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Steve Austin confirmed Thursday on Twitter he will not be at Wrestlemania 29. The following is from Austin’s Twitter account: I’ve had many questions concerning WrestleMania 29. The decision has been made that I will not be at WM29 and that the bottom line. — Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) March 21, 2013 [...]
A presale begins Friday morning at 11 AM EDT to obtain tickets to WWE Payback 2013. You can obtain tickets at this link using the password PUNKPPV. This will be the first ever WWE Payback as the show will take place on Sunday, June 16, 2013 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Tickets go [...]
- WWE Champion The Rock will be a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday night. Click here for more. - Sin Cara is out after recently suffering a concussion. - The Miz will be hosting the Money in the Bank Anthology DVD set. - Triple H Tweeted the following photo of [...]
- The presale password to obtain tickets to the 5/13 episode of WWE Raw in Tulsa, Oklahoma is RAWTULSA. The presale begins on Thursday at 10 AM and goes on until Friday at midnight. (Thanks to WNW reader David Hocstein.) - TMZ picked up on the bizarre Chris Masters story where he saved his mother’s [...]
4-Traders.com has a new interview with WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios. In it, he discusses the future of pay-per-view and the WWE Network. Below are the highlights: Sure. So on the first part, continuing on with our core products, we’re going to keep them fully distributed. We think that’s a great platform for a [...]
We’ve received correspondence from the lawyer representing Jimmy Uso, whose real name is Jonathan Fatu, requesting we correct our report from last week that he was arrested on charges of Driving Under the Influence. According to a statement sent out by Keith M. Goan, Fatu’s attorney, Fatu turned himself in for being erroneously cited for [...]
WWE Champion The Rock is in the process of “beefing up” for his latest movie role as Greek hero Hercules. Rock recently stated he’s eating a crazy diet where he eats six to seven times a day. He proclaimed: “A lot of it is fish or carbohydrates. It’s so boring!” Click here for coverage by [...]
UFC fighter Chasel Sonnen recently said no one on the WWE roster can count to eight, while discussing Vince McMahon challenging Dana White to a fight. WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios revealed his thoughts on the UFC audience at the 25th Annual ROTH Conference. Barrios, who admitted he’s been to a UFC event, said: [...]
In this week’s edition of WWE Inbox, Superstars discuss which retired title they’d like to revive, as well as who has the best entrance video in WWE. Watch at this link or embedded below: [...]
Former WWE star Chris Masters detailed a bizarre story on his Twitter account late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. According to Masters, someone barricaded his mother in her apartment and set the place on fire. He broke a window out and with the help of police, pulled her out of the house. The following Tweets are [...]
Prior to this Tuesday’s WWE TV tapings, Justin Gabriel defeated Bray Wyatt. After the tapings for Smackdown concluded, the dark match main event was Randy Orton, Ryback & Sheamus vs. The Shield. Orton, Ryback & Sheamus won by disqualification when The Shield introduced a steel chair into the match. The faces eventually got the upper [...]
Brooks Oglesby reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Dana White said Vince McMahon once called him and wanted to fight him… in WWE or in UFC. White declined, saying he respects Vince but he’s too old to fight anybody. Top UFC fighter Chael Sonnen decided to offer his opinion. The following is from Sonnen’s Twitter: There’s [...]
This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.09 cable rating with an average viewership of 4,260,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the hour by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,252,000 viewers Hour two – 4,415,000 viewers Hour three – 4,114,000 viewers The audience is going the other way with only two episodes before Wrestlemania [...]
Two of Triple H’s closest friends, Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels, were in retirement matches at Wrestlemania and weighed in on Hunter’s possible retirement in a new piece on dot com. Below is an excerpt: Ric Flair: “[At WrestleMania XXIV], the cards were dealt,” Flair explained, thinking back on his own legacy as Triple H’s [...]
- Jim Ross called this week’s WWE Raw perplexing as he posted his full thoughts here on his official website. - Have you ever wanted to hunt with Shawn Michaels? This is the opportunity you’ve been looking of as Shawn and Keith Mark of MacMillan River Adventures are going on an all-inclusive African Safari Hunt [...]
CM Punk is no longer scheduled for any WWE Raw live events leading up to Wrestlemania 29. He is scheduled for next Monday’s Raw in Philadelphia and the following week in Washington, D.C. Punk will work the pay-per-view against The Undertaker. Punk being pulled from shows is a precautionary measure as he hurt his arm/elbow [...]
- Below is the updated guest appearance schedule for May WWE NXT tapings: Thursday, May 2, 2013 – John Cena Thursday, May 23, 2013 – Ryback - Speaking of Cena, he’s scheduled to appear at the Philadelphia Comic Con on Thursday, May 30th. Daniel Bryan is scheduled to appear on Saturday, June 1st. - Booker [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Raw featuring AJ Lee, Dolph Ziggler, Darren Young, Titus O’Neil (as Rufus “Pancake” Patterson), The Great Khali & Natalya has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
- Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart are appearing together on Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 6-8 PM at Dave and Busters on 234 West 42nd Street in New York, New York. For more information and tickets, click here. - John Layfield is scheduled to return to WWE television at this week’s Smackdown taping in Cincinnati, [...]
