Quick Impact Results: Kid Kash/Lance Hoyt over Jeff Hardy/Chris Sabin, Chris Candido over Sonny Siaki, Monty Brown over Johnny Devine, the Naturals over Dustin Rhodes/Cassidy Reilly, and Kazarian/Michael Shane/Primetime over 3 Live Kru.

Smackdown scored a 3.3 rating, down from a 3.8 last week. Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night ahead of WB. Advertisements for No Way Out are showing the "barbwire cage" which is a traditional cage with a barbwire top. PWInsider has a list of the week's top selling WWE DVDs, with Rise and Fall of ECW #1 with 3,315.

WWE.com spoke to Batista, Randy Orton, Edge, Muhammad Hassan, Coach and Paul London about their chances Sunday at the Royal Rumble. WWE.com also interviewed some of the Smackdown wrestlers about who they're looking forward to seeing from the RAW brand on Sunday. The Torch has some speculation on the Royal Rumble including whether Brock Lesnar might be the final Smackdown entry. Brock Lesnar reportedly hasn't heard from the Minnesota Vikings about next season.

WWE posted a match listing for February's Jukebox with a heavy emphasis on John Cena. WWE also posted their WWE 24/7 schedule for February (PDF) with a combination St. Valentine's Day/Black History Month theme. Triple H cancelled a telephone interview on James Whale's talkSPORT show at the last minute leading Whale to trash the book and say he'll never have another wrestler on his show.

The Sun's Lilboys hosted a webchat with Chris Benoit covering his training with Stu Hart, Dynamite Kid, winning the title and more. The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an article on the WWE lifestyle and the extra effort required by the divas. Sci-Fi Wire spoke to The Rock about some of his upcoming movie projects, including Species Human, Spy-Hunter and Doom.

Smackdown was pre-empted in Richmond, VA last night and will be shown tomorrow night instead. WWE might be considering Kevin Sullivan for a spot on the writing team. Former WWE CFO Philip Livingston has been hired by Approva Corp. as vice chairman.

Fozzy's new album All That Remains sold only 1,566 copies in its first week, failing to make the top 200. Some HMV stores in Canada are already selling Rob Van Dam's new DVD, which is due out officially on Tuesday. IGN posted Kane vs. Matt Hardy as their latest Wrestlemania 21 rivals feature.

Alex Marvez interviewed Jimmy Hart about his wrestling career, the Gentrys, WWE and Hulk Hogan. Jesse Ventura spoke to Contra Coast, CA business and political leaders last night about politics and the media. Joey Yung, a female musician from Hong Kong, wore a WWE title belt while presenting at the HK Music Awards. SLAM has an article on Canada's new Fight Network and their recent acquisition of the LAW.

OVW was in Muncie, IN last night with Aaron "The Idol" Stevens winning an 18 man battle royal. Peterborough Today has an article on new promotion Lawrie's Livewire Wrestling Entertainments as they stage their first show tonight in Peterborough, England. 3PW announced main events for their third anniversary show on February 19 of Christopher Daniels vs. Slyck Wagner Brown, and AJ Styles vs. Simon Diamond. Pro Wrestling Guerilla will run two shows in Los Angeles, CA during the Wrestlemania weekend on April 1 and 2.

Wrestling Observer has a fan report from the Wrestle Reunion convention that began today. Interactive Interview spoke to Terry Funk about his retirement plans, the NWA, ECW and more. Dory Funk Jr. commented on what may be his final match teaming with his brother Terry tomorrow against the NWA tag team champions Chris Harris and James Storm. The Tampa Bay Tribune has an article on this weekend's Wrestle Reunion with comments from Diamond Dallas Page.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.