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Nikki Bella beat Beth Phoenix on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow to win the WWE Divas Championship. [...]
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Nikki Bella beat Beth Phoenix on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow to win the WWE Divas Championship. [...]
WWE will hold an Extreme Rules Pre-Show exclusively on YouTube at 7:30 PM EDT on Sunday. The pre-show will feature Santino Marella defending the WWE United States Championship against The Miz. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of WWE Extreme Rules (including the pre-show) here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
Paul Bearer was featured in a backstage segment on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow where Randy Orton tied him up and locked him in a freezer. Bearer, who is very active on Twitter, didn’t give away his appearance on tonight’s show but said today was going to be an “unusual one.” The following is from his [...]
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- 16,122 was the announced attendance for tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The show is a sellout. - WWE Hall of Famer Edge appeared to tonight’s Raw Supershow in the opening segment with John Cena and John Laurinaitis. Interestingly enough, Edge mentioned he will no longer be under [...]
- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@Arda_Ocal) of theScore Television Network recently spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart. In the interview, Jimmy Hart calls filming Legend’s House the greatest thing he’s ever done in wrestling, would welcome a full-time return to WWE and more. You can watch the interview embedded [...]
Dana White spoke about Brock Lesnar returning to WWE after UFC 145 on Saturday. Below are highlights of White’s comments courtesy of the folks over at MMAJunkie.com: “It was always upfront and said in his deal that he could do the WWE,” “Everything we did with that guy, nothing ever leaked out of that camp, [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.80 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,730,00 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
David Otunga was with his fiancee Jennifer Hudson today at the murder trial of William Balfour in Chicago, Illinois. Balfour is accused of killing Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew in October 2008. Jennifer took the stand today and dissolved into tears when the prosecutor hander her a photo of her mom. For more on the [...]
- Tickets for WWE Money in the Bank 2012 are set to go on sale on May 4, 2012. There will be a presale beginning next Monday, April 30, 2012 and lasting until Thursday. The password to obtain tickets is WWE Past Purchasers at this link. WWE Money in the Bank 2012 will take place [...]
Following the news of Andy Leavine’s release from WWE, he posted the following on Twitter: On my way to acquire some much needed experience. I’m just gettin’ started in this business. — Andy Leavine (@AndyLeavine301) April 23, 2012 Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott feels Andy has a chance at returning to WWE: Yes.RT @kaydenchong: @BillDeMott [...]
Road Dogg, who works as a producer backstage in WWE, wrote the following on Twitter: Tonight’s #RAW is kicking off with a contract signing between Brock and Cena!! Fireworks coming early! #OUDK — Brian G.James (@WWERoadDogg) April 23, 2012 We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow at 8 PM EDT here [...]
WWE has released Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine from his developmental contract with the company. His profile as Kevin Hackman has already been removed from the FCW roster page. The self-proclaimed “Silent Rage” had heat right out the gate as he no-sold Steve Austin’s stunner after being announced as the Tough Enough winner on the [...]
Paul Heyman noted on his official Twitter account that he had nothing to do with Brock Lensar’s promo that aired on last week’s WWE Raw Supershow. Heyman said all the credit goes to WWE and Lesnar and that WWE got it right. Heyman also clarified he has “nothing” to do with Lesnar’s promos in WWE. [...]
The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: [...]
- John Cena will be featured on Thomson Reuters’ electronic billboard in Times Square on Friday along with Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Buddy Valastro, Jon Stewart, Nigel Barker and Tiffani Thiessen in support of the Make-A-Wish foundation. You can read full details at this link. - Kevin Nash continues to make it clear on Twitter [...]
Justin Gabriel is back home in South Africa where he is sorting out passport issues. Gabriel has been off the road with WWE due to an elbow injury. He is expected back towards the middle of next month. [...]
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Tonight’s Raw Supershow is a special three-hour broadcast, set to begin at 8 PM/7 CT on the USA Network. The big selling point for tonight’s Raw Supershow is the “contract signing” [...]
Earlier last week WWE leaked an image of Brock Lesnar’s ring attire on dot com but later removed the image. I finally found the image again and have included a photo you can view below: As you can see, not only will Lesnar be sporting MMA attire, his shorts will also carry the images of [...]
- TMZ has a new story online today on Ted DiBiase. In it, the publication reports that DiBiase was recently at the Batson Children’s Hospital in Mississippi filming a documentary about his faith and his charity for sick and unprivileged children. It was there he met a 10-month-old boy with an extremely rare disease and [...]
