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Ron Killings told people on an indie show he did last week that he will be signing the contract WWE offered him, which is for an $80,000 downsize guarantee.

NJPW have sent Naofumi Yamamoto to work with Florida Championship Wrestling. The deal was made directly with FCW promoter Steve Keirn, independent of WWE.

WWE have signed Silas Young to a developmental deal. He worked for TNA back in their Nashville days and has done some ROH shows recently.

WWE has sold around 55,000 tickets for WrestleMania 24 so far. There are about 10,000 still available. The following night’s Raw will also be in Orlando, at the Amway Arena, with tickets for that going on sale on 12 January.

TNA has sold just under 1,000 tickets for Against All Odds, which will be held in Greenville, SC.

The current list of Royal Rumble entrants numbers 9:

Raw – Hardcore Holly, Hornswoggle, Mick Foley, Snitsky, Umaga
ECW – John Morrison, The Miz
Smackdown – Jimmy Wang Yang, Shannon Moore

Carlito & Santino Marella face D.H. Smith & Drew McIntyre in a qualifying match at the Jacksonville house show this Friday.

ROH has no plans to bring KENTA back as NOAH did not renew his USA working visa. Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji and Go Shiozaki have all been given clearance though.

Christy Hemme has formed her own rock band. They are called Hemme.

American Gladiators, hosted by Hulk Hogan, did a 6.2 rating for its second episode.

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 09 January 2008 (subscribe here)