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Following the airing of last night’s WWE Raw Supershow below is the updated Extreme Rules pay-per-view lineup: Extreme Rules Match - John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship - CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho Best of Three Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Sheamus © vs. Daniel [...]
Embedded in the videos below are several highlights from last night’s Raw Supershow courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel. After watching, head on over to our Facebook page and give the show a school letter grade. Chris Jericho accuses CM Punk of drinking In an exclusive interview, Brock Lesnar why he came back Kofi [...]
Embedded in the video below is Dean Ambrose’s dark match against Alex Riley prior to yesterday’s WWE Raw Supershow taping in London, England: Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Anthony for sending this in. [...]
Arda Ocal sent in the following: Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network sat down with former WWE and WCW Superstar Diamond Dallas Page (@RealDDP). Part 1 Highlights: -Who was the first WWE Superstar to try DDP Yoga and how did the word spread? “Shawn Michaels was the first to do DDP yoga. And [...]
WWE will tape the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars, this week’s WWE NXT, and this week’s Smackdown tonight from the O2 Arena in London, England. Two dark match main events are advertised, both with erroneous participants. One listed is Daniel Bryan vs. The Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship, and the other is Randy Orton vs. [...]
Last week’s “blast from the past” Smackdown did a 1.52 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,307,000 viewers in its normal timeslot on SyFy on Friday night. The show averaged a slightly higher average viewing audience than the live show on Tuesday night (which average 2,248,000 viewers). Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
It was announced on tonight’s WWE Raw Supershow that John Cena and Brock Lesnar will have their “contract signing” for their Extreme Rules Match at Extreme Rules on next week’s show. Next week’s Raw Supershow will be a three-hour episode and will take place from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. We’ll have full [...]
Mick Foley continued his program in a new blog entry written on his Typepad account. Below is an excerpt: 2) About Dean Ambrose – Look, sports-entertainment has to involve a certain amount of respect and trust. It’s pretty obvious Dean Ambrose doesn’t have the slightest ammount of respect for me, and therefore I can’t place [...]
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. [...]
- Pac, who is known for his stellar Dragon Gate USA matches, was at today’s Raw Supershow taping from the London O2 Arena in London, England. - Another well-known Dragon Gate USA name that is now under WWE developmental contract, Dean Ambrose, worked a dark match prior to today’s taping in London. He went over [...]
WWE is doing an angle where WWE Champion CM Punk was “spotted in a London pub” just hours before tonight’s Raw Supershow. You can view WWE’s storyline announcement over on dot com at this link. [...]
- WWE finally put out a buyrate number for Wrestlemania XXVIII, touting the show did 1,300,000 buys. While this is above the initial estimates I heard in the 1,100,000 buy range, it is below rumors that the show did 1,900,000 buys. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) [...]
TMZ has a snippet on The Rock where he is featured on the set of his new bodybuilding film “Pain and Gain” with his body double, You can check it out at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker for sending this in.) - Speaking of The Rock, he Tweeted today that Wrestlemania XXVIII [...]
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. [...]
The official WWE website announced today that preliminary buyrates and global gross sales for WrestleMania XXVIII were record-breaking. Details are in the following excerpt: Preliminary estimates show that WrestleMania, featuring the historic “Once in a Lifetime” Match between The Rock and John Cena, garnered 1.3 million pay-per-view buys with global gross sales in excess of [...]
- WWE has announced they will tape Smackdown on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. - Brock Lesnar’s new in-ring gear was revealed in this image posted by WWE. - Edge was at WizardWorld Comic Con in Toronto over the weekend. You can watch video embedded in the video below: [...]
WWE announced here on dot com that John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules will be an “extreme rules match,” meaning no count out and no disqualification. WWE Extreme Rules 2012 will take place Sunday, April 29, 2012 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
- The following press release hit the wire today: MOSCOW–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE – News) successfully held its first-ever live event in Russia on Wednesday, April 11, where more than 6,000 fans were in attendance to see their favorite WWE Superstars and Divas live in the ring at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow. WWE [...]
The latest episode of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler is embedded in the video below: [...]
WWE will tape the Raw portion of this week’s WWE Superstars and tonight’s Raw Supershow today from the London O2 Arena in London, England. Tonight’s Raw Supershow will be headlined by WWE Champion CM Punk defending against Mark Henry in a no count out, no disqualification match. Bell time is 2:30 PM EDT (7:30 BST). [...]
