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What Are The Odds Dolph Ziggler “Cashes In” At SummerSlam?; Advice He Would Give As A Member Of The Spirit Squad

What Are The Odds Dolph Ziggler “Cashes In” At SummerSlam?; Advice He Would Give As A Member Of The Spirit Squad

The Los Angeles Times has a brief article online featuring a Q&A with Dolph Ziggler to promote SummerSlam. Below is an excerpt: Q: What are the odds of you cashing in your “Money in the Bank” briefcase at SummerSlam? Ziggler: [...]

August 13, 2012 WWE News
WWE Goes Kid-Friendly For CW Saturdays, Chris Jericho Signing Autographs After Raw, Live Event In Florence

WWE Goes Kid-Friendly For CW Saturdays, Chris Jericho Signing Autographs After Raw, Live Event In Florence

- Variety has an article online on “WWE Saturday Morning Slam” entitled “WWE goes kid-friendly for CW Saturdays.” You can read it at this link. - Good Records is promoting Chris Jericho for an appearance at their offices Monday night [...]

August 13, 2012 WWE News
Jim Ross Comments On The Releases Of Abraham Washington & Ivelisse Vélez

Jim Ross Comments On The Releases Of Abraham Washington & Ivelisse Vélez

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. In it, he gives his thoughts on the releases of Abraham Washington and Ivelisse Vélez. Below is an excerpt: AW’s release was unfortunate. He’s a talented guy who [...]

August 13, 2012 WWE News
Canned Crowd Reactions On WWE TV, New WWE Championship Belt, Update On TNA Talent To WWE Including Matt Morgan & Ric Flair, The TNA Knockout Division, Matt Hardy’s Status, WWE Travel Overseas, New SummerSlam Opponent For Sheamus?, Two Deserving & Realistic Names To Possibly Headline WWE Hall Of Fame ’13, HBK Overexposed

Canned Crowd Reactions On WWE TV, New WWE Championship Belt, Update On TNA Talent To WWE Including Matt Morgan & Ric Flair, The TNA Knockout Division, Matt Hardy’s Status, WWE Travel Overseas, New SummerSlam Opponent For Sheamus?, Two Deserving & Realistic Names To Possibly Headline WWE Hall Of Fame ’13, HBK Overexposed

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August 13, 2012 Premium Mailbags
SummerSlam Pre-Show Sunday At 7:30 PM EDT

SummerSlam Pre-Show Sunday At 7:30 PM EDT

WWE has released the live feed link to their SummerSlam pre-show on their official YouTube channel. As of this writing a pre-show match has not been announced but I would expect one to be announced on this week’s WWE Raw. [...]

August 13, 2012 WWE News
Former Tough Enough Contestant Ivelisse Vélez Says She Was Screwed By WWE

Former Tough Enough Contestant Ivelisse Vélez Says She Was Screwed By WWE

Former WWE Tough Enough contestant Ivelisse Vélez, who was recently released by WWE, says she was screwed by the company: So for the record: #No I DONT have an attitude or ego problem. #No Im NOT going to go on [...]

August 13, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
HBK’s Role In Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar, AW’s Outrageous Behavior, Timing Of WWE Releases, Orton’s Stock

HBK’s Role In Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar, AW’s Outrageous Behavior, Timing Of WWE Releases, Orton’s Stock

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 13, 2012 Ask WNW
Three Matches Announced For This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Three Matches Announced For This Week’s Impact Wrestling

For those that missed the video preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling, the following matches have been announced for this week’s show: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy Samoa Joe vs. Magnus We’ll have exclusive live [...]

August 13, 2012 TNA News
Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Taping From Dallas – Shawn Michaels, Punk vs. Big Show, SummerSlam Build

Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Taping From Dallas – Shawn Michaels, Punk vs. Big Show, SummerSlam Build

WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and will broadcast this week’s WWE Raw Monday night from the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas. Shawn Michaels is advertised to appear as part of the SummerSlam build [...]

August 13, 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: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

August 13, 2012 WWE News
Watch A Video Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

Watch A Video Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

TNA uploaded the following video preview of this week’s Impact Wrestling: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

August 13, 2012 TNA News
Weekly Rundown: VERY Late, And I’m VERY Sorry

Weekly Rundown: VERY Late, And I’m VERY Sorry

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 [...]

August 13, 2012 Landau Rundown
WWE Raw House Show Results (8/12/12) – Texarkana, Arkansas

WWE Raw House Show Results (8/12/12) – Texarkana, Arkansas

Below are quick results from tonight’s WWE Raw live event in Texarkana, Arkansas: * Brodus Clay b. Damien Sandow * The Usos b. Michael McGillicutty & Johnny Curtis * Ryback b. Heath Slater * Alex Riley b. Curt Hawkins * [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE House Shows
Kevin Steen’s Attack On Fans After ROH “Boiling Point” An Angle

Kevin Steen’s Attack On Fans After ROH “Boiling Point” An Angle

The “fans” that Kevin Steen got into it with at the end of Saturday night’s Ring of Honor “Boiling Point” were in fact plants, we are now able to confirm. The two “fans” were actually students of “Brutal” Bob Evans [...]

