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- Sheamus showed off his plates for the new WWE Championship title belt in this Tweet: Here’s the only improvement I’d make to the new #WWE Championship belt. Well, #StPatricksDay‘s a coming twitter.com/WWESheamus/sta… — Sheamus (@WWESheamus) February 21, 2013 - Darren Young suffered a knee injury during the 30-man Royal Rumble match and it is [...]
TNA Wrestling will run a live event in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, April 6, 2013 over Wrestlemania 29 weekend. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Rahway but the venue was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. TNA will also run on April 5th in Westbury, New York. [...]
- King Mo was knocked out by Emanuel Newton on the Bellator Season 8 Light Heavyweight Tournament semifinals on Thursday night. The fight was over in the first round as Newton caught Mo with a spinning back fist. Here’s his reaction: I got caught. Great job Emanuel. Anyone can be defeated. Back to the drawing [...]
- Santino Marella wrote the following on Twitter regarding his neck injury: I’m aiming for March 1st to be cleared for Battle! — Santino Marella (@milanmiracle) February 22, 2013 - John Laurinaitis appeared at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Doha, Qatar. You can view a photo at this link. [...]
Jack Swagger could mail in or pay his fines online if he doesn’t contest the speeding ticket and a marijuana possession he was issued in Gulfport on Tuesday. However, he is required to appear before a judge on the charge of driving under the influence. All three are misdemeanor charges. The Sun Herald has a [...]
Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Doha, Qatar: * Tensai b. Michael McGillicutty * Antonio Cesaro b. Kofi Kingston & Zack Ryder in a Triple Threat match. * Mark Henry b. Alex Riley * R-Truth b. David Otunga * Team Hell No b. The Shield by disqualification. * Ryback b. [...]
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There’s been very little going on with TNA since all these shows for the past couple weeks have been taped, and they’re getting ready to head on the road. No one in the company has done anything stupid or unexpected, so there’s little to talk about there. I will mention, because the last time we [...]
Watch the latest Impact Post Show featuring comments from a lot of the TNA roster about their time in the United Kingdom. The video is below: Also watch the segment from this week’s Impact Wrestling where Hulk Hogan announced that Bully Ray is the #1 Contender for the TNA World Title below: [...]
With many speculating on the future of the Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter storyline following the arrest of Swagger, WWE seems to have taken a step forward with the gimmick. The following videos were uploaded on the “WeThePeopleZeb” YouTube channel: [...]
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If you missed this week’s Impact Wrestling, results can be seen here, more matches were announced for TNA Lockdown. The match card is below: Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Title - Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Bully Ray Steel Cage Match - Kurt Angle vs. Wes Brisco Lethal Lockdown Steel Cage Match - Aces [...]
Impact Wrestling Results – 2/21/2013 From Wembley Arena in London, England Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts off with a video package about Jeff Hardy. Jeff was attacked about a month ago after his match with Daniels. He suffered a knee injury and we haven’t seen him in three weeks. Last week, [...]
WWE is advertising The Rock for Extreme Rules on May 19, 2013. A presale to obtain tickets begins Friday at 10 AM. The following is from the company’s official Facebook page: WWE returns to St. Louis on Sunday, May 19 at 6:30pm when EXTREME RULES is broadcast to the world from St. Louis’ Scottrade Center [...]
- Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin will be named an honorary World Heavyweight Champion by WWE prior to the main event of Sunday’s Smackdown live event in College Station. KBTX.com has more at this link. - WWE has announced a May 5th live event from the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland [...]
The Rock is featured in the latest episode of “Outside the Ring.” You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
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- Below is the official preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling: - Who is the #1 contender that will face Jeff Hardy at Lockdown for the World Heavyweight Championship? IMPACT General Manager Hulk Hogan was ready to make his decision this past week – but he never got the chance due to The [...]
We’re told Jack Swagger smoking marijuana is not news to the WWE office. Sources indicate Swagger has tested positive for grass before and had the fine deducted from his downside guarantee. He even had push once derailed due to positive tests that also carried behavioral issues. Under the WWE Wellness Policy (section 15B), a positive [...]
- WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn is scheduled to be at this week’s WWE NXT tapings from Full Sail University. Show wrote the following on Twitter: #NXT tonight @fullsail Orlando! Ill be there Champ’n it up. Who wants a piece of this??? (NXT divas only) — Kaitlyn (@KaitlynWWE) February 21, 2013 - WWE developmental worker Oliver [...]
WWE will hold another set of NXT tapings Thursday night from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Full Sail’s Facebook page provides more information: This month’s NXT filming in the Full Sail Live Venue will feature appearances from former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion “The Viper” Randy Orton, the NXT Superstars, [...]
The Raw crew begins their weekend on Thursday with a live event from the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar. Top names advertised include John Cena, CM Punk and Ryback. Click here for official event information. [...]
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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Tickets for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony are sold out. I just tried a search and was unable to retrieve any results at Ticketmaster. It’s expected that additional tickets will be available as more inductees are announced. Already confirmed are Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Trish Stratus and Bruno Sammartino. The 2013 WWE [...]
Jerry Lawler did a local media interview with WMC-TV Channel 14 where he discussed his road to recovery after suffering a heart attack last year. Lawler says his girlfriend tells him he’s depressed because he’s still not cleared to wrestle. While he admitted he doesn’t feel depressed, he’s not cleared to wrestle because he’s taking [...]
Scott Hall, who has arrived at the “Accountability Crib,” appears in the latest video posted by Diamond Dallas Page. In the video, he prefaces the original recruitment clip that was taken down after Kevin Nash‘s comments. The video is back up due to Page and Nash being on the same page regarding Hall. You can [...]
Jack Swagger, whose real name is Donald Jacob Hager, was pulled over at 11:59 PM Tuesday night after leaving this week’s Smackdown taping in Biloxi, Mississippi. Police say they initiated a traffic stop when they noticed a 2013 Ford Taurus speeding. Once stopped, the officer observed Swagger, the car’s driver, was impaired and searched the vehicle. Marijuana [...]
Just to clear up any misinformation out there, alcohol was not a factor in the arrest of Jack Swagger. While he was charged with DUI, marijuana possession and speeding, the DUI charge was not for the consumption of alcohol. TMZ updated their report to also confirm this. Jack Swagger Arrested For DUI & Marijuana After [...]
This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewership of 4,662,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the breakdown by hour: Hour one – 4,818,000 viewers Hour two – 4,674,000 viewers Hour three – 4,493,000 viewers The show ended up with a 3.30 cable rating. [...]
The reactions are beginning to pour in regarding the arrest of Jack Swagger for DUI and marijuana possession. Everyone seems to be genuinely dumbfounded how he could allow for this to happen after winning the Elimination Chamber match just three days ago. The timing of the arrest is particularly harmful as WWE received a large [...]
TMZ is reporting that Jack Swagger was arrested Tuesday night in Mississippi for allegedly driving under the influence with marijuana in his vehicle. Swagger was leaving this week’s Smackdown taping from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi when he was stopped by police for speeding. The officer determined Swagger was driving under the influence and searched [...]
TNA posted the following video preview of this week’s Impact Wrestling on their YouTube channel: *Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results (2/21) – Lockdown Main Event Announced [...]
WWE stars answer questions the following questions – “Where do you want the next Wrestlemania to be held?” and “Who’s the strongest superstar in WWE?” – in the latest episode of WWE Inbox. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
Dot com has a new article on 2K Sports acquiring the WWE video game license now online. There isn’t much new from what we’ve already reported although they do still refer to the next game as WWE ’14 and not WWE 2K14 as noted in the ESPN report. 2K’s COO David Ismailer is quoted in [...]
Take-Two Interactive has officially acquired the exclusive rights to the WWE video game license from THQ. While Take-Two is expected to retain key THQ and Yuke Co. employees, there will be at least one significant change. ESPN is reporting that Take-Two will publish the WWE game under their 2K Sports franchise. “We looked at a [...]
The USA Network will air a one-hour special of the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 10-11 PM/9-10 CT. The 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Current inductees include Bruno Sammartino, Mick Foley, [...]
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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. [...]
- WWE has repackaged developmental Diva Davina Rose and changed her name to Bayley. You can view her NXT profile at this link. - WWE has signed Kendra Smith (pictured above) to a developmental contract. She has uploaded video of her training on her official website which gives a lot of information about her. Check [...]
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