Benoit, Foley, Rock, TNA, Raven, Daniels Apr 04 - 11:49 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Monterrey, Mexico last night with Chris Benoit over Triple H, and tonight they're in Laredo, TX. The Smackdown crew was in Mobile, AL last night, and this afternoon, they were in Dotham, AL with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw, Tomorrow night, the Smackdown crew is in Dallas, TX, and RAW is live from Houston, TX. Tickets for WWE's upcoming RAW in Topeka, KS on April 26 sold well, with one fan getting in line on Thursday night to buy tickets on Saturday.

Chris Benoit spoke to SLAM about internet rumors and Triple H's backstage power. Mike Mooneyham's latest column is about Shelton Benjamin and his big win over Triple H on RAW. Steve Austin did an autograph signing yesterday at the Arkansas Twisters football game in Little Rock, AR. Mick Foley and Jerry Lawler wrestled Al Snow and The Coach last night at Rutgers University in an unadvertised match before 1173 fans.

Weekend estimates place Walking Tall at #2, behind Hellboy, with a gross of $15.3 million. Walking Tall did finish ahead of some projections which had it finishing at #4 with $13.3 million. The Rock was the grand marshall for today's NASCAR race, and he went out of his way to meet Rusty Wallace who unintentionally helped The Rock and his friends eat for free in college. A&E debuted a new Rock Biography covering most of the same material as past E! and VH-1 specials. The Calgary Sun has an article on The Rock's upcoming role in the movie "Be Cool."

NWA TNA's trading cards are now available for purchase. NWA TNA may be close to finalizing a deal with Fox Sports Net for a weekend timeslot. Raven is featured in the latest edition of Star Magazine on page 20 in an article describing his involvement in a recent reality TV celebrity run-in. Don Callis' latest column is about Raven's progress and influence in the business.

Christopher Daniels won the ECWA Super 8 Tournament last night in Newport, DE by defeating Austin Aries in the finals. IWA Puerto Rico drew 9000 fans to their Juicio Final IV tour yesterday with IWA Champion Rey Gonzalez defeating Shane. Last night's CZW show in Philadelphia, PA featured Trent Acid over Teddy Hart in a streetfight. Wrestling WORLD-1 will run a three show tour in Pottstown, PA on Thursday, Quarryville, PA on Friday, and Essington, PA on Saturday.

Scott Williams reviewed Jack Brisco's new book "Brisco" and says it's highly recommended and "one of the best of the books to capture wrestling’s territorial era of the 1960s and 1970s." The Associated Press did an article on young Florida lawmakers, including Florida State Senator Dave Aronberg making mention of his work with WWE's Smackdown Your Vote. Wrestling has started to pick up a little mainstream notice in stories about steroid abuse in sports.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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