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Buff Bagwell Off Breathing Tube; Surgery Coming

Buff Bagwell Off Breathing Tube; Surgery Coming

Universal Championship Wrestling posted the following update on Buff Bagwell: Buff Bagwell improving slowly! Now off the breathing tube. Surgery is coming for Face, Jaw and Neck — UCW (@ucwtv) April 27, 2012 UCW doing benefit show,4 Buff! Wife Judy [...]

April 26, 2012 Other News
Paul Bearer Blogs About Cameo On Raw Supershow; Says He Has Over 4 Years Left On WWE Legends Contract

Paul Bearer Blogs About Cameo On Raw Supershow; Says He Has Over 4 Years Left On WWE Legends Contract

Paul Bearer has a new blog entry online regarding his came on this week’s Raw Supershow. Below is an excerpt: I certainly enjoyed being part of a live WWE RAW television event this week, after a long period. If you [...]

April 26, 2012 WWE News
WWE Divas Championship Match Added To Extreme Rules; Updated Lineup

WWE Divas Championship Match Added To Extreme Rules; Updated Lineup

Nikki Bella will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Beth Phoenix at WWE Extreme Rules on Sunday. Below is the updated pay-per-view lineup: Extreme Rules Match - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship - [...]

April 26, 2012 WWE News
Dixie Carter Says There Was A “Plan B” If Spike TV Didn’t Renew Impact; Discusses Ring Ka King

Dixie Carter Says There Was A “Plan B” If Spike TV Didn’t Renew Impact; Discusses Ring Ka King

Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from TNA President Dixie Carter. Below is an excerpt: Spike TV and TNA Entertainment recently agreed on a multi-year extension on their strategic partnership, maintaining Spike TV [...]

April 26, 2012 Ring Ka King, TNA News
WNW Premium Mailbag – Rey Mysterio Suspended Again, Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks “Firing” Angle, Ending Matches Due To Injury, What’s Next For Brock Lesnar?, Time Off For John Cena?, AJ Styles In WWE, Dirt Sheet Invasion Angle, Chris Jericho’s WWE Future, Lord Tensai Failing To Get Over, Mr. Anderson In TNA

WNW Premium Mailbag – Rey Mysterio Suspended Again, Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks “Firing” Angle, Ending Matches Due To Injury, What’s Next For Brock Lesnar?, Time Off For John Cena?, AJ Styles In WWE, Dirt Sheet Invasion Angle, Chris Jericho’s WWE Future, Lord Tensai Failing To Get Over, Mr. Anderson In TNA

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April 26, 2012 Premium Mailbags
Rey Mysterio Suspended For 60 Days

Rey Mysterio Suspended For 60 Days

WWE just sent out the following: STAMFORD, Conn. – In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Oscar Gutierrez (Rey Mysterio) for 60 days effective Thursday, April 26 for his second violation of the company’s policy. Rey Mysterio’s [...]

April 26, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Threatens Legal Action Over Sex Tape Photos, TNA Lockdown Fails To Do 20,000 Buys, Basebrawl Show In Brooklyn

Hulk Hogan Threatens Legal Action Over Sex Tape Photos, TNA Lockdown Fails To Do 20,000 Buys, Basebrawl Show In Brooklyn

- TMZ has a new article online where Hulk Hogan is threatening legal action over recent black-and-white photos from his unauthorized sex tape surfacing on TheDirt.com. For those interested, click here for more. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker for [...]

April 26, 2012 TNA News
Shane Douglas Reveals TNA Hardcore Justice Payout, What Flair & Hogan Are Making, Calls Out Dixie Carter

Shane Douglas Reveals TNA Hardcore Justice Payout, What Flair & Hogan Are Making, Calls Out Dixie Carter

- Mister Saint Laurent reporting: The first MLW World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas joined Mister Saint Laurent on MLW Radio presented by www.AdamEve.com, the official podcast of Major League Wrestling. Douglas spoke about deciding to hold his own ECW [...]

April 26, 2012 TNA News
Sin Cara Returning To Mexico For WWE; WWE Tag Team Champions Competing At WWC Show

Sin Cara Returning To Mexico For WWE; WWE Tag Team Champions Competing At WWC Show

- Sin Cara will be doing promotional work for WWE in Mexico City this weekend. Cara will be doing media appearances to promote the Smackdown tour from May 24-May 28th.  Cara is currently out with an injury and isn’t expected back [...]

April 26, 2012 WWE News
Buff Bagwell’s Wife Calls 911 Around The Time Of His Near-Fatal Car Accident; Listen To The Call Here

Buff Bagwell’s Wife Calls 911 Around The Time Of His Near-Fatal Car Accident; Listen To The Call Here

TMZ is reporting that Buff Bagwell’s wife dialed 911 on Monday – right around the time of his near-fatal car accident. Bagwell’s wife informed the dispatcher that her husband had said he was about to have a seizure. TMZ, who [...]

