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- The episode of “Celebrity Wife Swap” featuring Mick Foley will air Tuesday, January 24th at 9 PM EST. - The following is from of the official Twitter account of Bret Hart: Congrats to the inductees so far to the WWE HOF, esp. Edge. He’ll always be one of my crew & I hope 2 [...]
The Democratic National Committee has released an advertisement directed at United States politician Mitt Romney, using clips of various famous people saying “You’re fired!” Among them is Vince McMahon. On an interesting note, Linda McMahon has endorsed Romney for President. McMahon can be seen near the end of the advertisement, embedded below: [...]
The official WWE website has posted an article claiming that Kane‘s attack on Zack Ryder on this week’s Raw left Ryder “seriously injured.” Ryder reportedly suffered no structural damage, but is undergoing further evaluation in the next week. Although it was previously announced that Ryder would defend his United States Championship on next week’s Raw, [...]
Last night’s WWE Raw Supershow did a 2.9 cable rating off hours of 2.96 and 2.77 with an average viewership of 4,008,000 viewers. The number is down with the disturbing down from hour one to hour two. However, the show was up against stiff competition with the BCS National Championship Game on ESPN. [...]
WWE will tape this week’s WWE NXT, the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. As reported last night, Daniel Bryan will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show on this week’s Smackdown in a no disqualification, no count out match. Click [...]
Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from Monday’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, tell us what you thought of the show by giving it a school letter grade here on our Facebook page: John Cena feels responsible for Zack Ryder’s jeopardy R-Truth vs. Ricardo Rodriguez Sheamus & [...]
- The following press release hit the wire today: PARSIPANNY, N.J., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Post Fruity Pebbles and WWE Superstar John Cena are teaming up for a new partnership, which includes a collectable cereal box and an instant-win promotion awarding a VIP meet-and-greet with the talent. To view the multimedia assets [...]
There is controversy today out of the Linda McMahon for Senate campaign. McMahon is accused of plagiarizing an op-ed (definition here) that ran last week on a Connecticut news site. In the piece, online here, McMahon writes the following about of TransCanada’s pipeline: “Keystone XL stands ready to put some 13,000 Americans to work to [...]
- Randy Orton told his Twitter followers that he and his family are off to vacation in the Bahamas tomorrow. - WWE has announced a March 10 house show from the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan and a March 11th house show from Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. - After last [...]
Bret Hart has clarified his brother’s Tweet about being in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada on Sunday. Bret says while he will be there, it’s not WWE related and he won’t appear on their show. Below is Bret’s Tweet: Just to let everyone know, my being in Prince George this weekend is NOT WWE related. [...]
- Arda Ocal sent in the following: Edge appeared on #AftermathRadio with Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) and Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) to talk about his induction into the 2012 Hall of Fame. In the live interview that transpired immediately after RAW went off the air, Edge talked about: His feelings on being the youngest living inductee in [...]
TMZ has a nice article online on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin surrendering the numbers 316 to Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow. Below is an excerpt: Austin continues, “A guy named John was using it before me … so if Tebow can do it again, more power to him!” “I wish him all the luck in [...]
Zack Ryder will defend the WWE United States Championship against Jack Swagger on next week’s edition of Raw Supershow. Next week’s Raw Supershow will take place from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. [...]
The Four Horseman were announced as inductees of the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame on tonight’s Raw Supershow. They will join Edge and Mil Mascaras as part of the class of 2012. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from the American Airlines Center in Miami, Florida. [...]
Brodus Clay made his long-awaited debut on tonight’s edition of WWE Raw Supershow. Clay debuted a gimmick makeover as the Funk-a-sorus from the planet Funk. He went over Curt Hawkins in a squash match. Update: The dancers with Clay were Naomi Knight from WWE NXT and Cameron Lynn from Tough Enough. [...]
Daniel Bryan will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show in a no disqualification, no count out match on this week’s Smackdown. WWE will tape this week’s Smackdown tomorrow night from the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. We’re seeking correspondents to provide us with live text-message updates so if you’re attending and interested [...]
Edge was announced as an inductee to the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame on tonight’s Raw Supershow. Edge will headline the class as tickets for this year’s induction ceremony go on sale Saturday. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from the American Airlines Center in Miami, [...]
The first four participants for the 30-man Royal Rumble match were announced on tonight’s Raw Supershow. They are as follows: Jinder Mahal Santino Marella Sheamus Wade Barrett The 30-man Royal Rumble match will take place at Royal Rumble 2012 on Sunday, January 29, 2012 from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. [...]
- The following is from the kayfabe Twitter account of John Laurinaitis: I hope you’re all excited for #Raw tonight…Brodus will be debuting, and @IamJericho will be speaking. It’s like a redo from last week. — John Laurinaitis (@WWERawGM) January 9, 2012 - Speaking of Chris Jericho, the Standard-Times has photos online from yesterday’s WWE [...]
Last Friday’s Smackdown did a 1.8 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,570,000 viewers. [...]
