Nigel McGuinness (who competed under the name Desmond Wolfe during his time with TNA) is currently trying to raise $32,000 by April 9 in order to produce a documentary of his retirement tour, titled The Last of McGuinness. He is doing the fundraising through Kickstarter, a website in which those interested can pledge money and [...]
March 8, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -What is the ‘Celeb Wing’ of the WWE HOF? I’ve always viewed it as a honorary award. It should not be compared to the standard, WWE HOF induction. For example, to ask how Drew Carey can be in the HOF and Randy [...]
March 8, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Ted DiBiase is undergoing an MRI this afternoon to determine the full extent of the ankle injury he suffered during a match taped for this week’s WWE Superstars this past Tuesday night. The following is from DiBiase’s official Twitter account: Might be a little worse than a just a break. About to go in for [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE posted the following video of John Cena commenting on his brother’s health after Monday’s Raw Supershow on their official YouTube channel. You can watch it embedded below: [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from Edge to promote the upcoming limited theatrical release of “Bending the Rules.” In the interview he discusses a lot about the transition to acting. Below is an excerpt: “I did some of the action stuff,” Edge said. “The only thing I didn’t do was the [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Rock just purchased a new $3.45 million mansion in Southwest Ranches, Florida. The house is 13,153 square feet and features 5-bedrooms, 7 bathrooms with a swimming pool and a home theater with its own ticket booth. TMZ is reporting that Rock bought the home from Miami Dolphins lineman Vernon Carey around Valentine’s Day. Thanks [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
A Tennessee man has been extradited to Stamford, Connecticut and charged with stealing more than $50,000 from a WWE bank account. James Sewayne Bass, also known as Kelly Monique, was charged with first-degree larceny and four counts of second-degree forgery. He is being held in lieu of $35,000 bond and was to be arraigned today [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Adam West posted a photo on Facebook with the cast of WWE Legends House. You can view it below: West is best known for his lead role in the “Batman” television series. [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Kharma thanked everyone on behalf of herself and her significant other for their condolences on Twitter yesterday after news broke that their baby did not survive birth. These are the first public comments Kharma has made since she went to TMZ with the tragic news. [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE has posted an injury update on Ted DiBiase now available over on dot com, stating he is expected to be out of action for “several weeks.” Below is an excerpt from their article: “Ted sustained a Grade 2 tear [on a 3-tier scale] to his deltoid ligament, and he also sustained a calcaneal fracture, [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from Monday’s WWE Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade or Tweet us your thoughts to @wnwnews. The Rock and John Cena engage in a WrestleMania war of [...]
March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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March 8, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE Spoilers
Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE NXT in its entirety, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
March 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Dragon Gate USA’s Sami Callihan got two private WWE tryouts prior to both this week’s Raw and Smackdown tapings. The crowd was not in the building for either tryout as producers evaluated him. [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WNW reader Logan Walker sent in the following: Zack Ryder recently appeared on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom for an interview and discussed several topics, including WrestleMania, his feelings on John Cena & Eve, Edge, his role models in wrestling, his dream opponent, and more. The full interview is embedded below: [...]
March 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
The official WWE YouTube channel has a preview of WWE Classics on Demand, in which Diamond Dallas Page, Jim Ross, Roddy Piper, Michael Hayes, and Gene Okerlund discuss the famous angle in WCW in which actor David Arquette won the WCW Championship. The preview is embedded below: [...]
March 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- Episode 6 of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Xavier Woods, formerly Consequences Creed, continues to impress WWE officials as he worked a dark match at last night’s Smackdown taping in Uncasville, Connecticut. In it, he went over Hunico. Woods was on the road with the Raw crew last weekend. - Evan Bourne, who is eligible to return from suspension in just under [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Edge revealed in an interview with 740 The Game last night that his WWE contract expires at Wrestlemania XXVIII. He said in the interview if it would have been up to him he would have tried to see the year through but the decision was taken from him because of injury. You can listen to [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- CBS Boston has audio of an interview with WWE Champion CM Punk from Monday afternoon now online. In it, Punk discusses his problems with R&B singer Chris Brown and NFL player Shawne Merriman. Click here to listen now. - There is currently a presale ongoing on Ticketmaster.com to obtain tickets to the May 21st [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- The following is from the official Twitter account of Ted DiBiase: DiBiase Posse last night I unfortunately broke my ankle. Can’t catch a break lately. Ha, Well I guess I did n a way! Its ok tho, James 1:2-3 — Ted DiBiase Jr. (@TedDiBiase) March 7, 2012 DiBiase suffered the injury in a match [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
TMZ is reporting that Kharma did not give birth to a healthy baby boy on December 31st. Kharma, whose real name is Kia Stevens, told the celebrity-gossip publication the child tragically died before she was able to give birth. She reportedly lied to friends about the child being “healthy” because she was incredibly emotional and [...]