April 26, 2012 Other News
More UFC Fighters To WWE, Dean Ambrose’s Feud With Mick Foley, Comparing Sandow To Del Rio, Ryback’s Gimmick

More UFC Fighters To WWE, Dean Ambrose’s Feud With Mick Foley, Comparing Sandow To Del Rio, Ryback’s Gimmick

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, 2012 Ask WNW
Full Impact Wrestling Taping Results For Tonight

Full Impact Wrestling 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. [...]

April 26, 2012 TNA Spoilers
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. [...]

April 26, 2012 WWE Spoilers
Raw Supershow Venue Advertises Brock Lesnar For Next Week’s Show

Raw Supershow Venue Advertises Brock Lesnar For Next Week’s Show

The official website of the Nutter Center (the venue of next week’s Raw Supershow) is advertising Brock Lesnar for next week’s show. WWE has not confirmed him on the official list of advertised talent as of this writing. [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Buff Bagwell Opens His Eyes, Moves Hands & Feet; More Details On The Wreck That Left Him Seriously Injured

Buff Bagwell Opens His Eyes, Moves Hands & Feet; More Details On The Wreck That Left Him Seriously Injured

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Buff Bagwell briefly opened his eyes today and moved his hands and feet. The full extent of his injuries is still not known. He could undergo surgery by the end of the week Investigators [...]

April 25, 2012 Other News
Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

Watch This Week’s WWE NXT Here

This week’s episode of WWE NXT is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Shawn Michaels Endorses Line Of Eye-Black Products

Shawn Michaels Endorses Line Of Eye-Black Products

Shawn Michaels is now endorsing a new line of eye-black products. You can get HBK-inspired eye-black that says “Mr. Hall of Fame,” “MRA Hunting” and of course “ShowStopper.” Click here to order yours now. [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Independent Worker & Recent WWE Extra Steven Walters Provides An Update On WWE Network Series On Cruiserweight Talent

Independent Worker & Recent WWE Extra Steven Walters Provides An Update On WWE Network Series On Cruiserweight Talent

Wrestling News World reader Steven Muehlhausen sent in the following: My name is Steven Muehlhausen and I host a Pro Wrestling Show in Chicago called The Fight Club Chicago and I recently conducted an interview with Independent Wrestler Steven Walters [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Where Are They Now? – Rick Martel

Where Are They Now? – Rick Martel

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network spoke with former WWE superstar and AWA champion Rick Martel. Highlights: How much is professional wrestling apart of his life today ? : “I had [...]

April 25, 2012 Other News
Watch Episode #13 Of WWE Inbox Here

Watch Episode #13 Of WWE Inbox Here

Episode #13 of “WWE Inbox” is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Buff Bagwell On Breathing & Feeding Tube, Still In ICU

Buff Bagwell On Breathing & Feeding Tube, Still In ICU

Universal Championship Wrestling posted the following update on Buff Bagwell: Buff Bagwell Update: Doctors hope swelling in Marc’s Face and neck subside in next 48 hours to be able to operate — UCW (@ucwtv) April 25, 2012 Marc is heavily [...]

April 25, 2012 Other News
Ken Anderson & Daivari With Celebrities; Watch A Video Preview Of This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

Ken Anderson & Daivari With Celebrities; Watch A Video Preview Of This Week’s Impact Wrestling Here

- Shawn Daivari and Ken Anderson joined celebrities Morgan Spurlock and Will Arnett on the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21st for the documentary “Mansome.” - Embedded in the video below is a preview of tomorrow [...]

April 25, 2012 TNA News
Backstage News On A Falling Out Between Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman – Why Heyman Hasn’t Been Involved With Anything Lesnar Has Done In WWE, Bad Blood With Vince McMahon, Details On Heyman Urging Lesnar To Remain In UFC, Struggling Book Sales, One Thing McMahon Wouldn’t Budge On In Negotiations

Backstage News On A Falling Out Between Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman – Why Heyman Hasn’t Been Involved With Anything Lesnar Has Done In WWE, Bad Blood With Vince McMahon, Details On Heyman Urging Lesnar To Remain In UFC, Struggling Book Sales, One Thing McMahon Wouldn’t Budge On In Negotiations

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April 25, 2012 Backstage News
Possible Cause Of Buff Bagwell’s Car Accident

Possible Cause Of Buff Bagwell’s Car Accident

TMZ is reporting that Buff Bagwell called his wife from his Jeep around 1:30 PM on Monday and “advised her he was getting ready to have a seizure.” Bagwell lost control of his vehicle a short time later and was [...]

April 25, 2012 Other News
Favorite Non-nWo Moments In WCW, Scott Steiner’s Status, Alberto Del Rio’s Cars, WWE Showcasing TNA Talent

Favorite Non-nWo Moments In WCW, Scott Steiner’s Status, Alberto Del Rio’s Cars, WWE Showcasing TNA Talent

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, 2012 Ask WNW
Buff Bagwell Suffers Broken Bones In His Neck & Face; Broken Jaw After Car Accident

Buff Bagwell Suffers Broken Bones In His Neck & Face; Broken Jaw After Car Accident

Buff Bagwell remained in intensive care Tuesday night after being seriously injured in a car accident in Cherokee County, Georgia on Monday. Bagwell’s Jeep flipped several times, leaving him with broken bones in his neck, face and a broken jaw. [...]

