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WWE Studios Screening “The Day” Next Month At The Sarasota Film Festival

WWE Studios will be screening “The Day” next month at the Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida.The screenings will take place on April 20th and April 21st. Below is a synopsis of the film: In a post-apocalyptic world, five survivors are on the run from the cannibals who relentlessly follow them. Originally twelve, their numbers [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

What You Won’t See This Week On Smackdown – Funny Rib Played On WWE Ring Announcers

Lilian Garcia inadvertently announced Zack Ryder as “The Long Island Iced Z… Jack Swagger” at last night’s Smackdown taping in Newark, New Jersey. After the taping ended, John Cena came out with Ryder and Tony Chimmel and ripped Lilian for getting a local’s name wrong. Cena asked Chimmel to properly introduce Ryder. Production ribbed him [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 16

WWE Developmental Update

The latest on the WWE developmental fiasco is the company is looking at opening a developmental territory in Stamford, Connecticut. They have also ended their deal with the Brighthouse Network to carry Florida Championship Wrestling in the local Tampa market. With that being said, the word is the company will maintain their relationship with FCW [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling 8

Backstage News On A Recent Spat Between Eric Bischoff & Jeremy Borash Over A Funny Story At A Bar & An Arrogant Comment By Bischoff That Left The Locker Room In A Frenzy & JB Feeling A Bit Embarrassed

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March 21, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 4

WWE Announces That Lilian Garcia Will Perform “America The Beautiful” At Wrestlemania XXVIII

WWE announced today on dot com that Lilian Garcia will perform “America the Beautiful” at Wrestlemania XXVIII.  “When I got the news this morning, I screamed,” she told WWE.com. “I even teared up, I’m so thrilled.” Click here for coverage by WWE.com. [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

Video Of Shane Douglas Getting Tossed From Monday’s WWE Raw Supershow

Embedded in the video below is footage of Shane Douglas being tossed from Monday’s Raw Supershow. Please be advised the video contains explicit language so if you’re at work or anywhere public you’ll want to turn the volume down or send audio it to your headphones: Richard Reacts: I mean absolutely no disrespect but if [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 23

Daniel Bryan’s Girlfriends Square Off (Smackdown Spoiler)

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March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 21

WWE Officially Announces Yokozuna As A 2012 WWE Hall Of Fame Inductee

As noted earlier this morning here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, WWE officially announced Yokozuna as a 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee over on dot com. Below is the blurb they wrote in their announcement: One of the largest and most imposing WWE Champions of all time, the mighty Yokozuna will be posthumously inducted into the WWE [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 6

Latest TNA Spin Cycle, Impact Wrestling Spoilers For Next Week, Aussie Tag Team Works TNA Dark Match

- The latest episode of TNA Spin Cycle is embedded in the video below: - Impact Wrestling taping results from last night are now available to all at this link. - The Australian tag team of Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls worked a dark match after last night’s TNA television tapings against Gunner and Kid [...]

March 21, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Brock Lesnar To WWE Rumors, Wrestlemania Headliners Working Off Ring Rust, Michelle McCool’s Status, Daniel Bryan’s Push To The Top

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March 21, 2012 Richard Gray Ask WNW 11

WWE’s Next Hall Of Fame Announcement Revealed (Spoiler)

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March 21, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Orlando, Florida (3/29) *Spoilers*

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March 20, 2012 Richard Gray TNA Spoilers 4

Former World Champion To Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

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March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 21

Roddy Piper & Jim Ross Discuss The Rock vs. John Cena At WrestleMania, Critics Of The Rock’s Return, More

-The official WWE YouTube channel has a preview of “The Celebrity Effect,” a segment of WWE Classics, in which Roddy Piper, Jim Ross, Diamond Dallas Page, Michael Hayes, & Gene Okerlund discuss The Rock‘s return to WWE and more: [...]

March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 3

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey

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March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 53

JR Discusses Cody Rhodes, Calling WrestleMania XV While Dealing With The Effects Of Bell’s Palsy, The “Mount Rushmore” Of Wrestling Managers, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -The evolution of IC Champion Cody Rhodes continues at a rapid and productive pace. Rhodes has the skills to be a top star for years to come and his WM28 bout with the Big Show increased my interest thanks to what they did [...]

March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 7

Two Superstars Added To Teddy Long’s Team At WrestleMania XXVIII (Smackdown Spoiler)

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March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 24

Video Footage Of John Cena On FOX & Friends

Below is video footage of John Cena on FOX & Friends today to promote Wrestlemania XXVIII: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Raw Supershow In Long Island This Summer, Tammy Sytch Backstage At Smackdown

- WWE has announced the June 18th episode of Raw Supershow will take place from the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. (Thanks to our old pal Devin Cutting.) - Tammy Sytch, formerly known as Sunny, is backstage visiting at tonight’s Smackdown taping in Newark, New Jersey. [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 2

WWE No Way Out Officially Returning, Expected Concept, Ticket Presale Beginning Tomorrow

WWE No Way Out is officially returning and is expected to feature Steel Cage matches as the show’s main events. There will be a presale to obtain tickets to WWE No Way Out from the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey beginning tomorrow at Ticketmaster.com with the password WWENEWJERSEY. The presale will end on [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 12

Christian Says High Ankle Sprain Was The Most Frustrating Injury He’s Had In His Career

The Belleville-Nutley Patch has a new article online featuring quotes from Christian. In it, he says his high ankle sprain was the most frustrating injury he’s had in his career: “It was without a doubt the most frustrating injury I have had in my career,” Christian told Patch. “It was a high-ankle sprain. It was [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

