— Charlie Haas turns 41 years old today.
— Charlie’s brother, the late Russ Haas was born on this date in 1974. He died following a heart attack on December 15, 2001.
— Kenta Kobashi turns 46 years old today.
— TNA’s SoCal Val turns 27 years old today.
— The AWA runs on ESPN Classic tonight at midnight ET with the following advertised: he Lumberjacks vs. Tom Stone and J.T. Carson, Col. DeBeers vs. John Pistulka, Buck Zumhofe vs. WT Jones, Jake Milliman and Tommy Jammer vs. Mike Enos and Jonnie Stewart, Killer vs. Curtis Hughes.
— The AWA then runs at 1AM ET with the following: W.T. Jones and John Pistulka vs. The Lumberjacks, George Anderson vs. Russian Brute, Tom Stone vs. Tommy Jammer, Steve Bergh and Mike Braham vs. Mike Enos and Jonnie Stewart, D.J. Peterson vs. Larry Zbyszko.
— Here are this Friday’s confirmed WWE SmackDown matches:
The Rock appears
Non-Title Match: Wade Barrett © vs. Chris Jericho
Mark Henry vs. Ryback in a Weight Lifting Competition
Daniel Bryan and Kaitlyn w/Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler and AJ w/Big E. Langston
Jack Swagger vs. Great Khali
Randy Orton, Big Show & Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow & Antonio Cesaro
— Here are this tonight’s confirmed WWE Main Event matches:
Non-Title Match: Antonio Cesaro © vs. Kane
The Bella Twins vs. Cameron and Naomi
