Ratings, Wrestlemania, ROH, Heenan Mar 09 - 11:57 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Ratings Summary

  • RAW: 3.8 (3.6 / 4.0 / 5.9 Share) Up from 3.8 (3.7 / 3.9 / 5.6 Share)
  • Heat: 1.2 (2.0 Share) Up from 0.9 (1.5 Share)
  • Velocity: 0.7 (1.2 Share) Down from 0.9 (1.6 Share)
  • Confidential: 0.6 (1.3 Share) Same as last week

There's a detailed off-air RAW report, as well as international Heat spoilers, from last night which includes the fact that Kendo Ka Shin, formerly of All Japan, was backstage. WWE did a series of healthy house show gates over the weekend, and brought in over a million dollars from the South African tour. Rob Van Dam was late to the Syracuse house show due to weather delays, and Pat Patterson and Michael Hayes attended the Baltimore house show to prepare booking Wrestlemania matches. PWInsider did match-by-match spoilers for tonight's Smackdown in Atlantic City, NJ.

The Dudley Boyz appeared at Wolfpit Elementary School in Norwalk, CT as part of WWE's Get R.E.A.L. program to promote education, literacy, safety and goal setting. Chris Jericho will appear on MTV 2's Headbanger's Ball on Saturday night. In his latest column, Alex Marvez' spoke to Ric Flair about his DVD, self-confidence, injuries and becoming a grandfather. Some Smackdown wrestlers reportedly don't feel too sorry for Brock Lesnar as they have basically the same travel schedule.

WWE aired Wrestlemania's 10 Greatest Matches tonight, with the Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart Iron Man Match coming in at #1. ABC News, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Stamford Advocate all published stories on Wrestlemania 20. The Hollywood Reporter also interviewed Vince McMahon about Wrestlemania, buying WCW, leaving USA Network, losing to the World Wildlife Fund, and a lot of other television related topics. WWE published their schedule of events in New York City leading up to Wrestlemania. TiVo subscribers will recieve a 10 minute Wrestlemania preview pushing a main event of HHH vs. Chris Benoit.

WWE.com has an article on Shawn Michaels' lengthy Wrestlemania legacy and his return to the main event this Sunday. Molly Holly discussed her hair match at Wrestlemania, and the honor of competing at this year's Wrestlemania in what will be her first real Wrestlemania match. Ivory and other WWE divas were a topic of discussion on this morning's Howard Stern show. H&R Block says they don't advertise on Smackdown because it's unsuitable, but they plan to continue running ads on the Howard Stern show.

EchoStar/DISH Network pulled 16 local and 10 national Viacom stations after the two companies failed to reach a contract agreement. All non-syndicated WWE programming is carried by Viacom owned stations (Spike TV and UPN), so if the dispute continues, WWE fans may find themselves without access to RAW or Smackdown. WWE posted a job opening for a Purchasing Manager, which involves managing "the procurement process for the purchase and contracting of goods and services." Zoom Media is hiring female spokesmodels for the Wrestlemania XX Hot Team this week in Manhattan. Life Fitness issued a press release mentioning that they provide fitness equipment to wrestlers Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan and Bill Goldberg.

Referee Tim White's shoulder injury looks to prevent him from returning at Wrestlemania where Christian and Chris Jericho hoped he could work their match. D-Von Dudley was prohibited from wrestling at the Baltimore, MD house show by the Maryland Athletic Commission due to a high blood pressure reading. PWInsider has other injury notes on Molly Holly, Charlie Haas, Jackie Gayda, and Stevie Richards.

Ring of Honor offered paperwork to prove that a stock transfer had taken place between Rob Feinstein and Douglas I. Gentry putting 100% of the Ring of Honor and RF Video stock in Gentry's name. AJ Styles and Bill Behrens issued a statement about their plans to continue working with Ring of Honor. Christopher Daniels did an interview about the Rob Feinstein and Ring of Honor situation with Puroresu Power Hour saying he has no hard feelings towards people who have distanced themselves from the promotion, and that if Feinstein isn't gone, he and others will leave, too. Philadelphia's NBC 10 reported that Feinstein is being investigated by the police based on their sting operation. Newtown Township, PA will hold a town meeting to discuss last week's sting operation.

Bobby Heenan spoke to SLAM's Jason Clevett about being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and his second book. Heenan was also interviewed by Get In The Ring radio about his book, Hercules' death, and Ring of Honor. Buck Woodward interviewed Ricky Steamboat about his career, planning his Wrestlemania 3 match, and the WWF road schedule.

Raymond "Hercules Hernandez" Fernandez's funeral will be held Thursday in Tampa, FL. Fernandez's wife and daughter spoke to the Associated Press about his charity work, as he visited terminally ill children in the hospital, and regularly spoke to students about staying in school and off drugs. Wrestler Jim "Dano" McDonald, of Hamilton, ON, died on March 4 at age 81 in Eatonville, WA. Georgia's state House voted 149-16 to regulate wrestling, including $1000 licensing fees and $250 match fees.

Tomorrow night's NWA TNA PPV will include America's X Cup: Mexico vs. Canada and Insane Clown Posse/Too Tuff Tony vs. Glenn Gilberti/Kid Kash/David Young. NWA TNA is adding 10 new PPVs to their video-on-demand service.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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