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 [...]
WWE released the preliminary buy numbers for Wrestlemania 29 on their corporate website on Friday night. The early estimated number is 1,048,000 buys. While an estimate, this is short of the 1,217,000 buys that Wrestlemania XXVIII garnered last year, however, [...]
Relive Wrestlemania 29 Wrestlemania 29 will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday. In addition to the pay-per-view, the release includes the complete 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony, pre-show match and post-show. You can order now here at [...]
WWE announced on Thursday that Wrestlemania 29 was their highest-grossing “Wrestlemania” of all-time. The event earned $72 million, with that figure including ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. Last year’s Wrestlemania XXVIII did $67 million in Miami. Early buy rate estimates [...]
Economic Impact of Wrestlemania 29 NJ.com has the first details regarding the economic impact of Wrestlemania 29 in New Jersey. The article notes that workers earned about $1.4 million in gross salaries and benefits. Between Wrestlemania 29, the Hall of [...]
Arda Ocal interviewed Bret Hart and sent in the following recap where The Hitman discusses his strained relationship with Triple H: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Baltimore Sun and Layfield Report (@LayfieldReport) recently conducted a live Q/A with Bret “Hitman” Hart [...]
Wrestling News World reader Daniel purchased the Wrestlemania 29 Webcast from dot com but was unable to watch due to technical difficulties. His request for a refund was denied. The following was sent to him via email: Hello, Thank you [...]
Entertaining Wrestlemania Sign New Jersey 101.5 features a snippet on a funny/sad sign in the crowd at Wrestlemania 29 last Sunday. A woman is shown with a sign that reads “My Cheatin Husband’s in 129 Row 31 Seat 7-8 (With [...]
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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 [...]
The following press release was issued on Thursday: WWE® TOPS 100 MILLION FACEBOOK FANS AT WRESTLEMANIA STAMFORD, Conn., April 10, 2013 – WWE® (NYSE:WWE) today announced it eclipsed 100 million Facebook fans across its network of pages during WrestleMania 29, [...]
What You Won’t See on Smackdown After the cameras stopped filming at this week’s Smackdown taping, WWE Champion John Cena and Team Hell No beat The Shield via disqualification in a dark match main event. The match was thrown out [...]
The Rock noted on his Instagram account he will begin rehab for his abdominal/adductor injury suffered at Wrestlemania 29. As previously noted, Rock tore his tendons completely off his pelvis midway through his WWE title match against John Cena. Rock [...]
Fandango is Trending Fandango’s theme music “ChaChaLaLa” is surging in popularity and upon last check was #25 on the UK iTunes singles chart. (Thanks to WNW reader Dan Williams for his help.) If you want to dance to the theme [...]
Several readers sent in questions for Ask WNW regarding the white substance that was on Triple H during his entrance at Wrestlemania 29. As it turns out there was some type of malfunction where Hunter was hit with dry ice. [...]
My friend and Wrestling News World iPhone App developer “Awesome” Alan Taylor attended many of the shows over Wrestlemania 29 weekend and was nice enough to send in a complete recap. Please check out his new fantasy wrestling App called [...]
John Cena worked Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday and this week’s WWE Raw with a broken thumb. He also had food poisoning on Wednesday. Cena talked more about his condition going into WWE’s pay-per-view of the year here at HollywoodLife.com. [...]
Watch the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony Tonight The 75-minute 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will air Tuesday night on the USA Network at 10PM/9CT. Highlights of every induction speech will be shown and includes Mick Foley, Trish [...]
Brock Lesnar Injured at Wrestlemania Brock Lesnar was reportedly “knocked out cold” after taking a knee from Triple H early on in their “No Holds Barred” match at Wrestlemania 29. Some wondered if he suffered a concussion but he was [...]
The Rock flew home to Miami, Florida on Monday and was examined by Dr. Lee Kaplan at the University of Miami. He was diagnosed with torn abdomen and adductor muscles that he tore off his pelvis as well as a [...]
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April 8, 2013
Backstage News
Triple H’s left hand is badly swollen after suffering a muscle contusion in his match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday night. Hunter is having a hard time moving both his hand and arm. You can view a [...]
Post-Wrestlemania Raw Attendance The announced attendance for this week’s WWE Raw was 16,173 from the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show was a legitimate sellout. The Rock’s Injury Explained Live Justin Roberts opened this week’s WWE Raw [...]
The Rock tore his abdomen and adductor muscles off the bone in his WWE title match against John Cena at Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday. The former WWE Champion wrote the following on Twitter: In the middle of last nights Wrestlemania [...]
One story going around about The Rock is that he suffered an injury in his WWE title match against John Cena at Wrestlemania 29 and was going home to get it examined. There was a chaotic fiasco backstage at WWE [...]
Last week’s Smackdown, the go-home episode leading into Wrestlemania 29, did an average viewing audience of 2,520,000 viewers on SyFy. The show ended up doing a 1.83 cable rating. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
CM Punk’s Health CM Punk had x-rays done at MetLife Stadium following his match against Undertaker at Wrestlemania 29. In addition to an issue with his elbow, his knee is also bothering him. He’s believed to be in need of [...]
Swagger Due in Court Jack Swagger is scheduled to appear before a judge on Tuesday in Biloxi, Mississippi to respond to a DWI charge stemming from his arrest in February. As of this writing he is not being advertised for [...]
Shawn Michaels is fine following what was originally thought to be a broken nose at Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday night. It turns out Michaels’ nose wasn’t broken and he’s already back home in Texas. Michaels wrote the following on Twitter [...]
The verified Twitter account of The Bella Twins featured a photo of them “group hugging” with Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes prior to their match at Wrestlemania. You can view it below: Group Hug. Getting ready for our match. @thedamiensandow [...]
Obstructed Views We’ve heard from a number of readers that attended Wrestlemania 29 that their view was obstructed by the four “sky rise buildings” that held the canopy up above the ring. Because they were looking directly at the setup around [...]
Maria Menounos issued the following statement along with her Hall of Fame induction speech for Bob Backlund. Menounos wrote she feared the speech might not have been heard due to the reaction from the crowd so she was sending it [...]
The Rock MIA? There is a panic going on backstage at WWE Raw at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Apparently they have not located The Rock and at least one person believes he left. As we noted [...]
Alberto Del Rio & Luxury Vehicles Alberto Del Rio doesn’t drive cars to the ring anymore because he ran over Santa Claus. That was his response when asked in a Wrestlemania Axxess interview that you can watch at this link. Swagger’s Wrestlemania [...]
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April 8, 2013
Backstage News
Photo credit – WWE Triple H suffered a legitimate arm injury in his match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday. Dot com featured video footage of Michael Sampson looking at an x-ray that was taken at MetLife Stadium [...]
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Photo credit – WWE Ric Flair was not at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony last Saturday night, however, Flair was at Wrestlemania 29 Sunday night in New Jersey. Flair had a late dinner with Samantha Badger of Legacy [...]
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Post-Wrestlemania Interviews WWE has several exclusive interviews online with Wrestlemania 29 participants. Below are the links and their descriptions: John Cena Proud & Relieved Newly crowned WWE Champion John Cena feels relieved, tired and very proud following his victorious encounter [...]