Jeff Hardy Note, Cody Rhodes/Royal Rumble, SD!, & More News

WWE Intercontinental Champion, Jeff Hardy is scheduled to be at Legacy KIA in East Syracuse, N.Y. on Friday, January 18th between 4pm and 6pm. Fans will be able to meet Jeff Hardy and also get autographs. The appearance is limited to the first 500 people. For more information call 315-432-9944.

WWE World Tag Team Champion Cody Rhodes qualified for the WWE Royal Rumble match yesterday, January 11th at a live WWE Raw live event in Jacksonville, Fla.

TVPredictions.com features a story on WWE spending $20 million in order to upgrade their television production facility in Stamford, Ct. so they are able to deal with the new capacity for HD broadcasts. More upgrades will be made later this year.

Friday night's edition of WWE SmackDown! scored a 2.9 overnight rating. The show's hours scored a 2.8 in the first hour and a 3.0 in the second hour. This is a slight improved from last week's 2.8 overall rating.

Over a week has now passed since Jimmy Yang and Shannon Moore defeated John Morrison and The Miz in Canton, Ohio in a WWE Royal Rumble qualifying match. It appears that WWE are ignoring the situation as they have yet to make any mention of Jimmy Yang and Shannon Moore qualifying for the Royal Rumble match.