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Bobby Lashley

Report: Bobby Lashley Signs Multi-Year Exclusive MMA Contract

Bobby Lashley signed a new multi-year exclusive agreement with Pearls Super Fight League in India, according to MMAMatrix.com. Lashley will return to India with the promotion for a fight on Friday, June 7, 2013 in Mumbai. “I’m looking forward to [...]

April 27, 2013 Other News, What's Hot?
Dolph Ziggler

WWE Raw Live Results (4/26/13) – Moscow, Russia

Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Moscow, Russia: * R-Truth b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka & AJ Lee in a triple threat match * Daniel Bryan b. World Heavyweight [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE House Shows, WWE News
John Cena & The Rock

The Rock Continues Rhetoric That He Could Have Worked His Last Match

The Rock did a Q&A on Twitter Friday evening. In it, he continued with the rhetoric that his match at Wrestlemania 29 could have been his last, talked about his future schedule and confirmed he was asked to be in [...]

April 26, 2013 Top Stories, WWE News
Hernandez & Chavo Guerrero

Impact Wrestling Audience Drops Against The NFL Draft

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, up against stiff competition with the 2013 NFL Draft and the NBA Playoffs, did an average viewing audience of 1,226,000 viewers on Spike TV. The show ended up doing a 0.99 cable rating. The [...]

April 26, 2013 TNA News, Top Stories
John Layfield

This Week’s JBL & Cole Show, Hot Photo Of The Bella Twins

The JBL & Cole Show This week’s episode of The JBL & Cole Show is online at this link or embedded in the video below: Hot Photo of The Bella Twins E! Online’s public relations department Tweeted the following photo [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE News
John Cena

WWE Raw Live Results (4/26/13) – St. Petersburg, Russia

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in St. Petersburg, Russia: * R-Truth b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. AJ Lee & Tamina Snuka in a triple-threat match to retain. * Michael McGillicutty b. [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE House Shows
Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler At Clippers/Grizzlies, Kane’s Birthday Celebration In Russia

Jerry Lawler at NBA Game Jerry Lawler was in attendance at Thursday night’s Los Angles Clippers at Memphis Grizzlies NBA Playoff game. Lawler performed a body slam on a fan that was wearing a Clippers jersey. Video of the spot [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE News
WWE Logo

Details On Another Possible WWE Title Change – How It Involves A Current Mid-Card Talent & Hinges On Another Program’s Outcome

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April 26, 2013 Backstage News, Top Stories
CM Punk and Chael Sonnen

CM Punk To Sit Front-Row At UFC 159 On Saturday

Ariel Helwani interviewed Chael Sonnen about his fight at UFC 159 on Saturday. Chael said CM Punk will be in the locker room prior to the fight but he doesn’t believe he’ll be part of the walk-out, however, he is [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE News
TNA Wrestling Live

TNA Wrestling Running Live Event In Erie, PA Friday Night

TNA Wrestling has one live event this weekend as they’ll run Friday night from the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. The following is what is advertised for the show: Featured during The Road To Slammiversary World Tour will be [...]

April 26, 2013 TNA News
Adam Jones & Dean Ambrose

Shield Evaluations, Undertaker’s Future, HHH’s Dual Roles, Swagger Perseveres

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 [...]

April 26, 2013 Ask WNW
WWE

Wrestlemania Revenge Overseas Tour Concludes This Weekend

WWE concludes their Wrestlemania Revenge overseas tour this weekend. Below is a look at the remaining dates. If you attend any of the shows, please submit a live report: Raw: Friday from Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow, Russia (more info) Saturday [...]

April 26, 2013 WWE News
The Motor City Machine Guns

Awesome Chris Sabin Return Vignette Now Available Online

TNA posted their awesome Chris Sabin return vignette on YouTube at this link. You can also watch it embedded in the video below: Sabin made his return to the ring in a match that will air on the May 2nd [...]

April 26, 2013 TNA News
Hulk Hogan

Gawker Refuses To Comply With Hogan Sex Tape Ruling

Gawker.com issued a statement in response to Hulk Hogan getting a temporary restraining order against them, causing the website to remove the 1-minute teaser video of the Hogan sex tape from its networks. The website says while they will comply [...]

