Smackdown scored a 2.9 rating (5 share), down from 3.0 last week. Smackdown's first hour finished in fifth place last night, while the second hor finished in fourth place. Tomorrow night's Confidential will cover the Divas 2004 photo shoot, Fabulous Moolah, Backlash hype, and Triple H vs. Mankind from Canadian Stampede.

Steve Austin and WWE were unable to come to a contract agreement and as a result have parted ways. Austin may go to Japan to work for Pride along with Bill Goldberg, possibly as early as May 8.

Triple H, William Regal and Randy Orton were guests on Byte This! yesterday with discussion about Backlash, Eugene, good wrestling, WWE 24/7, Brock Lesnar and much more. Ric Flair was interviewed on Gerry Ryan's radio show in Ireland yesterday about WWE's upcoming shows, injuries, the plane crash, and changes in the business. Droz offered his Backlash predictions in his latest commentary.

WWE.com has a summary of Chris Benoit's homecoming including a few comments from him. There are a couple more articles on the Chris Benoit Day ceremony yesterday from the Edmonton Sun and the Canadian Press Chris Benoit appeared on The Big Breakfast in Calgary, AB this morning to discuss his title win at Wrestlemania and defense at Backlash, as well as hockey. Today is the 10th anniversary of Benoit's Super J Cup win at Tokyo Sumo Hall.

Chris Jericho defended his hometown change saying he still considers himself a Canadian. Chris Jericho says he's accomplished everything he dreamed of doing in wrestling, and now he just wants to entertain fans while wrestling or singing with Fozzy. Torrie Wilson and John Cena were in Winnipeg today to promote WWE's Smackdown taping there on July 6. Tazz and Dawn Marie will appear at the Trenton Thunder baseball game next Friday.

WWE called off CSWF's planned match between Ron Killings and Al Snow, and each will now face different opponents. The Cauliflower Alley Club reunion is this weekend in Las Vegas with wrestlers of all age in attendance.

TNA may be attempting to take over their wrestlers' outside bookings and then pay them a weekly wage regardless of how many shows they actually work. Buck Woodward clarified his earlier storier about Bill Behrens booking of AJ Styles with information from Bob Ryder about TNA's (non) role in the matter. America's Most Wanted will sign autographs tomorrow in Nashville, TN.

Raven's website posted photos of Raven and Johnny Fairplay at a recent Playboy Mansion party. Tomorrow's 3PW show at Viking Hall in Philadelphia, PA will feature Raven defending the 3PW Heavyweight Championship against Joey Matthews, as well as Jerry Lynn vs. Sabu. The Miami Herald has an article on Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton covering his wrestling background, his time working for Roddy Piper, and the use of wrestling tactics in Survivor.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.