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Ryback To Face CM Punk For WWE Championship On 1/7 Raw

As announced on SuperSmackdown Live, Ryback will face CM Punk for the WWE Championship on the January 7th episode of Raw from the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 6

Why Sin Cara Was Written Off Television

Sin Cara has been working through a legitimate left knee injury and was expected to need time off. This is the reason for The Shield attacking him on this week’s SuperSmackdown. The kayfabe update, just announced on the broadcast, is Cara has “severe knee” damage. [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Dark Match Result, SuperSmackdown Live Airing On Tape Delay

Alex Riley beat Michael McGillicutty in a dark match prior to Tuesday’s Smackdown/Raw taping from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It’s also worth noting the show isn’t exactly airing live as it began about 45 minutes prior to the show going on the USA Network. This was done to conserve time as WWE [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 2

WWE Super Smackdown Results (12/18/12) – Shield of the Just

WWE Super Smackdown Results – (12/18/12) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s commercial free Super Smackdown! The show begins with a highlight of Raw. Big E. Langston’s debut is shown attacking John Cena. Sheamus attacks Big Show with his giant chair. Tonight’s Main Event will be John Cena and Sheamus vs. [...]

December 18, 2012 Adam Wacker WWE Results 16

Raw Rating – How The Show Do After WWE TLC?

This week’s WWE Raw did a 2.89 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,230,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown of viewership: Hour one – 4,290,000 Hour two – 4,410,000 Hour three – 3,990,000 Raw Ratings Archive [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

Mike Tyson If He’d Wrestle For WWE, Thoughts On Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather, The Shield

ESPN has a new Q&A online with Mike Tyson to promote WWE ’13. Below are the highlights: Would he wrestle for WWE: “If I’m healthy, and I am, I think, I would do it,” he said. “You have to be in shape. You can’t just come off the street and do this stuff. I did [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff React To Ric Flair Returning To WWE

Both Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff weighed in on Ric Flair returning to WWE on this week’s Raw. Their Tweets are below: Great to see Flair doing his thing again.HH — Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) December 18, 2012 Very happy for RIc Flair. — Eric Bischoff (@EBischoff) December 18, 2012 Hogan was instrumental in bringing Flair [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 3

Weekly Rundown: And The Slammy Goes To…

This blog reflects my subjective views and nothing more. If you disagree – which is encouraged – feel free to voice your opinion (in a civil manner) in the comments section. Hello and welcome back to yet another edition of the Weekly Rundown hosted by yours truly, Guy Landau. This is a weekly feature on [...]

December 18, 2012 Guy Landau Landau Rundown 12

Update On Ric Flair’s Contract Status

I am able to confirm that Ric Flair has not signed a WWE contract. He, like many other returning stars, worked a per shot on this week’s Raw. [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Backstage News On Big E Langston, Who He Reminds Vince McMahon Of & What WWE Thought Of His Debut; Big Slammy Snub & One Favorite Not Mentioned In The Locker Room, Planned Title Change Scrapped From Raw?, One Midcarder That Is Very High On The WWE Radar

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December 18, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 21

Brock Lesnar A Bust?, Daniel Bryan Jobbing, New Babyfaces, Flair Back In WWE

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. [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray Ask WNW 22

Shelton Benjamin Finished With ROH Wrestling?

The word coming out of Ring of Honor Final Battle is that Shelton Benjamin could have wrestled his final match with the company… for now. Apparently Benjamin has requested his release from his ROH contract in hopes of negotiating a deal with WWE. While Benjamin has been rumored for a WWE return for weeks, he [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray ROH 11

Kenny King & King Mo Training In Las Vegas, A Spot For ODB On “The List”

- Are Kenny King and King Mo aligning together a possible tag team in TNA Wrestling? Check out the following video promo with the duo training at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas: - Is there a spot for ODB on “The List” with Robbie E and Robbie T? Check out the Christmas episode [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE Slammy Winners & Losers In Latest Episode Of “Backstage Fallout”

This week’s “Backstage Fallout” Raw goest backstage with Slammy winners and losers and can be watched in the video embedded below: [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Miz TV On Smackdown, More Returns At Raw, Backstage Video Interviews

- This week’s SuperSmackdown Live will feature a Miz TV segment with The Miz as he’ll “interview” Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee. Make sure you join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com at 8 PM EST for exclusive live play-by-play coverage. - In addition to the returns we noted last night, “Mean” Gene Okerlund, Ricky Steamboat and [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Ric Flair Teases Possible In-Ring Return?

Dot com posted a video of Ric Flair after appearing on this week’s WWE Raw. Flair said he was overwhelmed and that WWE was the best place in the world to work. He said he’s proud to be there and of the friendships he’s made. When asked about CM Punk, Flair said to give him [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

Triple H Assures We Haven’t Seen The Last Of Undertaker

For those that missed it on this week’s WWE Raw, Triple H assured the audience [when he accepted the Match of the Year Slammy for his bout against Undertaker at Wrestlemania XXVIII] that we haven’t seen the last of the Undertaker. One thing that makes this of note is there was a point earlier this [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Big E Langston Comes To Raw, What You Didn’t See On This Week’s Show

NXT Champion Big E Langston debuted in the closing segment of this week’s WWE Raw with AJ Lee, slamming John Cena to close the broadcast. After the show went off the air, John Cena & Sheamus b. World Heavyweight Champion Big Show & Dolph Ziggler in a dark match main event. [...]

