Smackdown, Austin, Hogan, Angle Jan 12 - 11:05 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Finlay vs. Matt Hardy was a time-limit draw, Tatanka over Jimmy Wang Yang, Mr. Kennedy over Chris Benoit, Paul London/Brian Kendrick over William Regal/Dave Taylor, MVP vs. Vito was a time-limit draw, and Undertaker vs. the Miz was a time-limit draw.

The RAW crew is in Alexandria, LA tomorrow, while the Smackdown and ECW crews are in Hidalgo, TX. Hidalgo, TX's The Monitor has an article on tomorrow's Smackdown and ECW house show. The Texarkana Gazette has an article on Sunday's RAW house show. Two Portland, OR wrestlers are camping out for WWE tickets that go on sale tomorrow morning, even though they apparently had an internet on-sale today.

The Torch has one fan's early review of a screening of Steve Austin's film The Condemned which gives it a thumbs up. Test and Vladimir Kozlov appear in the trailer for Rob Zombie's Werewolf Women of the SS. Candice Michelle will appear at the San Jose International Car Show tomorrow afternoon.

Former WWE licensing agent Stanley Shenker pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, CT to conspiring to defraud WWE as part of a kickback scheme with former WWE senior vice president of licensing and merchandising James Bell. Cablevision is adding WWE 24/7 in some areas on January 17.

Hulk Hogan appeared on Bubba the Love Sponge's show and spoke to Vince McMahon's secretary about who might make the Hall of Fame this year . The LaCrosse, WI Tribune has an article on Hulkamaniac Kyle Wood who won a VH-1 Ultimate Fan contest that gave him the opportunity to hang out with the Hogans for 3 days as shown on a recent Hogan Knows Best. Ric Flair appeared on FSN's The Sports List discussing Steve Largent, a football player turned politician.

Armed and Famous finished in third place in its timeslot last night. The Armed and Famous cast and crew said thank you to the Muncie, IN police with a gift of three fully loaded 2007 Hummer SUVs during the filming of the show's finale this week.

Samoa Joe's knee therapy is going well allowing him to wrestle Kurt Angle in Portugal and for Canada's Pure Wrestling Association. Kurt Angle will appear on NBC's iVillage Live on Monday. Kurt Angle was interviewed by The First Team on Fox Sports Radio.

TNA announced a mobile content deal with New Motion, Inc. with extensive integration for Impact, PPVs and live events. Christy Hemme relaunched her website. SLAM has comments from Don West's recent TNA conference call to discuss Final Resolution, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and more.

Ring of Honor and NOAH continue to work together with a NOAH wrestler scheduled to face Samoa Joe on February 16. There will be a Wrestling's Living Legends convention in Windsor, ON the day before Wrestlemania 23 in nearby Detroit, MI. Alan Wojcik reviewed RF Video's Life in the Fast Lane, a documentary/shoot interview compilation with over 50 different shoots on two DVDs.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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