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Rima Fakih Provides An Update On Her WWE Status

Despite rumors over Wrestlemania XXVIII weekend indicating otherwise, Rima Fakih Tweeted today that she has not signed a contract with WWE. The former Miss USA and WWE Tough Enough contestant made headlines last week when she entered a “no contest” plea on charges of Driving Under the Influence. [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Watch Episode #23 Of Ring Ka King Here

Episode #23 of Ring Ka King is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official YouTube channel of the Colors Network: [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray Ring Ka King 2

WWE Announces Return Shows In Germany & Switzerland

WWE has announced the following overseas shows for November: November 2, 2012 from the O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany November 8, 2012 from the Indoor Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Watch The Latest Episode Of “Are You Serious?” With Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Here

The latest episode of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/14/12) – Berlin, Germany

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Berlin, Germany: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico in a non-title match * WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix b. Kelly Kelly with Eve as special guest referee * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United Sates Champion [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

AJ Styles Discusses Being Held Down, TNA Creative Changes, Being Offered A WWE Deal

Wrestling News World reader Dan The Cannon interviewed AJ Styles. You can listen to the full interview at this link. Below are the highlights: On being held down “I think if you ever give me the ball, I’ll score. But you have to give it to me. I have to play my part as well, [...]

April 15, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 10

TNA/IW Predicts – Lockdown

I have to say that I’m thrilled that TNA/IW is presenting Lockdown from Nashville, Tennessee this Sunday, April 15th. Not only is it great for the main event, but being outside of the Impact Zone can only help the crowd reaction and make a better PPV for all who watch. While there’s quite a few [...]

April 15, 2012 Kendra Bunyon Predictions 5

Ring of Honor Results (4/14/12) – ¡La Revancha!

Ring of Honor Results – (4/14/12) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Ring of Honor: Road Rage Edition! We are greeted by Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness. Tonight we will see two matches from Showdown in the Sun: Day 1. Mike Bennett will take on Lance Storm, and Kevin Steen will [...]

April 14, 2012 Adam Wacker ROH 2

Rey Mysterio’s WWE Status Revealed, Another Big Former WWE Star Joins Batista & Bobby Lashley As Former Stars Interested In Returning, Two WWE Divas Leaving, Lesnar’s Return To The Ring Official, New Focus In WWE With Roster Cuts Looming, Tito Ortiz To WWE?, Incident Over Wrestlemania Weekend Draws Attention From The Office, Kurt Angle Ends Olympic Comeback Attempt, Ask WNW Archive & All The Big News From This Past Week

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April 14, 2012 Richard Gray Premium Newsletter 0

Several Video Interviews From Today’s TNA Lockdown Fanfest In Nashville

TNA has uploaded several vides from today’s fanfest in Nashville on their official YouTube channel that you can watch embedded below: [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Edge Throws Out First Pitch At Blue Jays Game; Appears At Comic-Con In Toronto

Edge threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball game. The Blue Jays Tweeted a photo from their official Twitter account that you can view at this link. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee appeared at the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con today in the city. [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/14/12) – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Below are quick results from today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Northern Ireland: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * William Regal & Tyson Kidd b. Camacho & Hunico * Alberto Del Rio b. Ezekiel Jackson * AJ b. Natlaya with Hornswoggle as special guest referee * WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show b. [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 2

Kurt Angle Says Lockdown Match Is Biggest Test Since Brock Lesnar At Wrestlemania With His Neck

Kurt Angle plans to work against Jeff Hardy at tomorrow night’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view in Nashville. Angle is already in Nashville and is participating in the company’s fanfest to promote the show. Angle recently revealed he has a torn hamstring and partial MCL tear, ending his comeback attempt for the 2012 Olympics in London. He [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 5

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/13/12) – Stuttgart, Germany

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Stuttgart, Germany: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United States Champion Santino Marella b. David Otunga & The Miz to [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

More On The Bella Twins Leaving WWE At The End Of The Month

Brie and Nikki Bella are both advertised for next week’s WWE Raw Supershow in London but have not been on overseas live events. It was noted today on their official Twitter account they are currently en route to London. As we noted earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, the Bella twins will be letting their WWE contracts [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 17

Sheamus Discusses “$500K Fine”; Details On The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD Set With Release Date

- Sheamus discusses being “fined $500,000″ after “attacking” a referee in a video on dot com at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Adam for sending the link.) - The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD set is now available for pre-order here on Amazon.com. The set will be released on both regular and Blu-ray formats on Tuesday, [...]

April 14, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Watch The Latest “Foreign Exchange” With Santino Marella Here

The latest episode of “Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 14, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Watch The Latest Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story featuring Zack Ryder: [...]

April 14, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 1

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/13/12) – Belfast, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Dan Kelly was in attendance at tonight’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Ireland and sent in the following report: Stadium was completely full, which is the first time I’ve seen WWE do so for a while. 1. The Great Khali vs Jinder Mahal. Pretty standard Khali match. Kids were surprisingly into [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 7

Dixie Carter Says She’s Heartbroken For Kurt Angle

Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter about Kurt Angle ending his Olympic comeback attempt due to injury: I am heartbroken for Kurt. His commitment to making the Olympic team was unreal. But that’s the kind of athlete he is. yhoo.it/HMEgiR — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) April 13, 2012 [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 5

Go-Home To TNA Lockdown Impact Wrestling Rating

Last night’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.98 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,395,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 9

Watch Highlights From Last Night’s Impact Wrestling Here; What Did You Think of The Show?

