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RAW Results 1/14/13 – It’s A Rumble In Houston

Pre-RAW Commercial Cole talks about how ADR won the WHC. He will be on RAW live tonight. Also, The Rock will be on RAW live tonight. Show Starts Music & Pyro They cut together a lot of old opening videos. Tons of SCSA, The Rock, Trip, but even Gangrel and Ken Shamrock were in there! [...]

January 15, 2013 Kendra Bunyon WWE Results 49

Eve Torres Quits WWE

The official WWE website is running a story about Eve Torres quitting the company. While the kayfabe reasoning involves her outrage over her treatment on Raw, her contract was coming up and she chose not to re-sign, instead taking time off to focus on her upcoming wedding with Rener Gracie. [...]

January 14, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 12

Two Title Matches Added To Royal Rumble

The following title matches were added to Royal Rumble on the 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw: Kane & Daniel Bryan will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow Alberto Del Rio will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show WWE Royal Rumble 2013 will take place Sunday, January 27, [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

This Week’s Guests On “The JBL & Cole Show,” King Kong Bundy Not Entering WWE HoF, Flair On Raw

- 3MB and ZZ Top are scheduled guests for this week’s episode of “The JBL & Cole Show”. We’ll post the show here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com on Friday. - King Kong Bundy will not enter the WWE Hall of Fame despite the rumor he started. - As expected, Ric Flair appeared on the 20th Anniversary of [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Latest Episode Of The List, A Closer Look At Brian Cage, Matt Morgan Injured

- The latest episode of The List with Robbie E and Robbie T features the duo talking about five TNA wrestlers they feel should be fired this year. You can watch it embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling has a closer look at Gut Check participant Brian Cage on their official website at [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Announced WWE Raw Attendance, Final Smackdown Rating

- 14,426 was the announced attendance for the 20th’s Anniversary of WWE Raw. The show was a legitimate sellout from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. - Last week’s Smackdown ended up doing a 2.2 cable rating to accompany the 3,130,000 viewers that Alex noted earlier. WWE will not only attribute the stronger number to [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Houston, Texas

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January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE Spoilers 0

New WWE Divas Champion

Kaitlyn beat Eve Torres to win the WWE Divas Championship on the 20th Anniversary episode of WWE Raw. We broke the news of the title change last Thursday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium. While new rumors have surfaced Eve is finishing up with WWE, we heard the plan was to switch the title on Raw and [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Last Week’s Smackdown Gets Huge Viewership

Last week’s WWE Smackdown got the largest viewership for a Friday show in months! This past week’s show scored 3,130,000 viewers. That can be easily credited to The Rock‘s return to the show in over 10 years. The rating for the show will be announced later. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

January 14, 2013 Alex Barie WWE News 2

John Cena vs. The Rock For The WWE Title Set To Headline Wrestlemania 29?

WWE sent out early promotional material for their Royal Rumble 2013 DVD and it may have spoiled a major creative plan. Under the “Key Selling Points” for the DVD, the following bullet points are made: The Road to Wrestlemania begins here! Historically the highest selling pay-per-view release, behind only Wrestlemania Royal Rumble 2012 sold over 33k [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 104

WWE Series Moving Timeslots

WWE Saturday Morning Slam is moving to 10:30 AM as part of The CW’s “Vortexx” lineup. WWE confirmed the move with the following Tweet: WWE Saturday Morning Slam has moved to an ALL NEW time on @myvortexx! Catch the high-flying action at 10:30am every Saturday on The CW. — WWE (@WWE) January 14, 2013 [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

The Possibility Of Vince McMahon Buying TNA Wrestling & The One Key Element That Keeps Them In Business, How WWE Picks PPV Locations, SummerSlam In Los Angeles, Steve Austin On Raw’s 20th?; Update On Wrestlemania 29 Match Against CM Punk, Creative Direction For The Shield

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January 14, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 7

Santino Marella Confirms Neck Injury, Undergoing MRI

We reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Santino Marella suffered a head/neck injury at Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Austin, Texas. Santino, has confirmed he suffered a neck injury in his match with Tensai, and wrote the following on Twitter: My neck IS in fact tweaked, not sure how bad. MRI in a few mins, [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Sin Cara Says He’s In Houston, Texas

