Ratings Summary
- RAW: 3.5 (5.6 Share) Up from 2.7 (2.9 / 2.6 / 4.2 Share)
- Heat: 0.6 (1.1 Share) Down from 0.8 (1.3 Share)
- Velocity: 0.5 (1.0 Share) Up from 0.5 (0.9 Share)
- WWE Experience: 0.4 (1.1 Share) Up from 0.3 (0.9 Share)
There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in New Orleans, LA. The Smackdown crew was in Albuquerque, NM tonight, and tomorrow they're in San Antonio, TX. The RAW crew was in Glendale, AZ last night with Randy Orton over Triple H and an appearance by Superstar Billy Graham. The RAW crew was in El Paso, TX tonight, and tomorrow night they're in Houston, TX.
Paul Bearer visited the Smackdown crew backstage last night. The New York Daily News' David Bianculli mentioned Smackdown was not a show in his worst television of the year list, despite being at the top of it a few years ago. JBL responded to a recent Torch editorial by Wade Keller about Vince McMahon's comments on the media during Smackdown from Iraq. WWE.com has a new commentary by Miss Jackie about WWE's trip to Iraq.
The Rise and Fall of ECW sold another 12,024 copies, bringing the grand total to 70,516 and moving it to #3 in the list of best selling WWE DVDs. WWE ranked #15 on Lycos' Top 50 searches for 2004. WWE was the 11th most popular search in the UK for 2004 according to MSN. Puerto Rico's Primera Hora featured a photo of Lita in a bikini to promote New Year's Revolution.
ESPN Classic Canada's TNA Day will be from noon to 6pm on January 16. Bill Goldberg and Bob Sapp are featured in the poster for The Longest Yard. The latest Leisure Suit Larry game contains spoofs of Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. SLAM has an article on graphic novel Champions of the Galaxy: Genesis, an independent publication based on role playing game Champions of the Galaxy. The Rockford Register Star has a profile of independent wrestler Kurt Sellers.
PWInsider has a summary of Mick Foley's co-hosting of Morning Sedition on Air America Radio with some discussion of political WWE angles. The Wrestling Channel announced Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk for their March 19 show at the Coventry Skydome. Samoa Joe's next Ring of Honor angle will probably involve Mick Foley and may lead to a match between the two. Mike Johnson has other Ring of Honor news and notes on BJ Whitmer, Contender's Ring, Bryan Danielson and upcoming events. The Torch has an in-depth report on Ring of Honor's Final Battle 2004 by Derek Burgan.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
