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A PSA featuring ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley was played at last night's Hartford Wolfpack AHL game at the Civic Centre with the power house sending the message that people should buckle up their seat belts.

WWE is the No. 4 much searched phrase on yahoo today as it is Royal Rumble day coming in behind Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler will be appearing on ABC's George Lopez show this Wednesday. Keibler plays the beautiful yet dumb fiance of Vic.
 
SmackDown's Rey Mysterio will be making an appearance at the River Centre in St. Paul, MN at the World Of Wheels show between 2-4PM. Prices are $5 for kids aged between 6-12 and $12 for adults.

There was a photoshoot with numerous WWE Divas in San Antonio, Texas yesterday.

There is an article on WWE.com with Jerry Lawler talking about how he will be drawing Superman for the DC Comics website. Lawler is incidentally an accomplished artist and a lifelong Superman so this is a dream job for him.
 
Missy Hyatt appeared on the Dr. Keith Lipinski Show last week and she was upset to say the least in regards to Eric Bischoff's comments on her in his book, Controversy Creates Cash. The two people who Bischoff really went off on in the book were Missy Hyatt and Vince Russo. When asked by the host if she was going to sue, Missy said, "You better believe it because he out-and-out lied!" She also noted that in her book, Missy Hyatt - The First Lady of Wrestling, she didn't talk about the lawsuit with Turner for legal reasons, but Bischoff did in his book. Missy said that the animosity between them happened after she broke up with Jason Hervey, who is Bischoff's close friend and business partner. Missy goes off on Bischoff even more by claiming that he was karate instructor for youths in Minnesota and that he had to quit amongst allegations that he improperly touched the youths. She also talked about the allegation of Bischoff touching her breasts. Missy said that Bischoff said to her, "If you (screwed) me the way you should, you'd still have a job here." Missy goes on off Bischoff even more by calling him a "nothing happening creep" and that he had to do several takes when he was starting out as announcer, unlike her & Jim Ross at the time. To top it all off, at the end of the show, Missy talks about how she could've gotten away with killing Eric Bischoff. In regards to Bischoff's book again, there was an error in the book as a picture of Sherri Martel was labeled as being Missy Hyatt. In response to that, Missy said, "He's gonna be getting it for that to."

Indy women's wrestler Daizee Haze suffered a huge bump on the upper left part of her forehead after she was thrown into the guard rail by her opponent Lacey at Friday's ROH show. The entire audience gasped upon seeing it because the 'goose egg' was quite big. Moments later, she went through a table.

At the same DSW tapings, two fans were kicked out for holding up a High Impact sign. High Impact consisted of Mike Taylor & Tony Santarelli (with Tracy Taylor as their manager) and they were in the promotion since its birth in September 2005. All three individuals were released from their WWE developmental contracts last week. Considering that signs weren't allowed, several fans in the arena made numerous High Impact-related chants throughout the evening. Also, many fans were sporting leis as a silent protest. Tracy Taylor, who is of Hawaiian descent, would regularly wear a lei to the ring.

Conspicuous by their absence were former head trainer Bill DeMott, the Gymini, High Impact, David 'Gangrel' Heath and Tommy Suede, all released during the WWE talent purge last week. None were mentioned in any way, shape or form by DSW.
 
Steve Austin's forthcoming DVD set will be called 'Stone Cold Steve Austin's Life & Legacy'. It will be a 3-Disc Set with 9 hours of footage and it will showcase his rivalries with Bret Hart, The Rock, Mick Foley, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Kane, Scott Hall, Eddie Guerrero and more. The DVD set will also include footage and matches from WCW, ECW, and his Smokey Mountain days. 'Stone Cold Steve Austin's Life & Legacy' will be released on Nov 20, 2007.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any plans for this year's WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to be broadcast on the USA Network. Also, USA Network recently released their March television schedule and a Law & Order marathon will be taking place on that night. However, the Hall of Fame ceremony will more than likely be available to see on the WrestleMania 23 DVD set, which will be released in May.

