Ronda Rousey Talks About Being a "Doomsday Prepper"
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Ronda Rousey did an interview withUSA Today about how she is a self-proclaimed 'doomsday prepper' along with her husband: "I am a big doomsday prepper," Rousey recently said during a public discussion with Hollywood director Peter Berg at the Wildcard West boxing gym in Los Angeles. "I think of it as a very positive outlook on the world. Some people think it is negative. But I think as a self proclaimed genetic cream of the crop such as I am, I owe it to humanity to survive the end of the world. It's my responsibility. Instead of my apocalypse plan ...read more ' The post Ronda Rousey Talks About Being a "Doomsday Prepper" appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Impact Wrestling Viewership Down Slightly This Week
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
This week's episode ofImpact Wrestling, which saw RosemaryandSu Yung in the main event segment, garnered around 299,000 viewers, which is a slight decrease from last week's low numbers but this time, they had even stiffer competition from the NBA Playoffs, which had nearly 10 million viewers. 2018 Impact Viewership: January 4, 2018: 309,000 viewers January 11, 2018: 276,000 viewers January 18, 2018: 309,000 viewers January 25, 2018: 310,000 viewers February 1, 2018: 319,000 viewers February 8, 2018: 294,000 viewers February 15, 2018: 300,000 viewers February 22, 2018: 262,000 viewers March 1, 2018: 365,000 viewers March 8, 2018: 325,000 viewers (Crossroads) ...read more ' The post Impact Wrestling Viewership Down Slightly This Week appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Chris Jericho Returns To NJPW, Omega/Okada 4?
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Last Night, Chris Jericho made his return to New Japan Pro Wrestling. He dressed up as Tetsuya Bushi in the crowd, and ambushed Tetsuya Naito as he made his way in the back. Jericho destroyed him with a Code Breaker, and proceeded to blast him with the ring bell. Jericho last appeared in New Japan coming out of a feud with Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 12 back in January this year. He also appeared the night after Wrestle Kingdom, attacking Naito, planting the seeds for a future match. It's also worth mentioning that last night at the end of ...read more ' The post Chris Jericho Returns To NJPW, Omega/Okada 4? appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

WWE First Quarter Earnings
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
WWE sent out the following: Raises Full Year 2018 Guidance First Quarter 2018 Highlights Revenues reached $187.7 million, which was on-par with Q1 2017 (increasing 5% on a comparable year-over basis excluding the impact of ASC Topic 606 in Q1 2018)1 Operating income was $21.8 million($29.0 million on a comparable basis) as compared to $4.0 million in the prior year quarter Adjusted OIBDA2 increased 40% to $35.2 million (increasing 68% to $42.4 million on a comparable basis) WWE Network average paid subscribers3 increased 5% to 1.56 million paid subscribers, consistent with the Companys guidance Digital video views increased 56% to ...read more ' The post WWE First Quarter Earnings appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Impact Wrestling Results (05/03/18)
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Full results: Eli Drake starts off the night by announcing that he'll be facing Pentagon Jr. for the title next week. The champ then comes out and gets in his face. Tessa Blanchard interrupts and insults Kiera Hogan but she responds and tells Tessa to sit back and watch as Kiera wins her match tonight. oVe def. KM/Fallah Bahh by pinfall After the match, KM freaks out but then gets a cheesy grin on his face and shakes Bahh's hand. Moose's interview is cut off by Jimmy Jacobs, who says that his world title aspirations will go nowhere (naming Johnny ...read more ' The post Impact Wrestling Results (05/03/18) appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Peyton Royce Talks About WWE Legend That Inspired Her
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Peyton Royce was recently a guest onChasing Glory with Lilian Garcia and talked about what inspired her to get involved in pro wrestling: "It never crossed my mind that I can do that. I hate that it comes back into my head, but it was the day Eddie Guerrero died. That was it for me. I used to pray at night and tell him that I was going to do this for you because you gave me all these memories and all these feelings and I just wanted to give back to others the way you gave to me. He ...read more ' The post Peyton Royce Talks About WWE Legend That Inspired Her appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

