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April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- Pac, who is known for his stellar Dragon Gate USA matches, was at today’s Raw Supershow taping from the London O2 Arena in London, England. - Another well-known Dragon Gate USA name that is now under WWE developmental contract, Dean Ambrose, worked a dark match prior to today’s taping in London. He went over [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE is doing an angle where WWE Champion CM Punk was “spotted in a London pub” just hours before tonight’s Raw Supershow. You can view WWE’s storyline announcement over on dot com at this link. [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE finally put out a buyrate number for Wrestlemania XXVIII, touting the show did 1,300,000 buys. While this is above the initial estimates I heard in the 1,100,000 buy range, it is below rumors that the show did 1,900,000 buys. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
TMZ has a snippet on The Rock where he is featured on the set of his new bodybuilding film “Pain and Gain” with his body double, You can check it out at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker for sending this in.) - Speaking of The Rock, he Tweeted today that Wrestlemania XXVIII [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
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April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
The official WWE website announced today that preliminary buyrates and global gross sales for WrestleMania XXVIII were record-breaking. Details are in the following excerpt: Preliminary estimates show that WrestleMania, featuring the historic “Once in a Lifetime” Match between The Rock and John Cena, garnered 1.3 million pay-per-view buys with global gross sales in excess of [...]
April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
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April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
- WWE has announced they will tape Smackdown on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. - Brock Lesnar’s new in-ring gear was revealed in this image posted by WWE. - Edge was at WizardWorld Comic Con in Toronto over the weekend. You can watch video embedded in the video below: [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE announced here on dot com that John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules will be an “extreme rules match,” meaning no count out and no disqualification. WWE Extreme Rules 2012 will take place Sunday, April 29, 2012 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- The following press release hit the wire today: MOSCOW–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE – News) successfully held its first-ever live event in Russia on Wednesday, April 11, where more than 6,000 fans were in attendance to see their favorite WWE Superstars and Divas live in the ring at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow. WWE [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Geneva, Switzerland: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * William Regal & Tyson Kidd b. Hunico & Camacho * AJ b. Natalya * Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Ezekiel Jackson * WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show b. Cody Rhodes to retain * [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow today from the London O2 Arena in London, England. Tonight’s Raw Supershow will be headlined by WWE Champion CM Punk defending against Mark Henry in a no count out, no disqualification match. Bell time is 2:30 PM EDT (7:30 BST). [...]
April 16, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -I made a comment about Bells palsy that essentially said that I refuse to allow adversity to make me a coward or to cause me to fail. Three attacks Bells palsy that left me with lingering paralysis around my mouth, [...]
April 16, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Wrestling News World reader Phil McManus attended today’s WWE Raw live event in Nottingham, England and sent in the following report: Raw House Show Results 15/4/2012 Nottingham Captial FM Arena, England. Kofi & R-Truth b WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico. The match was originally a title match but this was changed my John John [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
WWE has announced Raw Supershow and Smackdown will return to the United Kingdom in November. Wrestling News World reader Daniel Hill sent in the following: Raw Supershow will be taped on Monday, November 5, 2012 Smackdown will be taped on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Both shows will take place from the LG Arena in Birmingham. [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Despite rumors over Wrestlemania XXVIII weekend indicating otherwise, Rima Fakih Tweeted today that she has not signed a contract with WWE. The former Miss USA and WWE Tough Enough contestant made headlines last week when she entered a “no contest” plea on charges of Driving Under the Influence. [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE has announced the following overseas shows for November: November 2, 2012 from the O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany November 8, 2012 from the Indoor Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The latest episode of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Berlin, Germany: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico in a non-title match * WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix b. Kelly Kelly with Eve as special guest referee * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United Sates Champion [...]
April 15, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Edge threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball game. The Blue Jays Tweeted a photo from their official Twitter account that you can view at this link. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee appeared at the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con today in the city. [...]
April 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Northern Ireland: * The Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal * William Regal & Tyson Kidd b. Camacho & Hunico * Alberto Del Rio b. Ezekiel Jackson * AJ b. Natlaya with Hornswoggle as special guest referee * WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show b. [...]
April 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event in Stuttgart, Germany: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United States Champion Santino Marella b. David Otunga & The Miz to [...]
April 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Brie and Nikki Bella are both advertised for next week’s WWE Raw Supershow in London but have not been on overseas live events. It was noted today on their official Twitter account they are currently en route to London. As we noted earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, the Bella twins will be letting their WWE contracts [...]
April 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Sheamus discusses being “fined $500,000″ after “attacking” a referee in a video on dot com at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Adam for sending the link.) - The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD set is now available for pre-order here on Amazon.com. The set will be released on both regular and Blu-ray formats on Tuesday, [...]
April 14, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The latest episode of “Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]
April 14, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story featuring Zack Ryder: [...]
April 14, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Wrestling News World reader Dan Kelly was in attendance at tonight’s WWE Smackdown live event in Belfast, Ireland and sent in the following report: Stadium was completely full, which is the first time I’ve seen WWE do so for a while. 1. The Great Khali vs Jinder Mahal. Pretty standard Khali match. Kids were surprisingly into [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
WWE No Way Out is set to return to pay-per-view on Sunday, June 17, 2012 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show’s main events will be in steel cage matches but they will also include stipulations to prevent participants from escaping the structure. Proposed stips include lumberjack, handcuff, strap and chain [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE’s extended Wrestlemania Revenge tour kicks into full gear this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the O2 World Berlin in Berlin, Germany (more info) Sunday from the Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England (more info) Monday from the London O2 [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE has announced the June 26th Smackdown taping will take place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. - As noted in yesterday’s house show results, WWE will return to Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 2012. - The Rock is set to star in the sci-fi action film “Lore” which has just been picked [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Below are quick results from yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk/Sopot, Poland: * Kofi Kingston & R-Truth b. WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo in a non-title match * Lord Tensai b. Alex Riley * Zack Ryder b. The Miz * Brodus Clay b. JTG * WWE United States [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Wrestling News World reader Matthew Macklin attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown from Dublin, Ireland and sent in the following report: The building seemed to be very close to full suprisingly. Lilian Garcia was the ring announcer for the evening. 1. The Great Khali def. Jinder Mahal This was absolutely tedious from start to finish. It was [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Wrestling News World reader Adam O’Brien attended yesterday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below are full results: Last night I attended the first house show event of the SmackDown Wrestlemania Revenge Tour, from the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. As I was at Wrestlemania and all of it’s festivities in Miami, I wasn’t [...]
April 13, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE Superstars, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
April 12, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Wrestling News World reader King Jamsie attended today’s WWE Smackdown live event in Dublin, Ireland. Below is their full report: The Great Khali Def. Jinder Mahal Alberto Del Rio Def. Yoshi Tatsu * Del Rio Promo * Alberto Del Rio Def. Ezekiel Jackson William Regal & Tyson Kidd Def. Hunico & Camacho * Cody Rhodes [...]
April 12, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows
Flo Rida responds to Heath Slater’s attack at Wrestlemania XXVIII embedded in the video below: [...]
April 12, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: NFL.com writer Adam Rank places a competition between John Cena and NFL star Tim Tebow, as they are the most polarizing people on their respective fields. I found it pretty funny, worth a read and a laugh. Click here to read it. - Wrestling News [...]
April 12, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News