August 12, 2012 ROH
TNA Hardcore Justice Results (8/12/12) – Austin Aries Successfully Defends His Title

TNA Hardcore Justice Results (8/12/12) – Austin Aries Successfully Defends His Title

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August 12, 2012 TNA Results
New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

Madison Rayne beat Brooke Tessmacher at TNA Hardcore Justice to win the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship. [...]

August 12, 2012 TNA News
AW’s Twitter Account Suspended; Ashley Fliehr Working As Charlotte?

AW’s Twitter Account Suspended; Ashley Fliehr Working As Charlotte?

- The Twitter account of Abraham Washington, located at Twitter.com/AWPromotions has been suspended. AW has opened up an account under his real name at Twitter.com/BJRatedR. - Ashley Fliehr, the real-life daughter of Ric Flair currently working in Florida Championship Wrestling [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE News
Full Details On TNA’s September Pay-Per-View No Surrender

Full Details On TNA’s September Pay-Per-View No Surrender

TNA Wrestling issued the following press release on next month’s No Surrender pay-per-view: On Sunday, September 9, TNA IMPACT WRESTLING and Direct Auto Insurance present “No Surrender” live on Pay-Per-View and online around the world at http://www.TNAOnDemand.com “No Surrender” will [...]

August 12, 2012 TNA News
Chris Jericho Comments On The Release Of Abraham Washington; Gives Four Guys He’d Like To Face That Currently Work For TNA

Chris Jericho Comments On The Release Of Abraham Washington; Gives Four Guys He’d Like To Face That Currently Work For TNA

Chris Jericho did a Q&A session with his Twitter followers on Sunday. In it, he commented on the WWE release of Abraham Washington and gave four guys he would like to face that currently work for TNA Wrestling: It’s a [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE News
Opening Match For TNA Hardcore Justice Revealed

Opening Match For TNA Hardcore Justice Revealed

The opening match for TNA Hardcore Justice will be Gunner & Kid Kash vs. Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez. Join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com at 8 PM EDT for exclusive live play-by-play coverage of TNA Hardcore Justice. [...]

August 12, 2012 TNA News
Smackdown! or The Highlight Reel Returns

Smackdown! or The Highlight Reel Returns

Opening Thoughts I’m realizing that I have almost zero time to watch wrestling anymore. Couple that with the fact that a lot of what’s going on in WWE is barely holding my interest, and I find that I’m losing my [...]

August 12, 2012 Smackdown, Uncategorized
TNA Desperately Trying To Re-Sign Long-Time Name They Fear Could End Up In WWE After The Lawsuit Is Settled

TNA Desperately Trying To Re-Sign Long-Time Name They Fear Could End Up In WWE After The Lawsuit Is Settled

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August 12, 2012 Backstage News
Kevin Steen Gets Into It With Fans Following Ring Of Honor “Boiling Point”

Kevin Steen Gets Into It With Fans Following Ring Of Honor “Boiling Point”

For those that didn’t order Saturday night’s Ring of Honor “Boiling Point” iPPV, the broadcast ended with a fan shoving ROH Champion Kevin Steen and Steen retaliating by slapping the fan across the face. Another fan spit on Steen and [...]

August 12, 2012 ROH
Booker T’s “Assistant” To Be Determined In Match On Smackdown

Booker T’s “Assistant” To Be Determined In Match On Smackdown

For those that missed it on Smackdown, Eve will face Kaitlyn on the show this week with the winner becoming Booker T’s new assistant. You can watch the segment where the match was setup embedded in the video below: [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (8/10/12) – Shanghai, China

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (8/10/12) – Shanghai, China

Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Shanghai, China: * Justin Gabriel b. Jack Swagger * Yoshi Tatsu b. Jinder Mahal. Tatsu appeared to hurt his arm in the match * Wade Barrett b. Ted DiBiase [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Supershow House Show Results (8/11/12) – Biloxi, Mississippi; Paul Bearer Appears

WWE Supershow House Show Results (8/11/12) – Biloxi, Mississippi; Paul Bearer Appears

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Supershow live event in Biloxi, Mississippi: * Brodus Clay b. Damien Sandow. After the match, Tensai came out and beat up Clay. * Alex Riley b. Curt Hawkins * WWE Divas Champion Layla [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE House Shows
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Are You Serious?” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Are You Serious?” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

The latest episode of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

August 12, 2012 WWE News
Another WWE Release

Another WWE Release

Wrestling News World readers Logan Walker and CJ Blaze sent word that WWE developmental Diva Ivelisse Vélez, better known as Sofia Corte, announced via Twitter she has been released by WWE. The following is from her official Twitter account: I, [...]

