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Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Smackdown live event from Pala Trieste in Trieste, Italy: * Fandango b. Ted DiBiase * Alex Riley & Justin Gabriel b. Primo & Epico * Layla w/Hornswoggle b. Aksana * Big Show b. Jimmy & Jey Uso in a 2-on-1 handicap match * WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett [...]
WWE Shareholders Meeting WWE held their annual shareholders meeting at Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut on Friday. There weren’t any major developments coming out of it as Vince McMahon answered questions as did WWE CFO George Barrios. McMahon laughed off a question when asked if The Rock was finished wrestling and everyone was confident about [...]
Kassius Ohno at FIP WWE developmental worker Kassius Ohno, formerly known as Chris Hero, was in attendance at Friday night’s Full Impact Pro “Ascension” show in Ybor City, Florida. We’re told the undercard of the show was weak. 12 Rounds Reloaded Trailer The official trailer for “12 Rounds 2: Reloaded” starring Randy Orton is now [...]
Jim Ross posted a new blog on his official website Friday afternoon ahead of this week’s Smackdown. Below is an excerpt: Looking forward to watching Friday Night Smackdown tonight as the Undertaker takes on the Shield’s Dean Ambrose. I don’t expect to see Taker on TV that much at all in the future but what [...]
Booker T is having a procedure done on his elbow. The new WWE Hall of Famer Tweeted the following from the hospital: Going to get my elbow worked on from 20 years of Spinaroonies twitter.com/BookerT5x/stat… — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) April 27, 2013 [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring Wade Barrett, Jack Swagger & Zeb Colter has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
Below are quick results from Friday’s WWE Raw live event in Moscow, Russia: * R-Truth b. Heath Slater * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka & AJ Lee in a triple threat match * Daniel Bryan b. World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler via disqualification when Ziggler used the title belt. * Brodus Clay & [...]
The Rock did a Q&A on Twitter Friday evening. In it, he continued with the rhetoric that his match at Wrestlemania 29 could have been his last, talked about his future schedule and confirmed he was asked to be in Transformers. The following is from Twitter: Mania may have been my last match. The 3 [...]
The JBL & Cole Show This week’s episode of The JBL & Cole Show is online at this link or embedded in the video below: Hot Photo of The Bella Twins E! Online’s public relations department Tweeted the following photo of The Bella Twins at the E! Upfront party on Monday in New York City: [...]
WWE Smackdown Results – (4/26/13) Results by: Adam W. of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins with a highlight of what’s to come tonight. Del Rio is shown defeating Jack Swagger last week. Tonight, they will have a rematch, with a No Disqualification stipulation. Also, Undertaker will face Dean Ambrose of the [...]
Jerry Lawler at NBA Game Jerry Lawler was in attendance at Thursday night’s Los Angles Clippers at Memphis Grizzlies NBA Playoff game. Lawler performed a body slam on a fan that was wearing a Clippers jersey. Video of the spot is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: Remember when Lawler [...]
Ariel Helwani interviewed Chael Sonnen about his fight at UFC 159 on Saturday. Chael said CM Punk will be in the locker room prior to the fight but he doesn’t believe he’ll be part of the walk-out, however, he is welcome to. Sonnen said Dana White gave Punk front-row seats, where he’ll be sitting at [...]
WWE concludes their Wrestlemania Revenge overseas tour this weekend. Below is a look at the remaining dates. If you attend any of the shows, please submit a live report: Raw: Friday from Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow, Russia (more info) Saturday from Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland (more info) Smackdown: Friday from Pala Trieste in Trieste, [...]
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Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose on Smackdown Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose is the advertised main event for this week’s episode of Smackdown. Below is WWE’s promotional blurb for the match on the Smackdown page here on dot com: This Friday at 8/7 CT, the legendary Undertaker returns to SmackDown on Syfy – competing on the blue [...]
Below are quick results from Thursday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Bologna, Italy: * Alex Riley & Justin Gabriel b. Epico & Primo. After the match, The Shield brought Gabriel to justice. Dean Ambrose and Set Rollins cut a promo on their main event match against Randy Orton and The New Age Outlaws. * Fandango [...]
The Rock Interacts With Austin, Nash The Rock used Twitter on Thursday to thank Steve Austin and Kevin Nash for their kind words regarding his latest injury: My fav redneck tough SOB –> RT: @steveaustinbsr: @therock Heard U finally had some guts put in. Get well soon my brother. #NoGutsNoGlory — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April [...]
Cody Rhodes Challenges Morgan Freeman Cody Rhodes vs. Morgan Freeman? It’s a match Rhodes would welcome, according to comments made to Sowetan Live. So why Freeman? Cody explained, “because I feel like I could win because he’s old; although I’m sure he’s tough. But then we could sell it and he could narrate the match, [...]
WWE announced on Thursday that Wrestlemania 29 was their highest-grossing “Wrestlemania” of all-time. The event earned $72 million, with that figure including ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. Last year’s Wrestlemania XXVIII did $67 million in Miami. Early buy rate estimates have the show at 1.2 million, which is less than the reported 1.3 million sold [...]
