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WWE In Qatar, Remember La Parka?, Michael Cole On Being A Social Media Dumb Ass

- WWE has announced the following live events from the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar: Thursday, February 21, 2013 Friday, February 22, 2013 - Do you remember La Parka from World Championship Wrestling? If not, WWE has added his profile to their Alumni section here on dot com. - Michael Cole [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

TNA Gut Check, Hall Of Fame Benefits, The Rock & CM Punk Stale?, John Cena’s Off Night

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. [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 52

Sheamus & Rey Mysterio Featured In Latest WWE “Outside The Ring”

Sheamus and Rey Mysterio battle with Power Slammers in the latest episode of “Outside the Ring.” You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Jim Ross Health Update, Ryback’s Friends, WWE Studios President Speaks

- Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter: The flu is a bear. Trip to hospital last nite for chest x-ray. Back to Dr’s ofc this am for results & to eliminate pneumonia as possibility. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) January 24, 2013 - Ryback discusses the evolution of his character, friendships with Wade Barrett and [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Estimated TNA Genesis Buyrate

TNA Genesis is estimated to have done between twelve and thirteen thousand buys. TNA Genesis Results (1/13/13) – Sting Returns Victorious, Jeff Hardy Retains [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Tyson Kidd Rehab Update, Watch David Otunga As A Legal Analyst Here

- Tyson Kidd, who is rehabbing from knee surgery, wrote the following on Twitter: First time I’ve ever used crutches in the gym yesterday, awkward but a great feeling getting the workout done. Rebuilding starts#workhorse — Tyson Kidd (@KiddWWE) January 24, 2013 We posted a photo of a rehabbing Tyson Kidd here on Instagram. Follow [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

WWE Eliminating Final Element Of Brand Extension?

WWE sent out a new Fan Council survey this week, asking respondents to vote on new names for separate house shows tours, which run simultaneously on normal non-pay-per-view weekends. This would do away with the current model of Raw and Smackdown live events, the only remaining element of the WWE brand extension. The changes are [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Kofi Kingston – The Rock’s Not Mentoring Me

AZCentral.com has an article online promoting Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The piece, titled “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson mentors WWE’s Kofi Kingston,” features quotes from Kofi Kingston… but he’s not happy about it. When asked about The Rock’s return, Kofi was quoted as to saying: “I met him when he first came back last year. He’s [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

TNA Live Event Results (1/23/13) – Glasgow, Scotland

Below are quick results from Wednesday’s TNA Wrestling live event in Glasgow, Scotland: * TNA Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez b. Bad Influence * Party Marty b. Rockstar Spud * The Blossom Twins b. Gail Kim & Tara * TNA X Division Champion Rob Van Dam b. Zema Ion * Austin Aries b. [...]

January 24, 2013 Richard Gray TNA House Shows 1

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT – TNA World Title Match, Wedding Aftermath, & More

Tonight’s Impact Wrestling was taped last week already, so it won’t be live tonight, but we will have live coverage of the show. The official preview is below: Preview Thursday’s January 24 IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV at 8/7c, as the road to the March “Lockdown” epic event continues! If you can’t watch Thursday’s action-packed broadcast, [...]

January 24, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

TNA’s Roster Page Causing More Confusion

Richard wrote early Wednesday that Christian York‘s profile has been removed from TNA Wrestling‘s official roster page, which can be seen here. As of right now, his profile is back on the website which could signify that he hasn’t been released from the company. As of right now, Kid Kash‘s profile hasn’t been added back [...]

