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Daniel Bryan cut a promo after last night’s WWE Raw Supershow went off the air where he said, “I think you people have finally convinced them to make me a new t-shirt.” You can view the promo sent to use by Wrestling News World reader Tomas embedded in the video below: Richard Reacts: Yes! Yes! [...]
TMZ is reporting that Randy Orton has been pulled from his proposed role in the upcoming WWE Studios production “Marine: Homefront.” WWE faced intense backlash because of Orton’s troubled military past. Orton was dishonorably discharged from the United States Marines Corps for bad conduct after going AWOL on two separate occasions and disobeying an order [...]
Backstage Segment This post WrestleMania 28 RAW starts with all the wrestlers sitting in a room. Laurinaitis said last night he made history when he became the GM of RAW and Smackdown, arguably the most powerful man in the WWE. He won’t abuse it and give the people what they want to see. Santino will [...]
Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar returned to WWE at tonight’s Raw Supershow, confronting John Cena in the show’s closing segment. As I broke exclusively here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium earlier today, Cena’s name emerged as a possible opponent for Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 next year. While I cannot confirm that is still the plan, there are [...]
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 Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
Abraham Washington made his return to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow during a backstage segment with Mark Henry. Washington “offered his services” to Henry by giving him a business card. Washington has been in WWE’s developmental system since 2009 as he worked as a regular on the company’s ECW brand, hosting the Abraham [...]
Alberto Del Rio is scheduled to face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus on this week’s Smackdown. If he wins, he’ll win a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of tomorrow night’s taping here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
Matt Bloom returned to WWE on tonight’s Raw Supershow as Lord Tensai. He was accompanied to the ring by Sakamoto. Michael Cole acknowledged Tensai as a former WWE star that went to Japan and found success and has returned. Sakamoto, who has been training in Florida Championship Wrestling, was signed to a WWE developmental contract [...]
- Less than a month ago World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus explained why he wasn’t on Twitter, citing too much access to superstars. Today, he has opened a Twitter account at Twitter.com/wwesheamus. To be fair, he did say there may be a time he would have to go out and get a Twitter account. - Dean [...]
Evan Bourne’s foot injury is not just a nasty looking severe injury but it’s career threatening. Bourne suffered a midfoot fracture, also known as a LisFranc fracture dislocation, which is an injury that has been known to be career-threatening to athletes even when treated well. Bourne suffered the injury in a car accident on Monday, [...]
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- The following is from the WWE Insider Twitter account: We haven’t heard from @JohnCena since his loss to @TheRock at #WrestleMania, and he’s nowhere to be found at #Raw. — The WWE Insider (@WWEInsider) April 2, 2012 [...]
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 Jericho [...]
Last week’s go-home to Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of Smackdown did a 1.76 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,480,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
Scott Steiner has been released from his TNA contract, WrestlingNewsWorld.com can now confirm. Steiner wasted no time to take aim at Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and company on Twitter as he buried them earlier this evening. [...]
- 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 Cano and Eduardo Nunez were in attendance at last night’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view. A-Rod’s girlfriend, [...]
- Scott Steiner took to Twitter this evening to bury Hulk Hogan. The following Tweets are from his official Twitter account: Can somebody send tna’s booking team of pritchard hogan n bischoff video’s from ring ka king..booking hogan in a sex tape wont help rati … — Big Poppa Pump (@ScottSteiner) April 2, 2012 Can [...]
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Wrestling News World Logan Walker sent in the following: Justin Gabriel posted the following on his Twitter account today: Just had X-rays and MRI on elbow. Good news : no surgery needed. Bad news: out for 6 weeks. twitter.com/Justin__Gabrie… — Justin Gabriel (@Justin__Gabriel) April 2, 2012 Gabriel worked the WrestleMania XXVIII pre-show triple threat tag [...]
Florida Championship Wrestling President Steve Keirn wrote the following on Twitter: Major Updates Coming Soon. Plus TV Taping Thurs. And Show in Punta Gorda Fri. with @WWE Star Alberto Del Rio. fcwwrestling.info/040612.html — FCW (@stevekeirnsfcw) April 2, 2012 Triple H said a couple of weeks ago there would be a “major announcement” about WWE’s developmental [...]
