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Source - WrestlingObserver

-- Newsday's website has a listing of the top 25 sports stories based on the number of hits. Number one was Brian Cashman being unable to sign Jeff Lowell. Number two was Quinton Jackson beating Chuck Liddell. Number three was was Georges St. Pierre losing to Matt Serra (Serra is local). Number fifteen was a story on boxing being challenged by UFC. Unlike many other lists, the Chris Benoit family tragedy was not mentioned.

-- Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar is on the cover of the new Muscle & Fitness magazine. Handouts were being distributed Saturday night which focused on Lesnar vs. Mir being the biggest match of UFC 81: Breaking Point on February 2nd in Las Vegas. Lesnar is being pushed as a former WWE superstar turned fighter.

-- C.M. Punk had the most televised wins in WWE for this year with 48. He was followed by Jeff Hardy with 44. Bobby Lashley and Triple H would have been in the top ten, except they were injured most of the year. Most tag team wins were The Highlanders with 16, to Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch with 15.
-- The fourth season of Hogan Knows Best will debut on Australia's version of MTV on Friday at 5 p.m.

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Raw wasn't bad actually

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The New Years Eve edition of Monday Night RAW did a 2.6 cable rating. The show did hours of 2.5 and 2.7. AM RAW did a 0.6 cable rating.

ouch..

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Hell RAW was not bad at all i thought , it could've been low as everyone was out partying

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News & notes.

- Mike Johnson reports that WWE has signed west coast wrestler KAFU to a developmental contract.

- Johnson also reports that Bobby Lashley is due back from injury anytime now while Candice should be back early next month.

- Speaking of Candice, she was sitting front row at this weekend's PWG show that saw Low Ki become the new PWG Champion.

- Wrestlemania 26 to be held in Arizona ?

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/2008...OOSE_PUCKS.html

- John Morrison & The Miz have both qualified for the Royal Rumble by beating Shannon Moore and Jimmy Yang earlier today in Johnstown, PA.

- Footage of Brock's WWE run is being used to hype his match at UFC 81.

-from Tim Hoeboer: The Herald Sun in Melbourne, Australia published an Interview with WWE Champion, Randy Orton.

The link can be found here

-from Mike Informer: ‘Bikini teacher’ from Boca was at Leyritz birthday party. News on a 2006 WWE Diva contestant.

-from Thunderchuck:
I don't know if it means anything but I was just watching Barbershop 2: Back In Business and it had a bottom corner reminder of RAW tomorrow and it had Shawn Michaels and HHH in DX gear doing a suck it taunt as its background graphic. could just be a graphic that USA uses but thought i might mean something.

-from PH Chartrand: Just to let you know that Kane was on the campaign trail with Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (that he endorsed) today in Nashua, New Hampshire in the Liberty Forum.

-from Mike Informer: WWE Smackdown Visits Johnstown

- Fans flock to Aud for WWE wrestling

- Former WWE superstar Brent Albright will be a guest on Trash Talking Radio on Tuesday night.

-from Shawn Moniz:
After our recent interview with former WWE star Kid Kash, he informed us that he may be tag teaming with Jerry Lynn. He is interested in finding out what his fans think of this tag team. If fans would like to participate the link is here, all questions will be forwarded onto Kash himself.

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Is the Raw roulette rigged or is it actualyl randomly selected?

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^ I think it's rigged.

After a backstage incident in Iraq, there are several people within WWE who now see Randy Orton as something of a locker room leader. Orton is viewed as one of the few guys who don’t take crap from HHH and Shawn Michaels.
The backstage incident in Iraq, of all places, involved Umaga having [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]tights[/COLOR][/COLOR] made for his match and the seamstress telling him he couldn’t use those colors because they are HHH’s colors, but he insisted on it. Michaels threw a fit about Umaga’s tights when he saw him go through the curtain and Orton was the only one who stood up for Umaga. Orton is said to have the same attitude that Michaels used to, but since Orton has stood up to people that a lot of the locker room doesn’t like, and knows they would loose their jobs if they stood up to them, Orton has become popular.

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Raw roulette was pretty good!

And its abit crap about Michaels and HHH

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The show opened with Teddy Long and Vickie Guerrero in the ring. Vickie calls out Rey Mysterio. Rey expresses disgust at the changes in Vickie's life and her [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]relationship[/COLOR][/COLOR] with Edge. This brings out the Rated R Superstar to make out with Vickie and talk down to Rey. Then Chavo Guerrero comes out to say that he, too, thinks Vickie is tarnishing the Guerrero name. Vickie books Rey vs. Chavo for tonight. They do a staredown while Edge, Vickie, and Teddy leave.

Jamie Noble defeated Chuck Palumbo with a crucifix after a fairly underwhelming match. Afterwards, Chuck blames Michelle McCool for the loss and yells at her in the corner until Noble chases him off. (Note: They did a retape of the end of this segment later on in the show. No idea why.)

MVP vs. Ric Flair is announced for the Royal Rumble. MVP talks down Flair and says he will make an example out of Flair's former protege. In the subsequent match, Batista defeats MVP via countout. Afterwards, MVP grabs a chair and Batista gives him a huge spear.

[COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Undertaker[/COLOR][/COLOR] defeats Mark Henry and Matt Striker in a handicapped match via tombstone piledriver on Striker. This was a glorified squash. Big Daddy V came out afterwards and this led to a 2 on 1 beatdown of the Deadman.

Earlier in the show, Mr. McMahon, Hornswaggle, and Finlay were backstage. Vince talked up Hornswaggle's chances of winning the Royal Rumble. Finlay said it was not safe for Hornswaggle to be in the Rumble and that Vince wasn't "living up to their deal." Vince said Finlay promised never to mention it again. Hornswaggle defeated Runjan Singh in an arm wrestling match. Great Khali attacked Finlay after the match.

Kane defeated Deuce via pinfall after a chokeslam in a quick squash.

Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero after a 619 and a headbutt off the top. Edge and the Edgeheads attacked Rey after the match. Edge posed with the title to end the show.

Other notes: Kofi [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Kingston[/COLOR][/COLOR] and Funaki defeated the Highlanders in a pre-show dark match. Kingston was way over and the match was halfway decent.
Batista defeated Edge via disqualification after a low-blow in a World Championship dark match after the show. The Edgeheads jumped Batista but Rey Mysterio made the save. Batista and Rey laid out Edge to close out the night.

SD tapings.

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WrestlingInc.com is reporting that Ron Killings has verbally agreed to or has already signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. WrestlingInc.com will have more on this later.

Chris Harris has told his colleagues that his agent has come to terms with WWE to be brought on with a booking contract and not a developmental contract. He's telling people he's leaving but who knows. That could just be a way to try to get TNA to offer more money. We'll see in the coming weeks where this goes.

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