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Jim Ross Says There Is Talk Of Having A Tournament To Crown A NXT Champion

Jim Ross Says There Is Talk Of Having A Tournament To Crown A NXT Champion

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. In it, he reveals talk of holding a tournament to crown a WWE NXT Champion. Below is an excerpt: There is talk of having a tournament to crown [...]

July 11, 2012 WWE News
TNA Wrestling No Longer Available On DirecTV

TNA Wrestling No Longer Available On DirecTV

Viacom and DirecTV were unable to come to agreement on a new deal and as a result Spike TV, the home of TNA Wrestling, has been yanked from the satellite provider. For DirecTV’s response, go to DirecTVPromise.com. For coverage by [...]

July 11, 2012 TNA News
Daniel Bryan Discusses The Turning Point In His WWE Career, His History With CM Punk, The Money In The Bank Ladder Match, More

Daniel Bryan Discusses The Turning Point In His WWE Career, His History With CM Punk, The Money In The Bank Ladder Match, More

The official website of the US Airways Center has posted a Q&A with Daniel Bryan to promote this Sunday’s WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view. In the article, he discusses his rise to the main event scene, his history with [...]

July 11, 2012 WWE News
JR Predicts Sunday’s Money In The Bank Ladder Matches, Discusses Future NXT Plans, The Hall Of Fame-Level Careers Of Kane & Bob Backlund, More

JR Predicts Sunday’s Money In The Bank Ladder Matches, Discusses Future NXT Plans, The Hall Of Fame-Level Careers Of Kane & Bob Backlund, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: “I’m guessing that John Cena and Dolph Ziggler win their respective MITB bouts this Sunday on PPV. No wagering please.    “There is talk of [...]

July 11, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest TNA Today With Dixie Carter Discussing DirecTV/Viacom Issues Here

Watch The Latest TNA Today With Dixie Carter Discussing DirecTV/Viacom Issues Here

The latest episode of TNA Today features Dixie Carter talking about the ongoing issues between Viacom and DirecTV: [...]

July 10, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw Supershow Rating

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

This week’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.2 cable rating off hours of 3.11 and 3.22 with an average viewing audience of 4,407,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
Former WWE Diva Says She’s Annoyed By Heath Slater’s “Rip Off”

Former WWE Diva Says She’s Annoyed By Heath Slater’s “Rip Off”

Jillian Hall is not a fan of Heath Slater’s work on WWE programming. The former WWE Diva wrote the following on Twitter: Does it make me a bad person to be annoyed by Heath slater’s rip off?? Lol.. And I [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
DirecTV Responds To Complaints From Viacom Negotiations

DirecTV Responds To Complaints From Viacom Negotiations

DirecTV has responded to complaints stemming from their ongoing negotiations with Viacom. To view their response, go to DirecTVPromise.com. Obviously the reason this is noteworthy is due to Spike TV being a Viacom network with the possibility of DirecTV customers [...]

July 10, 2012 TNA News
Rey Mysterio Officially Advertised For Smackdown, Santino Speaks, Indy Worker Talks Jobbing To Ryback

Rey Mysterio Officially Advertised For Smackdown, Santino Speaks, Indy Worker Talks Jobbing To Ryback

- To update from an earlier item, Rey Mysterio is being officially advertised for next week’s Smackdown taping from the Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. Mysterio has been out all year due to a knee injury followed by [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
Ring Of Honor Announces The Future Of Their Tag Titles Following The Departure Of Kenny King

Ring Of Honor Announces The Future Of Their Tag Titles Following The Departure Of Kenny King

- ROHWrestling.com posted the following update regarding the Ring of Honor Tag Team Championship: Due to the unfortunate departure of Kenny King, one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions, The All Night Express has been officially stripped of [...]

July 10, 2012 ROH
More On Serena Deeb’s Arrest

More On Serena Deeb’s Arrest

To update on our earlier report, former WWE Diva Serena Deeb was arrested for driving a boat while under the influence on Sunday. You can still view her mughshot through this link here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]

July 10, 2012 Other News
What Dixie Carter Thinks Of The Current Creative Situation In TNA Including The Work Of Bruce Prichard; How A “Friendly Argument” Between Prichard & Hulk Hogan Resulted In Austin Aries Winning The TNA Championship

What Dixie Carter Thinks Of The Current Creative Situation In TNA Including The Work Of Bruce Prichard; How A “Friendly Argument” Between Prichard & Hulk Hogan Resulted In Austin Aries Winning The TNA Championship

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 [...]

