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Zeb Colter Character Stolen From Independent Promotion?, Who Created The Gimmick As A Reaction To Vince McMahon’s Anger/Jealousy, Why WWE Is So High Up On Jack Swagger, Program With Alberto Del Rio

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February 18, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 27

Early WWE Raw Preview – Wrestlemania 29 Programs Kickoff

WWE will broadcast this week’s episode of Raw Monday night from the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company is hyping the official program kickoffs for both The Rock vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship and Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 29. What’s next for CM Punk [...]

February 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Ric Flair Seeking Domestic Violence Protective Order

TMZ is reporting that Ric Flair is asking a judge for a domestic violence protective order against his estranged wife Jacqueline Beems. He is also seeking to void a separation agreement he signed in October that pays Jackie tens of thousands of dollars. Not only does Flair claim to be afraid of Beems but he [...]

February 18, 2013 Richard Gray Other News 3

The Rock Reacts To Retaining The WWE Title At Elimination Chamber

Dot com has a new backstage interview with WWE Champion The Rock following the title match at Elimination Chamber. “You’re fired up after a night like this. We live to entertain audiences. Audiences like here tonight in New Orleans… give everything they have emotionally. “At the end of the night to close the show out [...]

February 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Elimination Chamber Pre-Show, Cena Ready For The Rock, Wrestlemania Share Material

- If you missed the WWE Elimination Chamber Pre-Show you can watch it embedded in the video below: - John Cena wrote the following on Twitter: Congrats @therock …… I’ll see you at #thedance @wwe get ready for #WM29 4/7/13 — John Cena (@JohnCena) February 18, 2013 - Wrestlemania 29 is upon us, get your [...]

February 18, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Richard Reacts To WWE Elimination Chamber – The Shield & Jack Swagger Surprise, The Rock Retains

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February 17, 2013 Richard Gray Audio, Richard Reacts 5

Wrestlemania 29 Main Event Confirmed, Jack Swagger Wins Elimination Chamber

- The Rock will defend the WWE Championship against John Cena at Wrestlemania 29. The match was officially announced after Rock beat CM Punk at Elimination Chamber. - Speaking of Rock, his mother was in attendance at the pay-per-view on Sunday night. - Jack Swagger won the Elimination Chamber Match and will challenge for the [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 18

Elimination Chamber Attendance, Raw Time Change, Mardi Gras Float

- 15,669 was the announced attendance for WWE Elimination Chamber from the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was a legitimate sellout. - WWE changed the start time for the Monday Night Raw the week before Wrestlemania 29 (on 4/1) from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC from 7:30 PM EST to 6:30 [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

WWE Elimination Chamber Results (2/17/13) – The Rock Retains The WWE Title

WWE Elimination Chamber Results Sunday, February 17, 2013 From the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana Report by Sean Hopkins of WrestlingNewsWorld.com The show opens with a video package highlighting the Chamber match, the Shield vs. Sheamus/Ryback/Cena match, and the Rock/Punk match. The pyro hits and Michael Cole welcomes us to the PPV, hyping [...]

February 17, 2013 Sean Hopkins WWE News 25

WWE Elimination Chamber Live Blog – Instant Thoughts & Analysis

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February 17, 2013 Richard Gray Live Blogs 0

Watch The WWE Elimination Chamber Pre-Show Here

The WWE Elimination Chamber Pre-Show is embedded in the live stream below: [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Kurt Angle Works “Match” To Sell Cars

We noted last week that Kurt Angle was scheduled to work Jared Hartsog, a former collegiate wrestler, at Sunday’s TNA Wrestling live event in Morgantown, West Virginia. This isn’t accurate as here’s the scoop. Angle was actually paid $2200 last week to appear at Superior Ford Lincoln Mercury of Morgantown, WV.  As part of the appearance, [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Final WWE Elimination Chamber Lineup – Live Coverage At 8 PM EST

Below is the final advertised lineup for WWE Elimination Chamber. Please join us Sunday night at 8 PM EST for exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com: WWE Championship Match There is no champion’s advantage as the title can change on disqualification or count out. - The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk World Heavyweight Championship [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 8

2013 WWE Hall Of Fame Inductee Denied A Chance To Return To The Main WWE Roster As A Wrestler – Backstage News On The Unusual Demand & Who Changed Their Mind

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February 17, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 6

