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Fandango

Finlay Gets A Pop In Belfast, Summer Rae With Fandango

Finlay Gets An Irish Pop William Regal acknowledged WWE producer Fit Finlay after his match against Michael McGillicutty at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Belfast, Ireland. Finlay, who was ringside for the bout, received a huge pop after Regal [...]

April 19, 2013 WWE News
Skyler Moon

Skyler Moon Discusses Her Eating Disorder, Raising Awareness

Greg DeMarco and Patrick O’Dowd interviewed former WWE developmental Diva Skyler Moon (a/k/a Buggy Nova). In it, she discusses going to rehab for her eating disorder. “I mentioned before I have an eating disorder. I went to treatment because I [...]

April 19, 2013 NXT Wrestling, Other News
Triple H

Economic Impact Of Wrestlemania 29, Triple H Will Never Leave The Business

Economic Impact of Wrestlemania 29 NJ.com has the first details regarding the economic impact of Wrestlemania 29 in New Jersey. The article notes that workers earned about $1.4 million in gross salaries and benefits. Between Wrestlemania 29, the Hall of [...]

April 19, 2013 WWE News
Daniels and AJ

Confirmed For Next Week’s Impact, AJ Styles With TNA Or Aces & 8s?

Matches Confirmed for Impact Wrestling The following is being advertised for next week’s episode of Impact Wrestling from Indiana, Pennsylvania: TNA Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky b. Mickie James TNA Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez vs. Bobby Roode & [...]

April 19, 2013 TNA News
Triple H

Video Interviews – Triple H & Mason Ryan Discuss WWE Performance Center

Brian Fritz interviewed Triple H about the new WWE Performance Center Thursday in Orlando. You can watch it on YouTube at this link or embedded in the video below: Fritz also interviewed WWE developmental worker Mason Ryan at this link [...]

April 19, 2013 WWE News
John Cena, CM Punk & Ryback

WWE Raw Live Results (4/18/13) – Belfast, Ireland

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Raw live events in Belfast, Ireland: * Brodus Clay, Cameron, Naomi & Tensai b. The Rhodes Scholars & The Bella Twins * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * William Regal b. Michael McGillicutty [...]

April 19, 2013 WWE House Shows
Shawn Michaels

HBK & New Age Outlaws Added To Raw Live Events, Mickie James/WWE

Shawn Michaels & New Age Outlaws on WWE Live Shawn Michaels, The New Age Outlaws and Chris Jericho have been added to an upcoming WWE live event loop in May. Neither John Cena nor CM Punk are currently advertised for [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
Triple H

Official Details On WWE Performance Center, Video Of Thursday’s News Conference

WWE issued the following press release regarding their new Performance Center in Orlando, Florida: STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 – Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent developmental system, recently [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
The New Age Outlaws

WWE Smackdown Live Results (4/18/13) – Glasgow, Scotland

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Smackdown live event from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland: * Alex Riley, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal & Santino Marella b. The Prime Time Players, Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Fandango b. [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE House Shows
Triple H

Triple H “Playing Hardball” With Two Former WWE Stars Looking To Return – Who They Are & How The Precedent Hunter Is Trying To Set Goes Back To The Strained Relationship With The Rock, Details On Why Brock Lesnar Doesn’t Face Similar Heat & Criticism

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April 18, 2013 Backstage News
Triple H

Triple H Introduces New WWE Performance Center In Orlando, Florida

Triple H, alongside Florida Governor Rick Scott and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced WWE’s new “Performance Center” at a news conference Thursday morning. It was announced the new facility, located in Orlando, will replace the company’s current developmental facility [...]

April 18, 2013 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
WWE Logo

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues – Raw In Belfast, Smackdown In Glasgow

WWE’s overseas tour continues on Thursday. Below is a look at the shows as the Smackdown crew has arrived: WWE Raw Live from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland (more info) WWE Smackdown Live from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
Kassius Ohno

Kassius Ohno, Heyman/Cesaro, Part-Timers Returning, Cena, Punk’s Time Off

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 18, 2013 Ask WNW
Cody Rhodes

Cody Rhodes On Career Nose Dive, WWE Main Event Highlights

Cody Rhodes & His Career Nose Dive ESPN’s Jon Robinson spoke to Cody Rhodes before Wrestlemania 29 and included some quotes in this week’s WWE Power Rankings. Below is an excerpt: “Gosh, this has been a horrible run,” Rhodes said [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
King Mo

King Mo’s Return To Impact Delayed, Christy Hemme Records Vocals

King Mo Update Spike TV President Kevin Kay spoke to Sherdog.com and discussed the future of “King Mo” Lawal: The only thing it changes a little bit is that we thought there would be more time. If Mo had won [...]

April 18, 2013 TNA News
Scott & Rick Steiner

CM Punk & Lita At Turner Field, Where Is Rick Steiner Now?

CM Punk at Turner Field CM Punk and his real-life girlfriend Amy “Lita” Dumas were at Turner Field on Wednesday from the Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves game. You can view a photo he Tweeted below: twitter.com/CMPunk/status/… — CM Punk [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
NXT Wrestling

WWE To Announce “Project Flair” Thursday In Orlando, Florida

WWE will announce on Thursday their new training center in Orlando, Florida. The office of Florida Governor Ric Scott released the following statement Wednesay evening: “WWE could have chosen anywhere in the world to house this new global performance center [...]

April 18, 2013 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Jim Ross

Jim Ross Experiences UFC From The Inside

Jim Ross toured UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. He wrote about the experience on his verified Twitter account: Thanks to my friend #UFC VP @marcratnerufc Ratner 4 the tour of UFC offices today. Enjoyed meeting @danawhite. Cool [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
Kurt Angle

TNANews.com – Kurt Angle Admits CM Punk Is Among The Best Today

The article is available at the link below. Please follow it and comment there: Kurt Angle Speaks With TNANews.com – Being A Workhorse In A Company And His Response To CM Punk’s Health & Break [...]

April 18, 2013 TNA News, WWE News
Brian Lawler

Brian Lawler, Also Known As Grandmaster Sexay, Arrested For DUI

Brian Christopher Lawler (a/k/a Grandmaster Sexay) was arrested on the charge of Driving Under the Influence on April 11, 2013 in Chester County, Tennessee. Lawler, the real-life son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, was pulled over by police [...]

April 18, 2013 WWE News
Dolph Ziggler

WWE Raw Live Results (4/17/13) – Rotterdam, Netherlands (Updated With Reader Reports)

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands: * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * R-Truth b. Antonio Cesaro * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Cameron & Naomi b. The Bella Twins & [...]

April 17, 2013 WWE House Shows, WWE News
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

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 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