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It doesn’t look like Chris Jericho will be appearing at SummerSlam, Night of Champions or Over the Limit as he’s booked to be touring with Fozzy on those dates. Below is a look at the dates: Sunday, August 18, 2013 SummerSlam from Los Angeles, CA Fozzy from Reading, United Kingdom Sunday, September 15, 2013 WWE [...]
Vince McMahon Comments on CM Punk’s Return Vince McMahon wrote the following on Twitter on Thursday about CM Punk’s return at WWE Payback: Expecting a big welcome for @CMPunk in Chicago on Sunday. I’m first in line. #Payback — Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) June 13, 2013 New Fozzy Tour Dates We noted earlier this week that [...]
Jeff Jarrett joined Jeremy Borash, James Storm, Eric Young and Mickie James at the annual Nashville country music (CMA) fanfest last week. You can watch video footage of the appearance at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
I was discussing Hogan and how he’s been teasing a return to the ring with Jesse this week. He knows more about certain health issues that Hogan has been dealing with, so I asked him to write the BZ opening this week. Jesse TNA has made many questionable decisions in the past from both a [...]
There has been a lot of questions regarding Destination X since Hulk Hogan brought it up at Slammiversary. We weren’t sure if TNA Wrestling was going to add a PPV this year or if they were going to make it a television special. I weighed the options when I tried to pinpoint Destination X. Dixie [...]
Impact Wrestling Results – 6/13/2013 From Atlanta, Georgia Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts out with a video of Rampage Jackson’s first appearance in the company. That was last week. Kurt Angle met up with him face to face. What will happen when these two lock-up? It moves to the Bound for [...]
Dixie Carter told Digital Spy last month she “absolutely” would do a crossover show with WWE (See also - Dixie Carter Says She “Absolutely” Would Do Crossover Show With WWE). The publication interviewed Paul Heyman about the comments ahead of Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view. Below is an excerpt: “…it would make no sense for WWE [...]
More from The Undertaker The piece we quoted from Wednesday night on The Undertaker is available for free in its entirety at this link. In it, Undertaker explains why he continues to wrestle at Wrestlemania. WWE Superstars Honor Their Dads In the latest episode of WWE Inbox WWE Superstars honor their dad with Father’s Day [...]
We are again hiring for our sister site WWENews.net! WWENews has been up and running for a couple months with great success due to the fantastic writers who have tackled such varied topics as – American Dragon, Consequences To Hardcore Wrestling, NXT, Four Horsemen, and Wrestling With Motherhood. We are looking to expand on that [...]
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I wrote earlier on Thursday that Big Show was out well into next month with a torn labrum. I just received word back from a WWE spokesman that issued the following statement on behalf of the company: Big Show’s return is slated for mid July. Obviously this is subject to change but is the official [...]
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. [...]
Randy Orton told Shockya.com that he would love for what happened to The Rock to happen to him, with acting becoming his moneymaker. Below is an excerpt from an exclusive interview they did: Yeah, kind of like Dwayne Johnson, and the route he’s gone? He’s still around the wrestling world and that’s his first love [...]
Christian’s WWE Return Day in and day out we continue to receive questions about Christian’s WWE status. There isn’t really much of an update other than “he’s expected to be back soon.” This is the same update that’s been available for months. Other than that, it’s a situation we’ll have to wait and see. Big [...]
WWE Hiring Russian Broadcast Announcer WWE is now hiring a Russian Broadcast Announcer. You can check out the official job listing at this link. WWE Main Event Highlights Below are some video highlights from this week’s episode of WWE Main Event: Sin Cara vs. Damien Sandow Tons of Funk vs The Usos: The Miz vs. [...]
Yoshi Tatsu/Backstage Incident Yoshi Tatsu wrote the following on Twitter: I was involved a strange incident in the locker room tonight! I’ll beat the criminal when I find out! — Yoshi Tatsu (@YoshiTatsuWWE) June 12, 2013 Ric Flair at NXT Ric Flair is scheduled for the June 20, 2013 NXT tapings from the campus of [...]
Tamina Snuka is in fact out with a concussion. She suffered the injury in a match taped for WWE Superstars against Natalya on June 3, 2013. We first reported the news in Issue #12 of the Powerslam Newsletter. Concussions are a hot topic in WWE right now with Tamina’s concussion being the third in just [...]
New Lucha-Libre Talent WWE is in the process of trademarking the names Torito and Torlito, presumably for use for a Lucha-Libre talent. Tyson Kidd & Natalya Tying the Knot Tyson Kidd and Natalya, who have dated for years, are engaged to be married. The cast of “Total Divas” joined Natalya for her Bachelorette Party in [...]