For those that missed it on last night’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view broadcast, Jerry Lawler, when commenting on the white suit of John Laurinaitis, said, “That suit is so ugly, it would give Brother Love a heart attack.” Brother Love of course is TNA executive Bruce Prichard who suffered two heart attacks a couple weeks ago. [...]
- TNA will tape this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight and next week’s show on Tuesday night. Below is the official preview for this week’s show: - Hulk Hogan is now the General Manager and takes control of IMPACT WRESTLING this Thursday. According to Hogan, he wants to start this new era by addressing the entire roster! [...]
After Wrestlemania XXVIII went off pay-per-view, John Cena continued to star e down The Rock on his way up the ramp. The Rock gave high fives at ringside and interacted with the fans, including interacting with his mother, daughter and ex-wife at ringside. Rock took some time to sign some autographs and acknowledged a sign [...]
Ring of Honor is headed to my neck of the woods as they have announced a show at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia on June 15, 2012. Bell time is scheduled for 7:30 PM EDT. I find this interesting as this is a big venue for ROH and one of the biggest [...]
- “Extra” host Maria Menounos wrote the following on Twitter: Just won my match at #Wrestlemania with @realkellykelly.amazing experience.and ps-that was eve’s makeup on my pants-let’s not get cray cray — maria menounos (@mariamenounos) April 2, 2012 - StyleSeenDaily.com has detailed coverage of former WWE star Batista participating in the Nautica South Beach Triathlon yesterday. [...]
Chris Jericho posted the following on Twitter this morning: Feel like I got run over by a truck…and in a way I did. The better man won last night. I guess its time for me to move on. — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) April 2, 2012 [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta sent word that dot com has several vides of Wrestlemania 28 performers giving their reactions at this link. Wrestling News World reader Bmac sent this in… There is a write up about a woman’s experience at Wrestlemania last night with her husband on miaminewstimes.com. While reading, beware of [...]
- The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
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Embedded in the video below is the go-home to WrestleMania XXVIII edition of Smackdown, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
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. [...]
Wrestling News World reader Brett Buchanan sent in the following: 4 new chapters from Barbaric Wrestling Radio host Brett Buchanan’s free TNA e-book The Genesis of TNA have been released on BarbaricWrestling.com and TNAbook.net. The new chapters are about Sting, Kurt Angle, Vince Russo, the possibility of TNA being sold, and the Knockouts. Also check out free shoot interviews with Christian, AJ [...]
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s post-Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of Raw Supershow tonight from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. As noted earlier, WWE has announced a 10-man tag team match, pairing WWE Champion CM Punk, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show, World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, Randy Orton [...]
- WWE is giving away 100 trips for two to Wrestlemania XXIX next year. You can register for the sweepstakes at this link. - WWE United States Champion Santino Marella will appear on “The Deadliest Catch” on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 9 PM on the Discovery Channel. - Wrestling News World reader The Arbiter [...]
- Big Show can now be considered a triple-crown champion after his WWE Intercontinental Championship win at Wrestlemania XXVII. Show is also a former World Heavyweight Champion and Tag Team Champion. (Thanks to WNW Reader Brandon Ceielo for sending this in.) - Speaking of Big Show, his mother was ringside for his bout against Cody [...]
Believe it or not, WWE actually wanted Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan at tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view to beat the time for Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane for the ECW Championship at Wrestlemania XXIV in 2008. They didn’t come close as Kane squashed Chavo for the belt in 8 seconds while Sheamus’ victory took 18 seconds. So far, I [...]
As the storyline goes, John Laurinaitis has “control” of both Raw and Smackdown after his 6-man team beat the 6-man team of Teddy Long at Wrestlemania XXVIII. The finish saw The Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Zack Ryder followed by the pinball. After the match, Eve delivered a low blow to Zack Ryder. [...]
The Undertaker beat Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels a special guest referee at tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view to go 20-0 at Wrestlemania. The streak remains intact for yet another year. Triple H was busted open and Taker’s back suffered visible cuts and bruising. Wrestlemania 28 Results [...]
The announced attendance for tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view was 78,363, a new record for the venue. The show was sold out. [...]
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