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WWE issues statement on the death of Viloude Louis

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:34:56 +0000

WWE issued the following statement this evening: The death of Viloude Louis is a tragedy, and our condolences go out to her family. WWE urges restraint in reporting this unfortunate incident as if it were the result of a WWE wrestling move. As in similar cases, criminal intent to harm and a lack of parental [...]

Smackdown Taping in Las Vegas, NV in August; pre-sale code for Anaheim

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:30 +0000

- WWE will be conducting a Smackdown taping in Las Vegas, NV at the Thomas and Mack Center on Tuesday, August 27th. - The WWE presale password for Anaheim is WWEFAN credit: WrestlingObserver.com

Smackdown SPOILERS

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:30 +0000

Credit: Brian Pauley & WrestlingInc.com * Daniel Bryan opens SmackDown and talks about how he’s never had a match stopped due to injury like he did on RAW. Bryan says they stopped the match because he is the weakest link. Bryan wants to prove he’s not the weakest link by defeating Randy Orton tonight. Orton [...]

Daniel Bryan suffers a stinger on Raw

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:28:17 +0000

In his match with Randy Orton on Raw last night, Daniel Bryan was injured. According to multiple sources, Bryan suffered a stinger. As a result, the match result was switched as Bryan was scheduled to go over. According to the WWE storyline report, Bryan had a big backstage blow up with Triple H about the [...]

Spoilers: WWE Main Event Taping Results

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:18:05 +0000

-Josh Matthews led commentary, alongside The Miz and Cody Rhodes Dark Match -Prime Time Players def. Tons of Funk WWE Main Event - The Shield def. The Usos & Justin Gabriel - Antonio Cesaro def. Sin Cara - Kaitlyn def. Aksana Credit: Wrestlezone.com

Hardcore Holly talks Writing a book, Life on the road, Issues with Heidenreich‏

Steve Gerweck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:11:46 +0000

“Hardcore” Bob Holly was a guest on The Shoot radio show on Sunday June 9th, 2013 to promote his new book “The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story”. The interview starts around the 30 min mark and can be streamed/downloaded here: http://theshoot.podomatic.com/entry/2013-06-09T14_48_35-07_00 Here are some highlights: Initial hesitation about writing a book: “It’s funny because [...]

Raw Rating

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:38:51 +0000

Last night’s Raw scored a 3.0 cable rating, same as last week.

Kaitlyn suffers a wardrobe malfunction on Raw

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:17:42 +0000

There was a wardrobe malfunction on RAW during the segment featuring the new Divas champion AJ Lee and former champKaitlyn. After Stephanie McMahon threatened to fire AJ following the trading of insults, Kaitlyn and the rest of the Divas locker room came out to face AJ. Kaitlyn proceeded to go in the ring and tackle [...]

WWE stocks up

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:12:19 +0000

WWE stocks closed over the $10 mark for the first time since December 2011, ending the day at 10.06 a piece, up 1.21% from yesterday’s afternoon closing. Trading during the day hit 10.08 at one point but settled down 2 cents down. The company has a current market cap of $752.71 million. (thanks to Colin [...]

Fruity Pebbles expands its partnership with WWE

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:28:05 +0000

Fruity Pebbles expands its partnership with @WWE & @JohnCena. http://t.co/LM1i04z8Qb for more info. http://t.co/c0wtB9ioS3 — WWE (@WWE) June 18, 2013

Poster for ROH’s show in Baltimore this weekend

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:01 +0000

WWE returning to London, Ontario

Devin Cutting — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:21:35 +0000

WWE returns to the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, September 14th, 2013 at 7:30 PM. Tickets go on sale July 13th. Credit: prowrestlingevents

Video: Brock Lesnar F5′s CM Punk

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:18:49 +0000

Video: “Life & Times Of The Briscoes” (Extended Trailer)

Thomas J. Rude — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:53:58 +0000

Video: Preview of 6/20 TNA Impact

Thomas J. Rude — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:37:04 +0000

Latest video for the Wyatt family

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:49 +0000

Lesnar vs. Punk to be held off until Summerslam?

