- RAW: 3.8 (3.7 / 4.0 / 6 Share) Up from 3.8 (3.5 / 4.0 / 6 Share)
- Heat: 0.8 (2 Share) Down from 0.9 (2 Share)
- Velocity: 0.7 (1 Share) Down from 0.8 (1 Share)
- Confidential: 0.6 (1 Share) Down from 0.9 (2 Share)
The Smackdown crew was in Terra Haute, IN last night with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw. Smackdown was taped in Indianapolis, IN tonight, so spoilers should be out soon.
Weekend house show business was down, but the Chicago, IL crowd pleased the wrestlers, and people in the company are reportedly happy with both Eugene and Batista. Victoria and Lita practiced their Backlash match as the final two in weekend house show four-ways. Trish Stratus won FOX Sports' Girl Next Door poll beating out Sasha Cohen in the finals of a 32 person tournament.
There are live notes and international Heat spoilers from last night in Chicago, IL. TSN delayed RAW because of the NHL which resulted in some cuts including La Resistance's explanation for moving and the Smackdown Rebound.
Chris Benoit made his Edmonton homecoming today, and footage of it may be used for Backlash and WWE TV. Chris Benoit appeard on Off the Record tonight and discussed Wrestlemania, his neck injury, his announced home, and the title (Clased-Captioning Text). There are a number of Backlash promotions running in Canada including free pasta for the first 100 Backlash viewers at movie theaters and a full page spread in Sunday's Sun Media newspapers for Chris Benoit.
WWE.com updated the schedule for Ric Flair's UK tour which begins tomorrow. WWE is running the first annual Smackdown! Fan Awards, with the results to be published in the July issue of Smackdown! magazine. Rehiring Brian Christopher was one of Jim Ross' final actions before his promotion, with Christopher expected to stay on RAW rather than reform Too Cool.
The Calgary Sun has another interview with The Rock about the making of Walking Tall, and the differences from the original. Brock Lesnar will work out for NFL scouts on May 18 to help determine his chances of making it. Rikishi will appear at the WXW Supercard on May 30 in Bushkill, PA.
Kevin Nash was on the Jimmy Kimmel Show last night promoting Punisher and discussing his on set stabbing. Diamond Dallas Page updated his commentary with lots of notes on his birthday celebration, as well as reaction for his decision to return to wrestling. Mike Rotunda says he supports steroid testing for high schoolers, but also believes parents would be able to see the changes in their children that would come with steroid use. Jesse Ventura will speak at Salem State College on Thursday.
Tomorrow night's NWA TNA PPV will feature Raven vs. Chris Harris for a shot at the title on April 21, Jeff Jarrett vs. James Storm, Frankie Kazarian vs. Sonjay Dutt for the X Division title, Kid Kash/Dallas vs. D'Lo Brown/Apollo for the NWA Tag Team titles, Sabu vs. Monty Brown, and Simon Diamond vs. Johnny Swinger. AJ Styles spoke to the Miami Herald about being a smaller wrestler and winning the NWA Title, as well as turning down a WWE developmental deal, his faith, and working in indies. MyGamer.com has an interview with Chris Sabin about his gaming history, his injury, and losing in wrestling vs. in video games. Alan Wojcik interviewed Sonny Siaki about Somoan wrestlers, WCW, TNA and the X Division.
Ricky Steamboat will oversee the Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup tournament on June 24 in Baltimore, and Spanky vs. Homicide has been signed for the Braintree, MA show on May 15. Derek Burgan reviewed Ring of Honor's Honor Invades Boston from August 2002, calling it a "must watch DVD." Vader and Mike Awesome will work the Jersey All Pro Wrestling show on April 24 in Rahway, NJ. There are rumors that Memphis wrestling may be trying to get a WWE developmental deal, and they're currently in talks with UPN 30 over another 3 year contract.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