Jim Ross has a new blog entry available on his official website. Below are some highlights: -I made a comment about Bells palsy that essentially said that I refuse to allow adversity to make me a coward or to cause me to fail. Three attacks Bells palsy that left me with lingering paralysis around my mouth, [...]
WWE has announced Raw Supershow and Smackdown will return to the United Kingdom in November. Wrestling News World reader Daniel Hill sent in the following: Raw Supershow will be taped on Monday, November 5, 2012 Smackdown will be taped on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Both shows will take place from the LG Arena in Birmingham. [...]
Despite rumors over Wrestlemania XXVIII weekend indicating otherwise, Rima Fakih Tweeted today that she has not signed a contract with WWE. The former Miss USA and WWE Tough Enough contestant made headlines last week when she entered a “no contest” plea on charges of Driving Under the Influence. [...]
WWE has announced the following overseas shows for November: November 2, 2012 from the O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany November 8, 2012 from the Indoor Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland [...]
The latest episode of “Are You Serious?” with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews is embedded in the video below: [...]
Edge threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball game. The Blue Jays Tweeted a photo from their official Twitter account that you can view at this link. The 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee appeared at the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con today in the city. [...]
Brie and Nikki Bella are both advertised for next week’s WWE Raw Supershow in London but have not been on overseas live events. It was noted today on their official Twitter account they are currently en route to London. As we noted earlier here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com, the Bella twins will be letting their WWE contracts [...]
- Sheamus discusses being “fined $500,000″ after “attacking” a referee in a video on dot com at this link. (Thanks to WNW reader Adam for sending the link.) - The Wrestlemania XXVIII DVD set is now available for pre-order here on Amazon.com. The set will be released on both regular and Blu-ray formats on Tuesday, [...]
The latest episode of “Foreign Exchange” with Santino Marella is embedded in the video below: [...]
Embedded in the video below is the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story featuring Zack Ryder: [...]
WWE No Way Out is set to return to pay-per-view on Sunday, June 17, 2012 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show’s main events will be in steel cage matches but they will also include stipulations to prevent participants from escaping the structure. Proposed stips include lumberjack, handcuff, strap and chain [...]
WWE’s extended Wrestlemania Revenge tour kicks into full gear this weekend. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Raw: Tonight from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the O2 World Berlin in Berlin, Germany (more info) Sunday from the Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England (more info) Monday from the London O2 [...]
- WWE has announced the June 26th Smackdown taping will take place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. - As noted in yesterday’s house show results, WWE will return to Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 2012. - The Rock is set to star in the sci-fi action film “Lore” which has just been picked [...]
Embedded in the video below is this week’s WWE Superstars, courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel: [...]
Flo Rida responds to Heath Slater’s attack at Wrestlemania XXVIII embedded in the video below: [...]
- Wrestling News World reader Fernando sent in the following: NFL.com writer Adam Rank places a competition between John Cena and NFL star Tim Tebow, as they are the most polarizing people on their respective fields. I found it pretty funny, worth a read and a laugh. Click here to read it. - Wrestling News [...]
- WWE did an angle at the Revolver Awards last night in Los Angeles. CM Punk was awarded “Most Metal Athlete” but wasn’t there to accept. Chris Jericho, who hosted the awards, smashed it. - WWE has announced the following dates in Ecuador: May 25th from the Voltaire Paladines Polo Coliseum in Guayaquil May 28th from [...]
One show down, several to go… WWE’s overseas tour continues today. Below is the updated schedule: Raw: Today from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk/Sopot, Poland (more info) Friday from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany (more info) Saturday from the O2 World Berlin in Berlin, Germany (more info) Sunday from the Nottingham Capital FM Arena [...]
- WWE will be developing a new DVD series entitled “Superstars Collection.” The releases will be single-disc sets and will begin with John Cena and Zack Ryder in July. The retail price is only $10. - Following his Tweet, Tito Ortiz had the following to say about WWE at the 6-minute mark of the video [...]
GQ has a very good Q&A online with Daniel Bryan. In it, he discusses his abbreviated Wrestlemania match and called this past Monday’s Raw Supershow a “hectic show.” Below is an excerpt: GQ: Do you have any ideas as to why it’s happening right now? Daniel Bryan: Especially last week in Miami, I feel like [...]
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