December 18, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 10

Details On Tonight’s Live WWE SuperSmackdown & WWE Raw Taping From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

WWE will air a commercial-free WWE SuperSmackdown live tonight from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event is being advertised as a SuperShow, with several Superstars from Raw scheduled to appear during the taping, including CM Punk, Ryback, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, & Kofi Kingston. The main event will be John [...]

December 18, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 4

RAW Results 12/17/12 – Whoooo! Who Would Have Thought The Slammy Awards Could Be So Not Dull?

Pre-RAW Commercial Cole talks about how AJ changed the direction of MITB, and the Slammy Awards are next! Show Starts Video Setting up for the honor and glory of the Slammy Awards! Showing old winners, tiny clips from old events, and things that could be nominated from the past year. Tonight is the 2012 Slammy [...]

December 17, 2012 Kendra Bunyon WWE Results 87

Tommy Dreamer Works 6-Man Tag Team Match On WWE Raw

Tommy Dreamer returned to WWE for a 6-man tag team match on this week’s Raw, teaming with The Miz and Alberto Del Rio to face 3MB. Miz and Del Rio teamed with Brooklyn Brawler to face the trio at WWE TLC. The idea at TLC was to use Brooklyn Brawler to generate a cheap pop [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3

2012 WWE Slammy Award Winners

Below are the winners of the 2012 Slammy Awards as announced on this week’s WWE Raw: Tell Me I Didn’t Just See That (Most Shocking Moment of the Year) – Kofi Kingston Comeback of the Year – Jerry Lawler Best Kiss of 2012 – AJ Lee & John Cena Superstar of the Year – John [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 11

Ric Flair & Others Return To WWE, Latest Update On Flair’s Situation

Ric Flair returned to WWE on this week’s Raw, presenting John Cena with the “Superstar of the Year” Slammy Award and getting into a confrontation with CM Punk and then The Shield.  After this, Flair appeared in a backstage segment with Team Hell No when Ron Simmons made a cameo. This comes after cameos from [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

*Spoilers* WWE Main Event Taping Results For This Week

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. [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE Spoilers 0

Samoa Joe Says His Cartilage Tear Has Healed

After three months of working through a rib cartilage tear, Samoa Joe says he is finally healed. The following is from his Twitter: Good news from the doc, after 3 months of annoyance, cartilage tear in my rib looks to have healed nicely. Back to full go. — Joe Seanoa (@SamoaJoe) December 17, 2012   [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

TNA Wrestling Returning To West Virginia In February

TNA Wrestling is returning to my home state of West Virginia in February as they have announced the following live events: February 15, 2013 from the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington February 16, 2013 from the Beckley Convention Center in Beckley February 17, 2013 from the Morgantown Event Center in Morgantown Tickets for all [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Plans For The 2013 Royal Rumble Sorted Out Over The Weekend; Exclusive Details Revealed Here

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December 17, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 7

Mick Foley Discusses WWE Hall Of Fame, Video Of John Cena On Kathie Lee & Hoda

- Mick Foley was an in-studio guest on The Sam Roberts Show where he discussed Wrestlemania 29 and the possibility of being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. You can watch in the video embedded below: - John Cena was on Kathie Lee & Hoda Monday morning to promote WWE Tribute to the Troops. [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Announces Partnership With Hire Heroes USA

- WWE announced on Monday they have patterned with Hire Heroes USA. Below is the official press release: ALPHARETTA, Ga. and STAMFORD, Conn., December 17, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced a partnership with Hire Heroes USA, an organization committed to serving our nation’s veterans through personalized and customized job search training and assistance. [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Richard Reacts To WWE TLC 2012 – The Future Is Bright, Why This Show Was Must-See & Very Important

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December 17, 2012 Richard Gray Audio, Richard Reacts 17

Alberto Del Rio Turning Babyface, Past Names Returning, Latest On Orton, Raven/WWE

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. [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray Ask WNW 20

Dolph Ziggler Skewers John Cena In Latest WWE Download

Dolph Ziggler skewers John Cena’s in-ring moves one day after WWE TLC in the latest episode of WWE Download. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

December 17, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Zack Ryder A TLC Snub, Sin Cara Injured, Rumble Commercial, Pre Show Match

- 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 10

R-Truth’s Gruesome Injury, Brawler Happy With Match, 3MB On Raw, Patterson At TLC

- 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 4

WWE Spoils Brooklyn Brawler Involvement, Former Referee Releasing A Book

- 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 1

Mark Henry Curses Us Out, Says There’s A Chance He Won’t Come Back To WWE

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 18

What You Didn’t See On WWE TLC, Post Match Interviews

- 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 0

R-Truth Injured At WWE TLC

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 15

Backstage WWE TLC News – Cena Cut, Naomi’s Title Shot, Del Rio The New Orton?, Brooklyn Brawler

- 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 8

Backstage Response To The Shield’s Match At WWE TLC

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 19