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New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

New TNA Knockout Women’s Champion

Miss Tessmacher defeated Madison Rayne during this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling to win the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship. Taryn Terrell (who was known as Tiffany in WWE) acted as the referee for the match. Click here to read this [...]

August 17, 2012 TNA News
Layla Reveals That She Underwent Two Surgeries Following Her Knee Injury, Discusses The State Of The Divas Division, More

Layla Reveals That She Underwent Two Surgeries Following Her Knee Injury, Discusses The State Of The Divas Division, More

The Miami Herald has a new article up with quotes from WWE Divas Champion Layla. In the article, she discusses the WWE Diva Search, internal perceptions of the contestants, SummerSlam, and more. In the following excerpt, Layla discusses her rehabilitation [...]

August 17, 2012 WWE News
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: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

August 17, 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. [...]

August 17, 2012 WWE Spoilers
TNA Blog Zone – Storm’s Not To Blame? Then Who Is?

TNA Blog Zone – Storm’s Not To Blame? Then Who Is?

It didn’t click for me that TNA’s Hardcore Justice was going up against the Closing Ceremony for the Olympics. I hadn’t thought about it until Sam asked if she could stay up to watch, and since she’s not allowed to [...]

August 16, 2012 IW Blog Zone
New WWE Videos – Brock Lesnar & John Cena Talk SummerSlam, The Miz Collects SummerSlam Predictions, More

New WWE Videos – Brock Lesnar & John Cena Talk SummerSlam, The Miz Collects SummerSlam Predictions, More

The official WWE YouTube channel has posted several new videos promoting WWE SummerSlam. The videos, which star John Cena, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, The Miz, AJ Lee, and more, are embedded below: John Cena talks respect and WWE Champion CM [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling Results (8/16/12) – The Accusing Is Over About Storm And Aces & Eights

Impact Wrestling Results (8/16/12) – The Accusing Is Over About Storm And Aces & Eights

Impact Wrestling Results – 8/16/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com TNA’s Impact Wrestling starts off with a video package about the Bound for Glory Series as it shows footages from last week’s matches [...]

August 16, 2012 TNA Results
CM Punk Backs WWE In The Firing Of Abraham Washington

CM Punk Backs WWE In The Firing Of Abraham Washington

TMZ caught up with WWE Champion CM Punk and asked him about WWE’s decision to fire Abraham Washington. Punk said he doesn’t like to see anyone lose their job, but that AW made a rape joke and there isn’t anything [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Returning To Impact Wrestling Next Week

Hulk Hogan Returning To Impact Wrestling Next Week

Hulk Hogan will return to Impact Wrestling next week to join Sting in calling out the Aces & Eights faction. [...]

August 16, 2012 TNA News
Rey Mysterio Says He Owns Nearly 500 Masks; Ken Shamrock Added To WWE Alumni

Rey Mysterio Says He Owns Nearly 500 Masks; Ken Shamrock Added To WWE Alumni

-Rey Mysterio recently took part in an interview with the local Fox affiliate of Austin, Texas. In the interview, he claims he has nearly 500 masks, discusses Mil Mascaras, and more. The interview is embedded below: -Wrestling News World reader [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
Bully Ray To Open This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Bully Ray To Open This Week’s Impact Wrestling

This week’s live Impact Wrestling will open with Bully Ray cutting a promo about his main event Bound for Glory series match against Jeff Hardy. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com [...]

August 16, 2012 TNA News
WWE Talent Visit Children’s Hospital; President Barack Obama Makes “WWF” Mention

WWE Talent Visit Children’s Hospital; President Barack Obama Makes “WWF” Mention

- World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, Hornswoggle, Eve and Alicia Fox visited patients at the Mattel Children’s Hospital. You can view a photo gallery WWE uploaded on Facebook at this link. - President Barack Obama made a statement to Entertainment Weekly’s [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
Gail Kim Says She’s Always Been The Happiest In TNA, How Long She Plans On Wrestling, Greatest Moment Of Her Career

Gail Kim Says She’s Always Been The Happiest In TNA, How Long She Plans On Wrestling, Greatest Moment Of Her Career

The Daily Reporter has a new Q&A online with Gail Kim to promote Friday’s TNA live event in Spencer, Iowa. Below is an excerpt: Working for TNA Wrestling: “I’ve always been happiest here,” Kim said. “I’ve always felt this company [...]

August 16, 2012 TNA News
Crimson Works OVW TV Taping; Says He Chooses To Spend His Free Time Wisely

Crimson Works OVW TV Taping; Says He Chooses To Spend His Free Time Wisely

Crimson, who hasn’t been booked recently on TNA television, worked the Ohio Valley Wrestling television taping on Wednesday night. The former undefeated TNA star went over Randy Royal and cut a promo about how the OVW Heavyweight Championship was his [...]