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Shawn Michaels’ Macmillan River Adventures returns to Outdoor Channel next month. The following press release was sent to us by Wrestling News World reader Carl Dantes: Shawn Michaels’ Macmillan River Adventures returns to Outdoor Channel on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 – Tuesdays 11:30PM ET, Wednesdays 8AM ET, Saturdays 7PM ET. Award winning, Shawn Michaels “MacMillan [...]
Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: - After making his TNA debut this past week, Rampage Jackson returns to IMPACT this Thursday! After his confrontation with Kurt Angle, what’s next for Rampage as his TNA career begins? Don’t miss it! - After losing his chance at the World Heavyweight Championship at [...]
Josh Matthews welcomes with Wade Barrett on commentary. Only days remain until Payback! The Miz vs. Cody Rhodes Lock up. Rhodes hits a shoulder block. Lock up again. Miz gets slung and hits a shoulder block. Miz ducks from moves, and sends him into the turnbuckle head first for a two. Miz with a headlock. [...]
Undertaker, under his real name Mark Calaway, did an interview with the Houston Chronicle to promote SpurRaffle.com. In it, he’s asked why he continues to wrestle despite his injury history. “Honestly, I love it, that’s why,” Calaway said. “I’ve got 26 years in the business and all these injuries, but WrestleMania has become so huge, [...]
Zema Ion says he’s “pretty much back to 100%” following an emergency appendectomy last month. However, he’s frustrated because he’s going to have to undergo another surgery to remove a tumor that was discovered on his colon. The former X Division Champion wrote the following on Twitter: Feelin pretty much back to 100%….sucks that its [...]
WWE Exec Judging Miss USA Contestants While Nikki Bella is scheduled to judge the Miss USA Competition this weekend, WWE entertainment relations executive Kristin Prouty will be part of a panel of judges Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Prouty and six others will judge all 51 Miss USA contestants and determine the 15 semi-finalists, to [...]
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Eric Young on The Today Show Eric Young’s appearance on the Today Show is now online. You can watch it embedded in the video below: Information! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Knockouts Summer Shoot Music Video TNA Wrestling posted a new Knockouts Summer Shoot music video. Click here [...]
In a correction from an earlier note, Booker T underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a partial distal triceps tear in his left arm. We reported earlier the surgery was on his elbow but where I think the confusion came was when he underwent an elbow procedure in April. I apologize for the error [...]
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The storyline with Vince McMahon and Triple H is expected to continue on this month as both are advertised to appear live on the June 17 and June 24 episodes of WWE Monday Night Raw. While I don’t know this for sure, the backstage talk several weeks ago was that Vince was looking for a [...]
Eric Young has been on a media tour to promote season two of Animal Planet’s Off the Hook: Extreme Catches. He was on “The Crossover” on the NBC Sports Network on Tuesday night and appeared Wednesday morning on The Today Show in a fishing segment. When the segment on Today came across my TV, I [...]
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. [...]
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Sting at Basebrawl Show Sting is being advertised to work TNA Champion Bully Ray at Saturday’s TNA live event from Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Kentucky. Full event details, including other advertised matches are available at this link. Get to Know Taeler Hendrix Get to know TNA Knockout Taeler Hendrix at this link. You can [...]
Chris Jericho and Fozzy announced on Tuesday that they’ll be touring the US and Canada this fall with Saxon. The following is from Jericho’s Twitter: @thedukeofmetal: Honored to be touring the US and Canada in the fall with british metal legends Saxon! More dates TBA fb.me/C6s6TLNU — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) June 11, 2013 More details [...]
CM Punk appeared on stage at the Rancid and Transplants concert at The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday. Rancid called the former WWE Champion to the stage and joked their next song, “F**k You,” should be used as his entrance theme at WWE Payback on Sunday. For the latest on Punk and WWE Payback, [...]
Tammy “Sunny” Sytch Tweeted she got bad news from her oncologist on Tuesday. The following is from her Twitter: Please send your prayers my way everyone… got some not-so-good news from my Oncologist today. — Tamara Sytch (@WWEHOFerSunny) June 11, 2013 Sytch developed cervical cancer while in jail earlier this year. [...]
Booker T Has Surgery Booker T underwent successful surgery on his elbow on Tuesday. He wrote the following on Twitter: I just had my Surgery and everything went well thank God!! — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) June 12, 2013 Thanks for all of your prayers!! — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) June 12, 2013 WWE NXT [...]
Kaitlyn “Fined” WWE is running an angle in which Theodore Long is fining Kaitlyn $10,000 for her actions on this week’s Smackdown. If you’re interested in what happened during the Smackdown tapings, click here to view this week’s spoilers. Curtis Axel Theme Music Curtis Axel‘s latest theme, “Reborn,” was released on iTunes earlier this week. [...]
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