ECW, Ratings, NXT, Lashley, Flair, Hogan Feb 09 - 11:08 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Yoshi Tatsu/Goldust over Trent Barreta/Caylen Croft, Ezekiel Jackson over Perry Wallace, and Shelton Benjamin over Vance Archer.

Last night's RAW scored a 3.6 rating (3.5 / 3.7). Last week's two hours of RAW ranked #1 and #4 on cable with SpongeBob SquarePants and Penguins of Madagascar at #2 and #3. RAW was edited in Canada during the first airing due to a technical issue. There's a translation of Maryse's promo on Gail Kim on last night's RAW. There are off air notes from RAW last night in Lafayette, LA.

WWE re-rescheduled a Philadelphia, PA house show for Sunday afternoon, and moved Sunday's scheduled show in Peoria, IL to July 9. Tickets for WWE's Backlash PPV in Baltimore, MD will go on sale on March 6. WWE held a press conference to announce Antonio Inoki's Hall of Fame induction in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. WWE's NXT series will still feature some veteran WWE wrestlers. TOPPS is releasing their WWE Slam Attax trading card game. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses Louisiana, cooking, UFC and more.

TNA's Before the Bell: Against All Odds special is now available on YouTube. TNA is establishing a ranking system with their #1 contender tournament. TNA removed Bobby Lashley's profile from their website suggesting he may no longer be on the roster.

The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot interviewed Ric Flair about his retirement, plans to return to the ring, TNA's house show Friday in Norfolk, VA and more. Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Hulk Hogan about wrestling again, changing TNA, WWE and more. The UK's Sun interviewed Kurt Angle about his new line of healthy foods. SLAM interviewed Jenna Morasca about the new season of Survivor and putting wrestling behind her.

EVOLVE announced they're taking pre-orders for their first DVD EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards. Dragon Gate USA announced a six man tag match with CIMA/Gamma/Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi/Masato Yoshino/BxB Hulk at their March 27 Wrestlemania weekend show in Phoenix, AZ. There are DGUSA notes on upcoming shows, PPVs, DVD releases and more. There are Ring of Honor notes on the TV tournament, Human Tornado, Colt Cabana and more.

The Chicago Tribune interviewed Colt Cabana about his improv work, comedy in wrestling, returning to WWE and more. Roddy Piper was a guest on Adam Carolla's daily podcast. Scott Steiner is now taking independent bookings. Kenny Doane survived another round in the Seducing Cindy reality series.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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