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- Edge discusses going from the ring to acting in a new interview with Forbes at this link. - WWE will be holding a presale to obtain tickets to Wrestlemania Fan Axxess next week. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, January 26, 2013. - A man was arrested in Corpus Christi [...]
The following names are rumored inductees for the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2013: DeGeneration X – Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman, Billy Gunn and Road Dogg The Kliq – Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman Bob Backlund Kamala Bruno Sammartino If DX or The Kliq are to [...]
- WWE developmental talent Leo Kruger worked a dark match against Alex Riley prior to this week’s Smackdown taping in San Antonio, TX. Riley went over in the match. Kruger, whose developmental profile is located here, was on last weekend’s Smackdown house show loop. - Dot com has an article online on Zack Ryder reaching [...]
- ESPN lists WWE Champion CM Punk atop The Rock in their latest WWE Power Rankings (ESPN has WWE power rankings?). You can check out the list at this link. - We noted earlier that Funaki was backstage at this week’s Smackdown taping in San Antonio, TX. Dot com posted a “where are they now?” [...]
Rosa Mendes and other WWE stars give their thoughts on Cody Rhodes’ mustache and answer more questions from fans in the latest episode of “WWE Inbox”. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
An emotional Eve Torres posted a video from her hotel room after WWE Raw on Monday to say goodbye to her fans. You can watch the video embedded below: Eve’s WWE contract was up and she chose not to re-sign as she will be getting married and will be the face of the Gracie family’s [...]
- Former WWE star Sho Funaki was backstage at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in San Antonio, Texas. You can view a photo Natalya Tweeted with him below: Loved seeing @shofufu824 in San Antonio tonight! Looking as handsome as ever might I add! twitter.com/NatbyNature/st… — Natalya (@NatbyNature) January 16, 2013 - The Calgary Herald reports the historic [...]
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The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
The Phoenix News Times has a new Q&A online with Ryback. Below are the highlights: If he feels overexposed after the big year in 2012: Not at all. I feel 2012 was just a warm-up as far as I’m concerned. There’s so much more to Ryback than people know yet. We started at the very [...]
- Arda Ocal sent in a great info graphic with full stats for WWE Raw from last year. Sheamus had the most wins with 76 while Dolph Ziggler had the most losses at 56. Take a look at it at this link. - Brooks Oglesby recapped a dot com Q&A with Tyson Kidd at this [...]
Tyson Kidd, who recently suffered a torn meniscus, spoke out about the shout-out he received from CM Punk in his latest pipe bomb. Kidd had the following to say: “I’ve always considered myself a workhorse, and I’ve definitely used that word to describe myself over the last two years,” Kidd said, reflecting on Punk’s carefully [...]
This week’s 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw did a 3.24 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,550,000 viewers on the USA Network. We’re told Vince McMahon was hoping for a 3.5 cable rating with no competition but those in the company feel it’s going to take some time to build the audience for [...]
Embedded in the video below is how WWE chose to explain the departure of Eve Torres from the company: As previously noted, Eve’s contract was coming up and she chose to leave the company. We have more on her departure here in our Backstage News section. If you are not yet a Premium Member you [...]
We reported on Monday that Hulk Hogan filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Florida, alleging the clinic performed unnecessary surgeries in 2009 that damaged his career. TMZ is reporting, through Hogan reps, the useless surgeries cost him a contract with WWE worth $50 million (including appearances) for a retirement [...]
- Kamala is the latest name rumored to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Mick Foley’s induction was formally recognized on this week’s WWE Raw. - As of this writing Steve Austin is not in the plans for Wrestlemania 29. - Below is a photo of Ric Flair & The Rock backstage at WWE [...]
- R-Truth is featured in the latest episode of “Superstar Toyz” that you can watch embedded in the video below: - The official trailer for the upcoming WWE Studios film “The Call” starring Halle Berry with David Otunga in a supporting role is embedded in the video below: [...]
- Wade Barrett was added to the 30-man Royal Rumble match on this week’s WWE Raw. The following participants are now confirmed for the match: Wade Barrett Heath Slater Jinder Mahal Drew McIntyre Antonio Cesaro Dolph Ziggler Sheamus Randy Orton John Cena 21 spots remain open. - Below is a look at the rest of [...]
Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels are at the Sands Expos & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Shot Show this week. Austin made reference to missing Raw’s 20th Anniversary on Twitter. Below is his Tweet: Hitting the hay in Las Vegas. Hope RAW was a fun show. I was already booked here at [...]
- This week’s “Backstage Fallout” Raw is embedded in the video below: - When the 20th Anniversary episode of WWE Raw went off the air The Rock started towards the back when CM Punk got on the mic. He told Rock to just bring it. They fought again and Rock ended up hitting Punk with [...]
