- WWE: the Music Vol. 9 debuted at #11 on the Billboard music charts selling an estimated 25,000 copies. Bruce Springsteen' "Working on a Dream" with 'The Wrestler' bonus track sits at #1 after selling over 224,000 copies.
- 2/3 ECW TV results from St. Louis, MO: Paul Burchill over Tommy Dreamer, Boogeyman over Jamie Noble, and Finlay over Jack Swagger in a non title match.
- The 1/30 Friday Night SmackDown did a 2.0 broadcast rating.
- Poll results: Do you like the Orton vs. McMahon Family story line?
Yes - 70%
No - 30%
- UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock was asked by Bryan Alvarez about a possible fight with brother Frank, "It seems to me, that every time we get close, Frank has something come up that he can't do it," Shamrock said. He was also asked about doing a fight with Kimbo Slice, but Shamrock commented, "Kimbo is running from me. He doesn't want any part of me."
- UFC ironed out a deal with Skeletal Metal to distribute UFC jewelry with octagon style bracelets.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1961 - Dr. X defeats Don Leo Jonathan for the Omaha World Heavyweight
Title
* 1964 - Argentina Apollo and Bruno Sammartino defeat Klondike Bill and
Gorilla Monsoon at Madison Square Garden
* 1965 - Dr. Bill and Dan Miller defeat Gorilla Monsoon and Bill Watts
in Washington, D.C. to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles
* 1969 - Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki defeat Danny Hodge and Wilbur
Snyder for the NWA International Tag Team Title in Sapporo, Japan.
* 1975 - Ronny Garvin and Roger Kirby defeat Robert Fuller and Jimmy
Golden to win the NWA Macon Tag Team Titles
* 1976 - Thunderbolt Patterson defeats Bruiser Brody to win the NWA
Florida Heavyweight Title
* 1977 - Chavo Guerrero defeats Dory Funk, Jr. to win the NWA Americas
Heavyweight Title
* 1982 - Chris Sabin is born in Pinckney, Michigan.
* 1990 - Whipper Billy Watson dies of a heart attack in Orlando, FL
* 1991 - Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler defeat The Fabulous Ones in
Memphis to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
