- This week on WWE Inbox, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Vickie Guerrero and other Superstars reveal their favorite comic book character as well as comfort food. John Cena does not appear as advertised in the webisode, with the “J.C.” being referee John Cone. - Former WWE Women’s and Cruiserweight Champion Jacqueline is this week’s addition [...]
May 23, 2013
Daniel McCann
WWE, WWE News
TNA Wrestling revealed a new concept for Impact Wrestling on the social media website Twitter. This concept not only gets people talking about Impact as it airs, which is free advertising, but they want to fans to be more active during the show. The official statement is below: IMPACT WRESTLING takes the social conversation and [...]
May 23, 2013
Alex Barie
TNA News
- In WWE’s latest edition of Outside the Ring, Randy Orton and the cast of 12 Rounds 2 Reloaded reveal twelve facts about the action thriller—set for release on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 4. - The Hangover Part III, which hits theaters beginning today, features a brief scene where one of characters is watching [...]
May 23, 2013
Daniel McCann
WWE
As reported this week, Tammy Sytch, famously known as Sunny, was released from a Connecticut prison after serving a four-month sentence for repeatedly violating terms of a restraining order filed by her former boyfriend. While in jail, it was determined that Sytch had developed cervical cancer. Sytch contracted HPV before entering prison and discovered during [...]
May 23, 2013
Daniel McCann
Other News
- Multiple WWE Superstars and Divas, including WWE Champion John Cena, Triple H and The Great Khali, have tried their hand at competitive bodybuilding in the past. The official WWE website has published an article recalling their claim to fame in this arena. Before entering the field of professional wrestling, John Cena competed in bodybuilding [...]
May 23, 2013
Daniel McCann
WWE News
Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling. The show will be live in Tampa, Florida: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June “Slammiversary” event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its old time at 9/8c on SpikeTV! Thursdays at 8/7C until [...]
May 23, 2013
Alex Barie
TNA News
Staff writer Eltimir Alexandrov conducted an in-person interview with Nigel McGuinness on Wednesday on behalf of WrestlingNewsWorld.com. We’ll be posting the complete interview later in the week but below are some highlights: On Hogan and Bischoff’s contributions to his release from TNA: “You can’t just blame one person, you can’t say it was Hulk Hogan, [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
Other News, TNA News
Alberto Del Rio vs. Big E Langston The two lock up. ADR sends Big E into the corner and unloads with several kicks. Big E counters with a suplex in the middle of the ring. Big E kicks Del Rio a few times before launching him into turnbuckle once more. Del Rio counters with [...]
May 22, 2013
CJ Blaze
WWE News, WWE Results
Marvel has a new Q&A online with Austin Aries, below is an excerpt: Marvel.com: This year has been huge for you. You became World Champion and one of the top stars at Impact Wrestling. What have been some of the highlights? Austin Aries: Well, obviously, the World Championship would be the highlight of anyone’s career. [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas, who now works for The Score, wrote the following on Twitter: BREAKING: Monday’s ‘Bret Hart Appreciation Night’ will air LIVE EXCLUSIVELY on TheScoreTV (@checktheticker) right after RAW! Only in Canada! — Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) May 22, 2013 Scheduled to be a part of the festivities are Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
TNA Wrestling posted a video honoring Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, who recently announced his retirement from the NFL. You can watch the video at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
JR on NFLPA Meeting Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter in regards to his meeting with the NFL Players Association in regards to developing a relationship with WWE: Great meeting in DC today w/ NFLPA & @nolanharrison74. Anxious to see what the future holds. @wwe looking 4 charismatic beasts who luv genre — Jim [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
Premium Mailbags
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. [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
CM Punk continues to be bombarded with questions from Twitter followers when he is returning to WWE. The former 434-day WWE Champion sent out the following somewhat cryptic Tweet: I am exactly where I belong. No desire to be anywhere else. #thankyouverymuch — CM Punk (@CMPunk) May 22, 2013 It’s believed Punk wants to return [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Hulk Hogan was on Tampa Bay News 10 on Wednesday morning to promote this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in the city. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: Information! [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Injury Update on The Rock The Rock is preparing to film “Hercules” in Budapest. The former WWE Champion Tweeted the following: 2 weeks away from shooting HERCULES. Intense workouts w/ my strength coach Dave Rienzi (future IFBB Pro). Lets Shoot. #UpperBodyViolence — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) May 22, 2013 JR’s Meeting With The NFLPA NBC’s Pro [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
R-Truth spoke with The National to promote WWE’s return to Abu Dhabi later this year. When asked if WWE is dangerous, Truth commented: It’s very dangerous. We are the first to tell our audiences: do not try this at home. We get hurt a lot, it’s part of the job. I’ve had broken ribs, lacerated [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Episode 25 of “Outside the Ring” is now online on WWE’s official YouTube channel at this link. You can also watch in the video embedded below: [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Alex Marvez has more details on Jim Ross meeting with the NFLPA about a potential working relationship with WWE (See also - WWE Signing NFL Snubs?). The meeting will take place on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. where Ross will pitch the success of people that couldn’t make it in the NFL going on to have [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Greg DeMarco and company passed along the following interview recap: The Greg DeMarco Show Hosts: Greg DeMarco and Patrick O’Dowd Airing live Sunday nights at 10 pm on Wrestling Smash Radio (blogtalkradio.com/gregdemarco) and on delay on The Real Fans Sports Network (realfanssportsnetwork.com, TuneIn App channel RFSN) Listen to the latest edition of The Greg DeMarco Show, as special guest [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, WWE News
