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Why Is Goldust Dressed Like A Christmas Tree? “Are You Serious” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews

Why Is Goldust Dressed Like A Christmas Tree? “Are You Serious” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews

Why is Goldust dressed like a Christmas tree? It’s time for some holiday garbage juice in this week’s episode of WWE “Are You Serious” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews. You can watch in the video embedded below: [...]

December 23, 2012 WWE News
The Miz

The Miz Discusses Hectic WWE Schedule, Main Eventing Wrestlemania, Turning Babyface

The Carroll County Times has a new article online featuring quotes from The Miz to promote next Saturday’s WWE TV tapings from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Below are the highlights: Hectic schedule as a WWE star: “That’s what [...]

December 23, 2012 WWE News
Tommy Dreamer

Tommy Dreamer Details His Return To WWE Raw, Got The Call Late Monday

In Tommy Dreamer’s latest editorial on SLAM! Wrestling, he details getting the call from WWE to appear on last week’s Raw featuring the 2012 Slammy Awards. Below is an excerpt: Later, as I was preparing to go to my wrestling [...]

December 23, 2012 WWE News
Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan Wants Knee Surgery Then A TNA Title Run

The Guardian out of the United Kingdom has a new piece online where they ask celebrities what’s on their Christmas wish lists. Hulk Hogan is featured and while we can only assume he’s joking, here’s one of his wishes: 3 [...]

December 22, 2012 TNA News
Antonio Inoki

More On New Diva Signing, WWE Hall Of Famer Reportedly Changes Name

- We noted earlier in the week that WWE has signed Davina Rose to a developmental contract. Vendetta Pro Wrestling wished her well at this link with a photo. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - The [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
AJ Lee

AJ Lee Calls 2012 A Cinderella Year

The Detroit News has a new article online featuring quotes from AJ Lee. Below is an excerpt: “It’s definitely been a Cinderella year for me,” says Lee, born April Mendez, who will be a part of the action when the [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool

Michelle McCool Says Kelly Kelly Will Go Down One Of The Most Over Babyfaces Of All Time

Former WWE Diva Michelle McCool says Kelly Kelly will go down as one of the most over babyfaces of all time. She went on to discuss Kelly breaking into the business, mentoring her along the way and discussed several Kelly [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
Steve Austin

Impact Wrestling Promotes Steve Austin

All for the good of the network… That’s what some are saying after the official Facebook page of Impact Wrestling promoted WWE legend Steve Austin on “Redneck Island” Saturday afternoon. Below is a screen capture of the post: Spike TV, the [...]

December 22, 2012 TNA News
Why Randy Orton Was Written Off TV, Backstage Response To The Shield, Mark Henry’s Dispute With WWE & Why He Cursed Us Out, Royal Rumble Plans Sorted Out, Slammy Winners, Another Debut, THQ Files For Bankruptcy, Hogan & Bischoff Comment On Flair Returning

Why Randy Orton Was Written Off TV, Backstage Response To The Shield, Mark Henry’s Dispute With WWE & Why He Cursed Us Out, Royal Rumble Plans Sorted Out, Slammy Winners, Another Debut, THQ Files For Bankruptcy, Hogan & Bischoff Comment On Flair Returning

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December 22, 2012 Premium Newsletters
Yoshi Claus Is Coming To Town In Latest Santino’s Foreign Exchange

Yoshi Claus Is Coming To Town In Latest Santino’s Foreign Exchange

With Christmas just days away, Santino Marella enlists Yoshi Tatsu to play Santa Claus and grant holiday wishes in this week’s episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” embedded below: [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle Out A Couple Weeks With Latest Injury

The injury that caused TNA Wrestling to pull Kurt Angle from next weekend’s live events is to his groin. He noted on Twitter it’s a minor injury and he’ll be out a couple weeks. He also reaffirmed that his knee [...]

