Hulk Hogan questions why Dixie Carter is in the wrestling business and gives his thoughts on TNA cutting their pay-per-views in a new interview with the Daily Star. Below are the highlights: “It’s either hold ’em or fold ’em. You’re [...]
February 8, 2013
TNA News
Brock Lesnar is not advertised for WWE Raw for the next two weeks after appearing the past two weeks. He is advertised for the February 25th episode in which The Rock is not being advertised. It certainly looks like WWE [...]
February 8, 2013
WWE News
TNA Wrestling will run two live events this weekend, below is the schedule: Friday from the Centurylink Center in Bossier City, LA Saturday from the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, MS If you attend either show, please submit a live [...]
February 8, 2013
TNA News
Below is this weekend’s WWE schedule: Raw Friday from the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, MO Saturday from the JQH Arena in Springfield, MO Sunday from the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, MO Smackdown Saturday from U of [...]
February 8, 2013
WWE 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 [...]
All for the love of the business… Vince McMahon had dot com post photos of his hip surgery from last week to further the injury angle with Brock Lesnar. You can view them at this link. While the storyline is [...]
February 8, 2013
WWE News
WWE developmental talent Kassius Ohno (formerly known as Chris Hero) lost some teeth in a match with Xavier Woods at a WWE NXT live event on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Ohno posted the following on Twitter: Win some. Ya lose [...]
February 8, 2013
NXT Wrestling
The big news coming out of Thursday was that Jeff Hardy has agreed to a contract extension with TNA Wrestling. The signing is actually a victory for Hardy as he inked a deal for two years. We reported in December [...]
February 8, 2013
TNA News
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February 7, 2013
Backstage News
As noted earlier this week, R-Truth has been in Qatar doing promotional work for WWE. He posted the following on Twitter on Thursday: #RTruth and #LilJimmy in Qatar twitter.com/RonKillings/st… — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) February 6, 2013 Truth has been [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
TNA Wrestling’s lease with Universal Studios expires on March 31, 2013. This is believed to be the reason the company is taping six “One Night Only” pay-per-views there in March. As we reported on Wednesday, TNA will tape two PPVs [...]
February 7, 2013
TNA News
Jim Ross has a new blog on his official website at this link. Below is an excerpt: Will the Undertaker wrestle at WM29? I honestly and truly have no idea. However, I don’t believe all that I read online from [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter Headed to Atlanta to be on #Bellator tonight on @spiketv 10 PM ET! I’ve got some cool Impact, Talent, & King Mo news to share! — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) February 7, 2013 Last [...]
February 7, 2013
TNA News
WWE sent out a new pre-sale offer for Monday Night Raw on April 8, 2013 – the day after Wretlemania 29 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Use the code WIRED to obtain tickets now at Ticketmaster.com. [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
WWE Champion The Rock posted the following on Twitter: Congratulations Bruno Sammartino: 2013 #WWEHallOfFame You’re the greatest @wwe Champion of all time. Thank you for paving the way. #Hero — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 7, 2013 The Rock will headline [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
WWE announced on Thursday they’ll report their 2012 fourth quarter earnings on February 28, 2013 before market open. Vince McMahon will host a conference call with investors to discuss the earnings at 11 AM EST. We’ll have full coverage here [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
- Andrew Judelson, hired in January 2012 by WWE as Executive Vice President of Sales & Partnership Marketing, has left the company to take a job in sales for IMG College. Judelson is a former employee of Sports Illustrated and [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
WWE has added TNA Champion Jeff Hardy to their Alumni section here on dot com. This will create some speculation with Hardy’s contract with TNA Wrestling expiring and WWE being interested. We reported in January here on Richard’s Backstage Blog [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
Tyson Kidd wrote the following on Twitter: The Dr told me my recovery is 15% surgery, 85% therapy.So here I am.This is what I do.Road to recovery tout.com/m/waa191?ref=t… — Tyson Kidd (@KiddWWE) February 6, 2013 Chris Jericho wrote the following [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
- Wrestling News World reader Brandon van Reenen sent in the following: WWE will be holding five events in South Africa later this year. The details are as follows: Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July in Cape Town, Western [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
TMZ has picked up on the 77-year-old gunshot victim, Thomas Dotterer, that was shot in the face when the Syracuse liquor store he was working at was robbed. Dotterer told the media he was more upset that his favorite wrestler [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
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February 7, 2013
TNA Spoilers
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 [...]
