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New Mickie James Interview – Discusses Her Biggest Career Influences, TNA’s Backstage Environment, More

New Mickie James Interview – Discusses Her Biggest Career Influences, TNA’s Backstage Environment, More

Mike Jones of DC101 in Washingon, DC sent in the following: I just spoke with Mickie James. She had a lot of great insight on things happening with TNA and the Knockouts Division. One particular point of interest was about [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s edition of Impact Wrestling, courtesy of the official TNA YouTube channel: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy – Bound For Glory Series Match Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles – Bound [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
Watch This Week’s “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown Here

Watch This Week’s “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown Here

This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch Derrick Bateman’s Newest Vignette As “The USA Guy” Here

Watch Derrick Bateman’s Newest Vignette As “The USA Guy” Here

WWE and several Superstars are using Twitter to promote the newest vignette for The USA Guy, played by Derrick Bateman. The video, which ends with the phrase “Shock and Raw,” is embedded below: Click here to watch the first vignette. [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Impact Wrestling Rewind” Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Impact Wrestling Rewind” Here

The latest episode of “Impact Wrestling Rewind” is embedded in the video below: Full results for this week’s show are online here and the ratings are in at this link. [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.07 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,420,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
Alberto Del Rio On The Awkwardness Of Leaving WWE Shows In Cheap Rental Cars; Says Drew McIntyre Is His Best Friend

Alberto Del Rio On The Awkwardness Of Leaving WWE Shows In Cheap Rental Cars; Says Drew McIntyre Is His Best Friend

Alberto Del Rio was on The Abe Kanan Show to promote next Monday’s WWE Raw in Chicago, Illinois. In it, Del Rio talks about the awkwardness of leaving the venue of a WWE show in a cheap rental car when [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Last Week’s Smackdown Rating

Last Week’s Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown ended up doing a 1.92 cable rating on SyFy. As we noted earlier in the week, the show did an average viewership of 2,587,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
More On The TNA Championship Belts Being Stolen At 8/18 Live Event

More On The TNA Championship Belts Being Stolen At 8/18 Live Event

TMZ has picked up on the two TNA Championship belts being stolen at a TNA live event in Ottumwa, Iowa on August 18th. According to their report, a “stagehand” was unloading a truck at the venue when they turned away [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw House Show Results (8/31/12) – Sydney, Australia

WWE Raw House Show Results (8/31/12) – Sydney, Australia

Below are quick results from today’s (August 31st) WWE Raw live event in Sydney, Australia: * Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger. As noted earlier, Naomi was the only dancer and Cameron didn’t appear. * Zack Ryder b. Tensai * WWE [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE House Shows
Cameron Doesn’t Appear At WWE Show In Sydney

Cameron Doesn’t Appear At WWE Show In Sydney

Cameron did not accompany Brodus Clay to the ring at today’s WWE Raw live event in Sydney, Australia as he was only with Naomi. Cameron, who was popped for DUI earlier this week, traveled with the roster to Australia. [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Shocking News Regarding The Contract Status Of A Top TNA Star – Details On Who It Is & How Their Contract Is Coming Up Very Soon; Why TNA Wants To Opt Out & Sign Them At A Lower Rate, Possibly Heading To WWE?

Shocking News Regarding The Contract Status Of A Top TNA Star – Details On Who It Is & How Their Contract Is Coming Up Very Soon; Why TNA Wants To Opt Out & Sign Them At A Lower Rate, Possibly Heading To WWE?

