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Watch The Latest Episode Of Backstage Fallout Here

Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of “Backstage Fallout” courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Why JR Called Triple H vs. The Undertaker At Wrestlemania 28; When The Decision Was Made

The following is from the official Twitter account of Jim Ross; HHH, Taker & HBK all wanted me to call HIAC @ WM28. WWE upper mgmt made it happen. It was confirmed late Friday night. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 3, 2012   [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 13

Rima Fakih Reportedly Under Contract With WWE

Former Miss USA and WWE Tough Enough contestant Rima Fakih is believed to have signed a WWE contract. There was an article in German that apparently had a quote from Rima confirming the signing over Wrestlemania 28 weekend. Rima was with the WWE roster throughout Wrestlemania weekend although her future role in the company is [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 12

Yoshi Tatsu Wants A Program With Lord Tensai Or Sakamoto

- Yoshi Tatsu posted the following on Twitter: Open challenge to Lord Tensai from @YoshiTatsuWWE . — Yoshi Tatsu (@YoshiTatsuWWE) April 3, 2012 Open challenge to Lord Tensai from @YoshiTatsuWWE . — Yoshi Tatsu (@YoshiTatsuWWE) April 3, 2012 [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Several Video Highlights From WWE Raw Supershow – Brock Lesnar Returns

Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade: Santino Marella vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger Alex Riley vs. Lord Tensai Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Former WWE Women’s Champion Posts WWE Royalty Earnings On Facebook

Former WWE Women’s Champion Madusa has the IWC buzzing this morning regarding royalty earnings from WWE that she posted on her Facebook page. The image below is what she posted , which appears to be a check stub: From Madusa: This is why I love the WWE and my royalty checks from them…. Market market market! [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 10

How Often You Can Expect To See Brock Lesnar On WWE TV; Duration Of His Contract Revealed

Brock Lesnar’s WWE contract is for a duration of one year that will run through next year’s Wrestlemania 29 pay-per-view. Under the agreement, it’s believed Lesnar will make a minimum of two appearances each month with more on the build to Wrestlemania. Lesnar is not returning full-time and while WWE will obviously be able to [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 25

A Super Over Daniel Bryan Cuts A Promo Following WWE Raw Supershow (Video Here)

Daniel Bryan cut a promo after last night’s WWE Raw Supershow went off the air where he said, “I think you people have finally convinced them to make me a new t-shirt.” You can view the promo sent to use by Wrestling News World reader Tomas embedded in the video below: Richard Reacts: Yes! Yes! [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 29

Randy Orton Pulled From Upcoming WWE Studios Film Because Of Troubled Military Past; WWE Says They Demonstrated Poor Judgment In Casting Orton For The Role

TMZ is reporting that Randy Orton has been pulled from his proposed role in the upcoming WWE Studios production “Marine: Homefront.” WWE faced intense backlash because of Orton’s troubled military past. Orton was dishonorably discharged from the United States Marines Corps for bad conduct after going AWOL on two separate occasions and disobeying an order [...]

April 3, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 31

Brock Lesnar Returns To WWE To Confront John Cena

Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar returned to WWE at tonight’s Raw Supershow, confronting John Cena in the show’s closing segment. As I broke exclusively here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium earlier today, Cena’s name emerged as a possible opponent for Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 next year. While I cannot confirm that is still the plan, there are [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 61

Wrestlemania XXVIII Rematch Announced For Smackdown

Randy Orton vs. Kane is set for this week’s Smackdown. As noted earlier here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Alberto Del Rio will face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus for a shot at the title. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 2

Abraham Washington Returns To WWE On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Abraham Washington made his return to WWE on tonight’s edition of Raw Supershow during a backstage segment with Mark Henry. Washington “offered his services” to Henry by giving him a business card. Washington has been in WWE’s developmental system since 2009 as he worked as a regular on the company’s ECW brand, hosting the Abraham [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 12

This Week’s Smackdown Main Event

Alberto Del Rio is scheduled to face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus on this week’s Smackdown. If he wins, he’ll win a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of tomorrow night’s taping here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Matt Bloom Returns To WWE As Lord Tensai On Tonight’s Raw Supershow

