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Which WWE Superstars are the worst at keeping secrets? Who should be inducted into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame? Your questions answered in this week’s episode of WWE Inbox at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
John Cena’s Birthday Bash Footage of John Cena’s birthday celebration following Tuesday’s WWE Raw live event in Nottingham, England has popped up here on YouTube. You can also watch embedded in the video below: Charleston Presale Password We had some readers asking for the pre-sale code to obtain tickets to the June 24th episode of [...]
There has been a development in CM Punk’s return to WWE following the “walk out” angle on Raw a couple of weeks ago. Originally scheduled for next week’s Raw in Columbus, Ohio, dot com has pulled Punk from all upcoming shows. His new return date is the May 27th episode of WWE Raw from the [...]
E! Online covered the news of The Rock’s successful hernia operation. Their piece notes the surgery caused Rock to miss the Pain & Gain premiere in Los Angeles where director Michael Bay issued his well-wishes and joked from the red carpet. “Dwayne’s hurt tonight,” Bay told E! News on the red carpet. “He was pushing [...]
Below are quick results from Tuesday’s WWE Raw live event in Nottingham, England: * R-Truth b. Heath Slater * Michael McGillicutty b. Brad Maddox * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka * WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No b. Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston w/AJ Lee. There was a Twitter vote prior [...]
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This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,400,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,190,000 viewers Hour two – 4,650,000 viewers Hour three – 4,360,000 viewers The show ended up with a 3.14 cable rating. WWE Raw Ratings Archive [...]
Next Week on WWE Raw John Cena will team with Ryback on next week’s episode of WWE Raw to face The Shield. The show will take place from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. The Rock’s Mom Says The Rock’s mother, Ata Johnson, told Arda Ocal [...]
Steve Austin Doing DDP Yoga When one thinks of Steve Austin the word yoga probably doesn’t come to mind but Diamond Dallas Page told The Temple News that his good friend Stone Cold has agreed to give it a try for a month while filming “Redneck Island.” “One of my very good buddies, Stone Cold [...]
The Rock underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair three hernial tears. Rock Tweeted: Surgery a success! Dr repaired 3 hernial tears (fun pain). Superman is on the mend.. #WeFallWeRise twitter.com/TheRock/status… — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 23, 2013 See also - The Rock Says Wrestlemania 29 Was Possibly His Last Match, Clarifies Who Knew About His [...]
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Chris Jericho’s Next WWE Date Following his appearance on this week’s episode of WWE Raw, Chris Jericho will re-join his band Fozzy on their European tour. Jericho is set to return to WWE at a Raw live event on May 11th from the Ford Arena in Beaumont, Texas. Jericho wrote the following on Twitter: Great [...]
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Following this week’s episode of WWE Raw, below is the updated lineup for Extreme Rules: WWE Championship Match - John Cena © vs. Ryback Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Dolph Ziggler © vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger Steel Cage Match - Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar WWE Extreme Rules [...]
Three Generations, WWE Divas Below are some notable photos posted on Twitter: 3 generations strong twitter.com/StephMcMahon/s… — Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) April 23, 2013 Wow!!! What can I say?! I’m beyond excited and everyone is in for a crazy ride… #wwe #divas #E! twitter.com/NatbyNature/st… — Natalya (@NatbyNature) April 23, 2013 “Backstage Fallout” Raw This week’s episode [...]
Undertaker Advertised for Today’s Tapings Undertaker is advertised for Tuesday’s Smackdown taping from the London O2 Arena in London, England. It’s unknown if he’ll appear on-camera as he’s advertised in what will likely be a dark match main event, teaming with Randy Orton & Sheamus to take on The Shield. JR Feels Undertaker Has Surpassed [...]
The Shield, Fandango and Summer Rae pulled double duty on Monday as they worked the Smackdown live event in Cardiff, Wales (results here) before flying via helicopter to WWE Raw in London, England. As was seen on this week’s Raw, WWE filmed the arrival of The Shield for inclusion on the broadcast. While The Shield [...]
Brie and Nikki Bella were in New York City Monday for the E! Upfront party. This is why they weren’t featured on this week’s episode of WWE Raw. They Tweeted the following photo with Ryan Lochte along with a “message” for AJ Lee: What would @ryanlochte and The Bella’s do?! #EUpFront twitter.com/nicoleandbri/s… — The Bella [...]
Elto Alexandrov from WWENews.net sent in the following live notes from Monday’s WWE Raw taping in London: Monday Night Raw started with the introductions of Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry Lawler. The crowd reaction to JBL surpassed that of most performers, as his name was chanted on several occasions. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler got [...]
WWE will tape this week’s WWE Main Event, matches for WWE Saturday Morning Slam, and this week’s Smackdown today from the O2 Arena in London, England. The Undertaker is scheduled to appear, as well as Raw Superstars Fandango & Santino Marella. The advertised dark match main event is The Undertaker, Sheamus, & Randy Orton vs. The Shield. [...]
