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Official Details On WWE Performance Center, Video Of Thursday’s News Conference

WWE issued the following press release regarding their new Performance Center in Orlando, Florida: STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 – Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent developmental system, recently re-branded NXT® and create nearly 100 high-wage jobs in Orlando, Florida. With 26,000 square-feet, seven [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Smackdown Live Results (4/18/13) – Glasgow, Scotland

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Smackdown live event from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland: * Alex Riley, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal & Santino Marella b. The Prime Time Players, Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Fandango b. Ted DiBiase * Natalya b. Alicia Fox * Mark Henry b. The Great Khali * [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 0

Mick Foley Tours The WWE Warehouse In The Latest “WWE Outside The Ring”

The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” features Mick Foley on a tour of the infamous WWE warehouse. The video is available at this link and is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 18, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 2

Triple H “Playing Hardball” With Two Former WWE Stars Looking To Return – Who They Are & How The Precedent Hunter Is Trying To Set Goes Back To The Strained Relationship With The Rock, Details On Why Brock Lesnar Doesn’t Face Similar Heat & Criticism

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April 18, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 19

Triple H Introduces New WWE Performance Center In Orlando, Florida

Triple H, alongside Florida Governor Rick Scott and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced WWE’s new “Performance Center” at a news conference Thursday morning. It was announced the new facility, located in Orlando, will replace the company’s current developmental facility in Tampa. Hunter confirmed previous WNW Premium reports that the 26,000-square-foot facility would feature seven [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 3

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues – Raw In Belfast, Smackdown In Glasgow

WWE’s overseas tour continues on Thursday. Below is a look at the shows as the Smackdown crew has arrived: WWE Raw Live from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland (more info) WWE Smackdown Live from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland (more info) We have results online from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event in Rotterdam, [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Kassius Ohno, Heyman/Cesaro, Part-Timers Returning, Cena, Punk’s Time Off

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April 18, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 33

Cody Rhodes On Career Nose Dive, WWE Main Event Highlights

Cody Rhodes & His Career Nose Dive ESPN’s Jon Robinson spoke to Cody Rhodes before Wrestlemania 29 and included some quotes in this week’s WWE Power Rankings. Below is an excerpt: “Gosh, this has been a horrible run,” Rhodes said as we talked about his career earlier this month before WrestleMania 29 in East Rutherford, [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

King Mo’s Return To Impact Delayed, Christy Hemme Records Vocals

King Mo Update Spike TV President Kevin Kay spoke to Sherdog.com and discussed the future of “King Mo” Lawal: The only thing it changes a little bit is that we thought there would be more time. If Mo had won the tournament, then he would have not had to fight this summer, probably would have [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

CM Punk & Lita At Turner Field, Where Is Rick Steiner Now?

CM Punk at Turner Field CM Punk and his real-life girlfriend Amy “Lita” Dumas were at Turner Field on Wednesday from the Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves game. You can view a photo he Tweeted below: twitter.com/CMPunk/status/… — CM Punk (@CMPunk) April 18, 2013 Where is Rick Steiner Now? WWE has a new “Where Are [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 9

WWE To Announce “Project Flair” Thursday In Orlando, Florida

WWE will announce on Thursday their new training center in Orlando, Florida. The office of Florida Governor Ric Scott released the following statement Wednesay evening: “WWE could have chosen anywhere in the world to house this new global performance center – and they chose the Sunshine State,” Scott said in a statement. “[The] announcement that [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 0

Jim Ross Experiences UFC From The Inside

Jim Ross toured UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. He wrote about the experience on his verified Twitter account: Thanks to my friend #UFC VP @marcratnerufc Ratner 4 the tour of UFC offices today. Enjoyed meeting @danawhite. Cool dude. Great hospitality. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 18, 2013 UFC President Dana White wrote [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Weekly Rundown: I Don’t Have A Good Title This Week

This blog reflects my subjective views and nothing more. If you disagree with me, feel free to voice your opinion in a civil manner in the comments section. Hello and welcome to The Weekly Rundown hosted by yours truly, Guy Landau. This is a weekly feature on WrestlingNewsWorld.com where I gloss over the important happenings [...]