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August 31, 2012 Backstage News
Weekend TNA Schedule – Shows In Virginia & Maryland; Seeking Live Reports

Weekend TNA Schedule – Shows In Virginia & Maryland; Seeking Live Reports

TNA Wrestling has a couple live events this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule Tonight from the Verizon Wireless Arena in Richmond, Virginia (more info) Saturday a “Basebrawl” show from Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Maryland (more info) We are [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
Weekend WWE Schedule – Raw In Australia, Smackdown In The US, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

Weekend WWE Schedule – Raw In Australia, Smackdown In The US, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

WWE is back on the road this weekend, wrapping an overseas tour of Australia and running Smackdown shows domestically. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia (more info) Saturday from Rod Laver Arena in [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler Calls The Beginning Of His WWE Career “Frustrating”

Dolph Ziggler Calls The Beginning Of His WWE Career “Frustrating”

The Kingston Whig-Standard has a new article online featuring quotes from Dolph Ziggler to promote the WWE Smackdown live event in the city on September 9th. Below is an excerpt: “Honestly, for years it was frustrating,” Ziggler said of the [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Three Matches Announced For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling; Official Preview

Three Matches Announced For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling; Official Preview

The following matches have been announced for next week’s Impact Wrestling, the go-home show to TNA No Surrender: Christopher Daniels & Kazarian will defend the TNA Tag Team Championship Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy in a BFG Series Match Rob [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
WWE Cutting One Of The Top 3?, Punk Pushing The Envelope, Signing International Talent, Hunter & Not Shane Succeeding Vince

WWE Cutting One Of The Top 3?, Punk Pushing The Envelope, Signing International Talent, Hunter & Not Shane Succeeding Vince

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 [...]

August 31, 2012 Ask WNW
The Today Show Covers WWE Raw’s Australian Tour – Interviews With Big Show & Zack Ryder, Correspondent Steps Into The Ring

The Today Show Covers WWE Raw’s Australian Tour – Interviews With Big Show & Zack Ryder, Correspondent Steps Into The Ring

The Today Show in Australia covered the WWE‘s current Australian tour, speaking with Big Show and Zack Ryder at the August 30 live event at Brisbane. Video of the coverage is embedded below: [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – AJ Styles, Eric Young, Christopher Daniels, & Kazarian

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – AJ Styles, Eric Young, Christopher Daniels, & Kazarian

This week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show with AJ Styles, Eric Young, Christopher Daniels, & Kazarian is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 31, 2012 TNA News
TNA Blog Zone – Who Was That Unmasked Man?

TNA Blog Zone – Who Was That Unmasked Man?

Just when I think TNA might be turning a corner, they screw up in a monumental way. I know some people will think that the contracts of Bully Ray and Devon coming to an end is a good thing, but [...]

August 31, 2012 IW Blog Zone
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. [...]

August 31, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Impact Results (8/30/12) – The Unmasked Aces & 8s Man!

Impact Results (8/30/12) – The Unmasked Aces & 8s Man!

Impact Wrestling Results – 8/30/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts out with a video package from last week. It starts with Tara vs. Ms. Tessmacher in a student vs. teacher [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA Results
Xplosion Match Result From This Week’s Impact Wrestling Taping

Xplosion Match Result From This Week’s Impact Wrestling Taping

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. [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA Spoilers
Finlay A WWE Alum, “The Day” In Theaters, More On The Daughter Of Michelle McCool & The Undertaker

Finlay A WWE Alum, “The Day” In Theaters, More On The Daughter Of Michelle McCool & The Undertaker

- WWE has added Finlay’s profile to the Alumni section of dot com. Finlay once again works backstage as a producer. You can view his profile at this link. (Thanks to WNW readers Robert Rice and Logan Walker for sending [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

This week’s edition of WWE Superstars is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
Joel Luke & Forrest Jamison Charged With Theft After Stealing TNA Championship Belts

Joel Luke & Forrest Jamison Charged With Theft After Stealing TNA Championship Belts

Two men in Iowa have been charged with theft after police say they stole two TNA championship belts at a TNA live event in the city on August 18th. KCCI 8 out of Des Moines reports that Joel Luke was [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News
Dolph Ziggler Discusses Politics In WWE; Knowing What To Say & What Not To Say

Dolph Ziggler Discusses Politics In WWE; Knowing What To Say & What Not To Say

Go&Do has a new article online featuring quotes from Dolph Ziggler. Below is an excerpt: “I just theoretically retired Chris Jericho,” Ziggler said. “I’d been such a fan and paid such close attention that there weren’t too many (surprises),” he [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
WWE Saturday Morning Slam Rating

