Buyrates, Flair, Austin, Raven, ECWA, TNA Feb 28 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Montgomery, AL last night with HHH over Chris Benoit. The RAW crew was in Birmingham, AL tonight, and tomorrow afternoon they're in Chattanooga, TN. The Smackdown crew was in Durban, South Africa last night, and tonight they were in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tomorrow night they finish their tour in East Rand, South Africa.

Smackdown scored a 3.5 rating, the same as last week. WWE released their latest PPV buyrates (PDF), with No Way Out scoring about 250,000 buys, down from February PPV's of the last two years. For perspective, it was still ahead of December's RAW-only Armaggedon, and only slightly below October's Smackdown-only No Mercy.

Ric Flair, who turned 55 on Wednesday, may be looking at the end of his in-ring career due to a neck injury which has kept him out of matches the past couple weeks. Steve Austin and WWE are working on a Stone Cold beer with High Falls Brewing Co., with Austin visiting the brewers regularly to conduct taste tests. PWInsider has a report of Undertaker's autograph signing in Detroit, MI, at the Autorama.

The Torch's Octavio Fierros has a lengthy review of the Monday Night War DVD. The Louisville Scene has a review of Waterproof Blonde's Glitter Lust album which includes Sean O'Haire's theme song "Come On." Setanta Sports, the new home of WWE PPV's in the UK, is putting its entire business empire at stake as part of a new television deal with the SPL.

Raven has an brief interview with Glenn Gilberti on his website about his career highlights and booking plans. Bret Hart's latest column is about his recent return to Ernest Manning High School to talk to a few hundred amateur wrestlers from Alberta and his memories of his time there. George "The Animal" Steele now has an official website.

Canada's National Post has a piece on Lucha Va Voom as the promotion travels to Toronto, ON for two shows on March 4 and 5. ECWA has announced the participants for the annual Super 8 tournament on April 4 in Newport, DE. NWA TNA may be in talks with Fox Sports Net, although a deal is probably still far off. TNA has a preview of Americas X Cup: Mexico vs. Canada with profiles of the participants.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Last Edited: Sunday, February 29th, 2004 - 12:05 am EST

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