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This Year’s WWE Survivor Series Location Revealed; Tickets On Sale This Saturday

This Year’s WWE Survivor Series Location Revealed; Tickets On Sale This Saturday

WWE will be returning to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana for this year’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, August 4 at 10 AM. The password for the pre-sale is SERIES. This year’s WWE Survivor [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest TNA Today With Kurt Angle Here

Watch The Latest TNA Today With Kurt Angle Here

The latest episode of TNA Today features Kurt Angle and is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 31, 2012 TNA News
New General Manager Of Smackdown Revealed (Smackdown Spoiler)

New General Manager Of Smackdown Revealed (Smackdown Spoiler)

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. [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Indianapolis, Indiana

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Indianapolis, Indiana

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. [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Indianapolis, Indiana (Part 2)

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Indianapolis, Indiana (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. [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE Spoilers
WWE Star Joins The “Endangered Species” List After Controversial Public Comments (And It’s Not AW Or Tensai), Details On One Mid-Card Name That Has Gained Support From WWE Producers & Writers, Does CM Punk Have Legitimate Heat With Jerry Lawler?

WWE Star Joins The “Endangered Species” List After Controversial Public Comments (And It’s Not AW Or Tensai), Details On One Mid-Card Name That Has Gained Support From WWE Producers & Writers, Does CM Punk Have Legitimate Heat With Jerry Lawler?

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July 31, 2012 Backstage News
WWE Says Tensai Will Be Reprimanded For Inappropriate Comments

WWE Says Tensai Will Be Reprimanded For Inappropriate Comments

Matt Bloom, who works as Tensai in WWE, caused a stir with a video he posted on his Tout account late Monday night. In the video, while traveling with his manager Sakamoto,  Tensai said it is “very, very dangerous to [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
WWE Teases Booker T As New Smackdown General Manager

WWE Teases Booker T As New Smackdown General Manager

WWE sent out a text alert to mobile users on Tuesday, teasing Booker T as the new Smackdown General Manager. Below is the text in its entirety: Mr. McMahon will name the new General Manager of Smackdown at tonight’s live [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw Rating – Back To Reality Following Strong Raw 1000 Numbers

WWE Raw Rating – Back To Reality Following Strong Raw 1000 Numbers

This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.08 cable rating off hours of 2.79, 3.21 and 3.25 with an average viewing audience of 4,490,000 viewers on the USA Network. For comparability purposes, the show did a 3.23 cable rating in its [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Last Week’s Smackdown Rating – Strong Number Up Against Stiff Competition

Last Week’s Smackdown Rating – Strong Number Up Against Stiff Competition

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.92 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,830,000 on SyFy. The number is impressive, especially considering the Olympics Opening Ceremony presented very stiff competition. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Rating From Last Week

Impact Wrestling Rating From Last Week

Last week’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.09 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,580,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

July 31, 2012 TNA News
RAW Is Blogged – Punk Is On Fire!

RAW Is Blogged – Punk Is On Fire!

Last week there was a discussion in the RIB comments about getting caught up in the moment. I had stated that I had cussed loudly when APA appeared on the 1,000th episode of RAW, but then I ripped on Brock [...]

July 31, 2012 Raw is Blogged
The Beautiful People Reuniting On The Indy Circuit; Booked For Loaded Northeast Wrestling Show

The Beautiful People Reuniting On The Indy Circuit; Booked For Loaded Northeast Wrestling Show

Angelina Love and Velvet Sky, collectively known as The Beautiful People, are booked for Northeast Wrestling’s show on September 22nd in Fiskhill, New York. The show will also feature Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Jerry Lawler and Lita. Full details regarding [...]

July 31, 2012 Other News
Recently Signed WWE Developmental Talent Arrested Overseas

Recently Signed WWE Developmental Talent Arrested Overseas

WWE developmental talent Andre Tyson, who works as MVK Valkabious, was arrested in Leeds, England over the weekend for assaulting a man following a bar incident on Sunday. The Yorkshire Evening Post is reporting the scuffle broke out in one [...]