The Rock vs. John Cena Documentary To Air On 11 NBC Universal Networks

- WWE issued the following press release this evening: STAMFORD, Conn., Mar 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — WWE® and NBCUniversal are joining forces to televise “Once in a Lifetime — Rock vs. Cena,” an epic one-hour special that follows WWE Superstars The Rock® and John Cena® on their respective roads to WrestleMania® XXVIII. This first [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

WWE Raw Supershow Rating

Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.1 cable rating off hours of 3.14 and 3.06 with an average viewing audience of 4,382,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey (Part 2)

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March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 1

*Spoilers* WWE NXT Taping Results From Newark, New Jersey

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March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 3

Triple H Sets The Record Straight – FCW “Is Being Revamped, Not Shut Down”

The official WWE website has released an announcement by Executive Vice President of Talent, Paul Levesque, otherwise known as Triple H. Levesque had the following to say to the rumors about Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE’s developmental territory, closing down: “It is absolutely not true. FCW is not closing. I don’t know how the rumor started [...]

March 20, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 17

Ted DiBiase Blogs On Recent Trials & Tribulations

Ted DiBiase has a new blog entry on his official website entitled “Under the Knife.” Below is an excerpt: It’s 4:55 am and I can’t sleep. My back is killing me from having my leg propped up all day and night. This cast is really starting to get on my nerves because they have my [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Bret Hart Says Natalya’s Flatulence Gimmick Is A Test

Arda Ocal reporting: Part 2 of the interview Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) conducted with Bret Hart (@BretHart) has been released. Highlights: - How Bret feels its a shame that Tyson Kidd is not on RAW or Smackdown, as well as feeling that Natalya’s flatulence is a “test”, relating how long it took him in his own [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 8

Meet Cody Rhodes At FCW Show Tomorrow Night In Orlando

- Florida Championship Wrestling issued the following press release today: Orlando, Fl – March 20, 2012 FCW Wrestling will be invading Orlando tomorrow night, March 21st and are bringing WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes for a special meet and greet autograph session. This is a momentous occasion for Florida Championship Wrestling, who is hosting the [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling 1

Presale Password To Obtain Tickets To WWE SummerSlam 2012

There is a ticket presale currently ongoing to obtain tickets to WWE SummerSlam 2012 at this link. The password to buy tickets is SLAM. The presale started yesterday at 10 AM PDT and will end on Saturday at 10 PM PDT. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday at 10 AM PDT [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Rob Van Dam Booked For Weekend TNA Live Events

I reported on Sunday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Rob Van Dam was returning to TNA Impact Wrestling. While his return to television hasn’t happened yet, RVD was announced for this weekend’s live events in New York and Pennsylvania in singles matches against Robbie E. You can view the lineup for Friday’s show in Elmira, New [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray TNA News 1

WWE Announces Flo Rida & Machine Gun Kelly Will Perform Live At Wrestlemania XXVIII

- WWE issued the following press release today: WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced hip-hop stars Flo Rida and Machine Gun Kelly will perform at WrestleMania XXVIII live on pay-per-view Sunday, April 1 at 7 PM ET, emanating from Sun Life Stadium in Miami. More than 70,000 fans are expected to be in attendance with millions [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 13

Top WWE Star Helps Matt Bloom (Formerly Giant Bernard & A-Train) Get Rehired By WWE – Details On Who It Was That Got Him The Job, First Plans For The Lord Tensai Gimmick, Why Bloom Denied His Signing On Twitter, Relationship With The WWE Office, How Word Quickly Spread To The Internet, More

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March 20, 2012 Richard Gray Backstage News 5

Breaking News – Steve Keirn Says There Is “No Truth” To FCW Shutting Down Rumor

I contacted Florida Championship Wrestling President Steve Keirn via email this morning to ask about rumors regarding WWE shutting down the Tampa-based promotion. Keirn replied with the following quote: There is no truth to the rumor we are at school today training and the WWE will respond to this to clear it up. Thank you [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling 16

Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout; What You Didn’t See On Last Night’s Raw Supershow

- Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: - After last night’s Raw Supershow went off the air The Miz came out and cut a promo. This drew out The Rock and Miz offered to be in his corner at Wrestlemania XXVIII. Rock [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 6

Brodus Clay At Wrestlemania, Dark Live Events, Cena & Rock Taking A Backseat To Triple H & Undertaker, Free Time In WWE

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March 20, 2012 Richard Gray Ask WNW 11

WWE News & Notes

- The Miami Herald has a couple new articles online as they increase coverage as we get closer to Wrestlemania XXVIII. One of the articles covers a Jack Swagger appearance last week while another ironically covers a Florida Championship Wrestling show. You can read at the articles below: WWE superstar Jack Swagger meets WWE fans [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Flo Rida Reveals The Songs He Will Be Performing At Wrestlemania XXVIII

The following is from the official Twitter account of Flo Rida: Tune in to watch me perform #WildOnes & #GoodFeeling live on 4/1 at @WrestleMania during @therock‘s entrance! info @ wrestlemania.com — FLO RIDA (@official_flo) March 20, 2012 Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Mohammad Abulawi for sending this in. [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Watch Episode #3 Of WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Here

Bruce and Sean are back with WrestleGeek Weekly – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly episode #3. The show is a joint project between WrestlingNewsWorld.com and GeekTacular.tv: [...]

March 20, 2012 Richard Gray YouTube 0

Backstage Word On WWE Shutting Down Florida Championship Wrestling – Developmental Workers Thinking Of Quitting, Releases Coming?, What I’ve Heard For Years

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March 20, 2012 Richard Gray Insider Rumblings 5