- Raw on 2/16 drew it's highest number in over a year with an average audience of 5.9 million viewers for a 4.1 rating. The show
posted hours of 3.86 and 4.35.
- 82 year old WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne is currently a suspect in a
death investigation according to the Fox News affiliate in Minnesota. Gagne,
the former owner and promoter of the AWA, is believed to have contributed to
the January death of his room mate in the Bloomington living facility,
Friendship Village. His room mate, Helmut R. Gutmann, was 97 years old and
both of them suffer from Alzheimer's- related dementia. The two got into a
fight in late January and Gutmann suffered a broken leg and a head injury.
Although he was released from hospital, Gutmann was hospitalized again due
to complications and died four days ago. The official cause of death has
not been determined yet but Bloomington Police are investigating the death
as suspicious after being contacted by an elderly rights group. Gagne was
dismissed from the living facility after the altercation. Gutmann was a
former cancer research scientist at the University of Minnesota, who escaped
Nazi Germany.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been talking to Warner Bros. about playing the character Race Bannon in their adaptation of the 60s
animated classic Johnny Quest. He said he is keen to do the movie after reading the script.
- JBL's wife financial analyst Meredith Whitney has resigned from Oppenheimer & Co with plans to start her own firm. She was
named one of the 50 most powerful women in business by Fortune magazine.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1941 - Dory Funk, Jr. was born
* 1943 - Bill Longson defeated Bobby Managoff for the NWA Heavyweight
Wrestling title
* 1968 - George Hackenschmidt died at 90
* 1974 - Danny Doring was born
* 1986 - The Cuban Assassan defeated Kendall Windham for the Florida
State Heavyweight title
* 1992 - Tojo Yamamoto died by suicide shooting at 65
* 1994 - The Heavenly Bodies defeated the Rock n' Roll Express for the
Smokey Mountain tag titles
* 1995 - SuperBrawl V from the Baltimore Arena
* 2000 - Shark Boy defeated Matt Stryker for the HWA Cruiserweight title
* 2002 - Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo defeated Spike Dudley & Tazz for the
WWF tag titles
* 2003 - Nick Dinsmore defeated The Damaja for the Ohio Valley
Heavyweight title
