The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from Jim Ross. Below are the highlights: Relationship with Jerry Lawler & his near fatal heart attack: “I speak to him, and when we don’t talk, we text about everyday [...]
November 8, 2012
WWE News
- WWE officially announced Monday here on dot com that Wrestlemania 29 tickets are scheduled to go on sale Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 10 AM. We broke the news back in September here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. - John Cena is [...]
October 22, 2012
WWE News
- The WWE Championship match for Hell in a Cell will be officially announced on this week’s WWE Raw. As the storyline goes, CM Punk will “choose” between John Cena and Ryback. Ryback was actually inserted as a backup plan [...]
October 15, 2012
WWE News
CAVE Magazine has a new Q&A online with Machine Gun Kelly. In it, the rapper discusses performing live at Wrestlemania XXVIII and other experiences with WWE talent. Below is an excerpt: I’m a huge pro-wrestling fan, and was thrilled when [...]
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September 26, 2012
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- Ted DiBiase is currently battling pneumonia as he awaits Hurricane Isaac in Mississippi. DiBiase wrote the following on Twitter: Currently fighting pneumonia and looks like I’m about to fight a Hurricane… What else ya got?? — Ted DiBiase Jr. [...]
Today, WWE will air the first episode of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, as well as the one-hour WrestleMania XXVIII special -WWE Saturday Morning Slam will premiere on Vortexx, a block of children’s television on The CW, at 10:00 AM ET. [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Peter Ferreri sent in the following: Today at SportsTownChicago we had an exclusive interview with Eve Torres, discussing the current state of Divas and her thoughts on character development vs. in ring prescence, the importance [...]
NBC issued the following press release on Friday: WRESTLEMANIA 28 – ROCK VS. CENA’ TO AIR ON NBC SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 9 PM ET NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2012 – For the fourth consecutive year, WWE® and [...]
In their 2012 second quarter earnings, WWE released the official buyrate for every pay-per-view in the quarter. The numbers are as follows with the previous year in parenthesis: Wrestlemania XXVIII – 1,217,000 buys (compared to 1,059,000 last year) Extreme Rules [...]
WWE noted in their key performance indicators that the Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD has shipped 189,000 units to date. The DVD leads the significant trailing non-month releases chart which includes the following: Wrestlemania 28 – 189,000 units Stone Cold Steve Austin: [...]
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WWE has updated their key performance indicators with new data regarding pay-per-view buys. The most interesting number is Wrestlemania XXVIII buys which continue to drop. Originally projected at 1,300,000 buys, actual buys have now been adjusted to 1,150,000 buys. Below [...]
There’s an interesting story making rounds today in the Linda McMahon for Senate campaign. Campaign rival Christopher Shays is making bribing accusations against Linda McMahon as Republican Town Committee chairman John Slater was ringside at Wrestlemania XXVIII in Miami and [...]
Mick Foley was interviewed by WOIO in Cleveland yesterday on his comedy tour. In it, he discussed his return to WWE, his comedy tour, Wrestlemania XXVIII, Brock Lesnar and more. You can watch the interview embedded in the video below: [...]
- The UK Sun has a new article online featuring quotes from Steve Austin. In it, he says that The Undertaker vs. Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXVIII saved the show [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Glenn Guinand sent word that WWE made the “clip of the week” on E!’s “The Soup.” The clip featured was the backstage segment on Raw Supershow with Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston. - Wrestling News [...]
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- Wrestling News World reader Brandon van Reenen sent in the following: The first free-to-air television broadcast of Wrestlemania XVIII in Southern Africa is scheduled for this Sunday 22 April at 12.35pm SAST on the e.TV channel. Viewers on the [...]
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- WWE finally put out a buyrate number for Wrestlemania XXVIII, touting the show did 1,300,000 buys. While this is above the initial estimates I heard in the 1,100,000 buy range, it is below rumors that the show did 1,900,000 [...]
TMZ has a snippet on The Rock where he is featured on the set of his new bodybuilding film “Pain and Gain” with his body double, You can check it out at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker [...]
The official WWE website announced today that preliminary buyrates and global gross sales for WrestleMania XXVIII were record-breaking. Details are in the following excerpt: Preliminary estimates show that WrestleMania, featuring the historic “Once in a Lifetime” Match between The Rock [...]
- Sheamus discusses being “fined $500,000″ after “attacking” a referee in a video on dot com at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Adam for sending the link.) - The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD set is now available for pre-order here [...]
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April 12, 2012
Backstage News
GQ has a very good Q&A online with Daniel Bryan. In it, he discusses his abbreviated Wrestlemania match and called this past Monday’s Raw Supershow a “hectic show.” Below is an excerpt: GQ: Do you have any ideas as to [...]
Vince McMahon set out to make Wrestlemania XXVIII last weekend the “social media event of the year.” Mashable.com has a new article online looking at the show’s social media statiscs. Below is an excerpt from their article: A partnership with [...]
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In something I’ve been watching very closely, ESPN’s Gus Ramsey followed-up his claim that Wrestlemania XXVIII did 1.9 million buys with the following Tweet: Re: WM28 buy rate. 1- I work at espn, not a reporter. Not the same thing. [...]
- Not only was WWE very pleased with Mike Tyson’s involvement in Wrestlemania 28 weekend but Tyson hopes to work with the company again the future. Tyson reportedly had a great time and would welcome an opportunity to do something [...]
WWE has a new video over on dot com where superstars react to the “end of an era” bout between The Undertaker and Triple H. Featured in the video discussing the Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels as [...]
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- Gus Ramsey from ESPN posted the following on Twitter: accidentally deleted my earlier tweet. Rock and Brock each sign 1 year deals. WM28 did 1.9M buys. WWE was targeting 1.5M — Gus Ramsey (@GusRamsey) April 3, 2012 If this [...]
Bret Hart weighed in on Daniel Bryan’s 18-second loss at Wrestlemania XXVIII on his Twitter account. You can view his thoughts below: Very glad the fans were vocal in their displeasure of one of the best wrestlers on the roster [...]
The following is from the official Twitter account of Jim Ross; HHH, Taker & HBK all wanted me to call HIAC @ WM28. WWE upper mgmt made it happen. It was confirmed late Friday night. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April [...]
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Randy Orton vs. Kane is set for this week’s Smackdown. As noted earlier here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Alberto Del Rio will face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus for a shot at the title. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from [...]
There was a press conference prior to yesterday’s Wrestlemania 28 pay-per-view from Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. Brian Fritz was there and uploaded videos of John Cena, The Rock and Chris Jericho answering questions: John Cena The Rock Chris [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta sent this story about a 24-year-old man dying while wrestling with his young cousin at a Wrestlemania XXVIII party last night. - In addition to Alex Rodriguez, his New York Yankees teammates Robinson [...]
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April 2, 2012
Backstage News