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Paul Bearer’s Cause Of Death Revealed

TMZ is reporting it was a heart attack that killed Paul Bearer on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Citing Bearer’s son Michael, TMZ reveals Paul’s death certificate lists the cause of the heart attack as supraventricular tachycardia or SVT — a dangerously high heart rate. SVT is actually quite common and usually isn’t deadly. However, the [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Big Show’s Unlikely Ally – “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown

This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring The Big Show, Brodus Clay, Tensai, Cameron, Naomi & Fandango has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]

March 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

WWE Smackdown Results (3/22/13) – Will Justice Prevail?

WWE Smackdown Results – (3/22/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a teaser of what is to come tonight. Jack Swagger is shown attacking Alberto Del Rio on Raw, following by locking in the Patriot Lock on Ricardo Rodriguez. Also, The Shield is shown retreating after [...]

March 22, 2013 Adam Wacker WWE Results 0

WWE Hall Of Famer To Be Involved In Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar At Wrestlemania 29?, Latest News Regarding The Match Outcome

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March 22, 2013 Richard Gray Insider Rumblings 10

This Week’s Impact Wrestling Rating & Viewership

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.07 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,387,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Kofi Kingston Puts Over CM Punk, 5 ROH Wrestlers WWE Needs, Why Fandango Needs To Beat Chris Jericho

- Kofi Kingston did a new interview with Digital Spy where he said CM Punk is one of the best of all time. You can watch it at this link. - Have you checked out our all new sister site WWENews.net? The website highlights all of our WWE news as well as in-depth editorials and [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 12

Kane Remembers Paul Bearer, Comments On Daniel Bryan, Wearing A Mask

The Flagship out of Norfolk, Virginia has a new Q&A online with Kane. Below is an excerpt: The Flagship: With the unfortunate passing of Paul Bearer, would you like to share how he impacted your career? Kane: He was an integral part of my early years as Kane. Without Paul Bearer, there wouldn’t have been [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Chavo Guerrero Takes A Shot At John Cena

FOX News Latino has a new interview online with Chavo Guerrero. In it, he takes a jab at John Cena. Below is an excerpt: FNL: You’re 40 years old now. How long are you going to keep going? Guerrero: In the wrestling business, you know, you really don’t know what you’re doing ‘til about seven, [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 14

Jeff Hardy Discusses Becoming The No. 1 Contender

Jeff Hardy discussed becoming the new number one contender for the TNA Championship following this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. You can watch his comments at this link or embedded in the video below: Impact Wrestling Results (3/21/13) – The 9 Month Story Is Revealed [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Eric Bischoff Says He Won’t Be In TNA Much Longer, Calls Bret Hart Sad & Broken

Eric Bischoff was a guest on Inside the Ropes Radio where he responded to Bret Hart’s recent negative comments about him. Below is a detailed excerpt sent out by the show to promote the interview: On Bret Hart’s run in WCW: I had spoken to and met Bret several times before he made the jump. [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 20

Raw In KC Presale, Chris Masters On GMA, The JBL & Cole Show

- A presale began on Friday over on SprintCenter.com with the password WWERAWTV to obtain tickets to the 5/20 episode of WWE Raw from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday. - Chris Masters was on Good Morning America on Friday to discuss saving his [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Batista & Harley Race Among Visitors At WWE NXT Tapings

- Visitors at this week’s WWE NXT tapings in Winter Park, Florida included Harley Race, Batista, Chris Jericho, The Bella Twins, Big E Langston, The Shield, Cameron, Namoi, AJ Lee, Kaitlyn and Wade Barrett. Jericho Tweeted a photo with Harley Race you can view below: Great to see Harley Race, 1 of the greatest of [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Watch The Latest Episode Of The JBL & Cole Show Here

Episode 17 of The JBL & Cole Show featuring Justin Gabriel & Alicia Fox has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]

March 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Bully Ray Reveals The Hoax

