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Viscera Likely For Upcoming Raw; Talks About Backstage Politics, How Vis-agra Was Created

Viscera Likely For Upcoming Raw; Talks About Backstage Politics, How Vis-agra Was Created

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network interviewed former WWE Superstar Nelson Frazier, who portrayed Mabel and Viscera. Highlights: Claiming he is likely for a future RAW or RAW 1000 His entry into [...]

July 4, 2012 WWE News
Bruno Sammartino Declines WWE Hall Of Fame Invite; Possible Location For Next Year’s Ceremony

Bruno Sammartino Declines WWE Hall Of Fame Invite; Possible Location For Next Year’s Ceremony

Triple H recently contacted Bruno Sammartino and extended an invitation into the WWE Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania XXIX weekend.  According to their conversation, Triple H stated the ceremony  is possibly being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sammartino [...]

July 4, 2012 WWE News
Bray Wyatt Indicates He Has A Torn Pectoral Muscle

Bray Wyatt Indicates He Has A Torn Pectoral Muscle

Bray Wyatt, formerly known as Husky Harris, indicated on Twitter that he has a torn pectoral muscle. The injury, originally believed to his shoulder, occurred during a triple threat match at Florida Championship Wrestling’s show in Melbourne last Friday. [...]

July 4, 2012 WWE News
Zack Ryder Talks About Being Interim Smackdown General Manager; Sheamus “Injury” Update

Zack Ryder Talks About Being Interim Smackdown General Manager; Sheamus “Injury” Update

- WWE posted a video of Zack Ryder talking about being the interim General Manager for next week’s Smackdown over on dot com at this link. - Dot com also has a storyline “injury” update on Sheamus following Alberto Del [...]

July 4, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Inbox” Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Inbox” Here

- The latest episode of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 4, 2012 WWE News
RAW Is Blogged – No AJ, Don’t Jump!

RAW Is Blogged – No AJ, Don’t Jump!

Because of writing the Live Smackdown Great American Bash Results, this is a bit further behind than I would like it to be. I have to say that I’ve really enjoyed wrestling this past week. Not saying just WWE, but [...]

July 4, 2012 Raw is Blogged
WWE Smackdown – Great American Bash Results 7/3/12 – Hacksaw, Slaughter & Tonsil Hockey

WWE Smackdown – Great American Bash Results 7/3/12 – Hacksaw, Slaughter & Tonsil Hockey

This Live Smackdown, Great American Bash starts with a Big Show’s party for the USA. Everyone is partying. Beth talking to Yoshi, Camacho and Hunico. Hornswoggle in a kiddie pool with some Divas. Long there to welcome everyone to GAB. [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE Results
Zack Ryder The Interim General Manager For Next Week’s Smackdown

Zack Ryder The Interim General Manager For Next Week’s Smackdown

Zack Ryder won The Great American Bash 20-man battle royal on this week’s Super Smackdown Live, eliminating Kane for the final elimination. As the storyline goes, Ryder will be the interim General Manager of Smackdown for next week’s show. [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler Qualify For World Heavyweight Championship MITB Ladder Match; Identity Of The “Fan” Alberto Del Rio Went After

Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler Qualify For World Heavyweight Championship MITB Ladder Match; Identity Of The “Fan” Alberto Del Rio Went After

- This week’s Super Smackdown Live, subtitled The Great American Bash, featured more World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match qualifying matches. Below are the qualifiers from this week’s show: Cody Rhodes beat WWE Intercontinental Champion Christian to [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest TNA Today With Jeff Hardy Here

Watch The Latest TNA Today With Jeff Hardy Here

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

July 3, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest “Backstage Fallout” Raw Here

Watch The Latest “Backstage Fallout” Raw Here

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

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Why Alberto Del Rio Made Short Work Of Sin Cara On This Week’s Raw Supershow, Backstage Opinion Of AJ Lee, Details On Who Is In The WWE Doghouse & Who Vince McMahon Is Very High Up On

Why Alberto Del Rio Made Short Work Of Sin Cara On This Week’s Raw Supershow, Backstage Opinion Of AJ Lee, Details On Who Is In The WWE Doghouse & Who Vince McMahon Is Very High Up On

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July 3, 2012 Backstage News
Bret Hart Officially Advertised For 1000th Raw

