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Watch This Week’s Smackdown Here

Watch This Week’s Smackdown Here

This week’s Smackdown is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
JBL Preparing For Next Two Mountain Climbs

JBL Preparing For Next Two Mountain Climbs

John “Bradshaw” Layfield continues his Seven Summits for Kids climbs and has started training for his next two mountains: Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount Aconcagua in South America. JBL is slated to begin his Kilimanjaro climb in about six [...]

August 11, 2012 WWE News
2013 WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony & Wrestlemania XXIX AXXESS Locations Revealed

2013 WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony & Wrestlemania XXIX AXXESS Locations Revealed

As expected, the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Wrestlemania AXXESS is scheduled to take place beside Metlife Stadium, which will host Wrestlemania XXIX, [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Final TNA Hardcore Justice Lineup – Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

Final TNA Hardcore Justice Lineup – Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

TNA Wrestling will hold their Hardcore Justice pay-per-view on Sunday from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com: TNA Championship Match If Aries loses, he will not get a rematch. - Austin Aries [...]

August 10, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown Here

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

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Abraham Washington Furious Over Release; WWE Spokesperson Says He Was Fired For Exhibiting Poor Judgment On Live TV & Social Media

Abraham Washington Furious Over Release; WWE Spokesperson Says He Was Fired For Exhibiting Poor Judgment On Live TV & Social Media

TMZ has coverage of Abraham Washington’s release from WWE, recapping his Tweets and providing an interesting statement from a WWE spokesperson. Below are the highlights: Washington’s Tweets: “It was the #WWE that made me bold and now it has turned [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk vs. Big Show To Open Next Week’s WWE Raw

CM Punk vs. Big Show To Open Next Week’s WWE Raw

WWE has announced that WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Big Show will open next week’s Raw broadcast from the American Airline Center in Dallas, Texas. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler Set For SummerSlam

Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler Set For SummerSlam

For those that missed it on this week’s Smackdown, Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler will face one another at SummerSlam. This is nothing new as Jericho was expected to work through SummerSlam before leaving to tour with his band Fozzy. [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Go-Home To Hardcore Justice Impact Wrestling Rating

Go-Home To Hardcore Justice Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling, the go-home to Sunday’s Hardcore Justice pay-per-view, did a 0.89 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,210,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

August 10, 2012 TNA News
Abraham Washington Released From WWE

Abraham Washington Released From WWE

Abraham Washington has been released from WWE. Below is the official statement posted on dot com: WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar A.W. as of today, August 10, 2012. WWE wishes A.W. the best in [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
“WrestleMania 28 – Rock vs. Cena” To Air On NBC Saturday, August 25 At 9 PM ET

“WrestleMania 28 – Rock vs. Cena” To Air On NBC Saturday, August 25 At 9 PM ET

NBC issued the following press release on Friday: WRESTLEMANIA 28 – ROCK VS. CENA’ TO AIR ON NBC SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 9 PM ET NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2012 – For the fourth consecutive year, WWE® and [...]

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

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (8/10/12) – Tokyo, Japan

Wrestling News World reader Hiroaki Kawafukji attended today’s WWE Smackdown live event from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Below are full results: -Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger. Ryder hit a Rough Ryder for the pin. -Jinder Mahal vs. Justin Gabriel. [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE House Shows
Watch The Latest Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Watch The Latest Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story featuring Zack Ryder: [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Major Changes In WWE Delayed; What They Are & What Has Caused The Delay, Health Update On Terry Taylor, Further Details On The Revamp Of The Company’s Developmental System, Backstage News From Last Night’s WWE NXT Taping Including Triple H’s Opinion Of The New Show

Major Changes In WWE Delayed; What They Are & What Has Caused The Delay, Health Update On Terry Taylor, Further Details On The Revamp Of The Company’s Developmental System, Backstage News From Last Night’s WWE NXT Taping Including Triple H’s Opinion Of The New Show

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 [...]

August 10, 2012 Backstage News
SummerSlam Main Event, John Cena’s Failed “Cash In” Attempt, Fallout From Orton Suspension, Changes To The Top Of WWE

SummerSlam Main Event, John Cena’s Failed “Cash In” Attempt, Fallout From Orton Suspension, Changes To The Top Of 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 [...]

