Smackdown, Heart Throbs, MTV Feb 10 - 10:51 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Chris Benoit over Matt Hardy, Orlando Jordan and JBL, MNM over Paul London/Brian Kendrick, Gregory Helms over Nunzio, Pequeno Violencia/Octagoncito vs Mascarita Sagrada/Tsuki was a no contest, and Undertaker over Mark Henry via DQ.

The RAW crew was in Tallahassee, FL tonight, and tomorrow they're in Dothan, AL. The Long Island Press has an article on some of the errors in the Boca Raton News article on Vince McMahon regarding allegations of groping a tanning salon employee. Vickie Guerrero and her daughters will be at ringside during Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton at No Way Out. India's Cybernoon has an article on John Cena's visit to Crossroads in Mumbai yesterday to promote Ten Sports.

WWE released the Heart Throbs Romeo and Antonio. WWE has been slow to post Wednesday's Byte This to the archives, possibly because the guests were the just released Heart Throbs. Several WWE wrestlers visited last night's Deep South Wrestling taping. Thea Vidale, the actress playing Shelton Benjamin's mother, has an internal injury so her heart attack was written in to give her time off to have it treated.

WWE's latest key business drivers show New Year's Revolution doing about 300,000 buys, up slightly from Armageddon. WWE's PPV schedule includes Cyber Sunday on November 5 and an ECW PPV on June 11. WWE is planning a new magazine similar to Men's Fitness. ESPN will start their Monday Night Football games at 8:30pm, a half hour earlier than in the past and before the start of RAW. The latest edition of Television Week included an article on the new CW Network and Smackdown's potential role in it.

Judge Christopher Droney denied Brock Lesnar's attempt to stop WWE from deposing his attorney. Daniel Puder has a podcast available on iTunes. USA Today has an article on women's basketball at Texas A&M mentioning the rivalry with Rutgers and an incident with Linda "Shaniqua" Miles when she played on the team.

Get in the Ring interviewed Maven about the indie circuit, his WWE release, and whether he'll be back. James Guttman interviewed Elix Skipper about WCW vs. TNA, the X Division, risky moves and more. Keith Lipinski interviewed Christian Cage about joining TNA, Jeff Jarrett, Sting and more. DVD Reviewer has an interview with Bret Hart about his DVD, Europe, working with WWE again and more.

TNA has an article by Dory Funk Jr. on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. TNA and some of its performers are featured in FHM and on FHM's website. TNA has a video preview of Rhino vs. Abyss for Sunday's Falls Count Anywhere match.

MTV held their Wrestling Society X pilot taping yesterday in Los Angeles, CA with appearances by Sean Waltman, Vampiro, New Jack and others. The Briscoe Brothers will be returning to Ring of Honor on February 25 for the anniversary show in Edison, NJ. World Wrestling Legends issued a press release for their "6:05 Reunion" PPV taping on March 5 in Orlando, FL.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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