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Backstage News From SummerSlam, Update On Big TNA Name To WWE, Original Plans For Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar & Who Made The Call To Change Them, Jericho Leaves WWE, What HHH Is Doing To Prepare To Take Control Of WWE, Rey Mysterio Suffers Concussion, Top 3 Matches For Wrestlemania XXIX, Who Jeff Jarrett Is Talking With To Purchase Part Of TNA, Ask WNW Archive

Backstage News From SummerSlam, Update On Big TNA Name To WWE, Original Plans For Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar & Who Made The Call To Change Them, Jericho Leaves WWE, What HHH Is Doing To Prepare To Take Control Of WWE, Rey Mysterio Suffers Concussion, Top 3 Matches For Wrestlemania XXIX, Who Jeff Jarrett Is Talking With To Purchase Part Of TNA, Ask WNW Archive

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August 25, 2012 Premium Newsletter
WWE Raw House Show Results (8/24/12) – Cape Girardeau, Missouri

WWE Raw House Show Results (8/24/12) – Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event in Cape Girardeau, Missouri: * Tyson Kidd b. Tensai * Big E Langston b. Tensai * Alex Riley b. David Otunga * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Aksana * [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE House Shows
Estimated Buyrate For WWE Money In The Bank 2012

Estimated Buyrate For WWE Money In The Bank 2012

WWE has updated their key performance indicators, estimating the buyrate for WWE Money in the Bank at approximately 200,000 buys. The show did 195,000 buys last year and 165,000 the year prior. [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE News
WWE Saturday Morning Slam Matches Bar Moves Or Holds Aimed At The Neck

WWE Saturday Morning Slam Matches Bar Moves Or Holds Aimed At The Neck

WWE Saturday Morning Slam premiered Saturday morning on the CW Network. Matches taped for the show feature a no-contact rule to the head/neck region, making bouts appropriate for children. WWE highlighted the rule in information sent out to cable and [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

Watch The Latest Episode 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: [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE News
Weekly Rundown: I’m Back, Bay-Bay!

Weekly Rundown: I’m Back, Bay-Bay!

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 25, 2012 Landau Rundown
Details On WWE Programming Premiering Today – WWE Saturday Morning Slam & WrestleMania XXVIII Special

Details On WWE Programming Premiering Today – WWE Saturday Morning Slam & WrestleMania XXVIII Special

Today, WWE will air the first episode of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, as well as the one-hour WrestleMania XXVIII special -WWE Saturday Morning Slam will premiere on Vortexx, a block of children’s television on The CW, at 10:00 AM ET. [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE News
Video: John Cena Announces That He Will Be At The September 20 NXT Taping

Video: John Cena Announces That He Will Be At The September 20 NXT Taping

The official WWE website has posted a video of the end of the latest NXT taping in which John Cena interrupts CM Punk and Seth Rollins‘ post-match celebration. He then announces that he will be at the next taping of [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE News
Triple H To Address His Future On Next Week’s Raw

Triple H To Address His Future On Next Week’s Raw

WWE has announced that Triple H, following his loss to Brock Lesnar at WWE SummerSlam, will address his future on the August 27 edition of Raw from the BMO Bank Harris Center in Milwaukee, Winsconsin: MONDAY on @wwe #RAW: What’s [...]

August 25, 2012 WWE 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: [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.15 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,717,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

August 24, 2012 TNA News
Watch A Vignette For Derrick Bateman As “The USA Guy” Here

Watch A Vignette For Derrick Bateman As “The USA Guy” Here

The official WWE Universe & John Cena Twitter accounts have linked to a YouTube channel titled “TheUSAGuyWWE.” The only video on the account is a vignette for Derrick Bateman portraying “The USA Guy.” The video is embedded below: [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Watch A Preview For The Attitude Era Mode In WWE ’13 Here; Billy Gunn Added To WWE Alumni

Watch A Preview For The Attitude Era Mode In WWE ’13 Here; Billy Gunn Added To WWE Alumni

-The official WWE Games YouTube channel has posted a preview of the Attitude Era mode in the upcoming WWE ’13 video game, embedded below: -Billy Gunn has been added to the Alumni section of the official WWE website. Click here [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Weekly Wrestlemania XXIX Update – The Top Three Matches For Next Year’s Show As Of Today Including Who Challenges For The WWE Championship, “The Streak,” Plus Another Dream Match Many Have Been Anticipating For Years

