By Chris Shore

-WWE Smackdown was originally supposed to be headlined by Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, but and Orton injury leads to a different match and the naming of Orton's replacement in the Elimination Chamber this Sunday. Join Jake Barnett and I for live coverage of Smackdown tonight at 7:00 p.m. CT as the show airs on SyFy. Jake and I will be back on Saturday with our weekly All Access audio review of the show.

-WWE Elimination Chamber takes place on Sunday from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisc. The show will feature a Raw and Smackdown elimination chamber matches, as well as Beth Phoenix vs. Tamina Snuka for the Diva's title, and John Cena vs. Kane in an ambulance match. Jason Powell will be back from vacation to join me for live coverage as well as an audio review after the show. Join us on Sunday night for the final PPV before WrestleMania 28.

-TNA does a West Virginia triple shot this weekend. Friday they will be in Huntington. Saturday they will be in Beckley. And they close the weekend circuit on Sunday in Glenville. All three shows are headlined by James Stormvs. Bully Ray and Bobby Roode vs. Jeff Hardy. We are looking for correspondents for all three shows If you are attending any of these shows and want to help out, drop me an email at css3238@gmail.com.

-Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling will be holding an event at the Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill in Bolingbrook, Illinois on March 31st, 2012. Bell time is 7 PM.

-TNA returns to the Lakefront Arena at the University Of New Orleans on May 10th, 2012. [Thanks to Devin Cutting of ProwrestlingEvents.tk for the last two entries.]

-The late Big John Studd (a/k/a John Minton) would have turned 64 this Sunday, February 19. Born in 1948, Studd would succumb to liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease on March 20, 1995. He was inducted into the WWE Hal of Fame in 2004.

-Former ECW and WWE Diva Francine (a/k/a Francine Fournier) turns 40 on Sunday, February 19. Her last appearance in wrestling was om August 8, 2010, when she appeared in a pre-tape for TNA's Hardcore Justice PPV that served as a reunion show for ECW.

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