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Wrestling News World reader Streamz attended Mick Foley’s “Good God Almighty” comedy show in Sydney, Australia. Below is the report sent to us: The opening comic, Brendon Burns, was hilarious whilst keeping his comedy almost entirely wrestling-centric. He seems like a pretty huge WWE fan and was sporting a CM Punk shirt on stage. His set definitely was [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring Antonio Cesaro, Brodus Clay, & Natalya has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
For those that missed this week’s Smackdown, Mark Henry earned a spot in the upcoming Elimination Chamber match at the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Henry joins Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, & Rey Mysterio, as well as two still-unannounced competitors. Click here to view full results from this week’s Smackdown. [...]
Rosa Mendes and Damien Sandow go head to head in the Superstar Search on this week’s episode of “The JBL & Cole Show”. You can watch this week’s episode embedded in the video below: [...]
Brock Lesnar is not advertised for WWE Raw for the next two weeks after appearing the past two weeks. He is advertised for the February 25th episode in which The Rock is not being advertised. It certainly looks like WWE is using Lesnar on Raw when The Rock isn’t able to appear. The only episode [...]
Below is this weekend’s WWE schedule: Raw Friday from the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, MO Saturday from the JQH Arena in Springfield, MO Sunday from the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, MO Smackdown Saturday from U of I Assembly Hall in Champaign, IL Sunday front he KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY [...]
All for the love of the business… Vince McMahon had dot com post photos of his hip surgery from last week to further the injury angle with Brock Lesnar. You can view them at this link. While the storyline is Lesnar “broke” McMahon’s left hip and he required a full hip replacement, that’s not believed [...]
As noted earlier this week, R-Truth has been in Qatar doing promotional work for WWE. He posted the following on Twitter on Thursday: #RTruth and #LilJimmy in Qatar twitter.com/RonKillings/st… — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) February 6, 2013 Truth has been out of the ring since suffering a lacerated knee at WWE TLC in December. He’s expected back [...]
Jim Ross has a new blog on his official website at this link. Below is an excerpt: Will the Undertaker wrestle at WM29? I honestly and truly have no idea. However, I don’t believe all that I read online from those who are speculating multiple tales regarding the subject. Do I think that the Undertaker [...]
WWE sent out a new pre-sale offer for Monday Night Raw on April 8, 2013 – the day after Wretlemania 29 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Use the code WIRED to obtain tickets now at Ticketmaster.com. [...]
WWE Champion The Rock posted the following on Twitter: Congratulations Bruno Sammartino: 2013 #WWEHallOfFame You’re the greatest @wwe Champion of all time. Thank you for paving the way. #Hero — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 7, 2013 The Rock will headline Wrestlemania 29 and Bruno Sammartino will headline the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame. [...]
WWE announced on Thursday they’ll report their 2012 fourth quarter earnings on February 28, 2013 before market open. Vince McMahon will host a conference call with investors to discuss the earnings at 11 AM EST. We’ll have full coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
- Andrew Judelson, hired in January 2012 by WWE as Executive Vice President of Sales & Partnership Marketing, has left the company to take a job in sales for IMG College. Judelson is a former employee of Sports Illustrated and the National Hockey League. - The emergence of Bo Dallas was one of the reasons [...]
WWE has added TNA Champion Jeff Hardy to their Alumni section here on dot com. This will create some speculation with Hardy’s contract with TNA Wrestling expiring and WWE being interested. We reported in January here on Richard’s Backstage Blog that WWE had sent out feelers to gauge Hardy’s interest in returning. Hardy was believed [...]
Tyson Kidd wrote the following on Twitter: The Dr told me my recovery is 15% surgery, 85% therapy.So here I am.This is what I do.Road to recovery tout.com/m/waa191?ref=t… — Tyson Kidd (@KiddWWE) February 6, 2013 Chris Jericho wrote the following on Twitter: Nikki Minaj is the worst. Zero credibility or respect. American Idol screwed up [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Brandon van Reenen sent in the following: WWE will be holding five events in South Africa later this year. The details are as follows: Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July in Cape Town, Western Cape at the GrandWest Arena Thursday 1 August in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal at the Westridge Stadium Friday [...]
TMZ has picked up on the 77-year-old gunshot victim, Thomas Dotterer, that was shot in the face when the Syracuse liquor store he was working at was robbed. Dotterer told the media he was more upset that his favorite wrestler CM Punk lost the WWE title at Royal Rumble than he was getting shot in [...]
Below are several video highlights from this week’s WWE Main Event: Cody Rhodes vs. Sheamus Cody Rhodes & Sheamus Exchange Words Aksana & Tamina Ask Brodus Clay To Hire Them Aksana & Tamina vs. The Funkadactyls Damien Sandow vs. Daniel Bryan [...]
Dot com has a new article online feature quotes from Bruno Sammartino and Triple H regarding Sammartino’s upcoming induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Below is an excerpt: WWECLASSICS.COM: What are your thoughts on Bruno’s previous reluctance to be inducted? TRIPLE H: Bruno has had his gripes about the company in the past and [...]
Cody Rhodes and other WWE Superstars discuss what submission moves hurt the worst in the latest episode of WWE Inbox. Plus, who has the worst fashion sense in WWE? You can watch this week’s episode embedded in the video below: [...]
