As promised, the ratings from Monday night are in, and there’s an interesting note. RAW did a 3.8 rating, but the big story was the debut of the UFC show, following RAW, that did a pretty solid 1.4 final rating. This is the highest rating anyone has done, having had RAW as a lead-in. Pretty good performance.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, reported the sad news of Pez Whatley’s death yesterday. Whatley was a high profile performer in the Georgia and Carolinas territories in the 80s. He passed away in a hospital in his hometown of Chattanooga. We extend our condolences to his family and friends.
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari‘s over-the-top gimmick has made front page headlines in the Middle East. You can read more about it here, but to sum it up in a world or two, there’s a lot of hatred for WWE and the two participants of this gimmick, as one would expect.
If you thought we’ve seen the last of Taboo Tuesday, you were wrong. WWE will be doing the PPV again this year. Here’s the schedule for PPVs in 2005:
New Year’s Revolution – January 9,2005
Royal Rumble – January 30, 2005
No Way Out – February 20, 2005
WrestleMania 21 – April 3, 2005
Backlash – May 1, 2005
Judgment Day – May 22, 2005
To be Announced – June 12, 2005
Vengeance – June 26, 2005
The Great American Bash – July 24, 2005
SummerSlam – August 21, 2005
Unforgiven – September 18, 2005
No Mercy – October 9, 2005
Taboo Tuesday – November 1, 2005
Survivor Series – November 27, 2005
Armageddon – December 18, 2005
WWE.com has updated the current list of superstars that will take part in the Royal Rumble Match. The list currently looks like this:
Raw:
– Edge
– Shelton Benjamin
– Shawn Michaels
– Chris Jericho
– Christian
– Kane
Smackdown:
– Daniel Puder
– Booker T
– Charlie Haas
– Luther Reigns
– Mark Jindrak
– Orlando Jordan
Eddie
