Reader Katie reporting… Hey, Richard, here is a more detailed report from Raw last night: The building was packed, pretty much sold out. Crowd was into the show all night. Before the show, the gate we went into seemed to be having some trouble, as only one guy was checking people, and one lady was…
sources: PWInsider.com, WrestlingFigs.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Shane Douglas was telling people at a wrestling convention this past weekend that he rejected WWE’s offer to be an announcer for ECW. — WWE Hall of Fame “Superstar” Billy Graham was hospitalized on Monday evening after falling in his hotel room. Apparently, the bathroom was too small…
sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wrestling Observer — The Associated Press has picked up the story on the WWE suspension of Jimmy Wang Yang. The headline reads “WWE suspends wrestler for 30 days for drugs.” You can read the article at this link. As per usual, WWE Spokesperson Gary Davis declined to comment on what drugs…
— The management team of the Ultimate Warrior has issued a statement on his website regarding concern for Warrior’s safety in his return match this Wednesday in Barcelona, Spain. They are saying that a group called the “Anti-Warriors” launched a page on MySpace and are threatening to disrupt his return match. They also added: “This…
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Bret Hart recently spent time in Italy doing research for a World War II novel he’s thinking about writing. He’s also thinking about going to film director school in August of next year. It was actually his goal to make films when he started college. However, he fell into the…
Devin Cutting sent word that WWE has re-launched the official Florida Championship Wrestling website with a new design and new content. While much of the official website is still under construction, there are details posted on tomorrow night’s first television taping at the new FCW Arena in Tampa. Here is a summary of what was…
Source: PWInsider.com and Alex Hernandez Here are the results from this week’s TNA iMPACT! taping in Orlando, airing this Thursday night on Spiike: * Beer Money defeated Christian Cage and Rhino to earn a TNA Hard Justice Tag Team title shot against LAX after Team 3D interfered. Cage and Rhino challenged 3D to a match…
Source: JRsBarBQ.com Jim Ross is back with another blog entry from his official website, which can be read here in its entirety. Ross on Ric Flair’s departure from WWE: “The announcement a few days ago that Ric Flair and the WWE had mutually agreed to part ways surprised me. When I last spoke to Ric…
The following is from TNAWrestling.com: PREVIEW FOR THURSDAY’S “IMPACT!” ON SPIKE: ANGLE IS IRATE, “FOUR WAYS TO GLORY” QUALIFYING, X TITLE MATCH & MORE On Thursday night, TNA Wrestling returns to Spike for two hours of Total Nonstop Action as the road to the September 14 “No Surrender” Pay-Per-View continues! Here is a preview of…
According to a blog post made on the official website of Jim Ross, World Wrestling Entertainment grossed over $2 million last night with sold out events in both London and Manchester. Tonight’s taping in Manchester (in which we will be covering throughout the afternoon here on WNW) is sold out as well. Recently released WWE…