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Sheamus Busted Open Hardway At Last Night’s WWE Live Event

Sheamus Busted Open Hardway At Last Night’s WWE Live Event

As noted in the report from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event, Sheamus was busted open hardway, causing him to bleed heavily. The spot occurred when Daniel Bryan delivered a belt shot to Sheamus’ face during his match against Mark [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (3/25/12) – Bowling Green, Kentucky

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (3/25/12) – Bowling Green, Kentucky

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event from Bowling Green, Kentucky: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * Tyson Kidd b. Hunico. After Kidd made Hunico tap, WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes came out and [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE House Shows
Watch Episode #8 Of “Are You Serious?” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

Watch Episode #8 Of “Are You Serious?” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

Episode #8 of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
WWE Vintage Collection Summary For March 23, 2012

WWE Vintage Collection Summary For March 23, 2012

Our old pal Devin Cutting recapped this week’s WWE Vintage Collection in the report below: Billy Graham vs. Curt Hennig WWF Championship Wrestling – January 8th, 1983 Paul Orndorff vs. Pedro Morales WWF Prime Time Wrestling – March 2nd, 1987 [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
Alberto Del Rio Claims He Will Not Be Performing At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Alberto Del Rio Claims He Will Not Be Performing At Wrestlemania XXVIII

Alberto Del Rio claimed during a promotional appearance in Puerto Rico that he will not be performing at Wrestlemania XXVIII. He said there was originally plans for him to face Randy Orton then there were plans for him to be [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
TNA Impact Wrestling House Show Results (3/24/12) – Indiana, Pennsylvania

TNA Impact Wrestling House Show Results (3/24/12) – Indiana, Pennsylvania

Below are quick results from last night’s TNA Impact Wrestling live event in Indiana, Pennsylvania: * Mr. Anderson b. Robbie E * Garett Bischoff b. Gunner * TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Mickie James * Rob Van Dam [...]

March 25, 2012 TNA House Shows
Hornswoggle Says He’s The Mascot For Team Teddy At Wrestlemania; Updated Match Participants

Hornswoggle Says He’s The Mascot For Team Teddy At Wrestlemania; Updated Match Participants

- Hornswoggle wrote the following on Twitter: As the official mascot for #TeamTeddy, I’m happy to be waving the flag against #TeamClownShoes! #WrestleMania — Hornswoggle (@wwehornswoggle) March 24, 2012 The 12-man tag team match for control of the brands now looks [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
David Otunga Takes A Shot At Impact’s Ratings; Austin Aries Shoots Back

David Otunga Takes A Shot At Impact’s Ratings; Austin Aries Shoots Back

- The following is from the official Twitter account of David Otunga: If imitation is the highest form of flattery, I’m flatter than Impact’s ratings right now.#OtungaLaw — David Otunga (@DavidOtunga) March 23, 2012 - Austin Aries shot back with [...]

March 25, 2012 TNA News, WWE News
Miami Herald Writer Calls WWE Talent “The Biggest Clowns In Sports”; Photo Of The Undertaker’s Shaved Head

Miami Herald Writer Calls WWE Talent “The Biggest Clowns In Sports”; Photo Of The Undertaker’s Shaved Head

- Greg Cote has a new editorial online over on The Miami Herald’s website that is titled “Fans take Miami Dolphins about as seriously as the WWE lately.” He also calls WWE talent “the biggest clowns in sports.” You can [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
The Rock Discusses Why He Returned To WWE, Conversation With Sheamus

The Rock Discusses Why He Returned To WWE, Conversation With Sheamus

The Wausau Daily Herald has a new article featuring quotes from The Rock where he talks about returning to WWE for Wrestlemania XXVIII. “They know that I’m back, not for money, not because I like being on the road, but [...]

