Quick NWA TNA Results: Aguila over Dean Allmark, Heavy Metal over Robbie Dynamite, Hector Garza over Frankie Sloan, James Mason over Abismo Negro, Sloan/Dynamite over Aguila/Garza, Mason/Allmark over Metal/Negro, Team AAA over Team UK, and Kid Kash/Dallas over Low Ki/Christopher Daniels to win the vacant NWA Tag Team titles.
There are Smackdown spoilers and notes from last night in San Antonio, TX.
Smackdown will be pre-empted in Washington, DC tomorrow night, airing Sunday at 7pm instead.
There are a few more details about Steve Austin's possible exit from WWE, which may be the result of his lawyer playing hardball during contract negotiations and discussions over the rights to his character name.
Austin was backstage at the Smackdown tapings in San Antonio, TX, and he may have more talks with WWE later this week.
Other WWE wrestlers are reportedly supportive of Austin in this fight.
Stacy Keibler visited returning troops at Fort Hood in Killeen, TX.
William Regal spoke to WWE.com about his recovery and return, training other wrestlers, and overcoming addiction.
WWE's latest True or False puts William Regal against Gail Kim on topics such as foreign wrestlers, NCAA basketball, Mick Foley and the European Championship.
Molly Holly and Kurt Angle will call into tomorrow's Byte This! with Lillian Garcia in the studio.
There are rumors that Kenzo Suzuki may be brought to Smackdown and managed by Funaki.
NWA Wildside's Rick Michaels signed a WWE deal to work backstage on the road on wrestling gear.
D-Von Dudley will take part in celebrity softball game conducted by Junior Achievement on April 16 in Brevard County, FL.
TSN.ca has an interview with Chris Benoit in which he discusses the change in his announced hometown.
Chris Benoit also discussed the Edmonton, AB to Atlanta, GA change on Toronto's Z103.5 morning show.
The Sun's Lilsboys will host an online chat with Ric Flair and they're accepting questions from fans.
The Howard Stern show replayed a Triple H interview from 2002 this morning.
The Rock appeared on Craig Kilborn's show last night to promote Walking Tall, but he also discussed losing his virginity.
Walking Tall slipped to #4 yesterday, falling just slightly behind Home On The Range.
Superstar Billy Graham updated his website with his thoughts on being inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame and on the entire entire Wrestlemania weekend.
Goldberg plans on selling his own line of t-shirts as part of the Spear This clothing line.
CW Anderson updated his website commentary about basketball, laptops, and his work in Japan.
Sean "X-Pac" Waltman's forum has now been taken offline after posts by many fans angry with Waltman's decision to leave the website.
The NWA TNA/Ring of Honor situation seem to have been resolved after Jeff Jarrett and Doug Gentry had an opportunity to speak.
TNA was concerned about their wrestlers working in Ring of Honor in part because they're close to a television deal, even going so far as to have discussions with Universal Studios in Orlando, FL about taping there.
TNA is reportedly interested in Terri Runnels and Sean O'Haire, although O'Haire has a 90-day no-compete clause.
Alan Wojcik interviewed Ron Killings about NWA, rapping, BG James, and his current work in TNA.
Brian "Spanky" Kendrick was on Between The Ropes tonight and he discussed leaving WWE, Paul London, politics, and his work in Japan.
In addition to shows this weekend, which will feature Dustin Rhodes' debut, WORLD-1 will run shows May 14-16 in New England.
Dreamstage Entertainment is now a partner in ZERO-ONE, and they plan to go after ZERO-ONE and All Japan bootleggers in the United States.
Mike Johnson has lots of notes on Ring of Honor including some of their upcoming angles and matches.
Reason has an article on the recent pornography crackdown, focusing on former XPW promoter Robert "Rob Black" Zicari's part in it.
SLAM has a review of referee Tommy Young's Shoot Interview which will be overlooked by most, although it may be of interest to long time fans.
Bobby Eaton and referee Dick Woehrle have been added to the Wrestling Reunion convention on June 5 in Carteret, NJ.
Mike Rotunda made it into this week's Canadian TV Guide crossword puzzle.
The ECW Arena renovation project has already begun as fans at this past weekend's CZW show noticed bathroom upgrades, a ticket window, and a paint job for the outside entrance.
They also took down the ECW Arena sign, are now auctioning it off on Ebay.
The Torch is offering three free newsletter samples.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
TNA, Austin, Benoit, Regal, Flair, Goldberg Apr 07 - 11:53 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:41 pm TNA: Complete April 7th America X Cup PPV Results!
- 11:39 pm PWI: MORE NOTES FROM THE SMACKDOWN TAPING (CONTAINS SPOILERS) by Jess McGrath
- 11:35 pm PWI: SPANKY TALKS ABOUT ARTISTIC FREEDOM IN WRESTLING, PAUL LONDON, WWE, WORLD-1, JAPAN & MORE by Richard Trionfo
- 10:51 pm PWT: MCNEILL'S TAKE: McNEILL's Raw Factor: Cutting Edge and Can Smackdown Be Saved?
