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Variety reports that Warner Bros. has officially bought Midway Games for $33 million. The TNA video game license was not part of the assets sold to WB though, putting the future of the TNA video game series in some shady ground for now.

The Star Bulletin has an article up about WWE’s house show in Honolulu, Hawaii this weekend and features Chris Jericho commenting on facing Ricky Steamboat on the show. “I’m looking forward to it. I don’t really look at Steamboat as a legend. He’s just a great performer and one of the best of all time. It’d be like playing hockey against Wayne Gretzky — even though he retired years ago, he’s still better than half the people on the ice nowadays. Steamboat, at 55 years old, is still better than 80 percent of our roster … (and) being from Hawaii, it’s a huge deal. It’s going to be very sentimental for him and the fans, and of course I plan to spoil it and stick it in his face and all of the fans when I end the party and annihilate him in front of everyone.”

The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s edition of WWE Smackdown:

- Finlay vs. Ricky Ortiz
- Dolph Ziggler vs. R Truth
- Kane vs. Rey Mysterio
- Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme
- Melina vs. Maria vs. Michelle McCool vs. Layla
- WWE Unified Tag Team Title Match: Edge and Jericho © vs. CM Punk and Jeff Hardy

Seldom seen Raw Superstar Sim Snuka (in his plain black T-shirt gimmick) is today’s “Superstar of the Day” on WWE.com. Snuka has not been seen since the January 12, 2009 episode of Monday Night Raw where Ted DiBiase betrayed him and Manu.

WWE probably won’t be issuing a press release this week as last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown drew a 1.6 rating with 2.7 million viewers, setting a record low number for the program on myNetworkTV. The show was headlined by Batista and Shane McMahon vs. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes.

As noted earlier, Tuesday night’s episode of ECW on Sci Fi featuring Christian’s first appearance as ECW Champion scored a 1.17 cable rating, the show’s worst number in quite some time. ECW was seen by an average audience of 1.60 million viewers, continuing the show’s steady decline from the year’s peak of 1.95 million viewers on March 17th. Comparing Tuesday night’s episode to the previous ten episodes, the show’s viewership was down 12.7 percent.

Source: PWInsider.com

They appear a new capital accident aphotic bender of Batista, John Cena & Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton, Chris Jericho & Edge.

Smackdown Taping:

*They alone the Scramble bender and appear a Fatal Four Way as the capital accident with Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Jeff Hardy. No Abundant Khali or John Morrison.

*Chris Jericho came to the arena in a suit. Jericho said that while things may accept afflicted apropos what appearance he is on, what charcoal the aforementioned is how clueless and affecting the admirers are by not alive how abundant he is. He said he had a mission account for anybody and that was he was demography over. Smackdown is now his appearance and there is annihilation anyone can do about it.

Jericho said its a burlesque he has to attempt in a Fatal Four Way because he should already be the cardinal one contender. He said he would go on to Judgment Day to win the World appellation and annihilation would stop him.

World best Edge came out and mockingly alien Jericho to the crowd. Edge acicular out that Jericho is a above World champ who absent his belt to John Cena. He said Jericho has never baffled Cena while Edge exhausted him in a Last Man Standing bender to become nine time World champion.

Edge told Jericho it was his appearance and he was the capital event. He said that no one who was drafted over was activity to bedrock the boat. The admirers chanted for John Cena. Edge told Jericho to save his speeches because Smackdown wasn’t his to take…because it was Edge’s show.

CM Punk came out and alien himself and reminded anybody he was Mr. Money In The Bank. He said anybody charge bethink him from such moments as this and they showed the clips of the night he cashed in and exhausted Edge. Punk said that afterwards tonight….Jericho cut him off and said no one cares about what Punk has to say. Jericho told him he had no appropriate to get complex and to leave appropriate now.

