-- Last week's WWE Smackdown! (from Iraq) drew a final 2.9 rating with a 5.1 share. Considering the holiday season, that is considered a very good rating.

-- Several readers have sent in word that Paul Heyman has been removed from the Smackdown! roster page on wwe.com.

Source: pwinsider.com

-- Here is the current dates for upcoming WWE PPV's in 2005:

January 9th: Raw's New Year's Revolution
January 30th: Raw and Smackdown Royal Rumble
February 20th: Smackdown's No Way Out
April 3rd: Raw and Smackdown WrestleMania 21
May 1st: Raw's Backlash
May 22nd: Smackdown's Judgment Day
June 12th: Raw's Bad Blood
June 26th: Smackdown's The Great American Bash
July 24th: Raw's Vengeance
August 21st: Raw and Smackdown Summerslam
September 18th: SmackDown's Unforgiven
October 9th: Raw's No Mercy
October 30th: Smackdown Untitled PPV
November 27th: Raw and Smackdown Survivor Series
December 18th: Raw's Armageddon

Source: pwtorch.com