The latest episode of “Are You Serious” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]
Christian will return to WWE television at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company has added him to the list of officially advertised talent for the show at this link. After having to pull out of the 12-man tag team match at Wrestlemania XXVIII because his severe high [...]
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Glasgow, Scotland: * Brodus Clay b. Jinder Mahal * Mason Ryan & The Usos b. Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks & Percy Watson * Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez b. The Great Khali * Alicia Fox b. Natalya * WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show b. [...]
French commentator Christophe Agius resigned from his commentator job with “AB Productions,” an audiovisual company that manages French channels that broadcast WWE programming, after the WWE live event in Toulouse, France on Thursday. Agius was well-known by both the WWE office and WWE workers as he arranged interviews with workers in the country and was [...]
Wrestling News World reader Sander Bolee attended today’s WWE Raw live event from the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium and sent in the following report: * Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Primo and Epico in a non-title tag team match: match started with Primo first hanging out with Little Jimmy, and suddenly kicks Little Jimmy’s [...]
Deadline is reporting that WWE Studios will be co-financing a romantic thriller called “Dead Man Down” starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper. Principal photography for the film begins Monday in Philadelphia. [...]
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Paris, France: * R-Truth & Kofi Kingston b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes in a non-title match * David Otunga b. Alex Riley * Dolph Ziggler b. Zack Ryder * Lord Tensai b. Tyson Kidd * WWE United States Champion [...]
Below are quick results from last night’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England: * Brodus Clay w/Hornswoggle b. Jinder Mahal * The Usos & Mason Ryan b. Curt Hawkins, Drew McIntyre & Tyler Reks * Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez b. The Great Khali * Alicia Fox b. [...]
Below is a summary of last night’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection courtesy of our old pal Devin Cutting: Curt Hennig vs. The British Bulldog WCW Spring Stampede 1998 Steve Austin vs. The Great Muta WCW Spring Stampede 1994 Ultimo Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero WCW Spring Stampede 1998 Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage WCW [...]
- Antonio Caesaro made his WWE television debut on last night’s Smackdown in a segment with Aksana, Teddy Long and John Laurinaitis. - The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
Following the airing of last night’s Smackdown, below is the updated Extreme Rules lineup: Extreme Rules Match - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship - CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Sheamus © vs. Daniel Bryan Falls Count Anywhere Match [...]
Edge’s current WWE contract is expected to expire at the end of this month. While his career ended after his match at Wrestlemania XXVII last year, he has continued to collect his downside guarantee and is booked for appearances through the WWE office. WWE is negotiating a new deal with Edge and want to put [...]
Embedded in the video below is the latest edition of Smackdown, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
Wrestling News World reader Mike Buda sent in the following: My name is Mike Buda and I have a weekly pro wrestling show, The Top Rope, on SportstownChicago.com. We’re on every Wednesday 5-7pm ct. We recently had an interview with Diamond Dallas Page and he talked about his yoga program, helping out Chris Jericho make [...]
Natalya posted the following on her Twitter account: After being brutally attacked on SmackDown by @WWEAJLEE, here is a good shot of my face. twitter.com/NatbyNature/st… — Natalya (@NatbyNature) April 21, 2012 I get it. @WWEAJLEE treated me the way she “wanted” to treat Daniel Bryan. I just never expected it from her. twitter.com/NatbyNature/st… — Natalya [...]
Sean Hayes, who appears as Larry in the new Three Stooges movie and on last week’s Raw SuperShow, talked about his experience getting booed, as well as his opinions on the performers in an interview Conan earlier this week. The WWE-related portion of the interview is embedded below: CM Punk took to Twitter to respond [...]
Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story featuring Zack Ryder: After the video was posted, Ryder took to Twitter and had the following to say about the episode: Episode 63 of Z! True Long Island Story youtube.com/watch?v=oz6G2W… The best 2 minutes of the show were removed by [...]
The latest episode of Backstage Fallout from this week’s Smackdown is embedded in the video below: [...]
- The UK Sun has a new article online featuring quotes from Steve Austin. In it, he says that The Undertaker vs. Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXVIII saved the show early. Below is an excerpt: “‘I don’t watch all the WWE PPV events these days, [...]
- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@Arda_Ocal) of The Score Television Network had a chance to chat with “Rowdy” Roddy Piper on the set of Piper’s Pit. Highlights of Part 2: Piper brings in his son, Colt Toombs, to talk about his amateur MMA career and why he originally chose MMA over [...]