March 25, 2012 WWE News
John Cena In A Car Accident, McMahon Fuming Over Recent Leaks Regarding WWE Network, The Identity Of Lord Tensai, Developmental Fiasco, Top WWE Star Helps Matt Bloom Get Rehired, Details On Spat Between Eric Bischoff & Jeremy Borash, Bruce Prichard Suffers Two Heart Attacks Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

John Cena In A Car Accident, McMahon Fuming Over Recent Leaks Regarding WWE Network, The Identity Of Lord Tensai, Developmental Fiasco, Top WWE Star Helps Matt Bloom Get Rehired, Details On Spat Between Eric Bischoff & Jeremy Borash, Bruce Prichard Suffers Two Heart Attacks Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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March 24, 2012 Premium Newsletters
Photos Of Rob Van Dam’s Return To TNA Impact Wrestling

Photos Of Rob Van Dam’s Return To TNA Impact Wrestling

Jeremy Borash Tweeted the following photos of Rob Van Dam’s return to TNA Impact Wrestling from last night’s live event in Elmira, New York: Pics from Rob Van Dam’s return to TNA last night in Elmira, NY twitpic.com/90gfbp twitpic.com/90gfct twitpic.com/90gfdo [...]

March 24, 2012 TNA News
More On Evan Bourne’s Severe Foot Injury

More On Evan Bourne’s Severe Foot Injury

As we reported earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Evan Bourne suffered a severe foot injury in a car accident on Monday. Below are more Tweets from the Twitter account of Bourne: Another shot of my injury…so rotten.I’m gonna be bitter about [...]

March 24, 2012 WWE News
Watch The Latest “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

Watch The Latest “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

The latest webisode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]

March 24, 2012 WWE News
Watch Last Night’s Smackdown Here; What Did You Think Of This Week’s Show?

Watch Last Night’s Smackdown Here; What Did You Think Of This Week’s Show?

Embedded in the video below is last night’s Smackdown courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: [...]

March 24, 2012 WWE News
WWE Raw House Show Results (3/23/12) – Lakeland, Florida

WWE Raw House Show Results (3/23/12) – Lakeland, Florida

Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event in Lakeland, Florida: * WWE United States Champion Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger * Zack Ryder b. Leo Kruger. Kruger is from WWE developmental and was well-known in FCW’s [...]

March 24, 2012 WWE House Shows
Jerry Lawler Attending Movie Premiere In Miami On Wednesday; Watch An Interview Lawler Did About His Role In The Flick Here

Jerry Lawler Attending Movie Premiere In Miami On Wednesday; Watch An Interview Lawler Did About His Role In The Flick Here

Jerry Lawler will be attending the world premiere of the horror comedy “Girls Gone Dead” this Wednesday at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road in South Beach Miami. The film will be released by E One in North America on [...]

March 24, 2012 WWE News
Details On The Identity Of Bobby Roode’s “Legal Adviser” On Impact Wrestling

Details On The Identity Of Bobby Roode’s “Legal Adviser” On Impact Wrestling

TNA Champion Bobby Roode’s legal adviser, announced as William Kelly, on last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling was Shane Haste. Haste teamed with Mikey Nicholls to work a dark match against Gunner & Kid Kash after Monday’s TV taping. [...]

March 23, 2012 TNA News
Big Daddy V Rumor Killer; WWE Announces Live Event In Delaware

Big Daddy V Rumor Killer; WWE Announces Live Event In Delaware

- Big Daddy V is reportedly booked on a tour in Georgetown, Guyana over Wrestlemania XXVIII weekend so reports that he would be available for WWE Fan Axxess are apparently incorrect. I apologize for the error. - WWE has announced a [...]

March 23, 2012 WWE News
Layla Returns To The Ring At Last Night’s FCW Show

Layla Returns To The Ring At Last Night’s FCW Show

Layla continues to make progress towards her return to WWE television as she worked last night’s Florida Championship Wrestling show in Tampa. Layla tamed with Audrey Marie in a match against Sofia Cortez & Paige. From what I understand Layla [...]

March 23, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Bruce Prichard Suffers Two Heart Attacks

Bruce Prichard Suffers Two Heart Attacks

Bruce Prichard, TNA’s Senior VP of Programming and Talent Relations, suffered two heart attacks this past week. Apparently he’s doing fine as John “Bradshaw” Layfield posted the following update on his Facebook page: Very happy one of my best friends [...]