April 18, 2013 Guy Landau Landau Rundown 1

TNANews.com – Kurt Angle Admits CM Punk Is Among The Best Today

The article is available at the link below. Please follow it and comment there: Kurt Angle Speaks With TNANews.com – Being A Workhorse In A Company And His Response To CM Punk’s Health & Break [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 0

Brian Lawler, Also Known As Grandmaster Sexay, Arrested For DUI

Brian Christopher Lawler (a/k/a Grandmaster Sexay) was arrested on the charge of Driving Under the Influence on April 11, 2013 in Chester County, Tennessee. Lawler, the real-life son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, was pulled over by police for failing to stop at an intersection. He reportedly admitted to consuming more than a [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Watch Party At 7:30PM EDT

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: Preview Thursday’s huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c from Corpus Christi, Texas! If you can’t watch the action on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR! - After refusing to answer whether he was with TNA or the Aces and Eights, AJ Styles [...]

April 18, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

WWE Raw Live Results (4/17/13) – Rotterdam, Netherlands (Updated With Reader Reports)

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands: * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * R-Truth b. Antonio Cesaro * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Cameron & Naomi b. The Bella Twins & Tamina Snuka * William Regal b. Michael McGillicutty * World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler b. [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows, WWE News 4

X-Division Match On Impact Wrestling To Feature New Ref Cam

TNA President Dixie Carter revealed Wednesday on Twitter that they would be testing out a new camera attached to the referee during the X-Division match on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. Carter Tweeted: During this week’s #XDivision match, we experiment with a new camera attached to the ref to bring you closer to action! [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 8

What Made CM Punk So Upset He Threatened To Quit WWE – Who Talked Him Out Of It & The Latest On His Health

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April 17, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 38

SoCal Val Discusses Working As A Producer, If She’s Happy In TNA

Bleacher Report published an exclusive interview with SoCal Val about her current role in TNA Wrestling. Below are the highlights: Working as a producer: I started producing backstage about a year or two ago, and it pretty much just entails me helping talent go through different lines that we need for television shows and commercials. [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Sgt. Slaughter Says He Was In The Original Plans To Manage Jack Swagger

Sgt. Slaughter revealed in an interview with Arda Ocal at the Cauliflower Alley Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada that he was in the original plans to manage Jack Swagger. Slaughter said plans were changed when Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara were lost to injury and Alberto Del Rio was turned babyface. This resulted in the [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 13

The Rock To Start Physical Therapy On Thursday

The Rock begins physical therapy for his torn abdominal and adductor muscles on Thursday. He’s already been training and is now five weeks out from filming the movie Hercules. The following is from Rock’s verified Twitter account: Injury update: Physical therapy starts tomorrow. Hardcore training starts today. Thank U guys for the love. 5 weeks [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Tara Says She’s Not On Impact Wrestling For A Few Months

TNA Knockout Tara wrote on Twitter that she won’t be on Impact Wrestling for a few months. The following is from her verified Twitter account: “@diamonds_coal: I posted a new photo to Facebook fb.me/2x1BBwjTr” I’m not at TV’s for a few months. Can you ship my goodies? — Lisa Marie Varon (@TARALiSAMARiE) April 16, 2013 [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Breaking Down WWE NXT Staff, CM Punk’s Support For Antonio Cesaro Backfires?, Questioning Wrestlemania Injuries, Sin Cara’s Disappointing WWE Run, Rock vs. Cena III, Which Rock/Cena Bout Was Better, Should Brock Lesnar Beat Triple H, Future Of TNA, Batista Return Update

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April 17, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 0

WWE To Make Announcement In Central Florida On Thursday

WWE is scheduled to announce a new development Thursday in Central Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Triple H and Full Sail University president Garry Jones are scheduled to be on hand. WWE has increased its presence the area by building a new developmental facility in Orlando (now under construction) and taping [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Video Previews For This Week’s Impact Wrestling, Spoilers

