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Kofi Kingston Says Being A WWE Superstar Can Be Frustrating; Discusses The Lack Of Build In Program With The Miz

Creative Loafing Atlanta has a new Q&A online with WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston. In it, Kofi is asked about his feud with The Miz and how Miz has gone on to win the WWE Championship while he has yet to capture a major title. Below is his response: Yeah, I’m pretty sure we were [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Studios & ABC Family Developing A Christmas Movie Starring The Miz

WWE issued the following press release on Friday: STAMFORD, Conn., October 26, 2012 – WWE Studios (NYSE:WWE) and ABC Family today announced that WWE Studios and ABC Family are developing an upcoming television movie, Christmas Bounty, for a 2013 world premiere during ABC Family’s popular “25 Days of Christmas” programming event. WWE Superstar The Miz [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 2

This Week’s Impact Wrestling Viewership (Updated With Rating)

This week’s Impact Wrestling did an average viewing audience of 1,187,000 viewers on Spike TV. The show ended up doing a 0.97 cable rating. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 2

CM Punk’s Thoughts On Abortion, Says He’s Never Taken A Pain Pill In His Life, Waiting To See What Happens With Fan Incident At Raw

We noted here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that CM Punk “refused” to address the fan incident on WWE Raw a couple weeks ago during a radio appearance Thursday on Rover’s Morning Glory. While he refused to disclose specifics, Punk did mildly address the issue. Below are the highlights of the interview: Punk opened the interview with an [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 11

Randy Orton Pushing For A New Character, Latest Update On The Outcome Of CM Punk vs. Ryback, Top WWE Tag Team Breaking Up?

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October 26, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 12

Mick Foley Talks Transition To Stand-Up Comedy, Interesting Facts About Big Show, WWE’s Return To Columbus

- Mick Foley, who will be touring Australia next year with his stand-up comedy tour, spoke to an Australian media outlet about the transition from the ring. You can listen to the interview at this link. - Did you know if Big Show could meet any celebrity in the world it would be Clint Eastwood? [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3

CM Punk & Paul Heyman Discuss “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Why The Attitude Era Focus In WWE ’13 Is Disrespectful, More

The New York Post recently conducted an interview with CM Punk & Paul Heyman, during which WWE ’13, the Attitude Era, and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin were discussed. In the following excerpt, a potential feud between Austin and Punk is discussed: Everyone is talking about the video that surfaced earlier this month between you and [...]

October 26, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 7

Titles In WWE, Mark Henry’s Return, WWE Poised For Growth Or Failure?, How WWE Should Book CM Punk vs. Ryback At HIAC

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. [...]

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Watch The Latest Episode Of Z! True Long Island Story With Zack Ryder Here

Episode #87 of Z! True Long Island Story with Zack Ryder is embedded in the video below: [...]

October 26, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Weekend TNA Schedule – Two Live Events In Missouri; Seeking Live Reports

TNA Wrestling is touring Missouri this weekend. Below is the schedule: Tonight from the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, MO (more info) Saturday from The Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO (more info) We are seeking reports from all live events. If you attend, submit your report at this link. TNA will broadcast next [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 1

John Cena Advertised For Next Week’s WWE Raw; Undefeated Ryback

John Cena is being advertised to appear live on next week’s WWE Raw from the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The advertised dark match main event is Ryback vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship. While the promotional material is not indicative of what will happen at the pay-per-view, Ryback is being [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Weekend WWE Schedule – Hell In A Cell Lineup, No Live Events, Next Week’s TVs

WWE is off the road this weekend before Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Below is the latest lineup for the show: Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback World Heavyweight Championship Match - Sheamus (c) vs. Big Show WWE [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

CM Punk Discusses Difficulty Of Giving Up Meat, Wishes Samoa Joe Was Featured On DVD, Says We Don’t Know What Kind Of Motor Ryback Has

SLAM! Wrestling has a new article online featuring quotes from WWE Champion CM Punk. Below are the highlights: On the difficulty of giving up meat and completely changing his diet: “It wasn’t,” he said. “It was just something I wanted to try. Something to see if I could do. I’m funny like that. I like [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Injury Update On Tommaso Ciampa

ROH Wrestling sent out the following video update from Tommaso Ciampa who gives an updated on his surgically-repaired knee. Ciampa underwent surgery in September and battled diverticulitis in May. [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray ROH 2

WCW Announce Strategy Rehashed On Impact Wrestling

For those that missed this week’s Impact Wrestling, the company rehashed something that was done in WCW by changing announce teams from hour one to hour two. The first hour was called by Jeremy Borash and Todd Keneley while the second hour was called by the regular announce team of Mike Tenay and Taz. This [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 8

Impact Wrestling Post Show – Jeff Hardy, Miss Tessmacher, Mr. Anderson

The Impact Wrestling Post Show is embedded inn the video below: [...]