TNA uploaded TNA Champion Bully Ray’s complete promo from this week’s Impact Wrestling on their YouTube channel. The promo, titled “Bully Ray reveals The Hoax,” is embedded in the five videos below: [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 4

Five New TNA Live Event Dates

TNA Wrestling has announced the following new live event dates: April 19, 2013 from the Massena Ice Arena in Massena, NY April 20, 2013 from Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point, NY April 21, 2013 from BOR Ice Arena in Barre, Vermont May 3, 2013 from Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS May 4, [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Details On The New TNA X-Division Rules

TNA Wrestling announced new X-Division rules on this week’s episode of Impact. The following is from TNA’s official website: The X-Division is evolving! New Rules Announced! 230lb Weight Limit! All X-Division championship matches will now be held under triple threat rules. The champion will have two challengers at the same time and has a thirty-three [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 14

Video Of Stephanie McMahon Boxing

WWE uploaded a video of Stephanie McMahon boxing on their official YouTube channel. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: TMZ caught up with her about the video and interviewed her in the video below: Information! WWE Star Stephanie McMahon Is a Terrifyingly Good Boxer [VIDEO] - Watch More [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

The Rock On The Tonight Show, Fast And Furious Spinoff

The Rock appeared in two segments of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday night. Neither WWE nor Wrestlemania 29 were brought up and Rock didn’t have the title belt with him. The appearance was done to promote “G.I. Joe Retaliation,” which is in theaters next weekend. Speaking of Rock he discusses a spinoff [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Paul Bearer’s Son Talks About Approving CM Punk Angle

We reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium that Paul Bearer’s sons signed off on the usage of their father’s death in the build to CM Punk vs. The Undertaker. TMZ caught up with Bearer’s son Michael to ask him about it. “We felt that dad would have wanted us at RAW last week and agreed to [...]

March 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

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March 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

TNA Blog Zone – Bully Explains It All

The truth is stranger than fiction. We’ve all heard that, but Chris Masters proved that this week. If I’d seen it in a movie, I wouldn’t have believed it. As if the first part wasn’t a bit over the top – a call from his uncle saying that a neighbor had taken his mother hostage [...]

March 22, 2013 Kendra Bunyon IW Blog Zone 1

*Spoilers* 5 Episodes Of WWE NXT From Winter Park, Florida

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March 22, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News, WWE Spoilers 4

Jeff Hardy Becomes The #1 Contender, Taryn Terrell’s New Position

- For those who missed Impact Wrestling this week, results can be found here, there was a Fatal Four Way Match to determine the #1 Contender for the TNA World Title. Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe, Magnus, and Kurt Angle. - In an segment on Impact Wrestling, Brooke Hogan fired Taryn Terrell as the referee [...]

March 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 5

Impact Wrestling Results (3/21/13) – The 9 Month Story Is Revealed

Impact Wrestling Results – 3/21/2013 From Chicago, Illinois Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts out with a picture of Bully Ray with the Aces & 8s logo behind him. A video plays showing Bully Ray sitting backstage. He says he will tell us how he pulled everything off. It took 9 months [...]

March 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA Results 3

WWE Annual Report, New Head Writer, Rock Taking On Impact

- WWE released their 2012 Annual Report. You can read through it in PDF format at this link. - Former WWE writer Court Bauer, who broke the news of the termination of Eric Pankowsi, has broke the news of a new head writer. Bauer wrote the following on Twitter: David Kreizman, who started with #WWE [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Steve Austin Delivers Bottom Line On Wrestlemania 29 Status

Steve Austin confirmed Thursday on Twitter he will not be at Wrestlemania 29. The following is from Austin’s Twitter account: I’ve had many questions concerning WrestleMania 29. The decision has been made that I will not be at WM29 and that the bottom line. — Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) March 21, 2013 [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 6

Top UFC Fighter To WWE?