- Ric Flair will appear on truTV’s Lizard Lick Towing next Monday night at 10 PM. - WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk Jr. was backstage at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in Jacksonville, Florida. - Readers often email asking for updates on Sara Del Rey. Bill DeMott wrote on Twitter this week that Del Rey is [...]
A deal seems to be getting closer for Wrestlemania 30 to be held at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. I heard the Superdome became a favorable venue due to a tax credit WWE would get for bringing the show to the city. Nothing is official although if a deal gets finalized, WWE will hold [...]
Raw and Smackdown are Jericho for the next two months as Chris Jericho is advertised for tapings leading up to Wrestlemania 29 this year. He is also officially advertised for both Raw and Smackdown following the pay-per-view. There will be a break, however, as Jericho will join Fozzy for a tour of Australia beginning on [...]
WWE is officially advertising John Cena and Triple H for the April 9th Smackdown taping in Boston, MA. This is the first episode of Smackdown following Wrestlemania 29. The Rock is advertised for WWE Raw the night prior in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [...]
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. [...]
- WWE has confirmed The Shield vs. John Cena, Sheamus & Ryback in a six-man tag team match for Elimination Chamber. The match was announced after Raw went off the air and we snuck it into our updated lineup. - Many have asked why Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee and Big E Langston were not on [...]
Bret Hart underwent knee surgery on Monday. He posted a photo of his scar that you can view below: Finally got a matching set …. twitter.com/BretHart/statu… — Bret Hart (@BretHart) February 5, 2013 [...]
WWE Champion The Rock wrote the following on Twitter regarding not being at this week’s WWE Raw: @bryant15594 I feel you bro. I was on tour. No rest for the warriors. I’ll be back this Monday! #JustBringIt — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 5, 2013 As he mentioned, he’s scheduled for next week’s Raw in Nashville. [...]
WWE is running an angle in which Booker T has suspended World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio from this week’s Smackdown in response to his attacks on The Big Show over the past week. This week’s Smackdown tapings will take place in Jacksonville, Florida, and we will have full results later this evening. Click here [...]
This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.56 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,810,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour 1 – 4,863,000 viewers Hour 2 – 4,857,000 viewers Hour 3 – 4,711,000 viewers Not the 5,000,000 plus the show did last week but another strong effort. [...]
WWE announced on Tuesday that Stephanie McMahon and John Cena will take part in a panel discussion at SXSW 2013 in San Francisco to discuss how WWE uses social media to connect with fans. Below is the official press release: Stamford, Conn., and San Francisco, Calif., February 5, 2013 – WWE, (NYSE: WWE) a sports [...]
- Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee and Big E Langston appeared after this week’s WWE Raw went off the air as Ziggler teamed with CM Punk for the dark match main event. You can read more here and view photos here. - Vince McMahon was one of only a few backstage in WWE that felt The [...]
The run sheet for this week’s WWE Raw featured Wade Barrett vs. Chris Jericho and Randy Orton vs. CM Punk, with the assumption that Orton would win the WWE Active voting. When Jericho won the fan voting, which was legitimate, the script was flipped and it actually resulted in Jericho going under to Punk when he [...]
- Chili from TLC, Lil’ Scrappy, Bobby V and Armond Smith and Byron Bell from the Carolina Panthers were in attendance at this week’s WWE Raw in Atlanta. - Below is the latest Fandango vignette that aired on this week’s Raw: The videos come and go due to creative plans changing on when they want [...]
WWE Tweeted the following photo of Vince McMahon prior to having hip surgery: The Chairman, pre-surgery. (“Mr. McMahon, watch out for that bedpan!”) #Raw @wwe twitter.com/WWE/status/298… — WWE (@WWE) February 5, 2013 The storyline is McMahon underwent a total left hip replacement on Monday due to Brock Lesnar’s F5 from last week. In reality, he [...]
If you missed the trailer for “Fast & Furious 6″ starring The Rock that aired during the Super Bowl, you can watch it embedded in the video below: Information! Speaking of The Rock, if you missed his Tweet to us on Monday you can view it embedded below: @wnwnews Well said. Great to see so [...]
KDKA, the CBS affiliate out of Pittsburgh, covered Bruno Sammartino’s upcoming induction into the WWE Hall of Fame on Monday’s newscast. Sammartino was interviewed in the piece and talked about his disdain for steroids and performance enhancing drugs in the wrestling business. Bruno says WWE did what he wanted them to do in cleaning the [...]
-Zack Ryder‘s single, “Hoeski,” has cracked the Top 100 on the iTunes Pop Charts. Click here for more information. -Mick Foley was recently interviewed by Richard Fidler of ABC Online out of Australia. In the interview, he discusses the parallels between wrestling and comedy, the origin of the Mankind character, Tori Amos, his work with [...]
After Raw went off the air, John Cena announced that he, Ryback, & Sheamus are challenging The Shield to a 6-man tag match at this year’s WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. The video has been posted to the official WWE website, as well as a backstage interview with Mark Henry and more. Click here to watch [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air CM Punk said that he and Dolph Ziggler are friends and fans paid to see them. Punk challenges John Cena and Ryback to a tag team match, as Big E Langston and AJ Lee come out with Ziggler. The match went on until 11:30 PM EST [...]
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