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WWE Financial Numbers Shrink; Vince McMahon No-Shows Investor Call

By Brian FritzNov 4th 2010 – 1:55PM

While business is still good for WWE, it could be better. That showed Thursday when the company released its financial report for the third quarter. WWE announced revenues of $109.6 million, which is down from the same quarter last year when the company did $111.3 million. Pay-per-view numbers continue to drop with...

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart Back in Action in New WWE Video Game

By Brian FritzOct 19th 2010 – 2:14PM

While not everyone can be a professional wrestler in real life, everyone can at least play the role in video games. THQ is about to release its latest wrestling game "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011," which will be available October 26 at stores everywhere with more scenarios and control for gamers than ever before. Not...

'Giant' Gonzalez, Former WWE and WCW Star, Dies at 44

By Brandon StroudSep 25th 2010 – 4:00PM

Local Argentinian media is reporting that Jorge Gonzalez, who competed in World Championship Wrestling as "El Gigante" before heading to the World Wrestling Federation as Giant Gonzalez, has died from diabetes complications and other issues due to his 7-foot-7 height. He was 44. Gonzalez was brought into WCW by Turner...

Report: WWE Star Skip Sheffield Injured

By Brian FritzAug 20th 2010 – 11:36AM

Bad break for Skip Sheffield – literally – as the WWE star reportedly suffered a broken left ankle during a non-televised event in Hawaii on Wednesday night according to WrestlingObserver.com. Sheffield was teaming with Nexus team member David Otunga at a non-televised event against the WWE Tag Team Champions...

WWE Raw Results 8/16: SummerSlam Fallout, Nexus vs. WWE, More

By Brandon StroudAug 16th 2010 – 11:05PM

FanHouse has complete results for the 8/16 edition of WWE Raw featuring a series of matches pitting the members of Nexus against the members of SummerSlam's Team WWE. The rub is that if any member of Nexus loses, they will be "exiled." The non-Drew Barrymore stars of the Drew Barrymore vehicle 'Going the Distance" are...

Background on SummerSlam

SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced annually in August by professional wrestling promotion WWE.

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