Weekly Wrestlemania XXIX Update – The Top Three Matches For Next Year’s Show As Of Today Including Who Challenges For The WWE Championship, “The Streak,” Plus Another Dream Match Many Have Been Anticipating For Years

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August 24, 2012 Backstage News
Why Fans Aren’t Sold On Del Rio vs. Sheamus, When Vince Will Step Aside, The Failure Of Tensai, Ryback’s Future

Why Fans Aren’t Sold On Del Rio vs. Sheamus, When Vince Will Step Aside, The Failure Of Tensai, Ryback’s Future

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 24, 2012 Ask WNW
Brodus Clay Discusses Transition To Funkasaurus; How He Got The Job As Snoop Dogg’s Bodyguard

Brodus Clay Discusses Transition To Funkasaurus; How He Got The Job As Snoop Dogg’s Bodyguard

The Green Bay Press Gazette has a new Q&A online with Brodus Clay. Below is an excerpt: On transition to the Funkasaurus: To be honest, that’s more of who I am. I never was the silent angry type. I’ve always [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Ken Shamrock Incapacitates Woman During Mall Skirmish

Ken Shamrock Incapacitates Woman During Mall Skirmish

Former WWF Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock was involved in a skirmish at a mall in Modesto, California last month. TMZ is reporting Shamrock saw two women fighting each other in front of the Coach store and jumped in to try [...]

August 24, 2012 Other News
Daffney Says She Was In A Serious Car Accident On Monday

Daffney Says She Was In A Serious Car Accident On Monday

Former TNA Knockout Daffney wrote on Facebook she was in a serious car accident on Monday. Below is an excerpt from her Facebook post: Monday night I was in a car accident. I was driving along I-4 and I hydroplaned [...]

August 24, 2012 Other News
Rey Mysterio Says Retirement Isn’t Is Sight; Provides An Update After Concussion

Rey Mysterio Says Retirement Isn’t Is Sight; Provides An Update After Concussion

PGStar.com has a new Q&A online with Rey Mysterio. Below are the highlights: Is in-ring retirement in sight yet? No, not at all. After this surgery, it kind of set me back almost a year trying to get my knee [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Weekend WWE Schedule – Five Live Events, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

Weekend WWE Schedule – Five Live Events, Next Week’s TVs, Seeking Reports & Correspondents

WWE is back on the road this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri (more info) Saturday from the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois (more info) Sunday from the [...]

August 24, 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 #81 of Z! True Long Island Story with Zack Ryder is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 24, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Taryn Terrell, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Robbie E, & Robbie T

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Taryn Terrell, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Robbie E, & Robbie T

This week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show with Taryn Terrell, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Robbie E, Robbie T, and more is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 24, 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 24, 2012 WWE Spoilers
TNA Blog Zone – 52 Pickup!

TNA Blog Zone – 52 Pickup!

I really loath starting the BZ each week with some sort of bashing of TNA, but after Dixie’s announcement on Wednesday, I just can’t hold my tongue. Dixie is excited about sending Doug Williams to OVW to train the young [...]

August 23, 2012 IW Blog Zone
*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results (8/23/12) From Full Sail University – CM Punk Appears

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results (8/23/12) From Full Sail University – CM Punk Appears

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 23, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Impact Wrestling Results (8/23/12) – Aces And 8s Members Spread Like Wildfire

Impact Wrestling Results (8/23/12) – Aces And 8s Members Spread Like Wildfire

Impact Wrestling Results – 8/23/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com TNA’s Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video of the Aces and 8s. The faction rides into the parking lot of the Impact [...]

August 23, 2012 TNA Results
Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE Superstars, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

August 23, 2012 WWE News
Jeff Hardy Discusses What Lies Ahead For Him In TNA; AJ Styles On Becoming A Christian

Jeff Hardy Discusses What Lies Ahead For Him In TNA; AJ Styles On Becoming A Christian

- Wrestling News World reader Mike Jones sent this in: This is Mike Jones from DC101 in Washington, DC. I just spoke to Jeff Hardy about a bunch of things, the Bound for Glory Series, being around legends like Hulk [...]

