RAW, Jesus, N-Gage, Sabu, TNA, FUSION Dec 13 - 11:52 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Randy Orton over Edge, Batista/Triple H over Chris Benoit/Chris Jericho, and Maven/Christian/Tyson Tomko over Shelton Benjamin/William Regal/Eugene.

There are Heat spoilers from tonight's RAW in Huntsville, AL. The RAW crew was in Chattanooga, TN yesterday with Randy Orton/Chris Benoit over Edge/Batista. Smackdown will be taped in Nasvhille, TN tomorrow night, and WWE has reportedly only sold about 2000 tickets. ABC News has a story on WWE's upcoming trip to the Middle East for a holiday Smackdown with several photos from last year's trip and comments from the wrestlers.

Ivory made a somewhat controversial statement (audio) on Heat last night about the debut of Muhammad Hassan on RAW, relating him to the 9/11 terrorists. Paul Heyman wasn't on camera or backstage at Armageddon despite Heidenreich's role in the main event leading some to wonder about his overall status with the company Some people within WWE reportedly realize Armageddon wasn't a great show. Jesus worked his Armageddon match with a pulled groin muscle, and his website revealed that he also has a herniated disc in his neck that may require surgery.

John Cena has about another week of filming left on The Marine, after which he can make a full-time return to WWE. WWE.com has an article on Lita after her Women's title win last Monday. WWE.com spoke to Triple H about his role in Blade Trinity and whether he'll be leaving wrestling anytime soon.

Between the Ropes interviewed Paul Heyman about the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD, ECW's near jump to USA, the wrestling business and more. Jess Atkinson's AOL Radio sports talk show interviewed Triple H last week about his new bodybuilding book, his title, aspiring wrestlers, Blade Trinity and more. Mike "The Miz" Mizanin posted his week seven diary for the Tough Enough competition.

Gigex's Chris Buffa has a hands on review of WWE Aftershock for the N-Gage which he says "may be 2005's best portable grappler." WWE.com has an interview with Shelton Benjamin about the Nokia N-Gage QD. Orangeburg, SC's Times and Democrat made mention of Shelton Benjamin's local roots in their list of reasons to still be proud sports fans. Be Cool's release date is scheduled for March 4.

TNA opened up voting for their year end awards. A Night of Appreciation for Sabu was held last night in Belleville, MI with Shane Douglas over Raven in the main event with Mick Foley as guest referee. The Sabu benefit was a huge success, drawing a 700 person sellout, and the DVD is expected to be released in January.

Raven updated his website journal with comments on the wrestling criticism, promos, and the future of wrestling. Randy Savage may return to TNA at some point in the future. TNA's Knockouts site has new diary entries for Trinity and Traci.

New Japan Pro Wrestling's Toukon 7 was in Cudahy, CA yesterday with Takemura/Osamu Nishimura over Chad Malenko/Samoa Joe. IWA Mid South was in Highland, IN yesterday with Ian Rotten/Terry Funk/Danny Daniels over BJ Whitmer/Steve Stone/Chris Candido. FUSION's debut show is this Friday in Elizabeth, NJ, but now with Ultimo Dragon instead of NOAH's Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa. The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame acquired a new location in Amsterdam, NY.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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