WWE, Trish, Humperdink, TNA, 3PW Jan 02 - 11:50 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

RAW is live from Long Island, NY tomorrow night with the Jim Ross/Jerry Lawler vs. Muhammed Hassan/Khosrow Daivari debate and more build-up to New Year's Revolution. The Smackdown crew is in Manchester, NH tomorrow night. RAW begins airing live in the UK tomorrow, or early Tuesday local time. Israel's Hot Action will show Smackdown in Iraq on January 18.

Bill Behrens and WWE are still reportedly working on a development deal. Adam Copeland on Edge is being discounted to half off by many book retailers. There are rumors that Trish Stratus may be the new model for Tenth Muse, a position last held by Rena "Sable" Mero. The Miami Herald has an article on interior designer James Murphy whose clients include The Rock with a short story from Murphy about the first time they met. Don Callis' latest column is about the upcoming Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels match at the RAW house show on January 16 in Winnipeg, MB.

Jeff Jarrett will appear for Cyberspace Wrestling Federation on Saturday in Wayne, NJ. Mike Johnson has TNA news and notes on Impact airings and 3PW. NWA Wildside was in Rome, GA last night for Christmas Chaos. Jess McGrath has indy news and notes on Puerto Rico, Randy Savage, Buff Bagwell, and Hawaii Championship Wrestling.

Combat Zone Wrestling returns to Philadelphia, PA on Saturday with The Messiah vs. a mystery opponent and Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley. 3PW will return to Philadelphia, PA on January 15 with Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles vs. Low Ki/Slyck Wagner Brown, and Joey Matthews vs. Chris Sabin in a loser leaves 3PW match. Jersey All Pro Wrestling returns to Rahway, NJ on January 29 with their champions defending their titles against unannounced competitors. Wrestle Reunion announced their raffle winners for dinner and phone calls with some of the wrestlers.

Michael Strider interviewed Sir Oliver Humperdink about his start in wrestling, changes to the business, some of the people with whom he's worked and more. McDonalds is running an ad featuring Shocker in a mask he must remove to eat a Big Mac. VH1 posted the first episode preview for the Surreal Life 4 featuring Joanie "Chyna" Laurer. Derek Burgan reviewed The Death of WCW and calls it "a truly fantastic reading experience" that is "indispensable to any wrestling fan."

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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