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Impact Wrestling. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: The Fight For Tag Team Domination At Lockdown Austin Aries vs Christopher Daniels Bully Ray vs AJ Styles Eric Young And ODB Get Married Roode [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 5

Severe Injury Costs Former WWE Champion Big Money Offer To Return To The Ring

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April 13, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 0

More On The Stipulations Gimmick For The Returning WWE No Way Out Pay-Per-View

WWE No Way Out is set to return to pay-per-view on Sunday, June 17, 2012 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show’s main events will be in steel cage matches but they will also include stipulations to prevent participants from escaping the structure. Proposed stips include lumberjack, handcuff, strap and chain [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 17

Has Vince McMahon “Lost It”?, WWE Accommodating Talent, Rumored 2012 WWE Draft Date, The Cost In Offering Rehab To Former Stars

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. [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray Ask WNW 21

Weekend WWE Schedule – Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues Overseas; Details On Next Week’s TV Tapings

WWE’s extended Wrestlemania Revenge tour kicks into full gear this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the O2 World Berlin in Berlin, Germany (more info) Sunday from the Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England (more info) Monday from the London O2 [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Taping Smackdown In Evansville, Indiana This Summer, Return To Dublin, The Rock’s Next Movie Role

- WWE has announced the June 26th Smackdown taping will take place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. - As noted in yesterday’s house show results, WWE will return to Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 2012. - The Rock is set to star in the sci-fi action film “Lore” which has just been picked [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Final TNA Lockdown Lineup – Opening Video & Live Coverage Sunday At 8 PM EDT

- Following the airing of last night’s Impact Wrestling, below is the final lineup for TNA Lockdown: Steel Cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship - Bobby Roode © vs. James Storm Lethal Lockdown Match If Team Eric wins, Garett will leave TNA forever, and if Team Garett wins, Eric would leave TNA, and [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 1

WWE Raw House Show Results (4/12/12) – Gdansk/Sopot, Poland

Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk/Sopot, Poland: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley * Zack Ryder b. The Miz * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United States [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

Watch This Week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show Here – Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, Eric Young

This week’s Impact Wrestling Post Show is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Scott Steiner Continues Twitter Rampage; How Others In TNA Feel About Hogan & Company

Scott Steiner continues his rampage against Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Bruce Prichard on his official Twitter account. Steiner encouraged fans to turn the channel when Hogan, Bischoff or Garett Bischoff came on the screen in order to support workers like AJ Styles, Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle, Abyss, Sting, Matt Morgan, Magnus and Kazarian (all [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 6

Third Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Matthew Macklin attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown from Dublin, Ireland and sent in the following report: The building seemed to be very close to full suprisingly. Lilian Garcia was the ring announcer for the evening. 1. The Great Khali def. Jinder Mahal This was absolutely tedious from start to finish. It was [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 2

Second Report: WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Adam O’Brien attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below are full results: Last night I attended the first house show event of the SmackDown Wrestlemania Revenge Tour, from the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. As I was at Wrestlemania and all of it’s festivities in Miami, I wasn’t [...]

April 13, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

TNA/IW Blog Zone – Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back

It seems as though every time I see the name Kurt Angle on WNW it’s because he is, isn’t, is, isn’t, is, isn’t, is, isn’t going to the 2012 Summer Olympics. While I am all for everyone having goals, and I thought it was great that Angle wanted to go back to the Olympics, I [...]

April 13, 2012 Kendra Bunyon IW Blog Zone 10

Impact Wrestling Results (4/12/12) – All Will Be Locked Up At Lockdown

Impact Wrestling Results – 4/12/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package that showcases Hulk Hogan in charge of Impact Wrestling. It shows him making Roode vs. Anderson and then finally ending the Bischoff rivalry at Lockdown. The camera shows the Impact [...]

April 12, 2012 Alex Barie TNA Results 6

Watch This Week’s WWE Superstars Here

Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE Superstars, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 12, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

WWE Smackdown House Show Results (4/12/12) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader King Jamsie attended today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below is their full report: The Great Khali Def. Jinder Mahal Alberto Del Rio Def. Yoshi Tatsu * Del Rio Promo * Alberto Del Rio Def. Ezekiel Jackson William Regal & Tyson Kidd Def. Hunico & Camacho * Cody Rhodes [...]

April 12, 2012 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 5

Flo Rida Tells Heath Slater He’s Coming For Him

Flo Rida responds to Heath Slater’s attack at Wrestlemania XXVIII embedded in the video below: [...]

April 12, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 11

Bobby Lashley Considering A Professional Boxing Match

- Mister Saint Laurent reporting: Donald Trump’s hand picked WrestleMania 23 main eventer and current MMA champion heavyweight Bobby Lashley joined Mister Saint Laurent on MLW Radio presented by www.BarberShopWindow.com, the official podcast of Major League Wrestling. Lashley has competed as an MMA fighter since leaving WWE, but spoke of a desire to pursue a [...]

April 12, 2012 Richard Gray Other News 6

John Cena vs. Tim Tebow; Former WWE Tough Enough Contestant Has Pointed Words For His Trainers

- Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: NFL.com writer Adam Rank places a competition between John Cena and NFL star Tim Tebow, as they are the most polarizing people on their respective fields. I found it pretty funny, worth a read and a laugh. Click here to read it. - Wrestling News [...]

April 12, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3