July 10, 2012 Backstage News
Watch The First Look At “Off The Hook: Extreme Catches” With Eric Young Here

Watch The First Look At “Off The Hook: Extreme Catches” With Eric Young Here

Animal Planet has uploaded the first look of Eric Young’s new series “Off the Hook: Extreme Catches.” You can view it embedded in the video below: [...]

July 10, 2012 TNA 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 10, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Urges DirecTV Customers To Take Action Now

Hulk Hogan Urges DirecTV Customers To Take Action Now

- TNA Wrestling posted the following video of Hulk Hogan telling DirecTV customers to take action now: As we noted earlier this morning here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Viacom’s distribution agreement with DirecTV is set to expire at midnight on Tuesday and [...]

July 10, 2012 TNA News
WWE Tag Team Champions Appearing At FCW Show On Friday

WWE Tag Team Champions Appearing At FCW Show On Friday

- Florida Championship Wrestling issued the following press release today: ** WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS COMING TO PUNTA GORDA** Punta Gorda, Fl – July 10, 2012 WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth are coming to the Charlotte Harbor Event [...]

July 10, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
The Boogeyman Back To WWE?, CM Punk’s Love Life, Hornswoggle The Anonymous Raw General Manager, DDP’s Return

The Boogeyman Back To WWE?, CM Punk’s Love Life, Hornswoggle The Anonymous Raw General Manager, DDP’s Return

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 10, 2012 Ask WNW
DirecTV Customers To Lose TNA Programming At Midnight?

DirecTV Customers To Lose TNA Programming At Midnight?

- Viacom sent out the following today: Viacom’s distribution agreement with DirecTV is set to expire at midnight on Tuesday, July 10. We’ve been negotiating for months and even offered DirecTV an extension past the agreement’s original June 30 expiration [...]

July 10, 2012 TNA News
Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s Raw Supershow Here

Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s Raw Supershow Here

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from this week’s Raw Supershow. After watching, head over to our Facebook page and tell us what you thought of the show: The Anonymous Raw General Manager returns Sheamus vs. Jack Swagger [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
Todd Grisham On ESPN2′s “First Take”; Former WWE Diva Arrested

Todd Grisham On ESPN2′s “First Take”; Former WWE Diva Arrested

- Former WWE personality Todd Grisham has been serving as the moderator of “First Take” on ESPN2. Grisham left WWE last year to accept a position with ESPN. - Former WWE Diva Serena Deeb was recently arrested. You can view [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
Konnan Discusses CMLL’s Decision To Replace Mistico When He Left For WWE

Konnan Discusses CMLL’s Decision To Replace Mistico When He Left For WWE

- Mist Saint Laurent reporting: AAA matchmaker Konnan joined Mister Saint Laurent on this week’s episode of MLW Radio, available right now at MLW.com. He spoke about CMLL’s decision to introduce a new Mistico to replace WWE’s Sin Cara. “Everyone [...]

July 10, 2012 Other News
Watch The Commercial For #RawActive Here

Watch The Commercial For #RawActive Here

Embedded in the video below is WWE’s #RawActive commercial that aired on this week’s Raw Supershow: For more on the #RawActive concept, click here. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
Rey Mysterio Advertised For Next Week’s Smackdown Taping

Rey Mysterio Advertised For Next Week’s Smackdown Taping

Rey Mysterio is being advertised locally for next week’s Smackdown taping from the Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. WWE is not advertising him as of this writing. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this [...]

July 10, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Denver, Colorado

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Denver, Colorado

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 9, 2012 WWE Spoilers
RAW Results 7/9/12 – It Lives Under The Ring

RAW Results 7/9/12 – It Lives Under The Ring

RAW this week starts with video recap of Punk facing Bryan in the main event last Monday. Cut to AJ and all that went down with her backstage. AJ set up the table, set up the guys, kissed Punk, then [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE Results
Full Details On Who Is Behind WWE Signing Well-Known Indy Talent & What Has Caused The Company’s Change Of Direction

Full Details On Who Is Behind WWE Signing Well-Known Indy Talent & What Has Caused The Company’s Change Of Direction

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 [...]

