Impact, Austin/McMahon, Laurer, ROH Jan 14 - 11:57 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Eric Young over James Storm, Dustin Rhodes over Chris Candido, AJ Styles over Cassidy Riley, Primetime over David Young, and Chris Sabin over Christoper Daniels.

The RAW crew was in Minneapolis, MN tonight, and tomorrow they're in Grand Forks, ND. The Smackdown crew is in Kitchener, ON tomorrow. Smackdown scored a 3.7 rating last night, up from a 3.4 last week. In the overnight ratings, Smackdown kept UPN in fourth place.

John Cena's censored hat on Smackdown was his Ruck Fules! hat. Nunzio vs. Funaki on Smackdown was heavily cut from the Smackdown taping. WWE.com spoke to the Bashams about their tag team title win on Smackdown, JBL and the future.

Get In The Ring interviewed Mick Foley and Harley Race about the WWE locker room, Vader, promos, and more. Steve Austin and Vince McMahon are scheduled to appear together on Best Damn Sports Show Period next week. Accuracy in Media has an article on media coverage of Iraq with numerous references to WWE's recent trip and Vince McMahon's speech to the troops. Hooters has reportedly made a corporate decision to stop carrying WWE PPVs.

WWE is attempting to induct Hulk Hogan into the Hall of Fame this year, with Gordon Solie as the only definitie inductee at this point. WWE reportedly considered taking over the old WCW Power Plant training center for their developmental territory, but decided against it because they didn't like the look of the building. WWE may be considering bringing in Psicosis. Chris Masters is working against Val Venis on upcoming house shows.

Kurt Angle appeared on last night's Made on MTV and came off well. Chris Jericho is scheduled for TSN's Off The Record on Tuesday. Lance Storm's latest commentary covers reading and his self-diagnosis of his back problems as a result. Rise and Fall of ECW sold another 6,464 copies, bringing its seven week total to 87,434 and making it the third best selling WWE DVD ever ahead of the Monday Night Wars and just trailing the Ultimate Ric Flair collection.

TNA released the full card for Sunday's Final Resolution PPV. Professor Wrestling interviewed Jeff Jarrett about TNA's growth, WWE, and Final Resolution. Alex Marvez interviewed Marc Mero about his return to wrestling, his time in WWE, marriage, and more. Mike Johnson has some TNA news and notes on Rob Feinstein, Sonjay Dutt, Amazing Red, and Final Resolution.

ZERO-ONE announced dates for their Japanese tour from the end of this month through the start of February. Pat Kenney will be debuting for ZERO-ONE this month as part of the AWA World Championship Tournament. Ring of Honor returns to Cambridge, MA tomorrow with a confrontation between Samoa Joe and Mick Foley, and champion Austin Aries vs. Colt Cabana. Several Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestlers have been added to the The Wrestling Channel's March show at the Coventry Skydome. Mike Johnson has some Ring of Honor notes on James Gibson, Puerto Rico, Sonjay Dutt and more.

IWS cancelled their Montreal show scheduled for Saturday due to venue problems. Several UK wrestlers are running a fundraiser show for tsunami victims on January 20 in Cleethorpes, England. New Era Wrestling will present "Trojan Wars" at Pleasantville High School in Kentucky as a fundraiser for Pleasantville Middle School with champion Gage Octane vs. Perry Saturn.

Joanie Laurer and Sean Waltman were on Howard Stern's show this morning to discuss their porn tape, domestic abuse, WWE and more. Celebrity Justice covered the recent New Year's domestic abuse incident between Joanie Laurer and Sean Waltman. Sean Waltman claims Howard Stern's people called him to get him on the air, and not that he called in as they claimed. The Delaware County Times has an article on Women's Extreme Wrestling and their Brittney Drake who is scheduled to face Tonya Harding in a boxing match.

Harley Race will be doing a couple book signing appearances in the Kansas City, MO area. Derek Burgan reviewed Harley Race's new autobiography King of the Ring and says the "only real drawback to Harley Race’s book is the fact that it isn’t long enough." Mil Mascaras is now starring in fitness instruction videos which cover general physical conditioning, personal defense and wrestling. Female wrestling documentary Lipstick and Dynamite will screen at the Sarasota Film Festival scheduled for the end of the month. Ivan Koloff will be a guest speaker at Socastee Original Freewill Baptist Church on January 23 in Surfside, SC.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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