Impact, Ratings, JR, Heyman, Hogan Feb 21 - 11:25 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: AJ Styles/Tomko over Kip James/Bob Armstrong, Kaz over Rellik, Petey Williams over Johnny Devine and Sonjay Dutt, Brother Ray over Shark Boy, Roxxi Laveaux/Jackie Moore over ODB/Gail Kim, and Kurt Angle over Booker T.

Last night's ECW scored a 1.4 rating, up slightly from usual. Last week's two hours of RAW finished #5 and #7 among cable programming. WWE.com published a letter from a US Marine thanking WWE for their support.

WWE will hold a press conference on Monday with Big Show and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Los Angeles, CA. The AP corrected their story on WWE's dividend plans noting that they'll be increasing them by 50% and not doubling them. Motley Fool has an article on JAKKS' latest earning report noting its WWE license was one of its major growth drivers this year.

The Daytona News Journal continued their interview with Jim Ross about Wrestlemania weekend events, the 2008 Hall of Fame, Georgia wrestling regulation and more. Jim Ross posted a new Q&A and blog entry on football, Mayweather, Wrestlemania and more. The Edmonton Sun interviewed Mark Cuban about getting involved with WWE among other subjects.

There are a few notes on TNA's debut in New York tonight. The Miami Herald interviewed Bobby Roode about his character, training, TNA and more. Tommy Dreamer reportedly arrived at tonight's TNA show with Christian Cage.

The Sun has a column by Paul Heyman on his memories of Chris Benoit and the events of last summer. Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff's new wrestling promotion plan is actually a reality series with celebrities training to be wrestlers. The Long Island Press spoke to Hermie Sadler about his interest in wrestling and a crossover with NASCAR.

SLAM has an interview with Gabe Sapolsky about Ring of Honor in 2007, TNA, NOAH and more. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at Johnny Weaver, Ric Flair as the Nature Boy, and more. George Steele, Nikolai Volkoff and Sgt. Slaughter will appear at the Peoria, IL Rivermen game on March 1.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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