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Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below is an excerpt: Raw in Anaheim tonight which means an early start live in California, 6 pm west coast time, which I always enjoyed. An early start means an early off air time which allowed for easier travel or something as simple [...]
- Former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis wrote the following today on Twitter: Backstage seeing some old friends at Monday Night Raw!! — MariaKanellis (@MariaLKanellis) January 17, 2012 - The following press release hit the wire today: COUNTRY LEGENDS SON SIGNS WWE DEVELOPMENTAL DEAL Hayward, CA – At last night’s All Pro Wrestling TV Tapings, “Big [...]
Evan Bourne just posted the following via his Twitter account: @TrueAirBoom vs Epico and Primo for the Tag Team Championships tonight on RAW! Buhbam! #airboom [...]
- Shawn Michaels will be in Las Vegas this week for a gun show. He noted on his Twitter account that he’ll most likely visit with the Smackdown crew at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday. - Dennis Haskins (formerly known as Mr. Belding on “Saved by the Bell”) will be in attendance at [...]
- The official theme song of Wrestlemania XXVIII is “Invincible” by Machine Gun Kelly. For more on the song and the band, click here. - Roddy Piper, Dusty Rhodes and The Iron Sheik are all confirmed for WWE Legend’s House, a WWE Network exclusive. - Speaking of the WWE Network, the launch has been pushed [...]
How is Mark Henry spending time off WWE live events recovering from injury? Partying with the Wu-Tang Clan with Dave Batista… Below is a photo of Henry and Batista with the rap group on their tour bus after Saturday’s show in Austin, Texas: [...]
- WWE has put an article online on their official website with the news of Primo & Epico winning the WWE Tag Team Championship at yesterday’s Raw live event in Oakland, California. You can read their coverage at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Patrick Peralta for sending this in.) - Skip Sheffield worked under [...]
Footage of Epico & Primo winning the WWE Tag Team Championship at yesterday’s WWE Raw live event from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California has surfaced online. Below is the finish: [...]
WWE’s video game partner THQ has responded to a rumor that surfaced over the weekend that they were done for and had canceled their 2014 lineup. Below is their official statement: THQ has not cancelled its 2014 line-up, and has not made any decisions regarding the planned MMO. As part of the ongoing review of [...]
- Kurt Angle has been asked on Twitter about the Royal Rumble and claims WWE is knocking on his door. The following is from his official Twitter account: @angkefoods1: @Churchie1970 My Loyalty Is With Tna. Wwe Is Knocking On My Door, But I Won’t Answer. — Kurt Angle (@anglefoods1) January 16, 2012 @anglefoods1: @Churchie1970 @StullySTL [...]
Embedded in the video below is last week’s Smackdown courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Corey sent in the following: WWE’s website has a two-part article up asking why do fans cheer for John Cena and why do they chant that he sucks. Here are a few reasons they list on why fans cheer Cena: Part One Link * He follows his own mantra * [...]
Epico & Primo beat Air Boom at tonight’s WWE live event from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. WWE uploaded the following video of the team celebrating with Rosa Mendes. You can view the video embedded below: Thanks to Wrestling News World readers Mark, Tylor Gallaher, Kris B, [...]
The Greenwich Times spotted Vince McMahon in a new Bentley last week. Below is an excerpt from a local article online at this link: Scene … WWE Chief Executive and Greenwich resident Vince McMahon was seen behind the wheel of a charcoal-colored Bentley with dealer plates on Railroad Avenue in Greenwich last week. [...]
Ole Anderson spoke with Mike Mooneyham of The Post And Courier about being excluded in the WWE Hall of Fame induction of the Four Horsemen. Below is an excerpt: “Vince McMahon hates my guts, and I don’t like him. So that’s all there is to it,” said Anderson, who was part of one of wrestling’s [...]
Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal Daily ran a feature at the beginning of the year with industry executives revealing what they want to accomplish personally and professionally in 2012. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were featured in the piece. Below are their New Year’s resolutions: Triple H Listed under his real name Paul Levesque, [...]
- The Daniel Bryan heel turn appears complete as I’m told he drew very solid heel reactions at last night’s Smackdown house show from the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. - WWE has a kayfabe article online on their official website on the injury angle of AJ where Big Show ran into her [...]
Mike Mooneyham of The Post and Courier has a new article online featuring quotes from Ric Flair where he comments on his second induction into the WWE Hall of Fame with the Four Horsemen. Flair confirms that it was Triple H that called him on Monday with the news and the TNA crew watched the [...]
The one and only Phil Mushnick has a hilarious editorial in today’s New York Post entitled “Rick Santorum’s slimy WWE past” and highlights the fact Santorum, who is seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States, served as a WWE lobbyist in the 1980s while working at a law firm in Pittsburgh and [...]