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:22 +0000

(photo credit: WWE.com) The current plan is to hold off the Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk match until the Summer spectacular Summerslam in August. The feeling is that the Money in the Bank concept pay-per-view is a draw, thus not needing a top match such as Lesnar vs. Punk. There is also a belief that [...]

Video: 6/17 WWE RAW “Backstage Fallout”

Thomas J. Rude — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:56 +0000

Video: Triplemanía XXI

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:47:34 +0000

Talent announced for WWC’s iPPV Summer Madness 2013‏

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:35 +0000

From Ivan Pajic: Savio Vega, Carlito Caribbean Cool, Chris Masters, Kenny Dykstra, Andy Leavine, Sons of Samoa (Afa Jr. & Tahitain Warrior), Fidel Sierra will be working WWCs iPPV Summer Madness on 6/29 in Caguas, PR. http://wwclive.com

Title match set for Money in the Bank

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:57:23 +0000

As set up on Raw last night, John Cena will defend the WWE Championship against Mark Henry at WWE Money in the Bank on 7/14 in Philadelphia, PA.

Match set for Smackdown tapings

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:51:25 +0000

Dean Ambrose vs. Daniel Bryan is set to be the main event of WWE Smackdown this week, as announced last night on Raw. Smackdown will be taped tonight at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.

Video: Interview with Randy Orton talking WWE creative, CM Punk, Suspensions, more

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:46:42 +0000

Video: Mark Henry’s retirement angle from Raw

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:42:54 +0000

What happened after Raw last night

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:55 +0000

After the camera’s stopped rolling for Monday’s WWE RAW television show, the dark match took place for the live fans in attendance in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The dark match main event saw John Cena defeat Ryback in a Tables Match to retain the WWE Championship. Cena got the victory after putting Ryback through a table [...]

A few Shawn Michaels tidbits

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:36:33 +0000

- From Carl Dantes: In what is the biggest interview in MOS history, WWE Hall of Famer, “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels joins on for a world-exclusive 60-minute “Iron Man Interview”. Known around the globe as Mr. Wrestlemania and Mr. Main Event, “The Showstopper” now becomes…Mr. MOS! Listen to interview » - Filed to GERWECK.NET: [...]

This Day In Wrestling History – June 18th‏

Jamie Cruickshank — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:46 +0000

Trivia 2006 – Minoru wins the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, defeating Tiger Mask IV in the final Events In 1994, the WWF Hall of Fame Ceremony is held in Baltimore, Maryland. The Class of 94 are: – Arnold Skaaland – Bobo Brazil – Buddy Rogers – Chief Jay Strongbow – Freddie Blassie [...]

Podcast: A review of the 6/17 edition of Monday Night Raw

staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:11:13 +0000

Sean Banner shares his thoughts on the Payback fall out edition of Monday Night Raw.

Daily Discussion: Rob Van Dam

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:01:02 +0000

Today’s topic: With Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam returning to WWE, what is the best way to utilize his book this run? Yesterday’s discussion – World Champions Feel free to suggest a daily discussion topic at betweentheropes@hotmail.com

Diva of the day – Nikki St. John

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:27 +0000

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Nikki St. John

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:04 +0000

Spoilers: WWE Superstars Taping Results

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:46:19 +0000

- R-Truth defeated Darren Young. - Layla and Natalya defeated Cameron and Naomi.

Smackdown posts dismal rating

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:42:05 +0000

Friday Night Smackdown did a a 1.66 cable rating, which is down 15% from the 1.91 the show did the previous week. source: ProWrestling.net

6/14 IWA Mid South Results

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:34:09 +0000

from Zachary Comer: IWA-MS 6/14/13 results from the Colegate Gym A. Ian announced a record crowd for them at the arena (attendance around 300), that Scotty Vortekz wouldn’t be there due to an infection he suffered at the CZW Tournament of Death, some matches for next event, T.P.I sometime in September. He took a crack [...]

The Lucha Report for 6/17‏

Kris Zellner — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:29:45 +0000

NEWS More on the UStream confusion from last night, people were getting letters for refunds this morning for not getting Triplemania last night and Marisela Pena tweeted today that UStream had a tech there from Germany who was working on the problem but he couldn’t get it done so he was blamed while the tech [...]

