The RAW crew was in Houston, TX last night with Randy Orton over Triple H. The Smackdown crew was in San Antonio, TX last night with Big Show over JBL via DQ. Smackdown kept UPN in fourth place in last night's overnight ratings, ahead of FOX and WB.

Aaron "Jesus" Aguilera will have a CAT scan and MRI diagnostic on Monday to determine absolutely the status of his neck injury. Ric Flair gave a pep talk to the University of North Carolina team before they lost to Boston College yesterday at the Continental Tire Bowl. Shane McMahon and Marissa Mazzola's son, born on February 13, made a list of year 2004 births to celebrities.

WWE.com has comments from Jim Ross and Muhammad Hassan as they head into a debate on Monday's RAW. WWE officially announced plans for RAW and Smackdown in the UK at the NEC in Birmingham on April 25 and 26. WWE is promoting Randy Orton/Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H/Ric Flair and JBL/Orlando Jordan vs. Big Show as dark matches for their January 31 RAW and Smackdown joint taping. PWInsider has an easter egg for the ThemeAddict bonus DVD.

Samoa Joe updated his LiveJournal with a thank you to fans and comments on Ring of Honor. There are rumors about WWE bringing in Samoa Joe, and Ricky Steamboat reportedly told other Ring of Honor talent he'd try to get them WWE dark matches when he could. Colt Cabana took part in a Q&A session on an Israeli forum (Q&A is in English). Ring of Honor is having a Buy 3, Get 1 Free sale on Ring of Honor VHS, DVDs, and Straight Shootin' titles lasting through tomorrow night.

Michael Strider interviewed Ted DiBiase about Wrestle Reunion, his decision to become a wrestler, religion and more. Get In The Ring interviewed Ernest Miller about WWE, Vince McMahon, karate, Eric Bischoff and WCW. Les Thatcher's latest column covers the end of the year and the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Mike Johnson has several TNA notes on the direction of the X Division, Jonny Fairplay, Chris Candido, and Alex Shelley. TNA Impact ended up showing on FSN this afternoon as originally scheduled in most of the country despite earlier announcements that it would be bumped until Tuesday afternoon most places. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer made mention of Diamond Dallas Page's visit to Iraq earlier this year.

NWA Florida is accepting donations for the Ron Niemi Legal Defense Fund to cover court costs related to Jonny Fairplay's charges of battery. Randy Savage will make an appearance for World League Wrestling on February 4 in FUlton, MS. Sylvester Stallone's Paradise Alley which features several wrestlers including Terry Funk will be released on March 1.

That's it for 2004. Thanks for reading.