WWE is doing a back to back RAW and Smackdown taping in the same night in San Jose, CA on January 31, with RAW at 6pm and Smackdown at 8:30pm.
WWE is reportedly planning to run an ECW PPV on June 5 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY.
Josh Matthews' new Velocity partner is former Kansas City sportscaster Steve Romero.
Next week's UK airing of Smackdown will be a Best of 2004 show rather than the show taped in Iraq.
Daniel Puder was on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss Tough Enough, the Royal Rumble, and his plans for the money.
Mike the Miz Mizanin posted his final Tough Enough diary entries for Armageddon and week 8.
The San Francisco Gate has an article on West Coast Wresting Alliance and the relationship between small indies and large promotions like WWE.
FUSION debuted last night in Elizabeth, NJ with the SAT over Ultimo Dragon/Fuego, and Scott Hall over Marty Janetty.
Full Impact Pro Wrestling was in Lakeland, FL last night with Homicide over Spanky to retain the FIP title.
Jess McGrath has more indy notes on Apolo's wife, IWA Mid South, USA Championship Wrestlin, All Pro Championship Wrestling and more.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
WWE, ECW, Puder, Miz, FUSION, FIP Dec 18 - 11:59 pm EST
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 05:35 pm PWT: Arena Reports: Full Impact Pro 12/17 Results- Homicide, CM Punk, Jamie Knoble, Spanky
- 05:02 pm WO: Headline: WWE plans post-Mania; ECW PPV plans; Lesnar wrestling update; 2 backstage skirmishes; Japanese awards; details of the Dec. 20 Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 04:59 pm WO: Headline: Saturday news update: Raw & Smackdown dual taping announced, K-1 on ESPN all day, Forbes on WCW; New Pride match, WWE announcer debuts tonight, FIP, Fusion, GHC jr. tag title in Mexico today and more
- 04:27 pm LAW: Saturday Update: Update on WWE wrestlers incident at restaurant, Stratus on Air Farce, Minnesota Wrecking Crew tonight, Lesnar contacts WWE, Opponent for Chonan, New WWE commentator tonight and more!
- 03:16 pm LAW: TNA IMPACT REPORT FOR 12/17
- 02:23 pm PWI: FUSION DEBUT IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY LIVE REPORT WITH SCOTT HALL, ULTIMO DRAGON, SEAN WALTMAN & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 02:00 pm WO: Headline: Letters on Pride, TNA, K-1, WWE, Armageddon, HHH, Lesnar, ECW, ROH and much more
- 11:25 am PWI: WWE NEWS AND NOTES by Dave Scherer
- 11:08 am PWI: FULL IMPACT PRO IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA LIVE REPORT by Richard Trionfo
- 10:59 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: STEAMBOAT BEATS FLAIR FOR U.S. TITLE by Buck Woodward
- 10:17 am PWI: INDY NOTES AND NEWS ON AN IWA TO WWC JUMP, NEW JACK, ROCK 'N' ROLLS, JIMMY VALIANT, AND MORE by Jess McGrath
- 10:10 am PWI: EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING RISING FROM THE DEAD....ON PPV by Mike Johnson
- 09:59 am PWI: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY - TOO MANY DIVAS, ARMAGEDDON, EDGE-ORTON, SABU, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 08:59 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: RVD ON DVD, RON KILLINGS, MEAN GENE, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 08:59 am SLAM: Hand out the coal by TJ MADIGAN - Calgary Sun
- 02:20 am WO: Feature: TNA Impact TV report