Sin Cara confirmed on his Twitter account on Monday that he is Houston, Texas, the site of this week’s 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw. It’s unknown if Cara, who is currently recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, will work the show or is just backstage visiting. Cara was backstage at the 12/29 WWE Raw taping in [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray Uncategorized 2

Official Trailer For “The Marine 3: Homefront” Starring The Miz

The official trailer for “The Marine 3: Homefront” starring The Miz is embedded in the video below: The film is due out on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Hulk Hogan Files $50 Million Lawsuit Against Laser Spine Institute

The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Hulk Hogan has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute, saying the clinic performed unnecessary surgeries that damaged his career. The lawsuit claims the Laser Spine Institute performed multiple unnecessary endoscopic surgical procedures that further destabilized his already existing injured back. Hogan also alleges [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 11

Del Rio’s Title Win, The Shield Wrestling, Planning Matches, Bill DeMott, Edge Update

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 14, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 11

WWE Not Acknowledging Releases, Bill DeMott Responds To Rumor, The First Raw

- WWE didn’t acknowledge the release of Trent Barreta on dot com. This is something they’ve shied away from with their last several releases (the release of Kharma comes to mind) as one observer commented about how it makes the company look bad. There was was speculation the releases were “ignored” during the Linda McMahon [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

WWE Smackdown Live Event Results (1/13/13) – Tyler, Texas

Below are quick results from Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Tyler, Texas: * The Great Khali b. David Otunga * Bo Dallas, Justin Gabriel & Yoshi Tatsu b. 3MB * WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett b. Kofi Kingston * Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes in a no disqualification match * Alicia Fox b. Aksana [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 0

Official Impact Wrestling Preview Following TNA Genesis

Below is the official preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling following Sunday’s TNA Genesis pay-per-view: This Thursday night is a very special IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c, as the entire world is invited to the wedding of Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray! If you can’t watch it Thursday night, make sure [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

RAW Flashback – 1/11/93

Corny? Nostalgic? Stuck in the past? Maybe, but that very first RAW on January 11, 1993 was a big night for the WWF, a turning point, and the start of something big. I’m not sure VKM knew just how big the WWF/WWE would grow when that first RAW aired, but it’s amazing to look back [...]

January 14, 2013 Kendra Bunyon The Blog Spot 5

WWE Raw Live Event Results (1/13/13) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Corpus Christi, Texas: * WWE Champion CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler opened the show with a promo similar to what they did on Saturday night, claiming they were unable to compete. Vickie Guerrero booked them in the main event against Ryback & John Cena. [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 2

Santino Marella Injured

We noted here on Sunday that Santino Marella was replaced by Jamie Noble at Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Laredo, Texas. The same situation took place Sunday night in Corpus Christi. Santino was injured Friday night in a match against Tensai in Austin, Texas. The early word is some type of head/neck injury although [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 8

Early WWE Raw Preview – The Rock, Title Match, Hall Of Famers Appearing

WWE will hold the 20th Anniversary of Raw this Monday night from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The following is announced for the show: The Rock will appear live and host a “Rock Concert” segment (more info) Eve Torres will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Kaitlyn (more info) Special appearances by WWE Hall [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Raw 20th Anniversary Status Of Edge, Ric Flair & Jim Ross

- Edge wrote the following on Twitter regarding his status for the 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw: For those asking I won’t be at Raw. Loss in the family. — Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) January 14, 2013 - We reported last week that Ric Flair was expected to appear. - Jim Ross confirmed he will [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

More Epic Fails In This Week’s “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler, black eye and all, hosts this week’s installment of “WWE Download,” serving up another show full of epic fails. You can watch embedded in the video below: [...]

