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WWE Exec Judging Miss USA Contestants While Nikki Bella is scheduled to judge the Miss USA Competition this weekend, WWE entertainment relations executive Kristin Prouty will be part of a panel of judges Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Prouty and six others will judge all 51 Miss USA contestants and determine the 15 semi-finalists, to [...]
In a correction from an earlier note, Booker T underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a partial distal triceps tear in his left arm. We reported earlier the surgery was on his elbow but where I think the confusion came was when he underwent an elbow procedure in April. I apologize for the error [...]
The storyline with Vince McMahon and Triple H is expected to continue on this month as both are advertised to appear live on the June 17 and June 24 episodes of WWE Monday Night Raw. While I don’t know this for sure, the backstage talk several weeks ago was that Vince was looking for a [...]
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Chris Jericho and Fozzy announced on Tuesday that they’ll be touring the US and Canada this fall with Saxon. The following is from Jericho’s Twitter: @thedukeofmetal: Honored to be touring the US and Canada in the fall with british metal legends Saxon! More dates TBA fb.me/C6s6TLNU — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) June 11, 2013 More details [...]
CM Punk appeared on stage at the Rancid and Transplants concert at The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday. Rancid called the former WWE Champion to the stage and joked their next song, “F**k You,” should be used as his entrance theme at WWE Payback on Sunday. For the latest on Punk and WWE Payback, [...]
Tammy “Sunny” Sytch Tweeted she got bad news from her oncologist on Tuesday. The following is from her Twitter: Please send your prayers my way everyone… got some not-so-good news from my Oncologist today. — Tamara Sytch (@WWEHOFerSunny) June 11, 2013 Sytch developed cervical cancer while in jail earlier this year. [...]
Booker T Has Surgery Booker T underwent successful surgery on his elbow on Tuesday. He wrote the following on Twitter: I just had my Surgery and everything went well thank God!! — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) June 12, 2013 Thanks for all of your prayers!! — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) June 12, 2013 WWE NXT [...]
Kaitlyn “Fined” WWE is running an angle in which Theodore Long is fining Kaitlyn $10,000 for her actions on this week’s Smackdown. If you’re interested in what happened during the Smackdown tapings, click here to view this week’s spoilers. Curtis Axel Theme Music Curtis Axel‘s latest theme, “Reborn,” was released on iTunes earlier this week. [...]
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This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, the go home to WWE Payback, did an average viewing audience of 3,990,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is how the numbers breakdown: Hour one – 3,893,000 viewers Hour two – 4,085,000 viewers Hour three – 3,992,000 viewers The show ended up drawing a 3.04 cable rating. [...]
Kane did an interview with AL.com to promote Friday’s WWE live event in Mobile, Alabama. In it, he gave high praise to Daniel Bryan. Below is an excerpt: “In all seriousness, the past year, I’ve really enjoyed it, maybe more so than any other time in my career,” he said. “It has allowed me to [...]
Dolph Ziggler & AJ Lee Promote Smackdown World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and AJ lee appeared on the FOX affiliate in Greensboro, North Carolina on Tuesday to promote this week’s Smackdown taping in the city. You can watch the appearance in the video embedded below: Information! The Rock as Hercules The Rock posted a sneak [...]
WWE issued the following press release on Tuesday: BRIAN MADDOX PROMOTED TO VP DIGITAL SALES STAMFORD, Conn., June 11, 2013 – WWE® (NYSE:WWE) today announced that Brian Maddox has been promoted to Vice President, Global Digital Sales. Maddox, was previously Director of National Sales at WWE and will report to the Global Head of Sales [...]
Time for a Raw GM? WWE has an interesting poll over on dot com. The poll asks fans if it’s time for a Raw General Manager to be officially named. You can vote at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Mike Elliott.) How WWE Is Treating Concussions While some are putting WWE over for being [...]
Jim Ross posted a new blog entry on his official website with his thoughts on this week’s WWE Monday Night Raw. Before we go to the highlights, I would like to encourage you to check out JR’s BBQ products. I’ve had his sauces and they have my endorsement. Below is an excerpt: @WWEDanielBryan vs. @WWERollins [...]
“Backstage Fallout” Raw This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is now online. You can read it at this link or embedded in the video below: Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins Highlights of Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins from this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw are now online at this link. You can also [...]
Chad Baxter’s WWE Contract Former WWE NXT talent Chad Baxter, whose real name is Derek Foore, isn’t backing down from selling his WWE contract. In fact, he’s still trying to determine the price. The following is from Twitter: Price for my #wwe contract is still currently in the works.I will keep everyone updated with exactly [...]
New “Total Divas” Commercial The latest commercial for the upcoming “Total Divas” reality series on E! is available at this link. You can also watch in the video embedded below: Jim Ross on Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins Jim Ross Tweeted the following after Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins from this week’s Raw: All @wwenxt [...]
