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The Smackdown Breakdown – Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Seen This Before?

  Hey everyone, and welcome to yet another edition of The Smackdown Breakdown!  I apologize for the delay this week, as I had a sick child.  But enough about my life, let’s get down to business! I don’t read the spoilers for Smackdown, or any of the shows for that matter.  But I do make [...]

March 24, 2013 Jesse Sherwood Smackdown 23

WWE Raw Live Event Results (3/22/13) – Charlottesville, Virginia

Below are quick results from Friday night’s WWE Raw live event in Charlottesville, Virginia: * Tensai & Brodus Clay w/Cameron & Naomi b. Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater * Zack Ryder b. Titus O’Neil. The Shield brought Ryder to justice after the bout. * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka * Kofi Kingston b. [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

Vince McMahon Wanted To Fight Dana White, TNA Knockout Pregnant, More Bouts Set For WM29, Top Segments Trashed From Raw, Punk’s Injury Serious?, Booker T To WWE HoF, WWE Preparing For The Worst With WWE Network, Jimmy Uso Correction, UFC Fighter To WWE?, Austin’s WM29 Status

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March 23, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Newsletter 0

WNW YouTube – Introducing Watch Parties, Paul Bearer Cause Of Death, WWE Release

The latest episode of Richard Gray’s Desk Cam is now online on our official YouTube channel at this link. In this episode, I introduce our new “Open Thread” Watch Parties and run down the three top stories of the day. You can watch the video embedded below: Subscribe to our YouTube channel at YouTube.com/wnwnews. [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray YouTube 2

Kaitlyn Reveals How Her Journey To Divas Champ Began

WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn discussed breaking into pro wrestling at this link. Below is an excerpt: How did you get involved with “WWE NXT”? I played competitive soccer for about 15 years, and then I made a decision not to play in college. I got into fitness and bodybuilding, and I competed for a few [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Next Week’s Impact Preview – Open Fight Night Returns

Next week’s episode of Impact Wrestling will feature “Open Fight Night” as the company will air the show live from Jonesboro, Arkansas. The following week’s broadcast will also be taped. Below is the official preview: - Thursday’s LIVE IMPACT will feature the return of the monthly OPEN FIGHT NIGHT! Who will get called out? Who [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Nikki Roxx Reveals Why She Turned Down TNA’s Return Offer

Former TNA Knockout Nikki Roxx talked about rejecting the company’s offer to work their “Knockouts Knockdown” pay-per-view taping in an interview with The Greg DeMaro Show. Below is an excerpt of her comments: On declining an invitation to appear on the all-Knockout PPV special: “You can only get kicked so many times. … I think that I [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 9

TNA Lockdown Buyrate Reminiscent Of Last Year

The preliminary TNA Lockdown buyrate number came in at approximately 17,000 buys, according to David Meltzer. This is around the same number the show did last year, which was considered the lowest bought Lockdown in TNA history. This number is a test of sorts with TNA not running a show in February in hopes of [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 4

Tara Talks Impact, Getting Bullied In Her Early WWE Days

Brandon Baxter interviewed Tara on Friday to promote next week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Tara discusses getting her start in Memphis with Brandon and getting bullied during her early days in the WWF. You can listen at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

WWE Releases Longtime Veteran

We are able to confirm WWE has released longtime referee Jack Doan from his contract with the company. Doan began his WWE career as a WWE truck driver in October 1991. Details surrounding his release are not currently available. [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Velvet Sky Credits Lita For Inspiring Her Career

TNA Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky was on Charlotte Today on Friday to promote the TNA Wrestling live event in Concord, North Carolina (show results). She credited Lita for inspiring her career. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: Information! [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE Saturday Morning Slam Watch Party – Drink Coffee & Talk Wrestling

WWE Saturday Morning Slam Watch Party Saturday, March 23, 2013 Results by Richard Gray of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The WWE Saturday Morning Slam open airs as we go to crowd shots. This week new SMS General Manager Mick Foley has made a huge bout as The Great Khali faces Primo and Epic in a handicap match. Cue [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News, WWE Results 6

TNA Live Event Results (3/22/13) – Concord, North Carolina

Below are quick results from Friday’s TNA Wrestling live event in Concord, North Carolina: * TNA X Division Champion Kenny King b. Zema Ion in a non-title match * TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Velvet Sky b. Gail Kim * Wes Brisco b. Christian York * TNA Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Bobby Roode b. [...]

March 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA House Shows 0

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 Backstage News 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