July 31, 2012 NXT Wrestling
Local News Report On Fire At WWE Raw – Watch Here

Local News Report On Fire At WWE Raw – Watch Here

The CBS affiliate out of Cincinnati, WKRC Local 12, covered the fire at this week’s WWE Raw from the US Bank Arena. You can watch their video report embedded below: Click here for coverage by Local 12. [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Raw Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Raw Here

The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Identity Of The White Coats On Raw; More On What Caused The Fire During Rehearsal

Identity Of The White Coats On Raw; More On What Caused The Fire During Rehearsal

- The workers that played the white coats on this week’s WWE Raw were Jamin Olivencia (OVW profile), Matt Mason (Twitter), Joey Vengeance (Twitter) and Dylan Bostic (Facebook). - There are two separate stories making rounds as to what caused the fire [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
McMahons Reportedly Down $500 Million Due To Plummeting Stock Price

McMahons Reportedly Down $500 Million Due To Plummeting Stock Price

The plummeting stock price of WWE hasn’t been easy for investors (even with someone like me with a small position currently down over 37%) but the Greenwich Time reported today Vince and Linda McMahon are down $500 million. Critics of [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton Comments On In-Ring Return After 60-Day “Vacation”; Buries Heath Slater

Randy Orton Comments On In-Ring Return After 60-Day “Vacation”; Buries Heath Slater

WWE has a new video on dot com of Randy Orton discussing his return to the ring against Heath Slater on this week’s Raw. Orton said he is “very rested” after his 60-day “vacation” and poked fun at the fire [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton At SummerSlam, What’s Next For Daniel Bryan, Divas (Or Lack Thereof) On Raw, Damien Sandow

Randy Orton At SummerSlam, What’s Next For Daniel Bryan, Divas (Or Lack Thereof) On Raw, Damien Sandow

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 [...]

July 31, 2012 Ask WNW
Wade Barrett’s New Look, Del Rio Not Working, Vince McMahon Livid Over AW Comment, Supershow Dropped

Wade Barrett’s New Look, Del Rio Not Working, Vince McMahon Livid Over AW Comment, Supershow Dropped

- Wade Barrett, who has been off WWE television since February due to a dislocated elbow, now has a beard. - For those that missed the storyline WWE is doing with Alberto Del Rio, he says he’s not wrestling until [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
What You Didn’t See On This Week’s WWE Raw

What You Didn’t See On This Week’s WWE Raw

John Laurinaitis appeared in front of the live crowd at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio after this week’s Raw went off the air. Laurinaitis tried to hit John Cena with a steel chair but got an Attitude Adjustment. [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s WWE Raw Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s WWE Raw Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from this week’s Raw. After watching, head over to our Facebook page and tell us what you thought of the show: John Cena vs. Big Show – #1 Contender Match for the [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings From Indianapolis, Indiana – Mr. McMahon Returns To Name A New Smackdown GM, John Cena Advertised

Details On Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings From Indianapolis, Indiana – Mr. McMahon Returns To Name A New Smackdown GM, John Cena Advertised

WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. McMahon will return in order to name a new Smackdown General Manager. John Cena and the returning Randy [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
A. W. Apologizes For His Remarks On This Week’s Raw; WWE Claims That “Appropriate Action” Has Been Taken

A. W. Apologizes For His Remarks On This Week’s Raw; WWE Claims That “Appropriate Action” Has Been Taken

TMZ has picked up on the situation involving the sexual assault joke made by A. W. during last night’s Raw. In the excerpt below, the article explains that, along with the apology from Michael Cole, further action has been taken: [...]

July 31, 2012 WWE News
RAW Results 7/30/12 – They’re Coming To Take Bryan Away Ha Ha, Hee Hee, Ho Ho, To The Funny Farm!

RAW Results 7/30/12 – They’re Coming To Take Bryan Away Ha Ha, Hee Hee, Ho Ho, To The Funny Farm!

