TNA will tape this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Below is the official preview for this week’s show: - After what happened this past week during the Eric Bischofff Appreciation ceremony, “The Nature Boy” Ric [...]
The “Big Board” was accidentally shown on-camera on last night’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view during the “Falls Count Anywhere” match between Kane and Randy Orton. While I didn’t catch it, Wrestling News World reader Tom Balish did and sent in [...]
The New York Post has a new article online featuring quotes from Hulk Hogan. In the piece, Hogan discusses the current state of TNA and how he plans on working backwards to get where they need to be. Below are [...]
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April 30, 2012
WWE Results
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WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Triple H are all being advertised to appear live. The dark match [...]
- WWE Champion CM Punk posted the following on Twitter after last night’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view: I feel like I was hit by a bus, so I’m watching Dark Shadows episodes from ’67. — CM Punk (@CMPunk) April 30, 2012 [...]
Buff Bagwell underwent successful surgery on Saturday and has been downgraded from ICU to a regular unit. He continues to recover from the near-fatal car accident that happened last Monday. [...]
April 30, 2012
Other News
WWE has a storyline “injury” update on John Cena over on dot com. The official website notes he will appear on tonight’s Raw Supershow from Dayton, Ohio. Below is an excerpt: “The most obvious injury was the laceration to his [...]
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April 29, 2012
Backstage News
Layla returned to WWE at tonight’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view and won the WWE Divas Championship from Nikki Bella. Layla actually pinned Brie Bella when “twin magic” failed. Layla was been off WWE TV since suffering a torn ACL and MCL [...]
Layla returned to WWE at tonight’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, winning the WWE Divas Championship. Layla actually pinned Brie Bella when “twin magic” failed. Layla was been off WWE TV since suffering a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee [...]
Cody Rhodes beat Big Show in a Tables Match at tonight’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The finish saw Show break a table when he stepped on it. [...]
14,817 was the announced attendance at tonight’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The show was sold out. [...]
As we reported earlier here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show will defend his title in a Table’s Match against Cody Rhodes as determined by a “wheel spin” by Teddy Long. [...]
The WWE Extreme Rules pre-show is embedded in the video below: [...]
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April 29, 2012
Live Blogs
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PadsandPanels.com has a new interview online with Cody Rhodes. In it, Rhodes discusses his thoughts on the return of Brock Lesnar. Below is an excerpt: Obviously, The Rock recently came back. There’s the character Lord Tensai, and now Brock Lesnar [...]
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Edge will be letting his WWE contract expire and will decline to sign an extension. As we have been reporting, the company had been working to re-sign him but an agreement couldn’t be reached. While there is definitely a feeling [...]
Sabu was released today from a local Philadelphia area hospital. The ECW original was admitted yesterday after he was found unresponsive in his hotel room and transported via ambulance. Tommy Dreamer posted the following on Twitter today regarding Sabu’s health: [...]
April 29, 2012
Other News
WWE Extreme Rules 2012 will take place tonight from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Below is the final lineup: Extreme Rules Match - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Chicago Street [...]
Last night’s “Extreme Reunion” show from the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can probably be summed up by the following picture Tweeted by Justin Credible: twitter.com/PJPOLACO/statu… — Justin Credible (@PJPOLACO) April 28, 2012 In addition to Sabu (pictured [...]
April 29, 2012
Other News
Rey Mysterio took a Wellness test backstage at the February 13, 2012 edition of Raw Supershow in his hometown of San Diego, California. The test came back positive for amphetamines and WWE notified Mysterio just a couple days ago he [...]
- Prior to his 60-day suspension, Rey Mysterio was scheduled to head to Japan next month on a promotional tour for WWE. Mysterio was suspended on Thursday for his second violation of the WWE Wellness Policy. - Add Sheamus and Daniel [...]
TMZ is reporting more problems for Scott Hall as he has defaulted on a mortgage and now owes his financier $75,000. Hall borrowed the money in June 2011 to purchase a house in Seminole County, Florida. Hall missed his final [...]
April 29, 2012
Other News
Kurt Angle was given the weekend off TNA live events this weekend to shoot a role in the new Michael Bay film called “Pain and Gain” starring The Rock. Below is a synopsis of the film courtesy of Vulture: A [...]
Sabu was rushed to the hospital today in Pennsylvania after being found unresponsive in his hotel room. The ECW original was scheduled for the “Extreme Reunion” independent show in Pennsylvania but when event staff went to pick him up, he [...]
April 28, 2012
Other News
Edge is scheduled to appear at Resistance Pro’s May 11th show in Chicago, Illinois and will sign autographs for reserved ticket holders only (rows 1-3). The show will be headlined by Harry Smith vs. Rhino. Resistance Pro is the promotion [...]
- WWE declared their quarterly dividend yesterday. Below is the official release: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE – News) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A [...]
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WWE held their annual shareholders meeting yesterday in Stamford, Connecticut. While meetings such as this can produce several newsworthy tidbits, they can also be very boring. I have recapped the points that are of interest and saved you from the [...]
Below are quick results from last night’s TNA live event in Kent, Washington: * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Zema Ion * TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Velvet Sky * The Motorcity Machineguns b.Kazarian & Christopher [...]
April 28, 2012
TNA House Shows
- WWE has added Abraham Washington to their official talent roster. He is listed as A.W. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - The corporate WWE website has highlights of Vince McMahon at WWE’s Global Business Partners [...]
The latest episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” is embedded in the video below: [...]
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TMZ spoke to Judy Bagwell, the wife of Buff Bagwell, and she updated them on her husband’s condition after the serious car accident on Monday that nearly killed him. According to their report, Bagwell is now breathing and eating on [...]
April 28, 2012
Other News
The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” following tonight’s episode of Smackdown is embedded in the video below: [...]