April 25, 2012 Other News
Storyline “Injury” Updates On Paul Bearer & Josh Mathews; Details On Best Of WCW Clash Of Champions DVD

Storyline “Injury” Updates On Paul Bearer & Josh Mathews; Details On Best Of WCW Clash Of Champions DVD

- Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker sent in the following Tweet which is a storyline update on the condition of Paul Bearer: Medical officials have confirmed that Paul Bearer is being treated for hypothermia after Kane locked him in [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
WWE Presale Passwords – 12/26 Raw Show In Detroit, 6/24 Raw Show In Huntington

WWE Presale Passwords – 12/26 Raw Show In Detroit, 6/24 Raw Show In Huntington

- There will be a presale on Friday for the WWE Raw live event from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. The password is SLAM and tickets are available at this link. Tickets do [...]

April 25, 2012 WWE News
Scott Norton Says Buff Bagwell Is Going To Be OK

Scott Norton Says Buff Bagwell Is Going To Be OK

Scott Norton wrote the following on Twitter in regards to Buff Bagwell: Update on Marcus. He’s going to be ok but keep him in your prayers for fast recovery — Scott Norton (@scottnorton) April 24, 2012 As we broke exclusively [...]

April 24, 2012 Other News
Three-Hour WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Three-Hour WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s three-hour edition of WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.0 cable rating off hours of 2.48, 3.22 and 3.44 with an average viewing audience of 4,388,000 viewers on the USA Network. In the normal two-hour timeslot, the show did [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
Beth Phoenix Not Injured; Latest Update On Worked Ankle Injury

Beth Phoenix Not Injured; Latest Update On Worked Ankle Injury

It turns out Beth Phoenix was working on Raw Supershow last night and did not suffer a legitimate ankle injury. WWE officials were very pleased with how well Beth sold the injury with many people believing she suffered a legitimate [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE Signs Austin Draven; Watch “Superstar Toyz” with Rey Mysterio Here

WWE Signs Austin Draven; Watch “Superstar Toyz” with Rey Mysterio Here

- WWE has signed Austin Draven to a developmental contract. He will be reporting to Florida Championship Wrestling. - The latest episode of “Superstar Toyz” features Rey Mysterio and is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
Buff Bagwell In ICU After Car Accident

Buff Bagwell In ICU After Car Accident

Details remain limited at this point but I was told earlier this afternoon that Buff Bagwell was involved in a serious car accident. While I do not know his condition, he’s believed to be in the Intensive Care Unit. [...]

April 24, 2012 Other News
Gene Okerlund Speaks Out In New Video Interview

Gene Okerlund Speaks Out In New Video Interview

- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network spoke with WWE Hall Of Famer “Mean” Gene Okerlund. Highlights: Being undefeated in his “pro wrestling” career: I’m 5-0 and I am very proud of [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE Live Event Moved, Mick Foley On Upcoming Show, Steve Austin On Andy Leavine’s Firing

WWE Live Event Moved, Mick Foley On Upcoming Show, Steve Austin On Andy Leavine’s Firing

- The WWE live event from the Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas has been moved from July 20th to July 6th. - Mick Foley is being advertised as the special guest referee for Randy Orton vs. Kane in a no [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
John Cena Injured; Slated For Time Off After Extreme Rules?

John Cena Injured; Slated For Time Off After Extreme Rules?

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April 24, 2012 Backstage News
More On Edge’s Expiring WWE Contract

More On Edge’s Expiring WWE Contract

Edge was at Raw Supershow last night to meet with WWE officials about his expiring contract. As Edge mentioned in his promo, his contract with the company will expire at the end of the month. I haven’t heard if a [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE Broadcasting Pre-Show Dark Matches, Nikki Bella’s Title Win & Contract Status, Lord Tensai, Hogan’s Controversial Tweets

WWE Broadcasting Pre-Show Dark Matches, Nikki Bella’s Title Win & Contract Status, Lord Tensai, Hogan’s Controversial Tweets

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 24, 2012 Ask WNW
Watch Several Video Highlights From WWE Raw Supershow Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Watch Several Video Highlights From WWE Raw Supershow Here; What Did You Think Of The Show?

Below are several video highlights from last night’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: Edge returns to Raw to give [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE One Of YouTube’s Top Earners; Raw Highlights Posted As The Show Airs

WWE One Of YouTube’s Top Earners; Raw Highlights Posted As The Show Airs

WWE is now posting video highlights from Raw Supershow on their YouTube channel as the show airs on the East Coast. This is something the company used to never do as they used to wait for the show to air [...]

April 24, 2012 WWE News