Ratings Summary
- RAW: 4.1 (4.0 / 4.1) Up from 3.8 (3.7 / 3.9 / 5.8 Share)
- Heat: 0.8 (1.2 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.0 Share)
- Velocity: 0.4 (0.8 Share) Down from 0.5 (1.0 Share)
- WWE Experience: 0.6 (1.3 Share) Same as last week
WWE's RAW and Smackdown crews are in Honolulu, HI tonight for a dual-brand house show. There are Smackdown spoilers from last night's post-RAW taping in San Jose, CA. WWE didn't tape Heat or Velocity matches last night, so those shows will be recaps. The Anchorage Daily News has a brief article on WWE's house show there on Sunday and the accompanying charity auction of VIP packages.
WWE.com posted a note stating Vince McMahon underwent succesful surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews to repair the torn quad tendons he suffered at the Rumble. WWE wrestlers are scheduled to take part in "Zo & Melo's 8-Ball Challenge", hosted by Alonzo Morning and Carmelo Anthony, in Denver, CO on February 17. DefenseLink has an article on messaging service TroopTalk including WWE's involvement. WWE's recent Royal Rumble ad is mentioned in an article on the legacy of West Side Story.
The Rock made the New York Post Page Six gossip column for his comments to Playboy about Hollywood action heroes. Brock Lesnar was not among the seven players chosen by the Minnesota Vikings to play in NFL Europe this spring, and there's reportedly been no contact between the team and Lesnar since the end of the season. Big Show was mentioned in an article on his former basketball team Wichita State and their last victory over Creighton on their home court in 1992.
PWInsider has the match and extra listing for Rob Van Dam's new DVD, as well as easter eggs. Jakks Pacific is releasing several new lines of action figures over the next few months. THQ reported record results for the fiscal 2005 third quarter due in part to shipping 2 million copies of RAW vs. Smackdown.
Recent WWE signees the Shane Twins are scheduled to arrive in OVW on Monday. Harry Slash announced WWE purchased their catalog of music used by ECW for use in future ECW video projects and possibly an ECW PPV. Lou E. Dangerously has has been posting ECW memories in his MySpace blog.
There are live Impact spoilers from tonight's taping in Orlando, FL. Billy Gunn was backstage at TNA's Impact taping tonight. TNA interviewed Monty Brown about the Super Bowl, his NFL career, and his TNA future. Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown will appear on Friday's Best Damn Sports Show Period.
SLAM has an article on Ring of Honor's CM Punk, Roderick Strong and Samoa Joe as they wrestled in Montreal, QC a couple weekends ago. NWA Florida held their Superbowl of Wrestling show on Friday in Davie, FL with Lex Lovett retaining the NWA Southern Heavyweight title against Dennis Knight. MXW debuted in Bristol, CT on Saturday with Boogalou over Jay Lethal. Mike Johnson wrote in detail about his thoughts on this past weekend's Wrestle Reunion convention, and Chris Cruise recapped Saturday night at the convention.
Dory Funk Jr. will reportedly help with training talent for the Naked Women's Wrestling promotion with the wrestlers being paid $5000 for training and a March PPV appearance. Lex Luger's DUI arrest yesterday also included charges of expired tags, altered tags, no proof of insurance, and an open container. Quincy Rashad Gray, a Lynchburg, VA man, plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection to the wrestling move related death of Michael Steven Rose in August.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