- 10:31 pm WO: Feature: NWA TNA Americas' Cup and tag title PPV report
- 10:14 pm PWI: ECW ARENA RENOVATIONS UPDATE; OWN YOUR PIECE OF THE ECW ARENA by Mike Johnson
- 10:00 pm PWI: BRADSHAW'S PUSH, SHELTON FOLLOW-UP, AUSTIN & ROCK'S FUTURE, TNA'S TV DEAL AND ROH WOES, AND MUCH MORE - THIS WEEK'S ELITE RADIO IS NOW ONLINE by PWINSIDER ELITE
- 07:25 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: A Day With the Crippler: The beginning for Orton the end for Eugene
- 06:45 pm PWI: RING OF HONOR NOTES & NEWS ON AMERICAN DRAGON, AMAZING RED, FRANCINE & MISSY HYATT?! by Mike Johnson
- 06:14 pm PWI: NEW LEGENDS ADDED TO WRESTLING REUNION CONVENTION WITH STAN HANSEN & MORE THIS JUNE IN NEW JERSEY by Mike Johnson
- 05:33 pm LAW: Wednesday Update: NWA TNA preview, WWE Ratings, Austin contract troubles, MMA article on pay structure, Benoit on OTR, Graham commentary and more!
- 05:30 pm PWI: PRO WRESTLING INSIDER RETURNS TONIGHT by SportsTalkCleveland.com
- 04:05 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Constructive Criticism: The Integration of Religion into Professional Wrestling
- 04:00 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: STEVE AUSTIN-WWE SITUATION, BENOIT, ROCK, RATINGS, AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 03:47 pm PWI: WWE SIGNS NWA WILDSIDE STAR; UPDATE ON PENDING DEBUT FOR JAPANESE STAR by Mike Johnson
- 03:45 pm PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: WRESTLEMANIA 2, DRAGON WINS TV TITLE, MORE by Buck Woodward
- 03:43 pm PWT: Torch Today: 4/7 Afternoon Update: Austin, Rock, ROH, TNA, Benoit, VOD, Indy death
- 03:09 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Raw Reax: Fourth batch of thoughts on Raw and the new Eugene character
- 02:59 pm WO: Headline: Wednesday update: Austin update, TNA preview, Flair & HHH off, Former WWF & indie wrestler passes away, WWE stars in new commercial, Ratings, Raven, Rotunda, Pride and crazy show
- 02:54 pm WO: Headline: Biggest PPVs in history and who drew them; A look at the big lawsuits; Legend of Jack Brisco; UFC future; details of this week's Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 02:50 pm WO: Headline: Funny HHH interview from 2002 airs on Stern today
- 02:48 pm WO: Headline: Ron Killings interview
- 02:31 pm PWT: Special Features: FREE: Access Three Complete Torch Newsletters Right Now - No Sign-ups, No Catches
- 02:25 pm PWI: NWA:TNA PREVIEW; MEXICO VS. UK X CUP TONIGHT by Buck Woodward
- 02:19 pm PWT: ROH News: ROH Update: DVD Sale, Danielson, Amazing Red
- 01:27 pm PWI: UPDATE ON NWA TNA-ROH SITUATION; SITUATION "DEFUSED" by Mike Johnson
- 12:44 pm PWT: Special Features: Torch #804 Now Online - Raw vs. Smackdown, Rock's Loyalty, ROH Philosophy, Insider News
- 12:28 pm PWI: NWA:TNA VERY CLOSE TO TV DEAL, SCOUTING LOCATION NEXT WEEK, PLUS UPDATE ON PROSPECTIVE TALENT COMING IN by Buck Woodward
- 12:20 pm PWT: WWE News: 4/6 WWE in San Antonio, Tex.: Detailed Smackdown/Velocity taping results
- 12:11 pm PWI: WWE NEWS AND NOTES by Dave Scherer
- 12:03 pm PWI: CHRIS BENOIT ADDRESSES HIS NEW HOME TOWN, BRET HART'S RETURN TO WWE AND MORE, EDDIE GUERRERO TALKS ABOUT ADDICTION by Dave Scherer
- 11:29 am PWI: INTERNATIONAL NOTES INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE ZERO-ONE NEWS, D-LO BROWN, SONJAY DUTT HEADING FOR JAPAN, MASATO TANAKA & MUCH MORE by Mike Johnson
- 11:20 am PWI: WORLD-1 NOTES & NEWS INCLUDING FOUR JAPANESE TALENTS IN UNITED STATES FOR THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS by Mike Johnson
- 11:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q & A: BENOIT-SABU, MANIAS ON DVD, DAWN MARIE, DARK JOURNEY AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:50 am PWI: THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS IN THE STEVE AUSTIN-WWE SITUATION by Dave Scherer
- 10:34 am PWI: INDY KINGDOM: WALTMAN RETURNS, HART, K-1, SNUKA, BAGWELL, BIGELOW, AND MORE by Jess McGrath
- 10:30 am WWE: The World's Greatest Upset 2 this past week on RAW
- 10:03 am PWI: CHRIS BENOIT DISCUSSES WWE'S DECISION TO CHANGE HOMETOWNS, BACKLASH, HIS WRESTLEMANIA VICTORY & MORE by Matt Vetere
- 09:59 am PWT: Torch Trivia: Torch Trivia of the Day for Wednesday, April 7, 2004 - The NWA/ECW Title
- 09:04 am PWI: SMACKDOWN SPOILERS FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX by Justus Ray
- 09:00 am SLAM: Mat Matters Column: WWE's cruel joke not funny by JOHN POWELL -- Co-producer, SLAM! Wrestling
- 09:00 am SLAM: Tommy Young tale counted out by Alex Ristic -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 06:30 am PWI: STEVE AUSTIN AND WWE REACH IMPASSE; AUSTIN DONE WITH WWE? by Buck Woodward
- 03:37 am WO: Headline: Smackdown spoilers from San Antonio
- 12:32 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: Miller's Menagerie: The Rise and Fall of the Women's Division
