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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 [...]
“Backstage Fallout” Raw This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: Daniel Bryan Performs a Chokeslam Daniel Bryan got a lot of people talking backstage after performing a chokeslam on Roman Reigns after the dark match main event following this week’s WWE Raw taping. [...]
The New Age Outlaws on Smackdown Shows The New Age Outlaws are scheduled to work matches on upcoming Smackdown live events overseas. I just published the complete schedule of shows you can view at this link. Maria Talks WWE Return, Surprising Rumors Maria Kanellis spoke with SLAM! Wrestling about being contacted by WWE earlier this [...]
WWE kicks off their post-Wrestlemania overseas tour on Wednesday. Below is a look at every date on the tour, we’ll update throughout. If you attend any of the shows, please submit a live report: Raw: Wednesday from Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands (more info) Thursday from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland (more info) Friday [...]
No matches were officially announced for WWE Extreme Rules on this week’s Raw, however, the proposed lineup began to take shape. As of this writing, it looks like Ryback will challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship. Ryback wrote the following on Twitter: Stay tuned tonight I speak the truth. Sunday May 19th#ExtremeRules @johncena vs [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, Team Hell No joined John Cena in the ring for the dark match main event against The Shield. The match was thrown out when Roman Reigns used a chair on Cena. After the match, the babyfaces hits their finishers to send the crowd home happy. Cena [...]
WWE will tape this week’s WWE Main Event, matches for WWE Saturday Morning Slam, and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. During this week’s Main Event taping, a Battle Royal will take place to determine the #1 Contender to Wade Barrett‘s Intercontinental Championship. On this week’s Smackdown, Sheamus & Randy Orton will [...]
Pre-RAW Commercial Punk returns tonight, how will he respond. Ryback explains why he attacked Cena, tonight on RAW. Show Starts Video Recap of Henry facing Cena last week, then Ryback came to the ring and destroyed Cena. And Taker tombstoned Punk and retained his streak to 21-0, but Punk returns tonight on RAW. Handicap Match [...]
Tag Team Match on Smackdown Sheamus & Randy Orton vs. Big Show & Mark Henry was announced for this week’s episode of Smackdown on WWE Raw. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown Tuesday night from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN. No. 1 Contender Battle Royal Also announced on this week’s WWE Raw, a number [...]
CM Punk’s promo on this week’s episode of WWE Raw was done to write him off television as he won’t be traveling with the company on their upcoming overseas tour. Punk has been working banged up for months and came out of his match against Undertaker at Wrestlemania 29 in rough shape. Punk is reportedly [...]
Nick Buzzelli and Bryan Chechak interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino about Wrestlemania 29 weekend and his deal with the company. Bruno said Wrestlemania weekend was busier than he expected. He said he didn’t get more than a couple hours of sleep in three or four days. Bruno said he had no idea he [...]
Bret Hart clarified his comments regarding Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 on his verified Twitter account. Hart Tweeted: my comments to Arda about Trip H Lezner match being 4 out of 10, was in reference to a sign someone held up on Raw. — Bret Hart (@BretHart) April 15, 2013 I in [...]
WWE announced on this week’s WWE Raw that Undertaker will team with Team Hell No to face The Shield on next week’s episode of Raw from The O2 Arena in London, England. As previously noted, Undertaker is advertised for the Smackdown taping from the same venue the next day. We’ll have full taping results here [...]
Ric Flair is at WWE Raw from the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina. No word if he’s just there visiting or set to appear live. Flair attended Wrestlemania 29 a couple weeks ago and was there to be around his friends. [...]
Kofi Kingston defeated Antonio Cesaro to win the United States Championship on this week’s edition of WWE Raw. Video footage is now available at this link. You can also watch it in the video embedded below: Click here to join our live WWE Raw Watch Party and discuss the show as it happens. [...]
Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown did a 1.91 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,844,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
WWE announced on Monday that their “Superstars for Sandy Relief” auctions raised $524,742 for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in New York and New Jersey. Vince McMahon commented in a press release issued that you can view below: WWE® RAISES MORE THAN $500,000 FOR HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF STAMFORD, Conn., April 15, 2013 – WWE today announced [...]
Dolph Ziggler Interview World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler was an in-studio guest on The Rise Guys morning show Monday in Greenville, South Carolina. He talked about The Rock, being a Ric Flair fan and more. You can listen to the interview and view photos of Dolph with AJ Lee at this link. WWE Medical Director [...]
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Arda Ocal interviewed Bret Hart and sent in the following recap where The Hitman discusses his strained relationship with Triple H: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Baltimore Sun and Layfield Report (@LayfieldReport) recently conducted a live Q/A with Bret “Hitman” Hart (@BretHart). In the session which was primary questions from the audience, many questions were covered [...]
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