- Linda McMahon was today approved 96 to 45 to the Connecticut State Board
of Education. One of the leading Democrats at the House of
Representatives who opposed her nomination, Jack Thompson, argued that
the WWE promotes violence to children: "It seems to me that we're
sending the wrong message to people - that violence is all right," he
said. "It's the wrong message. I grew up with a professional wrestler.
He lived behind me. We were great friends. At one point, he was Sinbad
the Sailor when he was the bad guy. When people are jumping off ropes
onto other people, it sends the wrong message to children."
- Recent Attendance:
- The 2/19 house show at the bullring in Leon, Mexico drew a sellout 10,000 fans, as did the show in Guadalajara.
- The 2/21 show in Lima, Peru, which drew about 15,000 fans in a 50,000-seat stadium.
- The Santiago, Chile show drew a sellout crowd of 12,000 fans.
- The Raw Bristol, TN drew 3,500.
- The 2/22 show in Asheville, NC, drew 3,500 fans.
- The 2/21 edition of WWE AM Raw scored a 0.5 cable rating.
- The 2/21 TNA Impact replay scored a 0.4 cable rating.
- Dixie Carter wrote on the TNA website today thanking fans for their
support after Impact drew it's best rating in history last week. She
hinted at new programming; a "reinvigorated focus" on the X Division;
and expanding their digital platforms.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1949 - Ric Flair was born
* 1990 - Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds to retain the
NWA tag titles
* 1995 - Chris Benoit & Dean Melanko defeated Sabu & Tasmaniac for the
ECW tag titles
* 1995 - Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified title
* 2001 - The Rock defeated Kurt Angle for the WWF title
* 2001 - The Big Show defeated Raven for the WWF Hardcore title