August 16, 2012 Ohio Valley Wrestling
Backstage News On Who Saved Abraham Washington’s Job In WWE After The Kobe Bryant Joke But What Ultimately Resulted In Vince McMahon Terminating His Contract; Full Details On Why No One Tried To Talk Him Out Of Firing AW The Second Time Around

Backstage News On Who Saved Abraham Washington’s Job In WWE After The Kobe Bryant Joke But What Ultimately Resulted In Vince McMahon Terminating His Contract; Full Details On Why No One Tried To Talk Him Out Of Firing AW The Second Time Around

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August 16, 2012 Backstage 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: - IMPACT will feature the aftermath of “Hardcore Justice” as the road begins to September’s “No Surrender” event! STILL World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries will be there – but how [...]

August 16, 2012 TNA News
Why Cody Rhodes Was Buried, New WWE Title Belt, WWE & Social Media, Worst Mistake In History

Why Cody Rhodes Was Buried, New WWE Title Belt, WWE & Social Media, Worst Mistake In History

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 16, 2012 Ask WNW
Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE “Outside The Ring” Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE “Outside The Ring” Here

The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending this in. [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
Alberto Del Rio’s Brother In WWE Developmental; Donald Trump Congratulates Linda McMahon

Alberto Del Rio’s Brother In WWE Developmental; Donald Trump Congratulates Linda McMahon

- The WWE developmental profile of Alberto Del Rio’s brother, Memo Montenegro, is available at this link. Montenegro’s real name is Guillermo Rodríguez. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - Donald Trump, who has donated to the [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE News
WWE Games Creative Director Speaks On WWE ’13; Complete Roster To Be Revealed On Saturday

WWE Games Creative Director Speaks On WWE ’13; Complete Roster To Be Revealed On Saturday

- WWE has an article online featuring a Q&A with THQ’s Cory Ledesma, the creative director on the WWE Games team, where he talks about WWE ’13. Click here to read it. - Speaking of WWE ’13, THQ will reveal [...]

August 16, 2012 WWE 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 16, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Watch The Latest Episode Of TNA Today With Samoa Joe Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of TNA Today With Samoa Joe Here

The latest episode of TNA Today features Samoa Joe and is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 15, 2012 TNA News
Kevin Rudolf To Perform At SummerSlam

Kevin Rudolf To Perform At SummerSlam

WWE announced on dot com that Kevin Rudolf will perform “Don’t Give Up” at SummerSlam on Sunday. The song is the official theme song of the show. Click here for coverage by the official WWE website. We’ll have exclusive live [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Booking Christian With Uncertainty, Tensai Scaled Back, Roddy Piper Angers Vince McMahon, WWE Ignoring AW Firing, Mysterio Is Back, Manipulating Crowd Reactions, WWE TV Set, TNA Contracts, Booker T As Smackdown’s GM, Revealing Match Outcomes

Booking Christian With Uncertainty, Tensai Scaled Back, Roddy Piper Angers Vince McMahon, WWE Ignoring AW Firing, Mysterio Is Back, Manipulating Crowd Reactions, WWE TV Set, TNA Contracts, Booker T As Smackdown’s GM, Revealing Match Outcomes

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August 15, 2012 Premium Mailbags
Official Details On New “Scooby-Doo” Film By WWE Studios; Big Show Films Drunk Driving PSA

Official Details On New “Scooby-Doo” Film By WWE Studios; Big Show Films Drunk Driving PSA

- WWE issued the following press release regarding the new animated “Scooby-Doo” film with Warner Bros: STAMFORD, Conn., August 15, 2012 – Warner Bros. and WWE Studios (NYSE:WWE) announced they will co-produce a Scooby-Doo animated feature that will find Scooby [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
TNA Hardcore Justice Replay Available For Purchase Here

TNA Hardcore Justice Replay Available For Purchase Here

The replay of TNA Hardcore Justice 2012 is available for purchase on YouTube. The show is priced at $34.99 and can be bought below: [...]

August 15, 2012 TNA News
Kurt Angle Confirms Olympic Career Is Over, Talks About Funny Or Die Video, Plans On Acting After Wrestling

Kurt Angle Confirms Olympic Career Is Over, Talks About Funny Or Die Video, Plans On Acting After Wrestling

ZOO Magazine has a new Q&A online with Kurt Angle. Below is an excerpt: Would you consider training for the 2016 Olympics? No! By that time I’d be 47, that’s definitely not an option for me. As I said, I [...]