Punk didn’t leave so Jericho said he had abundant with actuality disrespected and absolved out. Punk approved to allege and this time Edge said no one cares about what Punk said to say. Edge approved to airing off but Punk chock-full him. Punk said it was a new era on Smackdown because Vickie Guerrero is no best Smackdown GM.

Punk said that the new GM Teddy Long told Punk to appear out and acquaint Edge that he would be aggressive adjoin Punk tonight. Edge blew him off and said it would be non-title. Punk reminded Edge he could banknote in for a appellation bender anytime he wants. He said he was activity to booty out Edge with the GTS and again banknote in to become the new World champ tonight.

*John Morrison affianced Shelton Benjamin with the Moonlight Drive.

*Backstage, Chris Jericho complained to Teddy Long that he should be the cardinal one adversary afterwards assault three legends at Wrestlemania. Abundant Khali showed up and Jericho said that he knows Khali respects him. Singh told Jericho that Khali thinks he should stop whining and get over himself. Jericho absolved out disgusted.

*Fatal Four Way: Hardy nailed Kane with the swanton but Jericho pulled him out of the arena and covered him. Kane eliminated. Kane destroyed Hardy on the floor. Rey went for a springboard burst but Jericho nailed him with a armchair and got DQ’d. Final two are Rey and Hardy. They go aback and alternating and accept some abundant exchanges. In the end, Rey hits the West Coast Pop but Hardy turns it into a pin aggregate for the apple-pie pin. Really good.

*Chris Jericho stormed into Teddy Long’s appointment but alone begin Maria who was “waiting to appearance off her accouterment line.” Jericho complained and stormed off as Edge showed up. Edge again complained to Maria about accepting to battle and said he was activity to alarm his wife. Maria looked exasperated.

*Cryme Time came to the arena and cut a promo. They put over actuality in their hometown on their aboriginal official night on Smackdown. They said they were activity to accept a Brooklyn Breakdown ball challenge with the Divas. The competitors were Layla and Eve. Layla was incredible. Eve won the fan vote back she was a face. Layla slapped Eve bottomward and there was a abrupt catfight.

*Backstage, Sherri from the View had a Ric Flair appearance bathrobe and told MVP she would appearance him about the View on Monday.

*United States champ MVP defeated Dolph Ziggler. Sherri was at ringside and slapped Ziggler at one point back he asked for a kiss.

*Backstage, Chris Jericho was agreeable at Teddy Long. John Morrison absolved accomplished him and Jericho asked him what he was attractive at. Morrison said “a loser” so Jericho slapped him and they had a abrupt cull apart. CM Punk absolved through the average of it with a beam on his face.

*CM Punk defeated Edge with the GTS in a non-title match. Punk was about to banknote in his briefcase, but afore the alarm was rung, Umaga came in from the army and laid out Punk with the Samoan Spike. Umaga larboard through the crowd. Edge affective the attache and was about to hit Punk with it, but Jeff Hardy ran out, nailed Edge and gave him the Swanton. Hardy stood over Edge to end the show, and Punk affective the attache (which he never cashed in) back he left.

WWE appear on aftermost nights SmackDown that Triple H will be at Monday’s alive RAW from Nashville, TN to accost Randy Orton afterwards the advance on Stephanie McMahon aftermost week. Triple H did a sit-down account with Jim Ross on this week’s appearance area he talked about Vince and Shane actuality his ancestors associates and Stephanie actuality his wife and the mother of his children. WWE ran promos appear the end of SmackDown adage Triple H was headed to RAW to “hunt the Legend Killer.

Also appear on aftermost nights SmackDown was a bout amid Vladimir Kozlov and The Undertaker on abutting week’s SmackDown. SmackDown’s best brilliant will additionally be on this advancing Monday’s RAW from Nashville to “destroy” either Shawn Michaels or John Bradshaw Layfield. They’re accomplishing the bend area Vickie Guerrero says neither RAW brilliant is aces to claiming The Undertaker for his WrestleMania Streak, so Kozlov wants in a bout with The Undertaker in Houston at the Big Appearance in April. It’s about a lock that we’ll see ‘Taker vs. HBK at ‘Mania as that is the accepted plan.

