Smackdown, Rock, Sid, Hart, Yukes Feb 26 - 11:48 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Billy Kidman vs. Nunzio vs. Jamie Noble was cancelled in progress, APA over Scotty 2 Hotty/Rikishi, Brock Lesnar over Billy Gunn, John Cena/Rey Mysterio Jr. over Big Show/Chavo Guerrero Jr.

The Smackdown crew was in Cape Town, South Africa today with Tomorrow, the Smackdown crew is in Durban, South Africa, while the RAW crew is in Montgomery, AL. Some proceeds from the Smackdown tour of South Africa will benefit Unite Against Hunger which provides hunger relief to 80,000 South Africans a month.

Tickets for WWE's house show in Monterrey, Mexico go on sale tomorrow with Shawn Michaels at the box office to sign autographs. WWE's promotion of an appearance by The Rock caused a big spike in sales for Monday's RAW in Atlanta, GA. Spike TV is running another audition on Monday, this time to find the biggest RAW fan in Atlanta, for a chance to compete for Wrestlemania tickets on "10 Things Every Guy Should Experience." WWE will be running a show in St. Paul, MN on April 23, the same night as Ring of Honor's show at a building about a mile away.

Last week's two hours of RAW finished #4 and #7 behind Fairly Odd Parents and SpongeBob SquarePants. Jesse Ventura will narrate The Mania of Wrestlemania which will air on UPN on March 3 at 9pm. DVDFanatic.com has a review of the Monday Night War DVD calling it a must have for wrestling fans. Shaun Assael, the author of Sex, Lies and Headlocks, will be the guest on ESPN2's Cold Pizza tomorrow morning discussing WWE.

Sid was a guest on the Interactive Interview and discussed his influences, WWE, WCW, and his injuries. Apocalypse spoke to SLAM's Jason Clevett about his first tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling as The Shadow. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article on AWA's Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski and his grandson who qualified for the state wrestling tournament. The Madison Capital Times has an article on Curtis "Spike" Peterson, a 1930's wrestler who had a few problems with the law.

Most people believe Teddy Hart's knee injury may be a work because he was disgruntled, and some feel the same way about his fight with CM Punk believing it was just an angle. CZW announced matches for their March 5 and 6 shows in Allentown and Philadelphia, PA as well as their Parma, Italy show on March 27. Videos of WORLD-1's debut weekend are now available on VHS and DVD.

Yukes Online Pro Wrestling will be released on May 6 in Japan. British cable company ntl will not carry the Wrestling Channel. Dusty Rhodes' son Cody Runnels says he plans to skip college wrestling to pursue a career in acting.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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