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Dana White Speaks On WWE Names, WWE Taping In Manchester

Dana White Speaks on JR, CM Punk & Brock Lesnar UFC President Dana White spoke about meeting Jim Ross earlier this week at the UFC on Fox 7 press conference on Saturday. White said Ross was a really good guy, was “cool,” and it was the first time they have met. He said there wasn’t [...]

April 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Exclusive Details On The Rock’s Relationship With WWE Souring Days Before Wrestlemania, Lawsuit vs. WWE & Big Show, Huge Raw Main Event, What Happened That Made CM Punk Threaten To Quit WWE, Ryback Mentions Cena’s Ex-Wife, HHH Hard Balling 2 Stars That Want To Return

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April 20, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Newsletters 0

WWE Live Events In Florida, Smackdown Live Results In Newcastle

WWE Live Events in Florida WWE has announced the following live events in Florida this June: 6/7 from the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL 6/8 from the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, FL Smackdown Live in Newcastle Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England: [...]

April 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows, WWE News 7

Mick Foley Comedy, Extreme Rules Theme Song, “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown

Mick Foley Comedy Wrestling News World reader Dustyn sent word that Mick Foley will be performing his standup comedy routine on May 29th in Edmonton and May 30th in Calgary. WWE will tape Smackdown in Edmonton that same week on May 28th. Extreme Rules Theme Song The official theme song for next month’s WWE Extreme [...]

April 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

WWE Raw Live Event Results (4/19/13) – Dublin, Ireland

Wrestling News World reader Sean O’Grady attended Friday’s WWE Raw live event from The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. He sent in the following live report: R-Truth b. Heath Slater Justin Roberts asks fans to vote whether AJ lee should be at ringside or not during the tag titles match to vote on twitter. Antonio Cesaro [...]

April 20, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows, WWE News 2

Tara Says She Won’t Be Off Impact Wrestling After All

Tara says she won’t be taking time off from Impact Wrestling after all. The former TNA Knockout Champion wrote the following on Twitter: Update on my great news… I will be at @impactwrestling next week for some good old fashion wrestling! Yay! I won’t be off TV! — Lisa Marie Varon (@TARALiSAMARiE) April 19, 2013 [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Impact Wrestling Rating And Viewership – Did The Show Rebound From Last Week?

After Impact Wrestling received its lowest rating last week since October 2012, they bounced back up to get a 0.98 cable rating this week with 1,268,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

April 19, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 7

WWE Smackdown Results (4/19/13) – Welcome To The Hall Of Pain

WWE Smackdown Results – (4/19/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a teaser of things to come tonight. Jack Swagger attacked Alberto Del Rio before his World Title Match. Jack Swagger would later defeat Dolph Ziggler, becoming the #1 Contender. Also, after Big Show was defeated, [...]

April 19, 2013 Adam Wacker WWE News, WWE Results 4

WWE’s Return To Belfast & Glasgow, Fandangoing Remix, JR On CAC Reunion

WWE’s Return to Belfast & Glasgow WWE will return to Belfast and Glasgow in November. The dates are as follows: 11/6/13 – from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland 11/10/13 – from the the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland Fandangoing Remix WWE released the Fandangoing Remix by Jim Johnston on Friday. Check it out [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

The JBL & Cole Show, Video Tour Of WWE Performance Center

The JBL & Cole Show This week’s episode of The JBL & Cole Show is now online at this link. You can also watch the show embedded in the video below: Video Preview Of WWE Performance Center WFTV Eyewitness News 9 in Orlando carried a story on the new WWE Performance Center. You can watch [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

TNA Previews New Knockouts Website

TNA Wrestling released a new video on Friday promoting their new Knockouts website that will debut next Thursday. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Three TNA Live Events This Weekend, Impact Wrestling Tapings

TNA Wrestling will run three live events this weekend, following by next week’s Impact tapings in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Friday from the Massena Arena in Massena, NY (more info) Saturday from the Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point, NY (more info) Sunday from the B.O.R. Ice Arena in Barre, VT [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Weekend WWE Schedule – Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues

WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour continues this weekend overseas. Below is a look at this weekend’s shows and next week’s television tapings: Raw: Friday from The O2 in Dublin, Ireland (more info) Saturday from Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris, France (more info) Sunday from Arena Genève in Geneva, Switzerland (more info) WWE Raw on [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