April 26, 2013 TNA News
The Undertaker

Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose On Smackdown, New WWE YouTube Show

Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose on Smackdown Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose is the advertised main event for this week’s episode of Smackdown. Below is WWE’s promotional blurb for the match on the Smackdown page here on dot com: This Friday at [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE News
Fandango

WWE Smackdown Live Results (4/25/13) – Bologna, Italy

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Bologna, Italy: * Alex Riley & Justin Gabriel b. Epico & Primo. After the match, The Shield brought Gabriel to justice. Dean Ambrose and Set Rollins cut a promo [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE House Shows, WWE News
Impact Wrestling

*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Next Week’s Episode

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 [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News, TNA Spoilers
WWE Raw

WWE Raw Live Results (4/25/13) – Brussels, Belgium

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Brussels, Belgium: * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * Michael McGillicutty b. Brad Maddox * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka * Daniel Bryan b. World Heavyweight Champion Dolph [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE House Shows
Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan Granted Temporary Restraining Order Over Sex Tape

Hulk Hogan was granted a temporary restraining order against Gawker relating to his sex tape on Wednesday. As a result, they’ll have to pull the 1-minute teaser video from its networks and deliver all versions of the sex tape to [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
Impact Wrestling

Chris Sabin Returning To The Ring

Chris Sabin is scheduled to work this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings as his return match will be taped for the May 2nd episode.  He’s advertised to work a X Division contender match. Sabin hasn’t worked since suffering a torn ACL [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
TNA Knockouts

Ask Madison Rayne Questions, TNA Launches Knockouts Website

Ask Madison Rayne Madison Rayne is scheduled to chat with fans on Twitter prior to this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. You can ask the former TNA Knockouts Champion a question beginning at 7 PM EDT by Tweeting her @MRayneTNA [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
Mickie James

Velvet Sky Maxim’s “Today’s Girl,” Album Release Party For Mickie James

Maxim Features Velvet Sky Velvet Sky is features as Maxim’s “Today’s Girl.” You can view a photo below: Our #TNAKnockout Champ @velvelholler is @maximmag’s Today’s Girl!impac.tw/17ZhbWo Check her out tonight on #IMPACTLive on @spiketv — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) April 25, [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Kevin Nash

Scott Hall’s Bionic Hip, His Son Cody Visiting

Scott Hall continues to recover from hip surgery and is doing awesome. His son Cody Hall is visiting him in Atlanta. You can check out a photo of them below: twitter.com/SCOTTHALLNWO/s… — SCOTT HALL (@SCOTTHALLNWO) April 25, 2013 Hall posted [...]

April 25, 2013 Other News
Wade Barrett

The Rock Responds To Austin & Nash, Barrett On How He Regained IC Title

The Rock Interacts With Austin, Nash The Rock used Twitter on Thursday to thank Steve Austin and Kevin Nash for their kind words regarding his latest injury: My fav redneck tough SOB –> RT: @steveaustinbsr: @therock Heard U finally had [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE News
Wrestlemania 30

The Rock Set To Return To WWE But Why There Remains Uneasiness That He’s Finished Wrestling, The Latest Backup Plan For The Wrestlemania XXX Main Event Should Rock Not Commit To Facing Brock Lesnar

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April 25, 2013 Backstage News
Cody Rhodes

Cody Rhodes Challenges Morgan Freeman, The Rock Talks Pain & Gain

Cody Rhodes Challenges Morgan Freeman Cody Rhodes vs. Morgan Freeman? It’s a match Rhodes would welcome, according to comments made to Sowetan Live. So why Freeman? Cody explained, “because I feel like I could win because he’s old; although I’m [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE News
Wrestlemania 29

Wrestlemania 29 Highest-Grossing, Estimated Number Of Buys

WWE announced on Thursday that Wrestlemania 29 was their highest-grossing “Wrestlemania” of all-time. The event earned $72 million, with that figure including ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. Last year’s Wrestlemania XXVIII did $67 million in Miami. Early buy rate estimates [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE News
Mick Foley & Ryback

Revamped Ryback, Patience With Big E, The Rock/WWE, Thoughts On The Shield

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 [...]

