Impact, Austin, Lesnar, Gallup, Luger Feb 04 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Petey Williams over Shark Boy, AJ Styles over Buck Quartermain, Jeff Hardy over David Young, Abyss over Lex Lovett, and Diamond Dallas Page/Monty Brown over the Naturals.

There are RAW spoilers and pictures from today's taping in Saitama, Japan. Dave Meltzer has some spoilery notes on the tapings and the reaction of some Japanese in attendance. Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Seoul, Korea, while Smackdown will also be taped in Saitama, Japan.

Smackdown scored a 3.2 rating last night, down from a 3.3 last week. Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night ahead of WB. DirecTV is advertising a one cent WrestleMania Recall show to air in March.

WWE added profiles of the 2005 Hall of Fame inductees to their Hall of Fame site. SLAM also published profiles for the inductees. WWE also issued a press release for the announcement. WWE is reportedly looking to bring in some former ECW wrestlers for the proposed ECW PPV.

WWE.com posted some excerpts from "Are We There Yet?", their new book of wrestling road stories. WWE prints their calendars way in advance, as this month features The World's Greatest Tag Team despite breaking up nearly a year ago. IGN published a new Wrestlemania 21 Rivals feature on Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Spike Dudley as they build towards the Xbox release.

D-Von Dudley and Ron Simmons visited troops at Fort Myer on behald of the USO and watched Sunday's Royal Rumble with them. Brock Lesnar served as emcee for a battle between the two top teams in Minneapolis, MN Division III wrestling. Shawn Michaels' scheduled appearance with the Louisiana IceGators on February 18 has been cancelled.

Stone Cold Steve Austin is suing his ex-girlfriend Tess Broussard for $185 million for allegedly putting a gun in his mouth and then threatening his friends. JBL's upcoming wedding to Fox News' Meredith Whitney was discussed on Fox and Friends this morning. The Rock did commentary for ESPN's Polynesian Power: Islanders in the NFL which will air a few more times over the next couple weeks. Dave Meltzer says there's nothing to yesterday's Brock Lesnar story in the Pioneer Press about a Judgment Day return.

In a new Gallup poll, only 10% of Americans (14% men / 7% women) claimed to be professional wrestling fans droping from 15% in 2001. Lex Luger was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to steroids possession charges stemming from a search of his home following Miss Elizabeth's death. Action Wrestling Entertainment wrestler "Red Hot" Ryan Wood helped police apprehend a hit-and-run suspect after witnessing an auto accident. The Miami Herald has a review of female wrestling documentary Lipstick and Dynamite, giving it 2.5 stars.

Steve Gerweck interviewed CW Anderson about the start of his career, ECW, TNA and more. Alex Marvez' latest article looks at the Midnight Express as they've recently reunited for several independent shows. South Carolina's The State has a Q&A with Madusa about wrestling, monster trucks, and her poodle. BWR interviewed Honky Tonk Man about becoming a wrestler, WWE, TNA, the Intercontinental title and more.

Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page all appeared on tonight's Best Damn Sports Show Period. Jeff Jarrett, Ron Killings, and several other TNA wrestlers are working CyberSpace Wrestling Federation's show tomorrow night in Wayne, NJ. Actor Sid Haig was in the Impact front row this week. TNA issued a press release annoucing their debut on RDS in Canada, but not everyone enjoyed the new French commentary on the Impact broadcast.

Ring of Honor will debut in the Buffalo, NY area on June 4. The Torch has a few other Ring of Honor notes on upcoming shows. Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and X-Pac will be reuniting for a February 11 show in Tijuana.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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