- TNA Wrestling posted footage from Tuesday’s press conference in Jonesboro, Arkansas at this link. You can also watch embedded in the video below: - At the press conference Matt Morgan presented Mayor Harold Perrin with a TNA Championship belt. We posted a link to photos here. - Former WWE Tough Enough contestant Ivelisse Velez [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
The premiere episode of “Robot Combat League” featuring Chris Jericho as host did an average viewing audience of 1,350,000 viewers on SyFy. SyFy was so pleased with the number they issued the following press release: “ROBOT COMBAT LEAGUE” KICKS BOT AS SYFY’S BEST PREMIERE FOR A NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES AMONG ADULTS 18-49 IN OVER TWO [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE issued the following press release regarding this week’s Social Media Smackdown: WWE® SOCIAL MEDIA Smackdown GOES LIVE ON SYFY FRIDAY, MARCH 1 AT 8PM NEW YORK — February 27, 2013 – Syfy and WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced Social Media Smackdown, a live social media event which, for the first time ever, will include live [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Dot com takes a look at the “Evolution of Trish Stratus” in a new feature at this link. - Below is a look at all three covers for the March 2013 issue of WWE Magazine. I got the one with Brock Lesnar on the front a couple weeks ago: Ok, we want to know [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Jim Ross discusses making an appearance on this week’s Smackdown in a new blog entry posted here on his official website. JR was obviously at the show hanging out backstage as they were in Oklahoma City. - CM Punk worked this week’s WWE Raw fighting an illness. Many put him over not only for [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Ric Flair are set to appear on an upcoming episode of “Celebrity Wife Swap” on ABC. Flair swaps his girlfriend, Wendy Barlow (who is worked as FiFi The Maid in WCW) with Piper’s wife, Kitty Toombs. Piper Tweeted throughout the taping earlier this month on his official Twitter account. Roddy Piper’s [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
Other News
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February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Mister Saint Laurent reporting: In part 1 of a 2 part conversation this week on MLW Radio, available right now at: MLW.com, WWE superstar Chris Jericho joined Konnan to discuss their crazy times in Mexico, Bischoff’s big offer to keep him WCW when he was jumping to the WWF, making the transition to being a [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Stephanie McMahon is officially on Twitter. Triple H, her husband, sent out the following and she responded: @tripleh Thanks Honey, I needed another responsibility! — Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) February 27, 2013 If you are unable to view the Tweets embedded, below is a transcription: Triple H: Hey, I badgered my wife into doing this nerdfest [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
RedCarpetCrash.com interviewed The Miz at this link. Speaking of Miz, he is featured on this week’s episode of WWE Inbox where he answers questions about Marine 3. Watch at this link or embedded below: While we are stuck on Miz, remember he’ll be a guest on “Conan” on TBS on Wednesday night at 11 PM/10 [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
Backstage News
Tara opened “The Squared Circle” pizza restaurant in Chicago. The official Impact Wrestling website posted the following: BUSINESS OWNER BY DAY, PRO WRESTLER BY NIGHT… CHICAGO’S LISA MARIE VARON (TARA) OPENS THE SQUARED CIRCLE A new pizzeria is taking shape in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and the owner is professional wrestler Lisa Marie [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
- TNA Wrestling featured the Lockdown 2013 music video on their website hyping Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray on their official YouTube channel. Watch in the video embedded below or at this link: - TNA posted the following photos from Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling press conference in Jonesboro, Arkansas here and here. - Go behind-the-scenes of [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
TNA Wrestling is sending talent to the 2013 Arnold Fitness Expo this weekend. The following is from the company’s official website: The TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars will appear at the 2013 Arnold Fitness Expo on Friday and Saturday in Columbus, Ohio! TNA is on the Main Expo Floor at Booth #116 – we invite all [...]
February 27, 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. [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
We broke here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium on February 19, 2013 that WWE was targeting a major name to induct Bruno Sammartino into their Hall of Fame. That name is Arnold Schwarzenegger and as of this writing, negotiations remain ongoing. As for the other inductors, here’s the latest: Mick Foley said he would like either Terry [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Our new Android App is here. More than 400 readers installed it on Tuesday, download for free at THIS LINK. - Randy Orton, Sheamus & Kane faced The Shield in a dark match main event following this week’s Smackdown taping. When Shield got in trouble after Orton hit Dean Ambrose with an RKO, Shemaus [...]