January 23, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

THQ No More, Who Is Likely To End Up With WWE Franchise

THQ was officially sold and auctioned off on Wednesday, with the assets being divided amongst winning bidders. An email was sent to all THQ employees, informing them of the winning bidders and stated that most would likely be offered jobs by the new companies. You can read that email at this link. As for what [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Go-Home To Royal Rumble WWE Raw Rating

This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.04 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,320,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,370,000 viewers Hour two – 4,420,000 viewers Hour three – 4,160,000 viewers Raw Ratings Archive We’re on Instagram!  Follow Instagram.com/WrestlingNewsWorld for rare wrestling photos! [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

JR’s Royal Rumble Status, Ridiculous Goldberg Speculation, The 20 Greatest WCW Matches Of All Time

- Jim Ross is at his home in Oklahoma battling the flu and will not be doing commentary work at Royal Rumble on Sunday. - More speculation takes place this time of the year than any other regarding surprise Royal Rumble match entrants. Bill Goldberg Tweeted “Not a chance in hell,” when asked if he [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

The Rock Urging WWE Officials To Bring Back Major Name That Played A Key Role In His Success During The Attitude Era, Who It Is & Why There’s More To It Than Just Convincing Vince McMahon & Triple H

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January 23, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 3

The Rock To Produce & Star In Teddy Bear Movie?, Trent Baretta Discusses WWE Release

- The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that The Rock will potentially team with Beau Flynn and Hiram Garcia to produce a film called Teddy Bear. You can read the full details at this link. - SLAM! Wrestling has an article online featuring Trent Baretta discussing his WWE release. Below is an excerpt: “Luckily I wasn’t [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Christian’s Status, Shane McMahon Back To WWE?, Undertaker vs. CM Punk, Lesnar-Royal Rumble, Rock’s “Injury”

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. [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray Ask WNW 48

WWE Superstars & Divas Try The “Gangnam Style” Dance In New WWE Inbox

WWE Superstars and Divas answer questions from fans in this week’s episode of WWE Inbox, with the first question asking workers to show the “Gangnam Style” dance. Watch it embedded in the video below: [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Alberto Del Rio Interview, John Cena & Daniel Bryan With Bella Twins, Presale Pass For Smackdown In Hershey

- The presale password to obtain tickets to the March 26th Smackdown taping in Hershey, PA is THEROCK. The presale begins Thursday at 10 AM EST here at Ticketmaster.com. - We’ve posted new photos of Daniel Bryan with Brie Bella and John Cena with Nikki Bella here on Instagram. - World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Seeking Photos & Reports From TNA Shows, Christian York Released?

- TNA is running a live event Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland. Click here for show information. We are seeking live reports and photos to post on our new Instagram account as you can submit things to us at [email protected] - Christian York’s profile has been removed from ImpactWrestling.com, possibly signifying he has been released. We [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 3

Details On Next Year’s TNA Maximum Impact Tour

As TNA Wrestling’s European tour continues Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland, the company announced dates and venues for their 2014 tour: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING will be returning to the UK in January and February 2014 for the MAXIMUM IMPACT VI Tour. Currently in Britain for a string of very successful shows, TNA will return one year [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Ted DiBiase Addresses Left Hand Injury

We reported last month that Ted DiBiase suffered a left hand injury at the 12/26 Smackdown live event in a match against Fandango. DiBiase addressed the injury on his Twitter account on Wednesday: Yes I was. Hand injury. Been hangin out with my baby boy. RT@mintlounge786: @teddibiase where have you been are you injured — [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

TNA Touts Rockstar Spud Winning British Boot Camp

We reported on Tuesday that Rockstar Spud won the premiere season of TNA British Boot Camp, earning a roster spot in the company. TNA issued the following, detailing the win: Birmingham’s “Rockstar Spud” is the newest global wrestling sensation after winning hit Challenge TV reality show TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp. Spud overcame rivals The [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

King Mo Updates On His In-Ring Debut With TNA Wrestling

King Mo recently discussed when he will make his in-ring debut with TNA Wrestling as he makes his Bellator debut on Thursday following this week’s Impact Wrestling. Mo admits the transition to pro wrestling has been difficult and he wants to give himself enough time to be ready. He’s now targeting the spring for his [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

X-Division Star May Be Finished With TNA Wrestling

X-Division star Kid Kash may be finished with TNA Wrestling. His profile on TNA’s roster page is gone. While I would say to look much into it, other stars’ profiles have been deleted from the page recently, including Rosita and Sarita and those two officially left the company. Update from Richard: Kash, on what I’m [...]