The Luke & Duane Show wrote the following on their Facebook page: Today, we reached an agreement with WWE regarding the use of our song Just Take Care, Spike Your Hair (The Broski of the Week Song) on future WWE programming. Exciting times! The theme is currently used as the theme of Zack Ryder’s “Long [...]
WWE has canceled their scheduled January 22nd house show from College Station, Texas. [...]
Natalya is following in the footsteps of her uncle and is journaling her time in WWE in detail. Here’s what she told SLAM! Wrestling: “I keep very detailed, meticulous notes of my life, and it’s totally inspired by my Uncle Bret. My uncle, I guess since we lost my Grandfather Stu, Bret has sort of [...]
The Dallas Observer is reporting that Cowboys Stadium won’t host Wrestlemania, at least not in the next two years. The publication spoke with Cowboys Stadium spokesman Brett Daniels. He said the following: We can’t host WrestleMania the next two years because of NCAA Regional in ’13 and Final Four in ’14. We’ve talked with them [...]
- Tickets for the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony went on sale this morning. If you’re looking for tickets, click here to buy now. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place Saturday, March 31, 2012 from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker for [...]
Vince McMahon will not allow WWE Champion CM Punk to escort Chael Sonnen to the Octagon for Sonnen’s fight against Mark Munoz on January 28 on UFC on Fox. Punk confirmed the news to the folks at MMAFighting.com. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Brad for sending us the link. [...]
The official WWE website has announced that celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton will be the guest ring announcer for the Divas match on this week’s Raw SuperShow. Recently, the WWE Divas served as guest bloggers on the fitness section of Hilton’s website. Click here to read the Divas’ entries. [...]
Ric Flair was asked at a Walmart signing in Burlington, North Carolina yesterday if he would be at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the induction of The Four Horsemen. Flair said he would be there and on stage. You can see Flair’s comments embedded in the video below: The 2012 WWE [...]
Embedded in the video below is this week’s edition of WWE Superstars courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
- WWE has announced the following show dates: The March 13th Smackdown taping will take place from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. WWE will hold a house show from the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida on March 23rd. - Entertainment Weekly recently shadowed Stephanie McMahon in a feature titled “What Did You Do Today?” [...]
Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald has a new article online featuring quotes from Jerry Lawler. In it, Lawler explains why he didn’t want to accept an induction to the WWE Hall of Fame at first and discusses the inductees that were announced on Monday’s Raw Supershow. Below is an excerpt: “Vince [McMahon] came to [...]
WWE returns to the road with five live events this weekend, including two Smackdown shows in Canada. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Yakima Valley SunDome Yakima, Washington (more info) Saturday from the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California (more info) Sunday from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California (more info) Smackdown: [...]
The brother of the late Randy Savage, Lanny Poffo, says WWE hasn’t reached out to him since the death of his brother. Furthermore, he’s heard nothing from the company about a possible WWE Hall of Fame induction. Lanny claimed Randy said he would only accept an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame if his [...]
Ric Flair was called Monday night and notified the Four Horsemen would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame before the announcement aired on Raw Supershow. Ironically enough, Flair was in Orlando for the TNA Impact Wrestling tapings. It’s unknown at this point if Flair’s TNA contract will allow him to make a televised [...]
It was announced on the airing of today’s WWE Superstars on the official WWE website that wrestlers who have matches at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view are still eligible for the 30-man Rumble match. [...]
The word out of Triple H visiting New York Giants practice yesterday is that he was in town to meet with city officials about holding either Wrestlemania 29 or Wrestlemania 30 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The news was first reported by PopTheCrowd.com. [...]
The go-home to Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of WWE Raw Supershow will take place on Monday, March 26, 2012 from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. [...]
- Star News Online has a new article online on the career of Percy Watson. The piece looks at Watson ending his dream of playing professional football to pursue a career in professional wrestling. Click here to read it. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending us the link.) - Embedded in the video below [...]
Former Congressman Christopher Shays, who is challenging Linda McMahon for the Republican nomination for the US Senate Seat out of the state of Connecticut to replace the outgoing Joe Lieberman, hammered McMahon for the tragic deaths of past wrestlers. “Let’s think about it: She’s [Linda McMahon] got over 41 people 50 years and younger who’ve [...]
The UK Sun has a new article online featuring quotes from Diamond Dallas Page. In it, DDP discusses his disappointing run in WWE and who he blames for his lack of success that ultimately ended with his in-ring retirement. Below is an excerpt: “I thought, coming in, that the stalker angle was going to be [...]
A presale will begin this morning at 10 AM EST to obtain tickets to the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony. The password to obtain tickets is WWEHOF and is available at this link. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place the night before Wrestlemania XXVIII on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from [...]
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