HBK's family (wife, daughter, and son) are all backstage at the Royal Rumble and his kids were in the ring earlier today.

WWE.com is following the Miz today with all in-character stuff.

WWE has their Fan Axxess setup outside the arena today.
 
Dave Meltzer reports that Tank Toland (James Dick) is now working as an instructor at the OVW Wrestling school, teacher the beginners class.

Celebrity gossip website Splash News Online had an entry titled, 'Fashion Disaster: Brooke Hogan'. Brooke, along with her wrestling Superstar dad Hulk Hogan attended the UFC fight at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino on Thursday and described Hulk's sleeveless shirt as "classy" compared to what his daughter was wearing. They also had a few pictures posted of Brooke's recent fashion disasters. She didn't look bad, but some of the outfits and make up she wore in the past calls for a new stylist. (thanks to Colin Vassallo)

The Undertaker arrived yesterday in a custom-built motorcycle made by West Coast Choppers and designed by Jesse James himself. The bike, which features airbrushed skulls and ghouls, was three years in the making and one of the largest bikes the famous company has made. The others were for Shaq and former ECW Champion Big Show.

WWE and ECW stars answered questions from fans outside the arena about last nights Royal Rumble. There is an article on the WWE website about it.
 
Order Of Entries & Eliminations From The Royal Rumble
01/28/2007 by Ryan Clark

Order of Entry:

1. Ric Flair
2. Finlay
3. Kenny Dykstra
4. Matt Hardy
5. Edge
6. Tommy Dreamer
7. Sabu
8. Gregory Helms
9. Shelton Benjamin
10. Kane
11. CM Punk
12. King Booker
13. Super Crazy
14. Jeff Hardy
15. The Sandman
16. Randy Orton
17. Chris Benoit
18. Rob Van Dam
19. Viscera
20. Johnny Nitro
21. Kevin Thorn
22. Hardcore Holly
23. Shawn Michaels
24. Chris Masters
25. Chavo Guerrero
26. Montell Vontavious Porter
27. Carlito
28. The Great Khali
29. Mike Mizanin
30. The Undertaker

Order of Elimination:

1. Ric Flair by Kenny Dykstra and Edge
2. Kenny Dykstra by Edge
3. Tommy Dreamer by Kane
4. Sabu by Kane
5. Gregory Helms by King Booker
6. The Sandman by King Booker
7. Super Crazy by Edge and Randy Orton
8. Jeff Hardy by Edge and Randy Orton
9. Matt Hardy by Edge and Randy Orton
10. King Booker by Kane
11. Kane by King Booker
12. Finlay by Shawn Michaels
13. Viscera by everyone
14. Shelton Benjamin by Shawn Michaels
15. Johnny Nitro by Chris Benoit
16. Kevin Thorn by Chris Benoit
17. Chris Masters by Rob Van Dam
18. Hardcore Holly by The Great Khali
19. Mike Mizanin by The Great Khali
20. Rob Van Dam by The Great Khali
21. CM Punk by The Great Khali
22. Carlito by The Great Khali
23. Chavo Guerrero by The Great Khali
24. Chris Benoit by The Great Khali
25. The Great Khali by The Undertaker
26. MVP by The Undertaker
27. Randy Orton by Shawn Michaels
28. Edge by Shawn Michaels
29. Shawn Michaels by the Undertaker
 
Thanks to Brandon Dross for the following:

I went to the Roal Rumble last night here in San Antonio and here are some notes:

DARK MATCH:

*Cryme Time's JTG defeated Lance Cade.

LIVE NOTES:

Nothing different then what came off on TV except for the other side of AT&T Center not facing the camera there were empty seats. Officials went into the upper deck and asked if anyone wanted to get a free seat to head down there to section F5 and F6 so they could fill it
up for TV.

Biggest Pops
1. Shawn Michaels
2. the Undertaker
3.John Cena

Biggest Heat
1. Undertaker ( after eliminating Shawn)
2.Umanga
3.Randy Orton

This was my fourth rumble, most of which were in NYC/NJ area but this one was the most fun.
 
