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WWE is running an angle in which Booker T has suspended World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio from this week’s Smackdown in response to his attacks on The Big Show over the past week. This week’s Smackdown tapings will take place in Jacksonville, Florida, and we will have full results later this evening. Click here [...]
This week’s WWE Raw did a 3.56 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 4,810,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour 1 – 4,863,000 viewers Hour 2 – 4,857,000 viewers Hour 3 – 4,711,000 viewers Not the 5,000,000 plus the show did last week but another strong effort. [...]
WWE announced on Tuesday that Stephanie McMahon and John Cena will take part in a panel discussion at SXSW 2013 in San Francisco to discuss how WWE uses social media to connect with fans. Below is the official press release: Stamford, Conn., and San Francisco, Calif., February 5, 2013 – WWE, (NYSE: WWE) a sports [...]
- Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee and Big E Langston appeared after this week’s WWE Raw went off the air as Ziggler teamed with CM Punk for the dark match main event. You can read more here and view photos here. - Vince McMahon was one of only a few backstage in WWE that felt The [...]
The run sheet for this week’s WWE Raw featured Wade Barrett vs. Chris Jericho and Randy Orton vs. CM Punk, with the assumption that Orton would win the WWE Active voting. When Jericho won the fan voting, which was legitimate, the script was flipped and it actually resulted in Jericho going under to Punk when he [...]
- Chili from TLC, Lil’ Scrappy, Bobby V and Armond Smith and Byron Bell from the Carolina Panthers were in attendance at this week’s WWE Raw in Atlanta. - Below is the latest Fandango vignette that aired on this week’s Raw: The videos come and go due to creative plans changing on when they want [...]
WWE Tweeted the following photo of Vince McMahon prior to having hip surgery: The Chairman, pre-surgery. (“Mr. McMahon, watch out for that bedpan!”) #Raw @wwe twitter.com/WWE/status/298… — WWE (@WWE) February 5, 2013 The storyline is McMahon underwent a total left hip replacement on Monday due to Brock Lesnar’s F5 from last week. In reality, he [...]
If you missed the trailer for “Fast & Furious 6″ starring The Rock that aired during the Super Bowl, you can watch it embedded in the video below: Information! Speaking of The Rock, if you missed his Tweet to us on Monday you can view it embedded below: @wnwnews Well said. Great to see so [...]
KDKA, the CBS affiliate out of Pittsburgh, covered Bruno Sammartino’s upcoming induction into the WWE Hall of Fame on Monday’s newscast. Sammartino was interviewed in the piece and talked about his disdain for steroids and performance enhancing drugs in the wrestling business. Bruno says WWE did what he wanted them to do in cleaning the [...]
-Zack Ryder‘s single, “Hoeski,” has cracked the Top 100 on the iTunes Pop Charts. Click here for more information. -Mick Foley was recently interviewed by Richard Fidler of ABC Online out of Australia. In the interview, he discusses the parallels between wrestling and comedy, the origin of the Mankind character, Tori Amos, his work with [...]
After Raw went off the air, John Cena announced that he, Ryback, & Sheamus are challenging The Shield to a 6-man tag match at this year’s WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. The video has been posted to the official WWE website, as well as a backstage interview with Mark Henry and more. Click here to watch [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air CM Punk said that he and Dolph Ziggler are friends and fans paid to see them. Punk challenges John Cena and Ryback to a tag team match, as Big E Langston and AJ Lee come out with Ziggler. The match went on until 11:30 PM EST [...]
In this month of Zack Ryder’s Iced 3, the theme is “Before They Were Stars.” Ryder, who started the show with a cameo as Brett Majors, selected two matches from WWE and one from Deep South Wrestling. The segments are embedded below: John Cena vs. Chris Jericho Faarooq & Bradshaw vs. The Dudley Boyz The [...]
Following this week’s WWE Raw below is the updated lineup for Elimination Chamber: WWE Championship Match - The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk World Heavyweight Championship Match - Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Big Show Elimination Chamber Match Winner gets a World Heavyweight Championship shot at Wrestlemania 29 - Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio vs. [...]
Mark Henry returned to WWE on this week’s Raw following Daniel Bryan’s victory over Rey Mysterio. Henry took out Bryan on his way to the ring and worked on Mysterio when he got there. Sin Cara came out to make the save but was given the World’s Strongest Slam. Mysterio got up but also took [...]
- Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio are two of the six participants that will be in the six-man Elimination Chamber match at the pay-per-view to determine the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 29. Elimination Chamber 2013 will take place Sunday, February 17, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Update: Daniel Bryan [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did a 2.03 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,973,000 viewers on SyFy. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
WWE issued a press release Monday on Bruno Sammartino being inducted into their Hall of Fame over Wrestlemania 29 weekend. The release features comments from Vince McMahon. “Having sold out more than 200 shows at Madison Square Garden and being the longest reigning WWE champion in history, Bruno Sammartino is truly ‘The Living Legend,’” said [...]
- Arda Ocal wrote on his Twitter that Bret Hart was scheduled to undergo another knee surgery on Monday. - Dot com has coverage of Bruno Sammartino going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year at this link. I would expect a televised announcement on this week’s WWE Raw. - We have photos of [...]
- Vince McMahon underwent hip surgery on Friday and is on crutches backstage at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia at Monday’s WWE Raw taping. The guy doesn’t take time off as the company capitalized on his real-life health with the F5 angle on last week’s show. - WWE has announced a live event from [...]
Bruno Sammartino will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013 from Madison Square Garden in New York City, ESPN has confirmed. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame at Madison Square Gardens is the biggest thing in my life,” Sammartino said in an exclusive interview for ESPN Playbook. “Any time [...]
