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- With Michael Cole serving as the play-by-play man for WWE Main Event, he was replaced on this week’s Smackdown by John “Bradshaw” Layfield. No word on JBL’s status with the company but he was interested in returning and has obviously got his foot back in the door. - Dot com has a new video [...]
- WWE cameras were at Shawn Michaels’ ranch Thursday in San Antonio to film footage for the upcoming Mick Foley DVD. - Speaking of filming, WWE shot a commercial with Sheamus and David Otunga last week at the Coyle Law Firm in Oklahoma City. You can read more at this link. [...]
The latest episode of WWE “Outside the Ring” features Booker T cooking and is embedded in the video below: [...]
Fighting Spirit Magazine posted a video response from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, addressing CM Punk’s promos about him on WWE Raw. You can watch it embedded below: The framework for Austin vs. Punk at Wrestlemania XXIX is laid we can only hope they can figure out a way to get it done. Click here for [...]
John “Bradshaw” Layfield wrote a new entry on his official Facebook page about his time on WWE Raw this past Monday as well as what he thought of the show. The entry is below: Had a great time this week calling both Raw and Smackdown. I had always wanted to call matches with JR and [...]
The fan that CM Punk attacked on this week’s WWE Raw has been identified as Charles Schmidt. Schmidt doesn’t intend to press charges but is considering hiring an attorney for a potential lawsuit. Despite Schmidt claiming his glasses were broken in the attack, he was not injured. Below is a video report by CBS Sacramento: [...]
The latest episode of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below: [...]
WWE has their own coverage of CM Punk attacking a fan that includes their official statement. The statement is as follows: “During Monday night’s Raw televised event, WWE Superstar CM Punk exited the ring and into the stands as part of the show. Unfortunately, WWE security was not in the appropriate place at the time. [...]
Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network and the Baltimore Sun sent us three separate WWE interviews. Below, you can read highlights from each interview and watch in their entirety: Paul Heyman: - Revealing why he decided to return to pro wrestling in an on air capacity after leaving wrestling behind years ago - CM [...]
Tensai’s falling stock in WWE became evident this week when the company updated his bio on dot com. The following was written: “Over the following months, Tensai quickly went from intimidating behemoth to overhyped disappointment. Despite impressive outings against John Cena and CM Punk, several frustrating losses to underdog Tyson Kidd led to Tensai assaulting [...]
- Spike TV will feature a “Countdown to Bound for Glory” special on Sunday, October 14th at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. You can watch a commercial for the show embedded in the video below: - TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Miss Tessmacher pulled her hamstring in a match against Tara at the October 5th TNA [...]
The fan that was attacked by CM Punk in the closing segment of this week’s WWE Raw spoke out in the incident embedded in the video below: [...]
Yesterday’s WWE Raw showed the return of Vince McMahon and John Cena in response to the horrible rating last week. Last night’s Raw got an average audience of 4,108,000 viewers. Hour one got 4,191,000, hour two got 4,067,000, and hour three got 4,065,000 viewers, which is over a half a million more than who watched [...]
We reported earlier that the fan that was attacked by CM Punk last night on WWE Raw filed a police report. A WWE representative contacted TMZ about the incident as they picked up this story. Below is what the rep told them: “WWE security was unfortunately not in the appropriate place at the time. Given [...]
WWE issued the following statement in response to a mother’s complaint that Alberto Del Rio “bullied” her son at a weekend live event in Anaheim: “While Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez were portraying their WWE characters, we sincerely apologize for any misunderstanding that may have occurred.” [...]
The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is embedded in the video below: [...]
ESPN.com has a new Q&A online with Paul Heyman to promote WWE ’13. Below is an excerpt: So when you think back, how much of WWE’s Attitude Era is owed to what you were already doing in ECW? Everything! It’s funny, because when you interview writers from that era, they will blatantly tell you that [...]
The latest episode of “Superstar Toyz” features William Regal and is embedded in the video below: [...]
- Randy Orton is scheduled for this week’s Smackdown, as announced on this week’s Raw. Orton wrote the following on Twitter: About to board a plane to San Jose. Smackdown here I come. I really hope ADR is present. Like really really. — Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) October 8, 2012 - The tag team of Kofi [...]
The fan that CM Punk hit at WWE Raw this week filed a report with Sacramento police. He claims his glasses were broke during the assault by the WWE Champion. Below a Tweet from Laura Cole, a reporter from CBS 13, who interviewed the fan: This fan says his face is a little warm after [...]