Brian Bunch sent a little more information on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson being cast in the new movie version of "Get Smart." Johnson will play the newly created character "Agent 23" in the film starring Steve Carell as "86" and Anne Hathaway and "99", based on the '60s TV comedy with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon. Filming begins next month and will wrap in July.

Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer will be appearing on "The Tyra Banks Show" on 2/7. Laurer also recently took part in the "UCLA Animal-Experimenter Celebrity Smackdown 2007 March" where she marched in protest of scientific experiments being done on animals on the UCLA campus.

Former WWE Diva Ivory will be appearing next month in Canada for the Northern Wrestling Experience.
 
WWE has announced that ECW December To Dismember will be held at the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 2nd, 2007.

Last week's TNA Impact, which aired on Wednesday at 10 PM due to SpikeTV's Ultimate Fight Night in its usual timeslot, was down to a 0.8 rating. That drop had to be expected. The show scored a 0.9 among Males 18-49 and a 0.7 among Males 18-34. On Thursday, the UFC Fight Night Live special from 8-10 PM scored 1.7 rating with a 2.5 share. SpikeTV had to be thrilled with that. The Ultimate Fighter Unleashed episode at 7 PM scored a 0.6 with a 1.1 share while Insider the UFC did a 0.4 with a 1.0 share. The UFC talk show, airing at midnight, would likely do better with an earlier timeslot.
 
The band Saliva was backstage at the Royal Rumble match and chatted with the stars before the show.

TNA knockout Jackie Gayda was also backstage at the PPV with her husband Charlie Haas and and their newborn daughter.

WWE.com have an interview with The Hardy Boyz done with Todd Grisham. When asked what's next for them, Matt said "Tag team gold would be nice, but we've been champions 6 times" intimating that it's not a big deal for them. He added that he would like to go for the U.S. Title to complement Jeff's I.C Title.

The fans have voted for the winner of WWE.com's Fantasy Rumble, and it is none other than Shawn Michaels. Ionically, the fantasy rumble also came down to Undertaker and HBK, with Michaels coming out on top.
 
WWE has offered Wes Adams, an independent guy who worked on both ECW on Smackdown last week, a developmental deal.

Apparently the decision to put over The Undertaker at the Royal Royal was made a few months back, and confirmed once Triple H went down with a torn quad at New Year's Revolution.

Mike Informer sent this: WWE posted some interesting backstage photos from last night's Royal Rumble, including Charlie Haas with wife Jackie Gayda and their new baby daughter - Kayla Jacquelyn Haas. In another, Batista is seen with a member of Saliva.

Also from wwe.com: The Undertaker had just received a custom-built motorcycle made by West Coast Choppers and designed by Jesse James himself. The bike, which features airbrushed skulls and ghouls, was three years in the making and one of the largest bikes the famous company has made. The others were for Shaq and former ECW Champion Big Show.

The United States Military was represented at the Royal Rumble as two servicemen recovering from injuries suffered in the line of duty were in attendance.
 
The figures that Warrior "Ultimate Warrior" Warrior put up on eBay did not end up selling despite his personal guarantee that they would only increase in value and never decrease. Warrior also has some new updates at ultimatewarrior.com.

Cryme Tyme's JTG beat Lance Cade in a dark match at the Royal Rumble last night.

WWE has scheduled a WrestleMania 23 press conference at SilverCity Windsor in Windsor for 2/2 to announce events leading up to WrestleMania 23. Windsor is just a short drive away from Detroit, where WrestleMania 23 will take place. Scheduled to appear at the conference are Hillbilly Jim, CM Punk, Carlito, Chris Benoit, WWE Canada President Carl DeMarco, and Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis.

Multichannel News profiled Linda McMahon today. The article talks about Linda's role with WWE and how she and WWE have grown over the years.
 
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

There are no plans for this years Hall of Fame to be on TV. That happened last year as well but a deal was worked out at the last minute. That could once again happen this year.

