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Mick Foley Comedy Wrestling News World reader Dustyn sent word that Mick Foley will be performing his standup comedy routine on May 29th in Edmonton and May 30th in Calgary. WWE will tape Smackdown in Edmonton that same week on May 28th. Extreme Rules Theme Song The official theme song for next month’s WWE Extreme [...]
Wrestling News World reader Sean O’Grady attended Friday’s WWE Raw live event from The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. He sent in the following live report: R-Truth b. Heath Slater Justin Roberts asks fans to vote whether AJ lee should be at ringside or not during the tag titles match to vote on twitter. Antonio Cesaro [...]
WWE Smackdown Results – (4/19/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a teaser of things to come tonight. Jack Swagger attacked Alberto Del Rio before his World Title Match. Jack Swagger would later defeat Dolph Ziggler, becoming the #1 Contender. Also, after Big Show was defeated, [...]
WWE’s Return to Belfast & Glasgow WWE will return to Belfast and Glasgow in November. The dates are as follows: 11/6/13 – from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland 11/10/13 – from the the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland Fandangoing Remix WWE released the Fandangoing Remix by Jim Johnston on Friday. Check it out [...]
The JBL & Cole Show This week’s episode of The JBL & Cole Show is now online at this link. You can also watch the show embedded in the video below: Video Preview Of WWE Performance Center WFTV Eyewitness News 9 in Orlando carried a story on the new WWE Performance Center. You can watch [...]
WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour continues this weekend overseas. Below is a look at this weekend’s shows and next week’s television tapings: Raw: Friday from The O2 in Dublin, Ireland (more info) Saturday from Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris, France (more info) Sunday from Arena Genève in Geneva, Switzerland (more info) WWE Raw on [...]
Finlay Gets An Irish Pop William Regal acknowledged WWE producer Fit Finlay after his match against Michael McGillicutty at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Belfast, Ireland. Finlay, who was ringside for the bout, received a huge pop after Regal put him over on the stick. Summer Rae With Fandango WWE developmental Diva Summer Rae appeared [...]
Economic Impact of Wrestlemania 29 NJ.com has the first details regarding the economic impact of Wrestlemania 29 in New Jersey. The article notes that workers earned about $1.4 million in gross salaries and benefits. Between Wrestlemania 29, the Hall of Fame Ceremony and Wrestlemania Axxess, fans bought more than 140,000 tickets. WWE says Axxess was [...]
Brian Fritz interviewed Triple H about the new WWE Performance Center Thursday in Orlando. You can watch it on YouTube at this link or embedded in the video below: Fritz also interviewed WWE developmental worker Mason Ryan at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
Shawn Michaels & New Age Outlaws on WWE Live Shawn Michaels, The New Age Outlaws and Chris Jericho have been added to an upcoming WWE live event loop in May. Neither John Cena nor CM Punk are currently advertised for the shows. The dates are as follows: 5/24 from the Maverik Center in Salt Lake [...]
WWE issued the following press release regarding their new Performance Center in Orlando, Florida: STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 – Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent developmental system, recently re-branded NXT® and create nearly 100 high-wage jobs in Orlando, Florida. With 26,000 square-feet, seven [...]
The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” features Mick Foley on a tour of the infamous WWE warehouse. The video is available at this link and is embedded in the video below: [...]
Triple H, alongside Florida Governor Rick Scott and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced WWE’s new “Performance Center” at a news conference Thursday morning. It was announced the new facility, located in Orlando, will replace the company’s current developmental facility in Tampa. Hunter confirmed previous WNW Premium reports that the 26,000-square-foot facility would feature seven [...]
WWE’s overseas tour continues on Thursday. Below is a look at the shows as the Smackdown crew has arrived: WWE Raw Live from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland (more info) WWE Smackdown Live from Glasgow Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland (more info) We have results online from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event in Rotterdam, [...]
Cody Rhodes & His Career Nose Dive ESPN’s Jon Robinson spoke to Cody Rhodes before Wrestlemania 29 and included some quotes in this week’s WWE Power Rankings. Below is an excerpt: “Gosh, this has been a horrible run,” Rhodes said as we talked about his career earlier this month before WrestleMania 29 in East Rutherford, [...]
CM Punk at Turner Field CM Punk and his real-life girlfriend Amy “Lita” Dumas were at Turner Field on Wednesday from the Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves game. You can view a photo he Tweeted below: twitter.com/CMPunk/status/… — CM Punk (@CMPunk) April 18, 2013 Where is Rick Steiner Now? WWE has a new “Where Are [...]
WWE will announce on Thursday their new training center in Orlando, Florida. The office of Florida Governor Ric Scott released the following statement Wednesay evening: “WWE could have chosen anywhere in the world to house this new global performance center – and they chose the Sunshine State,” Scott said in a statement. “[The] announcement that [...]
Jim Ross toured UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. He wrote about the experience on his verified Twitter account: Thanks to my friend #UFC VP @marcratnerufc Ratner 4 the tour of UFC offices today. Enjoyed meeting @danawhite. Cool dude. Great hospitality. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 18, 2013 UFC President Dana White wrote [...]
