- RedEye Chicago has a new article online featuring quotes from Christopher Daniels. Below is an excerpt: “The truth of the matter is sometimes it’s hard to be different from the WWE when you’re trying to gain those same viewers,” [...]
Jules Wortman is out as VP of Public Relations in TNA Wrestling. Wortman, who was tagged as a veteran PR strategist, was hired back in 2011. She reported directly to Dixie Carter. Wortman runs her own Public Relations firm called [...]
This Saturday, March 17, 2013 at 1PM, TNA Wrestling will tape their Knockout Knockdown “One Night Only” pay-per-view from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The tagline for the show is TNA will “crown their Queen.” The company contacted several former Knockouts [...]
There was a malfunction with the Lethal Lockdown roof at the pay-per-view last Sunday. It was realized before the show they weren’t going to be able to get it fixed in time for the show so the match went on [...]
Ted DiBiase beat Bray Wyatt in a dark match prior to this week’s Smackdown taping in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Randy Orton, Ryback & Sheamus beat The Shield via disqualification in the dark match main event after the taping. The babyfaces [...]
- Can Eric Young get on The List? Check out this week’s episode with Robbie E at this link or embedded in the video below: - TNA Gut Check winner Jay Bradley is officially under contract with TNA Wrestling and [...]
- TNA Wrestling posted the following video promoting Brooke Hogan’s reaction from Bully Ray turning at Lockdown. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: - Eric Bischoff wrote the following on Twitter: Headed here [...]
- We noted earlier that TNA Wrestling’s 4/5 live event over Wrestlemania 29 weekend in Westbury, New York would feature Sting & Jeff Hardy vs. TNA Champion Bully Ray & Devon. Below is the rest of the advertised lineup: Bobby [...]
- IndyStar.com has a new interview with The Miz at this link. - Vickie Guerrero’s daughter, Shaul, shows off her tattoos in a photoshoot at this link. - Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart will do a meet and greet and [...]
- CBS Philly has a new article online featuring quotes from David Otunga to promote his supporting role in “The Call.” Click here to read it. - Footage of Otunga on the red carpet at the movie’s premiere is online [...]
Triple H is scheduled for next week’s WWE Raw from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to respond to Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman regarding their condition to accepting his challenge for a match at Wrestlemania 29. As the storyline goes, Lesnar and Heyman [...]
This week’s WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,813,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown in viewership: Hour one – 4,980,000 viewers Hour two – 4,890,000 viewers Hour three – 4,579,000 viewers The [...]
- Hulk Hogan’s name came up in a list of celebrities whose personal information might have been compromised by a hacker. TMZ has the story at this link. - New floor seats have been released for Thursday’s Impact Wrestling tapings [...]
- WWE officially announced their new June pay-per-view called Payback on Tuesday on dot com. The show will take place Sunday, June 16, 2013 from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 23, 2013. - [...]
The preliminary buyrate numbers released for Royal Rumble 2013 are extremely confusing and tell two completely different stories. The number in one of the charts in WWE’s updated Key Performance Indicators shows the buyrate slightly lower than the 443,000 buys [...]
The following article is only available to WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium Members. Sign-up here to view this article and unlock all our exclusive features. By signing up not only will you unlock all exclusive features but the website [...]
March 12, 2013
Backstage News
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 [...]
- Kevin Nash is in Venice shooting scenes for an upcoming episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories for A&E. - Evan Bourne continues to rehab his foot from his Lisfranc injury. He has a doctor’s appointment on Thursday to follow-up on [...]
- This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is available at this link or embedded in the video below: - You can watch how WWE Raw ended at this link or embedded in the video below: Make sure you check [...]
Movie Web is reporting that Marvel executives are meeting with Dave Batista this week about possibly playing the role Drax the Destroyer in their superhero ensemble Guardians of the Galaxy. According to their report, no formal offer has been extended [...]
- After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, John Cena & Ryback beat The Shield via disqualification when Roman Reigns used a steel chair on Ryback. The babyfaces ended up hitting their finishers after the match to send [...]
- Ryback will face Mark Henry on this week’s episode of Smackdown. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown Tuesday night from the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. - Wade Barrett will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship [...]
- Santino Marella, who is out with a neck injury, wrote the following on Twitter: BTW next Monday I’m cleared to wrestle again, fingers crossed, but so much stuff going on with #WrestleMania29 so we’ll see — Santino Marella (@milanmiracle) [...]
Brie and Nikki Bella returned to WWE on this week’s episode of Raw. They were reintroduced in a backstage segment with The Rhodes Scholars as they aligned with Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes. The WWE contracts of Brie and Nikki [...]
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. [...]
March 11, 2013
WWE Spoilers
WWE has updated their Key Performance Indicators through January 31, 2013. In them, the preliminary buyrate for Royal Rumble 2013 featuring CM Punk vs. The Rock for the WWE title is reported. The show did an estimated total of 443,000 [...]
TNA Wrestling issued about the 4/11 Impact taping in Corpus Christi, Texas: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING COMING TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, LIVE THURSDAY, APRIL 11 AT THE AMERICAN BANK CENTER ARENA PRESENTED BY DIRECT AUTO INSURANCE TNA SUPERSTARS AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES [...]
- Jeff Hardy shares his favorite Impact Zone memory at this link or embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling issued the following press release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2013) – TNA Wrestling brings its high-impact brand of professional [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did a 2.09 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,840,000 viewers on SyFy. Raw Ratings Archive [...]
Have you ever wanted to try WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium but were hesitant to make the investment? Well, our latest special is for you and it’s only going to be online for a few more hours. The special will secure you a [...]
- Big Show guest stars on “Psych” on Wednesday. You can watch a video preview at this link or embedded in the video below: - WWE touted their social media integration at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
I don’t know about you but I love Jim Ross’ prospective on the wrestling business. In a new blog posted on Monday on his official website, he made the following point when discussing the possible outcome of CM Punk vs. [...]
TNA Wrestling posted footage of Jeff Hardy being helped to the back after his steel cage match against Bully Ray at Lockdown at this link. As noted earlier, the word from backstage was that Hardy suffered a concussion due to [...]
Brooke Hogan wrote the following on Twitter after TNA Lockdown: To all the people who think this is purely storyline- you’re wrong. My heart is truly broken. I saw great things in my husband.. Crushed. Absolute betrayal. I’ve never felt [...]
TNA Wrestling has removed their scheduled April 6th live event from Atlantic City, New Jersey from ImpactWrestlingTour.com. The show, scheduled for Wrestlemania 29 weekend, was actually a rescheduling of their original date from the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway. They had [...]
- The children of William “Paul Bearer” Moody (Daniel and Michael) will be in attendance at this week’s WWE Raw from Indianapolis. I’m expecting some type of Bearer tribute but I can’t confirm whether or not his kids will be on [...]
The following article is only available to WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium Members. Sign-up here to view this article and unlock all our exclusive features. By signing up not only will you unlock all exclusive features but the website [...]
March 11, 2013
Backstage News
- Ryback was on the 3/10 episode of LAW. In the interview, Ryback said after three ankle surgeries he was told he would never wrestle again. He said he doesn’t think anyone has challenged John Cena for the top spot [...]
- The announced attendance for TNA Lockdown was 6700, which the company is saying is their most attended event in their history. - Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: This Thursday, March 14, “IMPACT WRESTLING” will [...]
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 [...]