RAW, Benoit, Lesnar, TNA, Brown, ROH Jan 03 - 11:53 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Batista over Chris Benoit, Edge over Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin over Sylvain Grenier, Trish Stratus over Victoria, Christian over Eugene, and Randy Orton over Triple H.

There are already Heat spoilers and off air notes from tonight's RAW. The RAW crew is in Poughkeepsie, NY tomorrow night. The Poughkeepsie Journal has an article on and profile of Chris Benoit to promote tomorrow's RAW house show. The Smackdown crew was in Manchester, NH tonight, and tomorrow night they tape Smackdown in Uncasville, CT.

WWE.com has some of the comments made by Vince McMahon and Mick Foley on news networks after their return from Iraq. WWE wrestlers are making prerecorded messages for the troops as part of TroopTalk. WWE's January jukebox theme is Most Requested Matches. SpikeTV is branching out into radio with the help of Las Vegas, NV's KSFN-AM 1140.

Randy Orton drew around 500 fans for autographs in Queens, NY yesterday. WWE developmental talent/future RAW wrestler Chris Masters has opened a website. The Poughkeepsie Journal has an article on local teen Dov Rubenstein who received some help from Kurt Angle as part of MTV's Made series. Trish Stratus was the celebrity guest on CBC's year end Royal Canadian Air Farce special.

Ultimo Dragon may not be returning to WWE now despite his Japanese farewell and retirement of his mask. Brock Lesnar and Rena "Sable" Mero arrived in Japan today for the Tokyo Dome show with Lesnar saying he's interested in fighting in Japan but has to wait until his WWE contract expires in March. The Japan Times has an article on the movie Rikidozan which tells the story of the Korean wrestler's struggle and rise to fame in Japan. Gail Kim and Nidia are beginning to work independent shows.

Chris Candido is scheduled to debut for TNA at the Impact tapings. Jonny Fairplay is also expect to return to TNA at tomorrow's Impact taping. TNA Impact will air tomorrow at 3pm on Fox Sports Net in many markets. TNA added a new mini-site for 3 Live Kru with photos, videos and music.

PWInsider has a list of cards for upcoming Ring of Honor shows. Samoa Joe will receive his Ring of Honor title rematch on February 26 in Chicago Ridge, IL. The Torch has a few indy notes on Mideon, CZW, and Full Impact Pro.

Monty Brown won NWA Wrestler of the Year for 2004, while America's Most Wanted won tag team of the year. Koehi Suwama pinned D'Lo Brown to win the New Year Batttle Royal at last night's All Japan show. Carmen Electra's Naked Women of Wrestling PPV aired with Jimmy Hart features between matches. Kung Fu Cinema has a review of Osaka Wrestling Restaurant, a movie about two brothers who open a wrestling themed restaurant in Hong Kong, giving it 2 stars out of 5.

SLAM has an article on the new book Grappling Glory: Celebrating A Century Of Minnesota Wrestling & Rassling with comments from author Ross Bernstein about writing it. The Charleston Daily Mail included a New Year's Resolution from Madman Pondo who says he wants to get his company going. One Man Gang has been added to the second Legends of the Ring convention on March 19 in East Brunswick, NJ. Bret Hart's run as the Genie in Aladdin finished on December 31. Vince Russo signed a deal with ECW Press for an autobiography to be released this year.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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