• This week’s edition of ECW on Sci-Fi did a 1.8 cable rating with a 3.0 share. This is the show’s best number in about two months, giving WWE more hope for the new brand.

• The Stamford Advocate ran a story yesterday talking about WWE superstars going to Iraq this Christmas. SmackDown color commentator JBL said at a press conference :"These guys are huge fans of what the WWE does, but they are not as big fans of us as we are of them."

WWE will air a special dedicated to the troops on Christmas day from 9 – 11 p.m. EST on the USA Network.