February 27, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE posted John Cena vs. CM Punk from this week’s Raw in its entirety on their YouTube channel. There is no reason why you shouldn’t check out this video if you haven’t seen the match. You can watch below or at this link: - WWE has announced the 5/21 Smackdown taping will take place from [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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February 26, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
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February 26, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
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February 26, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
- The following names are on tap for next Monday’s “Old School” episode of WWE Raw: Dusty Rhodes “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan “Mean” Gene Okerlund “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase Ric Flair - Dot com has photos of Brock Lesnar getting the laceration in his head closed after getting cut on this week’s episode of WWE [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
This week’s episode of WWE Raw did a 3.46 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,707,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,860,000 viewers Hour two – 4,700,000 viewers Hour three – 4,560,000 viewers WWE Raw Ratings Archive Our Android App is now available in [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Jim Ross updated the blog section on his official website following this week’s episode of WWE Raw. Below is an excerpt: The McMahon-Heyman in ring confrontation told a brief albeit short story that set up the HHH-Lesnar confrontation nicely. Lesnar needed, allegedly 12 or more staples in his head to close up a nasty gash [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
King Mo says he’s a work in progress after getting knocked out by Emanuel Newton in the first round of his Bellator Season 8 Light Heavyweight Tournament semifinals finals fight last Thursday. Mo claimed in post-fight comments he didn’t even see the fist coming and was caught in the act of punching. Mo is now [...]
February 26, 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. [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Raw featuring Paul Heyman & R-Truth has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
February 26, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
The first episode of “Robot Combat League” featuring Chris Jericho as host is already online. The show will premiere Tuesday night at 10 PM/9 CT on SyFy. You can watch now at this link or embedded in the video below: Information! Looking for our FREE ANDROID APP? It’s HERE & it’s AMAZING, Click Here to [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
Backstage News
MVP wrote the following on Twitter on Tuesday: I would like to thank @njpw1972 for allowing me to realize a dream! I LOVE Japan & will forever be grateful! I left on good terms as always. I’m currently working on a TV project with Lionsgate TV. I’ll release more details soon. But right now I’m [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, WWE News
Kurt Angle did an interview with 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh where he said he has a year and a half left on his contract with TNA Wrestling but he’d like to wrestle for another 2-3 years before retiring. He said once he does retire, he wants to go back to amateur wrestling and coach [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
- The following press release was issued on Tuesday: VORTEXX ON THE CW ANNOUNCES UPCOMING THREE-WEEK SPECIAL ON WWE SATURDAY MORNING SLAM WWE Superstars Battle to Become the General Manager and All-Powerful Boss of Saturday Morning Slam LOS ANGELES (February 26, 2013) – Vortexx on The CW, an affiliate of Saban Brands, today announced a [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
For those that missed this week’s Monday Night Raw, WWE is moving forward “full steam ahead” with the Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter storyline. Swagger, who went over Sin Cara in two bouts at live events over the weekend, went over The Miz on Raw. With John Cena beating CM Punk and Triple H returning [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Justin Roberts Tweeted the following photo of John Cena after his stellar bout on this week’s WWE Raw: It’s official, this man, @johncena will challenge @therock for the @wwe Championship at WrestleMania 29!! twitter.com/JustinRoberts/… — Justin Roberts (@JustinRoberts) February 26, 2013 - You can watch the final couple minutes of the bout embedded in [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Below is Triple H’s message for Brock Lesnar following their bloody brawl on this week’s Raw: Information! - Here is a trailer for the new Bret Hart DVD: - For those wondering why Darren Young worked this week’s Raw but was expected to be out several months following a knee injury at Royal Rumble, [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Brock Lesnar was cut in the opening segment of this week’s WWE Raw when the back of his head hit underneath the turnbuckle where there is a spring and screw hook. Lesnar was thrown into the ring post by Triple H where he covered it with his hands for the bump, however, his head got caught [...]
February 26, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE will tape this Friday’s WWE Main Event and Smackdown tonight from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This week’s show is being adverised as “Social Media Smackdown.” After weeks of vignettes, Fandango is being advertised to debut. Raw Superstars Daniel Bryan, Kane, Dolph Ziggler, and The Shield are scheduled to appear. Click here for local [...]
February 26, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Pre-RAW Commercial Cole talks about the big match between Cena and Punk, but also the big fight between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman. Show Starts Show Starts Video January 28, 2013, McMahon was about to fire Heyman, but Brock came out and hit McMahon with an F5. That leads to McMahon’s surgery and the fight [...]
February 25, 2013
Kendra Bunyon
WWE Results
John Cena beat CM Punk in a #1 contender match on this week’s WWE Raw and will challenge The Rock for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 29. Rock Tweeted the following: Congrats John.. Its official: Wrestlemania 29 @wwe Heavyweight Champion The Rock vs @johncena Greatness vs Redemption #BringIt — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 26, 2013 [...]
February 25, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE issued the following press release: GLENN BECK HIDES FROM WWE® STAMFORD, Conn., February 25, 2013 – Glenn Beck declined WWE’s invitation to address our fans live on Raw® tonight and then hid from WWE reporters when approached this evening at his studios in Dallas. WWE attempted to get comment from Beck but was unable [...]
February 25, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News