October 26, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Full Taping Results For This Week’s WWE Superstars

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. [...]

October 26, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

Dolph Ziggler Shares His Feelings On John Cena, Being Involved With Z! True Long Island Story, More

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Score TV in Canada and the Baltimore Sun recently had the chance to speak with WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler about a number of topics. Highlights: -How he feels about Zack Ryder’s show, ‘Z! True Long Island Story,’ potentially ending: “You can’t blame that kid for making something out of nothing. He’s the reason [...]

October 26, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight

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October 26, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 1

TNA Blog Zone – Isn’t There A Rule About Cyborgs In The Ring?

Everything written below is my own personal view and does not reflect those of Richard Gray or WNW. If you disagree with me, please feel free to voice your opinion below in a polite and creative manner in the comments section. I’ve been sitting here trying to think about what to write before the show [...]

October 25, 2012 Kendra Bunyon IW Blog Zone 3

Jeff Hardy To Defend The TNA Championship Against Austin Aries At Turning Point

Near the end of tonight’s Impact Wrestling show, when Austin Aries attacked Jeff Hardy, he announced that he will have his rematch for the title. At Turning Point, it will be: TNA World Title Match Jeff Hardy(c) vs. Austin Aries TNA’s Turning Point will be live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida on November 11, [...]

October 25, 2012 Alex Barie TNA News 0

What You Didn’t See This Week On Impact Wrestling

Prior to this week’s Impact Wrestling, TNA Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez beat Robbie E & Robbie T after Chavo hit Robbie E with the frog splash in match taped for TNA Xplosion. In a dark match, Joey Ryan beat Shawn Spears via the Mustache Ride. Spears is a former WWE talent that [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Hulk Hogan Discusses How Bad The Sex Tape Hurt

Hulk Hogan was on TSN’s “Off the Record” with Michael Landsberg on Thursday. At the beginning of the interview Landsberg asked Hogan how bad the sex tape hurt in which he spun before hitting back by saying he had to deal with “people like you” asking questions like that right out of the shoot. Hogan [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 5

Impact Wrestling Results (10/25/12) – Aces & 8s’ Dart Lands On Kurt Angle

Impact Wrestling Results – 10/25/2012 From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling kicks off with a video package. It starts with the Aces and 8s vs. Sting and Bully Ray at Bound for Glory. Devon is revealed and it shocked the world. It then shows last week’s match [...]

October 25, 2012 Alex Barie TNA Results 12

X-Division Championship Match Kicks Off Impact Wrestling Tonight

Dixie Carter tweeted on her official Twitter account that the X-Division Championship match will kick off tonight’s Impact Wrestling. X-Division Champion Rob Van Dam will face Zema Ion. Her tweet is embedded below: X Div Title Match kicks off #ImpactLIVE w/new champ @therealrvd in 1st defense vs @zematna. RVD looks relaxed. Zema… lockerz.com/s/256110813 — Dixie [...]

October 25, 2012 Alex Barie TNA News 0

WWE Spokesman Reveals Vince McMahon Donated $5 Million Personally To Trump Charity; Obama Supporters Endorsing McMahon?

The Smoking Gun reported in January that WWE gave $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2010 due to his involvement in WWE storylines. The donation became a political talking point when Trump recently offered to pay $5 million to the charity of President Obama’s choice if he would release his college and [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

Alberto Del Rio’s Brother Speaks Out, CM Punk Refuses To Address Fan Attack, WWE Live Event Notes

- Alberto Del Rio’s brother, Memo Montenegro, recently spoke to The Miami Herald about coming up in the wrestling business as a WWE developmental worker. “It’s an incredible experience… In the three, four months I’ve been here, I’ve already learned so much. I can’t believe how much I’ve learned so far. I want to thank [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

Despite Hurricane Sandy, NXT Wrestling Live Event In West Palm Beach Still Scheduled As Planned