TMZ has a story online on Alberto Del Rio tearing a fan’s sign in half at a Smackdown live event in Anaheim last Saturday night. The mother of the fan, an 8-year-old child, is accusing Del Rio of being a bully and that her son immediately burst into tears and cried all the way home. [...]
A fan’s video has surfaced on YouTube which shows the entirety of CM Punk‘s incident in the crowd last night during Raw. The video, including the attack from Punk about 40 seconds in, is embedded in the video below: [...]
The tag team of Kofi Kingston & R-Truth is no more. The former WWE Tag Team Champions parted ways amicably on a video on the official WWE website. The reason cited was that the team’s mission to revitalize the tag team division has been accomplished. Click here to view the video. [...]
WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars, future matches for WWE Saturday Morning Slam, and this week’s Smackdown tonight from HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Randy Orton is set to appear after being attacked by Alberto Del Rio two weeks ago. Del Rio reacted to Orton’s return announcement in a video on the [...]
There was an incident in the crowd involving WWE Champion CM Punk at this week’s WWE Raw. Once Punk retreated to the crowd to avoid Ryback, Vince McMahon was on the mic. As Vince was speaking, Punk connected with a fan to the face and shoved him as the broadcast was going off the air. [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus beat WWE CM Punk via disqualification when Punk hit a low blow on Sheamus. After the match, Sheamus gave Punk the Brogue Kick. The dark match is actually good news as Sheamus was checked out for a concussion after hitting his head [...]
Larry King and his wife Shawn Southwick appeared on this week’s WWE Raw in a segment with The Miz and Kofi Kingston. [...]
Prior to this week’s WWE Raw going on the air, Xavier Woods beat Michael McGillicutty in a dark match. [...]
In the latest update regarding WWE Creative, Brian Gewirtz was removed from his position as the Senior Vice President of Creative Writing but remains employed. He will be replaced by Eric Pankowski, who was hired in February, and previously worked as a senior executive at Reveille and Warner Bros. To make sure you are in [...]
Something went down on Monday with Vince McMahon and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing Brian Gewirtz. Reports surfaced earlier in the day Gewirtz had been removed as the head creative team writer for Raw but he wasn’t Raw’s head writer and was writing for Smackdown as well. Gewirtz held a senior position above the [...]
Last week’s Smackdown only did a 1.74 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,390,000 viewers, capping an abysmal week for WWE. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
- John Cena was on “Live with Kelly and Michael” on Monday to discuss his recent surgery and WWE’s partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. You can watch video of the appearance here on dot com. - John Layfield posted the following on Twitter: This is the millstone around my neck tonight! @michaelcole [...]
Tonight’s WWE Raw will start off with the return of John Cena. John made the announcement on his official Twitter page as he was absent from last week’s show. The tweet is embedded below: Alright.. Hold on to your #picklejars I will be kicking off a must see #RAW tonight! @wwe I will see you [...]
Jim Ross has updated his blog entry on his official website. Below is an excerpt: RAW should be an unpredictable ride tonight w/ not only the return of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon who’s been noticeably absent from the Monday night flagship, WWE broadcast. I have no idea what to expect but Mr. McMahon will make [...]
Christian’s scheduled appearance at the inaugural TNA Hall of Fame Ceremony this Saturday night is reportedly in doubt. I haven’t heard why the appearance is in jeopardy of not happening but Christian was originally scheduled to appear as part of a deal WWE had with TNA in an exchange of talent for allowing Ric Flair [...]
Cody Rhodes suffered a black eye at Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Reno, Nevada. Rhodes, in-character, posted the following on Twitter: Reno, I said some unpleasant things in the ring tonight…and I walked out of that match with a pretty unpleasant shiner…balance. — Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodesWWE) October 8, 2012 Rhodes tag team partner Damien [...]
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and this week’s WWE Raw Monday night from the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California. The following has been announced for this week’s Raw: Vince McMahon’s “State of WWE Address” John Cena’s return Commentary will be handled by Michael Cole, Jim Ross and John [...]
The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: [...]
WWE announced here on dot com that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the Social Media Ambassador for this week’s WWE Raw. As noted here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Arnold exchanged Tweets with Dolph Ziggler over the weekend. Make sure you join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com at 8 PM EDT on Monday for exclusive live Raw play-by-play coverage. [...]
The Kingston Whig-Standard has a new article online featuring quotes from Edge that was used to promote Tommy Dreamer’s “House of Hardcore” show this weekend. While discussing his friendship with Dreamer, Edge claimed he wasn’t offered a new WWE contract. “I wasn’t offered another contract. I don’t know where people get their news from,” he [...]
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