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December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
Premium Mailbags
The break is over for the WWE roster as they hit the road beginning Wednesday for the holiday tour live events. Below is a look at Wednesday’s shows: Smackdown from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL (more info) Raw from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI (more info) We are seeking live reports from [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE stars pick their “Match of the Year” in the latest episode of “WWE Inbox” that you can watch embedded in the video below: [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Scheduled WWE programming on The Score in Canada on Friday will be pre-empted due to college football. WWE NXT, Smackdown and Vintage Collection will not air in their normal timeslots on Friday but will air as follows: WWE NXT will air on Thursday, December 27 at Midnight and at 4 PM EST Vintage Collection will [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE has signed Alexander Jones (@TheZanderJones) to a developmental contract. Jones was a student at Rikishi’s KnokX Pro Academy in Sun Valley, CA. Jones will report to NXT Wrestling in Tampa, Florida. [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
NXT Wrestling
A new teaser trailer for “The Marine 3: Homefront” starring The Miz is embedded in the video below. The WWE Studios production is due out on March 12, 2013: [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
How does Santa Claus break up an argument between Kane and Daniel Bryan? Watch the Christmas Eve episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw embedded in the video below: [...]
December 26, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Last week’s replay of Super Smackdown Live in its normal Friday night timeslot did an average viewing audience of 1,850,000 viewers on SyFy. Adding the audience from the live show on the USA Network (3,330,000) and it did a total viewership of 5,180,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Hulk Hogan will open a 20,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor restaurant and bar located at the Best Western Bay Harbor Hotel in Tampa, Florida called “Hogan’s Beach.” The restaurant is scheduled to open on New Year’s Eve and includes waterside dining, live outdoor entertainment, a mechanical shark ride, authentic tiki bars, a giant video screen on [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
TNA has released the following official preview for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling: - Thursday’s broadcast features the return of OPEN FIGHT NIGHT! It’s the last chance for the IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars to settle any and all grudges before the New Year! Who will get called out? Tune in and find out! - Austin [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
Many readers have questioned the future of WWE ’14 amid THQ filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. We’re now able to confirm, with the help of the folks at WWEGaming.com, the game is included in THQ’s product development budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Regardless of who assumes the assets [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
We don’t make it a habit of covering Twitter updates as “news” but given Monday is Christmas Eve and it’s bound to be a slow week with WWE programming taped, Edge recently answered numerous questions from followers on Twitter. Below are some of the better questions and responses edited for clarity: Are you still in [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
Backstage News
The Christmas edition of “The List” with Robbie E and Robbie T is now online. In it, they reveal the five people they don’t want to spend Christmas morning with. You can watch the latest episode embedded in the video below: [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
Dolph Ziggler runs down Santa impersonators in this week’s episode of “WWE Download” that you can watch embedded in the video below: [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
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. [...]
December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
Ask WNW
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December 24, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
Saturday night’s one hour version of WWE Tribute to the Troops on NBC only drew a viewing audience of 1,310,000 viewers. The number was the lowest amongst the networks for the night. The two hour version of the show that aired on the USA Network Wednesday night did an average viewing audience of 2,340,000 viewers. You [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
TNA Wrestling will tape special programming on January 12, 2013, the day before their Genesis pay-per-view, from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. There will be two taping sessions with one featuring seven tag team matches and a gauntlet match. The second session will focus on X Division action and will feature an X-Scape Cage match [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
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December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
Insider Rumblings
The story coming out of last week’s WWE television tapings was to announce Ryback vs. CM Punk in a TLC match for the WWE Championship for the January 7, 2013 episode of Raw but for the match to actually not occur. Apparently the talk was to do an angle with The Rock to come out and [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
We noted in early November that Antonio Cesaro was working with a broken bone in his hand. It turns out he’s been working with broken fingers and a dislocated finger but continues to gut it out. Speaking of Cesaro, he remains high on WWE’s radar and it was seen as a big deal they didn’t [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Why is Goldust dressed like a Christmas tree? It’s time for some holiday garbage juice in this week’s episode of WWE “Are You Serious” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews. You can watch in the video embedded below: [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Carroll County Times has a new article online featuring quotes from The Miz to promote next Saturday’s WWE TV tapings from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Below are the highlights: Hectic schedule as a WWE star: “That’s what I’ve asked for,” The Miz said in a phone interview while driving to Philadelphia. “I’ve [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
In Tommy Dreamer’s latest editorial on SLAM! Wrestling, he details getting the call from WWE to appear on last week’s Raw featuring the 2012 Slammy Awards. Below is an excerpt: Later, as I was preparing to go to my wrestling school to train my students, my phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number, so I [...]