Following the announcement of his 2013 WWE Hall of Fame induction, Booker T wrote the following on Twitter: I guess you all no by now I’m going in the ( HALL OF FAME 2013 )Just want to say there or no words but thanks to all me fans.#youdidit — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) March 19, [...]
Rey Mysterio is out again with a left knee injury. While it’s true he won’t need surgery, he’s about to begin more physical therapy to rehabilitate the injury. “About to start Physical Therapy! I’m on a mission!” Mysterio declared on Twitter. He then linked to this photo of his knee wrapped. Make sure you follow [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, Ryback, John Cena & Sheamus beat The Shield via disqualification when a chair was used. It was announced that WWE will return to the CONSOL Energy Center for a Smackdown taping on September 17, 2013. The presale password to obtain tickets is WWEPITT. [...]
Following this week’s episode of WWE Raw, below is the updated lineup for Wrestlemania 29: WWE Championship Match - The Rock © vs. John Cena No Holds Barred Match If Triple H loses, his career is over. - Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H The Streak - The Undertaker vs. CM Punk World Heavyweight Championship Match [...]
- Brock Lesnar will face Triple H in No Holds Barred Match with the stipulation that Hunter’s career is on the line at Wrestlemania 29. The match is now official. - This week’s episode of Smackdown will be headlined by Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger [...]
Team Hell No will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston at Wrestlemania 29. The match was officially announced on this week’s episode of WWE Raw. Wrestlemania 29 takes place Sunday, April 7, 2013 from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com for exclusive [...]
Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown did a 1.82 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,395,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
- Ryback vs. Mark Henry was officially announced for Wrestlemania 29 on this week’s episode of WWE Raw. As we reported earlier, Big Show will replace Ryback on the Randy Orton & Sheamus team to take on The Shield. Dot com did end up removing their spoiler image (pictured above). - 15,464 was the announced [...]
It was announced on tonight’s episode of WWE Raw that Booker T will the latest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. Booker joins Bruno Sammartino, Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Trish Stratus & Donald Trump in the Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Booker is the current General Manager of Smackdown and won numerous titles [...]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
WWE Champion The Rock won’t be at this week’s WWE Raw in Pittsburgh as he’s in London for the premiere of “GI Joe: Retaliation.” Digital Spy has pictures of Rock on the red carpet at this link. Rock wrote the following on Twitter: Breakin’ a little sweat before hittin’ the red carpet..#BeastingInLondon #GIJoeWorldTour twitter.com/TheRock/status… — [...]
WWE has posted videos of John Cena and Brock Lesnar being photographed and documented by Men’s Fitness Magazine. You can watch the Cena video here and the Lesnar video here. Both are embedded below: [...]
As I wondered in my latest “Desk Cam” video, it looks like Ryback may face Mark Henry at Wrestlemania 29 after all. WWE currently features this image on dot com that shows Big Show replacing Ryback to team with Randy Orton and Sheamus to face The Shield at next month’s pay-per-view spectacular. We’ve included the [...]
Steve Austin posted a new blog on his official website announcing the “Steve Austin Show.” The show will be a weekly 30 minute podcast starting this week. What will it be about? Austin answers in the excerpt below: The show will basically consist of me talking about current issues or events going on in the [...]
This week’s WWE Raw will air live tonight from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Triple H is scheduled to answer Brock Lesnar‘s challenge for WrestleMania 29. Lesnar is scheduled to appear as well. The Undertaker is set to make another appearance, one week after CM Punk stole the late Paul Bearer‘s legendary urn. [...]
Santino Marella confirmed Sunday on his Twitter that he is cleared to wrestle and is available for this week’s WWE Raw in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Santino suffered a neck injury in January, worked the 30-man Royal Rumble, but was later forced to undergo a procedure in February. He knows his return is far from a sure [...]
While “Dead Man Down” didn’t have a good opening weekend, “The Call” starring Halle Berry exceeded expectations. The film grossed an estimated $17.1 million over the weekend, second to “Oz The Great and Powerful.” The film is a joint collaboration between Sony and WWE Studios and features David Otunga in a supporting role. I wasn’t [...]
Expect the unexpected… with Wrestlemania 29? WrestlingNewsWorld.com‘s Richard Gray discusses what he expects at the pay-per-view and why he hopes to be surprised. [...]
WWE has signed Matt Silva to a developmental contract. Before reporting to NXT Wrestling, Silva will work Melbourne City Wrestling’s show on April 13, 2013. Silva, an Australian talent, is on Twitter @Silva_Brand. You can follow us @wnwnews. [...]
Neither CM Punk nor Paul Heyman appeared at Saturday night’s WWE Raw live event in Providence, Rhode Island as advertised. Punk, who suffered an elbow/arm injury on last week’s Raw, didn’t work Friday night but appeared for a heel promo. As of this writing Punk is still being advertised for Sunday’s show in Binghamton, New [...]
Mick Foley was announced as the General Manager of WWE Saturday Morning Slam on this week’s show, concluding a three week promotional block of the series. This week’s episode was taped on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Oklahoma City. We are currently seeking one motivated individual to provide weekly recaps of WWE Main Event and [...]
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