Victoria Comments On Rumors, SD! Note, Armageddon, More

SmackDown Diva Victoria has posted a blog on her MySpace account responding to retirement discussion sparked by recent online reports saying she was considering retirement. Victoria said everyone retires at some point, but she won't reveal when the time will come for her just yet. Victoria wrote: "I try not to respond to internet rumors, but I have received hundreds of emails through both myspace and through www.black-widow-customs.com asking me if I am going to retire. I never said that I am, although sooner or later we all will. And I don't believe that "unnamed talent" is saying that about me either. On the other hand, I never said that my retirement is not imminent. I do appreciate everyone's support. I try to be open about my life in my blogs. But I would never comment about anything, either to confirm or deny, that may come up in future WWE shows. I'm not the kind of person who wants to know the end of a movie before I see it. And I don't want to ruin anyone's future enjoyment of WWE product."

The Associated Press published an article yesterday talking about MyNetworkTV's surprising ratings success as they have beaten The CW in the ratings three weeks in a row, something that would have been considered unthinkable just two years ago. WWE is credited for the station's turnaround. The article noted the following: "Professional wrestling is the turnaround's chief driver. The CW used to air World Wrestling Entertainment matches, but let them go because wrestling clashed with its strategy of appealing primarily to the young women who obsess over "Gossip Girl." My Network picked it up and the Friday night package is the network's most popular program of the week."

Last week's Armageddon pay-per-view in Buffalo, New York drew approximately 11,000 fans.