WWE, Cena, Spike TV, Lesnar, Gunn Feb 02 - 11:58 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW and Smackdown crews were in Honoluli, HI last night for a dual brand show with Undertaker/Kane over Gene Snitsky/Heidenreich and Triple H over Randy Orton. Stephanie McMahon is running the TV tapings in Japan since Vince McMahon required surgery. Triple H is doing a press conference tomorrow in Japan for RAW and Blade Trinity. WWE.com spoke to Edge about his upcoming title shot against Triple H in Japan.

WWE will announce this year's Hall of Fame inductees on Smackdown. WWE.com posted an article on Sgt. Slaughter's return to the ring to face Muhammad Hassan on RAW. WWE will begin airing a Ric Flair Braveheart/Shrek spoof Wrestlemania ad soon. Amazon.com is selling an exclusive 12 disc Best of WWE 2003 DVD set for about $200.

WWE and Ten Sports signed a new five year deal for WWE programming in India. Motley Fool has an article on THQ's incredible quarter and what it may mean for related businesses like WWE. The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle both have articles on the possible future of Spike TV following last week's resignation of channel president Albie Hecht. The Los Angeles Times listed WWE among groups sometimes using auctions for higher value tickets to maximize their profits.

SLAM has an article detailing this year's Royal Rumble statistics. MMAWeekly covered Daniel Puder's "initiation" at the Royal Rumble as well as the effect of RAW's lead-in for UFC's Ultimate Fighter. WWE.com has an article on their Are You Tough Enough To Travel contest winners and their trip to California.

Fozzy's video for Enemy is available at Yahoo! Launch. John Cena makes an appearance in Murs' video for Hustle. The Washington Times picked up on The Rock's comments in his March Playboy interview about action heroes and Ron Artest.

Brock Lesnar will appear on ESPN2's Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL on Friday at 2pm. Billy Gunn's been added to the Action Wrestling "Larger Than Life" show on March 11. Rico debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling today teaming with Bull Buchanan to win the All-Asian tag title.

There are TNA Impact taping results for the next two weeks from last night in Orlando, FL. Billy Gunn, Mideon, Cuban Assassin and Bugsy McGraw were all backstage at Impact last night. TNA is expected to hold a one night X Division tournament for their March PPV. Jeff Hammond wrote about wrestling for TNA on February 13 in his FoxSports column.

PWInsider has an excerpt from Dusty Rhodes' autobiography about Terry Funk, Harley Race and Ric Flair. Express & Star has an article on female UK wrestler Pippa L'Vinn and what it takes to be a wrestler. SLAM has an article on the death of Freddie Sweetan 30 years ago in a fire.

Celebrity Justice's website has the legal documents (PDF) for Lex Luger's recent DUI arrest. James Laurinaitis, son of Road Warrior Animal, officially signed with Ohio State, while Kaluka Maiava, a nephew of The Rock, officially signed with USC to play football. The New York Times has a review on James Brown's new autobiography "I Feel Good" mentioning the influence of Gorgeous George on his persona.

Psycho697186 posted WWE wrestler win/loss records from July 2002 through yesterday's show in Hawaii, so check those out. That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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