Cat, Jericho, Rock, Nash, Konami, MLW Jan 09 - 11:49 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Smackdown scored a 3.6 rating (5 share), and in the overnight ratings kept UPN in fourth place for the night, ahead of FOX and WB. The RAW crew is in Oshawa, ON tonight, and Halifax, NS tomorrow night. The Smackdown crew starts in Kalamazoo, MI tomorrow. WWE announced European tour dates for March 18-21 in Newcastle, Sheffield, Aberdeen, and Glasgow.

WWE.com has an article on The Cat's return to the ring, as well as how he came to be in wrestling, his catchphrase and his work as an announcer. WWE.com published Hurricane's latest commentary about the holidays, 2003 in review, and his FreeCell winning streak. Chris Jericho hosted TSN's Off The Record tonight, with a guest panel made up of Donovan Ruddock, Cara Wakelin, Joe Motiki and usual host Michael Landsberg.

WWE and Sentana Sport issued a press release about their live airing of the Royal Rumble in the UK later this month. Rogert Marment, WWE Executive Vice President in charge of International Business, resigned from WWE today.

Universal has hired writers to adapt the video game Spy-Hunter, which is expected to star The Rock. SuperHeroHype has a picture of Kevin Nash in his Punisher movie role. The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel has an article on Diet Coke that mentions Mick Foley drank it while writing his novel "Tietam Brown."

John Letasky of the Billings Gazette reviewed Ric Flair's DVD in his latest column. The Boston Globe has a review of documentary The Backyard, giving it 2.5 stars out of 4. Konami announced the first details of WWX: Rumble Rose, a female wrestling game for the Playstation 2.

Teddy Hart and Steve Corino were reportedly involved in a backstage incident prior to tonight's MLW TV taping after the two couldn't agree on plans for working together. Memphis' Mid South Coliseum is in danger of being torn down because of the availability of the Pyramid and the FedEx Forum, as well as the fact it lost $250,000 last year.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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