Matt Bloom returned to WWE on tonight’s Raw Supershow as Lord Tensai. He was accompanied to the ring by Sakamoto. Michael Cole acknowledged Tensai as a former WWE star that went to Japan and found success and has returned. Sakamoto, who has been training in Florida Championship Wrestling, was signed to a WWE developmental contract [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 18

Sheamus Now On Twitter, Dean Ambrose Works Another WWE Dark Match, John Laurinaitis’ “Takeover”

- Less than a month ago World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus explained why he wasn’t on Twitter, citing too much access to superstars. Today, he has opened a Twitter account at Twitter.com/wwesheamus. To be fair, he did say there may be a time he would have to go out and get a Twitter account. - Dean [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 5

Evan Bourne’s Injury Career-Threatening

Evan Bourne’s foot injury is not just a nasty looking severe injury but it’s career threatening. Bourne suffered a midfoot fracture, also known as a LisFranc fracture dislocation, which is an injury that has been known to be career-threatening to athletes even when treated well. Bourne suffered the injury in a car accident on Monday, [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 16

WWE Doing Missing Angle With John Cena

- The following is from the WWE Insider Twitter account: We haven’t heard from @JohnCena since his loss to @TheRock at #WrestleMania, and he’s nowhere to be found at #Raw. — The WWE Insider (@WWEInsider) April 2, 2012   [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 22

Wrestlemania 28 Press Conference Videos – John Cena, The Rock & Chris Jericho

There was a press conference prior to yesterday’s Wrestlemania 28 pay-per-view from Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. Brian Fritz was there and uploaded videos of John Cena, The Rock and Chris Jericho answering questions: John Cena The Rock Chris Jericho [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 0

Go-Home To Wrestlemania XXVIII Smackdown Rating

Last week’s go-home to Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of Smackdown did a 1.76 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,480,000 viewers. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

Man Dies Watching Wrestlemania, New York Yankees Attend PPV, Torrie Wilson Shows A-Rod Around, DDP Montage

- Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta sent this story about a 24-year-old man dying while wrestling with his young cousin at a Wrestlemania XXVIII party last night. - In addition to Alex Rodriguez, his New York Yankees teammates Robinson Cano and Eduardo Nunez were in attendance at last night’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view. A-Rod’s girlfriend, [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 9

Justin Gabriel Out For Six Weeks With Elbow Injury

Wrestling News World Logan Walker sent in the following: Justin Gabriel posted the following on his Twitter account today: Just had X-rays and MRI on elbow. Good news : no surgery needed. Bad news: out for 6 weeks. twitter.com/Justin__Gabrie… — Justin Gabriel (@Justin__Gabriel) April 2, 2012 Gabriel worked the WrestleMania XXVIII pre-show triple threat tag [...]

April 2, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 5

WWE Developmental News – Steve Keirn Says Major Updates Coming Soon

Florida Championship Wrestling President Steve Keirn wrote the following on Twitter: Major Updates Coming Soon. Plus TV Taping Thurs. And Show in Punta Gorda Fri. with @WWE Star Alberto Del Rio. fcwwrestling.info/040612.html — FCW (@stevekeirnsfcw) April 2, 2012 Triple H said a couple of weeks ago there would be a “major announcement” about WWE’s developmental [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray NXT Wrestling, WWE News 1

Jerry Lawler’s Stiff Comment About Bruce Prichard At Wrestlemania 28

For those that missed it on last night’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view broadcast, Jerry Lawler, when commenting on the white suit of John Laurinaitis, said, “That suit is so ugly, it would give Brother Love a heart attack.” Brother Love of course is TNA executive Bruce Prichard who suffered two heart attacks a couple weeks ago. [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 16

What You Didn’t See On The Wrestlemania 28 Pay-Per-View Broadcast

After Wrestlemania XXVIII went off pay-per-view, John Cena continued to star e down The Rock on his way up the ramp. The Rock gave high fives at ringside and interacted with the fans, including interacting with his mother, daughter and ex-wife at ringside. Rock took some time to sign some autographs and acknowledged a sign [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 11

Maria Menounos Didn’t Have An Accident During Wrestlemania Match; Detailed Coverage Of Batista In South Beach

- “Extra” host Maria Menounos wrote the following on Twitter: Just won my match at #Wrestlemania with @realkellykelly.amazing experience.and ps-that was eve’s makeup on my pants-let’s not get cray cray — maria menounos (@mariamenounos) April 2, 2012 - StyleSeenDaily.com has detailed coverage of former WWE star Batista participating in the Nautica South Beach Triathlon yesterday. [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 4

