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Watch This Week’s Smackdown Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch This Week’s Smackdown Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

This week’s Smackdown is embedded in the video below. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and tell us what you thought of the show. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
Watch Episode 25 Of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

Watch Episode 25 Of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

The latest episode of Santino’s Foreign Exchange with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: Cobra’s plan thwarted again?! – Santino’s Foreign Exchange – Episode 25 Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle Officially Re-Married; Wife Expecting Another Baby

Kurt Angle Officially Re-Married; Wife Expecting Another Baby

Kurt Angle is now officially re-married to actress Giovanna Yannotti and he announced via his Twitter account they are due to have another baby. Below is the Tweet: I’m Married! Kyra Kody Giuliana @ Guess What? We’re Due to Have [...]

July 21, 2012 TNA News
William Regal Puts His Name Out There For GM Position; Chris Jericho Touts About Raw

William Regal Puts His Name Out There For GM Position; Chris Jericho Touts About Raw

- William Regal wouldn’t mind being the new General Manager of Raw and Smackdown. The following is from his official Twitter account: I would like to let @WWE know that I’m more than capable of being both GM of Raw [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
Vince McMahon Says Thanks For 1000 Episodes Of WWE Raw

Vince McMahon Says Thanks For 1000 Episodes Of WWE Raw

WWE sent out an email blast today with a video message from Vince McMahon where he thanks the WWE Universe for 1000 episodes of Raw. In the message Vince says they look forward to another 1000 episodes. Click here to [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
Smackdown or The King of Mystery Returns

Smackdown or The King of Mystery Returns

Opening Thoughts I wanted to open this by grieving for those in Colorado affected by what appears to be just a complete nutjob’s actions. Some people, you can look at and say, “Maybe he had a bad life,” or “Maybe [...]

July 21, 2012 Smackdown
Weekly Rundown: Raw1000 around the corner

Weekly Rundown: Raw1000 around the corner

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 [...]

July 21, 2012 Landau Rundown
Mark Henry Announces That He Has Dropped Down To 404 Pounds & Posts Picture; New Dolph Ziggler Interview

Mark Henry Announces That He Has Dropped Down To 404 Pounds & Posts Picture; New Dolph Ziggler Interview

- Mark Henry has provided his latest injury update from his Twitter account. He is still not doing any heavy lifting after his shoulder surgery, but he has dropped to 404 pounds: What up twitter fam. Update down to 404 [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Smackdown Backstage Fallout Here

Watch The Latest Smackdown Backstage Fallout Here

The latest episode of Backstage Fallout from this week’s Smackdown is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 21, 2012 WWE News
How Much Vince & Linda McMahon Made In 2010 Revealed

How Much Vince & Linda McMahon Made In 2010 Revealed

According to Linda McMahon’s 2010 federal income tax return, which was released on Friday, she and Vince made a total of $30.6 million that year. $4.7 million was paid out in federal income taxes. The McMahon’s have not released their [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
More Aces And Eights Members Revealed

More Aces And Eights Members Revealed

In addition to Luke Gallows and Mike Knox, who I mentioned earlier today in Ask WNW, Wes Brisco is also a member of the Aces and Eights faction on Impact Wrestling. D-Lo Brown played a member of the faction on [...]

July 20, 2012 TNA News
Curt Hennig’s Father Doesn’t Like Michael McGillicutty Name, Next Week’s NXT Tapings, 100 Million Fans Like WWE

Curt Hennig’s Father Doesn’t Like Michael McGillicutty Name, Next Week’s NXT Tapings, 100 Million Fans Like WWE

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal of theScore Television Network had a chance to speak with wrestling legend Larry “The Axe” Hennig, father of “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig and grandfather of WWE superstar Michael McGillicutty. In the [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Road Warrior Animal Implies Steve Austin Will Be On 1000th Raw

Road Warrior Animal Implies Steve Austin Will Be On 1000th Raw

Road Warrior Animal was on 100.3 FAN-FM and implied Steve Austin would be on next week’s 1000th episode of Raw, teasing that Heath Slater would get the Stunner. He also said he would be there and talked more about the [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Z! True Long Island Story” With Zack Ryder Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Z! True Long Island Story” With Zack Ryder Here

Episode 76 of Z! True Long Island Story with Zack Ryder is embedded in the video below: [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
One Of The Most Accomplished WWE Champions Of All-Time Interested In Returning To The Company, Culminating With A Match At Wrestlemania XXIX

One Of The Most Accomplished WWE Champions Of All-Time Interested In Returning To The Company, Culminating With A Match At Wrestlemania XXIX