When this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw went off the air the lumberjacks went to the back for the dark match main event between WWE Champion John Cena and Ryback. Cena got the victory after putting Ryback through a table. [...]
For those that missed it on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, Kofi Kingston is expected to be out for up to eight weeks. Dot com updated their original report at this link. Kofi underwent left elbow arthroscopy with Dr. Jeffrey Dugas in Birmingham, Alabama on May 30, 2013. [...]
Tonight’s WWE TV Tapings WWE will tape this week’s WWE Main Event and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Chris Jericho, The Shield & World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler are all advertised to appear, among others. Click here for local event information. Wyatt Family Vignette The latest vignette for Bray Wyatt and [...]
RAW Results June 10, 2013 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA Reported on by Kendra Bunyon for Wrestling News World Pre-RAW Commercial Cena and Ryback face to face tonight. And despite pleading from his wife and demands from his father-in-law, Trip is determined to face Curtis Axel tonight. Show Starts Video Steph’s voice from the opening segment [...]
The WWE Payback lineup underwent significant changes and additions on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. With only three matches advertised for the June 16th pay-per-view prior to the show airing, the card was expected to be filled out. However, even more changes became needed when it was learned that Fandango suffered a concussion [...]
The “secret admirer” of WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn was revealed as Big E Langston on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. As the storyline goes, the entire thing was “fabricated” by AJ Lee to further their program. The story is AJ wanted to “make Kaitlyn feel how she felt” when Kaitlyn abandoned her last [...]
World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler returned to WWE television on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. He’ll defend the title against Alberto Del Rio at WWE Payback on Sunday. He’s Back!!! @heelziggler @wwe #RAW twitter.com/JustinRoberts/… — Justin Roberts (@JustinRoberts) June 11, 2013 WWE Payback will take place Sunday from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, [...]
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Mark Henry is set to return to WWE on next week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Henry has been off TV since Extreme Rules. While he came out of the match with an injury, he’s also been at odds over the booking of his character. [...]
The following additions/changes were made to the WWE Payback lineup on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw: Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Daniel Bryan & Randy Orton Kane will challenge Dean Ambrose for the WWE United States Championship Wade Barrett will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship [...]
Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Asplund I mentioned Bobby Lashley’s latest MMA fight in Monday’s Ask WNW. You can watch the fight at this link or embedded in the video below: WWE NXT Star Gets Hitched Conor O’Brian married his girlfriend Kristin Eubanks over the weekend. Eubanks is a former WWE developmental Diva, known as Krissy [...]
Dusty Rhodes had to be hospitalized over the weekend due to an infection in his left foot. The following is from his verified Twitter account: out with infection in left foot ! snake bite !! @wweuniverse — Dusty Rhodes (@WWEDustyRhodes) June 7, 2013 Rhodes, a WWE Hall of Famer, is the creative director of WWE [...]
Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown did an average viewing audience of 2,676,000 viewers on SyFy. The show ended up with a 1.91 cable rating. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
Nikki Bella Announced As Miss USA Judge Nikki Bella has been named a judge for the 2013 Miss USA Competition. The pageant takes place on June 16, 2013 and will air live on NBC. The official press release is online at this link. Photos of Wade Barrett in Japan We noted last week that WWE [...]
WWE has announced that Sheamus will face Damien Sandow in the WWE Payback pre-show. The bout, being billed as a “Kickoff to Payback” match, will take place 30 minutes before WWE Payback, at 7:30 ET/4:30 PT. WWE Payback will take place Sunday, June 16, 2013 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. [...]
WWE Inquired About Inducting Randy Savage Lanny Paffo said on LAW that John Laurinaitis called him before Wrestlemania 28 in Miami to ask about inducting Randy Savage into the WWE Hall of Fame. According to Paffo, Laurinaitis just wanted his feedback upon which point Paffo told him they could “go ahead and do it.” Paffo [...]
Fandango suffered a concussion at last Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in Uniondale, New York while working against Zack Ryder. Dot com is reporting that he passed an ImPACT concussion test but has yet to pass further testing to gain medical clearance. This is why he was pulled from WWE live events this past weekend. Obviously this [...]
Steve Austin on Larry King Now Steve Austin recently sat down for an interview with Larry King that will air on “Larry King Now” on Ora.TV and Hulu Plus. You can watch a teaser at this link or embedded in the video below: Video Of The Bella Twins & Big Show New video of The [...]
John Cena on E!’s “Total Divas” Expect to see WWE Champion John Cena on the “Total Divas” reality series next month on E! Cena noted on Twitter he had a “great week” with the E! News crew and a “special someone.” The current WWE Champion is in a public relationship with Nikki Bella. The following [...]
The Bella Twins Represent WWE The Bella Twins represented WWE at the 2013 Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games over the weekend. They awarded participants with medals. Get to Know WWE NXT Talent The following developmental profiles were added to the official NXT Superstars page: Angelo Dawkins Baron Corbin Enzo Amore Judas Devlin Knuckles Madsen Memo [...]
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