Sorry about the Title, no clue how that happened! RAW this week starts with King and Cole talk about how during the pyro test there was a fire on the tron. This kept the fans from entering until an hour [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE Results
WWE Championship Match Set For SummerSlam

WWE Championship Match Set For SummerSlam

John Cena and Big Show will challenge CM Punk in a triple threat match for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam. Already announced for next month’s pay-per-view is Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar and Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
Details On The Comments Made By AW That Resulted In An Apology From Michael Cole

Details On The Comments Made By AW That Resulted In An Apology From Michael Cole

Abraham Washington made a very dated joke regarding Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during Kofi Kingston vs. Titus O’Neil on this week’s Raw. Washington, who is mic’d while at ringside with his “clients,” told the crowd that Titus was [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
Randy Orton Returns To WWE

Randy Orton Returns To WWE

Randy Orton returned to WWE on this week’s episode of Raw by squashing Heath Slater in his latest “open challenge.” Orton has been gone for 60-days, after being suspended on May 30, 2012 for his second documented violation of the [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon To Reveal Smackdown General Manager On This Week’s Show

Vince McMahon To Reveal Smackdown General Manager On This Week’s Show

WWE announced on this week’s Raw that Vince McMahon will appear on this week’s Smackdown to announce the brand’s new General Manager. This week’s Smackdown will be taped Tuesday night from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. If you [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
Video Of Fans Filing Back In For This Week’s Raw After Fire

Video Of Fans Filing Back In For This Week’s Raw After Fire

WWE posted the following video on their YouTube channel following the fire at this week’s Raw: [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
WWE Makes Official Announcement Regarding The Resignation Of John Laurinaitis

WWE Makes Official Announcement Regarding The Resignation Of John Laurinaitis

- WWE has made an official announcement regarding John Laurinaitis stepping down from his role as Senior Vice President of Talent Relations. I’m not sure why an announcement was made now considering that Triple H has been running Talent Relations [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
New TNA Live Events In Pennsylvania; Watch The Latest Episode Of TNA Today Here

New TNA Live Events In Pennsylvania; Watch The Latest Episode Of TNA Today Here

- TNA Wrestling announced the following live events: Bethlehem, PA will host the IMPACT WRESTLING World Tour on Saturday, September 15 at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 3 at http://www.ticketmaster.com and charge [...]

July 30, 2012 TNA News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Cincinnati, Ohio

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Cincinnati, Ohio

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. [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Chris Jericho Posts Footage Of Fire At Raw – He’s On FIRE!

Chris Jericho Posts Footage Of Fire At Raw – He’s On FIRE!

Chris Jericho posted a TOUT of firefighters putting out the fire at this week’s Raw from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jericho points the camera to himself and says, “I’m on FIRE!” Click here to watch it. [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
More On Fire At WWE Raw – No Injuries Reported, Fire Marshal OKs The Show To Go On

More On Fire At WWE Raw – No Injuries Reported, Fire Marshal OKs The Show To Go On

- WWE has posted coverage of the Raw set catching on fire at the US Bank Arena. Below is their report: From dot com (story link): CINCINNATI – During rehearsal for tonight’s Monday Night Raw at the US Bank Arena in [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
Chaos At Raw As Set Catches On Fire

Chaos At Raw As Set Catches On Fire

A pyrotechnic malfunction occurred during a test prior to this week’s Raw taping from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. The malfunction caught the set on fire and the building had to be evacuated. The doors were not reopened [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk Scheduled To Open Tonight’s WWE Raw

CM Punk Scheduled To Open Tonight’s WWE Raw

WWE Champion CM Punk will open this week’s Raw by “addressing his actions” from last week’s 1000th Raw where he took out The Rock. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of WWE Raw tonight at 8 PM EDT here at [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News
John Cena A WWE Championship Contender, How Much The Undertaker Has Left In The Tank, Why Kevin Nash Isn’t A Reliable Source For Information, WWE Becoming More Predictable, Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker

John Cena A WWE Championship Contender, How Much The Undertaker Has Left In The Tank, Why Kevin Nash Isn’t A Reliable Source For Information, WWE Becoming More Predictable, Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker

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July 30, 2012 Editorials
Match Listings For Upcoming Shawn Michaels & Rey Mysterio DVDs

Match Listings For Upcoming Shawn Michaels & Rey Mysterio DVDs

The matches lineups for the upcoming “Superstar Collection” DVDs with Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio have been revealed. They are as follows: WWE Superstar Collection: Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho Judgment Day 2008 D-Generation X vs. Legacy SummerSlam [...]

July 30, 2012 WWE News