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Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Score TV in Canada and the Baltimore Sun recently had the chance to speak with WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler about a number of topics. Highlights: -How he feels about Zack Ryder’s show, ‘Z! True Long Island Story,’ potentially ending: “You can’t blame that kid for making something out of nothing. He’s the reason [...]
The Smoking Gun reported in January that WWE gave $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2010 due to his involvement in WWE storylines. The donation became a political talking point when Trump recently offered to pay $5 million to the charity of President Obama’s choice if he would release his college and [...]
- Alberto Del Rio’s brother, Memo Montenegro, recently spoke to The Miami Herald about coming up in the wrestling business as a WWE developmental worker. “It’s an incredible experience… In the three, four months I’ve been here, I’ve already learned so much. I can’t believe how much I’ve learned so far. I want to thank [...]
- WWE is filming footage for the new Mick Foley DVD at his home on Thursday. The company recently had a camera crew at Shawn Michaels’ ranch for the same project. - For those that missed it on this week’s WWE Raw, Jim Ross acknowledged Rey Mysterio’s tag team past including alliances with Juventud Guerrera [...]
David Otunga is interviewed in the November 2012 issue of Muscle & Fitness now out on newsstands everywhere. Below are the highlights: What’s your best bench? Back when I was in law school I benched 515. Next year you’ll be in a movie called The Hive. Can you tell us what it’s about? Oh man [...]
- Dot com has an article now online looking at “WWE Bands we’d like to see.” You can read it at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Fernando for sending this in.) - Speaking of dot com, they have an article online where they look at how The Rock will “electrify” at Wrestlemania 29. Click [...]
- Next week’s WWE Main Event will be headlined by Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players. The show will be taped next Tuesday from the Crown Center in Fayetteville, NC. - While lower than the initial estimate of 1.3 million buys, Wrestlemania XXVIII ended up [...]
Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of the Score Television Network and the Baltimore Sun recently spoke with current WWE Champion CM Punk about the upcoming WWE ’13 video game, his WWE Hell in a Cell opponent, what he’d still like to accomplish in WWE and more. Highlights: -On his Hell in a Cell opponent Ryback and whether [...]
Below are several video highlights from this week’s WWE Main Event: A Look At The “Showoff” Dolph Ziggler A Special Look At Ryback’s In-Ring Destruction Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio Special Interview with Paul Heyman [...]
- Steve Austin has a new blog entry available at this link. - Jim Ross has a new blog now online on his official website at this link. - While I was under the impression John Cena would be appearing at WWE Hell in a Cell during the YouTube pre-show apparently he’ll be fielding questions [...]
The preliminary buyrate numbers for WWE Night of Champions are in. The show did an estimated 189,000 buys with 100,000 being US and Canada and 89,000 international, according to WWE’s key performance indicators. The final figures will be announced with the company’s 2012 quarter three earnings which will be released on Thursday, November 1, 2012, [...]
WWE and SyFy issued the following press release on Wednesday or the upcoming SuperSmackdown Live: NEW YORK — October 24, 2012 – Syfy and WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced “SuperSmackDown Live,” will air Tuesday, November 6 at 8PM (ET/PT). The Syfy special will originate from the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. The Tuesday night special will [...]
The latest episode of WWE Inbox is embedded in the video below: [...]
Rey Mysterio did a chat with users here on ESPN.com to promote WWE ’13. Below are the highlights: Worst injury ever: Two injuries have been really bad. My ACL tears and my bicep tear. If I had to put one in front of the other, I would have to say the last ACL tear, which [...]
UFC President Dana White was on Dave and Mahoney on 107.5 in Las Vegas and was asked about Brock Lesnar. Here’s a paraphrased excerpt of what he said: “He’s [Brock Lesnar] done. He called me a couple days ago. He’s never coming back [to UFC]. He said his body is, you know, he can wrestle [...]
It was announced at this week’s Smackdown taping that John Cena will “address” the situation with AJ Lee during the WWE Hell in a Cell YouTube Preshow. I’m told this is to continue to stress the importance of the pre-shows on YouTube, however, the last few pre-shows have crashed once they reached a certain number [...]
- Denton Blackwell (Twitter) and Alisha Ceraso have signed developmental contracts with WWE. Blackwell is from Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling and Ceraso is a fitness model. She’ll be working [in WWE] as Dani and can be found on Twitter at this link. - Sami Callihan, who worked tryout matches in March, faced Johnny Curtis [...]
Amid recent comments that quoted Chris Jericho as to saying Ryback needed to go over CM Punk for the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell on Sunday because Punk had gone as far as he could go, Jericho wrote the following on Twitter: Let me clarify- @cmpunk is already a money drawing, ratings drawing, [...]
WWE uploaded footage on their official YouTube channel of John “Bradshaw” Layfield berating the referees while fixing the ring ropes at this week’s Smackdown taping. You can view the footage embedded in the video below: [...]
