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Smackdown Rating

Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.80 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,730,00 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
David Otunga Attends Murder Trial In Support Of Jennifer Hudson

David Otunga Attends Murder Trial In Support Of Jennifer Hudson

David Otunga was with his fiancee Jennifer Hudson today at the murder trial of William Balfour in Chicago, Illinois. Balfour is accused of killing Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew in October 2008. Jennifer took the stand today and dissolved into [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
WWE Money In The Bank Ticket Info & Presale Password; Supershow Live Event In Maine

WWE Money In The Bank Ticket Info & Presale Password; Supershow Live Event In Maine

- Tickets for WWE Money in the Bank 2012 are set to go on sale on May 4, 2012. There will be a presale beginning next Monday, April 30, 2012 and lasting until Thursday. The password to obtain tickets is [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
Andy Leavine Says He’s Just Getting Started; Bill DeMott Believes He Has A Chance To Return To WWE

Andy Leavine Says He’s Just Getting Started; Bill DeMott Believes He Has A Chance To Return To WWE

Following the news of Andy Leavine’s release from WWE, he posted the following on Twitter: On my way to acquire some much needed experience. I’m just gettin’ started in this business. — Andy Leavine (@AndyLeavine301) April 23, 2012 Tough Enough [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
Road Dogg Says Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena “Contract Signing” Will Open Raw Supershow

Road Dogg Says Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena “Contract Signing” Will Open Raw Supershow

Road Dogg, who works as a producer backstage in WWE, wrote the following on Twitter: Tonight’s #RAW is kicking off with a contract signing between Brock and Cena!! Fireworks coming early! #OUDK — Brian G.James (@WWERoadDogg) April 23, 2012 We’ll [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
TNA Sacrifice Main Event, Bobby Roode & Rob Van Dam Headling Live Events, Mickie James/Magnus Appearance

TNA Sacrifice Main Event, Bobby Roode & Rob Van Dam Headling Live Events, Mickie James/Magnus Appearance

- For those that missed it, TNA Sacrifice will be headlined by Bobby Roode defending the TNA Championship against Rob Van Dam. Sacrifice will take place Sunday, May 13, 2012 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live [...]

April 23, 2012 TNA News
WWE Stars That Were On The Most Recent Overseas Tour Nervous About Being Released, Latest Update On The Upcoming Post-Wrestlemania Cuts & Details On When They Could Take Place, Lists Being Made Of Expendable Talent, Backstage News On The Release Of Andy Leavine & Why It Was Looked At As A “Simple” Situation

WWE Stars That Were On The Most Recent Overseas Tour Nervous About Being Released, Latest Update On The Upcoming Post-Wrestlemania Cuts & Details On When They Could Take Place, Lists Being Made Of Expendable Talent, Backstage News On The Release Of Andy Leavine & Why It Was Looked At As A “Simple” Situation

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April 23, 2012 Backstage News
WWE Releases Tough Enough Winner Andy Leavine

WWE Releases Tough Enough Winner Andy Leavine

WWE has released Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine from his developmental contract with the company. His profile as Kevin Hackman has already been removed from the FCW roster page. The self-proclaimed “Silent Rage” had heat right out the gate as [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
Paul Heyman Says He’s Not Involved With Brock Lesnar’s Work In WWE

Paul Heyman Says He’s Not Involved With Brock Lesnar’s Work In WWE

Paul Heyman noted on his official Twitter account that he had nothing to do with Brock Lensar’s promo that aired on last week’s WWE Raw Supershow. Heyman said all the credit goes to WWE and Lesnar and that WWE got [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
How WWE Set A Dangerous Precedent With Their Lucrative Deal To Secure Brock Lesnar & Could It Block Steve Austin From Returning To The Company For One More Match At Wrestlemania XXIX?

How WWE Set A Dangerous Precedent With Their Lucrative Deal To Secure Brock Lesnar & Could It Block Steve Austin From Returning To The Company For One More Match At Wrestlemania XXIX?

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April 23, 2012 Editorials
Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
John Cena Joins Miley Cyrus & Justin Bieber, Kevin Nash Ready To Return To WWE, Mr. Belding Speaks

John Cena Joins Miley Cyrus & Justin Bieber, Kevin Nash Ready To Return To WWE, Mr. Belding Speaks

- John Cena will be featured on Thomson Reuters’ electronic billboard in Times Square on Friday along with Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Buddy Valastro, Jon Stewart, Nigel Barker and Tiffani Thiessen in support of the Make-A-Wish foundation. You can read [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
Justin Gabriel Back To South Africa To Deal With Passport Issues

Justin Gabriel Back To South Africa To Deal With Passport Issues

Justin Gabriel is back home in South Africa where he is sorting out passport issues. Gabriel has been off the road with WWE due to an elbow injury. He is expected back towards the middle of next month. [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan Ruffles Feathers With Twitter Comments; On Opposite Ends Of Dixie Carter

Hulk Hogan Ruffles Feathers With Twitter Comments; On Opposite Ends Of Dixie Carter

For those that missed it over the weekend, Hulk Hogan had some words on Twitter that ruffled some feathers. Hogan Tweeted one of his followers and said that going live would “solve 75% of the issues” in regards to problems [...]

