Austin, DVD's, Flair, Foley, Hogan, LoW Jan 23 - 11:48 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Smackdown scored a 3.6 rating (5 Share) last night peaking during Benoit/Cena vs. Team Heyman, which is up from last week's 3.4 (5 Share). Mexican media has announced WWE plans for a RAW house show in Monterrey, Mexico on April 3. DirecTV customers can order Royal Rumble, No Way Out, and Wrestlemania together for $98.85 and save $20 off the regular price.

Brock Lesnar and WWE got a thumbs up from the Press and Dakotan Online for their work getting out the vote. The WWE RAW Superstars page has been updated with a message from the friends and supporters of Randy Orton. WWE posted new photos of Victoria on the Divas site.

Undertaker's new DVD "He Buries Them Alive" is an hour long and will be released on Tuesday retailing for about $10. WWE has however cancelled a similar Austin DVD, and instead will release a 2 disc set with WCW and ECW footage. WWE has also stopped work on a Best of Confidential 2 DVD after the first DVD didn't sell well. WWE is preparing a John Cena DVD for a March release, and also has plans for a new DVDs on Angle, Wrestlemania XX and a From the Vault with Undertaker's greatest matches.

Steve Austin continued his UK promotional trip and appeared on the BBC London Danny Baker show to promote the Royal Rumble. There were some unhappy fans at Austin's WHSmith book signing because only half of the 1000 fans that showed were allowed in. Ric Flair was a speaker at today's NFL Carolina Panthers pep rally in Charlotte, NC. Chris Jericho and Mick Foley were both on tonight's debut of VH1's The Best Week Ever show.

Hulk Hogan appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show last night with his usual Andre the Giant exaggerations, and 1wrestling has a few different fan perspectives on the appearance. Buck Woodward interviewed EZ Money about his work designing ring gear, the WCW/WWE transition, and his current wrestling schedule. MLW is in negotiations with Ken Shamrock, and they'll release their September 3 Wargames event on DVD and video next month.

IGN has an early preview of Showdown: Legends of Wrestling, Acclaim's upcoming Legends of Wrestling sequel. The Australian has a review of Beyond the Mat which is now airing on that country's channel Ten. Manny Fernandez has taken over as head coach for the Live Oak High amateur wrestling team in Morgan Hill, CA.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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