Ratings Summary
- RAW: 3.9 (4.0 / 3.9 / 5.7 Share) About the same as 3.9 (3.9 / 3.9 / 6 Share)
- Thanksgiving Smackdown: 2.6 (5 Share) Down from 3.7 (5 Share)
- Heat: 0.9 (1.4 Share) Down from 1.0 (2.0 Share)
- Velocity: 0.6 (1.1 Share) Up from 0.4 (1.0 Share)
- WWE Experience: 0.7 (1.7 Share) Up from 0.5 (1.0 Share)
The RAW crew is in Augusta, GA tomorrow night. Kane is scheduled for the January 4 house show in Poughkeepsie, NY. Chris Jericho has apparently booked his band Fozzy for a live on performance on Monday's RAW.
Kurt Angle's Smackdown challenger was Sebastian from Pennsylvania indy KCW, and according to his bio, he's from Clearfield, PA not Richmond, VA. Starting in 2006, the Los Angeles, CA UPN will no longer carry Dodgers games meaning Smackdown will no longer face preemptions. Eddy Guerrero and Eugene were the guests on Byte This last night with Guerrero discussing ECW, winning the title, and Chavo, and Eugene talking about the battle royal, the tag team titles, and Maven.
Dave Meltzer summarized Triple H's Penthouse interview (he reads it for the articles) in which Triple H discusses being the top guy, his relationship wtih Vince McMahon, and critics. TSN interviewed several people at the Blade Trinity debut last night including Trish Stratus, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon. Triple H continues to receive positive comments for his work in Blade Trinity.
Pro Wrestling Insider interviewed Sean O'Haire about his new MMA career, leaving WWE, and Goldberg. Get In The Ring interviewed Stan Lane about Wrestle Reunion, Ring of Honor, karate, and more. SLAM spoke to Bret Hart about his decision to play the genie in Aladdin, and PWInsider has a report on his performance from the dress rehearsal.
Blitzkrieg will appear at Pro Wrestling War's debut show in Santa Ana, CA on December 12 in a ceremony to publicly turn over his identity, masks and gear to Jack Evans. Steve Corino broke his jaw in three places on his last ZERO-ONE tour but managed to work through it. The Waltham Forest Guardian has an article on the rebirth of professional wrestling in the UK, and more specifically the British style.
PWInsider has one fan's positive review of Bam Bam Bigelow's Deli in Hamlin, PA. The Denver Post has an article on senior football center Jesse White including what he's learned from his father Leon "Vader" White. Fans of Minnesota wrestling may be interested in Ross Bernstein's "Grappling Glory: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Wrestling & Rassling" with forwards written by Verne Gagne and Jesse Ventura. Former minority owner of ECW Acclaim's bankrupcty sale is on Tuesday in New York and includes 43,000 video games, some of which are probably wrestling titles.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
