TNA, Benoit, Divas, Rock, Rhodes, Warrior Apr 14 - 11:54 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick NWA TNA Results: Jeff Jarrett over James Storm, Frankie Kazarian over Sonjay Dutt to win the X Division title, Simon Diamond over Johnny Swinger, Monty Brown over Sabu, D'Lo Brown/Apollo over Kid Kash/Dallas to win the NWA Tag Team titles, and Chris Harris over Raven to win a title shot against Jeff Jarrett.

There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Indianapolis, IN. There are a few spoilery backstage Smackdown notes.

TSN.ca has video of Chris Benoit's homecoming in Edmonton, AB yesterday. The Edmonton Journal has an article on Chris Benoit's homecoming and some of the events planned this week. Chris Benoit will be greeted by Edmonton, AB Mayor Bill Smith tomorrow, and he'll announce Sunday as "Chris Benoit Day."

WWE placed an ad in Variety magazine boasting their $40 million Wrestlemania gross as their highest PPV gross ever. WWE put up a Divas 2004 website with preview images of each diva. Droz's latest commentary covers RAW and Smackdown, his birthday and Iraq. Orlando Jordan has opened an official website.

GameCube Europe has some screenshots of WWE Day of Reckoning due for release later this year. The Eugene character was discussed on the syndicated Don & Mike radio show yesterday, with the hosts liking it but saying fans didn't. Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald created a list of where to watch Backlash in South Florida.

Dave Scherer has some notes on the ownership of The Rock's name, which may still legally belong to WWE and just be leased to The Rock. Walking Tall finished #8 yesterday and finished #6 today, brining it's total up $30.7 million after 12 days. The Ottawa Citizen has an article on Punisher including notes on Kevin Nash's part.

CyberSpace Wrestling Fedeartion's April 24 show in Wayne, NJ will feature Roddy Piper "In The Pit" as well as Ron Killings defending the CSWF title against Al Snow. NWA Florida is working with CH Indy Media to offer free streaming video of matches and highlight packages.

Dusty Rhodes called the family of Spc. Stephen "Dusty" Hiller, who died in Iraq, to give his condolences after hearing he was the source of Hiller's nickname. Warrior spoke at Indiana University in a packed lecture hall on behalf of the College Republicans.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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