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“Sycho” Sid Eudy is back in the hospital according to a post made on his son Gunnar’s Facebook account. Gunnar noted that Sid just got out of the hospital a few days ago with heart problems. The reason he was re-admitted was not disclosed. Thanks to WNW reader Philip Thompson for his help with this. [...]
- Add Howard Finkel to the list of Legends set for this week’s “Old School” episode of WWE Raw. - Speaking of Raw, below is the official press release: WWE® GOES OLD SCHOOL ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW® STAMFORD, Conn., March 4, 2013 – WWE Superstars from the past and present will reunite live tonight at [...]
- Tammy “Sunny” Sytch is still behind bars following arraignment for her arrest at the end of January. Sytch was unable to make bail so remains held on $100,000 cash bond in a State Prison in Uncasville, CT. - Mick Foley is in the process of finishing up a new children’s book in connection with [...]
Below are quick results from Sunday’s WWE Raw live event in Syracuse, New York: * Brodus Clay & Tensai w/Cameron & Naomi b. Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater w/Jinder Mahal * Justin Gabriel b. JTG * Bray Wyatt b. Alex Riley * Layla b. Tamina Snuka * WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro b. The [...]
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The Undertaker is believed to be in Buffalo, New York, the location of this week’s “Old School” WWE Raw. This should hardly come as a surprise as WWE has basically advertised him without actually advertising him. We can’t confirm Undertaker will return to setup a Wrestlemania 29 program with CM Punk on this week’s show, [...]
- The latest on Jerry Lawler’s in-ring return is that he has received clearance from his personal doctor to wrestle. The holdup has been WWE’s reluctance to issue the same clearance. - In addition to the names confirmed here by WWE and here by Brooks Oglesby, Mae Young, Sgt. Slaughter and The Honky Tonk Man [...]
Rey Mysterio announced that he met with Dr. James Andrews today due to a possible ACL tear. Mysterio has torn his ACL in the past, most recently in 2011. His tweets are below: Good morning!About to C the man, Doc. James Andrews… Things haven’t been good since I stepped back in the ring, possibly Acl [...]
WWE has announced their June pay-per-view will be called WWE Payback. The show is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 16, 2013 from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Below is the remaining pay-per-view schedule for the rest of the year: Wrestlemania 29 on April 7, 2013 in East Rutherford, NJ Extreme Rules on [...]
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. [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday night’s TNA Wrestling live event in Salina, Kansas: * Magnus b. DOC * ODB b. Gail Kim * Garett Bischoff b. Samoa Joe. Garett picked up the win off interference from DOC and Mr. Anderson. * Austin Aries b. Chago Guerrero w/Hernandez * James Storm b. Mr. Anderson * [...]
R-Truth posted the following photos on Twitter which appear to be his new ring gear: twitter.com/RonKillings/st… — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) March 3, 2013 twitter.com/RonKillings/st… — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) March 3, 2013 If you are unable to view the photos here, check out Truth on Twitter @RonKillings. You can follow us at @wnwnews. [...]
Bret Hart buried Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff in a shoot interview with Wrestletalk TV. He said TNA is spending a fortune on a guy that is worthless and that Bischoff is as worthless as Hogan. Hart also said that AJ Styles is spinning his tires in TNA and if he wants to make it [...]
Triple H and Bruno Sammartino both posted photos from the International Sports Hall of Fame at the Arnold Class from over the weekend. Bruno included shots with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Henry and Dr. Joseph Maroon. Check them out below: Congratulations@sammartinobruno International Sports HOF twitter.com/TripleH/status… — Triple H (@TripleH) March 2, 2013 Tight WWE security on [...]
- Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. You can read it at this link. - The movie Snitch, starring WWE Champion The Rock, finished 5th at the box office over the weekend. The movie brought in an estimated $7.7 million in its second week out. So far the movie [...]
The Rock, Triple H, Billy Gunn & Road Dogg are scheduled to appear on tonight’s “Old School” WWE Raw, in addition to “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. Billy Gunn revealed the following information about what he would be doing on the show on his Twitter page: [...]
-Wrestling News World reader Jeff sent word that Trish Stratus weighed in on her fellow WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013 inductees on her official website. Excerpts for each inductee are below: Mick Foley: No other Superstar has given more blood, sweat and tears to this industry and for his fans than Mick Foley [...]
WWE continues to “question” the status of The Undertaker going into this week’s “Old School” Raw. The company posted the following on their Facebook page: Will he or won’t he? The WWE Universe is still talking about The Undertaker’s recent return to the ring at a WWE Live Event in Texas. Will The Phenom defend [...]
WWE has officially confirmed “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan for Monday’s “Old School” WWE Raw. As noted this morning, we ran this list last Tuesday. Dot com wonders what these Hall of Famers have in store and asks who will will drop in. You can read [...]
