RAW, Wrestlemana, Angle, Lesnar, Benoit Mar 15 - 11:57 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Lita/Victoria over Jazz/Molly Holly, Matt Hardy over Chris Jericho via DQ, Kane over Val Venis, Stacy vs. Jackie Gayda was a no contest, Booker T/Rob Van Dam over the Dudley Boyz, and Chris Benoit/Shawn Michaels over Batista/Ric Flair/Randy Orton.

There are already Heat and dark match results from tonight's RAW in East Rutherford, NJ. Next week's RAW will feature the WWE roster reshuffling lottery. The Smackdown crew was in Manchester, NH tonight, and tomorrow night they tape Smackdown in Boston, MA.

Kurt Angle reportedly told WWE that numbness has returned to his fingers and has been removed from shows while he has an MRI to determine the cause of his problems. WWE officially acknowledged Brock Lesnar's decision to put his WWE career "on hold" as he pursues one with the NFL. Brock Lesnar's KFAN interview with Mike Morris has been postponed until tomorrow morning. The April 2004 edition of Smackdown Magazine features Brock Lesnar on the cover.

There are off air and live notes from last night at Wrestlemania. Other than Angle, there were no serious injuries at Wrestlemania, other than Jim Ross' voice. Christopher Nowinski, Gail Kim, and Chris Kanyon were all in New York City for Wrestlemania weekend. WWE's post-Wrestlemania party was held at the Hilton with most of the wrestlers and staff in attendance.

Chris Benoit appeared on Fox and Friends this morning with his new belt to discuss his Wrestlemania win, the transition from WCW, and increasing athleticism. WWE.com republished a story from November asking whether Benoit's time had arrived. Percy "Paul Bearer" Pringle addressed his return to WWE, which actually began in October, and his refusal to let kayfabe die. Two of Undertaker's druids, who were played by workers from Chaotic Wrestling and Independent Wrestling Federation, caught on fire while lighting their torches but were extinguished before being hurt.

WWE had over 20,000 people in attendance at Madison Square Garden bringing in $2.4 million in ticket sales. WWE.com posted a transcript of Vince McMahon's thank you to fans from Wrestlemania. WWE.com has an article on the site of Wrestlemania 21 the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA and some of WWE's history with the building. Motley Fool's David Forrest has a summary of WWE's post-Wrestlemania business outlook.

There are several Wrestlemania reviews, from Miami Herald's Matt Berkowitz, SLAM's John Powell, ESPN's Bill Simmons, and Professor Wrestling among others. The Salem, OR Statesman Journal did an article on Wrestlemania parties, wrestling fans, and wrestling in general. Time Warner in Charlotte lost the Wrestlemania PPV signal early on during the PPV and never got it back.

WWE officially announced Day of Reckoning for the Nintendo Gamecube with a scheduled Fall release. PWInsider has a schedule of PPV dates for the next year. The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter has an article on one wrestling fan who drove to both of Spike TV's "10 Things" casting calls in Atlanta and Kansas City in his Kurt Angle car.

The Home News Tribune has an interview with Pedro Morales about his career and today's wrestling, which he doesn't follow. Joe E. Legend did an interview in which he discussed getting into wrestling, being with WWE, and Vince Russo.

Ring of Honor announced a couple matches for their April 23-24 shows in St. Paul, MN and Chicago Ridge, IL. Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 revealed more information on their early April Revisited tour featuring Dustin Rhodes. PWTorch has one fan's detailed recap of the FANSLAM convention on Saturday.

Rob Zombie and Steve Niles Creep! Entertainment's first creation is Dark Horse Comic's "The Nail" with lead character indy wrestler Rex Hauser aka "The Nail." In the early days of C-SPAN, they shared a satellite with MSG Network, and occasionally were bumped for wrestling.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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