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Impact Wrestling Results (1/10/13) – A Wedding I Want & A Wedding I Get

Impact Wrestling Results – 1/10/2013 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package concentrating on Wrestler of the Year award. Jeff won and he made his own match for Genesis. Jeff vs. Aries vs. Roode. The video switches to the Hogan/Bully rivalry. Ray [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA Results 2

Watch The Opening Video To TNA Genesis 2013 Here

The opening video of this Sunday’s TNA Genesis pay-per-view is embedded below: [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

More On TNA Wrestling’s New Pay-Per-View Model & Why The Change Was Made

One of the most attractive things in TNA Wrestling’s new pay-per-view model is the cost. Running 12 live pay-per-views a year live on Sunday night was expensive and they were losing money due to poor buy rates. While the company desired to cutback the number of pay-per-views each year, they were locked into contracts with [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 7

Pricing Details On TNA Wrestling’s New PPV Model

I reported about TNA Wrestling‘s new pay-per-view plan for this year, but there is more information and that is pricing. The price breakdown is below: TNA Genesis and TNA Lockdown will be $34.95. TNA Slammiversary will be $39.95. TNA Bound for Glory will be $44.95. The Friday night pay-per-view specials will be $14.95. [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 2

TNA Wrestling Announces Huge Pay-Per-View Changes For 2013

TNA Wrestling just released information about their upcoming 2013 pay-per-view schedule and it is a huge change in direction. There have been reports for months that TNA would be cutting their PPV shows. Some speculated four and others went up to six. We now know there will be 4 pay-per-views this year. There will also [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 6

Royal Rumble Sold Out, Fan Fest Details, The Rock & John Cena, First Look At “The Call”

- I can confirm via Ticketmaster.com that tickets for Royal Rumble 2013 are completely sold out. The show will take place Sunday, January 27, 2013 from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ. - Speaking of the Royal Rumble, the Phoenix New Times has a blog article on the Fan Fest that precedes the pay-per-view [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Kofi Kingston Discusses Losing Jamaican Accident, Jimmy Snuka Opens Up

- Arda Ocal sent in the following recap of a Q&A he conducted with Kofi Kingston. You can watch it embedded in the video below: - Talking about RAW’s 20 anniversary episode, how special it will be being a part and how special it was being a part of RAW 1000, and being a fan [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Jeremy Borash Interviews Dixie Carter – Discusses Being Live, Moving Impact, & More

Jeremy Borash interviewed TNA President, Dixie Carter recently.  In the interview, Dixie gave her thoughts about 2012 and what it met for TNA.  She talked a lot about 2013 and said that it could be their biggest year yet.  She also mentioned moving Impact Wrestling on the road as well as being live.  She also revealed if [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Title Change Discussed For Raw’s 20th, Update On A Possible Surprise Royal Rumble Entrant, The Future Of The WWE Tag Team Division Not As Bright As Recent Months; Details On Why The Change, Big Gimmick Transformation Pitched But What Is Holding It Up

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January 10, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 2

Watch Antonio Cesaro’s Guide To The U.S. In Latest “WWE Outside The Ring”

United States Champion Antonio Cesaro provides a guide to the U.S. in the latest edition of WWE Outside The Ring. The video is embedded below: [...]

January 10, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

What Should Headline Royal Rumble, Back To 30 Men, Ryback Fail, A Funny Story About Real Names

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. [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 12

Brian Jack Files New Lawsuit Against WWE & Steve Keirn, Next Week’s WWE Main Event

- Brian Jack, who previously worked in WWE developmental as Buck Wild, has filed another lawsuit against the company in Florida. NXT President Steve Keirn is named in the new suit as well as other John and Jane Does to be named later. The original suit was filed in the state of Wisconsin and included [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

The Kliq At WWE NXT Today, Footage Of Dolph Ziggler Working His Brother

- As previously noted, Shawn Michaels will make an appearance at Thursday night’s WWE NXT tapings from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Kevin Nash wrote on Twitter he’ll be visiting: Going to the NXT taping to hang with HHH and HBK got my Christmas gift a little late but super [...]

