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X-Division Championship Match Kicks Off Impact Wrestling Tonight

Dixie Carter tweeted on her official Twitter account that the X-Division Championship match will kick off tonight’s Impact Wrestling. X-Division Champion Rob Van Dam will face Zema Ion. Her tweet is embedded below: X Div Title Match kicks off #ImpactLIVE [...]

October 25, 2012 TNA News
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WWE Spokesman Reveals Vince McMahon Donated $5 Million Personally To Trump Charity; Obama Supporters Endorsing McMahon?

The Smoking Gun reported in January that WWE gave $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2010 due to his involvement in WWE storylines. The donation became a political talking point when Trump recently offered to pay $5 [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
CM Punk

Alberto Del Rio’s Brother Speaks Out, CM Punk Refuses To Address Fan Attack, WWE Live Event Notes

- Alberto Del Rio’s brother, Memo Montenegro, recently spoke to The Miami Herald about coming up in the wrestling business as a WWE developmental worker. “It’s an incredible experience… In the three, four months I’ve been here, I’ve already learned [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
NXT Wrestling

Despite Hurricane Sandy, NXT Wrestling Live Event In West Palm Beach Still Scheduled As Planned

A hurricane isn’t enough to scare NXT Wrestling from running a show. We received the following press release/media advisory on Thursday evening: **NXT IN WEST PALM BEACH STILL SCHEDULED AS PLANNED ** West Palm Beach, Fl, October 25, 2012 With Hurricane Sandy in the [...]

October 25, 2012 NXT Wrestling
Mick Foley

WWE Filming Mick Foley Footage, Konnan Not Being Blackballed, Trish Stratus Appearing In Mickie James Video

- WWE is filming footage for the new Mick Foley DVD at his home on Thursday. The company recently had a camera crew at Shawn Michaels’ ranch for the same project. - For those that missed it on this week’s [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
AJ Lee

Who Pushed To Replace AJ Lee, Brock Lesnar At HIAC?, Booking 3MB, Adult Content On WWE TV

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 [...]

October 25, 2012 Ask WNW
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David Otunga Reveals Best Bench Press; Discusses Role In “The Hive”

David Otunga is interviewed in the November 2012 issue of Muscle & Fitness now out on newsstands everywhere. Below are the highlights: What’s your best bench? Back when I was in law school I benched 515. Next year you’ll be [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
The Rock

WWE Bands We’d Like To See, The Rock’s Role At Wrestlemania 29, Watch John Cena On “The Chew,” Vickie Has Proof Of AJ Affair

- Dot com has an article now online looking at “WWE Bands we’d like to see.” You can read it at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - Speaking of dot com, they have an [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling

New TNA Live Events, Spike TV Filming King Mo, TNA Stars Appearing At Hogan Beach Show Opening, Tara’s Pizzeria Highlighted

- TNA Wrestling has announced new live events in New York. The company will run at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on 12/29 and at the Times Union Center in Albany on 12/30. - To update on an earlier [...]

October 25, 2012 TNA News
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Next Week’s WWE Main Event, Wrestlemania XXVIII Buyrate, Reyes Backstage At Smackdown, WWE Looking For Divas

- Next week’s WWE Main Event will be headlined by Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players. The show will be taped next Tuesday from the Crown Center in Fayetteville, NC. [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
Mike Graham

Full Details On The Tragic Self-Inflicted Death Of Mike Graham

The tragic details behind the self-inflicted death of Mike Graham have emerged after authorities released their incident report. According to police, Graham was found dead by his wife, Diane Hamilton, on the night of Thursday, October 18, 2012. Police and [...]

October 25, 2012 Other News
Samoa Joe

Full Details On Who The Top WWE Star Is That Is Pushing The Company To Sign Samoa Joe Once Ongoing Litigation With TNA Wrestling Is Settled

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October 25, 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: - “Championship Thursday” is back, and the World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as new titleholder “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy defends the gold against an opponent to [...]

October 25, 2012 TNA News
CM Punk Discusses His Feud With Ryback, Potentially Facing The Rock, His Final Goal To Accomplish In WWE, More

CM Punk Discusses His Feud With Ryback, Potentially Facing The Rock, His Final Goal To Accomplish In WWE, More

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Score Television Network and the Baltimore Sun recently spoke with current WWE Champion CM Punk about the upcoming WWE ’13 video game, his WWE Hell in a Cell opponent, what he’d still like to accomplish [...]

