Smackdown, Wrestlemania, TNA Jan 18 - 11:30 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Great Khali over Finlay, Jimmy Wang Yang/Shannon Moore over Deuce and Domino, Batista over Mark Henry, Michelle McCool over Layla, and CM Punk/Rey Mysterio Jr. over Edge/Chavo Guerrero Jr.

The RAW crew was in Syracuse, NY tonight, and tomorrow they're in Jamestown, NY. The Smackdown/ECW crew is in State College, PA tomorrow. WWE postponed their Moline, IL house show on March 10 until an unspecified date.

The Arizona Republic confirmed WWE's shown interest in the Phoenix, AZ area for Wrestlemania in 2010, touring the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. There's speculation that Wrestlemania 25 could be in New York City, NY or Las Vegas, NV next year. WWE filed a lawsuit in Georgia against Air, Sea and Ground Inc, Rockford-Montgomery Labs, Inc., and the IAHL Corporation alleging they've been delinquent in Wrestlemania 23 sponsorship fees while still advertising a relationship with WWE. WWE is giving away Wrestlemania XXIV tickets to the winner of a Smackdown vs. RAW 2008 tournament.

WWE is hopeful John Cena can return for Wrestlemania in a non-wrestling role. The Ohio man who attempted to pull over Batista by pretending to be a police officer was charged with imprsonating an officer, but pleade no const. The UK's Sky will broadcast Wrestlemania in HD. PWInsider has a match and feature list for the Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin DVD set.

Kenny Dykstra is out of the ring due to a knee injury. Kevin Thorn may be brought back as a face. Ernie Holmes, a football player who appeared in the Wrestlemania 2 NFL Battle Royal, passed away at age 59 following a car crash yesterday. USA Network's Bonnie Hammer was replaced by Dave Howe as ECW network president, although he will report to her.

Last night's Impact scored a 1.2 rating and set a record for Impact viewership, while Global Impact followed with a 0.8 rating. TNA announced Destination X for March 9 in Norfolk, VA.

The Rock was on hand for the grand opening of Universal Studios' Disaster! ride in which he has a cameo. Bubba the Love Sponge interviewed Brock Lesnar about Triple H, MMA, and Kurt Angle. Between the Ropes interviewed Chris "Tatanka" Chavis about independent wrestling, returning to WWE, leaving WWE and more. American Gladiators' Wolf discussed his wrestling background in a radio interview and said he'd be interested in going to WWE when Gladiators ends.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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