Pre-RAW Commercial Ryback let The Shield have Cena, even though he’s had problems with The Shield. Tonight Taker will be getting in the ring with Kane and Bryan against The Shield. Show Starts Video Taker was getting surrounded by The Shield in the ring, but Kane and Bryan. Taker will tag with Kane and Bryan [...]
Below are quick results from Monday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Cardiff, Wales: * Sheamus & The New Age Outlaws b. The Shield via disqualification when Roman Reigns used a chair on Sheamus. * Fandango w/Summer Rae b. Ted DiBiase * Natalya b. Alicia Fox * Mark Henry b. The Great Khali * Alberto Del [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did an average viewing audience of 2,590,000 viewers on SyFy. The show ended up doing a 1.92 cable rating. Smackdown was up against the intense media coverage of the manhunt for the Boston bombing suspect. I’m actually surprised we didn’t see a bigger drop off than this. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
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WWE is advertising Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger in a no disqualification for this week’s Smackdown. The company will tape this week’s Smackdown Tuesday from the London O2 Arena in London, England. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
Rosa Mendes provided the following explanation for leaving WWE’s current international tour on Twitter: Just wanted to let all my #Mendesluverz that I’m ok.I had to take care of some personal matters. Thank you for all your support. Love you — Rosa Mendes (@LaRosaMendes) April 22, 2013 I also encourage everyone to continue #MuscleMania.It has [...]
In a story we’ve been trying to gather more details on, Rosa Mendes has been sent home from WWE’s European tour. Messages left with WWE in attempt for comment were not immediately returned. The gist of the story is that Rosa had displayed outlandish behavior throughout the trip and it was time for her to [...]
The Rock’s NBA Playoffs Video The Rock is featured in a new video for TNT’s coverage of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. Rock is hosting an upcoming reality series on TNT this summer called “The Hero.” You can watch the video at this link or embedded in the video below: Jim Ross Reacts Jim Ross has [...]
The Miz on Rowdy Crowds The Miz spoke with The UK Sun about how the European crowds are always the rowdiest. You can read his comments at this link. Raw in Brooklyn WWE Raw will take place from the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York on July 15, 2013. This is the first episode of [...]
WWE introduced two new Divas in their press release for the upcoming E! reality series called “Total Divas.” The Divas are as follows: Eva Maria – Real name Natalia Eva Marie, who is described on Twitter as a 2012 Powertec Fashion Model Winner, Entrepreneur, Actress, Model all american athlete (soccer), Mexican/Italian and SF GIANTS FANATIC. [...]
WWE announced the appointment of Michael Pine as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Partnership Marketing on Monday. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, Conn., April 22, 2013 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Michael Pine as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Partnership Marketing. Pine, who previously held [...]
E! is teaming up with WWE for a new reality series called Total Divas. The show, set for the network’s summer lineup, explores life beyond the ring for seven WWE Divas who “must wrestle with the challenges of life in the spotlight, a grueling work and travel schedule, and the intense competition for prominence in [...]
According to Steve Austin’s friend Paul Lazenby, Austin would entertain the “right offer” for one more match and he’s in better shape then most might think. We’ll explore this a little more in detail later. Speaking of Austin, he has a new blog entry available at this link. [...]
WWE will tape this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw this afternoon from the London O2 Arena in London, England. The show will be headlined by Undertaker’s first match on Raw in over three years as he’ll team with Team Hell No to take on The Shield. Triple H will respond to Brock Lesnar’s challenge [...]
WWE officially announced that John Cena will defend the WWE Championship against Ryback at Extreme Rules next month. Already announced for the show is Dolph Ziggler defending the World Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match against Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio. WWE Extreme Rules 2013 will take place Sunday, May 19, 2013 from [...]
Below are quick results from Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England: * Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Santino Marella & Ted DiBiase b. The Prime Time Players and Epico & Primo. After the match, The Shield brought the babyfaces to justice. Dean Ambrose got on the mic and hyped [...]
Peter Rosenberg interviewed The Rock to promote his upcoming reality series called “The Hero” on TNT. In it, he talked exclusively about the injury he suffered at Wrestlemania 29 and whether or not this was his last match. Rock said when he sat down with Vince McMahon to negotiate his return [to WWE], the plan [...]
Below are quick results from Saturday’s WWE Smackdown live event from the Birmingham LG Arena in Birmingham, England: * Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Santino Marella & Ted DiBiase b. The Prime Time Players and Epico & Primo w/Rosa Mendes * Fandango b. Alex Riley * Natalya b. Alicia Fox * Mark Henry b. The Great [...]
The Rock Filming Hercules As previously reported here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, The Rock is scheduled to begin filming his role in the upcoming motion picture “Hercules” later next month in Budapest, Hungry. He has the starring role in Brett Ratner’s film as he’ll play Hercules. Filming is expected to take four and a half months, which will [...]
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley (wow, that has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?) played the “what if” game with Twitter followers this weekend. Foley Tweeted: If I could have done ONE last match @jack_fats – it would have been with @cmpunk following those 2012 promos. But…I’m done, brother! — Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) [...]
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