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WWE will broadcast this week’s Monday Night Raw from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. Below is a quick preview: WWE Champion The Rock returns Brock Lesnar isn’t advertised but WWE teases another attack. Who will Mark Henry go after next? Jack Swagger or someone else poised for a big 2013? Will John Cena, Sheamus [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Champaign, Illinois: * Brodus Clay b. Conor O’Brian * Alicia Fox b. Aksana * Kofi Kingston b. Heath Slater w/Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal * Randy Orton & Sheamus b. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose via disqualification when Roman Reigns interfered * Fandango b. [...]
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. In it, he remembers Curt Hennig, comments on DirecTV/the WWE Network and Steve Austin’s new film deal. Below is an excerpt: Can’t help but think about Curt Hennig aka Mr. Perfect today on the anniversary of his untimely passing. “Perfecto’ was as good [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday’s TNA Wrestling live event in Vicksburg, Mississippi: * Christian York b. Zema Ion * TNA Knockout Champion Tara b. Velvet Sky * Chavo Guerrero b. Christopher Daniels via disqualification after interference by Kazarian. This turned into Chavo & Hernandez over Daniels and Kazarian. * James Storm b. Austin Aries [...]
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Ric Flair wrote the following on Twitter: I’m playing a doctor on Stuff You Should Know. It’s hilarious. 2pm on the @sciencechannel #SYSKtwitpic.com/c27wdc — Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) February 9, 2013 For more on “Stuff You Should Know” and the Science Channel, click here. [...]
TNA Wrestling’s announcement they would not be renewing their lease with Universal Studios and would be taking Impact on the road gave the locker room a big morale boost. Several workers had described the Universal crowd as “spoiled,” “calloused,” and even “exhausting” to try and garner a reaction from. The feeling amongst several people was [...]
-CM Punk was shaken up at Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Springfield, Missouri. The Miz botched a stalling suplex on Punk, causing him to land awkwardly on his head. Punk was then checked on by officials for several minutes and eventually went on to continue competing, although our correspondent noted that “you could tell [...]
Wrestling News World reader Jacob Myers attended Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Springfield, Missouri, and sent in the following results: * Zack Ryder b. Corey Graves. Prior to the match, Graves came to the ring talking down to Ryder in a promo. * Tensai b. Alex Riley. Before the match, Vickie Guerrero came out [...]
The latest edition of WWE Countdown ranks the 10 biggest unsuspecting upsets. The list is compiled below: 10. Rey Mysterio b. Randy Orton & Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 22 9. Bo Dallas b. Wade Barrett on Raw 8. Maria Menounos, Kelly Kelly, Eve, & Alicia Fox b. Beth Phoenix, Natalya, & The Bella Twins at [...]
For those who have not seen this weekend’s live event results, Cody Rhodes announced that the recently-disbanded Team Rhodes Scholars would reunite for this weekend’s live events. Tonight, they will appear as a team at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The announcement is below: After all this time and a great deal [...]
Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Poplar Bluff, Missouri: * Zack Ryder b. Corey Graves * Tensai b. Alex Riley… twice. Riley claimed he lost the first bout because his shoe was untied and got a rematch. Tensai went over both times. * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka [...]
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Anchor Bay Films and Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Ranch Productions have agreed to a deal that will roll out two new action films. The first film is called “Kill Em All, John” and will star Austin as an ex-hitman pulled back into the underworld to “retire” a number of crime [...]
Bruno Sammartino said on the Busted Open radio show he’d like to have Larry Zbyszko induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame, however, he’s leaving it in WWE’s hands. Sammartino said that Triple H told him WWE usually lets Hall of Fame inductees select who they want to induct them but that they would [...]
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TNA Wrestling issued the following: TNA PRESIDENT DIXIE CARTER ANNOUNCES MORE LIVE TV MARKETS FOR “IMPACT WRESTLING”, JEFF HARDY RETURNS AND MORE DURING BELLATOR ON SPIKE TV THURSDAY NIGHT Top names in pro wrestling to make history in new markets across the US, Hardy signs long term agreement with company TNA IMPACT WRESTLING President Dixie [...]
- WWE developmental worker Corey Graves is back on the road with the Raw crew this weekend. - WWE is returning to the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee on June 8, 2013. - This week’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured the following matches as transcribed by Devin Cutting: Gimmick Battle Royal [...]
- DirecTV is surveying customers about the proposed WWE Network. According to their survey, the network will be offered for a fee each month and will include all pay-per-views except for Wrestlemania. Pay-per-views will still be available for purchase for those that do not subscribe to the network. - Wrestling News World reader Ben sent [...]
Wrestling News World reader Streamz attended Mick Foley’s “Good God Almighty” comedy show in Sydney, Australia. Below is the report sent to us: The opening comic, Brendon Burns, was hilarious whilst keeping his comedy almost entirely wrestling-centric. He seems like a pretty huge WWE fan and was sporting a CM Punk shirt on stage. His set definitely was [...]
