Ratings Summary
- RAW: 3.8 (3.6 / 3.9 / 6 Share) About the same as 3.8 (3.7 / 3.8 / 6 Share)
- Heat: 1.0 (2 Share) Down from 1.4 (2 Share)
- Velocity: 0.5 (1 Share) Down from 0.7 (1 Share)
- Confidential: 0.5 (1 Share) Down from 0.6 (1 Share)
Last week's two hours of RAW finished #10 and #13, behind NBA, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fairly Odd Parents, Monk and "The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story." The RAW crew is in Evansville, Il tomorrow night. SpikeTV is looking for the biggest Smackdown fan on Tuesday at 2pm at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, with some fans getting a chance to compete for tickets to Wrestlemania. Stone Cold is conducting a beer survey (if you're 21 and over).
Eddy Guerrero is part of VH1's Illest Minority Moments as they examine racism in television. Paul Heyman plays a mob collector named Gino in the upcoming film Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding. Rock was mentioned in US magazine after he insisted smokers leave a Super Bowl party.
Brock Lesnar now has a chartered plane to fly to shows so that he can spend more time at home. Bruno Sammartino declined an invitation to the WWE Hall of Fame dinner, and it Bret Hart was reportedly not invited. The Alabama Plainsman's sports writers picked Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan as the greatest wrestlers of all time.
Tully Blanchard was a guest on Between the Ropes last night and discussed the Horsemen, Dusty Rhodes, and his time in WWE. Evan Ginzburg interviewed Tiger Khan about the Hart family, international wrestling and more.
Team Canada (Teddy Hart, Jack Evans, Harry Smith and Petey Williams) will face Team Mexico (Juventud Guerrera, Mr. Aguila, Abismo Negro and Hector Garza) on TNA's next taped show to air on March 10. Ring of Honor has a poll on their website asking whether Teddy Hart should get a match on March 13.
The UK's Wrestling Channel/TV will officially launch on March 15 airing on Sky channel 432, running from 10am-3am every day with repeats scheduled throughout. Sting has been added to Acclaim's Showdown: Legends of Wrestling due out in June. SLAM has an article on Midwest Championship Wrestling which will hold its first show in 12 years on February 21, along with a Hall of Fame ceremony honoring Jim Lancaster, the Flying Tigers, Al Snow and several others.
Some parents of Houghton Lake High School students are upset by a fundraising wrestling event organized by UWE due to concerns over violence. Carmen Electra will host the Naked Women's Wrestling League, debuting on PPV in April with a Queen of the Ring event.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