Match Dropped from WWE Main Event Wade Barrett did not defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Sin Cara at this week’s WWE Main Event taping as advertised on Monday night. In fact, neither worked matches for the show but both had separate matches taped for Smackdown. WWE Updates On Triple H & John Cena WWE [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE Working To Sign NFL Snubs? Jim Ross will be representing WWE in a meeting with the NFL Players Association in Washington, D.C. Apparently the company wants to work closer with the league as they feel they could sign players that don’t make teams. Update on Randy Orton Using the Punt You might have noticed [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Roman Reigns Possibly Injured Roman Reigns appeared to tweak his ankle at this week’s Smackdown taping. The possible injury occurred during the six-man tag match with Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins against Big Show, Randy Orton and Kofi Kingston when Reigns was working on the apron with Orton. He ended up receiving help to the [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
British pro wrestling legend Mick McManus has died at the age of 93. The UK Sun has the story at the link. Below is an excerpt: Frank Rimer, who runs the British Wrestlers Reunion, said: “I am deeply saddened to announce the death of the legend that was Mick McManus, who passed away at 1am. [...]
May 22, 2013
Richard Gray
Other News
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. [...]
May 22, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
Top Stories, WWE News, WWE Spoilers
CM Punk Update CM Punk recently spent some time at the Gracie Immersion Camp in Destin, Florida, and appeared with Rener & Ryron Gracie in their latest “Gracie Breakdown” video. In the video, they break down the co-main event of UFC on Fox 8. The video is embedded below: Mick Foley’s Next Book Mick Foley [...]
May 22, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
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May 21, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News, WWE Spoilers
TMZ is reporting that Tammy Sytch, formerly WWE Diva Sunny, has been released from prison following a string of arrests earlier this year. TMZ’s coverage continues: Tammy told us she contracted HPV before going into prison … and found out while doing time that it had developed into cervical cancer. She says she underwent a [...]
May 21, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
Other News
SEScoops.com is reporting that the head writer for WWE‘s creative team, Adam Rudman has left the company. Adam Rudman was brought in only 6 weeks ago to replace Eric Pankowski. As we reported here, Eric now works with CBS as he left right before Wrestlemania 29. It is also being reported that he was let [...]
May 21, 2013
Alex Barie
WWE News
Monday’s post-Extreme Rules episode of Raw averaged 4,227,000 million viewers over the course of three hours, up from an average of 4,046,000 million the week before (data provided by TV By The Numbers). Below is the hourly breakdown. Hour one – 4,078,000 viewers Hour two – 4,295,000 viewers Hour three – 4,307,000 viewers Just as [...]
May 21, 2013
Daniel McCann
WWE
James Storm Out 6-8 Weeks The updates on James Storm continue to pour in. He wrote the following on his verified Twitter account on Tuesday: Just so everyone knows. Doc said I have a slight tear in my right abdominal & a adductor strain “groin pull” 6-8 weeks. Busting ass 2 b back — James [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
TNA Wrestling sent out the following on Tuesday: The Georgia Lottery Corporation has partnered with Impact Wrestling to launch its new instant game Impact Wrestling. “We are pleased to partner with Impact Wrestling to offer a fresh, new game to our players and wrestling enthusiasts,” said Georgia Lottery Corporation President and CEO Debbie D. Alford. [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
The original plan was for Joe Hennig to work as Curt Axel, as was evident in his debut titantron used on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw that you can view at this link. Somewhere along the line, the name was changed to Curtis Axel as there are plans for him to have [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
Backstage News
We’ve been covering James Storm’s injury pretty in-depth but Dixie Carter posted a new update on Twitter on Tuesday. The following is from Carter’s verified Twitter account: An update on @cowboy_j_storm. He has a slight abdominal tear but should be back in action soon. — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) May 21, 2013 Meanwhile, Storm is in [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
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. [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
BlackburnNews.com reported on Tuesday that Windsor and Detroit city officials have submitted a bid to host Wrestlemania 31 and/or Wrestlemania 32. We’ve been all over this, reporting there was even talk of Wrestlemania 33 taking place from The Motor City. The report from BlackburnNews.com features a quote from Detroit Sports Commission Executive Director Dave Beachnau: [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Jerry Lawler wrote the following on Twitter after WWE Raw in regards to his commentary while selling the Triple H “injury” angle: I want to apologize to Triple H and his family for insinuating that he may have had a stroke. I know firsthand how upsetting it could be. — Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) May 21, [...]
May 21, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News