CM Punk took to Twitter to apologize for his controversial tweets following his denouncement of North Carolina’s proposed Amendment 1, as well as directly apologizing to the fan he said “kill yourself” to. The tweets are compiled below: I was pretty worked up today. The amendment 1 situation had me all wound up.I stand by [...]
May 8, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
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May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
Insider Rumblings
The plan coming out of last week’s TVs was for Paul Heyman to be brought in as Brock Lesnar’s mouthpiece around SummerSlam. I’m not sure what changed as Vince McMahon, who never saw eye-to-eye with Heyman, was reportedly insistent that Heyman would not be part of any deal between WWE and Lesnar. I was told [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE Champion CM Punk has set off a firestorm with a Tweet he sent to a fan. In response to Punk’s views on Amendment 1, a fan replied with a homophobic Tweet. Punk mentioned the fan’s Tweet and responded by saying, “kill yourself.” Another fan scolded Punk for his comments and mentioned WWE’s “Be-A-Star” anti-bullying [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Paul Heyman returned to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow as Brock Lesnar’s “legal representative.” WWE Champion CM Punk spoiled the return of Heyman with the following Tweet posted at 10:32 PM EDT: Okay. I’m having a blast with this. Here he is. The man. MY man. And he’s headed to the ring…. twitter.com/CMPunk/status/… [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The World Heavyweight Championship match at WWE Over the Limit has been changed to a Fatal 4-Way. Sheamus will now defend the title against Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. WWE Over the Limit will take place Sunday, May 20, 2012 from the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll have exclusive live [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Layla will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Beth Phoenix in two weeks at WWE Over the Limit. WWE Over the Limit will take place Sunday, May 20, 2012 from the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
RAW this week starts with video recap of Cena in the ring, arm in a sling last week. Laurinaitis came out and talked smack to Cena, then said he’d introduce Cena to his next opponent, but it wasn’t Tensai, it was Laurinaitis who attacked him from behind, then the three of them beat Cena down, [...]
May 7, 2012
Kendra Bunyon
WWE Results
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May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
Ezekiel Jackson posted the following video on his YouTube channel, discussing the downturn his career has taken since losing the Intercontinental Championship to Cody Rhodes 8 months ago, and informing fans that they are going to see a new and improved Ezekiel Jackson: [...]
May 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.94 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,709,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Deadline.com is reporting that Steve Austin has signed a deal to host the new reality TV series on CMT called “Redneck Island.” The 10-episode competition drops 12 blue-collared contestants into a tropical paradise where they compete for $100,000. The show debuts next month on CMT. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
CM Punk did media this morning to promote tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow in Greensboro, North Carolina. He appeared on both Fox 8 and The Good Morning Show. Click here to view CM Punk’s appearance on Fox 8. His appearance on The Good Morning Show is embedded below: [...]
May 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: Today is Owen Hart’s birthday. The youngest child of the Stu and Helen Hart dynasty would have been 47 years of age. Owen will always be one of my favorite wrestlers for a variety of reasons. He was amazingly skilled in [...]
