- Zack Ryder wrote the following on Twitter: TLC is tonight in New York’s @barclayscenter. Last year I won the US title at TLC. This year I got an e-mail saying that I was not needed. — Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) December 17, 2012 - Sin Cara is working through a left knee injury which was [...]
December 17, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- We’re told R-Truth required dozens of staples and stitches to close his lacerated knee that he suffered at WWE TLC on Sunday night. The injury was gruesome and among the talking points backstage. - Brooklyn Brawler Tweeted the following about working the pay-per-view: Just woke up the happiest man on earth I got to [...]
December 17, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WNW reader Daniel Yates sent this in… Before the Brooklyn Brawler was introduced, or any members of his team for that matter, the WWE Active poll on the WWE App asked “Do you think The Miz, Alberto Del Rio, and the Brooklyn Brawler will be able to co-exist against this common enemy?” - WNW [...]
December 17, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Have you ever been cursed out by a 418-pound man who is known for being The World’s Strongest Man? I hadn’t either until after the WWE TLC pay-per-view on Sunday night. Mark Henry is disputing our report he’s cleared to return and says there’s a chance he won’t come back. The following is from Henry’s [...]
December 17, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- When WWE TLC went off the air John Cena got on the mic and apologized for losing. He told the crowd to drive home safely. - WWE has several post match TLC interviews over on dot com. Done in-character, you can watch at the links below: Kofi Kingston talks about his big win over [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
R-Truth suffered a lacerated knee at WWE TLC on Sunday night. The injury occurred during his match against Antonio Cesaro for the WWE United States Championship. Truth Tweeted the following graphic photo of the injury: There’s no reason to play doctor but you can take one look at that and tell it’s not good. [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- John Cena suffered a cut under his right eye in his Ladder Match with Dolph Ziggler. He didn’t require medical attention but the referees put gloves on and asked him if he needed treatment. Cena waved off the attention. - Naomi was a surprise to get the WWE Divas Championship match against Eve Torres [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
We’re already hearing a large positive response to The Shield’s match against Ryback, Daniel Bryan and Kane at WWE TLC. While it’s still early, everything from the way the trio worked to the way they were booked received very high marks from everyone backstage. One insider told me they thought Seth Rollins was “dead at [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE TLC Results Sunday, December 16, 2012 From the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York Report by Sean Hopkins of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The show opens with Lillian Garcia in the ring. Before the PPV, they toll the bell 26 times in remembrance of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. A video package is shown highlighting the [...]
December 16, 2012
Sean Hopkins
WWE Results
We noted earlier that WWE was expecting a sellout for TLC. The show did just that with an announced attendance of 15,748. This is WWE’s first time at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Noami will challenge Eve Torres for the WWE Divas Championship at WWE TLC after winning the Santa’s Helper #1 One Contender Battle Royal during the pre-show. We’ll have full coverage of the match here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Winners for six of the twelve categories for the 2012 WWE.com Slammy Awards were announced on the WWE TLC Pre-Show. Below are the results: Best Dancer of the Year – Brodus Clay Top Social Media Ambassador – Charlie Sheen WWE.com Video of the Year – Jerry Lawler Crowd Chant of the Year – “Feed Me [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
JTG beat David Otunga in a dark match prior to WWE TLC from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Andrew Feminella for texting us. [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
Live Blogs
The WWE TLC pre-show is embedded in the video below: [...]
December 16, 2012
Alex Barie
WWE News
This week will begin WWE’s holiday television taping schedule. Below is a look at the remaining TVs for the year: Sunday night WWE TLC from Brooklyn, NY Monday night WWE Raw from Philadelphia, PA Tuesday night commercial-free SuperSmackdown Live and 12/24 Raw taping from Pittsburgh, PA Wednesday night 12/28 Smackdown from Rochester, NY 12/29 12/31 [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE is expecting a sellout for Sunday night’s TLC pay-per-view from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Make sure you join us for live coverage at 8 PM EST. - WWE has signed Alexander Jones (Twitter) to a developmental contract. - Looking for a custom Ryback action figure? Check out this one that [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
Insider Rumblings
- Would you believe it if we told you Michael Cole was working out prior to TLC Sunday in Brooklyn? Here’s a rare photo of him training beside R-Truth. - WWE will hold their TLC pay-per-view Sunday night from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage beginning at 8 [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE has signed Davina Rose to a developmental contract. Rose is known for her work on the California independent scene and was trained by Serena Deeb. It’s expected she’ll report soon to the NXT Wrestling facilities in Tampa, Florida. - The Shield made their in-ring WWE debut Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where the [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Mark Henry recently told his Twitter followers he was “pushing to come back” but that didn’t mean it will happen. The World’s Strongest Man was at Friday night’s Brooklyn Nets game at the Barclays Center where he signed autographs. We can confirm Henry has been cleared to return to the ring and has been pitched [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE ran a Supershow live event Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Below are full results: * Tyson Kidd b. Darren Young w/Titus O’Neil * WWE Intercontinental Kofi Kingston b. Wade Barrett * AJ Lee & Kaitlyn b. WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres & Tamina Snuka when Eve walked out on Tamina * WWE Tag Team [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Road Dogg and Josh Mathews share awful clips from the WWE tape library in the latest episode of “Are You Serious?” that you can watch embedded in the video below: [...]