August 10, 2012 Ask WNW
CM Punk Says He Feels More Comfortable As A Heel; Has Nothing Against Jon “Bones” Jones

CM Punk Says He Feels More Comfortable As A Heel; Has Nothing Against Jon “Bones” Jones

WWE Champion CM Punk was on 670 The Score in Chicago on Friday. In the interview, Punk said as the company’s champion, he’s the leader. He said he thinks he’s more comfortable as a heel. When asked about Jon “Bones” [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Weekend WWE Schedule – Smackdown Overseas, Supershows Running Domestically, Next Week’s TVs

Weekend WWE Schedule – Smackdown Overseas, Supershows Running Domestically, Next Week’s TVs

WWE is on the road again this weekend, running Supershows domestically with Smackdown overseas. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Smackdown: Tonight from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan (more info) Saturday from the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China (more info) [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
AJ Lee Discusses Her Character, Comparisons To Miss Elizabeth, Says She’s Not The Perfect Girl Who Wears Makeup

AJ Lee Discusses Her Character, Comparisons To Miss Elizabeth, Says She’s Not The Perfect Girl Who Wears Makeup

ESPN.com has a new interview online with AJ Lee. While she talks a lot about gaming, she made some interesting comments regarding the progression of her character. Below is an excerpt: In terms of your television character, why do you [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
Vince & Linda McMahon Earned $24.1 Million In 2011

Vince & Linda McMahon Earned $24.1 Million In 2011

Vince and Linda McMahon have released their 2011 tax returns, which reports earnings of $24.1 million, which is down $6 million from the amount they earned in 2010. The McMahons paid $3.6 in federal taxes and $1.72 million in state [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk & Eve Film Cooking Show, AW Endorses Linda McMahon For Senate, NJPW Parent Company Co-Sponsors WWE Tour Of Japan

CM Punk & Eve Film Cooking Show, AW Endorses Linda McMahon For Senate, NJPW Parent Company Co-Sponsors WWE Tour Of Japan

- WWE Champion CM Punk and Eve Torres filmed a cooking special with celebrity chef Graham Elliot. Elliot posted a photo with the WWE stars on Twitter calling it a “culinary/wrestling smackdown.” You can view it embedded below: Today = [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE News
New Shoot Interviews With Bret Hart & Lanny Poffo

New Shoot Interviews With Bret Hart & Lanny Poffo

Offsettv has new shoot interviews with Bret Hart and Lanny Poffo. You can watch them in the video embedded below: Here is the promotional material sent to us regarding the interviews: Bret Shoots on: * Bischoff not reforming the Hart [...]

August 10, 2012 Other News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Gail Kim, Bully Ray, Robbie E & Robbie T

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Gail Kim, Bully Ray, Robbie E & Robbie T

This week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show with Gail Kim, Bully Ray, Robbie E, & Robbie T is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 10, 2012 TNA 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. [...]

August 10, 2012 WWE Spoilers
TNA Blog Zone – Angle & AJ Steal The Show!

TNA Blog Zone – Angle & AJ Steal The Show!

I know Kevin Nash is with the WWE, but since he was with TNA, and he’s making such waves this week, I thought I’d comment on it here. Honestly, I can’t get over how much he’s riled up the IWC! [...]

August 9, 2012 IW Blog Zone
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results (8/9/12) From Full Sail University – Another 3 Episodes Taped

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results (8/9/12) From Full Sail University – Another 3 Episodes Taped

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 9, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Impact Wrestling Results (8/9/12) – Bully Ray…..You’re NEXT!

Impact Wrestling Results (8/9/12) – Bully Ray…..You’re NEXT!

Impact Wrestling Results – 8/9/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package about the Claire/AJ storyline. Claire reveals she is an addict and AJ and Dixie helped [...]

August 9, 2012 TNA Results
CM Punk Scheduled For Next WWE NXT Taping

CM Punk Scheduled For Next WWE NXT Taping

WWE Champion CM Punk is scheduled to appear and compete at the next set of WWE NXT tapings from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on August 23, 2012. We’ll have full results from this week’s [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
Impact Dark Match Result

Impact Dark Match Result

Prior to this week’s live Impact Wrestling, Los Ben Dejos (who are students of the Team 3D Academy) beat CJ O’Doyle (a Wild Samoan student) & Sam Shaw in a dark match. [...]