Chris Jericho Says The Better Man Won, It’s Time To Move On

Chris Jericho posted the following on Twitter this morning: Feel like I got run over by a truck…and in a way I did. The better man won last night. I guess its time for me to move on. — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) April 2, 2012 [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 16

WWE Stars React To Wrestlemania 28, Miami Publication Details Fan’s Experience, The Rock Comments On Big Win

- Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta sent word that dot com has several vides of Wrestlemania 28 performers giving their reactions at this link. Wrestling News World reader Bmac sent this in… There is a write up about a woman’s experience at Wrestlemania last night with her husband on miaminewstimes.com. While reading, beware of [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 7

Watch The Latest Episode Of “WWE Download” With Dolph Ziggler Here

- The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 2, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Watch The Latest Smackdown Here

Embedded in the video below is the go-home to WrestleMania XXVIII edition of Smackdown, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]

April 2, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 0

Details On Tonight’s Post-Wrestlemania 28 Edition Of WWE Raw Supershow

WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s post-Wrestlemania XXVIII edition of Raw Supershow tonight from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. As noted earlier, WWE has announced a 10-man tag team match, pairing WWE Champion CM Punk, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big Show, World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, Randy Orton [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 13

WWE Giving Away 100 Free Trips To Wrestlemania XXIX, Santino On “The Deadliest Catch,” Problems With Wrestlemania

- WWE is giving away 100 trips for two to Wrestlemania XXIX next year. You can register for the sweepstakes at this link. - WWE United States Champion Santino Marella will appear on “The Deadliest Catch” on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 9 PM on the Discovery Channel. - Wrestling News World reader The Arbiter [...]

April 2, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 9

Wrestlemania XXVIII News & Notes

- Big Show can now be considered a triple-crown champion after his WWE Intercontinental Championship win at Wrestlemania XXVII. Show is also a former World Heavyweight Champion and Tag Team Champion. (Thanks to WNW Reader Brandon Ceielo for sending this in.) - Speaking of Big Show, his mother was ringside for his bout against Cody [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 17

Backstage News On Daniel Bryan Dropping The World Heavyweight Championship To Sheamus

Believe it or not, WWE actually wanted Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan at tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view to beat the time for Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane for the ECW Championship at Wrestlemania XXIV in 2008. They didn’t come close as Kane squashed Chavo for the belt in 8 seconds while Sheamus’ victory took 18 seconds. So far, I [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 68

John Laurinaitis Gains “Control” Over Both Raw & Smackdown

As the storyline goes, John Laurinaitis has “control” of both Raw and Smackdown after his 6-man team beat the 6-man team of Teddy Long at Wrestlemania XXVIII. The finish saw The Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Zack Ryder followed by the pinball. After the match, Eve delivered a low blow to Zack Ryder. [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 17

The Undertaker Improves To 20-0 At Wrestlemania

The Undertaker beat Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels a special guest referee at tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view to go 20-0 at Wrestlemania. The streak remains intact for yet another year. Triple H was busted open and Taker’s back suffered visible cuts and bruising. Wrestlemania 28 Results [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 26

Announced Attendance For Wrestlemania 28 – New Sun Life Stadium Record

The announced attendance for tonight’s Wrestlemania XXVIII pay-per-view was 78,363, a new record for the venue. The show was sold out. [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 1

Jim Ross Joins Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler On Commentary For Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels

Jim Ross joined Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler to call Triple H vs. The Undertaker with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee in a Hell in a Cell Match. [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 12

New WWE Intercontinental Champion

Big Show beat Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemania XXVIII to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 11

New World Heavyweight Champion

Sheamus beat Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship in the opening match of Wrestlemania XXVIII. Bryan was giving AJ a good luck kiss when he turned around and was hit with the Brogue Kick followed by a three count. The “match” was only 18 seconds long. [...]

April 1, 2012 Richard Gray WWE News 77

Opening Match Revealed For WrestleMania XXVIII

Matt Striker just announced on the WrestleMania preshow that Daniel Bryan will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus in the opening contest at WrestleMania XXVIII. Stick with Wrestling News World, as we will have full, extensive live coverage of the event. [...]

April 1, 2012 Brooks Oglesby WWE News 7