By Jason Powell

-Happy New Year! I hope you all closed out 2011 in a memorable manner and are off to a good start in 2012.

-The first WWE Raw of 2012 takes place tonight in Memphis, Tennessee at FedEx Forum. The show will feature the highly anticipated reveal of the January 2 mystery video teasers. The main event is C.M. Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship. Plus, Brodus Clay was advertised last week. Join me for live coverage of Raw beginning at 8:00 p.m. CT.

-We are looking for correspondents for tonight's WWE Raw television show. If you are attending Raw in Memphis tonight and want to help out with a report on the dark matches and WWE Superstars taping, send a note right away to dotnetjason@gmail.com.

-Dot Net Members will be listening to an audio review of WWE Raw that Chris Shore and I will be recording after the show tonight. If you enjoyed the Free Audio Week, join us on the ad-free version of the website and listen to the weekly version of all eight audio shows you had access to last week. You'll get the first look at news and will have access to the Dot Net Members Forum by signing up at Prowrestling.net/amember/signup.php.

-The advertised Smackdown talent for tonight's WWE Raw includes Big Show, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, and Sheamus.

-WWE is also advertising John Cena vs. Kane, and Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole in a Memphis Street Fight. One can only assume those will both be dark matches for the Memphis crowd.

-WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart is 68 today. He was born on January 1, 1944. Hart continues to work for WWE on a legends deal.

-Former WCW valet and Nitro Girl leader Kimberly Page is 42 today. She was born on January 1, 1970.

-The following matches are listed for the 11:00 p.m. CT airing of the AWA on ESPN Classic: Samoan Kid vs. Mondo Guerrero, The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) vs. Anderson and Richards, Teijo Khan vs. Knight, Crusher and Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens and Nick Bockwinkel, Nasty Boys vs. Rock-n-Roll Express. The show was taped or aired in April 17, 1988.

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