WWE admiral accept accomplished out to seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus about abiding for one added bout at WrestleMania 25. If this were to happen, her apparent adversary would be above WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool. We’ll accumulate you acquaint actuality on the website.

TMZ has a adventure up about Hulk and Linda Hogan angry over who gets the rights to their aliment man afterwards their divorce.

Smackdown aftermost anniversary accomplished with a 2.1 rating, bottomward from a 2.2 aftermost week.

The afterward matches are appointed for tonight’s copy of WWE Smackdown:
- Non-Title Match: The Undertaker vs. Shelton Benjamin ©
- The Great Khali vs. Chavo Guerrero
- The Bella Twins vs. Natalya and Michelle McCool
- Edge vs. Matt Hardy
- Non-Title Champions vs. Champions Match: The Miz and John Morrison © vs. Carlito and Primo Colon ©
- HHH vs. Vladimir Kozlov

Partial Source: PWInsider.com

Last night’s account by Tommy Dreamer, area he declared that his ECW arrangement expires in five-months, is basically a “shoot” actuality angry into an angle. Dreamer’s arrangement does expire in June, and it appears as if this is an avenue storyline for Dreamer as the chat activity about is that he is abrogation the aggregation back his accord is done. If and back Tommy Dreamer leaves the company, he will be the aftermost of the “ECW Originals” to leave, as able-bodied as the aftermost being that was allotment of the official relaunch in 2006.

THQ beatific out the afterward columnist absolution today: THQ ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF CREATE-A-SUPERSTAR PATCH FOR WWE® SMACKDOWN® VS. RAW® 2009 Application to Accommodate Additional Functionality for Created Superstars in Game’s Career Mode AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – January 14, 2009 – THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today appear the availability of a Create-a-Superstar application for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer ball system. The patch, accessible via PlayStation®Network, will let players accord their created Superstars added attributes afterward a ancient achievement of the game’s Career Mode, as able-bodied as acquiesce players to acquire or abatement Superstar abilities already they are unlocked. In addition, players may access the cipher “MAXCAS” to accommodate created Superstars with added attributes in lieu of repeating Career Mode play. A Create-a-Superstar application for the Xbox 360® video bold and ball arrangement from Microsoft is accepted to absolution in aboriginal 2009. “The Create-a-Superstar affection has consistently been a actual accepted basic of the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise,” said Cory Ledesma, chief artistic manager, THQ. “The new application will accord players added adaptability and abundantly enhance their adeptness to absolutely adapt assorted Created Superstars at the aforementioned time.”

Note from Ryan Clark: I can candidly say that today (Friday) has been one of the busiest account canicule actuality on the armpit all year. This includes during the WrestleMania aeon breadth things got and consistently do get acutely busy. I accept not larboard this computer back about 9:30AM this morning and skipped through cafeteria and banquet today! What a day, huh? Break acquainted abutting anniversary as we’ll accept abounding updates on all the releases and what absolutely went bottomward at Titan Towers over the aftermost few days. We’ve got a ton of being that has not been acquaint yet that we’ll be putting up. It’s a appealing agrarian bearings up in Stamford. We’ll additionally accept all the account arch you into WrestleMania 25 and the post-PPV news. This is consistently a active aeon actuality on the armpit so break tuned!

The Peterborough Examiner has an commodity acquainted World Wrestling Entertainment’s absolution of Val Venis as he is originally from the area.

Technology account website www.DBTechno.com has a cine analysis of Behind Enemy Lines – Colombia starring WWE brilliant Mr. Kennedy.

Jeff Hardy’s absolute activity girlfriend, Beth Britt, was absolutely not acclimated in the video that aired during tonight’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown. According to a antecedent who knows the couple, WWE acclimated as an added (or an extra) to comedy her allotment in the scene.

