hogan Says No One Is Bringing Down His Vibe At Slammiversary; Scott Steiner Claims TNA Flies Brooke Hogan’s Dog To Shows

- Hulk Hogan posted the following tonight on Facebook: Positive and negative are directions. Which direction do you choose. I’m going with the positive, and nobody’s bringing my vibe down at Slammiversary tonight. HH. This message comes off the latest [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Full Details On TNA Destination X On July 8, 2012

Full Details On TNA Destination X On July 8, 2012

- TNA Wrestling issued the following press release about next month’s Destination X pay-per-view: On Sunday, July 8, TNA and Direct Auto Insurance present “Destination X” live on Pay-Per-View and online around the world at TNAOnDemand.com from Universal Studios in [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Dixie Carter Posts Photo Of Christian & Bobby Roode At TNA Slammiversary

Dixie Carter Posts Photo Of Christian & Bobby Roode At TNA Slammiversary

- Dixie Carter posted the following on Twitter: Fun to have @Christian4Peeps in the house & on Slammiversary PPV 2night. Great to see you!lockerz.com/s/216138723 — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) June 10, 2012 [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Weekly Rundown: Sin Cara Bueno o Malo?

Weekly Rundown: Sin Cara Bueno o Malo?

This blog reflects my subjective views and nothing more. If you disagree – which is encouraged – feel free to voice your opinion (in a civil manner) in the comments section. Also, I am always open to constructive criticism of [...]

June 10, 2012 Landau Rundown
Kayfabe Bobby Roode Interview From Inside The Arena At TNA Slammiversary

Kayfabe Bobby Roode Interview From Inside The Arena At TNA Slammiversary

Jeremy Borash has a kayfabe interview online with TNA Champion Bobby Roode from inside the arena at tonight’s Slammiversary pay-per-view embedded in the video below: [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Hernandez Talks Slammiversary In Texas

Hernandez Talks Slammiversary In Texas

TNA Wrestling posted the following video on their YouTube channel:\ Hernandez Talks on appearing in Texas at Slammiversary on Sunday in Texas [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
Karen Jarrett Unhappy With Jeff Jarrett Being TNA Hall Of Fame Snub; Tells Fans To Ask Dixie Carter Why Jeff Isn’t At Slammiversary

Karen Jarrett Unhappy With Jeff Jarrett Being TNA Hall Of Fame Snub; Tells Fans To Ask Dixie Carter Why Jeff Isn’t At Slammiversary

Jeff Jarrett isn’t in contention to be the first inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame tonight and his wife Karen is not happy about it. Karen has used her official Twitter account to continuously Re-Tweet anyone advocating Jeff for [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News
R-Truth Injured

R-Truth Injured

R-Truth is indeed out with an injury believed to be to his foot which is why he has been replaced in tag team matches on the current overseas tour of the WWE Raw brand. For full house show results, click [...]

June 10, 2012 WWE News
Dixie Carter Says Slammiversary Will Be Biggest PPV Attendance Ever; Close To Being Biggest US Event Ever

Dixie Carter Says Slammiversary Will Be Biggest PPV Attendance Ever; Close To Being Biggest US Event Ever

The following is from the Twitter account of TNA President Dixie Carter: Slammiversary will be TNA’s biggest PPV attendance ever, and it is close to being the biggest US attended event in our history. Come on DFW! — Dixie Carter [...]

June 10, 2012 TNA News