Quick Smackdown Results: Funaki over Nunzio/Paul London/Akio/Shannon Moore/Chavo Guerrero Jr./Billy Kidman, Jesus over Charlie Haas, Rey Mysterio Jr./Rob Van Dam over Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki to win the WWE Tag Team titles, Big Show over Mark Jindrak via DQ, Eddy Guerrero/Undertaker/Booker T over JBL/Orlando Jordan/Doug Basham/Danny Basham.
Last week's two hours of RAW finished #5 and #6 behind NFL, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, SpongeBob SquarePants and Fairly Odd Parents.
Dave Meltzer has details on the rules for the Tough Enough Dixie Dogfight at Sunday's PPV.
The RAW crew is in Columbus, GA tomorrow night.
Grand Forks, ND is getting their first WWE show in about four years, a RAW brand house show on January 15.
Kurt Angle, Al Snow, Mike Mizanin and Daniel Puder were the guests on Byte This yesterday with Angle discussing his invitationals, Tough Enough, and his neck, Snow talking about Tough Enough, the Dixie Dogfight, and Maven, and the Miz and Puder discussing the Tough Enough finals, the competitions, and the PPV.
Paul Heyman commented on his WWE status as part of an interview for The Stranglehold saying he's never sure what his status is because it changes so much.
Carlito Carribean Cool is in the UK promoting Armageddon with appearances on talkSPORT and Sky Sports.
TSN's Sportscenter showed footage from the 21st Annual Sports Celebrity Festival which included Edge playing hockey with kids.
IGN has an interview with Big Show about his love of games, Armageddon, his size, and Andre the Giant.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has an interview with Kurt Angle about returning to Atlanta, transitioning to professional wrestling, and his fight with Eddy Guerrero.
inDemand has posters for both New Year's Revolution and the Royal Rumble.
The Fort Belvoir Eagle has an article on WWE helping with USO care packages with comments from Orlando Jordan and Miss Jackie about helping.
Phil Musnick took another shot at WWE over steroids and their upcoming trip to the Middle East.
Singapore's Electric New Paper has an article on Triple H's role in Blade Trinity, and according to the article, Triple H has received more movie role offers after his work in this movie, but they're all for comedies.
Blade Trinity is expected to do over 36 million in its five day opening weekend.
Trish Stratus will sign autographs on Saturday at the MuscleMag International Superstore in Scarborough, ON to promote her January 2005 Oxygen magazine cover.
PWInsider has photos of new WWE action figures available at Ringside Collectibles.
Between the Ropes interviewed Jamie Noble about his WWE release, cruiserweights, Nidia, and his future.
Between the Ropes also interviewed Elix Skipper about his Tightrope Rana, how he plans a match, his background and more.
Interactive Interview had Diamond Dallas Page as a guest and spoke to him about TNA, wrestling vs. managing, the Diamond Cutter, WWE and more.
SLAM has an article on the upcoming Sabu tribute benefit show with comments from the organizers and wrestlers about the reasons for it.
Sabu's been added to the WrestleReunion convention in Tampa, FL in January.
Mick Foley will debut for USA Xtreme Wrestling, formerly USA Pro Wrestling, on February 26 in Bethpage, Long Island, NY.
Jersey All Pro Wrestling's Season's Beatings is tomorrow in Rahway, NJ with Danny Maff vs. Samoa Joe.
Minnesota's Fairmont Sentinel has an article on Ross Bernstein's new book "Grappling Glory" covering Minnesota wrestling with forwards by Jesse Ventura and Verne Gagne.
Scott Bowden reviewed several wrestling books including Dave Meltzer's Tributes II, Harley Race's King of the Ring, and the Death of WCW.
Canada's Tandem has another article on Bret Hart in Aladdin as the Genie.
Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis's son James Laurinaitis won the Mr. Football of Minnesota Award for 2004 for his defensive play which included 197 tackles in 14 games.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
SD, Armageddon, HHH, Primetime, Sabu Dec 09 - 11:58 pm EST
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:35 pm PWI: JERSEY ALL PRO WRESTLING SEASON'S BEATINGS TOMORROW IN RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY WITH SAMOA JOE VS. DAN MAFF & MUCH MORE ON LOADED CARD by Mike Johnson
- 11:15 pm PWT: Torch Instant Polls: POLL: What's the most interesting match WWE is offering at Armageddon on Sunday?
