It was announced on this week’s WWE Raw that John Cena will defend the WWE Championship against Ryback in a Last Man Standing Match at Extreme Rules later this month. Video of the segment, where the stipulation was set, is now online at this link or you can watch it embedded in the video below: WWE Extreme [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
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. [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Financial Times reported on Monday that YouTube is close to unveiling their à la carte subscription service for specialist video channels. The move, which has been in the works for months, could be announced as early as this week. According to the report, WWE has already signed on as a partner for the new service. [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown did an average viewing audience of 2,471,000 viewers on SyFy. The show did a 1.82 cable rating. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
To follow-up on CM Punk being removed from upcoming WWE dates, there doesn’t seem to be anything to it. Apparently Punk being listed on the events in the first place was an oversight, something I mentioned in my original report, and nothing regarding his status has changed. Punk is taking time away from the ring [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
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WWE developmental worker Bray Wyatt (formerly known as Husky Harris) worked Raw live events this weekend in a face mask. This caused some to believe he was getting a gimmick makeover before being brought to TV, which isn’t accurate. Wyatt wore the mask because of a broken nose. He Tweeted the following photo: #WWEWheeling twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt/s… [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Diddy & WWE Anti-Bullying PSA Sean “Diddy” Combs and WWE put out a new PSA for the Be-A-Star anti-bullying program. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: John Cena Update John Cena Tweeted that he’s feeling great but isn’t 100%. The following is from the WWE Champion’s verified Twitter [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
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WWE is running an angle on dot com Monday afternoon to continue Brock Lesnar’s program with Triple H with involvement from Paul Heyman. BREAKING: @heymanhustle and @brocklesnar spotted at @wwe HQ in Stamford! wwe.me/kKI1U — WWE (@WWE) May 6, 2013 The gist of the “story” is Brock and Heyman “went to WWE headquarters” to meet [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
Below are quick results from Sunday’s WWE Raw live event in Charleston, West Virginia: * Fandango b. R-Truth * Adrian Neville b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn & Paige b. Tamina Snuka w/Vickie Guerrero & Emma * Ryback b. Sheamus via count out. * WWE United States Champion Kofi Kingston b. Antonio Cesaro [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows, WWE News
WWE and Susan G. Komen announced on Monday an awareness campaign, “Make Mom Proud,” to support the fight against breast cancer. The press release is below: STAMFORD, Conn., May 6, 2013 – Susan G. Komen and WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced an awareness campaign, “Make Mom Proud,” to support the fight against breast cancer. The [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Daniel Bryan Fandangoing in WV Embedded in the Tout below is video of Daniel Bryan Fandangoing after Sunday’s WWE Raw live event in Charleston, WV: Information! Richard Reacts All Day Long For those that missed it over the weekend, I’ve started using my Facebook account to post reactions to stories throughout the day. Friend me [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
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JR’s Latest Blog Entry Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below is an excerpt: Great to see NXT talents Corey Graves, Adrian Neville, Emma, and Paige on the road this weekend with the Raw and Smackdown tours. Very impressed with the recent work of @DamienSandow. he’s really evolving on [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
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This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw will broadcast from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, VA. On the return front, The Miz is officially advertised for the show after being away filming the ABC Family film “Christmas Bounty.” Dot com takes a look at the folioing points in their weekly “Raw Five-Point Preview“: [...]
May 6, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Raw live event in Wheeling, West Virginia: * Fandango b. R-Truth * Adrian Neville (formerly known as PAC) b. Heath Slater after hitting a corkscrew Shooting Star Press * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn & Paige b. Tamina Snuka & Emma. Vickie Guerrero attempted to interfere on behalf of [...]
May 5, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows, WWE News
John Cena hasn’t taken any time away from the ring since suffering a right Achilles injury on WWE’s post-Wrestlemania European tour. The WWE Champion has worked live events this weekend in Youngstown, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia and says he feels great. In fact, he’s worked both of them without his injured ankle tapped. The [...]
May 5, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Smackdown live events in Reading, Pennsylvania: * The Usos b. The Prime Time Players. This match had quite the prequel with this week’s episode of WWE Saturday Morning Slam. * Ted DiBiase b. Corey Graves * WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett b. The Great Khali * World Heavyweight [...]
May 5, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows, WWE News
Chael Sonnen Wants to Buy WWE TMZ has a pretty ridiculous story online on UFC fighter Chael Sonnen wanting to buy WWE when he retires from the octagon. A WWE representative is quoted in the piece, saying Chael is more than welcome to purchase shares of WWE stock and become one of their valued shareholders. [...]