WWE has released Brandon Carter, also known as TAC, from his developmental contract. Carter is a former offensive lineman in the National Football League. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Fernando for sending this in. [...]
WWE will tape this Friday’s WWE Main Event and Smackdown tonight from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. This week’s WWE Main Event will be headlined by Randy Orton vs. Antonio Cesaro. After winning the World Heavyweight Championship, Alberto Del Rio will hold a “Championship Fiesta” on Smackdown. Raw Superstars Daniel Bryan, Kane, and Brodus Clay [...]
Pre-RAW Commercial Cole talks about how ADR won the WHC. He will be on RAW live tonight. Also, The Rock will be on RAW live tonight. Show Starts Music & Pyro They cut together a lot of old opening videos. Tons of SCSA, The Rock, Trip, but even Gangrel and Ken Shamrock were in there! [...]
The official WWE website is running a story about Eve Torres quitting the company. While the kayfabe reasoning involves her outrage over her treatment on Raw, her contract was coming up and she chose not to re-sign, instead taking time off to focus on her upcoming wedding with Rener Gracie. [...]
The following title matches were added to Royal Rumble on the 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw: Kane & Daniel Bryan will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow Alberto Del Rio will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show WWE Royal Rumble 2013 will take place Sunday, January 27, [...]
- 3MB and ZZ Top are scheduled guests for this week’s episode of “The JBL & Cole Show”. We’ll post the show here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com on Friday. - King Kong Bundy will not enter the WWE Hall of Fame despite the rumor he started. - As expected, Ric Flair appeared on the 20th Anniversary of [...]
- 14,426 was the announced attendance for the 20th’s Anniversary of WWE Raw. The show was a legitimate sellout from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. - Last week’s Smackdown ended up doing a 2.2 cable rating to accompany the 3,130,000 viewers that Alex noted earlier. WWE will not only attribute the stronger number to [...]
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Kaitlyn beat Eve Torres to win the WWE Divas Championship on the 20th Anniversary episode of WWE Raw. We broke the news of the title change last Thursday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium. While new rumors have surfaced Eve is finishing up with WWE, we heard the plan was to switch the title on Raw and [...]
Last week’s WWE Smackdown got the largest viewership for a Friday show in months! This past week’s show scored 3,130,000 viewers. That can be easily credited to The Rock‘s return to the show in over 10 years. The rating for the show will be announced later. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
WWE sent out early promotional material for their Royal Rumble 2013 DVD and it may have spoiled a major creative plan. Under the “Key Selling Points” for the DVD, the following bullet points are made: The Road to Wrestlemania begins here! Historically the highest selling pay-per-view release, behind only Wrestlemania Royal Rumble 2012 sold over 33k [...]
WWE Saturday Morning Slam is moving to 10:30 AM as part of The CW’s “Vortexx” lineup. WWE confirmed the move with the following Tweet: WWE Saturday Morning Slam has moved to an ALL NEW time on @myvortexx! Catch the high-flying action at 10:30am every Saturday on The CW. — WWE (@WWE) January 14, 2013 [...]
We reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Santino Marella suffered a head/neck injury at Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Austin, Texas. Santino, has confirmed he suffered a neck injury in his match with Tensai, and wrote the following on Twitter: My neck IS in fact tweaked, not sure how bad. MRI in a few mins, [...]
The official trailer for “The Marine 3: Homefront” starring The Miz is embedded in the video below: The film is due out on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. [...]
- WWE didn’t acknowledge the release of Trent Barreta on dot com. This is something they’ve shied away from with their last several releases (the release of Kharma comes to mind) as one observer commented about how it makes the company look bad. There was was speculation the releases were “ignored” during the Linda McMahon [...]
Below are quick results from Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Tyler, Texas: * The Great Khali b. David Otunga * Bo Dallas, Justin Gabriel & Yoshi Tatsu b. 3MB * WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett b. Kofi Kingston * Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes in a no disqualification match * Alicia Fox b. Aksana [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Corpus Christi, Texas: * WWE Champion CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler opened the show with a promo similar to what they did on Saturday night, claiming they were unable to compete. Vickie Guerrero booked them in the main event against Ryback & John Cena. [...]
We noted here on Sunday that Santino Marella was replaced by Jamie Noble at Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Laredo, Texas. The same situation took place Sunday night in Corpus Christi. Santino was injured Friday night in a match against Tensai in Austin, Texas. The early word is some type of head/neck injury although [...]
WWE will hold the 20th Anniversary of Raw this Monday night from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The following is announced for the show: The Rock will appear live and host a “Rock Concert” segment (more info) Eve Torres will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Kaitlyn (more info) Special appearances by WWE Hall [...]
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