A cardinal of WWE stars are appointed for this weekend. Actuality is the scheduled, address of WWE.com:

Saturday, January 10 12-2 p.m.

San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA

Come see RAW Diva Candice starting at 12:00p.m. @ The Comcast Spotlight Booth.

Saturday, January 10 3-5 p.m.

2009 Nashville Boat and Sports Show at the Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN

Come see ECW Diva Tiffany at 3:00 p.m. in an actualization for MyNetwork TV!

Saturday, January 10 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Scott Air Force Base, St. Louis, MO

Come accommodated the brilliant of Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia — Mr. Kennedy.

Saturday, January 10 12-3 p.m.

Radisson Hotel amid at 30 Minue Street, Carteret, NJ 07008

Come see WWE Legend Dean Malenko starting at 12:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 11 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, OK

Come accommodated the brilliant of Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia — Mr. Kennedy.

The afterward matches will be airing during tomorrow night’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown!:

- Great Khali and Finlay vs. Zach Ryder and Curt Hawkins.

- Jesse and Festus vs. The Brian Kendrick and Ezekiel Jackson.

- Vladimir Kozlov vs. Hurricane Helms.

- Kizarny vs. MVP.

- Edge and Big Show vs. Matt and Jeff Hardy.

Ohio Valley Angry afresh put out a columnist absolution announcement the signing of four wrestlers to WWE’s adorning program. As appear earlier, they are Chris Cage, Ryan Reeves, and Gavin Garrison. The columnist absolution addendum one added wrestler, whose name went unreported. The fourth wrestler’s name is Brian Jossie — who we do not accept any advice on at the moment. WWE Senior Vice President of Aptitude Relations John Laurinaitis paid a appointment to Ohio Valley Angry on September 22nd for a attack and appraisal session, and those four wrestlers nabbed adorning affairs with WWE. OVW additionally scouted the brand of Sojourner Bolt (who anon managed to nab a arrangement with TNA), JD Michaels, Serena, and Anthony Bravado, but they were not active to affairs for affidavit unknown. OVW has a angry school, and for bodies attractive to get into WWE, their academy is apparently the best way to go. The columnist releases notes: “OVW will abide to accumulation the approaching of WWE, and able angry as a whole, with aptitude that is accomplished at a akin which can be accomplished boilerplate abroad in the world. John Laurinaitis put it best back he bidding that OVW is still the abode to be if you admiration an apprenticeship in the art and the action of able wrestling.”

John Bradshaw Layfield will be advantageous a appointment to Ohio Valley Angry on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 for a appropriate accommodated & accost autograph session.

WWE starts active vignettes announcement Umaga’s acknowledgment to the arena on tonight’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown. He has been out of activity aback August due to a broken after cruciate ligament. Umaga is additionally advertised for a appearance in February, so he should be aback by then. Devin Cutting beatific in the following:

The Toyota Center is announcement these matches for the WWE abode appearance in Kennewick, Washington on February 6th, 2009:

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship

Triple H & The Undertaker vs. The Big Appearance & Umaga

Also actualization are Shelton Benjamin, R-Truth, MVP, The Great Khali, Mr. Kennedy, The Brian Kendrick, Ezekiel Jackson, Michelle McCool, Jimmy Wang Yang, Primo, Natalya & Maria.

Jack Swagger is in band for ECW appellation shows at abode shows. The Assembly Hall is announcement these matches for the WWE abode appearance in Champaign, Illinois on January 30th, 2009:

John Cena vs. Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship

Rey Mysterio & Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Manu

Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship

Starting abutting week, you can bolt replays of Raw & ECW every Saturday on the Universal HD channel. Every Saturday night, Raw replays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and afresh from 10:00 to midnight. ECW replays from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m and afresh from midnight to 1:00 a.m.