March 23, 2012 TNA News
Impact Wrestling Rating

Impact Wrestling Rating

Last night’s Impact Wrestling did a 1.09 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,489,000 viewers on Spike TV. Impact Wrestling Ratings Archive [...]

March 23, 2012 TNA News
Tonight’s FCW Show In Deland, Florida Canceled

Tonight’s FCW Show In Deland, Florida Canceled

Florida Championship Wrestling has canceled tonight’s show from the Deland Armory in Deland, Florida. I haven’t heard why the show was canceled but it’s likely due to the fact WWE is running in Lakeland, Florida tonight. The two towns are [...]

March 23, 2012 NXT Wrestling
WWE Studios Teaming Up With Anchor Bay Films To Co-Distribute “The Day”

WWE Studios Teaming Up With Anchor Bay Films To Co-Distribute “The Day”

- The following press release hit the wire today, announcing the deal between WWE Studios and Anchor Bay Films to co-distribute “The Day.”: STAMFORD, Conn., Mar 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – WWE® Studios and Anchor Bay Films today announced a [...]

March 23, 2012 WWE News
Tyson Kidd In WWE, Why Chris Jericho Could Not Have Been Booked Better, 2012 WWE Draft Moves, Resentment For The Rock

Tyson Kidd In WWE, Why Chris Jericho Could Not Have Been Booked Better, 2012 WWE Draft Moves, Resentment For The Rock

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 [...]

March 23, 2012 Ask WNW
Brodus Clay’s Status In WWE & Why The Way He’s Been Book Perfectly Reflects Vince McMahon’s Stance On Him, WWE Announcers Do Battle This Weekend, Embattled WWE Star Hoping They Do Not Get Fired

Brodus Clay’s Status In WWE & Why The Way He’s Been Book Perfectly Reflects Vince McMahon’s Stance On Him, WWE Announcers Do Battle This Weekend, Embattled WWE Star Hoping They Do Not Get Fired

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March 23, 2012 Insider Rumblings
Weekend WWE Schedule – Five Live Events, The Go-Home To Wrestlemania Raw Supershow, Seeking Reports

Weekend WWE Schedule – Five Live Events, The Go-Home To Wrestlemania Raw Supershow, Seeking Reports

It’s a busy weekend for WWE as it’s also the final live event loop before Wrestlemania XXVIII. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida (more info) Saturday from the Coliseo De Puerto Rico [...]

March 23, 2012 WWE News
Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show With Devon, Gail Kim & So Cal Val Here

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show With Devon, Gail Kim & So Cal Val Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show: [...]

March 23, 2012 TNA News
WWE Developmental Talent On Twitter; WWE Releasing “WWE Hall Of Fame 2012 – The Music” On iTunes

WWE Developmental Talent On Twitter; WWE Releasing “WWE Hall Of Fame 2012 – The Music” On iTunes

- WWE has created a new official Twitter list with developmental talent at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Patrick Peralta for sending this in.) - Wrestling News World reader Daniel Hill reporting: On March 26th, WWE will be releasing ‘WWE [...]

March 23, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Weekend TNA Schedule – Shows In New York & Pennsylvania, Impact Wrestling Spoilers, Seeking Reports

Weekend TNA Schedule – Shows In New York & Pennsylvania, Impact Wrestling Spoilers, Seeking Reports

Below is this weekend’s schedule for TNA Impact Wrestling: Tonight from the First Arena in Elmira, New York (more info) Saturday from the Kovalchick Convention Center and Athletic Complex in Indiana, Pennsylvania (more info) Sunday from the Erie Civic Center [...]

March 23, 2012 TNA News
Interesting John Cena Interview; Florida Championship Wrestling Adds New TV Tapings

Interesting John Cena Interview; Florida Championship Wrestling Adds New TV Tapings

- Wrestling News World reader Jeff sent this in… I came across this lengthy John Cena interview the other day talking about The Rock and the wrestling business in general. I’ve listened to a lot of Cena interviews in the [...]

