SD, Foley, Fozzy, Rock, Heenan, TNA, ROH Mar 25 - 11:53 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Rob Van Dam over Charlie Haas, Rene Dupree over Billy Kidman, Dudley Boys over Bashams, Chavo Guerrero Jr. over Spike Dudley, Eddy Guerrero over Booker T via DQ.

Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #3 with SpongeBob SquarePants at #2. WWE issued a press release announcing Wrestlemania XX as their highest grossing PPV with gross revenues of $40-45 million and WWE getting about half that money after cable and satellite providers get their share. Smackdown Here Comes The Pain ranked #9 in videogame rentals last week. WWE's first ECW DVD, The Rise and Fall of ECW, will be released on June 1 and will be two discs.

Mick Foley accepted the Legacy of Hope award for the WWE from Bob Hope's son Tony at the USO of Metropolitan Washington awards dinner on Tuesday night for their work with the troops. Sgt. Slaughter appeared at the Trenton Titans games along with amateur wrestler Mark Savino and he discussed the success amateur wrestlers have had in WWE recently. John Cena's US Title win at Wrestlemania got a brief mention in the Boston Globe.

The Sun's Lilsboys have an exclusive Wrestlemania XX slideshow. Edge and Torrie Wilson play True or False this week on subjects including T&A, hair matches, and Brock Lesnar. A Louisiana 11 year old fighting an inoperable brain tumor will get to meet Stone Cold Steve Austin next month thanks to the Louisiana State Police's I Wish Program.

Fozzy has added shows in Edmonton and Calgary, Albert on April 18 and 19 in addition to their Chicago show on April 12. Fozzy's upcoming album will contain guest appearances by both Bone Crusher and Zakk Wylde with a tentative August release. The Fozzy YJ Stinger ad is available online in Quicktime format.

Maxim has an interview with The Rock in this month's issue about his catchphrases, what he misses about wrestling, and his Hollywood action star career. The Rock discussed Walking Tall with the Chicago Sun-Times' Elliot Harris, as well as his upcoming duties as grand marshall for NASCAR on April 4, and losing out to Warren Sapp in college. The Rock will do an MSN Chat on March 31 to promote Walking Tall.

Alex Marvez spoke to Bobby Heenan about his new book "Chair Shots and Other Obstacles" as well as his battle with cancer, working with Gorilla Monsoon, and the joke he didn't make about Pete Rose at the Hall of Fame induction. Jesse Ventura did an MSN Chat last night to promote the new Beyound the Mat DVD but also discussed politics, Harvard, the Hall of Fame and more. Goldberg was interviewed by an Edmonton, AB radio station, as he's there shooting Santa's Slay, and he discussed his time in WWE and his post-WWE plans.

TNA Xplosion has been added to Nashville, TN's WB 58 on Saturdays at 11am. The TNA Academy's first "gut check" has been moved from March 29 to April 12-13 due to an email problem. TNA continues to ask wrestlers to distance themselves from Ring of Honor while they're attempting to secure a television deal due to concerns raised by television executives.

Kid Kash's mystery partner was Texas indie wrestler Shadow. Johnny Swinger missed last night's TNA PPV due to his wife giving birth, and Konnan arrived at the building 5 minutes before his match because of a missed flight. The match quality for Americas X Cup UK vs. Mexico is said to be below that of the previous Cup matches.

Sting appeared at last night's TNA show because he's filming Sting: The Movie based on his transformation from a "boozing, drugging womanizer to praising, worshipping Christian." Sting was said to be uncooperative and showed up after the PPV had started. Johnny Valiant will perform his stand-up act "An Evening with 'Luscious' Johnny Valiant" on March 28 in Somerville, MA.

Ring of Honor announced more details for their upcoming events including their show in Dayton, OH on June 12 and in Glen Burnie, MD on June 24. Full Impact Wrestling is giving away two spectator tickets to the Bret Hart Pro Wrestling Clinic On May 28-29 in Brick, NJ. The Buffalo Bisons will hold Ballpark Brawl II on July 17. There's a bill before the New York State Assembly proposing changes to wrestling regulations in the state which would allow small promotions to more easily run shows.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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