August 12, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
TNA Predicts – Hardcore Justice

TNA Predicts – Hardcore Justice

This Sunday, August 12, TNA presents Hardcore Justice from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. While they have some very interesting matches on the card, I worry that the PPV won’t get over as well as it could if they [...]

August 11, 2012 Predictions
Ring of Honor Results (8/11/12) – livƎ Evil

Ring of Honor Results (8/11/12) – livƎ Evil

Ring of Honor Results – (8/11/12) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Check if Ring of Honor is in your area with the listings here. If Ring of Honor doesn’t air in your town, watch later in the week on [...]

August 11, 2012 ROH
ROH Boiling Point 2012 Results: QT Marshall Wins A Contract, Sara Del Rey’s Last Indy Match, Kevin Steen Retains

ROH Boiling Point 2012 Results: QT Marshall Wins A Contract, Sara Del Rey’s Last Indy Match, Kevin Steen Retains

The show opens with the usual pre-show video package.  The crowd is hot and Bobby Cruise is standing in the middle of the ring.  Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary and they welcome us to the show.  They [...]

August 11, 2012 ROH
Shawn Michaels Set To Appear On Raw Next Week

Shawn Michaels Set To Appear On Raw Next Week

The official WWE website has announced that Shawn Michaels will be appearing on Raw next week. The article goes on in the excerpt below: WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will be in attendance at American Airlines Center in Dallas, [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
What Caused Cody Rhodes To Have A Positive Wellness Test Despite His Denial, Rosa Mendes Reportedly Assaulted By Jackson Andrews; His Double Life Exposed, JTG Tweets Frustration, Kevin Nash Ruffles Feathers, Why Maria Went After Kelly Kelly, WWE Launching new TV Show, AW Released Over Kobe Bryant Joke, AJ Styles Retiring In 5 Years?, Impact Live Thru Sept, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

What Caused Cody Rhodes To Have A Positive Wellness Test Despite His Denial, Rosa Mendes Reportedly Assaulted By Jackson Andrews; His Double Life Exposed, JTG Tweets Frustration, Kevin Nash Ruffles Feathers, Why Maria Went After Kelly Kelly, WWE Launching new TV Show, AW Released Over Kobe Bryant Joke, AJ Styles Retiring In 5 Years?, Impact Live Thru Sept, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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August 11, 2012 Premium Newsletters
Abraham Washington Blames WWE Release On Linda McMahon Senate Campaign

Abraham Washington Blames WWE Release On Linda McMahon Senate Campaign

Abraham Washington literally spent hours on Twitter, berating everything involving WWE over his release announced on Friday. Washington blamed his release on Linda McMahon’s campaign for United States Senate. The following Tweet is from his Twitter account: @linda_mcmahon : Creates [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle Teases Career In Politics

Kurt Angle Teases Career In Politics

Kurt Angle teased on Twitter a future career in politics. We take everything Angle says with a grain of salt but it’s entertaining nonetheless: I’m Gonna Run for Office. Boost Economy, Alter Obamacare to Work for all Of Us. And [...]

August 11, 2012 TNA News
Tara Says WWE Made Sure TNA Workers Were Banned From Chicago Comic Con Wizard World Convention

Tara Says WWE Made Sure TNA Workers Were Banned From Chicago Comic Con Wizard World Convention

Tara claims WWE wouldn’t allow their stars to appear at the Chicago Comic Con Wizard World Convention this weekend if Impact Wrestling stars were booked. The former WWE Diva says she was scheduled to appear on Saturday but it was [...]

August 11, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
WWE Supershow House Show Results (8/10/12) – Tupelo, Mississippi

WWE Supershow House Show Results (8/10/12) – Tupelo, Mississippi

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Supershow live event in Tupelo, Mississippi: * Brodus Clay b. Damien Sandow * Alex Riley b. Curt Hawkins * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Aksana * Ryback b. Heath Slater * WWE [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Teases Possible New SummerSlam Opponents For Sheamus

WWE Teases Possible New SummerSlam Opponents For Sheamus

WWE has a new article on dot com looking at new potential SummerSlam opponents for Sheamus now that Booker T has “taken away” Alberto Del Rio’s title shot at the pay-per-view. The following names are teased in the article: Daniel [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

Watch The Latest “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: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
Advertised Dark Main Event For 10/2 Smackdown Taping In Tulsa; Booker T Says Alberto Del Rio’s SummerSlam Match Is “Off”

Advertised Dark Main Event For 10/2 Smackdown Taping In Tulsa; Booker T Says Alberto Del Rio’s SummerSlam Match Is “Off”

- Wrestling News World reader David H sent word that WWE will tape Smackdown on October 2nd from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The advertised dark match main event is Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton in a triple threat match [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News