May 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
WWE is looking to name WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth & Kofi Kingston. Possible names include: Air Truth Ka-Boom R-Boom Truth in Paradise Air Jimmy You can vote at this link. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
Backstage News
Wrestling News World reader Mike Buda sent in the following: We recently had an interview with Mickie James and she talked about her upcoming match in Puerto Rico with Melina, her music career, TNA’s Knockouts and WWE Divas, and if she would ever go back to WWE. Here are a few interesting things she had [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker for sending us the link. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE has announced a Supershow from the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on July 8, 2012. - WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The advertised dark match main event is CM Punk [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
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 WNW, click here. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
Bobby Lashley lost his fight against James Thompson at Super Fight League 3 over the weekend. Lashley, who was heavily favored to win the fight, has now dropped two of his last four fights. It’s worth noting that Lashley has expressed interest in returning to WWE recently, however, the company has not been as interested. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
Other News
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in North Charleston, South Carolina: * The Usos & The Great Khali b. Hunico, Camacho & Jinder Mahal * Ryback b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Natalya * Bo Rotundo b. Drew McIntyre * Randy Orton b. Kane in a no disqualification [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Chattanooga, Tennessee: * R-Truth & Santino Marella b. Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Zack Ryder b. Bray Wyatt (formerly known as Husky Harris) * Lord Tensai b. JTG & Tyson Kidd in a handicap match * Brodus Clay w/Hornswoggle & dancers b. Jack [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Below are quick results from yesterday’s TNA “Basebrawl” show in Visalia, California: * Gunner b. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero * Tara b. Winter * Mr. Anderson b. Robbie E * Jeff Hardy b. Kurt Angle * TNA Tag Team Champions Magnus &; Samoa Joe b. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian to retain * Rob Van Dam [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA House Shows
Below are quick results from Saturday’s TNA live event in Bakersfield, California: * Gunner b. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero * Tara b. Winter * Mr. Anderson b. Robbie E * Jeff Hardy b. Kurt Angle * TNA Tag Team Champions Magnus &; Samoa Joe b. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian to retain * Rob Van Dam [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA House Shows
- Dolph Ziggler introduced Mason Ryan as his “bodyguard” at weekend WWE live events. - Robert Zimmerman, who worked as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications in WWE, has left the company. - WWE has updated their feature article on Triple H accompanying Floyd Mayweather to the ring on Saturday night with quotes from Hunter. [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Wrestling News World reader CJ Blaze sent word that Lord Tensai’s companion, Sakamoto, has been added to the official roster over on WWE.com. - Melina Tweeted the following during Floyd Mayweather’s fight on Saturday night: Maybe it’s the margaritas but I puked when i saw Bieber & Triple H. #TotalPukage #WhatTheWhat HHH=Pukepukepuke.Boxing at an an [...]
May 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Episode #14 of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event from the Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee: * R-Truth & Santino Marella b. Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Lord Tensai b. JTG & Tyson Kidd in a handicap match * Zack Ryder b. Bray Wyatt (formerly known as Husky Harris) * Brodus [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
WWE has a feature article over on dot com highlighting Triple H’s appearance with Floyd Mayweather last night. Pictured on the official website is Hunter with 50 Cent, Justin Bieber and Stephanie McMahon. Hunter sold his “broken arm” from Brock Lesnar by wearing a brace and sling. You can read the article with the photo [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- There were audio issues at last night’s Smackdown live event in Asheville, North Carolina. The sound was inaudible during a Kane promo that aired on the screen as well as the entrance of The Uso’s. - Speaking of last night’s Smackdown live event, Christian returned in a match where he went over Yoshi Tatsu. [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event in Asheville, North Carolina: * The Usos b. Hunico & Camacho * Jinder Mahal b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Layla b. Natalya * Bo Rotundo b. Drew McIntyre * The Great Khali b. Drew McIntyre * Big Show b. WWE Intercontinental Champion [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
- Triple H accompanied Floyd Mayweather to the ring for his fight against Miguel Cotto last night in Las Vegas. Click here for full coverage of the fight. - R-Truth introduces his new theme song remix in this video with Kofi Kingston over on dot com. (Thanks to WNW reader Gerry for sending this in.) - [...]
May 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Ring of Honor Results – (5/5/12) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Check if Ring of Honor TV is in your area with the listings here, and be sure to follow along with the live coverage! Welcome to this week’s Ring of Honor! We start of the show with a highlight of last week’s Proving [...]
May 5, 2012
Adam Wacker
ROH
Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Raw live event in Huntsville, Alabama: * R-Truth & Santino Marella b. Primo & Epico * Zack Ryder b. Bray Wyatt (formerly known as Husky Harris) * Tyson Kidd b. JTG * Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger * Kelly Kelly b. Rosa Mendes * Joh Cena b. [...]
May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
TNA Champion Bobby Roode is headed to Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Roode will be doing promotional work for TNA as well as signing autographs. Click here for more information. [...]
May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
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May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
Premium Newsletters
The latest episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]
May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Mick Foley was interviewed by WOIO in Cleveland yesterday on his comedy tour. In it, he discussed his return to WWE, his comedy tour, Wrestlemania XXVIII, Brock Lesnar and more. You can watch the interview embedded in the video below: [...]
May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” following the airing of last night’s Smackdown is embedded in the video below: - Our old pal Devin Cutting recapped last night’s WWE Vintage Collection below: * The Allied Powers vs. Henry Godwinn & Tatanka (WWE Raw – July 10th, 1995) * The Quebecers vs. Razor Ramon & [...]
May 5, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News