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Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Bobby Lashley over Hardcore Holly, Kevin Thorn/Marcus Cor Von over Sandman/Tommy Dreamer, CM Punk over Mike Knox, Elijah Burke/Matt Striker over Rob Van Dam/Sabu.

There are Heat and RAW spoilers from last night in Portland, OR, as well as Canadian TV reports. During last night's Apprentice, NBC promoted Donald Trump's appearance on RAW on Thursday. Smackdown and ECW were taped in Yakima, WA tonight, so spoilers should be out later.

WWE reported earnings for the eight month period ending on December 1 as they switch their reporting to a calendar-year basis. During the 8 month period, WWE say profit rise from $29.8 million to $31.6 million and revenue rise from $247.7 million to $262.9 million for the comperable 8 month period in 2005. WWE held their year end conference call this morning with Linda McMahon discussing ECW, the financial numbers, MMA, and much more. A full transcript of the conference call can be purchased for $75. WWE also released a detailed summary of the past eight months' results including PPV buyrates which show December's ECW PPV doing a low 90,000 buys.

The Buffalo News has an article on the dangers of concussions and Christopher Nowinski's battle to raise awareness of the issue. King Booker will appear at Saturday's Houston Aeroes hockey game. Sgt. Slaughter is scheduled to appear at the South Atlantic League Lake County Captains baseball game on July 19 as part of their "Operation: Supply our Troops."

TMZ has a video of Brooke and Linda Hogan with Linda calling her daughter the new Paris Hilton. TMZ did not appreciate Brooke Hogan's appearance at the Grammy Awards. The Hulk Hogan Ultimate Grill now has a website.

TNA's Monday night special This is TNA scored a 1.2 rating, only slightly above their normal Impact ratings. There are Impact spoilers from last night in Orlando, FL. TNA was reportedly very happy with last night's Impact taping. Mike Johnson has backstage notes from the Impact taping. PWInsider has a preliminary line-up for TNA's Destination X PPV with some spoilerly matches. Ron Killings was walking with the help of crutches at weekend TNA events due to knee surgery.

Wrestling Society X may be planning a twelve episode taping in March or April. SLAM spoke to Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin about the promotion's fifth anniversary, favorite moments, Ring of Honor's philosophy and more. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor notes on upcoming shows, Bruno Sammartino, Doug williams and more.

3 Count Wrestling interviewed Brent Albright about Ring of Honor, WWE, OVW, TNA and more. The Winthrop Eagles are using Junk Yard Dog as an inspiration for their basketball play. Anna Nicole Smith's final movie Illegal Aliens, with co-star Joanie Laurer, is now set for a May DVD release. Sirius is dropping Sports Byline, which is the home of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Live.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Last Edited: Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 - 12:45 am EST

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