Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website where he discusses hog hunting with Shawn Michaels, Extreme Rules and other things. In it, JR makes it clear which match he feels should close Sunday’s pay-per-view: If the Brock Lesnar vs. HHH Steel Cage match doesn’t close the PPV, it’s going to [...]
May 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are video highlights from this week’s episode of WWE Main Event: Cody Rhodes vs. Justin Gabriel: Sin Cara vs. Wade Barrett: Kane vs. Seth Rollins: [...]
May 16, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Kurt Angle at The Rumble On The Rails Kurt Angle was at “The Rumble On The Rails” – USA vs. IRAN vs. RUSSIA – at Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Wednesday. The appearance garnered national media attention as the event was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. You [...]
May 16, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, What's Hot?
Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June “Slammiversary” event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its old time at 9/8c on SpikeTV! Thursdays at 8/7C until then! - Thursday’s broadcast will feature the World [...]
May 16, 2013
Alex Barie
TNA News, What's Hot?
TNA Press Conference in Las Vegas TNA Wrestling posted footage from Wednesday’s press conference in Las Vegas with Jeremy Borash, TNA X Division Champion Kenny King and Hulk Hogan. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Will AJ Styles Join Aces and Eights? Will AJ Styles join Aces and [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
TMZ is reporting that Austin Aries was hit with a “severe” fine for the Christy Hemme incident last week on Impact Wrestling. According to their report, Aries reached out to Hemme and privately apologized. The incident occurred after Christy Hemme inadvertently introduced Bad Influence rather than Aries and Bobby Roode on last week’s episode of [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, Top Stories
The Pitch out of Kansas City, Missouri has a new article online featuring quotes from Cody Rhodes. Below is an excerpt: Idea for the mustache: Well, my fiancée is sitting right next to me, and she hates the mustache. So I don’t know if it’s as fantastic as you say, but thank you very much. [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
Before the Bell: Slammiversary TNA Wrestling has uploaded part one of Before The Bell: Slammiversary. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Hulk Hogan Blunder at Vegas Presser Hulk Hogan took part in a TNA press conference on Wednesday to announce the double Impact Wrestling taping on Saturday, June [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
WWE Inbox Goes Extreme WWE Inbox goes extreme in honor of Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view. You can watch this week’s episode at this link or embedded in the video below: New Batista Movie Trailer The first trailer for the movie “Riddick,” starring Vin Diesel and featuring Dave Batista is online at this link. You can [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
Premium Mailbags, Top Stories
James Storm is undergoing an MRI on Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury he suffered at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping. Storm was unable to work last Friday night but made the show and a late night ER trip. The following is from Storm’s verified Twitter: Arrived at Vanderbilt for my MRI and [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, Top Stories
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. [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW, What's Hot?
TAC on WWE Release Brandon Carter, who worked as TAC, spoke to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal about his WWE release earlier this year. “I went down there and got a few concussions and ended up getting pneumonia,” Carter said of his time with WWE. “I ended up in the hospital in December. I woke up and [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
NXT Wrestling, WWE News
A pre-sale begins at 11 AM ET (10 AM CT) to obtain tickets to the June 20th Impact Wrestling taping in Peoria, Illinois. You can obtain tickets at this link with the password IMPACTPEORIA. Click here for official event information. [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
TNA Press Conference in Las Vegas TNA is promoting an Impact Wrestling press conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday with Hulk Hogan. Coverage will air on ImpactWrestling.com. Click here for more information. SoCal Val Interviews ODB SoCal Val interviewed ODB for the new Knockouts website. You can watch it at this link or embedded in [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
Sami Callihan to WWE? Big Japan Pro-Wrestling announced on their website that Sami Callihan has been pulled from their May 24th Strong Style tournament RISING due to signing a WWE contract. Callihan is still advertised for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s show on June 15, 2013. We don’t have confirmation that Callihan has signed but he was [...]
May 15, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
WWE issued the following press release on Tuesday: STAMFORD, Conn. and NEW YORK May 14, 2013 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (GVE), a leading distributor of entertainment and lifestyle media, today announced a multi-year extension for home video distribution of WWE programming. The new agreement will continue to give GVE distribution rights to [...]
May 14, 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. [...]
May 14, 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. [...]
May 14, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
Top Stories, WWE News, WWE Spoilers
Dixie Carter has finally commented on the Austin Aries/Christy Hemme incident (See also - Austin Aries Will Be Disciplined For Christy Hemme Incident) from last week’s Impact Wrestling. She Tweeted the following from her verified account: TNA has ZERO tolerance for inappropriate behavior. The incident with Austin Aries was taken very seriously and handled immediately. [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, Top Stories
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,046,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the breakdown hour by hour: Hour one – 3,790,000 viewers Hour two – 4,100,000 viewers Hour three – 4,250,000 viewers This data, from TV By the Numbers, shows a positive sign for WWE. [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
MVP Isn’t Saying He Wants To Go To TNA But… MVP isn’t saying he wants to go to TNA Wrestling but he is saying that Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Ken Anderson and Bobby Roode are on his “wish list” to work with. The following is from MVP’s Twitter: To be clear, I didn’t say I [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
The fallout on Twitter continues after Mark Madden, citing comments from a Spike TV executive, reported that Austin Aries will face disciplinary action following the incident involving Christy Hemme at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping (See also – Austin Aries Will Be Disciplined For Christy Hemme Incident). Hemme Tweeted: Got to say, I appreciate the [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, Top Stories
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May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
Backstage News, What's Hot?