The Shield As Champs, Rock’s Next Match, NXT Pay, Wrestlemania XXX

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April 19, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 37

Finlay Gets A Pop In Belfast, Summer Rae With Fandango

Finlay Gets An Irish Pop William Regal acknowledged WWE producer Fit Finlay after his match against Michael McGillicutty at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Belfast, Ireland. Finlay, who was ringside for the bout, received a huge pop after Regal put him over on the stick. Summer Rae With Fandango WWE developmental Diva Summer Rae appeared [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 9

Skyler Moon Discusses Her Eating Disorder, Raising Awareness

Greg DeMarco and Patrick O’Dowd interviewed former WWE developmental Diva Skyler Moon (a/k/a Buggy Nova). In it, she discusses going to rehab for her eating disorder. “I mentioned before I have an eating disorder. I went to treatment because I was killing myself. … Nothing else matters. … My disease is dealing with food, or [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, Other News 0

Economic Impact Of Wrestlemania 29, Triple H Will Never Leave The Business

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 Fame Ceremony and Wrestlemania Axxess, fans bought more than 140,000 tickets. WWE says Axxess was [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Confirmed For Next Week’s Impact, AJ Styles With TNA Or Aces & 8s?

Matches Confirmed for Impact Wrestling The following is being advertised for next week’s episode of Impact Wrestling from Indiana, Pennsylvania: TNA Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky b. Mickie James TNA Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez vs. Bobby Roode & Austin Aries AJ Styles with TNA or Aces & Eights? TNA posted a backstage interview [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Video Interviews – Triple H & Mason Ryan Discuss WWE Performance Center

Brian Fritz interviewed Triple H about the new WWE Performance Center Thursday in Orlando. You can watch it on YouTube at this link or embedded in the video below: Fritz also interviewed WWE developmental worker Mason Ryan at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

WWE Raw Live Results (4/18/13) – Belfast, Ireland

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Raw live events in Belfast, Ireland: * Brodus Clay, Cameron, Naomi & Tensai b. The Rhodes Scholars & The Bella Twins * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * William Regal b. Michael McGillicutty * WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No b. World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler & Big [...]

April 19, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 0

Impact Wrestling Results (4/18/13) – Kaz, Daniels, & AJ Styles: The Three Amigos?

Impact Wrestling Results – 4/18/2013 From Corpus Christi, Texas Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts out with a little picture of Boston with a little sympathy comment in regards to the tragedy in the city from this past Monday. They are in our prayers. A video package shows the whole storyline with [...]

April 18, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News, TNA Results 123

HBK & New Age Outlaws Added To Raw Live Events, Mickie James/WWE

Shawn Michaels & New Age Outlaws on WWE Live Shawn Michaels, The New Age Outlaws and Chris Jericho have been added to an upcoming WWE live event loop in May. Neither John Cena nor CM Punk are currently advertised for the shows. The dates are as follows: 5/24 from the Maverik Center in Salt Lake [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Official Details On WWE Performance Center, Video Of Thursday’s News Conference

WWE issued the following press release regarding their new Performance Center in Orlando, Florida: STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 – Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent developmental system, recently re-branded NXT® and create nearly 100 high-wage jobs in Orlando, Florida. With 26,000 square-feet, seven [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Smackdown Live Results (4/18/13) – Glasgow, Scotland

Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Smackdown live event from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland: * Alex Riley, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal & Santino Marella b. The Prime Time Players, Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Fandango b. Ted DiBiase * Natalya b. Alicia Fox * Mark Henry b. The Great Khali * [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows 0

Mick Foley Tours The WWE Warehouse In The Latest “WWE Outside The Ring”

The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” features Mick Foley on a tour of the infamous WWE warehouse. The video is available at this link and is embedded in the video below: [...]