A hurricane isn’t enough to scare NXT Wrestling from running a show. We received the following press release/media advisory on Thursday evening: **NXT IN WEST PALM BEACH STILL SCHEDULED AS PLANNED ** West Palm Beach, Fl, October 25, 2012 With Hurricane Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean and a careful examination of the storm’s projected path, WWE NXT officials have [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling 1

WWE Filming Mick Foley Footage, Konnan Not Being Blackballed, Trish Stratus Appearing In Mickie James Video

- WWE is filming footage for the new Mick Foley DVD at his home on Thursday. The company recently had a camera crew at Shawn Michaels’ ranch for the same project. - For those that missed it on this week’s WWE Raw, Jim Ross acknowledged Rey Mysterio’s tag team past including alliances with Juventud Guerrera [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Who Pushed To Replace AJ Lee, Brock Lesnar At HIAC?, Booking 3MB, Adult Content On WWE TV

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. [...]

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David Otunga Reveals Best Bench Press; Discusses Role In “The Hive”

David Otunga is interviewed in the November 2012 issue of Muscle & Fitness now out on newsstands everywhere. Below are the highlights: What’s your best bench? Back when I was in law school I benched 515. Next year you’ll be in a movie called The Hive. Can you tell us what it’s about? Oh man [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

WWE Bands We’d Like To See, The Rock’s Role At Wrestlemania 29, Watch John Cena On “The Chew,” Vickie Has Proof Of AJ Affair

- Dot com has an article now online looking at “WWE Bands we’d like to see.” You can read it at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - Speaking of dot com, they have an article online where they look at how The Rock will “electrify” at Wrestlemania 29. Click [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3

New TNA Live Events, Spike TV Filming King Mo, TNA Stars Appearing At Hogan Beach Show Opening, Tara’s Pizzeria Highlighted

- TNA Wrestling has announced new live events in New York. The company will run at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on 12/29 and at the Times Union Center in Albany on 12/30. - To update on an earlier item, Spike TV cameras were filming King Mo training at this week’s Ohio Valley Wrestling [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Next Week’s WWE Main Event, Wrestlemania XXVIII Buyrate, Reyes Backstage At Smackdown, WWE Looking For Divas

- Next week’s WWE Main Event will be headlined by Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players. The show will be taped next Tuesday from the Crown Center in Fayetteville, NC. - While lower than the initial estimate of 1.3 million buys, Wrestlemania XXVIII ended up [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Full Details On The Tragic Self-Inflicted Death Of Mike Graham

The tragic details behind the self-inflicted death of Mike Graham have emerged after authorities released their incident report. According to police, Graham was found dead by his wife, Diane Hamilton, on the night of Thursday, October 18, 2012. Police and paramedics responded to a 911 call at 8:47 PM ET. Graham’s wife told police her [...]

October 25, 2012 Richard Gray Other News 7

Full Details On Who The Top WWE Star Is That Is Pushing The Company To Sign Samoa Joe Once Ongoing Litigation With TNA Wrestling Is Settled

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October 25, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 14

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: - “Championship Thursday” is back, and the World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as new titleholder “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy defends the gold against an opponent to be select by “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan! The contenders that Hogan will pick from are: [...]

October 25, 2012 Alex Barie TNA News 0

CM Punk Discusses His Feud With Ryback, Potentially Facing The Rock, His Final Goal To Accomplish In WWE, More

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Score Television Network and the Baltimore Sun recently spoke with current WWE Champion CM Punk about the upcoming WWE ’13 video game, his WWE Hell in a Cell opponent, what he’d still like to accomplish in WWE and more. Highlights: -On his Hell in a Cell opponent Ryback and whether [...]

October 25, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Jessie Godderz Comments On His Bound For Glory Debut

As known on Impact Wrestling as Jessie from Big Brother, Jessie Godderz was recently interviewed by ESPN Playbook. In the interview, he discussed his TNA Bound for Glory debut where he was revealed as Tara‘s Hollywood boyfriend. Below is the excerpt: Debuting this past week for the ‘Bound for Glory’ PPV event, to me, that [...]

October 25, 2012 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Watch Several Video Highlights From This Week’s WWE Main Event Here

Below are several video highlights from this week’s WWE Main Event: A Look At The “Showoff” Dolph Ziggler A Special Look At Ryback’s In-Ring Destruction Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio Special Interview with Paul Heyman [...]

October 24, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0