April 23, 2012 TNA News
Competing With WWE, John Laurinaitis A Failure?, How Injured Workers Get Paid, Wade Barrett’s Return

Competing With WWE, John Laurinaitis A Failure?, How Injured Workers Get Paid, Wade Barrett’s Return

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 23, 2012 Ask WNW
Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow Taping – John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar Contract Signing

Details On Tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow Taping – John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar Contract Signing

WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Tonight’s Raw Supershow is a special three-hour broadcast, set to begin at 8 PM/7 CT on [...]

April 23, 2012 WWE News
*HOT READ* Connect Your Facebook & WrestlingNewsWorld.com

*HOT READ* Connect Your Facebook & WrestlingNewsWorld.com

Are you ready to change the way you read your wrestling news? I am thrilled to announce the launch of our official Facebook Application. This new application will allow you to share what you read here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com with your [...]

April 23, 2012 Site News
View A Photo Of Brock Lesnar’s New WWE Ring Gear Here; Details On WWE Letting Him Keep His Endorsement Deals

View A Photo Of Brock Lesnar’s New WWE Ring Gear Here; Details On WWE Letting Him Keep His Endorsement Deals

Earlier last week WWE leaked an image of Brock Lesnar’s ring attire on dot com but later removed the image. I finally found the image again and have included a photo you can view below: As you can see, not [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE News
Ted DiBiase’s Christian Faith & Charity Work, Smackdown Taping In Colorado Springs, WWE’s Return To Belgium

Ted DiBiase’s Christian Faith & Charity Work, Smackdown Taping In Colorado Springs, WWE’s Return To Belgium

- TMZ has a new story online today on Ted DiBiase. In it, the publication reports that DiBiase was recently at the Batson Children’s Hospital in Mississippi filming a documentary about his faith and his charity for sick and unprivileged [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest Episode Of “Are You Serious” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Are You Serious” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

The latest episode of “Are You Serious” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE News
2012 WWE Draft Update – New Possible Date; Dropped Completely?, Alberto Del Rio’s Subtle Move To Smackdown, Legends Returning On Upcoming WWE Shows, Intricate Social Media Storyline To Introduce Dean Ambrose, New Unpublicized WWE Couple

2012 WWE Draft Update – New Possible Date; Dropped Completely?, Alberto Del Rio’s Subtle Move To Smackdown, Legends Returning On Upcoming WWE Shows, Intricate Social Media Storyline To Introduce Dean Ambrose, New Unpublicized WWE Couple

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April 22, 2012 Backstage News
TNA House Show Results (4/21/12) – Estero, Florida

TNA House Show Results (4/21/12) – Estero, Florida

Below are quick results from last night’s TNA live event in Estero, Florida: * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Zema Ion to retain * TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Velvet Sky to retain * TNA TV [...]

April 22, 2012 TNA House Shows
Christian’s Return To WWE TV Set

Christian’s Return To WWE TV Set

Christian will return to WWE television at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company has added him to the list of officially advertised talent for the show at this link. After having to [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/21/12) – Glasgow, Scotland

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/21/12) – Glasgow, Scotland

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Glasgow, Scotland: * Brodus Clay b. Jinder Mahal * Mason Ryan & The Usos b. Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks & Percy Watson * Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez b. [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE House Shows
French Commentator With Close WWE Ties Resigns After WWE Live Event In France

French Commentator With Close WWE Ties Resigns After WWE Live Event In France

French commentator Christophe Agius resigned from his commentator job with “AB Productions,” an audiovisual company that manages French channels that broadcast WWE programming, after the WWE live event in Toulouse, France on Thursday. Agius was well-known by both the WWE [...]