Sabu and Sandman are endangered species. Sabu doesn't like working when he can't do stunts and they've decided to not put him on the road anymore, and Sandman, although he's popular and still getting pushed right now, can't really do anything without his weapons.

There has been a major change in WrestleMania plans with John Cena's match over the last day or two. We're told the change is significant. More shortly.
 
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The company is going all out to sign up RVD. Not because they want to keep him particularly, but just to stop him going to TNA. RVD though gives the impression that he's as good as gone.

Before the 1/16 show Vince and John Laurinaitis made a big speech about Sylvan being arrested for speeding as he was trying to get back from the gym to a show and as a result of that the boys are no longer allowed to go to the gym after checking in at the building.

RVD then said, in front of Vince to Johnny 'Ace' Laurinaitis and in a very mocking tone "Johnny, can we go to the gym before we come to building?" He sounded like a little boy who's at his last day at a school so knows he can say what he wants to his teachers.
 
Photos from the Royal Rumble can be seen at WWE.com.

There are also post-match video interviews from the Royal Rumble last night with various WWE stars at WWE.com.
 
Hulk Hogan's profile is back on the RAW page and Scotty 2 Hotty is now over on the RAW roster.

As of last week, Kane's 'See No Evil' movie received $16.49 million in rental revenue, surpassing its total gate of $15,032,800. The movie took around 6 months to come out on video and WWE should be reporting profit soon thanks to movie rentals. It had a production budget of $8 million plus marketing.

Bobby Lashley vs. Test for the THIRD straight time is the main event of ECW on SCI-FI this week. It's quite obvious they could care less about ECW.
 
Stacy Keibler had a prominent role in a television preview for the next episode of ABC’s “What About Brian.”

Set to air on Monday, February 12 (a week later than initially reported), the episode features Keibler joining “TV’s sexiest friends” as main character Brian Davis’ new neighbor. The commercial, which mentions Keibler by name, features Brian’s girlfriend Bridget catching him with the Keibler character (and the character’s roommate) in a compromising position. A brief shot in the commercial specifically focuses on Keibler’s butt, teasing the power her sex appeal might have in complicating Brian’s current relationship.

Keibler, who is also booked to appear on ABC’s “George Lopez Show,” is signed to a seven-episode arc on “Brian.”
 
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Vince McMahon was furious at the 1/16 ECW tapings and went nuts backstage after it was all over. He hated the show and was screaming that there wasnt one guy in ECW who knew how to work.
 
Jackie Gayda was once again backstage at RAW last night with her baby and Charlie Haas. She was at the Royal Rumble as well.

Scotty Too Hotty is now a permanent fixture on the RAW brand.

WWE.com have a new section called "Where are they now?" where they will look at what the stars from the 70's, 80's and 90's are doing these days. The first "Inductees" are Virgil (teaching math at a catholic high school in Pittsburgh and making occasional wrestling appearances), Haku (managing the detail shop at David Maus Toyota in Kissimee, FL and playing golf), and Outlaw Ron Bass (worked in construction in Florida after retiring from wrestling). They advertise that the next superstar from the past to be profiled will be Honky Tonk Man on February 7th.
 
Nitro and Melina got into their rental without saying a word to the fans last night after RAW. The two are a real life couple.

Torrie Wilson, Lillian Garcia, and Maria are traveling buddies.

Mickie James and Kenny are driving partners and real life boyfriend/girlfriend.

Ron Simmons walked out and said "Damn" twice right after the Vince Angle.
 
WWE is looking into aquiring as many Wrestling Society X wrestler's as possible.

Armed and Fabulous has been picked up by VH1.


Jackson Moore passed along the following report:

Dark Match
Valdimr Kozlov (w/ Boris Alexiev) vs Mike Foxx
Meh match, but Koslov does have a rig presence about him. Vlad won the match with a Shock Treatment.

