For those that missed this week’s Smackdown, Randy Orton, Sheamus & Ryback vs. The Shield was officially announced for Wrestlemania 29. Below is the updated lineup: WWE Championship Match - The Rock © vs. John Cena World Heavyweight Championship Match [...]
CM Punk did not wrestle at Friday night’s WWE Raw live event in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Undertaker’s music hit, there was a brief pause and Punk came out in street clothes with Paul Heyman. With an urn, Punk cut a [...]
Below are quick results from Friday night’s WWE Raw live event in Bridgeport, Connecticut: * Brodus Clay & Sweet T w/Naomi & Cameron b. 3MB * Zack Ryder b. Darren Young * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka. Vickie [...]
March 16, 2013
WWE House Shows
This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling that aired live from Chicago, Illinois did a 1.07 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,410,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]
- “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase said he hasn’t spoken with Virgil in a “long time,” while leaving JFK Airport in New York on Thursday. The last report on Virgil wasn’t a good one as he was spotted panhandling [...]
Bully Ray had so much heat on Thursday night in Chicago that a fan punched him. Ronnie Lang and the Atlas Security crew handled it by ejecting the fan but you can watch in the video embedded below: [...]
TNA Wrestling has two live events this weekend before returning to Orlando, Florida for “One Night Only” pay-per-view tapings beginning on Sunday. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Friday from The Arena in Corbin, KY (more info) Saturday from the Eastern [...]
The Rock grabbed all kinds of media attention when he told members of the Australian Press that learning of his role in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” was like getting a phone call from George Lucas for a role in Star Wars. [...]
Brandon Baxter interviewed Sting Friday morning to promote the March 28th Impact Wrestling tapings in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Below is a recap of the interview: Sting had his first actual wrestling match in front of a live crowd in Jonesboro, Arkansas [...]
Below is a look at this weekend’s WWE schedule: Raw: Friday from the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT (more info) Saturday from the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI (more info) Sunday from the Broome County [...]
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Former WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres was at NXT this week to meet with ten prospective Divas that have been going through a month long training camp. They were brought in from a Diva Search in Los Angeles and other [...]
The next WWE Studios film, “The Call,” opens in theaters on Friday. The flick is expected to beat the numbers from the “Dead Man Down” opening last weekend for the simple fact it’s available in more theaters. The film will [...]
Rob Van Dam has refused to discuss his contract status with TNA Wrestling. We first broke the story here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, RVD was off upcoming TNA dates because he doesn’t have a contract. We’re told by sources within TNA the [...]
Wrestling News World reader B Haan pointed out that TNA’s official website, ImpactWrestling.com, was “hacked” by Aces and Eights. You can check it out at this link. [...]
TNA Wrestling has announced a new partnership with World Wrestling League in Puerto Rico. We reported on Thursday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Abyss, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe and James Storm were advertised for their 4/21 show in San Juan. This [...]
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March 15, 2013
TNA Spoilers
We reported on Tuesday that Batista was meeting with Marvel executives about playing Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting a deal has been reached for the former WWE star to play the role. [...]
- TNA will broadcast the June 20th episode of Impact Wrestling from Peoria, Illinois. The June 27th episode will also be taped. - Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: Exciting meetings today in Chicago!New rules coming to X-Division matches [...]
WWE will hold another set of NXT tapings next Thursday, March 21, 2013 from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Chris Jericho is the scheduled guest. Below is the media advisory: WWE/NXT Live Event Date: March [...]
My latest YouTube video is now online and features me discussing why I feel CM Punk should beat Undertaker at Wrestlemania 29 and end the streak at 20-1. You can watch at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
Hulk Hogan was a guest on “Busted Open” on Wednesday. In the interview, he claimed his contract with TNA Wrestling expired last year. He said neither he nor Dixie Carter knew it but they weren’t worried about it. Hogan claimed [...]
- TNA Champion Bully Ray and Devon were added the the alumni section as The Dudley Boyz here on dot com. - Lilian Garcia wrote the following on Twitter: So excited 2 announce that I will be performing the #NationalAnthem [...]
Tara, whose real name is Lisa Marie Varon, held the pre-opening to her new restaurant called The Squared Circle Wednesday night in Chicago, Illinois. The TNA crew was there to support her as Brooke Hogan got her a gift from [...]
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March 14, 2013
Backstage News
TNA Wrestling has announced the following lineup for this weekend’s live events in Kentucky: World Champion Bully Ray vs Jeff Hardy Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & Austin Aries vs Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez Kurt Angle vs Wes Brisco James [...]
- Scott Hall was on DDP Radio Wednesday night and Sean “X-Pac” Waltman called in. You can listen now at this link. - The Rock is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday, March 21, [...]
Smashing Pumpkins lead singer and Resistance Pro head Billy Corgan wrote the following on Twitter: Set for a meeting today with Dixie Carter to discuss R Pro, Jay Bradley. Excited for IMPACT CHGO show tonight @tnadixie — Billy Corgan (@Billy) [...]
Jimmy Uso was arrested for Driving Under the Influence on Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. According to the arrest report, Uso was arrested at 12:47 PM Wednesday afternoon and booked at 12:48 PM on the charge of DUI. Uso was released [...]
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World Wrestling League is advertising Abyss, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe and James Storm for their 4/21 show in Puerto Rico. The noteworthy development here is WWL advertising Abyss as the character has been off television for several months as TNA [...]
Former TNA Knockout Traci Brooks says people are reading too much into her declining the work the upcoming Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view taping this weekend. She wrote the following on Twitter: People r reading way 2 much into this. Unfortunately I [...]
- Arda Ocal has a new piece over on The Baltimore Sun featuring quotes from David Otunga. In it, Otunga discusses acting, his career in WWE and his thoughts on Vince McMahon “hating” lawyers. You can read it at this [...]
- Bobby Roode discusses his road to becoming a TNA Wrestling star in the video embedded below: - Austin Aries talks about Impact Wrestling in Chicago in the video embedded below: [...]
- In a follow-up to an earlier item, we’re told Jules Wortman quit TNA Wrestling. She had been working as their VP of Public Relations since 2011. Details surrounding her departure are limited other than she wishes the company well [...]
SLAM! Wrestling has a new article online featuring quotes from Kofi Kingston. Below are the highlights: Losing the Jamaican accent and character: “I think it’s definitely been a help,” he said about the change. “If you look at the history [...]
Kurt Angle did an interview with Chicago Now to promote Thursday’s Impact Wrestling tapings in the city. Below is an excerpt: Impact Wrestling is slowly becoming a more main stream show to the general audience. With the WWE always being [...]
Rob Van Dam won’t be in Chicago for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings. The former TNA X Division Champion wrote the following on Twitter: “@woz93: @therealrvd looking forward to being in Chicago Thursday for Impact?”Ill be in Cali. More on [...]
- Triple H posted the following on Twitter: Never know when a legend will walk into your office……today, Bob Backlund#HOF2013 twitter.com/TripleH/status… — Triple H (@TripleH) March 13, 2013 - Muscle and Fitness has a new article online featuring a Q&A [...]