sources: www.f4wonline.com, www.pwtorch.com, PWInsider.com
— At Friday night’s Raw/ECW house show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, security was very tight around where the wrestlers drove out, likely stemming from last weekend’s incident involving Chris Jericho.
— In other notes from the show, it drew approximately 13,000 fans including a few Hollywood celebrities in actor Michael Clarke Duncan and Arsenio Hall. The celebrity TV host was profiled on Fox’s Los Angeles’s 11:00 p.m broadcast attending the event with his son and even offered comment. “No matter what happens in our society you can always see it mirrored in wrestling,” Hall said. “It’s interesting. I love wrestling. Wrestling is kind of a refection of who we are.”
— The 2/6 edition of Friday Night Smackdown on MyNetworkTV drew a 2.1 broadcast rating.
— WWE.com has posted graphics of the “Legends of WrestleMania” characters IGN.com revealed last Friday. Click here for the third installment of characters featuring Bret Hart, Honky Tonk Man, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, Kamala, King Kong Bundy, Mr. Fuji, Nikolai Volkoff, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, and Yokozuna. IGN will reveal the final batch of characters tomorrow.
*SPOILER* on the final ten characters to be revealed