Ratings Summary
- RAW: 3.7 (3.7 / 3.7 / 5.4 Share) Down from 4.0 (3.8 / 4.1)
- Heat: 0.6 (0.8 Share - Opposite Super Bowl) Down from 1.1
- Velocity: 0.7 (1.1 Share) Down from 0.8
- Confidential: 0.6 (1.3 Share) Down from 0.7 Same
There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Cleveland, OH. WWE officially announced that April's RAW PPV Backlash will take place in Edmonton, AB, which will make it their first ever WWE PPV in that city. Tickets for the Wrestlemania weekend WWE Hall of Fame Reception and Induction Ceremony, as well as the Bacon, Bagels and Biceps Brunch, go on sale Saturday at WWE's Shopzone.
WWE has ended its contractual relationship with Zach Gowen, but Jim Ross left open the possibility of a future return. The Torch has the "Inside Story" on some of the problems Gowen had while with WWE. Mark Henry injured his shoulder on Monday night wrestling Chris Benoit and will have surgery tomorrow, with a preliminary rehabilitation period of a few months.
Demond "Lamont" Thompson, The Cat's personal assistant, discussed how he ended up in wrestling and WWE with WWE.com. WWE has a new True or False with Eddy Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. on topics including Latino ratings, the WWE Championship and promo ability. The McMahon family was featured on tonight's American Family Business on CNBC, covering the history of WWE and their relationships with each other.
WWE Originals dropped to #40 in this week's Billboard sales chart. SLAM's Jon Waldman reviewed Undertaker's new DVD, giving most of the matches pretty low scores but also saying its worth a rental. PWInsider has a list of DVD extras on the upcoming Stone Cold Truth DVD.
Mick Foley is the main attraction at this weekend's WrestleCon in Arlington, TX. St. Louis' FOX2 will run a story on the glory days of St. Louis wrestling tomorrow night during their 9pm news. New York's Metro Channel is expected to stop airing wrestling shows until June.
Alan Wojcik interviewed Michael Shane about Shawn Michaels and arious indies with random comments from other wrestlers around during the interview. Elektra, formerly of ECW, is appearing in the latest Soprano ads for the show's fifth season. The Miami Herald has an article on Debra "Madusa" Miceli's current involvement in truck racing and motor boat racing commentating.
Jesse Ventura is busy preparing to teach and learn as a resident fellow at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics. Afa Anaoi Jr. is among this year's University of Connecticut football recruits. The Daily Farce has a Howard Dean joins WWF parody including a photo of the "Deanster."
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