August 9, 2012 TNA News
Major WWE Character Turn In The Works?

Major WWE Character Turn In The Works?

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 [...]

August 9, 2012 Insider Rumblings
Justin Credible Contacted For WWE Network; Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Justin Credible Contacted For WWE Network; Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

- Justin Credible noted on his Twitter account that he’s been contacted by WWE for work on the WWE Network. - Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker sent in the embed code for this week’s WWE Superstars: [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
Official Details On WWE Saturday Morning Slam; Vince McMahon Comments

Official Details On WWE Saturday Morning Slam; Vince McMahon Comments

WWE issued the following press release on their new weekly half-hour show called WWE Saturday Morning Slam that will debut on Saturday, August 25th at 10 AM on The CW Network. Below is the release in its entirety: STAMFORD, Conn., [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
Seeking Questions For Kurt Angle Interview

Seeking Questions For Kurt Angle Interview

It is an honor and privilege to announce that I will be interviewing the Olympic gold medalist, multi-time champion, one of the best in the world, and TNA star……Kurt Angle! I will be sitting down and interviewing Kurt Angle Tuesday [...]

August 9, 2012 Site News
Jackson Andrew’s Double Life, Sabu Listed As WWE Alum, New Corporate Hire, More On Punk Shooting On Bones Jones

Jackson Andrew’s Double Life, Sabu Listed As WWE Alum, New Corporate Hire, More On Punk Shooting On Bones Jones

- KABB Fox out of San Antonio covered the latest fiasco involving the “double life” of former WWE star Jackson Andrews. You can watch their report embedded in the video below: - WWE has announced that Sabu’s profile has been [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
<font color=red>10% Off Select WNW Premium Membership Plans</font> – Now Accepting ALL Major Credit & Debit Cards Without The Use Of Paypal

10% Off Select WNW Premium Membership Plans – Now Accepting ALL Major Credit & Debit Cards Without The Use Of Paypal

We are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting all major credit and debit cards without the use of Paypal for all WNW Premium Memberships! What this means is if you do not have a Paypal account or would [...]

August 9, 2012 Site News
What TNA’s Lawsuit Against WWE Means, WWE Reverting Back To WWF?, What’s Wrong With Kevin Nash

What TNA’s Lawsuit Against WWE Means, WWE Reverting Back To WWF?, What’s Wrong With Kevin Nash

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 9, 2012 Ask WNW
CM Punk Discusses The Highlight Of His Career & Why He Admires John Cena; Sabu Added To WWE Alumni

CM Punk Discusses The Highlight Of His Career & Why He Admires John Cena; Sabu Added To WWE Alumni

CM Punk recently took part in an interview with the Southtown Star, promoting his appearance at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this weekend. In the following excerpt, he names the highlight of his career: QUESTION: What was going through your [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (8/9/12) – Tokyo, Japan

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (8/9/12) – Tokyo, Japan

Wrestling News World reader Hiroaki Kawafukji attended today’s WWE Smackdown live event from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Below are full results: - Triple Threat Match for United States Title: Santino Marella (c) vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Kofi Kingston.The crowd [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE House Shows
Linda McMahon Boldly Proclaims She Met Vince In Church

Linda McMahon Boldly Proclaims She Met Vince In Church

POLITICO has an intriguing article online on Linda McMahon and her second attempt at a run for United States Senate. The piece, which highlights McMahon’s failed attempt in 2010, is titled “Linda McMahon 2.0: Ready to Rumble” and looks are [...]

August 9, 2012 WWE News
Another Set Of NXT Tapings Tonight, Live Event In Hartford, WWE Enters “The Newsroom”

Another Set Of NXT Tapings Tonight, Live Event In Hartford, WWE Enters “The Newsroom”

- Full Sail University will host another set of WWE NXT tapings Thursday night. As we noted earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, both Ryback and Sin Cara are scheduled to appear. We’ll have full taping results later tonight. - WWE has [...]

August 9, 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

TNA will broadcast this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Below is the official preview courtesy of ImpactWrestling.com: Preview Thursday’s huge LIVE broadcast as the road to the August 12 “Hardcore Justice” Pay-Per-View event continues: - [...]

August 9, 2012 TNA News