January 10, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling 0

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT – Main Event Tag Match, Road To Genesis & More

Impact Wrestling will be holding another live show tonight and it is the final show before TNA Genesis. Below is the official preview for the show: - “The Icon” Sting is back – and his war for revenge against The Aces and Eights is just starting! Thanks to the Man In Black, is it the [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Details About The Upcoming Mick Foley DVD; Full Content For Bret Hart’s DVD Release

WWEDVDNews.com continues to release great information regarding the upcoming WWE DVDs that will be released this year. The upcoming Mick Foley DVD will be titled: For All Mankind: The Life & Career of Mick Foley and it will be released on April 16, 2013. The DVD will be jam-packed with matches from Mick’s multiple personas [...]

January 10, 2013 Alex Barie WWE News 7

Former WWE Name Working Gut Check Match On This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Jay Bradley will be one of the participants in the revamped TNA Gut Check match on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. He’ll face another Gut Check participant as TNA announced the change on Wednesday. While his opponent is not yet known, the rumored name is Brian Cage, a bodybuilder and regular for Pro Wrestling [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Why WWE Is Spoiling Their Own Programming

Joey Styles, who works as Vice President of Digital Media Content for WWE.com, replied “Bingo!” to a Twitter follower that explained the reason WWE is now spoiling their own programming is because they would rather fans find out from them rather than a “wrestling news site.” Below is the Tweet: “… @wwe and @joeystyles spoil [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 12

WWE Raw Rating, Former Diva Says She’s Not Appearing On Raw, Mike Tyson With WWE Title Belt

- This week’s WWE Raw ended up doing a 3.14 cable rating. We have a breakdown of the viewership available at this link. - Former WWF Women’s Champion Madusa wrote the following on Twitter: I AM NOT APPEARING ON RAW!Tho I do still have the belt, I am still WWE champ and I own a [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Two TNA Knockout Departures, Changes To Gut Check On Impact

- We can confirm both Sarita and Rosita are gone from TNA Wrestling. Their contracts came up and neither were re-signed. - TNA Wrestling sent out the following: In the Spring of 2012 IMPACT WRESTLING brought the TNA Gut Check to Spike TV! This competition sees an aspiring wrestler got a chance to tell his [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE NXT & Main Roster Live Event Notes

- WWE NXT will run a live event Wednesday night in Kissimmee, Florida. AJ Lee, Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler are advertised WWE main roster stars scheduled to appear. Langston is the current NXT Champion. - The official developmental territory will hold their next set of television tapings Thursday night from the campus of [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 0

Detailed Look At WWE Active, Ric Flair Scheduled For Raw’s 20th

- Variety has a new article on “WWE Active” being the main part of their new WWE App launched tow month ago. You can read it at this link. - We can confirm that Ric Flair has been contacted to appear at next week’s 20th Anniversary episode of WWE Raw to appear on-camera. This plan, [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Mick Foley Comments On WWE Hall Of Fame Rumors

Pitch.com has a new Q&A online promoting Mick Foley bringing his standup comedy routine to the Stanford Comedy Club in Kansas City, KS. In it, he’s asked about rumors of being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Below is Foley’s response: It would mean that the rumors that I started spreading about [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

A Lesson In Not Getting Worked, The Spirit Squad, Bob Backlund’s Hall Of Fame Status, John Cena Heel Turn?, Zack Ryder’s Frustration, Why Top Names Are The Wrestlemania 29 Undercard

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January 9, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 5

Ryback Still Labeled Unsafe?, Why Antonio Cesaro Faced The Great Khali On This Week’s WWE Raw, Identities Of Three More Top ROH Names WWE Is Targeting

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January 9, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 9

Episode Three Of TNA British Boot Camp

Embedded in the video below is episode three of TNA British Boot Camp: Click here to watch the first two episodes. [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

“Superstar” Billy Graham Blasts CM Punk’s Latest Raw Promo

WWE Hall of Famer Billy Graham had a lot to say about CM Punk‘s promo last Monday on WWE Raw, in which he verbally attacked Bruno Sammartino and his record title reign. The release, posted to his Facebook page, is below: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR CM PUNK I watch the last hour of WWE Raw last [...]

