RAW, Austin, Abyss, Cabana, Funk Jan 17 - 11:58 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: La Resistance/Maven over Shelton Benjamin/Hurricane/Rosey, Shawn Michaels over Christian, Batista over Viscera, Chris Jericho over Chris Benoit, and Kane vs. Gene Snitsky was a no contest.

The RAW crew was in Winnipeg, MB last night with Shawn Michaels/Randy Orton over Ric Flair/Batista. The Smackdown crew was in Halifax, NS last night with Big Show over JBL via DQ. The Smackdown crew was in Quebec City, QC tonight, and tomorrow they're in Montreal, QC. Fans in attendance at yesterday's Winnipeg, MB house show are split over fan reactions to Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels.

Steve Austin's Wednesday press conference will be to announce that's he's reached a three movie deal with WWE Films. Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia covered last weekend's New Year's Revolution (Babelfish translation) with mention of possible future WWE events on the island. WWE.com spoke to Booker T and Charlie Haas about qualifying for the Royal Rumble on Smackdown. PWInsider has a list of wrestlers qualified for the Royal Rumble as of today.

TNA published a list of the major news coming out of Final Resolution. TNA worked hard to keep Abyss' re-signing with the company a surprise with only a few people aware of the PPV appearance until minutes beforehand. There are backstage notes from Final Resolution on Eric Young, Erik Watts, Bill Banks, and crowd control. There are also some off air notes from the show.

TNA's next PPV is Against All Odds on February 13 in Orlando, FL. Scott Williams interviewed AJ Styles about TNA, Ultimate X, and competing with WWE. Erik Watts denies a suicide attempt that his father Bill Watts made public.

Colt Cabana injured his neck on Saturday in his match against Austin Aries and has been advised by doctors to take 2-3 weeks off. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor related notes on their upcoming anniversary show, Samoa Joe and European wrestlers Wesna and Ahmed Chaer. NWA Spinebuster Championship Wrestling was in Valdosta, GA last night with Dory Funk Jr. and Tully Blanchard wrestling to a 30 minute draw.

SLAM has an article on Quebec's Northern Championship Wrestling follow their Night of the Blizzard show on Saturday. Mikey Whipwreck will appear this Saturday at New York Wrestling Connection's show in Long Island, NY. Jess McGrath has some indy news and notes on injuries, IWA, NWF, nostalgia, and more.

Michael Strider interviewed Terry Funk about WrestleReunion, his autobiography, changes to the business and more. Dale "The KISS Demon" Torborg is mentioned in an MLB story on the Marlins fantasy camp. The Hamilton Mountain News has an update on the police investigation of Ion William "Johnny K-9" Croitoru in the murder of Fred and Lynn Gilbank. Canada's Metro News has a negative review of Mick Foley's Tietam Brown, giving it only 2 stars out of 5.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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