JR’s Elimination Chamber Predictions, New Backstage JBL Blog, PPV Preview

- Jim Ross checks in with his WWE Elimination Chamber predictions here on JRsBarBQ.com. - John “Bradshaw” Layfield has a new blog entry online, revealing the behind the scenes story between the Acolytes and Public Enemy. It’s a great read and is available at this link. - The Times-Picayune previews WWE Elimination Chamber at this [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

More On WWE’s New Video Game Partner

We reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, citing a report from Bloomberg, that Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. has acquired WWE Games from THQ. GMA News is reporting that Japanese developer Yukes Co. as well as former THQ employees will be retained by the new deal, entering into new agreements with Take-Two Interactive to develop new WWE games [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Become A WWE Reading Superstar, Win A Trip To Wrestlemania 29

WWE is teaming with We Give Books to encourage children to read books, offering a chance to win a trip to Wrestlemania 29. Below is the release emailed out on Saturday: WWE has joined with We Give Books to encourage children to read books online by offering a chance to win a trip to WrestleMania [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 1

TNA Live Event Results (2/16/13) – Beckley, West Virginia

Wrestling News World reader Leonard G. Sims II attended Saturday night’s TNA Wrestling live event in my hometown of Beckley, West Virginia. He sent in the following report: Here is the latest TNA IMPACT WRESTLING results from Beckley, WV ( 1.) Hernandez & Chavo Guerrero beat Joey Ryan & Matt Morgan (2.) Knockout’s Champion, Tara [...]

February 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA House Shows 0

One Night Only Dates Changed, Gut Check Challenge Update, Footage Of Angle On Bellator MMA

- TNA Wrestling announced on Saturday that dates for upcoming One Night Only pay-per-views from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL have changed. The new dates are as follows: Sunday, March 17 1st Show: Doors open: 12PM – Show starts: 1PM 2nd Show: Doors open: 6PM – Show starts: 7PM Monday, March 18 1st Show: Doors [...]

February 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

WWE Network To DirecTV?, CM Punk Injured, HHH Exploring Major WWE Change, Who Went Off Script On Raw, Sandow’s Push Scrapped?, Why Rey Mysterio Was Pulled From PPV, Take-Two Gets WWE Games, Undertaker Still In Play For Wrestlemania

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February 16, 2013 Richard Gray Premium Newsletter 2

Christian Cleared, Titus O’Neil Auctioned Off, Ryder To NXT, Evan Bourne Update

- Believe it or not, Christian is said to be medically cleared to compete. However, no date has been set for his return. - Titus O’Neil was auctioned off Friday night for a date as part of the Tampa Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s 1st Annual “Death by Chocolate” event. - [...]

February 16, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 16

Kevin Nash & DDP Back On The Same Page Regarding Scott Hall

Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page are back on the same page (no pun intended) regarding the treatment of Scott Hall. In an about-face from his earlier comments, Nash wrote the following on Twitter: Talked to Scott today 4 over an hour, best he’s been in 15 years.Thur detox and on to DDP.If anyone can [...]

February 16, 2013 Richard Gray Other News 5

The Rock To Work Wrestlemania 30 Next Year?

Word going around is The Rock is in the preliminary plans for Wrestlemania 30 next year. If true, it will be his fourth straight Wrestlemania after returning as the host of Wrestlemania XXVII and competing in Wrestlemania XXVIII and Wrestlemania 29. This only adds to speculation that Monday’s “special announcement” will be the revealing of the [...]

February 16, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 15

TNA Live Event Results (2/15/13) – Huntington, West Virginia

Below are quick results from Friday night’s TNA Wrestling live event in Huntington, West Virginia: * Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez b. Matt Morgan & Joey Ryan * TNA Knockouts Champion Tara b. Velvet Sky * Bully Ray & Kurt Angle b. Devon & Wes Brisco * Bobby Roode b. James Storm after interference from Austin [...]

February 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA House Shows 0

Who Is Zeb Colter In This Week’s “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown

In this week’s “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown, we hear from Jack Swagger and his new manager Zeb Colter. The video also features Kaitlyn get fired up after watching the diva match on Smackdown and Tamina giving her thoughts about her upcoming title match. What the video here: [...]

February 15, 2013 Alex Barie WWE News 0

The JBL & Cole Show, HHH & The Rock Nominated For Awards, WWE Vintage Collection, Live Event

- This week’s episode of “The JBL & Cole Show” is embedded in the video below: - Triple H has been nominated as the Most Metal Athlete at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods Awards. The awards will take place on May 2nd and will be hosted by Chris Jericho. - The Rock has been nominated [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Diamond Dallas Page Looking To Bring The “Accountability Crib” To The Mainstream

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February 15, 2013 Richard Gray Backstage News 5

WWE Smackdown Results (2/15/13) – JeriKO’d

WWE Smackdown Results – (2/15/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a teaser of what’s to come tonight. A highlight from Raw is shown when CM Punk delivered a GTS on The Rock. Afterwards, Punk took the WWE Championship. Also, the Elimination Chamber Match was hyped [...]