World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan is scheduled to face one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston in a Champion vs. Champion non-title match on tonight’s Raw Supershow from Corpus Christi, Texas. You can watch the angle WWE did on their official website to setup the match at this link. We’ll have exclusive [...]
- The following is from the official Twitter account of Darren Rovell from CNBC’s “Sports Biz”: WWE’s @johncena will be on 3 million boxes of Fruity Pebbles sold over the next 3 months say.ly/soq1f0M — darren rovell (@darrenrovell) January 9, 2012 Thanks to Wrestling News World writer Rick Craig for sending this in. [...]
According to Ezekiel Jackson on Twitter, Drew McIntyre tagged with Calvin Raines, not Husky Harris as previously reported at this weekend’s WWE Smackdown house shows. McIntyre and Raines went under to Jackson and Trent Baretta at both shows. Raines is a 6’4 236 lbs developmental worker from Baltimore, Maryland. Click here to view his developmental [...]
Both Wade Barrett & Ted DiBiase have hinted at getting new theme music on their Twitter accounts. Barrett, who is using the “End of Days” theme that was used by Corre, posted the following: New entrance music: Imminent. DiBiase responded to a fan on Twitter that suggested getting a new theme from a band called [...]
- WWE has announced a house show from the EA Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Saturday, March 24, 2012 - As I speculated in yesterday’s YouTube report, do not be surprised if the headliner for this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class is announced on tonight’s Raw Supershow. While I cannot confirm an [...]
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow tonight from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Local event information is promoting John Cena vs. Kane and appearances by WWE Champion CM Punk and Chris Jericho. Click here for local event information. We are seeking live correspondents [...]
Antonio Cesaro, formerly known as Claudio Castagnoli in Ring of Honor, is on the road with the Raw crew this weekend. Cesaro made his main WWE roster debut at Friday night’s Raw house show in Jackson, Mississippi, teaming with Michael McGillicutty against Alex Riley & Mason Ryan. Cesaro has been in Florida Championship Wrestling under [...]
Tickets for the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will go on sale Saturday, January 14, 2012. The ceremony will take place the night before Wrestlemania XXVIII from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. There will be a presale on Thursday to obtain tickets although the password is not yet available. Tickets will [...]
Chris Jericho worked last night’s WWE Raw house show from the Oil Palace in Tyler, Texas. He came out for a promo but David Otunga came out and requested that Jericho remove his lighted jacket for risk legal action from fans that may suffer from seizures. Jericho obliged and ended up getting physical with Otunga, [...]
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are highlights: What do I expect from Chris Jericho live on Raw this Monday night? I have no way of knowing but w/o saying a word he made an impact and created ample discussion last week in Memphis. What if Jericho decided to [...]
In an update to the back and forth between WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and comedian Chelsea Handler, Beth wrote the following on Twitter after being featured on E!’s “Chelsea Lately”: I appreciate @chelseahandler being honest about being too scared to accept my invitation.Who wouldnt be? And now, on to perform for my fans! — [...]
Chelsea Handler responded to Beth Phoenix calling her out on Twitter on her “Chelsea Lately” show on E! You can watch the segment embedded in the video below: [...]
Embedded in the video below is last night’s edition of Smackdown courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade. [...]
WWE has posted their full pay-per-view schedule for 2012. Rather than naming the return of WWE Bragging Rights on June 17, the event is listed as “TBD.” As I reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, the current plan is for WWE Capitol Punishment to be scrapped in favor of Bragging Rights. Below is the schedule: Royal Rumble: [...]
Last night’s WWE Vintage Collection featured the following matches according to our old friend Devin Cutting: Tug Of War Competition Mark Henry vs. Crush, Goldust & Triple H WWF Superstars – November 17th, 1996 Mark Henry & Ken Shamrock vs. D-Lo Brown & The Rock WWF Raw – January 12th, 1998 Brian Adams vs. Marty [...]
Jim Ross wrote on Twitter that Bill Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 29 would be “miraculous” but “highly unlikely.” Goldberg responded to the Tweet by saying, “……I’d do it” It didn’t take long to get speculation going crazy before Goldberg wrote the following: Guess I should think before I speak next time……. — Bill [...]
Embedded in the video below is this week’s edition of WWE Superstars courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
Following irregular touring schedules throughout the holidays, WWE is back on their normal track this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: * Tonight from the Mississippi St. FairColiseum in Jackson, Mississippi (more info) * Saturday from the Oil Palace in Tyler, Texas (more info) * Sunday from the Foster Communications Coliseum in San Angelo, [...]
Caller.com has a new article online featuring quotes from Jack Swagger where he promotes Monday’s WWE Raw Supershow in Corpus Christi, Texas. Below is an excerpt: “You’re definitely going to see an evolution of the All-American American,” Swagger said. “I’m not going to be satisfied until Jack Swagger is back at the top of the [...]
Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story, featuring Zack Ryder: [...]
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