Wrestlemania Results
- World Championship: Chris Benoit over Triple H and Shawn Michaels
- Undertaker over Kane
- WWE Championship: Eddy Guerrero over Kurt Angle
- Women's Title vs. Hair: Victoria over Molly Holly
- WWE Tag Team Championship: Rikishi/Scotty 2 Hotty over Bashams and APA and World's Greatest Tag Team
- Bill Goldberg over Brock Lesnar
- Cruiserweight Open: Chavo Gurrero Jr. over Rey Mysterio Jr., Akio, Tajiri, Billy Kidman, Jamie Noble, Nunzio, Funaki, Ultimo Dragon and Shannon Moore.
- Playboy Evening Gown Match: Torrie Wilson/Sable over Stacy Kiebler/Jackie Gayda
- Randy Orton/Batista/Ric Flair over Mick Foley/The Rock
- Christian over Chris Jericho
- World Tag Team Championship: Booker T/Rob Van Dam over Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade and La Resistance and Dudley Boys
- United States Championship: John Cena over Big Show
I went 6-6 in my predictions, getting Chris Benoit, Eddy Guerrero, John Cena, Randy Orton/Batista/Ric Flair, Torrie Wilson/Sable and Victoria's wins right.
The Smackdown crew is in Manchester, NH tomorrow night, while RAW is live from East Rutherford, NJ. WWE announced that Wrestlemania 21 will be in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Wrestlemania set a WWE record for their highest grossing event at Madison Square Garden with more than $2.4 million in ticket sales.
There are several Wrestlemania stories from AFP, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Cleveland Morning Journal. Ken Bank at PWInsider took a look at the financial implications of Wrestlemania for their current fiscal quarter. New York Newsday's Shaun Powell wrote an article comparing the treatment of steroids in wrestling with current concerns in baseball.
Chris Jericho, Matt Hardy, Lita, Bubba Dudley and Stacy Kiebler appeared on Headbanger's Ball last night to promote Wrestlemania and discuss music. Don Callis' latest column is about Brock Lesnar's decision to leave wrestling for football. USA Weekend magazine has an interview with Ric Flair about books, younger wrestlers, and Hollywood.
PWInsider has a list of the Hall of Fame inductees and their inductors. There are several WWE Hall of Fame stories, most making mention of Jesse Ventura's future political plans and Pete Rose's induction, from the Miami Herald, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune, TSN.ca, and New York Newsday with a photo gallery. Rikishi giving Pete Rose a stinkface at the Hall of Fame ceremony made ESPN's Top 10 for the day, and CBS's Sunday Morning also covered the Hall of Fame ceremony.
Ring of Honor drew a record crowd of 1800 for their show yesterday in Elizabeth, NJ with ROH Champion Somoa Joe over Jay Briscoe in a steel cage. Yesterday's FANSLAM convention in Totowa, NJ drew somewhere between 1200-1700 fans with the next convention scheduled for July 17. Gregrageous provided the latest Memphis Wrestling results.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