December 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Sunday, December 16th, the WWE presents TLC from the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York. There’s been issues going into this PPV, specifically Punk’s surgery, but the WWE has worked hard to give us a solid card. I will admit that I’d been contemplating possibly trying to get WrestleMania tickets since the location was announced. While [...]
December 15, 2012
Kendra Bunyon
Predictions
- Jim Ross checked in with his WWE TLC predictions. Below is an excerpt: @HeelZiggler slipping over @JohnCena in the Ladder match with the MITB contract at stake. Would it shock me to see Dolph Ziggler leave TLC as the new World Champion as well? Not totally. It also wouldn’t shock me to see Cena [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE will try their hand outside of wrestling Saturday night with their Rolling Stones pay-per-view at 9 PM EDT. The cost is $49.99 for HD and $39.99 for the regular broadcast. There will be a pre show on E! at 8 PM EST. Vince McMahon said in a recent conference call this was the [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The WWE.com Slammy Awards are now online and open for voting. The winners will be announced on the WWE TLC Pre-Show Sunday night at 7:30 PM EST. This is where the “Diva of the Year” among other categories will be decided, below is the full category list: BETRAYAL OF THE YEAR UPSET OF THE YEAR [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
Premium Newsletters
- The Make-A-Wish Foundation Tweeted the following: Thanks to @wwe and @randyorton for granting Timothy, Connor and Michael’s wishes this week! ht.ly/g5uOL — Make-A-Wish America (@MakeAWish) December 14, 2012 - This week’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured the following matches as transcribed by Devin Cutting: Lex Luger vs. PJ Walker (WWF Raw – March [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
In the latest episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” Yoshi Tatsu interviews Ryback (and others) under the assistance of Santino Marella: [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
Backstage News
Below is the final advertised lineup for Sunday’s WWE TLC pay-per-view: Ladder Match for MITB Contract - John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler (contract holder) Chairs Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Big Show (c) vs. Sheamus 6-Man TLC Match - Ryback, Daniel Bryan & Kane vs. The Shield WWE United States Championship Match - [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Randy Orton was written off WWE television on this week’s Smackdown. You can watch how it was done in the video embedded below: Orton suffered what was believed to be a right hand/wrist injury at last Sunday’s Tribute to the Troops taping. I have received more information and am awaiting further confirmation before running a [...]
December 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Watch the latest edition of Smackdown Backstage Fallout recapping this week’s Smackdown show below: You can read the show’s results here. [...]
December 15, 2012
Alex Barie
WWE News
Scott Steiner has dropped his count-suit against TNA Wrestling where he alleged nonpayment over royalties and a lack of accounting over the royalties. TNA still has an open lawsuit against Steiner for disparaging remarks he made on Twitter about the company as well as Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. Click here for details on that [...]
December 14, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.96 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,242,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]
December 14, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
WWE Smackdown Results – (12/14/12) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a preview of what’s to come tonight. The Shield and their recent attacks along with The Big Show and Sheamus’ no contact clause are highlighted in the trailer. United States Champion Antonio Cesaro and Sheamus [...]
December 14, 2012
Adam Wacker
WWE Results
Buff Bagwell claimed in a recent media interview he had been talking with Eric Bischoff about returning to TNA Wrestling. According to Bischoff, this isn’t true. Bischoff wrote the following on Twitter: FYI, havent had a conversation with Marc Bagwell in 15 years or more. Not sure what conversations he “thinks” hes had with me. [...]
December 14, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
- WNW reader Jason sent word the presale password for Smackdown in Cincinnati, Ohio is SMACK. You can purchase tickets at this link. - WWE has announced a live event from the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas on February 23rd, 2013. Tickets go on sale January 5, 2013. - The WWE TLC Webcast on [...]
December 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE and TNA Wrestling have issued statements regarding the horrific school shooting in Connecticut on Friday. WWE posted the following on their Facebook page: WWE is saddened by today’s tragedy in Newtown, Conn. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Dixie Carter Tweeted the following: Devastating news. Deepest sympathies to the [...]
December 14, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News, WWE News