Bret Hart Officially Advertised For 1000th Raw

Bret Hart is now being officially advertised for the 1000th episode of Raw on July 23, 2012 from the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Hart noted on Twitter he expected a call from WWE to appear on the show. [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Brock Lesnar The Focal Point Of SummerSlam, 20-Man Battle Royal, Big Names On 1000th Raw, MITB Matches

Brock Lesnar The Focal Point Of SummerSlam, 20-Man Battle Royal, Big Names On 1000th Raw, MITB Matches

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 3, 2012 Ask WNW
Updated WWE Money In The Bank Lineup – Title Matches Set

Updated WWE Money In The Bank Lineup – Title Matches Set

Following this week’s Raw Supershow, below is the updated Money in the Bank lineup: WWE Championship Match - CM Punk © vs. Daniel Bryan World Heavyweight Championship Match - Sheamus © vs. Alberto Del Rio Money in the Bank ladder [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
What You Didn’t See On Raw Supershow – Here’s Johnny

What You Didn’t See On Raw Supershow – Here’s Johnny

After this week’s Raw Supershow went off the air, John Cena beat Big Show & Tensai in a 2-on-1 handicap match. Cena got the win after Show took out Tensai, allowing Cena to get the upper hand. John Laurinaitis came [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Watch Several Video Highlights From Raw Supershow Here – What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch Several Video Highlights From Raw Supershow Here – What Did You Think Of The Show?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from this week’s Raw Supershow. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and let us know what you thought of the show: Raw kicks off with the on-going conflict between [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Mark Henry Says He Isn’t Out Of The Woods Yet; DDP Comments On Raw Return

Mark Henry Says He Isn’t Out Of The Woods Yet; DDP Comments On Raw Return

- Mark Henry checked in with his followers Monday on Twitter. Below is his latest update: Twitter family I’m good! Healing at a fast rate. Not out of the woods yet! — TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) July 3, 2012   - Diamond [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Laredo, Texas

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 3, 2012 WWE Spoilers
WWE Cancels July 10th Edition Of Smackdown In Colorado Springs Due To Waldo Canyon Fire

WWE Cancels July 10th Edition Of Smackdown In Colorado Springs Due To Waldo Canyon Fire

ColoradoSprings.com is reporting that WWE has canceled the July 10th edition of Smackdown in Colorado Springs due to the Waldo Canyon fire. The full press release is below: STAMFORD, Conn., July 2, 2012 – Due to the Waldo Canyon fire, [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Details On Tonight’s Live “Great American Bash” SuperSmackdown From Corpus Christi, Texas – 20-Man Battle Royal Main Event, Smackdown Money In The Bank Qualifiers, More

Details On Tonight’s Live “Great American Bash” SuperSmackdown From Corpus Christi, Texas – 20-Man Battle Royal Main Event, Smackdown Money In The Bank Qualifiers, More

This week’s Smackdown, being referred to as The Great American Bash, will air live tonight from the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition, WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars prior to the [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Diamond Dallas Page & Doink Added To WWE Alumni

Diamond Dallas Page & Doink Added To WWE Alumni

Following their appearances on last night’s Raw Supershow, Diamond Dallas Page and Doink the Clown have been added to the Alumni section of the official WWE website. Click here to view DDP’s profile, and click here to view Doink’s profile. [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
Watch A New Commercial For Raw Supershow’s New Timeslot, Starring Vince McMahon, John Cena, CM Punk, & More, Here

Watch A New Commercial For Raw Supershow’s New Timeslot, Starring Vince McMahon, John Cena, CM Punk, & More, Here

WWE aired a funny new commercial after Raw Supershow promoting the upcoming switch to a three-hour format, featuring Vince McMahon, John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Kane, The Big Show, AJ, Triple H, and more. The video is embedded [...]