July 9, 2012 Insider Rumblings
WWE Reveals Hornswoggle As The Anonymous Raw General Manager

WWE Reveals Hornswoggle As The Anonymous Raw General Manager

WWE announced on this week’s Raw Supershow the identity of the Anonymous Raw General Manager was Hornswoggle. [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
WWE Introduces #Rawactive To Begin On 1000th Raw

WWE Introduces #Rawactive To Begin On 1000th Raw

WWE announced on this week’s Raw Supershow a new social media concept that will begin on the 1000th Raw on July 23, 2012. The concept is called #Rawactive and will utilize Twitter, Shazam and TOUT. Fans will be able to [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
Bob Backlund Returns To WWE; Makes Heath Slater Tap Out

Bob Backlund Returns To WWE; Makes Heath Slater Tap Out

Bob Backlund returned to WWE on this week’s Raw Supershow, making Heath Slater tap out in the Crossface chickenwing in an unofficial match (there was no referee). Backlund’s appearance, first broken here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium this morning, was part of [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
WWE Money In The Bank Pre-Show Match; Sin Cara Qualifies For World Heavyweight Championship MITB Ladder Match

WWE Money In The Bank Pre-Show Match; Sin Cara Qualifies For World Heavyweight Championship MITB Ladder Match

- WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth will face Hunico & Camacho in the Money in the Bank pre-show match at 7:30 PM EDT. We’ll be streaming the live video feed of the match and the entire pre-show [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
Mick Foley Says He’ll Be On 1000th Raw

Mick Foley Says He’ll Be On 1000th Raw

Mick Foley announced on Twitter Monday night that he’ll be on the 1000th episode of Raw. The following is his official Tweet: See you all in 2 weeks on #RAW — Mick Foley (@realMickFoley) July 10, 2012 Foley joins The [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
The Rock Says He’s Returning On The 1000th Episode Of Raw

The Rock Says He’s Returning On The 1000th Episode Of Raw

- The Rock just wrote the following on Twitter: RAW’s 1000th episode. The People’s Champ returns.. As promised, my goal: THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. #RELENTLESS — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 10, 2012 The 1000th episode of Raw will take place Monday, [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Denver, Colorado

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Denver, Colorado

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 9, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Jim Ross Weighs In On Rumors Linking Chael Sonnen To WWE

Jim Ross Weighs In On Rumors Linking Chael Sonnen To WWE

Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry on his official website where he comments on rumors linking UFC’s Chael Sonnen to WWE: I was pulling for Chael Sonnen but picked Spider Silva to win in three. I also wrote [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
Watch TNA Today With Austin Aries Here; TNA Live Event In Missouri

Watch TNA Today With Austin Aries Here; TNA Live Event In Missouri

- Today’s episode of TNA Today features new TNA Champion Austin Aries. You can watch it embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling has announced an October 26th live event from the Back River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. [...]

July 9, 2012 TNA News
The Great American Bash Smackdown Replay Rating

The Great American Bash Smackdown Replay Rating

The replay of Super Smackdown Live, subtitled The Great American Bash, did a 1.47 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,134,000 viewers in its normal Friday night timeslot on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
Legend Backstage At Tonight’s Raw Supershow (Spoiler)

Legend Backstage At Tonight’s Raw Supershow (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 9, 2012 WWE News
Austin Aries & Bobby Roodes Make Post-Destination X Match Comments; New TNA Videos

Austin Aries & Bobby Roodes Make Post-Destination X Match Comments; New TNA Videos

- Austin Aries wrote the following on Twitter: Too many thoughts and feelings to express right now, but…..It’s a #GREAT day to #BGR8. — Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) July 9, 2012 - Bobby Roode wrote the following on Twitter: A [...]

July 9, 2012 TNA News
Sara Del Rey’s WWE Deal Finalized; Another Developmental Signing

Sara Del Rey’s WWE Deal Finalized; Another Developmental Signing

- To update/correct my earlier report on WWE signing Sara Del Rey, I’m told her WWE contract is inked. Any physical and medical tests have already taken place and the deal has been finalized. - In a much lesser-known signing, [...]

July 9, 2012 WWE News
Proof That Randy Orton’s Stock Has Plummeted Within WWE Regardless Of Future Creative Plans & What Vince McMahon Did On Last Week’s Raw Supershow To Send Him A Message

Proof That Randy Orton’s Stock Has Plummeted Within WWE Regardless Of Future Creative Plans & What Vince McMahon Did On Last Week’s Raw Supershow To Send Him A Message

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July 9, 2012 Backstage News