April 18, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 2

Triple H “Playing Hardball” With Two Former WWE Stars Looking To Return – Who They Are & How The Precedent Hunter Is Trying To Set Goes Back To The Strained Relationship With The Rock, Details On Why Brock Lesnar Doesn’t Face Similar Heat & Criticism

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April 18, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 19

Triple H Introduces New WWE Performance Center In Orlando, Florida

Triple H, alongside Florida Governor Rick Scott and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced WWE’s new “Performance Center” at a news conference Thursday morning. It was announced the new facility, located in Orlando, will replace the company’s current developmental facility in Tampa. Hunter confirmed previous WNW Premium reports that the 26,000-square-foot facility would feature seven [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 3

Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Continues – Raw In Belfast, Smackdown In Glasgow

WWE’s overseas tour continues on Thursday. Below is a look at the shows as the Smackdown crew has arrived: WWE Raw Live from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland (more info) WWE Smackdown Live from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland (more info) We have results online from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event in Rotterdam, [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Kassius Ohno, Heyman/Cesaro, Part-Timers Returning, Cena, Punk’s Time Off

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April 18, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 33

Cody Rhodes On Career Nose Dive, WWE Main Event Highlights

Cody Rhodes & His Career Nose Dive ESPN’s Jon Robinson spoke to Cody Rhodes before Wrestlemania 29 and included some quotes in this week’s WWE Power Rankings. Below is an excerpt: “Gosh, this has been a horrible run,” Rhodes said as we talked about his career earlier this month before WrestleMania 29 in East Rutherford, [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

King Mo’s Return To Impact Delayed, Christy Hemme Records Vocals

King Mo Update Spike TV President Kevin Kay spoke to Sherdog.com and discussed the future of “King Mo” Lawal: The only thing it changes a little bit is that we thought there would be more time. If Mo had won the tournament, then he would have not had to fight this summer, probably would have [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

CM Punk & Lita At Turner Field, Where Is Rick Steiner Now?

CM Punk at Turner Field CM Punk and his real-life girlfriend Amy “Lita” Dumas were at Turner Field on Wednesday from the Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves game. You can view a photo he Tweeted below: twitter.com/CMPunk/status/… — CM Punk (@CMPunk) April 18, 2013 Where is Rick Steiner Now? WWE has a new “Where Are [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 9

WWE To Announce “Project Flair” Thursday In Orlando, Florida

WWE will announce on Thursday their new training center in Orlando, Florida. The office of Florida Governor Ric Scott released the following statement Wednesay evening: “WWE could have chosen anywhere in the world to house this new global performance center – and they chose the Sunshine State,” Scott said in a statement. “[The] announcement that [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 0

Jim Ross Experiences UFC From The Inside

Jim Ross toured UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. He wrote about the experience on his verified Twitter account: Thanks to my friend #UFC VP @marcratnerufc Ratner 4 the tour of UFC offices today. Enjoyed meeting @danawhite. Cool dude. Great hospitality. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 18, 2013 UFC President Dana White wrote [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

TNANews.com – Kurt Angle Admits CM Punk Is Among The Best Today

The article is available at the link below. Please follow it and comment there: Kurt Angle Speaks With TNANews.com – Being A Workhorse In A Company And His Response To CM Punk’s Health & Break [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 0

Brian Lawler, Also Known As Grandmaster Sexay, Arrested For DUI

Brian Christopher Lawler (a/k/a Grandmaster Sexay) was arrested on the charge of Driving Under the Influence on April 11, 2013 in Chester County, Tennessee. Lawler, the real-life son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, was pulled over by police for failing to stop at an intersection. He reportedly admitted to consuming more than a [...]

April 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Watch Party At 7:30PM EDT

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: Preview Thursday’s huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c from Corpus Christi, Texas! If you can’t watch the action on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR! - After refusing to answer whether he was with TNA or the Aces and Eights, AJ Styles [...]

April 18, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

WWE Raw Live Results (4/17/13) – Rotterdam, Netherlands (Updated With Reader Reports)

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands: * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * R-Truth b. Antonio Cesaro * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Cameron & Naomi b. The Bella Twins & Tamina Snuka * William Regal b. Michael McGillicutty * World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler b. [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE House Shows, WWE News 4

X-Division Match On Impact Wrestling To Feature New Ref Cam

TNA President Dixie Carter revealed Wednesday on Twitter that they would be testing out a new camera attached to the referee during the X-Division match on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. Carter Tweeted: During this week’s #XDivision match, we experiment with a new camera attached to the ref to bring you closer to action! [...]

April 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 8

What Made CM Punk So Upset He Threatened To Quit WWE – Who Talked Him Out Of It & The Latest On His Health

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April 17, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 38