October 25, 2012 WWE News
Jessie Godderz

Jessie Godderz Comments On His Bound For Glory Debut

As known on Impact Wrestling as Jessie from Big Brother, Jessie Godderz was recently interviewed by ESPN Playbook. In the interview, he discussed his TNA Bound for Glory debut where he was revealed as Tara‘s Hollywood boyfriend. Below is the [...]

October 25, 2012 TNA News
Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s WWE Main Event Here

Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s WWE Main Event Here

Below are several video highlights from this week’s WWE Main Event: A Look At The “Showoff” Dolph Ziggler A Special Look At Ryback’s In-Ring Destruction Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio Special Interview with Paul Heyman [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Updates From Steve Austin & Jim Ross; John Cena Addressing Questions Via Tout & Twitter

Updates From Steve Austin & Jim Ross; John Cena Addressing Questions Via Tout & Twitter

- Steve Austin has a new blog entry available at this link. - Jim Ross has a new blog now online on his official website at this link. - While I was under the impression John Cena would be appearing [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
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Preliminary Buyrate For WWE Night Of Champions

The preliminary buyrate numbers for WWE Night of Champions are in. The show did an estimated 189,000 buys with 100,000 being US and Canada and 89,000 international, according to WWE’s key performance indicators. The final figures will be announced with [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE & SyFy Issue Press Release On Next SuperSmackdown Live

WWE & SyFy Issue Press Release On Next SuperSmackdown Live

WWE and SyFy issued the following press release on Wednesday or the upcoming SuperSmackdown Live: NEW YORK — October 24, 2012 – Syfy and WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced “SuperSmackDown Live,” will air Tuesday, November 6 at 8PM (ET/PT). The Syfy [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE 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: [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
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Rey Mysterio Says Last ACL Tear Was Worst Injury Of His Career; Reveals Recent Serious Illness

Rey Mysterio did a chat with users here on ESPN.com to promote WWE ’13. Below are the highlights: Worst injury ever: Two injuries have been really bad. My ACL tears and my bicep tear. If I had to put one [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Why Panda Energy Continues To Fund TNA Wrestling, Bully Ray Headling (In WWE?), Logic Behind 3MB, What Makes The Best [And Worst] Crowds, WWE Roster Cuts, Heat On CM Punk Over Blading?, John Cena & Hell In A Cell, Reason To Be Alarmed Over Monday’s Raw Rating

Why Panda Energy Continues To Fund TNA Wrestling, Bully Ray Headling (In WWE?), Logic Behind 3MB, What Makes The Best [And Worst] Crowds, WWE Roster Cuts, Heat On CM Punk Over Blading?, John Cena & Hell In A Cell, Reason To Be Alarmed Over Monday’s Raw Rating

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October 24, 2012 Premium Mailbags
Dana White

Dana White Claims He Talked To Brock Lesnar A Couple Days Ago; Says He Can Wrestle But He Can’t Fight

UFC President Dana White was on Dave and Mahoney on 107.5 in Las Vegas and was asked about Brock Lesnar. Here’s a paraphrased excerpt of what he said: “He’s [Brock Lesnar] done. He called me a couple days ago. He’s [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
King Mo

King Mo Says Pro Wrestling Training Is Three Times Harder Than MMA Training; Thinks MMA Is A Fad

Bleacher Report has a new article online featuring quotes from former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and current TNA Wrestling superstar Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. Below are the highlights: Training in OVW under Nick Dinsmore and Frank Miller: “I thought it [...]

October 24, 2012 TNA News
One Hell In A Cell Match, Steve Austin Acting, WWE Unifying Titles, Booking Kane

One Hell In A Cell Match, Steve Austin Acting, WWE Unifying Titles, Booking Kane

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 [...]

October 24, 2012 Ask WNW
John Cena

John Cena To “Address” Situation With AJ Lee On WWE Hell In A Cell YouTube Preshow

It was announced at this week’s Smackdown taping that John Cena will “address” the situation with AJ Lee during the WWE Hell in a Cell YouTube Preshow. I’m told this is to continue to stress the importance of the pre-shows [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Brock Lesnar

New WWE Signings, Dragon Gate USA Name Works Smackdown Dark Match, Grandpa Lesnar?