July 3, 2012 WWE News
RAW Results 7/2/12 – I Will Show All Of Them…

RAW Results 7/2/12 – I Will Show All Of Them…

RAW this week starts with video recap of Jericho facing Cena in the main event last week on RAW. It was the first time they’ve faced off in two years. Cena had Jericho up for an AA, but Big Show [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE Results
Doink & DDP Return To WWE On This Week’s Raw Supershow

Doink & DDP Return To WWE On This Week’s Raw Supershow

Doink (played by “The Brooklyn Brawler” Steve Lombardi) worked a match against Heath Slater on this week’s Raw Supershow. Reversing the trend, Slater actually went over in the bout. After the match, Diamond Dallas Page returned and gave Slater the [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
When Brock Lesnar Respond To Triple H’s Challenge; Super Smackdown Live Main Event

When Brock Lesnar Respond To Triple H’s Challenge; Super Smackdown Live Main Event

- Paul Heyman announced on this week’s Raw Supershow that Brock Lesnar will respond to Triple H’s challenge for a match at SummerSlam in person in three weeks at the 1000th episode of Raw on July 23, 2012. - This [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
World Heavyweight Championship Match Set For WWE Money In The Bank

World Heavyweight Championship Match Set For WWE Money In The Bank

It was announced on this week’s Raw Supershow that Alberto Del Rio will challenge Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE Money in the Bank. WWE Money in the Bank 2012 will take place Sunday, July 15, 2012 from [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
R-Truth Returns To Raw Supershow

R-Truth Returns To Raw Supershow

R-Truth made his return to the ring on this week’s Raw Supershow in an 8-man tag team match. Truth teamed with Kofi Kingston, Santino Marella and Christian to face Darren Young, Titus O’Neil, David Otunga and Cody Rhodes. Truth was [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
Armando Estrada Reveals He Was Under WWE Contract; Released On June 27th

Armando Estrada Reveals He Was Under WWE Contract; Released On June 27th

Armando Estrada released the following statement, revealing that he was under WWE contract until June 27, 2012. Below is the statement: “Espérate … Espérate … Espérate … Everybody, listen to me! I would like to take this opportunity to let [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
TNA Grants Shannon Moore His Release

TNA Grants Shannon Moore His Release

Shannon Moore, who originally said he was stepping away from wrestling then announced he wouldn’t be returning to TNA, has finally been released. Moore wrote the following on Twitter: Just want to let you all know I asked for my [...]

July 2, 2012 TNA News
Major Name Backstage At Raw Supershow

Major Name Backstage At Raw Supershow

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July 2, 2012 Insider Rumblings
Hulk Hogan Comments On The Release Of Angelina Love

Hulk Hogan Comments On The Release Of Angelina Love

Hulk Hogan Tweeted specific followers on Twitter that it was not his decision to release Angelina Love. He wrote the decision came from the TNA office in Nashville. Love stated that her release from the company was amicable. [...]

July 2, 2012 TNA News
Smackdown Rating

Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.85 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,630,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
Big Tag Match Announced For WWE Raw Supershow

Big Tag Match Announced For WWE Raw Supershow

WWE has announced that WWE Champion CM Punk & John Cena will face Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan on this week’s Raw Supershow. In storyline, the tag team match was made by interim General Manager Theodore Long. We’ll have exclusive [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest TNA Today With Mike Tenay Here

Watch The Latest TNA Today With Mike Tenay Here

The latest episode of TNA Today with Mike Tenay is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 2, 2012 TNA News
WWE In Corpus Christi, New Jim Ross Blog, Maxine Removed From WWE.com

WWE In Corpus Christi, New Jim Ross Blog, Maxine Removed From WWE.com

- WWE has announced a Raw live event from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 13, 2013. This is the same location where this week’s Super Smackdown Live show will take place. - Jim Ross has [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
WWE Star Gets Heat For Attending Independent Show; Who It Was & How They Not Only Upset WWE Officials But Also The Show’s Promoters For Being A Distraction

WWE Star Gets Heat For Attending Independent Show; Who It Was & How They Not Only Upset WWE Officials But Also The Show’s Promoters For Being A Distraction

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July 2, 2012 Backstage News
Bret Hart Expects Call From WWE Soon Regarding Appearance On 1000th Raw

Bret Hart Expects Call From WWE Soon Regarding Appearance On 1000th Raw

Bret Hart wrote on Twitter he hasn’t heard from WWE yet in regards to a possible appearance on the 1000th episode of Raw but expects a call soon. The 1000th episode of Raw will take place on Monday, July 23, [...]

July 2, 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: [...]

July 2, 2012 WWE News
Ring Of Honor Cancels Return To The Carolinas – Official Statement

Ring Of Honor Cancels Return To The Carolinas – Official Statement

ROH Wrestling announced today they have canceled their return to the Carolinas, originally scheduled for later this month. Below is the official announcement: Ring of Honor Wrestling regretfully announces that due to circumstances beyond our control we must cancel our [...]

July 2, 2012 ROH