The RAW crew was in Cape Girardeau, MO last night with Chris Benoit over Triple H. The RAW crew was in St. Louis, MO this afternoon also with Chris Benoit over Triple H, and tomorrow night, RAW is live from Cincinnati, OH. The Smackdown crew was in Tampa, FL tonight, and tomorrow night they're in Louisville, KY.

Nick Dinsmore debuted a new character at the RAW house shows this weekend, and he may show up on TV with in soon. WWE will return to Italy for the first time in a decade with shows in Milan and Pesaro on June 3 and 4. Bradshaw's promo was cut from the evening Smackdown airing in the UK.

Steve Austin did an autograph signing in Secaucus, NJ today with at least one very happy fan in attendance. Kevin Nash will unveil the Lions Gate's NHRA Punisher nitro funny car at the Las Vegas Speedway on April 3. There's a Hulk Hogan autographed jersey on Ebay with Jimmy Hart confirming the authenticity.

Reuters has an early, mostly positive review of Walking Tall. The Rock answered a few questions for the Washington Post about football, NCAA basketball, and steroids. The Boston Globe spoke to The Rock about returning to wrestling, Walking Tall, and his future projects. The Star-Ledger also has an interview with The Rock about Walking Tall, stunts, wrestling, and drug and steroid testing. The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on Johnny Knoxville's work in Walking Tall with a few comments on The Rock.

NWA TNA has stripped Chris Sabin of the X Championship due to his knee injury. TNA will be releasing trading cards next month featuring all your favorite wrestlers. TNA published their power rankings for Wednesday's PPV.

Bob Sapp captured the IWGP Championship by defeating Kensuke Sasaki in the main event of New Japan's King of Sports PPV today in Tokyo, Japan. Ken Shamrock also showed up on the PPV attacking Josh Barnett after his match setting up a tag match on their May 2 show. Porn star/wrestler Chocoball Mukai was arrested for indecent exposure after performing obscene acts in front of customers at a Tokyo bar.

The Boston Globe has an article on local independent wrestler Hurricane John Walters covering his recent WWE dark matches, work in Ring of Honor and in the Super 8 tournament. Don Callis' latest column is about WWE's RAW and Smackdown rivalry, although he had bad information on Smackdown's rating.

Combat Zone Wrestling ran a show in Parma, Italy yesterday with Sabu debuting in a match with The Messiah and Adam Flash defeating Wifebeater, John Zandig and Ian Knoxx. AJ Styles, Altar Boy Luke and Gabriel defeated Christopher Daniels, Rainman, and Azrael at NWA Wildside Hardcore Hell last night. gregrageous provided the latest Memphis TV results featuring a return by Doug Gilbert.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.