AJ Styles On Daniel Bryan's Return Reminding Him of Shawn Michaels
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
WWE ChampionAJ Styleswas a guest onSam Roberts Wrestling Podcast and spoke about a number of subjects. One of which was about Daniel Bryan's return being similar to that of Shawn Michaels: "Selfishly, I was hoping he [Bryan] would have gotten cleared before. Did I expect him to be cleared? No, but the fact that he did is awesome. Reminded me of when Shawn Michaels came back. I remember just praying for him to not get hurt because you just never know, and then he goes out and becomes Shawn Michaels. I feel like I am in the best run of ...read more ' The post AJ Styles On Daniel Bryan's Return Reminding Him of Shawn Michaels appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

WWE NXT Results (05/02/18)
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Full results: Kairi Sane def. Shazza McKenzie by pinfall Lacey Evans comes to the ring to apologize to Sane and says she does belong here... but then when she sticks out her hand to shake it, she suckers Kairi in and pops her in the face. Candice LeRae gives an update on Johnny Gargano and says she doesn't understand Tommaso Ciampa's actions against them. She tears up and then goes to get ready for her match. TM-61 def. Street Profits by pinfall Kassius Ohno is not impressed with Tommaso Ciampa and wants to injure him like how Ciampa injured Gargano. ...read more ' The post WWE NXT Results (05/02/18) appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

NJPW Ticket Sales Struggling For Upcoming US Show
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Our own Thomas Fenton is reporting, NJPW will return to the United States on July 7th and so far, it has not had a great start for ticket sales. The first day ticket sales were only 2,276. The Cow place is configured for the show to hold around 10,000. With no card yet announced ticket sales could go up, however with a destination type show like this there will be very little walk ups and local sales. While there is nothing to panic about yet, there is concern that the first day of ticket sales were much slower than anticipated. ...read more ' The post NJPW Ticket Sales Struggling For Upcoming US Show appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Final WWE Backlash Card
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
This is the final card forWWE Backlash this Sunday on the WWE Network: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a No DQ match for the WWE Title Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz for the Intercontinental Title Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Randy Orton for the United States Title Nia Jax (c) vs. Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women's Title Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Title Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass Bobby Lashley/Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn The post Final WWE Backlash Card appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

WWE RAW Viewership Drops Again in Last Stop to Backlash
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
This week's edition ofMonday Night Raw, which was headlined by Seth Rollins successfully defending the Intercontinental Championship against Finn Balor, garnered about 3,066,000 viewers, which is another decrease from last week's show. RAW again had to compete with the NBA Playoffs, which scored somewhere in the range of 7 million viewers. This is how the show did each hour: Hour one - 3,136,000 viewers Hour two - 3,184,000 viewers Hour three - 2,878,000 viewers Average - 3,066,000 viewers   2018 WWE RAW Viewership Archive: January 1, 2018 Hour one - 2,969,000 viewers Hour two - 2,912,000 viewers Hour three - ...read more ' The post WWE RAW Viewership Drops Again in Last Stop to Backlash appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Smackdown Live Coverage & Open Discussion
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
The WWE Championship Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble event ended in shocking fashion when both competitors were counted out by the official while brawling around the ringside area. That didnt stop The Phenomenal One from unleashing his rage on The Artist, pummeling him with a steel chair and a Phenomenal Forearm on the arena floor. Though theyre facing off again for the title this Sunday at WWE Backlash, Nakamura is demanding a public apology from the champion for his actions in Saudi Arabia. Will The Artist get his wish? Smackdown Live opens with the recap of Shane McMahon going ...read more ' The post Smackdown Live Coverage & Open Discussion appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Ariya Daivari Comments On Receiving Death Threats
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Daivari who resurfaced at the Greatest Royal Rumble, has commented after receiving death threats due to his return. Below are his comments: "During an appearance this past Friday, I portrayed a fictional character and played the role of the antagonist, no different than what other actors would do in a movie or TV show," Daivari wrote. "That character does not reflect my personal views and I apologize to anyone who may have been offended by the skit. I have a great respect for the people of Iran and I am very proud of my Iranian heritage. Thank you." Daivari then ...read more ' The post Ariya Daivari Comments On Receiving Death Threats appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Fighting With My Family Movie Pushed Back to March of Next Year
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
It appears thatThe Rock's filmFighting With My Family (which will star AND be produced by his company Seven Bucks Productions) has been delayed. While it was originally set to be released in September of this year, it has now been pushed back to March 1st, 2019. The main reason for this is that the original release date featured competition from the new Predator film while the new date in 2019 will have competition fromHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and some smaller films. The post Fighting With My Family Movie Pushed Back to March of Next Year appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