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Richard Gray posted the viewership numbers for WWE Raw earlier today. The rating is in and it is the lowest Raw rating in 15 years for a non-holiday episode. It scored a 2.48 cable rating. Raw Ratings Archive [...]
- John Layfield posted a blog here on his Facebook page where he reminisces about a match with Eddie Guerrero. He talks about Eddie’s Frog Splash off the top of the steel cage and preparation for it. JBL is in Providence, Rhode Island and is scheduled to work on commentary. - The following NXT tapings [...]
- We found a photo of a young Steve Austin with an even younger CM Punk you can view below: For more rare wrestling photos, like us on Facebook. - WWE will tape Smackdown from the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday, April 19, [...]
WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres was recently on “The Buzz” on VH1. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: Get More: Big Morning Buzz Live [...]
- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network and the Baltimore Sun spoke with The Blue Meanie (@TheeBlueMeanie). Highlights: - His feelings on the surprise enduring popularity of the parody faction Blue World Order. - The reaction of the actual NWO members to the parody: “Scott Hall loved it.” [...]
This week’s WWE Raw, the go-home to Hell in a Cell, did an average viewing audience of 3,554,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the hourly breakdown: Hour one: 3,578,000 Hour two: 3,653,000 Hour three: 3,432,00 While the show had significant competition with the third Presidential Debate, the MLB Playoffs and Monday Night Football, [...]
- After vanishing from WWE TV only to resurface in Santino Marella’s YouTube show over the weekend, Mason Ryan was a lumberjack in this week’s Raw main event. - William Regal is now working as a scout in WWE. - Silvervision posted a trailer to the upcoming nWo: The Revolution DVD set. For details on [...]
Following this week’s WWE Raw below is the updated Hell in a Cell lineup: Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback World Heavyweight Championship Match - Sheamus (c) vs. Big Show WWE Intercontinental Championship Match - Kofi Kingston (c) vs. The Miz WWE Tag Team Championship Match [...]
The latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is embedded in the video below: [...]
Jim Ross caused a bit of a stir on Twitter over the return of Jerry Lawler with the following comments on Twitter: “@JerryLawler is doing great. I expect him to return to #RAW b4 end of year & when doctors give their blessing. I love da King. #WWE,” This prompted some to assume this meant [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus was scheduled to defend the title in a “Last Man Standing Match.” The match didn’t happen but rather Sheamus came out and challenged Show. Show came out and said he didn’t want the match. Sheamus wanted to fight and a brawl ensued. [...]
WWE issued the following press release: STAMFORD, Conn., October 22, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today that WWE Superstar, John Cena, was honored by Make-A-Wish last week at their “Evening of Excellence Awards Ceremony” for being the only celebrity to reach the record-breaking milestone of fulfilling 300 wishes. Cena became the first recipient of [...]
During Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler on this week’s WWE Raw a chant broke out amongst fans of “we want Star Man.” They were referring to the popular Pro Wrestling Syndicate worker who was in attendance. Once the chants broke out, Star Man, apparently in his ring gear, was escorted out of the building. You [...]
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 the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Raw Superstars Kane and Dolph Ziggler and advertised to appear, as well as Smackdown General Manager Booker T. The advertised dark match main event is Sheamus [...]
- There will be a presale to obtain tickets to Wrestlemania 29 beginning on Thursday, November 8, 2012. The password is IZODVIP. Tickets go on sale to the general public that Saturday, November 10th at 10 AM. - Is Ryback ready for the main event? WWE Champion CM Punk answered this question in an interview [...]
As the storyline goes, AJ Lee “resigned” as the General Manager of WWE Raw on this week’s show. The storyline reason is she was fraternizing with a fellow WWE superstar. Vince McMahon “appointed” Vickie Guerrero as the “Raw Managing Supervisor.” While I do not know where they are going with the storyline (the initial part [...]
Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow, or the Rhodes Scholars, beat Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara on this week’s WWE Raw to win the WWE tag team tournament. They will face Daniel Bryan & Kane, Team Hell No, for the WWE Tag Team Championship at WWE Hell in a Cell Sunday night. We’ll have exclusive live [...]
WWE Mobile Alerts just sent out the following: BREAKING NEWS: Rey Mysterio is in NJ and will compete tonight on Raw presented by Hot Pockets brand sandwiches. Mysterio was absent from Raw last week and WWE’s recent tour of Egypt due to a “serious illness,” and is set to face Team Rhodes Scholars tonight alongside [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did an average viewing audience of 2,930,000 viewers. We’ll have the rating shortly. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
- In addition to the tag match, WWE has also confirmed Big Show vs. Kane for this week’s Raw. - Zack Ryder is scheduled to appear at a WWE NXT live event on Saturday, November 17, 2012 in Ocala, Florida. - AJ Lee wrote the following on Twitter: Been called to an emergency meeting with [...]
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