Below are quick results from Friday’s TNA live event from the Centurylink Center in Bossier City, LA: * Christian York b. Zema Ion * Velvet Sky b. Tara * Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez b. Kazarian & Christopher Daniels * James Storm b. Austin Aries * TNA Champion Jeff Hardy b. Devon in a steel cage [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring Antonio Cesaro, Brodus Clay, & Natalya has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
For those that missed this week’s Smackdown, Mark Henry earned a spot in the upcoming Elimination Chamber match at the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Henry joins Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, & Rey Mysterio, as well as two still-unannounced competitors. Click here to view full results from this week’s Smackdown. [...]
WWE Smackdown Results – (2/8/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a trailer of the upcoming Elimination Chamber Match who will go on to face the World Heavyweight Champion at Wrestlemania XXIX. Also, Alberto Del Rio attacked Big Show at his hotel room on Monday. Due [...]
This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.04 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,410,000 viewers on Spike TV. Bellator MMA, that proceeded Impact, averaged 807,000 viewers. TNA Ratings Archive [...]
Rosa Mendes and Damien Sandow go head to head in the Superstar Search on this week’s episode of “The JBL & Cole Show”. You can watch this week’s episode embedded in the video below: [...]
Hulk Hogan questions why Dixie Carter is in the wrestling business and gives his thoughts on TNA cutting their pay-per-views in a new interview with the Daily Star. Below are the highlights: “It’s either hold ’em or fold ’em. You’re either in the wrestling business or not. Is Dixie Carter really in the wrestling business, [...]
Brock Lesnar is not advertised for WWE Raw for the next two weeks after appearing the past two weeks. He is advertised for the February 25th episode in which The Rock is not being advertised. It certainly looks like WWE is using Lesnar on Raw when The Rock isn’t able to appear. The only episode [...]
TNA Wrestling will run two live events this weekend, below is the schedule: Friday from the Centurylink Center in Bossier City, LA Saturday from the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, MS If you attend either show, please submit a live report. Next week’s episode of Impact Wrestling is already taped as you can read full [...]
Below is this weekend’s WWE schedule: Raw Friday from the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, MO Saturday from the JQH Arena in Springfield, MO Sunday from the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, MO Smackdown Saturday from U of I Assembly Hall in Champaign, IL Sunday front he KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY [...]
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. [...]
All for the love of the business… Vince McMahon had dot com post photos of his hip surgery from last week to further the injury angle with Brock Lesnar. You can view them at this link. While the storyline is Lesnar “broke” McMahon’s left hip and he required a full hip replacement, that’s not believed [...]
WWE developmental talent Kassius Ohno (formerly known as Chris Hero) lost some teeth in a match with Xavier Woods at a WWE NXT live event on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Ohno posted the following on Twitter: Win some. Ya lose some. Teeth, that is…lockerz.com/s/282062369 — Kassius Ohno (@KassiusOhno) February 8, 2013 CM Punk weighed in [...]
The big news coming out of Thursday was that Jeff Hardy has agreed to a contract extension with TNA Wrestling. The signing is actually a victory for Hardy as he inked a deal for two years. We reported in December that TNA wanted Hardy to sign a 3-year extension with the third year being a [...]
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TNA President, Dixie Carter, appeared on Bellator MMA tonight where she announced that she signed Jeff Hardy to a long term contract, you can read the story here. She also announced new road dates for Impact Wrestling. The three confirmed arena appearances are: 3/28 in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the Jonesboro Arena – Tickets on sale [...]
Richard Gray informed everyone earlier that TNA President, Dixie Carter will be live on Bellator MMA tonight to reveal some big news. The first part of the news was about upcoming venues that will hold Impact Wrestling as they head on the road. We will have more about that subject later. The main and biggest [...]
- For those who missed Impact Wrestling, read the results at this link, Bobby Roode and Austin Aries defeated the tag team of Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez. They are now the new TNA Tag Team Champions. Austin Aries now becomes a Triple Crown Winner in TNA Wrestling. - Catch the new Impact Post Show that [...]
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Impact Wrestling Results – 2/7/2013 From Manchester Arena in Manchester, England Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts with a video package that starts with the Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan relationship. Hulk Hogan doesn’t approve but he finally gives in and walks Brooke down the aisle in the wedding. Aces & 8s [...]
As noted earlier this week, R-Truth has been in Qatar doing promotional work for WWE. He posted the following on Twitter on Thursday: #RTruth and #LilJimmy in Qatar twitter.com/RonKillings/st… — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) February 6, 2013 Truth has been out of the ring since suffering a lacerated knee at WWE TLC in December. He’s expected back [...]
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