December 23, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Guardian out of the United Kingdom has a new piece online where they ask celebrities what’s on their Christmas wish lists. Hulk Hogan is featured and while we can only assume he’s joking, here’s one of his wishes: 3 Knee surgery I’ve had eight back surgeries, I’ve had knee replacements, I’ve had both hip [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
- We noted earlier in the week that WWE has signed Davina Rose to a developmental contract. Vendetta Pro Wrestling wished her well at this link with a photo. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - The Express Tribune is reporting that New Japan Pro Wrestling founder and WWE Hall of Famer [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Detroit News has a new article online featuring quotes from AJ Lee. Below is an excerpt: “It’s definitely been a Cinderella year for me,” says Lee, born April Mendez, who will be a part of the action when the WWE’s Holiday Tour hits Joe Louis Arena Wednesday. “It’s been my dream come true. I [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Former WWE Diva Michelle McCool says Kelly Kelly will go down as one of the most over babyfaces of all time. She went on to discuss Kelly breaking into the business, mentoring her along the way and discussed several Kelly Kelly moments in detail. Michelle’s comments can be listened to in the video embedded below: [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
All for the good of the network… That’s what some are saying after the official Facebook page of Impact Wrestling promoted WWE legend Steve Austin on “Redneck Island” Saturday afternoon. Below is a screen capture of the post: Spike TV, the network that carries all of TNA’s programming, is a subsidiary of MTV Networks, wholly owned [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
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December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
Premium Newsletters
With Christmas just days away, Santino Marella enlists Yoshi Tatsu to play Santa Claus and grant holiday wishes in this week’s episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange” embedded below: [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The injury that caused TNA Wrestling to pull Kurt Angle from next weekend’s live events is to his groin. He noted on Twitter it’s a minor injury and he’ll be out a couple weeks. He also reaffirmed that his knee is “good.” Angle wrote the following on Twitter: Hey Everyone, Sorry if I’ve Been Incognito [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
TNA News
- Jim Ross posted a new blog entry on his official website on Friday at this link. Did you know you can keep up with all of JR’s updates as well as all our updates and news from several other credible sources over at WrestlingNews.net? - The New Age Outlaws, who are now both employed [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Sin Cara underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday and is now home in Mexico. Cara had been trying to work through the injury but was written off TV earlier in the week to give him time off. He wrote the following on Twitter: Surgery went great, now I’m back in Mexico. Let’s get something to [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The preliminary buyrate for WWE Survivor Series 2012 was revealed in the company’s latest key performance indicators. The show did an estimated 212,000 buys, down from the 281,000 the show did last year and the 244,000 the show did in 2010. Survivor Series 2012 featured a public blowing up of the main event plans which [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE touted the fact their new App was downloaded over 151,000 times during this week’s WWE Raw featuring the 2012 Slammy Awards, giving them over 3 million total downloads. The Slammy’s recorded more than 583,000 votes with the following categories getting the most votes: Kiss of the Year – 95,581 votes Superstar of the Year [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Mick Foley made a brief appearance on The Today Show on NBC Saturday morning to promote WWE Tribute to the Troops and his new “A Most Mizerable Christmas” children’s book. Clips of Foley dressed as Santa were shown and he had a brief opportunity to discuss how his children’s book tied in with the “be-a-STAR” [...]
December 22, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” Smackdown with Santino Marella, Kaitlyn, and Antonio Cesaro is embedded in the video below: [...]
December 22, 2012
Alex Barie
WWE News
Alex Levine is featured in the latest episode of “The JBL & Cole Show” taped outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
December 21, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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