As previously noted here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, director Michael Bay had some fun at The Rock’s expense by jokingly saying the former WWE Champion needs to “grow up” and stop wrestling while on the red carpet at the premiere for “Pain and Gain” in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Rock had to miss the premiere due to emergency [...]
The Rock used Twitter to poke fun at the publications that took director Michael Bay’s quote about him out of context. Rock Tweeted the following on Wednesday: Funny sh*t! Michael Bay joked I should stop wrestling 300lb men. I agree – I’ll switch to women. #ALLPainNOGain twitter.com/TheRock/status… — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 24, 2013 As [...]
Dolph Ziggler Promotes “Pain and Gain” WWE posted a brief clip of Dolph Ziggler promoting “Pain and Gain” starring Mark Walberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at this link. You can also watch in the video below: Jim Ross Gives Thoughts on Raw Jim Ross posted his thoughts about this week’s WWE Raw from London, [...]
Kurt Angle was on The Fan Morning Show in-studio on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning to promote this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In the interview, the 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist claimed due to some “issues with the other company,” TNA really couldn’t book any venues in Pittsburgh. He said [...]
Which WWE Superstars are the worst at keeping secrets? Who should be inducted into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame? Your questions answered in this week’s episode of WWE Inbox at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]
John Cena’s Birthday Bash Footage of John Cena’s birthday celebration following Tuesday’s WWE Raw live event in Nottingham, England has popped up here on YouTube. You can also watch embedded in the video below: Charleston Presale Password We had some readers asking for the pre-sale code to obtain tickets to the June 24th episode of [...]
There has been a development in CM Punk’s return to WWE following the “walk out” angle on Raw a couple of weeks ago. Originally scheduled for next week’s Raw in Columbus, Ohio, dot com has pulled Punk from all upcoming shows. His new return date is the May 27th episode of WWE Raw from the [...]
E! Online covered the news of The Rock’s successful hernia operation. Their piece notes the surgery caused Rock to miss the Pain & Gain premiere in Los Angeles where director Michael Bay issued his well-wishes and joked from the red carpet. “Dwayne’s hurt tonight,” Bay told E! News on the red carpet. “He was pushing [...]
Below are quick results from Tuesday’s WWE Raw live event in Nottingham, England: * R-Truth b. Heath Slater * Michael McGillicutty b. Brad Maddox * WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka * WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No b. Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston w/AJ Lee. There was a Twitter vote prior [...]
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This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 4,400,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the by hour breakdown: Hour one – 4,190,000 viewers Hour two – 4,650,000 viewers Hour three – 4,360,000 viewers The show ended up with a 3.14 cable rating. WWE Raw Ratings Archive [...]
Next Week on WWE Raw John Cena will team with Ryback on next week’s episode of WWE Raw to face The Shield. The show will take place from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. The Rock’s Mom Says The Rock’s mother, Ata Johnson, told Arda Ocal [...]
Steve Austin Doing DDP Yoga When one thinks of Steve Austin the word yoga probably doesn’t come to mind but Diamond Dallas Page told The Temple News that his good friend Stone Cold has agreed to give it a try for a month while filming “Redneck Island.” “One of my very good buddies, Stone Cold [...]
The Rock underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair three hernial tears. Rock Tweeted: Surgery a success! Dr repaired 3 hernial tears (fun pain). Superman is on the mend.. #WeFallWeRise twitter.com/TheRock/status… — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 23, 2013 See also - The Rock Says Wrestlemania 29 Was Possibly His Last Match, Clarifies Who Knew About His [...]
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Chris Jericho’s Next WWE Date Following his appearance on this week’s episode of WWE Raw, Chris Jericho will re-join his band Fozzy on their European tour. Jericho is set to return to WWE at a Raw live event on May 11th from the Ford Arena in Beaumont, Texas. Jericho wrote the following on Twitter: Great [...]
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Following this week’s episode of WWE Raw, below is the updated lineup for Extreme Rules: WWE Championship Match - John Cena © vs. Ryback Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Dolph Ziggler © vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger Steel Cage Match - Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar WWE Extreme Rules [...]
Three Generations, WWE Divas Below are some notable photos posted on Twitter: 3 generations strong twitter.com/StephMcMahon/s… — Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) April 23, 2013 Wow!!! What can I say?! I’m beyond excited and everyone is in for a crazy ride… #wwe #divas #E! twitter.com/NatbyNature/st… — Natalya (@NatbyNature) April 23, 2013 “Backstage Fallout” Raw This week’s episode [...]
Undertaker Advertised for Today’s Tapings Undertaker is advertised for Tuesday’s Smackdown taping from the London O2 Arena in London, England. It’s unknown if he’ll appear on-camera as he’s advertised in what will likely be a dark match main event, teaming with Randy Orton & Sheamus to take on The Shield. JR Feels Undertaker Has Surpassed [...]
The Shield, Fandango and Summer Rae pulled double duty on Monday as they worked the Smackdown live event in Cardiff, Wales (results here) before flying via helicopter to WWE Raw in London, England. As was seen on this week’s Raw, WWE filmed the arrival of The Shield for inclusion on the broadcast. While The Shield [...]
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