- Denton Blackwell (Twitter) and Alisha Ceraso have signed developmental contracts with WWE. Blackwell is from Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling and Ceraso is a fitness model. She’ll be working [in WWE] as Dani and can be found on Twitter [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho Thinks Ryback Should Go Over CM Punk At WWE Hell In A Cell

Amid recent comments that quoted Chris Jericho as to saying Ryback needed to go over CM Punk for the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell on Sunday because Punk had gone as far as he could go, Jericho wrote [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Wes Brisco

Wes Brisco Hospitalized

Wes Brisco has been hospitalized for dehydration. He wrote on Twitter that his “kidneys stopped working” and that he was in a lot of pain. You can view a photo he posted at this link. [...]

October 24, 2012 TNA News
John Layfield Berates The Referees For Taking Too Long To Fix The Ring Ropes At Smackdown Taping

John Layfield Berates The Referees For Taking Too Long To Fix The Ring Ropes At Smackdown Taping

WWE uploaded footage on their official YouTube channel of John “Bradshaw” Layfield berating the referees while fixing the ring ropes at this week’s Smackdown taping. You can view the footage embedded in the video below: [...]

October 24, 2012 WWE News
Spike TV Reportedly Set To Film Show At Ohio Valley Wrestling

Spike TV Reportedly Set To Film Show At Ohio Valley Wrestling

The official Twitter account of Ohio Valley Wrestling sent tweets out saying that Spike TV will be filming at the Davis Arena. The tweet is embedded below: @spiketv cameras will be @ovwrestling TV tomorrow night! 4400 Shepherdsville Rd in Lou. [...]

October 23, 2012 Ohio Valley Wrestling
Title Match Set For WWE Hell In A Cell (Smackdown Spoiler)

Title Match Set For WWE Hell In A Cell (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. [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE News
*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

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. [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE Spoilers
*Spoilers* WWE Saturday Morning Slam Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

*Spoilers* WWE Saturday Morning Slam Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

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. [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE Spoilers
WWE Raw Rating – How Low Will It Go?

WWE Raw Rating – How Low Will It Go?

Richard Gray posted the viewership numbers for WWE Raw earlier today. The rating is in and it is the lowest Raw rating in 15 years for a non-holiday episode. It scored a 2.48 cable rating. Raw Ratings Archive [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE News
Unbelievable Details On How Vince McMahon Is Testing John Cena With New Angle Involving AJ Lee; How It Hits Very Close To Home & Involves Real-Life Backstage Drama

Unbelievable Details On How Vince McMahon Is Testing John Cena With New Angle Involving AJ Lee; How It Hits Very Close To Home & Involves Real-Life Backstage Drama

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October 23, 2012 Insider Rumblings
*Spoilers* WWE Main Event Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

*Spoilers* WWE Main Event Taping Results From Providence, Rhode Island

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. [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Diamond Dallas Page Speaks On WWE Scripting Promos, Working With Randy Savage, What’s Different In Wrestling Today

Diamond Dallas Page Speaks On WWE Scripting Promos, Working With Randy Savage, What’s Different In Wrestling Today

Wrestling News World reader Frank Manzo sent in the following: Former WCW and WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page recently sat down with Joe Omega and Frank Manzo of Wrestle Reaction for a long, in-depth interview. Visit WrestleReaction.net for the archive. On Scripted [...]

October 23, 2012 Other News
John Layfield Remembers Eddie Guerrero In New Blog, Upcoming NXT Tapings, CM Punk At Comic Con This Weekend

John Layfield Remembers Eddie Guerrero In New Blog, Upcoming NXT Tapings, CM Punk At Comic Con This Weekend

- John Layfield posted a blog here on his Facebook page where he reminisces about a match with Eddie Guerrero. He talks about Eddie’s Frog Splash off the top of the steel cage and preparation for it. JBL is in [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE News
Rare Photo Of Steve Austin With CM Punk As A Kid, Smackdown In Flair Country, Presale Password

Rare Photo Of Steve Austin With CM Punk As A Kid, Smackdown In Flair Country, Presale Password

- We found a photo of a young Steve Austin with an even younger CM Punk you can view below:               For more rare wrestling photos, like us on Facebook. - WWE will tape [...]

October 23, 2012 WWE News