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Details On Fines Jack Swagger Faces

Jack Swagger faces the following fines from his arrest on Tuesday night: $188 for speeding $437 for possession of marijuana $1,300 for Driving Under the Influence if it’s his first offense Swagger can pay the speeding and marijuana fines via check or online but must appear before a judge on the DUI charge. He could [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Scott Hall Update, McMahon Blogs, NXT TV Deal, Maryse’s Engagement Ring

- Diamond Dallas Page posted the following on Twitter: Scott’s first @ddpyoga workout!!! #FEELtheBANG! @scotthallnwo ow.ly/i/1yYN4 — Diamond Dallas Page (@RealDDP) February 22, 2013 - Linda McMahon has a blog entry available here on HuffingtonPost.com. - According to Jim Ross on Twitter, a deal is in the works to bring WWE NXT to national television in [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Watch The Latest Episode Of The JBL & Cole Show Here

Episode 13 of The JBL & Cole Show featuring Ricardo Rodriguez & Aksana has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]

February 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

WWE Declares Quarterly Dividend, Announce Shareholders Meeting

- WWE announced on Friday they have declared their quarterly dividend. Below is the official release: WWE® Declares Quarterly Dividend STAMFORD, Conn.– WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

This Week’s Impact Wrestling Rating & Viewership

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.02 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,352,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Wrestlemania 29 Plans & What I think Of Them, Kane After Team Hell No, Jack Swagger’s Gimmick & Trouble With The Law, Randy Orton No Longer A Top Star, Changeable Side Plates, WWE Owning Sting Footage

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February 22, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 30

The Miz & Maryse Engaged; New Trent Barreta Interview

-Maryse announced on Twitter today that she is now engaged to The Miz. The tweets are below: feb 21, 2013 is a date i will always remember, what beautiful day and night @mikethemiz im the happiest girl in the world!! — MARYSE OUELLET (@maryse0uellet) February 22, 2013 Sooooooooooo happy!!!!!!! #engaged — MARYSE OUELLET (@maryse0uellet) February [...]

February 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby Other News 5

TNA Basebrawl Shows Returning, Concern Over Friday’s Live Event, Jeff Hardy Returns

- TNA Wrestling’s “Basebrawl” shows look to continue as they’ve announced they’ll run a live event from the Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, West Virginia on June 14, 2013. This is a minor league baseball field and the home of the West Virginia Power. - TNA will run a live event Friday night from the [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

The Miz On Conan, Wade Barrett Update, WWE Coming To Charleston

- The Miz is scheduled to appear as a guest on “Conan” next Wednesday to promote The Marine 3: Homefront and Wrestlemania 29. The show airs weeknights at 11/10c on TBS. Click here for more information. - Wade Barrett is scheduled to appear at the premiere of the WWE Studios film “Dead Man Down” next [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Moving Forward With Swagger, Invites Glenn Beck To Raw

WWE is moving forward with the Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter storyline as the company has invited political commentator Glenn Beck to Monday’s WWE Raw. The company sent out the following press release on Friday: STAMFORD, CONN. — WWE has extended an invitation to talk show host and political commentator, Glenn Beck to appear live this Monday [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 12

New Rock Movie Released, Austin Speaks, More On The Return Of John Laurinaitis

- The Rock’s latest movie, Snitch, hits theaters on Friday. Time reviewed the flick at this link. - Forbes has a new interview on with Steve Austin. Click here to read it. - John Laurinaitis returned to WWE at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Qatar prior to Tensai vs. Michael McGillicutty. Big Johnny came [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

WWE Stars Profiled?, The Future Of Swagger, Johnny’s Back, What Happened To Kenn Doane

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. [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 40

TNA Lockdown Main Event, New Knockout Champion

- TNA Lockdown will be headlined by Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray for the TNA Championship in a steel cage match. The match was setup last month but can be officially announced after the airing of this week’s Impact Wrestling. - Velvet Sky is the new TNA Knockout Champion following this week’s episode of Impact [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Sheamus’ Belt Plates, Darren Young’s Knee Injury Significant, NXT Diva To The Office

- 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 [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 10

TNA Running Wrestlemania Weekend Show In Atlantic City

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. [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

King Mo Knocked Out, Photo Of Taryn Terrell As A Ring Girl

- 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 [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 5

Santino Back Next Month, John Laurinaitis Returns

- 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. [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Jack Swagger Must Appear Before A Judge On DUI Charge

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 [...]

February 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 19

WWE Raw Live Event Results (2/21/13) – Doha, Qatar

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. [...]

February 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE House Shows 2

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

February 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

TNA Blog Zone – Knockouts Steal The Show

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 [...]

February 22, 2013 Kendra Bunyon IW Blog Zone 8

Watch The Impact Post Show And Hulk Hogan Announcing Bully Ray As the #1 Contender

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: [...]

February 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

WWE Furthers Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter Storyline With New Videos

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: [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 12

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results – Randy Orton Appears

The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE Spoilers 3

The Latest Match Card For TNA Lockdown

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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Impact Wrestling Results (2/21/13) – Hulk Hogan Returns To The Ring?

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, [...]

February 21, 2013 Alex Barie TNA Results 9

WWE Advertising The Rock For Extreme Rules

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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

WWE To Honor Texas A&M Coach, Live Event In Upper Marlboro

- 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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

The Rock Featured In WWE “Outside The Ring”

The Rock is featured in the latest episode of “Outside the Ring.” You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Jimmy Jacobs To WWE?

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February 21, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 2

Impact Wrestling Preview For Tonight, Bob Ryder Cancer Free

- 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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Jack Swagger’s Pot Smoking Past, Partying On Saturday Night

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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 29

WWE Divas Champ At NXT Tonight, Oliver Grey Injury

- 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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 2

Details On Tonight’s WWE NXT Tapings – Randy Orton Advertised

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, [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 0

WWE Raw Running In Doha, Qatar

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. [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Swagger Arrest, HHH Running WWE, SD/Wrestlemania, Blood In Wrestling

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February 21, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 31

Full Taping Results For Tonight’s Episode Of Impact Wrestling

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February 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA Spoilers 1

WWE Hall Of Fame Tickets Sold Out

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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Jerry Lawler Suffering From Depression?

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 [...]

February 21, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 20

Scott Hall Update – Recruitment Video Back Online

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 [...]

February 20, 2013 Brooks Oglesby Other News 1