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 20, 2012 Backstage News
Kharma’s WWE Release, Lawler Reveals Vince’s Problem With Savage, Two Former WWE Stars Claim To Be Members Of Aces & Eights, Favorite Raw Moments

Kharma’s WWE Release, Lawler Reveals Vince’s Problem With Savage, Two Former WWE Stars Claim To Be Members Of Aces & Eights, Favorite Raw Moments

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 20, 2012 Ask WNW
Weekend TNA Schedule – Two “Basebrawl” Live Events; Sting Advertised For Both

Weekend TNA Schedule – Two “Basebrawl” Live Events; Sting Advertised For Both

TNA has two “Basebrawl” live events this weekend, both which include Sting. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Tonight from Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland (more info) Saturday from MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York (more info) If you attend either [...]

July 20, 2012 TNA News
Weekend WWE Schedule – 5 Live Events, 1000th Raw, Smackdown In Kansas City

Weekend WWE Schedule – 5 Live Events, 1000th Raw, Smackdown In Kansas City

Below is the weekend WWE schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Mississippi St. Fair Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi (more info) Saturday from the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas (more info) Sunday from the JQH Arena in Springfield, MIssouri (more info) [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Viacom & DirecTV Reach Agreement; Channels Return

Viacom & DirecTV Reach Agreement; Channels Return

Viacom and DirecTV have reached an agreement, ending the blackout of the 17 channels that DirecTV customers have been out without for what is going on two weeks. This news is noteworthy for wrestling fans as Spike TV was one [...]

July 20, 2012 TNA News
Snooki Declines Invitation To Kurt Angle’s Wedding; Chavo Guerrero Speaks Out On Joining TNA

Snooki Declines Invitation To Kurt Angle’s Wedding; Chavo Guerrero Speaks Out On Joining TNA

- TMZ is reporting that Snooki of Jersey Shore fame received an invitation to Kurt Angle‘s wedding this weekend. The two know each other through Snooki’s boyfriend, who recently wanted to train with Angle. Snooki reportedly declined the invitation due [...]

July 20, 2012 TNA News
CM Punk Discusses His Favorite Raw Moment & What To Expect At Raw 1000; Bret Hart Talks Mixed Martial Arts

CM Punk Discusses His Favorite Raw Moment & What To Expect At Raw 1000; Bret Hart Talks Mixed Martial Arts

- Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker sent in a new radio interview with WWE Champion CM Punk. In the interview, he discusses his favorite Raw moment, what made him get into wrestling, and more. The interview is embedded below: [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler Discusses His Upcoming Program With Chris Jericho, How He Feels About The Crowd Support He Has Recently Received, More

Dolph Ziggler Discusses His Upcoming Program With Chris Jericho, How He Feels About The Crowd Support He Has Recently Received, More

IGN has a new interview up with “Mr. Money in the Bank” Dolph Ziggler. In the interview, Ziggler discusses the Money in the Bank ladder match, his backstage mentors, hosting WWE Download, and more. In the following excerpt, Ziggler discusses [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Trish Stratus Lists Her Top 5 Raw Matches & Moments; Halle Berry Returns To Set Of WWE Studios Film Following Head Injury

Trish Stratus Lists Her Top 5 Raw Matches & Moments; Halle Berry Returns To Set Of WWE Studios Film Following Head Injury

-As Raw 1000 approaches, Trish Stratus has posted lists of her Top 5 personal favorite matches and moments from her time on Raw, including her main event match with Lita. Click here to view the lists. (Thanks to WNW reader [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show, courtesy of the company’s official YouTube channel. [...]

July 20, 2012 TNA News
Daniel Bryan & AJ Shop For Wedding Flowers In San Diego; Fabulous Freebirds Added To WWE Alumni

Daniel Bryan & AJ Shop For Wedding Flowers In San Diego; Fabulous Freebirds Added To WWE Alumni

-Wrestling News World reader Dustyn sent in the following video from Allen’s Flowers & Plants in San Diego, which posted a video of Daniel Bryan & AJ “shopping” for wedding flowers. WWE crews were there to film the stunt as [...]

July 20, 2012 WWE News
Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

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 20, 2012 WWE Spoilers
TNA Blog Zone – Roode’s ‘Tude Gets Him Unglued

TNA Blog Zone – Roode’s ‘Tude Gets Him Unglued

I’m sorry I did not write the TNA Blog Zone last week. Between my yearly SCA (medieval) event – Great Northeastern War – and minor surgery (no big deal), I just had to take a week off from TNA. I [...]

July 20, 2012 IW Blog Zone
Impact Wrestling Results (7/19/12) – Claire Has The Evidence!

Impact Wrestling Results (7/19/12) – Claire Has The Evidence!