December 22, 2012 TNA News
The New Age Outlaws

Latest From Jim Ross, The New Age Outlaws Added To MSG Live Event, WWE In Wisconsin

- Jim Ross posted a new blog entry on his official website on Friday at this link. Did you know you can keep up with all of JR’s updates as well as all our updates and news from several other [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
Sin Cara

Update On Sin Cara’s Knee Surgery

Sin Cara underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday and is now home in Mexico. Cara had been trying to work through the injury but was written off TV earlier in the week to give him time off. He wrote the [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
WWE Survivor Series

Preliminary Buyrate For WWE Survivor Series 2012

The preliminary buyrate for WWE Survivor Series 2012 was revealed in the company’s latest key performance indicators. The show did an estimated 212,000 buys, down from the 281,000 the show did last year and the 244,000 the show did in [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
WWE Slammy Awards

Kiss Of The Year Tops WWE Slammy Voting Totals

WWE touted the fact their new App was downloaded over 151,000 times during this week’s WWE Raw featuring the 2012 Slammy Awards, giving them over 3 million total downloads. The Slammy’s recorded more than 583,000 votes with the following categories [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
A Most Mizerable Christmas

Mick Foley Plugs Tribute To The Troops, Children’s Book On Today

Mick Foley made a brief appearance on The Today Show on NBC Saturday morning to promote WWE Tribute to the Troops and his new “A Most Mizerable Christmas” children’s book. Clips of Foley dressed as Santa were shown and he [...]

December 22, 2012 WWE News
Watch The JBL & Cole Show Outside The Barclays Center With Alex Levine

Watch The JBL & Cole Show Outside The Barclays Center With Alex Levine

Alex Levine is featured in the latest episode of “The JBL & Cole Show” taped outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
Impact Wrestling

This Week’s Impact Wrestling Rating

This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.99 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,270,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

December 21, 2012 TNA News
WWE

WWE Announces Royal Rumble Fan Fest

- WWE sent out the following on Friday: Royal Rumble FAN FEST coming to Phoenix Jan. 26 – 27 For the first time ever, Phoenix’s US Airways Center will host the WWE ROYAL RUMBLE FAN FEST, Saturday, Jan 26 and [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle Announces Legal Settlement

Kurt Angle posted the following Friday on Twitter: A fair Settlement Has Been Completed With @wabasocial. The Settlement Ends Any Dispute With @wafiwahidi and @realkurtangle — Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) December 21, 2012 As Alex Barie reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Angle [...]

December 21, 2012 TNA News
WWE

WWE Responds To THQ Bankruptcy Filing

WWE issued the following press release regarding THQ filing for bankruptcy: STAMFORD, Conn., December 20, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) is listed in THQ, Inc.’s recent bankruptcy filing as an unsecured creditor holding a claim of approximately $45 million reflecting the [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
A Very Broski Christmas With Zack Ryder

A Very Broski Christmas With Zack Ryder

The Christmas episode of “Z! True Long Island Story” with Zack Ryder is embedded in the video below: [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
Richard's Backstage Blog

Full Details On TNA Wrestling’s Settlement With Scott Steiner Regarding Royalties, Why There Is Concern More Suits Could Be Filed, Accounting Overhauled

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December 21, 2012 Insider Rumblings
WWE

WWE Takes The Weekend Off, A Look Ahead At Next Week’s Holiday Shows

After running consecutive shows Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the WWE roster has the weekend off. There will also be no television tapings next Monday and Tuesday as all TVs for next week have been taped. There are four [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
Big E Langston

WWE Superstars Replaced This Week, Who Is Big E Langston?

- No new material for WWE Superstars was taped this week and WWE is set to air “Best of” Raw and Smackdown episodes hosted by Scott Stanford in its place airing on Hulu. - Who is Big E Langston? Joey [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
Alex Riley’s Push Derailed, Increasing Viewership, Future Of WWE Games, Former Stars Returning

Alex Riley’s Push Derailed, Increasing Viewership, Future Of WWE Games, Former Stars Returning

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 [...]

December 21, 2012 Ask WNW
Dwayne Johnson

The Rock Even More Massive, WWE Week Wraps, Former Star Completes Rehab

- WNW reader Dave L sent in the following photo of The Rock showing off his legs: Sometimes the most important victories are just for yourself.LEGS.#5KneeSurgeries#RupturedDiscs#StillFindAWay twitter.com/TheRock/status… — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 17, 2012 - Speaking of Rock, WWE Week [...]