March 22, 2012 NXT Wrestling, WWE News
Watch Today’s WWE Superstars Here

Watch Today’s WWE Superstars Here

Today’s edition of WWE Superstars is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

March 22, 2012 WWE News
Matt Hardy Says He’s In A Good Place Right Now; Puts Over WWE Wellness Policy

Matt Hardy Says He’s In A Good Place Right Now; Puts Over WWE Wellness Policy

Phil Strum of the Poughkeepsie Journal has a new article online featuring quotes from Matt Hardy to promote Wrestlefest 16 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center tomorrow night in Poughkeepsie, New York.  Below is an excerpt: “I’m at a really good [...]

March 22, 2012 Other News
New John Cena Training Video, WWE Programming In Canada, Big Daddy V & Iron Sheik Coming To Miami For Wrestlemania Weekend

New John Cena Training Video, WWE Programming In Canada, Big Daddy V & Iron Sheik Coming To Miami For Wrestlemania Weekend

- John Cena posted the following video on Twitter: - The Score in Canada will air a 3-hour block of WWE programming leading up to Wrestlemania XXVIII on April 1, 2012. Below is the schedule courtesy of our old pal [...]

March 22, 2012 WWE News
John Morrison Says The Door Is Open For Him To Return To WWE

John Morrison Says The Door Is Open For Him To Return To WWE

Phil Strum of the Poughkeepsie Journal has a new article online featuring quotes from John Morrison to promote a Northeast Wrestling show he’s on in the city on Friday. In the piece, Morrison speaks on his relationship with WWE: “The [...]

March 22, 2012 WWE News
WNW YouTube – WWE Developmental Update, Kurt Angle’s Latest Outburst, Wrestlemania XXVIII

WNW YouTube – WWE Developmental Update, Kurt Angle’s Latest Outburst, Wrestlemania XXVIII

Embedded in the video below is today’s YouTube Report. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel at YouTube.com/user/wnwnews: Richard Gray of http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com discusses the WWE developmental mess, Kurt Angle’s latest Twitter outburst, reveals the musical acts scheduled for Wrestlemania XXVIII, talks [...]

March 22, 2012 YouTube
Joe Blanchard Dead At 84

Joe Blanchard Dead At 84

Former wrestler and promoter Joe Blanchard, the father of Tully Blanchard, died this morning. He was 84. Tully wrote the following today on Facebook: “3-22-2012 marks the end of my Fathers life in the natural. He passed at 8:00 AM, [...]

March 22, 2012 Other News
Sacred Heart University Naming New Student Commons In Honor Of Linda McMahon; Details On The Next Live Smackdown

Sacred Heart University Naming New Student Commons In Honor Of Linda McMahon; Details On The Next Live Smackdown

- TheDay.com is reporting that Sacred Heart University will name its new student commons in honor of Board of Trustees member Linda McMahon. McMahon, who is in the midst of a second run for US Senate, provided a $5 million [...]

March 22, 2012 WWE News
WNW Premium Mailbag – Cody Rhodes Working Banged Up, Backstage Demeanor Of Other Attitude Era Stars, My Favorite Storyline, Chris Jericho Remaining With WWE After Wrestlemania, Raw’s Tape Delay, WWE On Demand, Layla Update, Looking At The Wrestlemania Lineup & Will Other Matches Be Added?

WNW Premium Mailbag – Cody Rhodes Working Banged Up, Backstage Demeanor Of Other Attitude Era Stars, My Favorite Storyline, Chris Jericho Remaining With WWE After Wrestlemania, Raw’s Tape Delay, WWE On Demand, Layla Update, Looking At The Wrestlemania Lineup & Will Other Matches Be Added?

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March 22, 2012 Premium Mailbags
Watch Chris Jericho On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Here

Watch Chris Jericho On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Here

Chris Jericho was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night on NBC to promote Wrestlemania XXVIII. The interview is now online and available in the video embedded below: If you are unable to watch the video in the player [...]

March 22, 2012 WWE News