WWE Paying Female Superstars for Greatest Royal Rumble
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
This is not 100% confirmed but afterJerry Lawler hinted on his very own podcast that the female superstars would be paid forThe Greatest Royal Rumble despite being banned to compete due to the conservative government of Saudi Arabia, it appears that WWE did just that. The company received a large sum of money to put on the show so it's not surprising at all that they would pay the females especially to offset any low morale from the locker room as a result. The post WWE Paying Female Superstars for Greatest Royal Rumble appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Jason Jordan returning soon?
May 06, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from Wrestling-Edge ]
The last time we saw Jason Jordan, he cost Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins a shot at the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles and was sent home by Kurt Angle. The next day, the Gold-Blooded Superstar underwent neck surgery, putting him out of action for some time. Jordan seemed to be on the verge of […] The post Jason Jordan returning soon? appeared first on Wrestling-Edge. More...

Daniel Bryan's Upcoming WWE Schedule
May 05, 2018 (01:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
It appears that despite many people figuring he would have a part-time schedule after his return,Daniel Bryan will in fact be working a full-time schedule including the upcoming UK tour that starts next week. The only Smackdown events that Bryan is not being advertised for are upcoming ones in Tokyo and Taipei. The post Daniel Bryan's Upcoming WWE Schedule appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Backlash Kickoff Match Announced
May 05, 2018 (01:00) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
WWE announced that in addition to the full card as already scheduled,WWE Backlash will also feature a match during the Kickoff withBayleytaking onRuby Riott. THIS SUNDAY on #WWEBacklash Kickoff, @itsBayleyWWE will go one-on-one with @RubyRiottWWE! https://t.co/9P2He4195i pic.twitter.com/c5YKPiEtdo — WWE (@WWE) May 4, 2018 The post Backlash Kickoff Match Announced appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

Kane Wins Republican Primary in Tennessee
May 02, 2018 (21:30) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
It looks like the Big Red Machine is that much closer to being the Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee..Kane has been elected to the Republican Primary and will face whoever gets elected by the Democrats to determine the next mayor of Knox County. Thanks to everyone who helped win this historic victory!! The people who cast a ballot for me, my great team, my wonderful volunteers. Looking forward to VICTORY in the general election! — Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) May 2, 2018 The post Kane Wins Republican Primary in Tennessee appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...

WWE Smackdown Viewership Down In Final Backlash Build-Up
May 02, 2018 (21:30) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
This week's edition ofWWE SmackDown Live, which featured a main event of Asuka, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair defeating Carmella and the IIconics, garnered around 2,436,000 viewers, which is down quite a bit from last week's show in the final build-up show toWWE Backlash. 2018 WWE Smackdown Viewership Archive: January 2, 2018 - 2,720,000 viewers January 9, 2018 - 2,603,000 viewers January 16, 2018 - 2,602,000 viewers January 23, 2018 - 2,580,000 viewers January 30, 2018 - 2,509,000 viewers February 6, 2018 - 2,505,000 viewers February 13, 2018 - 2,449,000 viewers February 20, 2018 - 2,613,000 viewers February 27, 2018 ...read more ' The post WWE Smackdown Viewership Down In Final Backlash Build-Up appeared first on WrestlingNewsWorld.com. More...