January 23, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Smackdown’s Competition, Raw Seat Filler, Wrestlemania Fan Axxess Tickets On Sale

- We noted earlier that last week’s Smackdown did an average viewing audience of 2,884,000 viewers on SyFy. WNW reader Darius sent this link that takes a look at all of the show’s competition on Friday night. TV By The Numbers has this data weekly and we won’t be linking every week but this is [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

New Clips Of Steve Austin In “The Package”; Photos With A Young Shawn Michaels & TEENAGE CM Punk

Embedded in the videos below are two clips of Steve Austin in “The Package” with Dolph Lundren. The film is out on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and DVD on February, 19, 2013. Speaking of Austin, we have two new rare photos of him available on our all new Instagram Account. There, you will find a rare [...]

January 23, 2013 Richard Gray Other News 0

WWE Claims Brad Maddox Was “Attacked” At Smackdown Taping

The official WWE website released an article about Brad Maddox and his cameraman being attacked prior to the Smackdown tapings in Sacramento, California. An excerpt is below: SACRAMENTO, Calif. – WWE.com sources have learned that Brad Maddox and his personal cameraman, Carson, apparently have been victims of an attack during the SmackDown television tapings and [...]

January 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 12

*Spoilers* Smackdown Taping Results From Sacramento, California

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January 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 8

*Spoilers* WWE Main Event Taping Results From Sacramento, California

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January 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 2

*Spoilers* WWE Saturday Morning Slam Taping Results From Sacramento, California

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January 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Sacramento, California (Part 2)

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January 23, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE Spoilers 0

Present And Past Stars Making Appearances With World Of Wheels

I saw a commercial today for the World of Wheels event that will be coming here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend. The commercial advertised WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels as one of the celebrity guests. I went on the website and found out more stars will be making appearances with World of Wheels as [...]

January 22, 2013 Alex Barie WWE News 1

Stephanie McMahon Discusses Merging Creative, Royal Rumble Pre-Show Match, More

- Stephanie McMahon was featured in Advertising Age’s “40 Under 40.” She explained the merging of the creative teams: “We are all telling the same stories. And digital and social offer the ability to continue storylines 24/7 so our fans can consume the content anytime, anywhere on the device they prefer.” Click here to read [...]

January 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Rockstar Spud Wins TNA British Bootcamp

Rockstar Spud won the first season of TNA British Bootcamp, beating out The Blossom Twins and Marty Scurll for a TNA roster spot. Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter announced the winner at the end of the episode which aired on Tuesday on Challenge TV in the United Kingdom. [...]

January 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

The Miz & Ryback Officially Added To 30-Man Royal Rumble, Updated Entrants List

WWE has updated their list of official Royal Rumblehere on dot com. The list now includes The Miz and Ryback and is shown below: John Cena Sheamus Randy Orton Dolph Ziggler (has to choose between No. 1 or No. 2) 3MB (Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre) United States Champion Antonio Cesaro Intercontinental Champion [...]

January 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Last Week’s Smackdown Rating

Last week’s Smackdown did a 2.03 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,884,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

January 22, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Royal Rumble: By The Numbers

WWE has produced its yearly Royal Rumble: By The Numbers video package. Among other statistics, the video claims that 58% of Rumble winners have gone on to win at WrestleMania. This year’s video is embedded below, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

January 22, 2013 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 1

TNA Workers To WWE Now That The Lawsuit Is Over, Backstage Opinion Of Royal Rumble, Overexposed Abyss, The Zack Ryder Ceiling, Details On Tommy Dreamer Appearing On Raw & Impact, Two Developmental Divas To Watch Out For

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January 22, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Mailbags 10

New TNA Spin Cycle Episode, Impact Wrestling Set To Debut In Japan

- The latest episode of TNA Spin Cycle is embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling announced their television debut in Japan on Tuesday. Below are the official details: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING is set to air in Japan for the first time ever, thanks to an agreement between TNA and Nippon Television Network Corporation [...]

January 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0