Tracy Smothers reflects on Joe Bailey and the Brad Armstrong memorial show

Steve Gerweck — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:03:19 +0000

Tracy Smothers via Facebook: RIP JOE BAILEY,GOD BLESS U YOUR FAMILY..I just got in from the 1st annual BRAD ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL SHOW..At around 6pm eastern time I got a text saying that Joe was no longer w us..It is so ironic when u hear of a fallen brother or sister in our biz passing..U tend [...]

Video: Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (Episode 33)

Thomas J. Rude — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:10:42 +0000

6/17 WWE Monday Night Raw Results

Alicia Fleming — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:08 +0000

Live from Grand Rapids Michigan and we start off with a review of Last night’s WWE Payback PPV. We come out first with Ricardo Rodriquez and New World Champion Alberto Del Rio. He talks about why talk about a man of steel when you have a man of gold in front of you? Ricardo says Its [...]

Quick Raw Preview

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:39:16 +0000

WWE texted: Will Mark Henry retire, and what’s next for new champs Alberto Del Rio, Curtis Axel & AJ Lee? Watch the fallout from WWE Payback tonite on Raw at 8/7 CT on USA.

Dolph Ziggler Update

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:04:56 +0000

WWE.COM is running a worked story where Dolph Ziggler is not medically cleared to wrestle for now after yesterday’s match against Alberto Del Rio where he lost the World Heavyweight title. The story claims that Del Rio delivered a “brutal assault” on Ziggler and the “unrelenting onslaught” by Del Rio “took its toll” on the [...]

Video: WWE Top 10-Believe In The SHIELD

Thomas J. Rude — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:50:07 +0000

Video: “1-800-FELLA, Help Is Just A Brogue Kick Away”

Thomas J. Rude — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:41 +0000

Honky Tonk Man Headlines Funkdafied Wrestling’s Union Event

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:10:58 +0000

filed to GERWECK.NET: He is heralded as “The Greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion Of All Time”, a title he bestowed upon himself… he’s got the long sideburns and the hair slicked back… he’s the legendary Honky-Tonk Man, and he’s coming to the Union, NJ Elks Lodge (281 Chestnut Street, in the Five Points Section, minutes from [...]

New Ring of Honor Game to be Released at Best in the World on June 22

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:22 +0000

filed to GERWECK.NET: The awesome new Ring of Honor 6-Pack will be released exclusively by Filsinger Games this Saturday at ROH’s big show “Best in the World” in Baltimore! The new game pack called Future of Honor features playing cards for Matt Taven, ACH, QT Marshall, Tadarius Thomas, BJ Whitmer, and Bobby Fish! You can [...]

Video: “Worst Promo Ever” (Episode 19)

Thomas J. Rude — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:37:51 +0000

Details on RVD’s new WWE contract

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:02:50 +0000

Rob Van Dam’s new WWE contract is a short-term agreement. The former WWE champion will not be on the road full-time, and instead will work a limited schedule while back with the company. credit: WrestlingObserver.com

Video of Jerry Lawler’s return to the ring

Dory Funk Jr. — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:52:12 +0000

!BANG! TV Report “Special Release” – Jerry “The King” Lawler Returns to the Ring Now on !BANG! TV at http://www.dory-funk.com Jerry “The King: Lawler makes his first appearance in the ring since his heart attack 9 months ago live on Monday Night Raw. 8-Person Inter-Gender Tag Team Match: Jerry Lawler teams with Dory Funk Jr., [...]

Photo: AJ Lee sports the Divas title belt while making a media appearance

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:50:22 +0000

Via AJ Lee’s Twitter:

AJ Lee comments on winning the Divas title

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:48:05 +0000

Tonight was a dream that took 14 years of will power & hard work to realize. I did it my way. This is the proudest moment of my life. — A.J. (@WWEAJLee) June 17, 2013

Quarter hour ratings for 6/13 Impact Wrestling

Steve Gerweck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:44:31 +0000

Impact Wrestling earned a 1.0 cable rating – a .6 in M18-49, a .5 in M18-34, and an average audience of 1.2 million viewers Quarter hours: 1.10 1.02 1.07 1.05 1.08 1.00 .97 .97