source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
-- The short-term contract Jim Ross inked with WWE last month will be expiring in March.
The Wrestling Observer is speculating that his future with the company will be determined at the 3/1 Raw in Oklahoma City.
-- Chris Jericho has been named the 2009 Wrestler of the Year in the 30th annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter readership awards. He is the first wrestler to win the award in consecutive years since Ric Flair in 1990.
The results are as follows:
1. Chris Jericho (269) 1,815
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (97) 1,057
3. Naruki Doi (51) 751
4. CM Punk (53) 714
5. Randy Orton (67) 692
6. Jeff Hardy (46) 464
7. John Cena (32) 272
8. Davey Richards (11) 268
9. Bryan Danielson (20) 266
10. Kurt Angle (13) 254
-- Attendance figures from over the weekend are as follows: 1/22 Raw live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri drew 4,262 fans; 1/23 SmackDown/ECW live in Evansville, Indiana drew 7,000; 1/24 Raw live in Champaign, Illinois drew 6,000 fans; 1/24 SmackDown/ECW live in Cleveland drew 9,000.