February 15, 2013 Adam Wacker WWE Results 0

WWE Promoting Special Announcement For Monday At Noon

WWE announced Friday afternoon here on dot com that the company would make a “special announcement” on Monday at 12 PM EST. The announcement will be streamed live on dot com. While WWE is keeping the suspense by not revealing what they are announcing, it is stated that Vince McMahon, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, WWE [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 4

This Week’s Impact Rating & Viewership

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.01 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,300,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

14 Workers You Didn’t Know Appeared In WWE

WWE did a feature on dot com titled “14 Superstars you didn’t know appeared in WWE.” Here’s the list: Crowbar The Public Enemy Baron Von Raschke Great Sasuke Kevin Von Erich Samoa Joe Kevin Sullivan KroniK Tony Schiavone The Fabulous Freebirds Tiger Mask The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Buff Bagwell Greg Gagne [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 11

The Miz On Ric Flair Passing Down The Figure-Four, Trying To Earn Respect

The Times-Picayune out of New Orleans has a new article online featuring quotes from The Miz to promote Sunday’s WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Below are the highlights: Ric Flair passing down to him the figure-four leg lock: Are you kidding me? When I was a kid, I was giving all my friends figure fours all [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Bully Ray Discusses His Character, Admiration For Hogan, Mick Foley’s Hall Of Fame Induction

The UK Sun has a new Q&A online with Bully Ray. Below are the highlights: His character: “You guys in the press like to use words like heel, babyface, good guy and bad guy. I’m not a heel and I’m not a babyface. I’m not a good guy and I’m not a bad guy. I’m [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Meet Zack Ryder At NXT, DDP Pulls Hall Recruitment Video Due To Kevin Nash’s Comments

- Zack Ryder is doing a meet and greet at Friday’s WWE NXT live event from the Ft. Pierce Fenn Center in Ft. Pierce, FL. For more information, including details on tickets click here. - Diamond Dallas Page pulled the video of he and Jake Roberts recruiting Scott Hall from the accountability crib due to [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Drew Brees Comments On Wrestlemania 30 Location

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees wrote the following on Twitter: The word from the French Quarter is that @wwe is bringing @wrestlemania to our house in 2014! #NOLA @mbsuperdome #WM30 — Drew Brees (@drewbrees) February 15, 2013 We reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that if a deal got done it’s likely an official announcement would [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 6

TNA Running The Country Roads This Weekend

TNA Wrestling is running in my home state of West Virginia this weekend, below is a look at the shows: Friday from the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, WV (more info) Saturday from the Beckley Convention Center in Beckley, WV (more info) Sunday from the Morgantown Event Center in Morgantown, WV (more info) It’s [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE Elimination Chamber Live Coverage, Next Week’s Raw & Smackdown

WWE is off the road this weekend as they head into their Elimination Chamber pay-per-view from the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Make sure you join us on Sunday night at 7:30 PM EST for exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Below is a look at next week’s TV tapings: Monday Night [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 3

Non-Spoiler Lineup For TNA Lockdown

Following this episode of Impact Wrestling, below is the non-spoiler lineup for TNA Lockdown: Steel Cage Match for the TNA Championship - Jeff Hardy vs. ??? Lethal Lockdown Match - Sting & Team TNA vs. Devon & Aces & Eights For Hardy’s opponent and more Impact spoilers, click here. TNA Lockdown 2013 will take place [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Bully Ray Legitimately Hurting

To update you on the “is it a work/is it a shoot,” injury status of Bully Ray, the word going around is that he has a legitimate injury. Once Ray Tweeted about the injury, TNA played it up for storyline. As of this writing Bully Ray is scheduled to face Devon in matches on this [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Justin Gabriel Joins Injured WWE Stars For Valentine’s Day Hockey

Justin Gabriel, Hunico and Evan Bourne spent Valentine’s Day at the Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL game. Gabriel Tweeted a photo with ThunderBug, the official mascot of the Lightning: At the game with @findevan and Hunicolockerz.com/s/283400361 — Justin Gabriel (@Justin__Gabriel) February 15, 2013   Hunico is recovering from knee surgery while Bourne is [...]

February 15, 2013 Richard Gray WWE News 0