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January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
WWE Games has announced that the “Legends Pack” of WWE ’12 downloadable content, as well as a patch, was released today. The pack, which is available for 99 cents, features Macho Man Randy Savage, Batista, Mick Foley, “Pre-Funk” Brodus Clay, and Masked Kane. Video previews for the included wrestlers are embedded below: Macho Man” Randy [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did as 3.6 cable rating off hours of 3.6 and 3.5 with an average viewing audience of 5,221,000 viewers on the USA Network. Raw Ratings Archive [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
-Embedded in the videos below are the latest editions of WWE Superstars & Smackdown, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s WWE Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: Undertaker interrupts Triple H’s Performance Evaluation of John Laurinaitis Eve vs. Beth Phoenix – WWE Divas Championship Match [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
It’s been a busy last few days for Chris Jericho. Jericho held a “boot camp” at the new D1 Sports Training facility in Tampa, Florida on Saturday where he is co-owner. The camp was limited to 25 people and was said to be “intense.” Immediately following the camp, Jericho flew to Evansville, Indiana where he [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Forbes is reporting that WWE’s video game partner THQ has been issued a delisting notice from NASDAQ due to their stock trading under the minimum of $1 for the past 30 days. They have 180 days to turn things around and start trading above a dollar for ten consecutive days or face being removed from [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Lilian Garcia’s husband Chris Jozeph said at the 33:32 mark of AfterBuzzTV’s post-Raw Supershow program that Evan Bourne is “in rehab right now” when the they were discussing Kofi Kingston’s match against R-Truth. You can watch the show on YouTube at this link. Bourne is currently serving a 60-day suspension from WWE for his second [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE has posted a video preview of WWE Download on their official – YouTube channel. WWE Download is one of nine exclusive webisodes that are set to begin airing on the company’s official YouTube channel tomorrow: - Mick Foley will be featured on tonight’s edition of “Celebrity Wife Swap” on ABC. The show airs [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Daniel Bryan will defend the World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match at the pay-per-view next month. Expect the participants to be announced at tonight’s Smackdown taping. - Speaking of Elimination Chamber, there are plans to blow-off John Cena vs. Kane at the pay-per-view so Cena can move on to an all-out program [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- John Cena beat Kane in a dark match main event after last night’s WWE Raw Supershow from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. - Plans for Wrestlemania XXVIII started to become a reality after last night’s Raw Supershow. The preliminary plans obviously have CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho and Triple H vs. The [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- Just in time for Triple H vs. The Undertaker at Wrestlemania, WWE has released the following new t-shirt for Hunter: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Dustyn for sending this in. - Commercials aired in the Boston market last night promoting The Rock’s return to the city with WWE on the March 5th edition [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
TMZ has confirmed that Kharma gave birth on December 31st to a healthy baby boy named Jamie. Kharma, who announced her pregnancy in May, returned to WWE in Sunday’s 30-man Royal Rumble match. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Brad Sheppard for sending us the TMZ link. [...]
January 31, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin released the following on his official website about his upcoming role in The Package: “A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters. Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren team up together for the first time since The Expendables. [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -I was pleasantly surprised that Sheamus won the Royal Rumble match. I’m a big fan of the tough Irishman who carries himself like a champion and is a great representative of WWE. This should be Sheamus’ biggest year ever in [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars, this week’s WWE NXT, and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett has been announced to take place during Smackdown.. Click here for local event information. We are still seeking live correspondents. If you are attending and would be interested [...]
January 31, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
The Undertaker returned to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He confronted Triple H after his “evaluation” segment with John Laurinaitis. The preliminary plan is for Undertaker and Hunter to face-off in a rematch at Wrestlemania XXVIII. [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett was announced for this week’s Smackdown on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from the CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. If you’re attending and would be interested in sending us text-message updates, please send your name and mobile number to us by [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Zack Ryder was recently interviewed by CJOnline.com, and discussed a variety of topics, from baseball to WrestleMania. In the following excerpt, Ryder responds to who his dream opponent would be: “I would say Stone Cold Steve Austin. I was huge Steve Austin fan. We kind of missed each other. Zack Ryder would like to see [...]