April 25, 2013 Ask WNW
Impact Wrestling

TNA Competing With The NFL Draft By Putting You On The Clock

TNA Wrestling, who is up against the 2013 NFL Draft with this week’s Impact, posted the following on their official website: HULK HOGAN IS PUTTING YOU “ON THE CLOCK” Tonight on Impact Wrestling on Spike TV at 8/7c, Hulk Hogan [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle Discusses His Position In TNA, The Hope For A PPV Like Wrestlemania

Mark Madden interviewed Kurt Angle to promote this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Angle opened by reaffirming that taping from the Impact Zone “got stale” with “only about 1000 people” attending with mostly the same people with the [...]

April 25, 2013 TNA News
Big E Langston, AJ Lee & Dolph Ziggler

WWE Raw Live Results (4/24/13) – Liege, Belgium

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event results in Liege, Belgium: * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka * Daniel Bryan b. World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler via disqualification when Dolph used the World title belt. [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE House Shows
Orton in awe if Mike Chioda chant

WWE Smackdown Live Results (4/24/13) – Amneville, France

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Amneville, France: * Alex Riley & Santino Marella b. Epico & Primo * Fandango b. Ted DiBiase * Layla b. Aksana with Hornswoggle as special guest referee * Big [...]

April 25, 2013 WWE House Shows
The Rock

Video Of Director Michael Bay’s Comments Regarding The Rock

As previously noted here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, director Michael Bay had some fun at The Rock’s expense by jokingly saying the former WWE Champion needs to “grow up” and stop wrestling while on the red carpet at the premiere for “Pain [...]

April 24, 2013 WWE News
Impact Wrestling

TNA Hires Rafael Morffi To Help With Touring & Live Events

TNA Wrestling has hired Rafael Morffi to help with touring and live events. Morffi, was formerly employed by WWE but was released last fall. He’ll help fill the void left by the departures of Craig Jenkins and Michael Krewson. Jenkins [...]

April 24, 2013 TNA News
The Rock

The Rock Pokes Fun At The Publications That Took Michael Bay’s Quote Out Of Context (Updated With Statement From Bay)

The Rock used Twitter to poke fun at the publications that took director Michael Bay’s quote about him out of context. Rock Tweeted the following on Wednesday: Funny sh*t! Michael Bay joked I should stop wrestling 300lb men. I agree [...]

April 24, 2013 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler Promotes Pain and Gain, JR’s Raw Thoughts

Dolph Ziggler Promotes “Pain and Gain” WWE posted a brief clip of Dolph Ziggler promoting “Pain and Gain” starring Mark Walberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at this link. You can also watch in the video below: Jim Ross Gives [...]

April 24, 2013 WWE News
Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan

TNA Tour Launch Party In London, Meet Dixie Carter In Glasgow

TNA Tour Launch Party in London Dixie Carter is scheduled to host a TNA Tour Launch Party in London, England next Tuesday, April 30. The only way fans can attend is to win tickets on the TNA Wrestling UK Facebook [...]

April 24, 2013 TNA News
Kurt Angle

Did WWE Block TNA From Running In Pittsburgh?, Impact Successful, Kurt Angle’s Health

Kurt Angle was on The Fan Morning Show in-studio on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning to promote this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In the interview, the 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist claimed due to some [...]

April 24, 2013 TNA News, WWE News
Richard's Backstage Blog

Post-Wrestlemania Releases Coming? Four WWE Names Currently On The Company’s “Endangered Species” List – Who They Are & More

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April 24, 2013 Insider Rumblings
Brodus Clay

Which WWE Superstar Is The Worst At Keeping Secrets? 2014 Hall Of Fame Inductees

Which WWE Superstars are the worst at keeping secrets? Who should be inducted into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame? Your questions answered in this week’s episode of WWE Inbox at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

April 24, 2013 WWE News