SD! & ECW News, Linda McMahon Issues?, Steve Austin Note

-- There will be a Smackdown and ECW taping on February 23rd at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. The pre-sale code is BATISTA. Tickets go on sale at 10 AM local time today.

-- The Washington Post is reporting that Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) will not seek re-election. Richard Blumenthal, the state's popular attorney general, will likely run for his seat now. This may be bad news for Linda McMahon. Connecticut is Democratic state, but Dodd was not that popular in the state, and many felt that this year a Republican candidate would win.

-- TMZ is running a story on Roddy Piper's daughter, Ariel Toombs, who nearly got hit by a bus after stepping out of her car.

-- During clips for the new season of Chuck, which airs on NBC, they are showing clips of Steve Austin's guest appearance.