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March 21, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 4

Impact Video Preview, Hot Tessmacher Photos, Kurt Angle/WWE

- TNA has video preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling at this link or embedded in the video below: - Brooke Tessmacher is “Today’s Girl” here at Maxim.com. - Kurt Angle is featured on WWE’s Alumni section at this link. - For more TNA News and entertaining banter check out TNANews.com. [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Bully Ray Apologizes Again For Gay Slurs

TNA Champion Bully Ray posted the following on Twitter: Had a very positive talk with the man I got into a verbal altercation with in Chicago. — Bully Ray (@REALBully5150) March 21, 2013 I personally apologized for my careless choice of words and my ignorance with regard to certain slurs I used. — Bully Ray [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 13

TNA Touring, CM Punk & Triple H, Brock Lesnar vs. The Rock, Dolph Ziggler Leaving WM29 With Two Titles?, Outcome Of Wrestlemania Main Event, JBL Wrestling, Sting/HBK & Religion

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March 21, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 0

WWE Payback Presale Password & Info

A presale begins Friday morning at 11 AM EDT to obtain tickets to WWE Payback 2013. You can obtain tickets at this link using the password PUNKPPV. This will be the first ever WWE Payback as the show will take place on Sunday, June 16, 2013 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Tickets go [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Full Impact Wrestling Spoilers For Tonight

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March 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, TNA Spoilers 3

The Rock On Leno, Sin Cara Injured, The Miz Hosting DVD, HHH Training

- WWE Champion The Rock will be a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday night. Click here for more. - Sin Cara is out after recently suffering a concussion. - The Miz will be hosting the Money in the Bank Anthology DVD set. - Triple H Tweeted the following photo of [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 13

Bringing Back Titles, HoF Additions, HHH vs. Lesnar, TNA PPVs & TVs

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 21, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 14

Raw In Tulsa Presale Pass, Masters Update, NXT Tapings Tonight

- The presale password to obtain tickets to the 5/13 episode of WWE Raw in Tulsa, Oklahoma is RAWTULSA. The presale begins on Thursday at 10 AM and goes on until Friday at midnight. (Thanks to WNW reader David Hocstein.) - TMZ picked up on the bizarre Chris Masters story where he saved his mother’s [...]

March 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT

Below is the official preview for tonight’s Impact Wrestling where it was taped in Chicago, Illinois last week: Preview Thursday’s huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast from Chicago on SpikeTV at 8/7c! If you can’t watch the action Thursday, make sure to set your DVR so you don’t miss it! A statement from the Aces and Eights [...]

March 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

More On PPVs To The WWE Network, Price Point

4-Traders.com has a new interview with WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios. In it, he discusses the future of pay-per-view and the WWE Network. Below are the highlights: Sure. So on the first part, continuing on with our core products, we’re going to keep them fully distributed. We think that’s a great platform for a [...]

March 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 12

Dish Network To Move Spike TV, Important For Anyone DVRing Impact

TNA Wrestling sent out the following on Wednesday: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING ON THE MOVE ON DISH | SATELLITE TV PROVIDER MOVES SPIKE TV TO CHANNEL 241 ATTENTION DISH NETWORK CUSTOMERS: Fans of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING who are also customers of satellite TV provider DISH, heads up. Your favorite Spike TV shows, including IMPACT WRESTLING Thursdays [...]

March 20, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 4

Jimmy Uso (Real Name Jonathan Fatu) Not Arrested For Second DUI

We’ve received correspondence from the lawyer representing Jimmy Uso, whose real name is Jonathan Fatu, requesting we correct our report from last week that he was arrested on charges of Driving Under the Influence. According to a statement sent out by Keith M. Goan, Fatu’s attorney, Fatu turned himself in for being erroneously cited for [...]

March 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 4

WWE Network Expected To Struggle – What WWE Is Doing To Prepare Investors & Potential Partners For The Worst

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March 20, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 1