Pittsburgh radio personality Mark Madden is reporting that Austin Aries will be disciplined for the incident involving Christy Hemme at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping in Tupelo, Mississippi. Madden cites comments made to him by Spike TV’s senior VP of communications David Schwarz. “We have a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment,” Schwarz said. “We [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News, Top Stories
Jerry Lawler’s return bout is set. The King will team with Dory Funk Jr. and Johnny Magnum to face Cory “Wild” Weston, Quinton “Drop-Back” Hitchcock and Romero Youngblood in an Australian Rules, 6 Man Tag Team Match. The match will take place at Funk’s !BANG! TV Sound Stage in Ocala, Florida on Saturday, May 25, [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, 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. [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
Ask WNW, Top Stories
JR’s Hog Hunt Success Jim Ross was successful in his hog hunt with Shawn Michaels. Keith Mark Tweeted a photo that you can view below: Success! @jrsbbq with his walking pork chops! Well not walking anymore thanks to @carbonexpress twitter.com/keithmarkmra/s… — Keith Mark (@keithmarkmra) May 14, 2013 New MVP Single MVP put out a new [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Total Divas Cameras at Raw Cameras were filming at this week’s WWE Raw for the new E! reality series called “Total Divas.” The show is set to premiere in July. Layla & Alicia Fox Race for the Cure Layla & Alicia Fox took part in the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the cure. WWE [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Nick Dinsmore at WWE NXT Nick “Eugene” Dinsmore was at the WWE NXT facilities last week in Tampa, Florida. Here’s what he wrote on Twitter: A huge thank you to @billdemott @wwemercury @realbillygunn @normansmiley1 and everyone @wwenxt for a truly great week. — U-Gene Nick Dinsmore (@UGeneDinsmore) May 10, 2013 What was I doing @wwenxt [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
What You Didn’t See on WWE Raw After this week’s WWE Monday Night Raw went off the air, WWE Champion John Cena, Alberto Del Rio & Randy Orton b. Big Show, Jack Swagger & Ryback in a dark match main event. Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Show to end the taping. Closing Segment Highlights [...]
May 14, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
WWE will tape this week’s WWE Main Event and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. On this week’s Main Event, Kane will face Seth Rollins. On this week’s Smackdown, Randy Orton & The Big Show will appear on Chris Jericho‘s Highlight Reel. It is worth noting that Dolph Ziggler is still [...]
May 14, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
RAW results – Monday May 13, 2013 From the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma Reported on by Kendra Bunyon for Wrestling News World Pre-RAW Commercial Brock and Trip face to face. And a first, RAW start with a Dance-Off between Fandango and Jericho! Show Starts Video After Ryback took out Kane, The Shield came out. [...]
May 13, 2013
Kendra Bunyon
Top Stories, WWE News, WWE Results
Impact’s Timeslot Change On Thursday, May 30, 2013 Impact Wrestling will move back an hour to their old 9/8c timeslot on Spike TV. They put out this video to promote the change. You can also watch it embedded in the video below: Basebrawl in Brooklyn TNA Wrestling will hold a “Basebrawl” live event from MCU [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
TNA News
The Highlight Reel on Smackdown Randy Orton and Big Show will be featured on The Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho on this week’s episode of WWE Smackdown. This week’s show will be taped Tuesday night from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Dance-Off Segment on WWE Raw For those that missed this week’s WWE [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
After being pulled from the WWE Extreme Rules lineup due to a concussion suffered at last week’s Smackdown taping, World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler. In true #heel fashion, Ziggler entertained Twitter followers throughout the night. We’ve compiled his Tweets and included them below: ok im live-tweeting (ROASTING)@wwe #RAW TONITEit starts in 20 mins. so unfollow [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, 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. [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News, WWE Spoilers
This Week on WWE Main Event Kane will face Seth Rollins on this week’s episode of WWE Main Event. The show will be taped Tuesday night from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. We’ll have full taping results here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Sin Cara on WWE Superstars Sin Cara, who worked this weekend’s live events, [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Two more matches have been added to the Extreme Rules lineup. Team Hell No will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship on the pay-per-view against Seth Rollins & Romain Reigns in a tag team tornado match. On the pre-show, The Miz will face Cody Rhodes. Below is the updated lineup: Last Man Standing Match for [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
The Miz returned to WWE on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, going over Heath Slater in a singles match. He’s been off television over the past month filming the new WWE Studios/ABC Family film “Christmas Bounty.” While the match was airing on the USA Network, Matt Striker interviewed WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett [...]
May 13, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News