TNA Wrestling posted the following video previews for this week’s episode of Impact: *Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results For 4/18 From Corpus Christi, TX [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE Presale Passwords, Update On The Rock’s Filming Schedule

WWE Presale Passwords There is currently a presale ongoing for the June 3rd WWE Raw taping in Hartford, CT. The password to obtain tickets is WWECENA. Tickets for the Smackdown taping the next day in Long Island, New York will go on sale in a presale on Thursday. The password to obtain those tickets is [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Don West Shoots On Royalty Check From TNA, Lack Of Appreciation For Craig Jenkins

Former TNA announcer and staff member Don West implied his biannual royalty check from TNA Wrestling was less than the $20 “brown bag specials” he used to sell for the company: Just got my biannual royalty check from TNA and if it wasn’t so hilarious it would be sad — Don West (@DonWestDeals) April 17, [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 3

Ryback Formats Twitter Account, The Master Bed As Wrestling Ring

Ryback Formats His Twitter Account Ryback formatted his Twitter account and now only includes one Tweet. That Tweet is as follows: If you have something worth fighting for you have to fight for it. Being bred to b scared is the problem. Rules will be broken. #RybackRules — Ryback (@Ryback22) April 17, 2013 We noted [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Ryback’s Promo, Bo Dallas, JR Off Announce, Confusing WWE Storylines

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April 17, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 7

Superstars Discuss Their Most Embarrassing Moment In This Week’s “WWE Inbox”

In this week’s edition of WWE Inbox, Superstars discuss their pick to win the 2013 World Series, as well as who has their most embarrassing in-ring moment and which Superstar stares into a mirror the most. Watch at this link or embedded below: [...]

April 17, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 1

Rob Van Dam On A Match Against Mick Foley Not Happening, Contract Status

Arda Ocal interviewed Rob Van Dam at the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion this week in Las Vegas. He discussed being at WrestleCon over Wrestlemania 29 weekend and appearing at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RVD put over Bruno Sammartino and his story and talked about being there to support Booker T. The [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 10

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins Overseas, Mick Foley On Smackdown

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour begins Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We have the complete schedule online at this link. If you attend, please submit a live report. Mick Foley on Smackdown Mick Foley wrote on Twitter he’ll appear on next week’s Smackdown from London, England: #OneWeekFromToday I will be [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Off-Air Notes – Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match, Triple H Appears, WWE In Knoxville

Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match Alicia Fox beat Aksana in a dark match prior to this week’s WWE Smackdown taping in Knoxville, Tennessee. Triple H Appears at Smackdown After the taping, The Shield attacked Randy Orton and Sheamus. Triple H, with his arm in a splint, made the save. The babyfaces ended up hitting their [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Triple H Health Update – Will He Be Cleared For Extreme Rules?

Dot com has a new article online with an injury update on Triple H. The piece notes an MRI revealed he did not have a scaphoid fracture but a carpal sprain and contusion to his left wrist. Dr. Michael Sampson is quoted in the piece. “He’ll be able to train with a splint on, but [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 8

RAW Is Blogged – How Are Your Hips Jerry?

I have to start this by saying that my heart goes out to everyone and their families who were effected by the Boston Marathon bombings. I’ve spent a number of Boston Marathons wandering the city, and it’s a day of fun, joy, celebration, and happiness. Whenever anything terrifying like this happens, my heart goes out [...]

April 16, 2013 Kendra Bunyon Raw is Blogged 29

Segment Announced For Next Week’s WWE Raw (Smackdown Spoiler)

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April 16, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Complete WWE Smackdown Spoilers For This Week

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April 16, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News, WWE Spoilers 21

*Spoilers* WWE Saturday Morning Slam Taping Results From Knoxville, Tennessee

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April 16, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News, WWE Spoilers 2

Is Robbie E Smarter Than A Middle School Kid?

Is Robbie E smarter than a middle school kid? This week’s episode is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

April 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2