Lesnar, Cena, Angle, Rock, TNA, ICP Mar 16 - 11:55 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

RAW scored a 4.0 rating, up from a 3.8 last week. The Mania of Wrestlemania on UPN scored a 1.7 rating. The Smackdown crew was in Manchester, NH last night with Eddy Guerrero over Big Show. Smackdown was taped in Boston, MA tonight, and PWInsider has dark match and Velocity results as well as other live Smackdown spoilers.

There are off air notes and Heat spoilers from last night's RAW. Many Smackdown wrestlers found out about the lottery next week when friends and family called them after seeing the announcement on RAW. Even with the reshuffling, Edge is still expected to go to RAW.

Brock Lesnar appeared on Mike Morris' show on Minnesota's KFAN radio station this morning discussing his decision to leave WWE to pursue an NFL career. Kurt Angle's hand numbness leads many to believe he'll need more surgery and may choose to retire rather than risk more damage. There were minor post-Wrestlemania weekend injuries including Eddy Guerrero suffering leg soreness and Sable sprining a breast implant leak.

The Boston Globe has a story on John Cena's hip-hop and rap, as well as another on his fashion choices. The Rock was in Nashville, TN last night for the premiere of Walking Tall, but also found time to discuss his family's time in the area when his father worked for Jerry Jarrett. The Rock will be making a bunch of appearances on TV and in person over the next few weeks promoting Walking Tall.

Wrestlemania viewers in New Port Richey, FL accidentally ended up watching a porn movie half-way through the PPV so the cable company is offering $25 rebates. PWInsider has a fan's perspective on Wrestlemania weekend as well as a report on the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Ian Ross at the University of South Carolina's Gamecock argues that Wrestlemania deserves respect as a legitimate sporting event.

WWE will release a Chris Benoit DVD on July 19. WWE has several job openings listed on Hotjobs.com. THQ remained the #2 independent game publisher in February.

Ric Flair was on Harley Race's radio show last night and the two exchanged various compliments. Shane Douglas was a guest on the Interactive Interview and discussed old school wrestlers, WWE, Wrestlemania, TNA and much more.

Tomorrow night's NWA TNA PPV will feature Jeff Jarrett vs. Chris Harris, AJ Styles vs. Abyss, Shane Douglas vs. James Storm, Frankie Kazarian vs. Elix Skipper, and a 10 wrestler gauntlet for "rank." NWA TNA has been added to WGTW channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA as well as Comcast Sports Southeast. Insane Clown Posse announced they've severed all ties with NWA TNA and won't be appearing on any more NWA TNA PPV or live events.

Ring of Honor has announced more details for their April 23-24 shows, and are in negotiations to bring back Ricky Steamboat. Hawaii Championship Wrestling held Saturday Night Slam: The Return of the Shogun! over the weekend with Kensuke Sasaki over Kaimana.

SLAM's Steven Johnson has a report on Saturday's Fanslam convention. The "Where The Real Legends Come Out" wrestling reunion will take place on June 5 in Carteret, NJ with Ivan Putski, the Killer Bees, Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff, Ken Patera and Stan Hansen.

Rush Limbaugh compared a James Carville speech to a Terry Funk interview. The Travel Channel is doing well in the ratings with their World Poker Tour which borrows "production techniques used in the Olympic Games and professional wrestling."

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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