January 9, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 18

WWE Pulls Out All The Stops On Raw, Rewarded With Increased Audience

Finally the audience has come back… excuse the usage of Rocky’s catchphrase as this week’s WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,420,000 viewers on the USA Network. Not only is the number up significantly from weeks past but it was up against the BCS National Championship game on ESPN that did a massive [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

CM Punk’s Promo, Del Rio As Champ, Spoiling Title Changes, The Rock’s Contract Status

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. [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 9

Another Royal Rumble Participant Announced; Update List (Smackdown Spoiler)

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January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

The Headbangers Backstage At Smackdown, Coolest Tattoos In Latest “WWE Inbox”

- Mosh and Thrasher, known collectively as The Headbangers, were backstage at Tuesday’s WWE television tapings in Miami, FL. Zack Ryder posted a photo with Mosh on Instagram at this link. - Remember the question in Ask WNW last week about tattoos in WWE? WWE stars who has the coolest tattoos in the latest episode [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Signs El Generico

Word beginning to make rounds in several circles is that WWE has signed Rami Sebei. Sebei, who WWE targeted in November, is best known as El Generico. I do not have 100% confirmation but would assume this is a developmental deal that will see him report to NXT Wrestling in Tampa, Florida. [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 11

Tammy Sytch & Damien Darling Announce Their Engagement

WWE Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch and independent wrestler Damien Darling are engaged to be married. This is an interesting twist to an ongoing saga that has seen Darling seek a protective order against Sytch, causing her to get arrested multiple times for violating it.  The reason for the protective order was due to ongoing domestic violence on [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray Other News 2

Action Packed Clip Of Steve Austin In “The Package”

A new clip of Steve Austin in “The Package” (also starring Dolph Lundgren) is embedded in the video below: The film is due out on Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack and DVD on February 19, 2013. [...]

January 9, 2013 Richard Gray Other News 0

A Knockout Possibly Finished With TNA Wrestling

Earlier today, Richard Gray wrote that “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero cut his ties with TNA Wrestling. There looks to be another star that is finished with the company and that is Sarita. Sarita no longer appears on the roster page on TNA’s official website. While looking, The Pope isn’t shown either. While it is a [...]

January 8, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

New World Heavyweight Champion

Alberto Del Rio defeated The Big Show in a Last Man Standing match to win the World Heavyweight Championship during this week’s Smackdown taping in Miami, Florida. The official WWE website is already promoting the victory. Click here to view this week’s Smackdown spoilers. [...]

January 8, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 29

RAW Is Blogged – Ice Cream Cake Sales On The Rise?

I was bouncing around on YouTube this past weekend and I don’t know how I ended up watching the videos I did, but it reminded me of something I had really buried way down deep. I loved the Attitude Era, early nWo, DX, Austin, The Rock, especially Taker, and so many other things from that [...]

January 8, 2013 Kendra Bunyon Raw is Blogged 3

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Miami, Florida

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January 8, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 7

*Spoilers* WWE Saturday Morning Slam Taping Results From Miami, Florida

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January 8, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

*Spoilers* WWE Main Event Taping Results From Miami, Florida

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January 8, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

Hulk Hogan & Jim Ross Discuss The Work Of CM Punk

- Hulk Hogan posted the following on Twitter: @apex1989 I think CM PUNK has stepped up and proved he can hold his own with anybody in the ring and anybody on the mic,he’s on a roll. HH — Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) January 8, 2013 - Jim Ross wrote the following on his blog: @CMPunk had [...]

January 8, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1