Impact, Ratings, Kane, Michelle, TNA Feb 01 - 11:46 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Austin Starr over Jerry Lynn and Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal and Alex Shelley, Robert Roode over Petey Williams, and AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe was no contest.

ECW scored a 1.7 rating, up slightly from recent weeks. Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #2 on basic cable. The Daily Iowan ran a story on WWE to promote Saturday's show in Cedar Rapids, IA. WWE Vengeance tickets are available via internet presale.

Steppin' Out magazine interviewed Candice Michelle about her GoDaddy ads and role in WWE. Mick Foley's book Hardcore Diaries is scheduled for a March 6 release, with him likely appearing on WWE TV to promote it. Jim Ross discussed the Royal Rumble and other subjects in his blog, but then followed it up with another post putting to rest some rumors about the reason he didn't call the Royal Rumble. New Jersey's Express-Times has an article on Sean and Amber Siegfried whose letter and drawing were the authors of the letter presented by WWE to the troops in Iraq in December as part of the A Million Thanks campaign.

WWE's latest Superstar 2 Superstar has Kane interviewed Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund about his new film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, horror films, fire and more. Yahoo! Video Games interviewed Kane about his love of video games, computers vs. consoles, PSP and more. UGO is running a Grudge Match Sweepstakes in honor the Grudge 2 DVD with the prize including a trip for two to see a WWE Grudge Match Smackdown. WWE Smackdown vs. RAW won the 1UP People's Choice Award for a Fighting/Wrestling game. THQ is expected to announce a strong quarter tomorrow due in part to better than expected sales of WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2007.

Chris Jericho's Fozzy has given TNA permission to use their song The Test during their February 12 Spike TV special. Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe have radio appearances scheduled for next week. TNA will be featured on Maxim Magazine's website during March. TNA's latest Hemme Powered column features her answer to the question "What Do You Believe In?"

Massachusetts' Enterprise has an article on New England Championship Wrestling's show in Brockton, MA on Saturday, the first since a death at a wrestling show in May 2005 put on by another promotion. The Milford Chronicle has an article on Maximum Championship Wrestling as they prepare for a show on Saturday. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at champions, the Royal Rumble, TNA and more.

Wrestling with Shadows is being released in Canada. Bubba the Love Sponge discussed Hogan Knows Best and how much of it is done just for the camera. SLAM has an article on Jim LaRock covering his lengthy amateur career as well as decision to become a professional wrestler in the 1950s.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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