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Impact Wrestling

X-Division Match On Impact Wrestling To Feature New Ref Cam

TNA President Dixie Carter revealed Wednesday on Twitter that they would be testing out a new camera attached to the referee during the X-Division match on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. Carter Tweeted: During this week’s #XDivision match, we [...]

April 17, 2013 TNA News
Brad Maddox & CM Punk

What Made CM Punk So Upset He Threatened To Quit WWE – Who Talked Him Out Of It & The Latest On His Health

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April 17, 2013 Backstage News
SoCal Val

SoCal Val Discusses Working As A Producer, If She’s Happy In TNA

Bleacher Report published an exclusive interview with SoCal Val about her current role in TNA Wrestling. Below are the highlights: Working as a producer: I started producing backstage about a year or two ago, and it pretty much just entails [...]

April 17, 2013 TNA News
Sgt. Slaughter

Sgt. Slaughter Says He Was In The Original Plans To Manage Jack Swagger

Sgt. Slaughter revealed in an interview with Arda Ocal at the Cauliflower Alley Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada that he was in the original plans to manage Jack Swagger. Slaughter said plans were changed when Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
The Rock

The Rock To Start Physical Therapy On Thursday

The Rock begins physical therapy for his torn abdominal and adductor muscles on Thursday. He’s already been training and is now five weeks out from filming the movie Hercules. The following is from Rock’s verified Twitter account: Injury update: Physical [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Tara

Tara Says She’s Not On Impact Wrestling For A Few Months

TNA Knockout Tara wrote on Twitter that she won’t be on Impact Wrestling for a few months. The following is from her verified Twitter account: “@diamonds_coal: I posted a new photo to Facebook fb.me/2x1BBwjTr” I’m not at TV’s for a [...]

April 17, 2013 TNA News
CM Punk

Breaking Down WWE NXT Staff, CM Punk’s Support For Antonio Cesaro Backfires?, Questioning Wrestlemania Injuries, Sin Cara’s Disappointing WWE Run, Rock vs. Cena III, Which Rock/Cena Bout Was Better, Should Brock Lesnar Beat Triple H, Future Of TNA, Batista Return Update

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April 17, 2013 Premium Mailbags
WWE Logo

WWE To Make Announcement In Central Florida On Thursday

WWE is scheduled to announce a new development Thursday in Central Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Triple H and Full Sail University president Garry Jones are scheduled to be on hand. WWE has increased its [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Austin Aries

Video Previews For This Week’s Impact Wrestling, Spoilers

TNA Wrestling posted the following video previews for this week’s episode of Impact: *Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results For 4/18 From Corpus Christi, TX [...]

April 17, 2013 TNA News
The Rock

WWE Presale Passwords, Update On The Rock’s Filming Schedule

WWE Presale Passwords There is currently a presale ongoing for the June 3rd WWE Raw taping in Hartford, CT. The password to obtain tickets is WWECENA. Tickets for the Smackdown taping the next day in Long Island, New York will [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Don West

Don West Shoots On Royalty Check From TNA, Lack Of Appreciation For Craig Jenkins

Former TNA announcer and staff member Don West implied his biannual royalty check from TNA Wrestling was less than the $20 “brown bag specials” he used to sell for the company: Just got my biannual royalty check from TNA and [...]

April 17, 2013 TNA News
John Cena, CM Punk & Ryback

Ryback Formats Twitter Account, The Master Bed As Wrestling Ring

Ryback Formats His Twitter Account Ryback formatted his Twitter account and now only includes one Tweet. That Tweet is as follows: If you have something worth fighting for you have to fight for it. Being bred to b scared is [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Ryback

Ryback’s Promo, Bo Dallas, JR Off Announce, Confusing WWE Storylines

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April 17, 2013 Ask WNW
Extreme Reunion

Rob Van Dam On A Match Against Mick Foley Not Happening, Contract Status

Arda Ocal interviewed Rob Van Dam at the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion this week in Las Vegas. He discussed being at WrestleCon over Wrestlemania 29 weekend and appearing at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RVD put over [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Mick Foley & Terry Funk

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins Overseas, Mick Foley On Smackdown

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour begins Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We have the complete schedule online at this link. If you attend, please submit a live report. Mick Foley on Smackdown Mick Foley wrote [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Alicia Fox

Off-Air Notes – Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match, Triple H Appears, WWE In Knoxville

Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match Alicia Fox beat Aksana in a dark match prior to this week’s WWE Smackdown taping in Knoxville, Tennessee. Triple H Appears at Smackdown After the taping, The Shield attacked Randy Orton and Sheamus. Triple H, [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Triple H

Triple H Health Update – Will He Be Cleared For Extreme Rules?

Dot com has a new article online with an injury update on Triple H. The piece notes an MRI revealed he did not have a scaphoid fracture but a carpal sprain and contusion to his left wrist. Dr. Michael Sampson [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE News
Robbie E

Is Robbie E Smarter Than A Middle School Kid?