January 30, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- WWE issued the following press release today: WWE® TO REPORT 2011 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS STAMFORD, CT., January 30, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced that it will report its 2011 fourth quarter and full year results on February 23, 2012, before the opening of the market. The Company’s Chairman and CEO, Vincent [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE has announced Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton for tonight’s Raw Supershow. You can watch how John Laurinaitis “made” the match at this link. We’ll have live Raw coverage at 9 PM EST here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE sent out information to their media affiliates regarding the next six pay-per-views. That information is as follows: Elimination Chamber – February 19 The Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin WrestleMania XXVIII – April 1 SunLife Stadium in Miami, Florida Extreme Rules – April 29 Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois WWE Over The Limit – May [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Last week’s Smackdown, the go-home to Royal Rumble, did a 2.11 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 3,141,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- WWE has once again done away with plans to bring back their Bragging Rights pay-per-view on June 17, 2012 from the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. As of this writing, the pay-per-view doesn’t have a name. - The induction of Mike Tyson into the WWE Hall of Fame is currently a featured [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Wrestling News World reader @RKOdyRhodes sent in the following to our Twitter page: The official WWE website has just announced who will compete in this year’s Raw Elimination Chamber, at next month’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. The match will consist of WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho vs. R-Truth vs. The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston. [...]
January 30, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- Wrestling News World reader Jordan sent this in… Tommy Dreamer will appear in a music video for hard rock/metalcore band The World We Knew. Promo footage can be seen here: - Jim Ross and Rock star Ted Nugent are two people that will be featured on Shawn Michaels’ MacMillan River Adventures Season 2 that [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- In a correction to an earlier note, the official theme song of WWE Elimination Chamber is actually “This Means War” by Nickelback. - Booker T is releasing a new book this September entitled “Booker T: From Prison to Promise.” The work will be published by Medallion Press. For more information on the book, click [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Sheamus’ stock in WWE is once again at an all-time high. While receiving a monster push out of the gate in 2009, Sheamus found himself teetering in mediocrity mid-way through 2011 as a Supplemental Draft pick, moving him from Raw to Smackdown. Following his move to Smackdown, WWE began an initiative to re-build Sheamus as [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE has confirmed Mike Tyson as a 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee. You can read their official announcement at this link. As Brooks reported earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Tyson joins Edge, The Four Horsemen and Mil Mascaras as members of the Class of 2012. [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
As reported last night here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, WWE will unveil nine new original shows on YouTube as part of their new agreement with the service. In addition to “Long Island Iced Z” moving to the channel, the following shows were announced: Are You Serious? Backstage Fallout Download In Box Outside the Ring Santino’s Foreign Exchange [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Below is what is advertised for tonight’s Raw: The return of COO Triple H Royal Rumble fallout Click here for local event information. We’ll have full Raw Supershow coverage tonight at [...]
January 30, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
TMZ has reported that Mike Tyson will join Edge, The Four Horsemen, and Mil Mascaras in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Tyson was involved with several memorable moments during the Attitude Era, including a confrontation with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and serving as a special enforcer in the main event of WrestleMania [...]
January 30, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
- The Great Khali returned to WWE in tonight’s 30-man Royal Rumble match as entrant number 15. - Kharma returned to WWE in tonight’s 30-man Royal Rumble match as entrant number 21. - “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan was a surprise entrant at number 19. - Road Dogg was a surprise entrant at number 23. [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
It was announced during tonight’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view that WWE will introduce nine new original shows on their official YouTube channel as part of their new agreement. [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
- 18,121 was the announced attendance for tonight’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The show is legitimately sold out. - The announce team for tonight’s pay-per-view is Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Booker T. [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
Yoshi Tatsu beat Heath Slater with a spinning heel kick at 5:33 in a dark match prior to tonight’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Brent Garrison for working as a live correspondent tonight. [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
It was just announced at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri that a presale will be held tomorrow to obtain tickets for the 1000th edition of Raw Supershow from the venue on Monday, July 23, 2011. The presale will take place on Ticketmaster and the password is HISTORY. The show will be a three-hour [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
USA Today has a new “Talking Your Tech” feature online with Zack Ryder. The piece looks at how Ryder used the Internet through YouTube to have success in WWE. Embedded below is the video with the feature: In the piece, Ryder is asked how much it costs him to produce the show. Below is the [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News
The official WWE website recently conducted an interview with Mick Foley, in which he discussed his participation in the Royal Rumble match this year and in previous years. When asked about his preparations for this year’s Rumble, Foley said: “I am going to hope for the best. Honestly, I’ll be in quite a predicament. Imagine [...]
January 29, 2012
Brooks Oglesby
WWE News
Jerry Lawler worked an independent show in Maryland this weekend. A video interview has surfaced backstage from the show and Lawler doesn’t appear very happy about the appearance. He picks Sheamus as his Royal Rumble winner. You can watch the interview embedded below: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta for sending this in. [...]
January 29, 2012
Richard Gray
WWE News