Smackdown, Rock, Lesnar, HHH, 3PW Mar 18 - 11:44 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: John Cena over Rhyno, Rikishi/Scotty 2 Hotty over APA, Shelton Benjamin over Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin over Billy Gunn, Rey Mysterio Jr. over Shelton Benjamin, Rey Mysterio Jr. over Big Show via CO, and Eddy Guerrero ove Rey Mysterio Jr.

The Smackdown crew was in Newcastle, England tonight with Eddy Guerrero over Big Show. Tomorrow night, the Smackdown crew will be in Sheffield, England. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Paul Bearer were the guests on Byte This! today with lots of discussion about Wrestlemania.

Ron "Faarooq" Simmons was released by WWE, shortly before his storyline firing aired. WWE's Diva Challenge is now down to 8 divas for round two. WWE reportedly handed out signs at RAW with things like "Molly's bald" and "Egghead."

Brock Lesnar's interview with Mike Morris on KFAN is now available online in mp3 format. Brock Lesnar is the focus of a 4 page Muscletech ad in this month's Flex magazine. Alex Marvez' latest column is about Brock Lesnar's decision to leave WWE for the NFL.

Wrestlemania XX will be one of the topic's on VH1's Best Week Ever tomorrow, with Chris Jericho as one of their panelists. The Rock told the Associated Press that a run for President in the future isn't out of the question. A weekend with The Rock is one of MTV Spring Break's prizes. The Roxbury Register has an article on Merced "Tito Santana" Solis and his post-wrestling career as a Spanish teacher, as well as his recent Hall of Fame induction.

Sylvain Grenier discussed his return from injury and the future of La Resistance. SuperHeroHype.com has an interview with Triple H from May's Muscle and Fitness magazine about his role in Blade: Trinity. Dr. Tom Prichard's newest commentary covers Wrestlemania, the Hall of Fame, and Chris Benoit's title win. Lance Storm updated his website commentary with information on his recent travels.

The Wrestlemania XX DVD will be a three disc set, with the PPV on discs 1 and 2, and the Mania of Wrestlemania and Wrestlemania's Top 10 Matches on the third. Silvervision.co.uk has the upcoming Royal Rumble 89/90 and Wrestlemania 1/2 DVD's for presale in the UK. Israel's Hot cable company ill air 10 WWE programs during Passover on a special free "Passover Action" channel, and if enough people switch to Hot for WWE, they plan to continue airing WWE programming.

Results of British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith's autopsy by British Columbia's coroner Shawn Jestley indicated that his death might have been caused by past anabolic steroid usage. 3PW promoter Jasmin St. Claire was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy surgery, and this weekend's 3PW show is cancelled as a result. NWA TNA issued a press release officially announcing their two year distribution deal with The Wrestling Channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Chris Sabin may be out up to two months depending on the amount of knee ligament damage he's suffered.

Charlottesville, VA's NBC29's Derek Clark interviewed Buff Bagwell about Charlottesville, WCW, wrestling deaths, and his future. The current issue of Stuff Magazine has a blurb on Juventud Guerrera's stripping incident in Australia in 2000. Roddy Piper's website features a photo of him with Ken Starr, the former US Independent Counsel investigating President Clinton.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan is hosting Biker's Court on Daytona Beach's ABC channel 9. Voice of Wrestling is looking for new on-air personalities as they restructure their show. Rush Limbaugh joked about the EU's anti-terrorism expert Mr. Terrorism saying it sounds like a character from WWF to him.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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