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.
TNA, Benoit, Divas, Rock, Rhodes, Warrior Apr 14 - 11:54 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:16 pm WO: Feature: NWA TNA PPV report with Raven vs. Harris to determine Jarrett's cage match foe next week
- 11:15 pm PWI: NWA:TNA PPV REPORT; CAGE MATCH NEXT WEEK by Buck Woodward
- 10:14 pm PWI: WWE NOTES INCLUDING RARE WWE VS. NWA:TNA BOUT SIGNED, ORLANDO JORDAN, KEVIN NASH & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 09:33 pm LAW: LAW RECAP FOR 4/11
- 07:00 pm PWI: NEW DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT EARLY STARS OF WOMEN'S WRESTLING INCLUDING FABULOUS MOOLAH AND MAE YOUNG by Mike Johnson & Frank Pozen
- 05:45 pm PWI: PRO WRESTLING INSIDER RETURNS TONIGHT by SportsTalkCleveland.com
- 05:17 pm LAW: Wednesday Update: NWA TNA preview, Pride Grand Prix lineup, Benoit coverage, New character on Smackdown, U.K DVD's and more!
- 04:30 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: BENOIT SPEAKS, ROCK'S NAME, NEW WWE CHARACTER, RATINGS, AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 03:07 pm WO: Headline: Wednesday news update: Benoit day in Edmonton and media coverage for his match, Pride announces Grand Prix, TNA preview, WWE angle and new character identity, TNA TV poll, Eugene, Dusty and much more
- 03:02 pm WO: Headline: Austin/WWE situation and issues; TNA meets with UFC; Huge promotional war brewing; Details on this week's Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 02:59 pm WO: Headline: Dan Wahlers looks at Week in Wrestling
- 02:44 pm PWI: SCHERER LOOKS AT BACKSTAGE TURMOIL AT SMACKDOWN, WHY SOME FIND JOHNNY ACE'S RISE IN WWE CURIOUS AND MORE by Dave Scherer for PWINSIDER ELITE
- 01:15 pm PWI: HHH, ORTON, NASH, ROCK AND BENOIT NEWS AND NOTES by Dave Scherer
- 01:10 pm WWE: Divas 2004 is now available. Click here for more information
- 12:17 pm PWI: BACKSTAGE NOTES FROM SMACKDOWN by Dave Scherer
- 11:59 am PWI: MORE ON WHO OWNS THE ROCK NAME by Dave Scherer
- 11:15 am PWI: WHO REALLY OWNS THE RIGHTS TO "THE ROCK" NAME? by Dave Scherer
- 11:00 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: A Day With The Crippler: How about some playoff action?
- 11:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q & A: LOTS OF MONEY FROM MANIA, OVW, WRESTLER SALARIES, RANDY ORTON AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:19 am YAHOO: [external] Topping Domino's by at Motley Fool
- 10:06 am PWT: Torch Trivia: Torch Trivia of the Day for Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - The FBI
- 10:00 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: TRIPLE H TEAMS WITH HIS IDOL, ANOTHER WRESTLER ENTERS PUBLIC OFFICE, AND MORE by Buck Woodward & Dan Rice
- 09:45 am PWI: MORE NOTES FROM THE SMACKDOWN TAPING by John Lawson
- 09:00 am PWI: NWA: TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION PREVIEW; HARRIS VS. RAVEN TONIGHT by Buck Woodward
- 04:13 am WO: Headline: Raw, Smackdown, TNA and OVW TV reports from this week last year -- F4W Flashback
- 03:06 am WO: Headline: Smackdown spoilers from Indianapolis
- 03:00 am PWI: CHRIS BENOIT DAY TO BE CELEBRATED THIS WEEKEND IN EDMONTON by Mike Johnson
- 02:45 am PWI: SECOND IN-DEPTH SMACKDOWN TAPING LIVE REPORT by Michael Weaver Jr.
- 02:40 am PWI: WWE SMACKDOWN AND VELOCITY SPOILERS INCLUDING INTRODUCTION OF NEW CHARACTER by Bedford Crenshaw
- 02:38 am PWI: NYC BUS TRIP TO JAPW IN RAHWAY, NJ ON SATURDAY APRIL 24th; VADER RETURNS TO US, FIRST TEDDY HART VS. AMAZING RED BOUT & MORE by WrestlingBusTrips.com
- 12:05 am PWI: VIDEO OF CHRIS BENOIT ARRIVING IN EDMONTON ONLINE by Adam Lebow