Is Robbie E smarter than a middle school kid? This week’s episode is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

April 16, 2013 TNA News
WWE Extreme Rules

WWE Officially Announces Title Match For Extreme Rules

Following the tease on this week’s WWE Raw, the company has officially announced that Dolph Ziggler will defend the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match at Extreme Rules against Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio. Click here to [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Paul Heyman and CM Punk

WWE Raw Viewership & Cable Rating

This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,149,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,185,000 viewers Hour two – 4,236,000 viewers Hour three – 4,026,000 viewers The [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Triple H

Triple H Undergoes An MRI To Rule Out Scaphoid Fracture

Triple H had an MRI on Monday to rule out a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist. The original injury was suffered in his No Holds Barred match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29. WWE posted the following on Twitter: [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Chris Sabin

TNA TV Home Expanding Its Demographics, Chris Sabin Answering Your Questions

TNA TV Home Expanding Demographics Spike TV, the television home of Impact Wrestling, is expanding their demographics. Originally focusing on males 18-34, their new programs announced here, will target the adult 18-49 demographics. Chris Sabin Answering Your Questions Chris Sabin [...]

April 16, 2013 TNA News
Skip Sheffield

Ryback Mentions Cena’s Ex-Wife, Dolph Ziggler & Mike Chioda Speak

Ryback Mentions Cena’s Ex-Wife Ryback got personal with John Cena in a new Tweet posted Tuesday afternoon. Ryback Tweeted: Watching the pain on Cena’s face was worth standing back for. Funny the 2 things he says I lack his ex [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
John Cena

John Cena Says There Was No Talk Of Canceling WWE Raw

WWE Champion John Cena confirmed in a media appearance on Tuesday morning there was never any question that WWE would not go live with WWE Raw on Monday night despite the terrorist attack in Boston. Cena discussed WWE being the [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Kofi Kingston

Ryback Getting What He Wants, Backstage Reaction To Brock Lesnar’s Attack On 3MB, Antonio Cesaro In The WWE Doghouse?, Loaded Show Set For London, Who Must Go Over At Extreme Rules

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April 16, 2013 Backstage News
CM Punk & Daniel Bryan

Paul Heyman On CM Punk Walking Out, Daniel Bryan Performs A Chokeslam

“Backstage Fallout” Raw This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: Daniel Bryan Performs a Chokeslam Daniel Bryan got a lot of people talking backstage after performing a chokeslam [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Maria Kanellis

NAO On WWE Overseas Tour, Maria Discusses WWE Contacting Her & Surprising Rumors

The New Age Outlaws on Smackdown Shows The New Age Outlaws are scheduled to work matches on upcoming Smackdown live events overseas. I just published the complete schedule of shows you can view at this link. Maria Talks WWE Return, [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Impact Wrestling

Craig Jenkins Leaves TNA Wrestling

We’re able to confirm that TNA Wrestling’s live events coordinator Craig Jenkins has departed the company. Jenkins held the position for six years and wrote the following on Twitter: It’s been an honor & a privilege for 6 years knowing [...]

April 16, 2013 TNA News
WWE Logo

Complete Schedule For WWE’s Overseas Tour – Seeking Live Reports

WWE kicks off their post-Wrestlemania overseas tour on Wednesday. Below is a look at every date on the tour, we’ll update throughout. If you attend any of the shows, please submit a live report: Raw: Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
Eric Bischoff

Eric Bischoff’s Comments, CM Punk Walking Out, Undertaker, Ziggler Overrated?

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April 16, 2013 Ask WNW
WWE Extreme Rules

Early Look At WWE Extreme Rules Lineup

No matches were officially announced for WWE Extreme Rules on this week’s Raw, however, the proposed lineup began to take shape. As of this writing, it looks like Ryback will challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship. Ryback wrote the [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
The Shield

What You Didn’t See On WWE Raw – The Shield Goes Dark

After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, Team Hell No joined John Cena in the ring for the dark match main event against The Shield. The match was thrown out when Roman Reigns used a chair on Cena. [...]

April 16, 2013 WWE News
The Miz

Big Smackdown Tag Match, No. 1 Contender Battle Royal, Where’s The Miz?

Tag Team Match on Smackdown Sheamus & Randy Orton vs. Big Show & Mark Henry was announced for this week’s episode of Smackdown on WWE Raw. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown Tuesday night from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
CM Punk

Reason For CM Punk’s Promo On This Week’s WWE Raw

CM Punk’s promo on this week’s episode of WWE Raw was done to write him off television as he won’t be traveling with the company on their upcoming overseas tour. Punk has been working banged up for months and came [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Sammartino – Was Wrestlemania Weekend What He Expected?, His Deal With WWE

Nick Buzzelli and Bryan Chechak interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino about Wrestlemania 29 weekend and his deal with the company. Bruno said Wrestlemania weekend was busier than he expected. He said he didn’t get more than a couple [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H

Bret Hart Clarifies Comments Regarding Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H At Wrestlemania 29

Bret Hart clarified his comments regarding Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 on his verified Twitter account. Hart Tweeted: my comments to Arda about Trip H Lezner match being 4 out of 10, was in reference to a [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
Undertaker

Undertaker Wrestling On Next Week’s Raw From London

WWE announced on this week’s WWE Raw that Undertaker will team with Team Hell No to face The Shield on next week’s episode of Raw from The O2 Arena in London, England. As previously noted, Undertaker is advertised for the [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
Ric Flair

Ric Flair At WWE Raw In Greenville, South Carolina

Ric Flair is at WWE Raw from the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina. No word if he’s just there visiting or set to appear live. Flair attended Wrestlemania 29 a couple weeks ago and was there to be around [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler

Last Week’s WWE Smackdown Viewership & Rating

Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown did a 1.91 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,844,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

April 15, 2013 WWE News
WWE Superstars

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Greenville, South Carolina

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 15, 2013 WWE Spoilers