August 15, 2012 TNA News
JR Blog – WWE Signs Former NFL Linemen, Holding Invitation-Only Tryout Camp In LA, SummerSlam Main Event

JR Blog – WWE Signs Former NFL Linemen, Holding Invitation-Only Tryout Camp In LA, SummerSlam Main Event

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below is an excerpt: A couple of the new, former NFL linemen that WWE has signed to begin training have lost well over 100, perhaps closer to 200 [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Backstage News From This Week’s Raw – Several Re-Writes, Internal Reaction To Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz, Details On Two Main Event Workers WWE Has A Complete Lack Of Confidence In, Booking Brock Lesnar At SummerSlam & What Vince McMahon Went Out Of His Way To Do On Monday Night

Backstage News From This Week’s Raw – Several Re-Writes, Internal Reaction To Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz, Details On Two Main Event Workers WWE Has A Complete Lack Of Confidence In, Booking Brock Lesnar At SummerSlam & What Vince McMahon Went Out Of His Way To Do On Monday Night

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August 15, 2012 Backstage News
WWE Studios Set To Co-Produce Upcoming WrestleMania-Themed Scooby-Doo Animated Movie

WWE Studios Set To Co-Produce Upcoming WrestleMania-Themed Scooby-Doo Animated Movie

The official WWE website has announced that Warner Bros. & WWE Studios will co-produce an upcoming Scooby-Doo animated movie. The feature, which involves a mystery at WrestleMania, is explained in the synopsis below: WWE Superstars and Divas including Triple H, [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Dates Left On Brock Lesnar’s WWE Contract, What Has To Happen At SummerSlam, WWE Network Update, Linda McMahon Over First Hurdle

Dates Left On Brock Lesnar’s WWE Contract, What Has To Happen At SummerSlam, WWE Network Update, Linda McMahon Over First Hurdle

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 15, 2012 Ask WNW
Chris Jericho Discusses Leaving WWE For Fozzy, Touring, Helping Dolph Ziggler

Chris Jericho Discusses Leaving WWE For Fozzy, Touring, Helping Dolph Ziggler

The Austin Chronicle has a new article online featuring quotes from Chris Jericho. Below is an excerpt: Austin Chronicle: When you’re thinking, ‘OK, now’s Fozzy time and now’s WWE time,” how do you make that decision? Chris Jericho: It’s really [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Ric Flair Hit With A Bottle Of Water At Gathering Of The Juggalos

Ric Flair Hit With A Bottle Of Water At Gathering Of The Juggalos

Ric Flair made his first post-TNA appearance at the Gathering of the Juggalos over the weekend. Flair was actually hit with a bottle of water thrown from the crowd, resulting in him refusing to go back out on stage. [...]

August 15, 2012 Other News
Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Inbox Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of WWE Inbox Here

The latest episode of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below: [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Presale Password To Raw In Dallas, Khloe Kardashian The Social Media Ambassador For Raw, Linda McMahon Drops $61 Million

Presale Password To Raw In Dallas, Khloe Kardashian The Social Media Ambassador For Raw, Linda McMahon Drops $61 Million

- The presale password to obtain tickets to the February 25, 2013 episode of WWE Raw from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas is DWFRTV. The presale is ongoing until Friday, August 17th at 10 PM. Tickets go on [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
Kevin Nash Discusses Controversial Grantland Piece

Kevin Nash Discusses Controversial Grantland Piece

Wrestling News World reader Steven Muehlhausen conducted an interview with Kevin Nash at Chicago Comic Con. One of the topics discussed was the controversial Grantland piece regarding his comments on Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. Below [...]

August 15, 2012 Other News
Alex Shelley Booked For Indy Show Later This Month

Alex Shelley Booked For Indy Show Later This Month

Alex Shelley is booked for  Clash Wrestling’s show on August 25, 2012 in the main event against former TNA Wrestling star Petey Williams. While we do not usually cover independent promotions, I felt it was worth mentioning because it was [...]

August 15, 2012 Other News
Rey Mysterio Talks About Life On The Road, Respect Of The Business, WWE’s Anti-Bullying Campaign

Rey Mysterio Talks About Life On The Road, Respect Of The Business, WWE’s Anti-Bullying Campaign

Rey Mysterio was on KTBC-TV out of Austin, Texas to promote this week’s Smackdown taping in the city. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: [...]

August 15, 2012 WWE News
World Heavyweight Championship Match Set For SummerSlam (Smackdown Spoiler)

World Heavyweight Championship Match Set For SummerSlam (Smackdown Spoiler)

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 14, 2012 WWE News
RAW Is Blogged – HBK’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

RAW Is Blogged – HBK’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

I feel better about RAW last night after reading what Richard wrote about the audio on the show. I thought some of the chants were off, and that announce appeared to be heard by the fans at one point as [...]

August 14, 2012 Raw is Blogged