- Mick Foley’s proposed program with Dean Ambrose was nixed last year after he received information from a neurologist he shouldn’t wrestle again. Foley stated at a comedy show in Adelaide, Australia on Monday there was a plan for him to work Ambrose at SummerSlam 2012 as Mankind with a fake Dude Love coming out [...]
CM Punk continues to taunt Twitter followers about returning to the ring three weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Check out this Tweet: “@switchblade1984: @cmpunk Your knee sucks.”Well that’s what happens when you return to a full schedule three weeks after knee surgery,Ken. — CM Punk (@CMPunk) February 3, 2013 While no one but Punk [...]
Pro Wrestling Syndicate announced via Facebook that WWE pulled Terry Funk from their April 4th and 5th in New Jersey. It’s believed Funk will partake in Wrestlemania Fan Axxess and induct Mick Foley into the WWE Hall of Fame on Saturday night in New York City. The promotion, who is featuring Bret Hart and “Superstar” [...]
My latest editorial for LayfieldReport.com is now online. This time, I look at Mick Foley’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and discuss why I feel Foley is what the WWE Hall of Fame should look like. Below is the link: Mick Foley Is What the WWE Hall of Fame Should Look Like [...]
Roman Reigns, a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, had some fun with the power outage at the Super Bowl Sunday night in New Orleans. When the lights went out in the Superdome, Reigns Tweeted the following: 49ers are losing! Vest on..Cut the lights..Time to Fight!! #49ers Losing=Injustice — Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) February 4, 2013 [...]
- The only segment announced for this week’s WWE Raw as of this morning is Paul Heyman on MizTV with The Miz. Join us here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com Monday night at 8 PM EST for live Raw coverage. - If you missed The Rock’s Super Bowl XLVII TV commercial you can watch it embedded in the [...]
Alex Riley went under to Tensai on weekend live events where he was pinned twice and lost a “dance off” in the same segment on each show. Riley mentioned what was scripted on Twitter: I just got beat 9 times in 3 days by Lord @wwetensai I can finally say I have accomplished something that [...]
The Rock wrote the following on Twitter over the weekend: Thank U @wwe Superstars for the awesome welcoming me back & getting the “big picture” plan. You’re true locker room leaders! #RoadToMania — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 3, 2013 This is certainly a play on The Rock’s detractors as he was criticized by some for [...]
This week’s WWE Raw takes place Monday night from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. The Rock isn’t advertised to appear but Brock Lesnar is advertised along with Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio. Click here for all names officially advertised. This week’s show will feature the follow: Fallout to Brock Lesnar’s “attack” on Vince McMahon [...]
Chris Jericho recently answered questions from followers on Twitter. Below is an excerpt: Ziggler, Kofi, Big Show, Swagger @athion_bel: @iamjericho who do you feel is underrated in WWE?” — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) February 3, 2013 November. @ddhizzie: @iamjericho when did you know you’d be back for this stint in WWE?” — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) February [...]
-David Otunga accompanied his fiancée Jennifer Hudson to Super Bowl XLVII yesterday, as Hudson performed “America the Beautiful” prior to the game. Otunga took pictures from the field and uploaded them to his Instagram account. Click here to view them. -Zack Ryder‘s single “Hoeski” is now available on iTunes. Click here for more information. [...]
WWE will tape tonight’s Raw tonight from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Brock Lesnar and Chris Jericho are scheduled to appear, though it may be worth noting that WWE Champion The Rock is not. Rey Mysterio is expected to make his return to Raw, as he appeared in this year’s Royal Rumble match and [...]
Bret Hart recently opened up here and here with his thoughts on Triple H. Some have labeled the comments shocking. Below is how Bret Hart ended his 2007 “Hitman” autobiography: Shawn Michaels found religion and settled down with an ex-Nitro girl. Over time he seems to have convinced himself that it was me who screwed [...]
A lot has been written about The Undertaker working/not working Wrestlemania 29 this year. We wrote a significant update here, detailing the issues are over money and not over Undertaker’s health. Reports stating that Undertaker working the show is contingent on his health are only telling part of the story. Undertaker is banged up but [...]
WWE officials contacted Goldust late about working last week’s 30-man Royal Rumble match. They pitched the chance to work with Cody Rhodes in which Goldust obviously found appealing. He continues to hope to be brought back for an actual program with Cody, however, that’s not currently in the plans. [...]
- Chris Jericho has been added to the 2/9 and 2/10 WWE Raw live events next weekend. John Cena isn’t scheduled and The New Age Outlaws will work all three Raw shows next weekend. Click here for WWE’s schedule. - Arda Ocal interviews Roddy Piper in the video below: Read highlights here at LayfieldReport.com. - [...]
Jim Ross has a short blog on his official website about the WWE developmental tryouts from this weekend. Below is an excerpt: The NXT tryouts started somewhat slowly on an extremely long Friday but Saturday was a superb day. The retention from Friday to Saturday w/ the drills was exceptional. Focus was improved, everyone seemed [...]
Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network, Baltimore Sun and Layfield Report spoke with former WWE Superstar Bret “Hitman” Hart (@BretHart) AFTER his comments about Triple H made news. In the interview, Ocal asks what he makes of these comments gaining a large amount of attention. Hart stands [...]
WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross sent a tweet out from his official Twitter page. He reveals what his passion is right now and whether or not he is retired. The tweet is embedded below: At this stage of my life calling an occasional match is a rush. Coaching & training younger talents has become [...]
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