April 22, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (4/21/12) – Antwerp, Belgium

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/21/12) – Antwerp, Belgium

Wrestling News World reader Sander Bolee attended today’s WWE Raw live event from the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium and sent in the following report: * Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Primo and Epico in a non-title tag team match: [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Studios Co-Financing Film Starring Colin Farrell & Terrence Howard

WWE Studios Co-Financing Film Starring Colin Farrell & Terrence Howard

Deadline is reporting that WWE Studios will be co-financing a romantic thriller called “Dead Man Down” starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper. Principal photography for the film begins Monday in Philadelphia. [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News
More On The Bella Twins Leaving WWE, Top WWE Star Leaving Before SummerSlam, WWE Interested In Controversial TNA Exec, Alberto Del Rio Switches Brands, Matt Morgan Reveals Expiring TNA Contract & Won’t Rule Out Return To WWE, TNA Knockout Gone, AJ Styles Calls Ric Flair A “Douche-Bag,” Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

More On The Bella Twins Leaving WWE, Top WWE Star Leaving Before SummerSlam, WWE Interested In Controversial TNA Exec, Alberto Del Rio Switches Brands, Matt Morgan Reveals Expiring TNA Contract & Won’t Rule Out Return To WWE, TNA Knockout Gone, AJ Styles Calls Ric Flair A “Douche-Bag,” Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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April 21, 2012 Premium Newsletter
WWE Raw House Show Results (4/20/12) – Paris, France

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/20/12) – Paris, France

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Paris, France: * R-Truth & Kofi Kingston b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes in a non-title match * David Otunga b. Alex Riley * Dolph [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/20/12) – Newcastle, England

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/20/12) – Newcastle, England

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England: * Brodus Clay w/Hornswoggle b. Jinder Mahal * The Usos & Mason Ryan b. Curt Hawkins, Drew McIntyre & Tyler [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE House Shows
WWE Vintage Collection Summary For 4/20

WWE Vintage Collection Summary For 4/20

Below is a summary of last night’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection courtesy of our old pal Devin Cutting: Curt Hennig vs. The British Bulldog WCW Spring Stampede 1998 Steve Austin vs. The Great Muta WCW Spring Stampede 1994 Ultimo [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News
TNA House Show Results (4/20/12) – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

TNA House Show Results (4/20/12) – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Below are quick results from last night’s TNA live event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Zema Ion to retain * TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Velvet Sky to retain * Crimson [...]

April 21, 2012 TNA House Shows
Top TNA Star Taking Time Off

Top TNA Star Taking Time Off

James Storm is taking some time off to deal with some lingering injuries and is using his loss at Lockdown as the storyline explanation. Storm’s promo that aired on this week’s Impact Wrestling was done to write him out of [...]

April 21, 2012 TNA News
Antonio Caesaro Debuts; Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Here

Antonio Caesaro Debuts; Watch The Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout” Here

- Antonio Caesaro made his WWE television debut on last night’s Smackdown in a segment with Aksana, Teddy Long and John Laurinaitis. - The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News
Updated WWE Extreme Rules Lineup – Four Matches Announced

Updated WWE Extreme Rules Lineup – Four Matches Announced

Following the airing of last night’s Smackdown, below is the updated Extreme Rules lineup: Extreme Rules Match - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship - CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho 2-out-of-3 Falls Match [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News
Edge’s WWE Contract Coming Up This Month; Details On The Company’s Efforts To Re-Sign Him

Edge’s WWE Contract Coming Up This Month; Details On The Company’s Efforts To Re-Sign Him

Edge’s current WWE contract is expected to expire at the end of this month. While his career ended after his match at Wrestlemania XXVII last year, he has continued to collect his downside guarantee and is booked for appearances through [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News
Official Details On TNA Replaying This Week’s Episode Of Impact Wrestling Next Week

Official Details On TNA Replaying This Week’s Episode Of Impact Wrestling Next Week

- TNA sent out the following, echoing what was written on Twitter by Dixie Carter: Spike TV will rebroadcast the most recent episode of IMPACT WRESTLING from April 19 this coming Thursday, April 26 at 7pm. Some viewers experienced technical [...]

April 21, 2012 TNA News
Watch Episode #25 Of Ring Ka King Here

Watch Episode #25 Of Ring Ka King Here

- Episode 25 of Ring Ka King is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 21, 2012 Ring Ka King
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.96 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,308,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

April 21, 2012 TNA News
Diamond Dallas Pages Says Scott Hall Is A Lost Soul Right Now; Says He Feels He Will Eventually Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

Diamond Dallas Pages Says Scott Hall Is A Lost Soul Right Now; Says He Feels He Will Eventually Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

Wrestling News World reader Mike Buda sent in the following: My name is Mike Buda and I have a weekly pro wrestling show, The Top Rope, on SportstownChicago.com. We’re on every Wednesday 5-7pm ct. We recently had an interview with [...]

April 21, 2012 WWE News