Sunday Night Heat
Scotty 2 Hotty vs Jared Steele
I forgot he still wrestles for WWE. So did the crowd, the reaction he got was amazing. Your standad S2H match. He doesn't worm like he used to but it won the match for him.

Eugene vs Daniel Rodimer
Daniel Rodimer is Randy Orton 2.0. He walks to the ring like him and looks like him too. It's creepy. He doesn't have Randy's in-ring skills though. Stephanie needs to send him back to the training camps. Eugene won with a roll-up I believe

Cade/Murdoch/Viscera vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan/The Highlanders
A good six man tag with Rory playing face in peril. Viscera moves so smoothly in the ring for a big man. Cade wins the match after a clothesline/knee clip combo buy the country bumpkins.

Raw Notes

Nothing really to note what you saw we saw. We initially thought the money was confetti was for fan appreciation night, but once we realized it was real we went crazy. Donald Trump bought me two shirts (I grabbed a 50 out of the sky!) Trump spoke the truth when he said we wanted value for the money we spend.

We had two wild lesbian kisses for the Kiss Cam tonight.

The Undertaker's appearance was crazy. Sure it was predictable but still seeing that man in person is awesome.

Spottings
Mrs. Jackie (Gayda-Haas) was spotted rushing to her seat before the show began.

Nitro and Melina getting into their rental without saying a word to the fans.

Torrie, Lillian, and Maria getting into their rental after signing a few autographs.

Mickie and Kenny on I-35. Mickie was driving.

I had a fantastic time and I hope things stay this exciting as we head to Wrestlemania 23!
 
Partial Source: PWInsider

The newest ECW DVD Extreme Rules was officially released today. The two-disc set is hosted by Joey Styles and Tazz. The set features past and present ECW matches.

WWE will be taping Smackdown and ECW tonight in Houston, Texas. If anyone attends the show and would like to send in a report, you can do so by clicking my name at the top of this post.

We will also have full coverage of ECW on Sci Fi later tonight. Believe it or not, there is huge talk in Houston today regarding the debut of Wrestling Society X at 10:30pm ET tonight, which will go head-to-head with the last 30 minutes of ECW. Based on reports, tonight's show (which features an appearance by Vince McMahon and Bobby Lashley vs. Test for the ECW Title) is being written with the goal of shutting down the WSX debut in a big way.

The "sneak preview" of Wrestling Society X on MTV this past Friday (January 26) drew a 0.43 cable rating with a 0.9 share. That is more than four times the usual 0.10 rating for that timeslot on Friday nights. It should also be noted that the average rating for MTV that day was 0.40, so it even beat out earlier primetime numbers as well.

Don't forget, the "official" debut for Wrestling Society X is tonight starting at 10:30pm ET/9:30pm CT going head-to-head with the last 30 minutes of ECW on Sci Fi. It will be interesting to see what kind of a rating the show does tonight, especially going up against WWE programming.
 
Source: PWInsider

- Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler appeared on the Best Damn Sports Show this week.

- Robert Gibson of Rock N' Roll Express fame is working with WWE to help train developmental talents.

- Recently signed WWE talent TJ Wilson is scheduled to report to Deep South Wrestling soon.

- The Marine starring WWE Heavyweight Champion John Cena was released on DVD today. The un-rated version of the movie is said to be far superior to the version that was in theaters.
 
A few media outlets have mentioned Donald Trump's appearance on RAW last night including TMZ.com. WWE, Trump, and NBC are all hoping for more media coverage of the angle, especially NBC which wants to draw viewers to The Apprentice which isn't doing as well in the ratings this season as past seasons.
 
Ads promoting Monday night's Raw in Sioux, IA are plugging John Cena vs. Umaga. I assume that will be the dark match.

Vampiro and Psicosis will be working in WWC Puerto Rico (2/2-2/4).

Speaking of recent releases, Vince McMahon decided to cut Tony Mamaluke because he was too small. Writer David Lagana did fight to keep him and push him as an underdog character ala 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman), but McMahon didn't go for it.
 
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