The article is available at the link below. Please follow it and comment there: Kurt Angle Speaks With TNANews.com – Being A Workhorse In A Company And His Response To CM Punk’s Health & Break [...]
Brian Christopher Lawler (a/k/a Grandmaster Sexay) was arrested on the charge of Driving Under the Influence on April 11, 2013 in Chester County, Tennessee. Lawler, the real-life son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, was pulled over by police for failing to stop at an intersection. He reportedly admitted to consuming more than a [...]
Below are quick results from Wednesday’s WWE Raw live event from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands: * Zack Ryder b. Heath Slater * R-Truth b. Antonio Cesaro * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Cameron & Naomi b. The Bella Twins & Tamina Snuka * William Regal b. Michael McGillicutty * World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler b. [...]
Sgt. Slaughter revealed in an interview with Arda Ocal at the Cauliflower Alley Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada that he was in the original plans to manage Jack Swagger. Slaughter said plans were changed when Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara were lost to injury and Alberto Del Rio was turned babyface. This resulted in the [...]
The Rock begins physical therapy for his torn abdominal and adductor muscles on Thursday. He’s already been training and is now five weeks out from filming the movie Hercules. The following is from Rock’s verified Twitter account: Injury update: Physical therapy starts tomorrow. Hardcore training starts today. Thank U guys for the love. 5 weeks [...]
WWE is scheduled to announce a new development Thursday in Central Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Triple H and Full Sail University president Garry Jones are scheduled to be on hand. WWE has increased its presence the area by building a new developmental facility in Orlando (now under construction) and taping [...]
WWE Presale Passwords There is currently a presale ongoing for the June 3rd WWE Raw taping in Hartford, CT. The password to obtain tickets is WWECENA. Tickets for the Smackdown taping the next day in Long Island, New York will go on sale in a presale on Thursday. The password to obtain those tickets is [...]
Ryback Formats His Twitter Account Ryback formatted his Twitter account and now only includes one Tweet. That Tweet is as follows: If you have something worth fighting for you have to fight for it. Being bred to b scared is the problem. Rules will be broken. #RybackRules — Ryback (@Ryback22) April 17, 2013 We noted [...]
In this week’s edition of WWE Inbox, Superstars discuss their pick to win the 2013 World Series, as well as who has their most embarrassing in-ring moment and which Superstar stares into a mirror the most. Watch at this link or embedded below: [...]
Arda Ocal interviewed Rob Van Dam at the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion this week in Las Vegas. He discussed being at WrestleCon over Wrestlemania 29 weekend and appearing at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RVD put over Bruno Sammartino and his story and talked about being there to support Booker T. The [...]
Wrestlemania Revenge Tour Begins WWE’s Wrestlemania Revenge Tour begins Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We have the complete schedule online at this link. If you attend, please submit a live report. Mick Foley on Smackdown Mick Foley wrote on Twitter he’ll appear on next week’s Smackdown from London, England: #OneWeekFromToday I will be [...]
Alicia Fox Wins Dark Match Alicia Fox beat Aksana in a dark match prior to this week’s WWE Smackdown taping in Knoxville, Tennessee. Triple H Appears at Smackdown After the taping, The Shield attacked Randy Orton and Sheamus. Triple H, with his arm in a splint, made the save. The babyfaces ended up hitting their [...]
Dot com has a new article online with an injury update on Triple H. The piece notes an MRI revealed he did not have a scaphoid fracture but a carpal sprain and contusion to his left wrist. Dr. Michael Sampson is quoted in the piece. “He’ll be able to train with a splint on, but [...]
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Following the tease on this week’s WWE Raw, the company has officially announced that Dolph Ziggler will defend the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match at Extreme Rules against Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio. Click here to read the official match preview. WWE Extreme Rules 2013 will take place Sunday, May 19, [...]
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This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,149,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,185,000 viewers Hour two – 4,236,000 viewers Hour three – 4,026,000 viewers The show ended up doing a 3.08 cable rating. WWE Raw Ratings Archive [...]
Triple H had an MRI on Monday to rule out a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist. The original injury was suffered in his No Holds Barred match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29. WWE posted the following on Twitter: Possible reason @tripleh was late for #Raw. Ruling out scaphoid fracture via MRI. twitter.com/WWE/status/324… — [...]
Ryback Mentions Cena’s Ex-Wife Ryback got personal with John Cena in a new Tweet posted Tuesday afternoon. Ryback Tweeted: Watching the pain on Cena’s face was worth standing back for. Funny the 2 things he says I lack his ex wife seems to love. #RybackRules — Ryback (@Ryback22) April 16, 2013 Cena and his wife [...]
WWE Champion John Cena confirmed in a media appearance on Tuesday morning there was never any question that WWE would not go live with WWE Raw on Monday night despite the terrorist attack in Boston. Cena discussed WWE being the first company to broadcast a live sporting event after 9/11 and talked about WWE being [...]
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