— WWE starts running vignettes promoting Umaga’s return to the ring on tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown. He has been out of action since August due to a torn posterior cruciate ligament. Umaga is also advertised for a show in February, so he should be back by then. Devin Cutting sent in the following:
The Toyota Center is advertising these matches for the WWE house show in Kennewick, Washington on February 6th, 2009:
Edge vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
Triple H & The Undertaker vs. The Big Show & Umaga
Also appearing are Shelton Benjamin, R-Truth, MVP, The Great Khali, Mr. Kennedy, The Brian Kendrick, Ezekiel Jackson, Michelle McCool, Jimmy Wang Yang, Primo, Natalya & Maria. Go to http://prowrestlingevents.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for info about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide.
— Starting next week, you can catch replays of Raw & ECW every Saturday on the Universal HD channel. Every Saturday night, Raw replays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and again from 10:00 to midnight. ECW replays from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m and again from midnight to 1:00 a.m.
— WWE returns to the Sundome in Yakima, Washington on February 7th, 2009. Tickets go on sale January 10th, 2009 at 10 AM. This will be the first WWE event in Yakima since February of 2007. Go to http://prowrestlingevents.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for info about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)
See rare photo of Umaga holding a TNA belt