- 11:00 pm PWI: SABU ADDED TO WRESTLEREUNION CONVENTION THIS JANUARY IN TAMPA, FLORIDA by Mike Johnson
- 10:58 pm PWT: POWELL'S TAKE: POWELL'S Smackdown Hitlist: Cruiserweights, RVD, Mysterio
- 10:49 pm SLAM: Smackdown: Armageddon nears by DALE PLUMMER -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 10:41 pm PWT: TV Reports: KELLER'S 12/9 WWE Smackdown review: Detailed analysis of final hype for Armageddon
- 10:28 pm PWT: TV Reports: 12/9 Smackdown Review: Madavi's Smackdown Breakdown
- 10:01 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN REPORT; FINAL MATCH ANNOUNCED FOR ARMAGEDDON by Buck Woodward
- 10:01 pm WO: Headline: Full story behind Heyman's departure and how plans changed; TNA & Savage; Rock update; Court cases discussed; details of huge Dec. 13 Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 10:01 pm WO: Feature: Full story behind Heyman's departure and how plans changed; TNA & Savage; Rock update; Court cases discussed; details of huge Dec. 13 Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 08:01 pm PWT: MCNEILL'S TAKE: McNEILL: Time For Flair To Say Goodbye
- 07:54 pm SLAM: SLAM! Speaks: All I want for Christmas... by SLAM! Wrestling staff
- 06:15 pm PWI: PAUL HEYMAN COMMENTS ON HIS STATUS WITH WWE by Brian Stull
- 05:12 pm WO: Headline: Looking back at HHH's comments on booking power and WCW
- 05:12 pm WO: Headline: Thursday news update: Smackdown preview, Best Selling books; Predictions for opening of HHH movie; Puder vs. Miz rules may save Miz; Blitzkrieg's successor, ratings news. Carlito, Stratus, and Blassie promo
- 05:11 pm WO: Headline: Dan Wahlers looks at the WWE PPV year in review and Armageddon
- 05:10 pm WO: Headline: Jamie Noble talks about New Japan, and returning to WWE
- 05:09 pm WO: Headline: Elix Skipper talks about his crazy idea at the PPV and how he is coming out of it
- 05:09 pm WO: Headline: DDP interview talking about Flair, TNA, WCW, WWE and more
- 02:45 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: LOTS OF WWE NEWS AND NOTES by Dave Scherer
- 02:25 pm LAW: Thursday Update: Smackdown preview, Gracie responds to Pride/K-1 contract dispute, Minnesota Wrecking Crew in Toronto, Interview with former WCCW play by play announcer and Kobashi to dish out some PLASTIC SURGERY next month!
- 01:40 pm PWI: SAVAGE-TNA, HEYMAN AND THE CREATIVE TEAM, ARMAGEDDON, AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 01:39 pm TNA: Primetime Elix Skipper comments on "The Move" from Sunday's Turning Point! Interview info
- 01:30 pm PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JERICHO BECOMES THE UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION by Buck Woodward
- 11:55 am PWI: DALLAS PAGE TALKS ABOUT HIS RETURN TO THE RING, TNA, THE DIAMOND CUTTER, BISCHOFF, FLAIR, AND MORE by James Walsh
- 11:27 am PWT: GUTTMAN'S TAKE: GUTTMAN: The Most Unforgettable and Unbelievable Wrestling Quotes of 2004
- 11:26 am PWT: Torch Trivia: Torch Trivia of the Day for Thursday, December 9, 2004 - Mitchell's Concern with Hogan
- 11:10 am PWI: LOTS OF WWE NEWS AND NOTES by Dave Scherer
- 09:59 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: BOOKING THE INVASION, MONDAY NIGHT WAR DEBUTS, OWNING NWO, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 09:59 am PWI: ASK TOD GORDON: LISTENING TO THE FANS, CLASSLESS WWE BOOKING, ECW BEER, THE DEATH OF THE MANAGER AND MORE by Tod Gordon
- 09:40 am PWI: SPECIAL OFFER FOR PWINSIDER.COM READERS FROM RINGSIDE COLLECTIBLES; NEW PHOTOS OF UPCOMING WWE ACTION FIGURES by Mike Johnson
- 09:30 am PWI: MICK FOLEY TO DEBUT FOR UXW IN LONG ISLAND, NY THIS FEBRUARY by Mike Johnson
- 09:15 am PWI: WWE CLASSICS PRESENTS WCW WORLDWIDE TV REPORT by Lee Relph
- 09:14 am SLAM: Top talent support Sabu by JASON CLEVETT -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 08:55 am PWI: KURT ANGLE TALKS ABOUT HIS NECK INJURY, DANIEL PUDER AND MORE; AL SNOW, MIZ AND PUDER TALK TOUGH ENOUGH by Steven Fernandes
- 07:59 am PWI: SMACKDOWN PREVIEW (NON-SPOILER) by Buck Woodward
- 05:54 am WO: Headline: Mailbag and questions on Blade Trinity, HHH, Puder vs. Miz, Turning Point, Batista, Rhodes and Balco scandal
- 04:59 am PWI: THE GOOD AND BAD OF RANDY SAVAGE IN TNA by Buck Woodward
- 04:42 am PWT: WWE News: Interview Highlights: Jamie Noble discusses his WWE departure, his future, Nidia
- 02:59 am PWI: WHY TAZZ NO LONGER WRESTLES, CANDIDO, NUNZIO, BRODY, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 01:09 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: Incoherent Rambling: Why is Smackdown so bad?
- 12:54 am PWI: WWE TITLE HISTORIES, AUCTION ITEMS NOW ONLINE by Adam Lebow
- 12:54 am PWI: ELIX SKIPPER TALKS ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE PPV CAGE WALK, WORKING WITH CHRISTOPHER DANIELS, AND MORE by Richard Trionfo
- 12:50 am PWI: JAMIE NOBLE TALKS ABOUT CRUISERWEIGHTS, NEW JAPAN, A WWE RETURN, AND MORE by Richard Trionfo
