– Ivory is now taking independent bookings since WWE has restructured her contract to an announcers deal.
– Chaotic Wrestling, based out of Massachusets, was recently sent a ring by WWE. This has led to speculation that they will become a new WWE developmental territory soon. Chaotic has a working relationship with Jim Kettner’s ECWA in Delaware which in turn has a very good relationship with WWE. Chaotic performers including John Walters and Brian Black appeared at the Smackdown taping this past week.
– Khosrow Daivari has a new online commentary up at shawndaivari.com.
– Smackdown finished with a 2.9 rating last week. Since it was another holiday show, WWE isn’t concerned with the ratings drop.
– ‘The Rise and Fall of ECW’ DVD moved 10,456 copies this week to improve its total sales to 80,972 copies. The DVD remains the third best selling WWE release of 2004, behind ‘WrestleMania XX’ and ‘Monday Night War’.