-- In past years WWE has been very careful not to schedule against the NFL playoffs, especially when it comes to the Royal Rumble PPV. But on January 24th, 2010, the WWE Royal Rumble will go against either the AFC Championship game on CBS or NFC Championship game on FOX. WWE traditionally runs the event between the Championship games and Super Bowl week. In 2003, the Rumble went against the games and the buy rate suffered. Now fans of both will have to choose between the NFL and WWE on that Sunday.

-- The WWE website has posted new photos of ECW backstage announcer Courtney Taylor.

-- As reported earlier today, Mickie James peculiarly missed Sunday night's Raw brand house show in Madison, Wisconsin after competing the two previous nights in St. Paul, Minnesota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was also not used during Monday's Raw taping in Chicago. Partnering with Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly took her place in a tag match on Sunday. This should be taken with a grain of salt, but a person from the Richmond area claiming to have known James for over ten years e-mailed us to say that she busted one of her breast implants in a tag match with Rosa Mendes (and Beth Phoenix) over the weekend. The timetable for her return remains indefinite. Furthermore, the storyline excuse for her absence will be explained as a shoulder injury she suffered during her title defense against Phoenix on last week's show.