March 7, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Daniel Bryan did an interview with BooLawler.com before last night’s Smackdown taping and discussed a number of topics, including his veganism, being bumped off the WrestleMania XXVII card, the future stars of the company, and more. In the following excerpt, Bryan explains how he felt after his match with Sheamus last year was bumped to [...]
March 7, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
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March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
- Below is video of Mark Henry being inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame: WWE Superstar Mark Henry is inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame - SyFy has confirmed the next live Smackdown will air on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 8 PM EST. [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Sheamus spoke to kids at Leonard J. Tyl Middle School today in Montville, Connecticut about bullying and how to stop it. You can read coverage by the MontvillePatch at this link. - The major announcement the Wells Fargo Center was teasing on their Facebook page was The Rock is scheduled to appear live at [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Embedded in the video below is a promo for next week’s WWE Raw Supershow promoting The Rock Concert and John Cena Rap: Next week’s Raw Supershow will take place from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Thanks to WrestlingNewsWorld.com reader Logan Walker for sending the [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Curt Hawkins and Michael McGillicutty had a run-in with police earlier today. The following is from Hawkins’ official Twitter account: So @WWEMcGillicutty & I just got pulled over by Rhode Island State Troopers. They recognized us from #NXT …They let us slide. — Curt Hawkins (@TheCurtHawkins) March 6, 2012 - The security guards that [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
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March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
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March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE Spoilers
Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 3.2 cable rating off hours of 3.27 and 3.19 with an average viewing audience of 4,609,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Arda Ocal of Aftermath Radio sent in the following video of Shawn Michaels talking about about the toughest day of his WWE career both physically and emotionally – WrestleMania XIV in Boston. The video is embedded below: [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
-CM Punk appeared on WAAF 97.7/107.3 on Monday morning with camera crews for his upcoming DVD and, among other things, discussed his feelings on The Rock. When CM Punk revealed that he is on John Cena‘s side in his feud with The Rock, he went on to explain: “I just think there’s a lot of [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
-Edge recently took part in a radio interview on 97.9/105.5 KISS-FM and revealed that he asked to have Christian induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. He went on to explain: “That’s who I want it to be, and when asked, that’s who I said it needs to be. That was the [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -Adding HBK to the equation inside HIAC w/ HHH vs. the Undertaker is intriguing. Lots of ways to analyze this development. Where will @ShawnMichaels allegiance lie or will he throw us an off speed pitch and call it down the [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
The Miami Herald has a new interview up with Big Show, in which he discusses his rumored WrestleMania match against Shaquille O’Neal, his feelings about being put in so many WrestleMania matches against non-wrestlers, and more. He addressed speculation about a future match with Shaq in the excerpt below: “I know there are a lot [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- The following videos are courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler – Episode 6 Exclusive backstage interviews from Raw – “Backstage Fallout” Raw March 6, 2012 [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- After last night’s WWE Raw Supershow went off the air John Cena & WWE Champion CM Punk beat Chris Jericho & Kane when Cena pinned Kane in the dark match main event. - Wrestling News World reader Daniel Hill sent in the following: Zack Ryder will be appearing on Sky Sports News in the [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The Rock is a busy man these days. In addition to main eventing Wrestlemania XXVIII against John Cena in less than a month, the WWE star has signed on for two new movie roles. Variety is reporting he is signed on for Bret Ratner’s upcoming “Hercules” movie. Production is set to begin in October in [...]
March 6, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
CM Punk did multiple media appearances to promote last night’s Raw in Boston Massachusetts: -He made an appearance on Jam’n Radio 94.5 and talked about the worst place he’s been asked to sign autographs, his feud with Chris Brown, and more. Cameras were at the broadcast, as filming has begun for his upcoming DVD. Click [...]
March 6, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News