Ratings Summary
- RAW: 3.9 (3.7 / 4.1 / 6 Share) Up from 3.8 (3.6 / 4.0 / 5.9 Share)
- Heat: 0.8 (1 Share) Down from 1.2 (2.0 Share)
- Velocity: 0.9 (2 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.2 Share)
- Confidential: 0.7 (1 Share) About the same as 0.6 (1.3 Share)
There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Boston, MA. The Smackdown crew start their tour of the UK in Newcastle, England tomorrow night.
Paul Bearer and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine will be guests on Byte This! tomorrow. Wrestling News Live interviewed Jim Ross on Thursday and they discussed Wrestlemania, the Oklahoma character, and rumors of Brock Lesnar's departure. WWE is saying thank you to tri-state area fans with two Batista autograph signings on Saturday.
Brock Lesnar's high school football and wrestling coaches discussed Lesnar's abilities and chances of making it to the NFL. Chris Nowinski, Bradshaw and Jesse Ventura scoured Harvard looking for non-registered voters offering free "Voting is For Young People" shirts in exchange for registering. MSN will host a chat with Jesse Ventura on Tuesday to promote the new "Beyond the Mat: Ringside Special Edition" DVD release.
The Torch has a review of Walking Tall from yesterday's advance screening benefit in Knoxville, TN, as well as notes on Rock's appearance. The Rock took a tour of McNairy County, the location of the Walking Tall's inspiration, to walk where Buford Pusser once walked. The Rock will be screening Walking Tall for for the service men and women at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL tomorrow. Men's Health's article on The Rock is now available online. The Rock appeared on NBC4 in Washington, DC tonight to promote Walking Tall, but he also discussed wrestling Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania X8.
GOandDOdownriver has a Q&A with Eric Bischoff to promote Monday's RAW. Steve Austin and Molly Holly played True or False for WWE.com on topics including Brock Lesnar's departure, Wrestlemania and Molly's new look. Matt Hardy's latest commentary discusses Wrestlemania, his massage chair, and OMEGA.
Simon LilsBoy of The Sun detailed his Wrestlemania trip with a show diary. TV.Yahoo.com has a poll on Wrestlemania XX. "Mrs. Snyder" from Mick Foley's "This is your life" was spotted on Conan O'Brien doing a fake tour skit.
SLAM has an article on Simon Diamond's athlete mentality which helps him persevere in wrestling as well as baseball. Ernie Ladd's size 16 red wrestling boot was part of an exhibit at the North Early Learning Center in Orange, TX for Black History Month. Viewer's Choice Canada will be debuting a 13 part series called "Pro Wrestling Past, Present and Future" on March 23.
Jim Cornette has pulled himself from the April 24 Ring of Honor show because he only wanted to work with Bobby Heenan who cancelled his appearance, but Ring of Honor has added Jerry Lynn to the show. "Gorgeous" George Frankenstein will return to 3PW on Saturday in Philadelphia, PA. Former WCW commentator Mark Madden wrote a column about steroids in baseball and professional wrestling, which Dave Meltzer spent some time addressing.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