January 14, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

King Kong Bundy Starts WWE Hall Of Fame Rumor

King Kong Bundy (real name Chris Pallies) is suggesting that he’ll join Mick Foley as an inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2013. The following is from his Twitter account: Sounds like someone listened to the #Bundyholics regarding my Hall of Fame. Huge announcement tomorrow night#FIVE — King [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 10

Mr. Anderson vs. Samoa Joe Added To TNA Genesis

TNA Wrestling just announced that Mr. Anderson vs. Samoa Joe has been added to Sunday night’s Genesis lineup. Make sure you join us for exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. We are also hosting an “open thread” of discussion that you can now participate in live. [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Slammiversary & Bound For Glory Taking Place Outside Orlando

While it was assumed but not official, TNA Wrestling notified VIP ticket holders of Genesis on Sunday night that it will be the only live pay-per-view held at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida this year. Lockdown, Slammiversary and Bound for Glory will all be held on the road. The only confirmed location is for Lockdown [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

TNA Genesis Results (1/13/13) – Sting Returns Victorious, Jeff Hardy Retains

TNA Genesis Results Sunday, January 13, 2013 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by Sean Hopkins of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The show opens with a video package highlighting Jeff Hardy talking about his 2012, and the Triple Threat match he faces later tonight. The pyro hits and Todd Keneley welcomes us to the PPV.  He immediately [...]

January 13, 2013 Sean Hopkins TNA Results 29

Winner Of Storm vs. Daniels At Genesis Gets TNA Title Shot

The winner of James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels at Sunday night’s TNA Genesis pay-per-view gets a shot at the TNA Championship on the January 24th episode of Impact Wrestling. Dixie Carter announced the stipulation with the following Twitter post: Just informed by @hulkhogan the winner of Storm vs Daniels tonight at #Genesis gets a World [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Daniel Bryan’s Future In WWE Revealed; Details On A Former TNA Talent That Has No Intentions Of Re-Signing Like Velvet Sky & Others Despite The WWE Hiring Freeze

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January 13, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 7

New TNA Live Events, Details On Tonight’s Genesis Live Chat

- TNA Wrestling has announced the following live events: Friday, March 1, 2013 from the United Wireless Arena in Dodge City, KS Saturday, March 2, 2013 from the Salina Bicentennial Center in Salina, KS - Join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com Sunday night at 8 PM EST for exclusive live play-by-play coverage of TNA Genesis. We [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Bo Dallas Works Smackdown Live, Jamie Noble Replaces Santino, John Cena Working Out

- WWE developmental worker Bo Dallas replaced the injured Tyson Kidd (torn meniscus) at Saturday’s Smackdown live event in Alexandria, LA and tagged with Justin Gabriel. They went over 3MB. - WWE producer Jamie Noble replaced Santino Marella at Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Laredo, TX in a match against Tensai. I have not [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Smackdown Live Event Results (1/12/13) – Alexandria, Louisiana

Below are quick results from Saturday night’s WWE Smackdown live event in Alexandria, Louisiana: * The Great Khali b. David Otunga * Alicia Fox b. Aksana * Justin Gabriel & Bo Dallas b. 3 Man Band * WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett b. Kofi Kingston * Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes in a no disqualification [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 0

WWE Raw Live Event Results (1/12/13) – Laredo, Texas

Below are quick results from Saturday night’s WWE Raw live event in Laredo, Texas: * WWE Champion CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler both claimed in an opening promo they couldn’t work. Punk, due to his knee, Ziggler, due to the flu, when Vickie Guerrero came out and made Punk & Ziggler vs. Ryback & John [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

Road Dogg & Josh Mathews Inflict More Pain With This Week’s “Are You Serious?”

Road Dogg and Josh Mathews are back to inflict more pain in the weekly “Are You Serious?” Web series. For those that missed it in the Premium Mailbag, I called it my favorite WWE YouTube show: *Sound Off* What did you think of this week’s WWE “Are You Serious”? Post your comments below as they [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

WNW Reader Shares Their Experience At WWE Raw Live In Austin, TX

Wrestling News World reader Aaron Mobley attended Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Austin, Texas and sent in the following report: Justin Roberts makes his way to the ring and welcomes the live crowd to the Raw world tour in Austin. Before the show begins the National Anthem is played. Following that Cm Punk is our [...]

January 13, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 3

*Spoilers* TNA X-Travaganza (1/12/13) – Orlando, Florida

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January 12, 2013 Richard Gray TNA Spoilers 10

Introducing WNW Disqussion – Chat Live About Stories & Add Instant Reactions

We are proud to announce our all new commenting system here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. The new system was installed last Saturday and is now out of beta testing and ready to go. The big change is your comments now appear instantly without mod approval. Feel free to use the comments area to discuss stories live with [...]

January 12, 2013 Richard Gray Site News 24