SmackDown! Delayed, Linda McMahon, Roxxi-TNA, Austin Note

— Anderson Cooper’s CNN page has some video on Linda McMahon’s campaign at http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/

— We can now report that Roxxi has been removed from the TNA Knockouts page on the TNA website. We still can’t confirm her release. Traci Brooks, who was released today, has also been removed.

— My50 in Chicago will be delaying SmackDown until around 10PM tomorrow night due to high school girls’ basketball playoffs.

— I try to keep my personal opinions to a minimum in my posts but let me just say that the past few weeks of TNA iMPACT! have been great. I know there are always going to be those WWE for-lifers who are going to continue to say ‘TNA sucks, etc etc’ no matter what they do but the reality of it is that iMPACT! has been very good in recent weeks.

— The latest Rasmussen poll in Connecticut regarding the perception of the candidates shows that 13% view Simmons and McMahon very favorably, with Peter Schiff at 8%. In the Somewhat Favorable class, Simmons is at 39%, McMahon is at 32% and Schiff is at 29%. For Somewhat Unfavorable, Simmons is at 27%, Schiff is at 24% and McMahon is at 21%. Finally, for Very Unfavorable Simmons is at 8%, Schiff is at 10% and McMahon is at 21%.

— An interview with Mr. Anderson is available at FanHouse.com. He talks about wanting to quit the business before coming to TNA.

— It was announced today that Steve Austin would be the Grand Marshall of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 21. You can see the race on Fox at noon that day.

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