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
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. [...]
April 18, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
Backstage News
Bleacher Report published an exclusive interview with SoCal Val about her current role in TNA Wrestling. Below are the highlights: Working as a producer: I started producing backstage about a year or two ago, and it pretty much just entails me helping talent go through different lines that we need for television shows and commercials. [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Sgt. Slaughter revealed in an interview with Arda Ocal at the Cauliflower Alley Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada that he was in the original plans to manage Jack Swagger. Slaughter said plans were changed when Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara were lost to injury and Alberto Del Rio was turned babyface. This resulted in the [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Rock begins physical therapy for his torn abdominal and adductor muscles on Thursday. He’s already been training and is now five weeks out from filming the movie Hercules. The following is from Rock’s verified Twitter account: Injury update: Physical therapy starts tomorrow. Hardcore training starts today. Thank U guys for the love. 5 weeks [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
TNA Knockout Tara wrote on Twitter that she won’t be on Impact Wrestling for a few months. The following is from her verified Twitter account: “@diamonds_coal: I posted a new photo to Facebook fb.me/2x1BBwjTr” I’m not at TV’s for a few months. Can you ship my goodies? — Lisa Marie Varon (@TARALiSAMARiE) April 16, 2013 [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
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April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
Premium Mailbags
WWE is scheduled to announce a new development Thursday in Central Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Triple H and Full Sail University president Garry Jones are scheduled to be on hand. WWE has increased its presence the area by building a new developmental facility in Orlando (now under construction) and taping [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
TNA Wrestling posted the following video previews for this week’s episode of Impact: *Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results For 4/18 From Corpus Christi, TX [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
WWE Presale Passwords There is currently a presale ongoing for the June 3rd WWE Raw taping in Hartford, CT. The password to obtain tickets is WWECENA. Tickets for the Smackdown taping the next day in Long Island, New York will go on sale in a presale on Thursday. The password to obtain those tickets is [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Former TNA announcer and staff member Don West implied his biannual royalty check from TNA Wrestling was less than the $20 “brown bag specials” he used to sell for the company: Just got my biannual royalty check from TNA and if it wasn’t so hilarious it would be sad — Don West (@DonWestDeals) April 17, [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Ryback Formats His Twitter Account Ryback formatted his Twitter account and now only includes one Tweet. That Tweet is as follows: If you have something worth fighting for you have to fight for it. Being bred to b scared is the problem. Rules will be broken. #RybackRules — Ryback (@Ryback22) April 17, 2013 We noted [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE 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. [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
In this week’s edition of WWE Inbox, Superstars discuss their pick to win the 2013 World Series, as well as who has their most embarrassing in-ring moment and which Superstar stares into a mirror the most. Watch at this link or embedded below: [...]
April 17, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Arda Ocal interviewed Rob Van Dam at the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion this week in Las Vegas. He discussed being at WrestleCon over Wrestlemania 29 weekend and appearing at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RVD put over Bruno Sammartino and his story and talked about being there to support Booker T. The [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour begins Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We have the complete schedule online at this link. If you attend, please submit a live report. Mick Foley on Smackdown Mick Foley wrote on Twitter he’ll appear on next week’s Smackdown from London, England: #OneWeekFromToday I will be [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match Alicia Fox beat Aksana in a dark match prior to this week’s WWE Smackdown taping in Knoxville, Tennessee. Triple H Appears at Smackdown After the taping, The Shield attacked Randy Orton and Sheamus. Triple H, with his arm in a splint, made the save. The babyfaces ended up hitting their [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Dot com has a new article online with an injury update on Triple H. The piece notes an MRI revealed he did not have a scaphoid fracture but a carpal sprain and contusion to his left wrist. Dr. Michael Sampson is quoted in the piece. “He’ll be able to train with a splint on, but [...]
April 17, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE 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. [...]
April 16, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE 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. [...]
April 16, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News, WWE Spoilers
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. [...]
April 16, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News, WWE Spoilers
Is Robbie E smarter than a middle school kid? This week’s episode is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Following the tease on this week’s WWE Raw, the company has officially announced that Dolph Ziggler will defend the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match at Extreme Rules against Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio. Click here to read the official match preview. WWE Extreme Rules 2013 will take place Sunday, May 19, [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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April 16, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News, WWE Spoilers
This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,149,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,185,000 viewers Hour two – 4,236,000 viewers Hour three – 4,026,000 viewers The show ended up doing a 3.08 cable rating. WWE Raw Ratings Archive [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Triple H had an MRI on Monday to rule out a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist. The original injury was suffered in his No Holds Barred match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29. WWE posted the following on Twitter: Possible reason @tripleh was late for #Raw. Ruling out scaphoid fracture via MRI. twitter.com/WWE/status/324… — [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
TNA TV Home Expanding Demographics Spike TV, the television home of Impact Wrestling, is expanding their demographics. Originally focusing on males 18-34, their new programs announced here, will target the adult 18-49 demographics. Chris Sabin Answering Your Questions Chris Sabin is set to answer questions from fans on Twitter an hour before this week’s Impact [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Ryback Mentions Cena’s Ex-Wife Ryback got personal with John Cena in a new Tweet posted Tuesday afternoon. Ryback Tweeted: Watching the pain on Cena’s face was worth standing back for. Funny the 2 things he says I lack his ex wife seems to love. #RybackRules — Ryback (@Ryback22) April 16, 2013 Cena and his wife [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE Champion John Cena confirmed in a media appearance on Tuesday morning there was never any question that WWE would not go live with WWE Raw on Monday night despite the terrorist attack in Boston. Cena discussed WWE being the first company to broadcast a live sporting event after 9/11 and talked about WWE being [...]
April 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News