Yahoo! Games has a new article online entitled “5 infamous gaming mishaps” and mentions WWE banning video games in the locker room several years ago. Below is an excerpt: The PlayStation 2 bodyslams pro wrestling Maybe the Red Sox should have taken a cue from the WWE. In 2001, Vince McMahon’s wrestling organization conclusively won [...]
March 27, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The official WWE website has revealed the full list of WWE Hall of Fame inductees & inductors for the Class of 2012, listed below: * Edge will be inducted by Christian * The Four Horsemen will be inducted by Dusty Rhodes * Mil Mascaras will be inducted by Alberto Del Rio * Mike Tyson will [...]
March 27, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
This last RAW before WrestleMania starts with music and pyro. Tag Team Match – Orton & Sheamus vs D-Bry w/ AJ & Kane Orton’s music and he heads to the ring. The announcers – King, Cole and Booker – talk through Orton facing Kane at WrestleMania. Sheamus out, so they talk about him facing D-Bry [...]
March 26, 2012
Kendra Bunyon
WWE Results
Following tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow, below is the updated Wrestlemania XXVIII lineup: Singles Match - The Rock vs. John Cena Hell in a Cell Match Shawn Michaels as special guest referee. - The Undertaker vs. Triple H WWE Championship Match - CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho World Heavyweight Championship Match - Daniel Bryan (c) [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Booker T joined Team Teddy as the sixth and final member for the 12-man tag team at Wrestlemania XXVIII on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow. The match now looks like this: Team Johnny: David Otunga, The Miz, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger Team Teddy: Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, The Great [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
-John Laurinaitis posted the following on his Twitter account following Christian‘s injury on Raw: Get well soon, @Christian4Peeps. In your place, I’ve chosen @TheDrewMcIntyre. #WrestleMania #TeamJohnny — John Laurinaitis (@WWERawGM) March 27, 2012 Team Johnny currently consists of David Otunga, The Miz, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. They will face Team [...]
March 26, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
WWE will highlight the Hall of Fame inductions of Edge, The Four Horsemen and Mike Tyson in the USA Network special set to precede next Monday’s Raw Supershow at 8 PM/7 CT. We’ll have full coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE is doing an injury angle with Christian, ruling him out for Team Johnny in the 12-man tag team match at Wrestlemania XXVIII. As the storyline goes, Christian suffered a re-aggravation of a neck injury at the hands of CM Punk on tonight’s Raw Supershow and will not be medically-cleared to compete. If I had [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
In addition to the surprising name we reported earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Lita is also backstage at tonight’s Raw Supershow from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Lita lives in the area and is backstage visiting with friends. She posted the following tonight on Twitter: It’s awesome to see Dragon over #hashtags twitter.com/AmyDumas/statu… — Amy [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
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 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
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 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
Team Johnny for the 12-man tag team match at Wrestlemania XXVIII was officially filled on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow with The Miz taking the sixth and final spot. Miz joins David Otunga, Mark Henry, Christian, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. They will face Team Teddy which consists of Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Backstage News
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March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Audio
The New York Post has a new feature article online on The Bella Twins. Below is an excerpt from the piece as well a video included: Do you dress alike? Nikki: We do and we don’t. We both appreciate all fashion. Brie will dress more towards a hippie, free-spirit style, whereas I like to dress [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.8 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,760,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- For those that read websites out outside of WrestlingNewsWorld.com and have asked about a rumor going around, here’s Shawn Michaels’ response: “@kingbowser418:any comment to the WM 29 hype match? You vs HHH?”– Bogus!! False!! Lie!! Completely made up!! Too much?:-) — Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) March 26, 2012 We do have details on a match [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The New York Post is reporting that “Extra” host Maria Menounos broke a rib during a “Dancing with the Stars” rehearsal with dance partner Derek Hough. Menounos has reportedly been working through “excuriating” pain the past few weeks. According to their report, Maria has being wearing a rib brace under her dancing attire and refuses [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE held a meeting today at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia (the site of tonight’s Raw Supershow) about superstars using proper Twitter technique. Both WWE Champion CM Punk and Chris Jericho shared their thoughts about it on Twitter. Punk wrote the following: Having a #meeting about #tweeting and proper use #of #hashtags. Oh how the [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE developmental standout Leo Kruger was on the road with the Raw brand this weekend. Kruger is from South Africa and is a former two-time FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion. He’s 6’1, 205 pounds. - Arn Anderson appeared before the live crowd at the conclusion of yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Time Warner [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Kevin Nash asked us to post the following: Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman’s second annual WrestleMania party is heating up with a lot of extra guests signing up to attend! In addition to Nash, Waltman, and Billy Gunn, fans will get the opportunity to meet and party with Diamond Dallas Page, Rikishi, The Headbangers, Sunny, [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The following video is courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler – Episode 9 [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Backstage News