Impact Wrestling Results – 7/19/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package. It talks about the AJ/Claire/Daniels storyline. It has Daniels telling the world that AJ is [...]

July 19, 2012 TNA Results
New WWE Developmental Signing, JR’s Latest, WWE & Shazam Beginning Partnership On 1000th Raw

New WWE Developmental Signing, JR’s Latest, WWE & Shazam Beginning Partnership On 1000th Raw

- WWE has signed KC McKnight to a developmental contract. - Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. You can read it at this link. - WWE and Shazam issued the following press release: Shazam [...]

July 19, 2012 WWE News
Ultimate Warrior Responds To Allegations Of Fraud

Ultimate Warrior Responds To Allegations Of Fraud

Ultimate Warrior had representatives release the following press release in regards to a TMZ report that he had been accused of fraud: To Whom It May Concern, “Earlier this week, Mr Christopher Elias used TMZ.com and the Santa Fe County [...]

July 19, 2012 Other News
The Wedding Of Robert Irvine & Gail Kim To Be Featured On Food Network Special

The Wedding Of Robert Irvine & Gail Kim To Be Featured On Food Network Special

The wedding of the Food Network’s Robert Irvine and Gail Kim will be featured in a special called “Wedding Impossible” on Saturday, August 17, 2012. Below is a description of the show courtesy of FoodNetworkGossip.com: “When he’s not rescuing a [...]

July 19, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Superstars Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Superstars Here

This week’s episode of WWE Superstars is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

July 19, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Outside The Ring; New Corporate Appointment

Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Outside The Ring; New Corporate Appointment

- The latest episode of WWE Outside the Ring is embedded in the video below: - WWE has announced a new corporate appointment. Below is the official press release: LONDON, July 19, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the [...]

July 19, 2012 WWE News
Austin Aries Discusses Vegetarian Lifestyle; Progression As TNA Champion

Austin Aries Discusses Vegetarian Lifestyle; Progression As TNA Champion

Josh Stewart has a new article online on Newsday.com featuring quotes from TNA Champion Austin Aries. In it, Aries discusses his decision to go vegetarian and progression to TNA Champion. Below is an excerpt: “If you really do some studies [...]

July 19, 2012 TNA News
Backstage News On One Former World Heavyweight Champion Currently With A Very Bleak Future In WWE; Details On Who It Is & How They Went From Being A Main Eventer To An Enhancement Talent, Plus A Young Up-And-Coming WWE Star In Line For A Push To The Main Event

Backstage News On One Former World Heavyweight Champion Currently With A Very Bleak Future In WWE; Details On Who It Is & How They Went From Being A Main Eventer To An Enhancement Talent, Plus A Young Up-And-Coming WWE Star In Line For A Push To The Main Event

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 19, 2012 Insider Rumblings
House Vote Secures One Of WWE’s Biggest Sponsorship Deals (For Now)

House Vote Secures One Of WWE’s Biggest Sponsorship Deals (For Now)

To update an earlier item, WWE’s sponsorship with the National Guard can continue. The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night to continue military sports sponsorship. On a vote of 216-202, the House rejected an amendment by Reps. Jack Kingston, [...]

July 19, 2012 WWE News
Everything You Need To Know About The First 999 Episodes Of WWE Raw; More

Everything You Need To Know About The First 999 Episodes Of WWE Raw; More

- Arda Ocal sent in this link which goes to an info-graphic with full statistics on the first 999 episodes of WWE Raw. Some results may surprise you while others you may expect. - Wrestling News World reader Craig sent [...]

July 19, 2012 WWE News
Wrestlers & Media Appearances, Beth Phoenix Buried, Another Return On 1000th Raw, Titles In WWE

Wrestlers & Media Appearances, Beth Phoenix Buried, Another Return On 1000th Raw, Titles In WWE

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 19, 2012 Ask WNW
Chavo Guerrero Coming To TNA Wrestling

Chavo Guerrero Coming To TNA Wrestling

- Dixie Carter announced Thursday on Twitter that Chavo Guerrero is coming to TNA and will debut on the July 26th episode of Impact Wrestling. Below is her Tweet: Excited to have Chavo Guerrero (@mexwarrior) join the TNA family! Looking [...]

July 19, 2012 TNA News
Viacom Walks Away From Negotiations With DirecTV; Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week

Viacom Walks Away From Negotiations With DirecTV; Official Impact Wrestling Preview For This Week

- Variety is reporting that Viacom has walked away from negotiations with DirecTV on a carriage agreement to restore the 26 channels that have now been dark for one week. This news is especially noteworthy to wrestling fans as this [...]

July 19, 2012 TNA News