Steamboat, JBL, Jarrett, Russo, Ellering Dec 19 - 11:56 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Tomorrow night's RAW is the Best of 2004 edition. Smackdown scored a 3.5 rating (5.5 Share), up from a 3.4 last week. Ricky Steamboat reportedly has or will sign on with WWE as a road agent leaving his Ring of Honor future uncertain. Brock Lesnar is apparently interested in a WWE return but WWE doesn't feel the same way.

Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Edge, and Sylvain Grenier offered congratulations to Canada's 2005 world junior hockey team as they were guests at the home of Jericho's father Ted Irvine. JBL, along with Al Franken and other personalities, visited Abu Ghraib today. John Cena is among the personalities interviewed in VH1's My Coolest Years: Jocks and Cheerleaders.

Mike Mooneyham's latest column looks at the recent Foley vs. Flair backstage incident and what led up to it. Lance Storm's newest commentary is about his boring gimmick and some of the problems with it. Blade Trinity dropped from #2 to #5 this weekend with a gross of $6.6 million, bringing its two week total to $35.4 million.

Pro Wrestling Guerilla was in Los Angeles, CA yesterday with Samoa Joe over American Dragon. IWA Mid South was in Rensselaer, IN last night with Ian Rotten/Danny Daniels over BJ Whitmer/Steve Stone. Mike Johnson has news and notes on Ring of Honor, 3PW and FUSION.

Jeff Jarrett taped an appearance on WB's Blue Collar TV, and his next PPV opponent will be named at this week's Impact taping. Vince Russo's appearance at Cyberslam Wrestling Federation's January 8 show is being promoted as his final one as he plans to retire from wrestling completely. The Boca Raton News has an article on Randy Savage's bodyguard Mark J. Behar.

Hulk Hogan was at this weekend's Florida League of Cities/Women's Tennis Association Tours Hurricane Tennis Slam charity event. "Precious" Paul Ellering will serve as visual interpreter for Rachael Scdoris, a blind Oregon woman, as she runs a team of dogs in the Iditarod. James Laurinaitis briefly discussed his father's and uncle's wrestling identities while confirming plans to commit to the the Ohio State Buckeyes.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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