- WWE issued the following press release today: WWE Names Brian Flinn SVP Of Marketing March 26, 2012 STAMFORD, Conn., March 26, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Brian Flinn as Senior Vice President, Marketing. Flinn, previously a senior executive at the National Basketball Association, will report to WWE Chief Marketing [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from Trish Stratus to promote her feature film debut in “Bounty Hunters.” The piece is long and detailed but below are some of the wrestling-related highlights: Still keeping up with Tough Enough cast: “I know when I went back to ‘Tough Enough’ that I was [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Los Angeles Times has a new article online featuring quotes from 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Mike Tyson. Below is an excerpt: How’d you get into the WWE Hall of Fame? “They think I belong in there and want me to fly out and get inducted into their hall. I’m not going to [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- The following is from the official Twitter account of John Cena: Hey @espn @SportsCenter drug test 7days from the dance. Looks like Aegis also wants to see a clean fight. #WM28via.me/-h6hmm0 — John Cena (@JohnCena) March 25, 2012 Drug testing is @wwe policy since 05/06. Im happy because im proud that @wwe is committed [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 did an estimated 180,000 pay-per-view buys, according to the updated WWE key performance indicators on the corporate version of their official website. If this number holds up, it would be down from last year’s Elimination Chamber which did 199,000 buys and the 285,000 buys the show did in 2010. [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Colors Network has uploaded the March 25, 2012 episode of Ring Ka King in the video embedded below: [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Ring Ka King
- Wrestling News World reader Logan Walker sent word that WWE has launched a Russian version of dot com at this link. - The folks over at Silver Vision have posted full details on the upcoming WWE DVD entitled “You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge.” You can view full information at this [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina: * WWE United States Champion Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger * Eve b. Kelly Kelly * R-Truth b. Leo Kruger * Ryback b. Alex Riley * WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico b. Mason Ryan [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Wrestling News World reader Brett Buchanan sent in the following: 4 new chapters from former Barbaric Wrestling Radio host Brett Buchanan’s The Genesis of TNA free e-book have been released on BarbaricWrestling.com and TNAbook.net. The new chapters are about Christian Cage’s TNA run, Samoa Joe, Scott D’amore booking committee (which includes a story about a TNA employee leaking news), and TNA’s [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News, 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. [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
- TNA Impact Wrestling announced a new Gut Check workshop scheduled to take place in Washington. Below are full details from the official TNA website: Think you’ve got what it takes to become the next IMPACT WRESTLING superstar? Then it’s time for a “Gut Check” – your first step in proving yourself to become a [...]
March 26, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
The official WWE YouTube channel has posted the following clips of The Rock & John Cena in Once In A Lifetime: The Rock vs. John Cena,” premiering tonight before Raw: In addition, footage of Zack Ryder defeating The Miz at a live event in Madison Square Garden is embedded below: [...]
March 26, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
The Miami Herald has a new interview up with Trish Stratus, in which she discusses her acting career, the state of the Diva’s division, a possible second season of Tough Enough, the inclusion of yoga into her life, and more. In the following excerpt, Trish discusses the lack of time and focus the Divas are [...]
March 26, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
WNW reader Troy Louk sent in the following detailed report from yesterday’s TNA Impact Wrestling house show in Erie, Pennsylvania: Whats up, wrestlingnewsworld.com readers? I just got back from the TNA House Show tonight in Erie, Pennsylvania and wanted to share the results with all the great wrestlingnewsworld.com readers. With the early 6pm belltime the [...]
March 26, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
TNA House Shows
WNW reader Chase sent in the following results from tonight’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * Hunico b. Tyson Kidd * Jerry Lawler b. Michael Cole in a Nashville Street Fight * Sheamus b. Mark Henry * Natalya & Beth Phoenix b. [...]
March 25, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE House Shows
-Mick Foley posted the following about his upcoming children’s book via his Twitter account: Yes, @MikeTheMiz you ARE awesome…as a character in my new children’s book, in which The Miz learns a valuable holiday lesson from @CMPunk — Mick Foley (@realMickFoley) March 26, 2012 Tentative title is “A Most Miz-erable Christmas”. Here’s a sneak peek [...]
March 25, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News