Last night's ECW scored a 1.3 rating. There are Smackdown spoilers and live notes from last night's taping in Buffalo, NY. WWE will be taping two weeks of TV in three days in February due to their international tour.

The Stamford Advocate has a story on WWE's battle with the unlicensed maker of Wrestle Mania action figures which were recently named as a part of New York state's recall of toys with too much lead. Despite being thrown out at the federal level, WWE's lawsuit against JAKKS Pacific and THQ will still continue at the state level. WireImage has signed Silas Young to a developmental deal.

GameTap interviewed JBL about Iraq, returing to the ring, money and more. The Miami Herald interviewed Ron Simmons about Damn, winning the World Heavyweight Championship, Iraq and more. Ashley posted a MySpace blog entry discussing her time on Survivor now that the show is finished. Gregory Helms' mother passed away over the weekend.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution spoke to Lex Luger, Rick Steiner and others about drugs problems in the wrestling business, beating testing, Chris Benoit and more. As a result of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission's hearings on wrestling regulation, several members of the Georgia wrestling community have formed the Georgia Wrestling Promoters Advisory Committee to develop their own ideas for needed regulation. In Google's 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist, Chris Benoit ranked fifth among newsmakers and fourth among deaths, while Vince McMahon's worked death earned him third.

Fight Network Radio interviewed Tammy Sytch about RAW's 15th anniversary, getting back into shape, a full-time return to WWE and more. Hulk Hogan now says he regrets bringing his family into Hogan Knows Best. Andrew "Test" Martin announced plans to retire from wrestling following a March tour of Ireland.

Roddy Piper will be part of a They Live reunion at the Monster Mania X convention on March 15 in Cherry Hill, NJ. IndiaFM has an article on the career of Dara Singh. SLAM has an article on former wrestler Ron Logue and his seasonal employment as Santa Claus.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.