August 23, 2012 TNA News
Magnus Tapped To Host Reality Series In The UK

Magnus Tapped To Host Reality Series In The UK

Dixie Carter posted the following on Twitter: Was excited to secure Magnus as co-host of the UK’s Strongest Man for @challengetv!Looking forward to more exciting things in his future! — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) August 23, 2012 [...]

August 23, 2012 TNA News
Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE “Outside The Ring” With The Prime Time Players Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE “Outside The Ring” With The Prime Time Players Here

The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” features The Prime Time Players and is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 23, 2012 WWE News
Backstage News On Who Jeff Jarrett Is Talking With To Become A New Investor In TNA Wrestling; How Him Re-Gaining Control Is Still Considered A Long Shot,The Position Of The Carter Family Including What Dixie Carter Is Looking For In A New Investor

Backstage News On Who Jeff Jarrett Is Talking With To Become A New Investor In TNA Wrestling; How Him Re-Gaining Control Is Still Considered A Long Shot,The Position Of The Carter Family Including What Dixie Carter Is Looking For In A New Investor

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August 23, 2012 Backstage News
Watch Rey Mysterio In A Spanish Trident Commercial Here

Watch Rey Mysterio In A Spanish Trident Commercial Here

Rey Mysterio is featured in a Spanish Trident commercial. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

August 23, 2012 WWE News
The Last Of Chris Jericho?, Tyler Reks’ Release & The Future Of Hawkins, The Rock’s Return To Raw, Austin At Wrestlemania

The Last Of Chris Jericho?, Tyler Reks’ Release & The Future Of Hawkins, The Rock’s Return To Raw, Austin At Wrestlemania

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 23, 2012 Ask WNW
Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: - It’s the return of the monthly Open Fight Night on Thursday’s broadcast, featuring the huge return of “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan as he vows to help Sting and other [...]

August 23, 2012 TNA News
Kurt Angle Opens Health Up Cafe, Hardcore Justice Doesn’t Crack 10,000 Buys, Gunner Gets Married

Kurt Angle Opens Health Up Cafe, Hardcore Justice Doesn’t Crack 10,000 Buys, Gunner Gets Married

- Kurt Angle has opened the Health Up Cafe in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, coffee and cold drinks daily. Click here for coverage by WTAE Pittsburgh. - Preliminary estimates are that TNA Hardcore Justice didn’t crack [...]

August 23, 2012 TNA News
WWE Wishes Tyler Reks The Best In Future Endeavors; Mark Henry & Eve In Alaska

WWE Wishes Tyler Reks The Best In Future Endeavors; Mark Henry & Eve In Alaska

- WWE wished Tyler Reks the best in his future endeavors via a Tweet posted on iPad. Below is the Tweet: WWE has come to terms on the release of Gabe Tufts (Tyler Reks) as of Tuesday, Aug. 21. We [...]

August 23, 2012 WWE News
Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

Full WWE Superstars Taping Results For Today

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August 23, 2012 WWE Spoilers
JR – Who Is Best In The World, Daniel Bryan For MVP, Top Talent Taking time Off, CM Punk Broadcasting Matches At NXT?

JR – Who Is Best In The World, Daniel Bryan For MVP, Top Talent Taking time Off, CM Punk Broadcasting Matches At NXT?

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below is an excerpt: Enjoyed SummerSlam by and large. HHH/ Lesnar was intense and old school. Loved it. Some younger fans who like circus acts may have wanted [...]

August 22, 2012 WWE News
Dixie Carter Confirms Doug Williams Is Headed To OVW To Train Talent

Dixie Carter Confirms Doug Williams Is Headed To OVW To Train Talent

Dixie Carter confirmed Wednesday on Twitter that Doug Williams will begin training TNA prospects in Ohio Valley Wrestling. OVW is the promotion’s official developmental territory. Below is the Tweet: Doug Williams has been brought in as a trainer for OVW.Can’t [...]

August 22, 2012 Ohio Valley Wrestling
Videos: New Preview Of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, Booker T On TMZ, Smackdown’s Tour Of Japan

Videos: New Preview Of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, Booker T On TMZ, Smackdown’s Tour Of Japan

-The official WWE YouTube channel has posted another video preview of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, in which several WWE Superstars discuss their favorite Olympic sport: -TMZ caught up with Booker T, who discussed his infamous blunder on WCW in 1996. [...]

August 22, 2012 WWE News