WWE Saturday Morning Slam Rating

WWE Saturday Morning Slam did a 0.7 U.S. household rating with an average viewing audience of 1,130,000 viewers last weekend. The show topped all the other programs in the CW’s Vortexx block. Click here for coverage by TV By The [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
WWE Stock Upgraded, Raw Returning To Dayton, Ohio, David Otunga & Jennifer Hudson On Oprah

WWE Stock Upgraded, Raw Returning To Dayton, Ohio, David Otunga & Jennifer Hudson On Oprah

- Richard Ingrassia of Roth Capital Partners has upgraded WWE’s stock from “Neutral” to “Buy.” You can read an article on the upgrade by The Associated Press at this link. - WWE has announced they will broadcast the 11/19 episode [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
WWE Interested In Two Major Names To Fill The Commentary Vacancy On Smackdown; Who They Are & What Has Stopped Either From Getting The Position To This Point

WWE Interested In Two Major Names To Fill The Commentary Vacancy On Smackdown; Who They Are & What Has Stopped Either From Getting The Position To This Point

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August 30, 2012 Backstage News
Watch Hulk Hogan On “Fox & Friends” Here

Watch Hulk Hogan On “Fox & Friends” Here

Hulk Hogan was on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel Thursday morning. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News
WWE Raw House Show Results (8/30/12) – Brisbane, Australia

WWE Raw House Show Results (8/30/12) – Brisbane, Australia

Below are quick results from today’s (August 30th) WWE Raw live event in Brisbane, Australia: * Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger * Zack Ryder b. Daniel Bryan * WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz b. Alex Riley. After the match, Tensai [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE House Shows
John Laurinaitis Returning To WWE TV, Devon Back To WWE?, Taking PG Too Far, Why Cesaro Is Being Pushed

John Laurinaitis Returning To WWE TV, Devon Back To WWE?, Taking PG Too Far, Why Cesaro Is Being Pushed

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 [...]

August 30, 2012 Ask WNW
Ric Flair’s TNA Contract Expiring; Filing For Divorce

Ric Flair’s TNA Contract Expiring; Filing For Divorce

In yet another TNA contract officially expiring, Ric Flair’s deal is reportedly up the second week of September. The word out of Flair’s camp is that he is also looking to file for divorce from his wife Jacqueline Beems. Beems, [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News
Updates On The TNA Contracts Of Devon & Bully Ray; Back To WWE?

Updates On The TNA Contracts Of Devon & Bully Ray; Back To WWE?

The TNA contracts of both Devon and Bully Ray are up this week and Devon, the current TNA TV Champion, has announced he’s leaving. TNA is still trying to get Bully Ray to re-sign but no deal has been done [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News
Drew McIntyre Update

Drew McIntyre Update

Drew McIntyre wrote the following on Twitter: Sometimes in life, you got to step back and realize no matter what you have accomplished or you feel the world owes you. In reality, you’re — Drew McIntyre (@TheDrewMcIntyre) August 30, 2012 [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
Congratulations To Heath Slater

Congratulations To Heath Slater

Heath Slater and his wife have welcomed their daughter into the world. TNA’s Jesse Sorensen offered congratulations on Twitter: Congratulations to @heathslateromrb @meanstephiejean on the birth of their beautiful baby girl! #GonnaBeGreatParents — Jesse Sorensen (@TNASorensen) August 29, 2012 Thanks [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE News
Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: - With only two weeks left in the annual “Bound For Glory Series” for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, the stakes have never been higher! Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News
Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

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. [...]

August 30, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Devon Announces That He Is Finished With TNA Wrestling

Devon Announces That He Is Finished With TNA Wrestling

Reigning TNA Television Champion Devon has announced that he is gone from TNA Wrestling. In addition to confirming that his contract expired, Devon had the following to say on his Twitter account: i would like to thank the tna fans [...]

August 30, 2012 TNA News