December 21, 2012 WWE News
WWE Tribute to the Troops

WWE Tribute To The Troops Viewership Down From Years Prior

This Wednesday’s WWE Tribute to the Troops special did an average viewing audience of 2,340,000 viewers on the USA Network. This was down fro the 2,770,000 viewers the show did last year and the 3,010,000 viewers the show did in [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
The Rock

The Rock’s WWE Return Revealed, The Shield & Big E Langston Added/Randy Orton Removed, Backstage WWE Photos

- The Miami Herald reports The Rock will return to WWE Raw on Monday January 7, 2013 in Tampa and to Smackdown on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in Miami. Click here for their coverage. - The Shield and Big E [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
R-Truth

R-Truth Injury Update

R-Truth is dealing with soreness and stiffness from the gruesome knee injury he suffered at WWE TLC on Sunday. Despite the gory nature of the injury, the latest word is he is expected to be able to return to the [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
Sheamus

How Much THQ Owes WWE, Todd Grisham’s Success After WWE, Sheamus Speaks

- According to a report by Bloomberg, THQ owes WWE $45 million as one of their largest unsecured creditors. We first mentioned this in Thursday’s Premium Mailbag. WWE announced Wednesday they will be “actively participating” in THQ’s bankruptcy proceedings. - [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
Kurt Angle

Impact Upgraded In Canada, Tara & Jessie Answering Questions, Kurt Angle Pulled From Shows

- Rogers has added Spike TV in High Definition on channel 490 so if you live up north, you now have the ability to watch Impact Wrestling in HD. - TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Tara and Jessie Godderz will answer [...]

December 20, 2012 TNA News
Kofi A Main Eventer?, Explaining The Hiring Freeze In WWE & Who Is Hurt By It, Refusing To Run News, When Dolph Ziggler Should “Cash In,” Big E Langston & Why He’s Not Part Of The Shield, Christian Update, THQ Owes WWE Big

Kofi A Main Eventer?, Explaining The Hiring Freeze In WWE & Who Is Hurt By It, Refusing To Run News, When Dolph Ziggler Should “Cash In,” Big E Langston & Why He’s Not Part Of The Shield, Christian Update, THQ Owes WWE Big

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December 20, 2012 Premium Mailbags
Sin Cara

Sin Cara Says He’s Having Surgery

Sin Cara Tweeted on Thursday he’s set to undergo a “mini surgery.” The Tweet is below: Thanks for all your support. On my road to the hospital for a mini surgery. See you later guys. — Sin Cara WWEOfficial (@TheSinCaraWWE) [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
Christian

Updates On Christian & Jericho, John Morrison/WWE, Fandango Scrapped?, Tensai Jobbing

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 [...]

December 20, 2012 Ask WNW
TNA Final Resolution

Updated TNA Impact Wrestling Taping Schedule, Final Resolution Buyrate

- TNA will return with a live episode of Impact Wrestling on Thursday, January 3, 2013. They will also air live shows on January 10 and January 17 with TNA Genesis taking place on Sunday, January 13 from Universal Studios [...]

December 20, 2012 TNA News
Pat Patterson

WWE Helps Hulu, Phillies Manager At Raw, Pat Patterson Update

- Hulu grew revenue 65% to reach approximately $695 million, the company announced on Monday. The increase is credited to deals with CBS Corporation, WWE and Viacom to include Nickelodeon content. Click here for more. - Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
The Miz

CM Punk vs. Eve Torres, Ted DiBiase Has Knee Replacement, Marine 3 Release Date

- WWE Champion CM Punk squared off against WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres in an eating contest. They went toe-to-toe with the Habanero-Wasabi Combos snack. ESPN has the coverage at this link with a video embedded below: - “The Million [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
President Obama Addresses The WWE Universe, Trailer For The Rock’s New Movie

President Obama Addresses The WWE Universe, Trailer For The Rock’s New Movie

- President Barack Obama addresses the WWE Universe in the video embedded below: - The first trailer for The Rock’s upcoming movie “Pain & Gain” is embedded in the video below: [...]

December 20, 2012 WWE News
WWE

WWE Issues Statement On THQ’s Bankruptcy Filing

WWE issued the following statement regarding their video game partner, THQ, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYS: WWE) is following the developments of THQ’s bankruptcy filing today and proposed sale under Bankruptcy Code Section 363. [...]

December 19, 2012 WWE News