Below is the official preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, the final from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c! If you can’t watch the action on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR! - It’s the countdown to the Lockdown event! Thursday’s IMPACT is [...]
WWE posted Part 2 of their awesome out-of-character interview with Chris Jericho. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Click here for Part 1. [...]
The following cities have received letters from WWE requesting proposals to host Wrestlemania 31 in 2015 and/or Wrestlemania 32 in 2016: Orlando, Florida Tampa, Florida Miami, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Detroit, Michigan Proposals are due by March 15 and the list of finalists will be decided by mid-June with the awarded city receiving notification by fall. [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday night’s WWE Raw live event in Kingston, Ontario, Canada: * Brodus Clay & Tensai w/Cameron & Naomi b. Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater w/Jinder Mahal * Bray Wyatt b. Alex Riley * Layla b. Tamina Snuka * WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro b. The Miz in a no [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday night’s WWE Smackdown live event in Kalamazoo, Michigan: * Ted DiBiase b. Damien Sandow * The Uso’s b. Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Paige (developmental profile) b. AJ Lee with Hornswoggle as special guest referee. * Jack Swagger b. Sin Cara * Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes * [...]
The New York Post has a new Q&A online with Zack Ryder to promote WWE Saturday Morning Slam and the new General Manager competition. Below is an excerpt: Being from Long Island, what are you feeling with Wrestlemania coming back to the area and it being just weeks away? Ryder: This year there are a [...]
- There is a presale taking place from March 6-8 to obtain tickets to the 5/24 WWE Raw live event in Salt Lake City, Utah. The password is RAWFAN and tickets can be purchased at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Richard Johnson) - Tyson Kidd has been cleared to do leg workouts and cardiovascular [...]
- Tickets are hard to come by for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Take it from Jim Ross: Can’t tell you how many friends want to fly to NYC to attend #WWEHOFceremony. Wish I could help them w/ Tkts but there none left. I have 2 — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 2, [...]
Jesse Sorensen, who suffered a broken neck in a match against Zema Ion at TNA Against All Odds 2012, is now working as a marketing/promotional assistant with TNA Wrestling. This seems to indicate his professional wrestling career is effectively over. On Sorensen’s Twitter page, located @TNASorensen, he lists himself as a “former TNA X-Division wrestler.” [...]
Kurt Angle did an interview with Brandon Baxter to promote the 3/28 Impact Wrestling taping in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Below are the highlights: Angle opened the interview by talking about the IOC dropping wrestling from the Olympics. He said he thought the decision was embarrassing. He discussed breaking into professional wrestling and taking his time to [...]
- We’ve received a lot of email regarding Chris Jericho and when he’ll be back on WWE television. Jericho is in Australia with Fozzy and will miss next week’s TV tapings as well. His first advertised date back is a March 9th Raw live event in Broomfield, CO. This was first reported in February here at [...]
Bruno Sammartino will be inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame at the 2013 Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday night. Triple H is at the Arnold Classic and was photographed with Bruno. You can view it at this link. [...]
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Direct Auto Insurance and TNA Wrestling are back working together in some capacity. I noticed a couple weeks ago the insurance company was sponsoring select live events. I can now confirm they are sponsoring TNA Lockdown later this month. The agreement between the companies had gone month-to-month recently and ended all together in January. The [...]
- For those that missed Fandango’s first interview on WWE television from this week’s Smackdown, you can watch it at this link or embedded below: - The Score’s Arda Ocal reported the attendance at Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Toronto was 10,279 A new record for the Ricoh Coliseum. [...]
- Lance Storm is scheduled to work as a guest trainer next week at NXT Wrestling in Tampa, Florida. - JBL talked to Michael Cole about climbing Mt. Death in a video that you can watch at this link or embedded below: [...]
- Next week’s Smackdown will be headlined by Dolph Ziggler vs. World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio. The bout was determined on this week’s Social Media Smackdown where Ziggler beat out WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro and WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett as possible opponents in fan voting. Ziggler received 51% of votes. - [...]
Wrestling News World reader A-Rob attended Friday night’s WWE Raw live event from the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He sent in the following report: Once I entered the building they had a display for the new WWE Power Slammers from Mattel were you can play with the figures. The merchandise stands were filled [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring Jim Ross, The Prime Time Players & Antonio Cesaro has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
The Orlando Sentinel has more information about potential locations for WrestleMania 31 and WrestleMania 32. As previously reported, Orlando, Florida is in the running to host one of the events. The proposal process, as well as a few more potential host cities, are detailed in the excerpt below: “[The WWE] has a rich history of [...]
With WWE running a Raw live event in Syracuse, New York on Sunday, the story of Thomas Dotterer has resurfaced. For those that don’t remember, Dotterer, 77, was shot in the face when the Syracuse liquor store he was working at was robbed. He told the media he was more upset that his favorite wrestler [...]
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