May 5, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
CM Punk has been removed from the list of advertised talent on all upcoming WWE shows. We noted here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com last Monday that he was advertised for the 5/27 episode of Monday Night Raw in Calgary and the 6/3 show in Hartford. Further, he was listed as an “advertised talent” for upcoming Raw tours [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are supporting Floyd “Money” Mayweather Saturday night in Las Vegas. The following photo is from the verified Twitter account of Triple H: Just landed in Vegas @floydmayweather#themoneyteam twitter.com/TripleH/status… — Triple H (@TripleH) May 4, 2013 Here’s a photo from Hunter’s seats: Big night in Vegas. Waiting on the main event. [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Youngstown, Ohio: * Fandango b. R-Truth * Adrian Neville (formerly known as PAC) b. Heath Slater after hitting a corkscrew Shooting Star Press * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn & Emma b. Tamina Snuka & Paige. Vickie Guerrero attempted to interfere on behalf of Tamina’s [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE House Shows, WWE News
Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels are scheduled to appear at the 142nd NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday. Michaels will be signing autographs at booth 3621 from 2-3 PM and Austin will be signing at booth 5025 from 2-4 PM. Attendee information and the [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Dusty Rhodes announced at this week’s WWE NXT tapings from Winter Park, Florida at the next set of tapings, on May 23rd, they’ll hold a tournament to crown a new NXT Divas Champion. The new NXT Divas title was actually on display at Wrestlemania Fan Axxess. You can view a photo below: *Spoilers* WWE NXT [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
NXT Wrestling, WWE News
You can check out highlights from Kane vs. Dean Ambrose from this week’s Smackdown now online at this link or embedded in the video below: WWE is clearly moving forward with plans for The Shield to pursue the WWE Tag Team Championship. This is a plan that’s been in the works for over two months [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
The Miz on the Set of Christmas Bounty Peter Chao and The Miz go head-to-head over a cookie. Check out the comedy segment on the set of the new ABC Family film “Christmas Bounty” at this link or embedded in the video below: Ryback vs. Daniel Bryan Highlights from Ryback vs. Daniel Bryan on this [...]
May 4, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
WWE Smackdown Results – (5/3/13) Results by: Adam Wacker of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a highlight from Raw. The Shield is shown defeating Daniel Bryan, Kane and an injured John Cena. Afterwards, Ryback stands on the ramp as Cena’s right ankle is checked out. Ryback makes his way to [...]
Dolph Ziggler Talks Title Win Brian Soscia interviewed World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler to promote Saturday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Reading, PA. Ziggler put over Big E Langston and AJ Lee and they talked about Balls Mahoney being banned from amateur wrestling. Ziggler talked about the reaction backstage after he won the World Heavyweight [...]
May 3, 2013
Richard Gray
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WWE Awards $10,000 Scholarship Triple H presented Full Sail University student Allison Iliev with a $10,000 scholarship from WWE prior to this week’s NXT tapings. WWE posted a video of the ceremony at this link and there is a photo on Full Sail’s Instagram page. You can also watch the video embedded below: The JBL [...]
May 3, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE returns to the road Friday night after the extended Wrestlemania Revenge Tour overseas. Since WWE now lists NXT live events on their schedule, we are going to do the same. Below is this weekend’s show information: Raw: Friday from the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH (more info) Saturday from the WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, [...]
May 3, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Alicia Fox on WWE Hangout Alicia Fox was featured on a new episode of WWE Hangout on Thursday. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: John Cena & Damien Sandow at NXT John Cena and Damien Sandow capped Thursday night’s WWE NXT tapings in Winter Park, Florida with “The [...]
May 3, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
As reported earlier here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, MVP is now featured in the Alumni section of the official WWE website. This has once again sparked rumors that the former WWE United States Champion is heading back to the company. MVP Tweeted: I have said before & maintain that I remain on good terms with WWE & a [...]
May 3, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
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May 3, 2013
Brooks Oglesby
What's Hot?, WWE News, WWE Spoilers
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HBO ordered the pilot for a new half-hour dramedy starring The Rock. Rock is also executive producing the project with Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson. Peter Berg will be directing and will executive produce with Rock’s manager, Dany Garcia. The project chronicles the lives of athletes living in Miami – some retired and some still [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
John Cena Advertised For This Weekend WWE is running a Raw live event this Sunday from the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Since the show is in my home state, I just received a local promotional email for it. The company is advertising WWE Champion John Cena & Sheamus vs. Mark Henry & [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
Must Ask Cody Some Questions Mike Jones (who?) interviewed Cody Rhodes on DC101 in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to promote Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. In the interview, Rhodes discussed his match on Raw against Randy Orton, plans for next year leading up to Wrestlemania XXX [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE held a conference call with investors to discuss their 2013 First Quarter Earnings on Thursday morning. Michael Weitz opened the call by reading a prepared statement. He handed over the call to Vince McMahon. Vince said they had mixed results this quarter and went over the results. Rather than recapping the numbers, everything is available in [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
Highlights of Kofi Kingston vs. Antonio Cesaro Kofi Kingston’s defense of the WWE United States Championship against Antonio Cesaro on this week’s episode of WWE Main Event is being raved about. You can watch highlights of the match at this link or embedded in the video below: Stephanie McMahon’s Diet & Workout Routine RXMuscle.com has [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
John Cena Injury Update on Raw For those that missed the airing of this week’s WWE Main Event, another injury update on John Cena was teased for next week’s Monday Night Raw from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Cena is advertised to appear live and is expected to work Extreme Rules later this [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
What's Hot?, WWE News
WWE issued their 2013 first quarter results on Thursday morning (See also - Full WWE 2013 First Quarter Results – Vince McMahon Comments). In them, the official buyrate numbers for all of the pay-per-views in the quarter were reported. They were as follows: Royal Rumble – 512,000 buys (compared to 443,000 in 2012) Elimination Chamber [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News
WWE issued their 2013 First Quarter Results Thursday morning before market open. The release is available in its entirety below: WWE® Reports 2013 First Quarter Results Company Release – 05/02/2013 08:30 STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Revenues totaled $124.0 million as compared to $123.1 [...]
May 2, 2013
Richard Gray
Top Stories, WWE News