TNA Wrestling announced on Wednesday they have suspended the Gut Check Challenge due to voting issues. Below is the official release: A MESSAGE TO OUR LOYAL FANS REGARDING THE GUT CHECK CHALLENGE In January, we launched the Gut Check Challenge [...]
February 6, 2013
TNA News
Dot com has a new article online feature quotes from Bruno Sammartino and Triple H regarding Sammartino’s upcoming induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Below is an excerpt: WWECLASSICS.COM: What are your thoughts on Bruno’s previous reluctance to be [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
Cody Rhodes and other WWE Superstars discuss what submission moves hurt the worst in the latest episode of WWE Inbox. Plus, who has the worst fashion sense in WWE? You can watch this week’s episode embedded in the video below: [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
TNA Wrestling isn’t completely finished with Universal Studios. Devin Cutting sent out an alert on Wednesday that the company will tape One Night Only pay-per-views from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida on the following dates: March 17, 2013 March [...]
February 6, 2013
TNA News
- Ric Flair will appear on truTV’s Lizard Lick Towing next Monday night at 10 PM. - WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk Jr. was backstage at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in Jacksonville, Florida. - Readers often email asking for updates [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
A deal seems to be getting closer for Wrestlemania 30 to be held at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. I heard the Superdome became a favorable venue due to a tax credit WWE would get for bringing the show [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
Raw and Smackdown are Jericho for the next two months as Chris Jericho is advertised for tapings leading up to Wrestlemania 29 this year. He is also officially advertised for both Raw and Smackdown following the pay-per-view. There will be [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
WWE is officially advertising John Cena and Triple H for the April 9th Smackdown taping in Boston, MA. This is the first episode of Smackdown following Wrestlemania 29. The Rock is advertised for WWE Raw the night prior in East [...]
February 6, 2013
WWE News
Velvet Sky was interviewed by the Big WrestleShark Show. In the interview she credited Madison Rayne for talking her into returning to TNA Wrestling and claimed she never “considered the competition.” She said she’s going to push TNA to bring [...]
February 6, 2013
TNA 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 [...]
- WWE has confirmed The Shield vs. John Cena, Sheamus & Ryback in a six-man tag team match for Elimination Chamber. The match was announced after Raw went off the air and we snuck it into our updated lineup. - [...]
February 5, 2013
WWE News
Bret Hart underwent knee surgery on Monday. He posted a photo of his scar that you can view below: Finally got a matching set …. twitter.com/BretHart/statu… — Bret Hart (@BretHart) February 5, 2013 [...]
February 5, 2013
WWE News
WWE Champion The Rock wrote the following on Twitter regarding not being at this week’s WWE Raw: @bryant15594 I feel you bro. I was on tour. No rest for the warriors. I’ll be back this Monday! #JustBringIt — Dwayne Johnson [...]
February 5, 2013
WWE News
This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.56 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,810,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour 1 – 4,863,000 viewers Hour 2 – 4,857,000 viewers Hour 3 – [...]
February 5, 2013
WWE News
- TNA Wrestling sent out the following on Tuesday: UK FANS: February is ‘TNA in the UK’ month on Challenge TV and sees the launch of a brand new two-part show – TNA Backstage Pass. Taking you behind the scenes [...]
February 5, 2013
TNA News
WWE announced on Tuesday that Stephanie McMahon and John Cena will take part in a panel discussion at SXSW 2013 in San Francisco to discuss how WWE uses social media to connect with fans. Below is the official press release: [...]
February 5, 2013
WWE News
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February 5, 2013
Backstage News