Quick Smackdown Results: Rene Dupree vs. Torrie Wilson was a no contest, Chavo Guerrero Jr. over Nunzio, Booker T over Billy Gunn, Rico/Charlie Haas over the Bashams, and Eddy Guerrero over Bubba Dudley.

The RAW crew is in Amarillo, TX tomorrow night featuring a guest appearance by Terry Funk. Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #7, with the NFL draft, Fairly OddParents, NBA playoffs, and Punk'd in between. WWE made it into Motley Fool's news on Google's IPO, as an example of IPO that lost investors money.

Kurt Angle will require additional neck surgery next month and he hopes to be able to return for Summerslam. Kurt Angle's assistant on Smackdown was formerly known as Horshu. Smackdown was pre-empted in a number of markets including Detroit, MI, Grand Rapids, MI, and Milwaukee, WI. New York City's UPN 9 covered WWE 24/7 on their post-Smackdown newscast.

WWE's legal team is pursuing bootleggers and tape traders around the internet in an effort to control all the footage they now own. Early Backlash buyrate estimates are in the impressive 600,000 range. The Torch's Alfonso Castillo reviewed the Wrestlemania XX DVD set. The VHS version of Wrestlemania XX was edited down to 3 hours, and doesn't include the tag title or cruiserweight title matches.

Today's Byte This included Lance Storm discussing his retirement, Johnny Nitro about Tough Enough and WWE, Garrison Cade on being a rookie, and Orlando Jordan on his inspirations and training. Mick Foley may return in the late summer/early fall to promote his latest wrestling-themed childrens' book. MTV commercials for Punk'd indicate The Rock will be the victim of a joke at some point this season.

Amateur wrestler Kyle Maynard, the wrestler without arms and legs featured on Confidential a few weeks ago, was on Howard Stern's show this morning and discussed being a WWE fan and his Confidential appearance. WWE fans are battling it out with ZZ Top fans in a ticket campout in Wichita Falls as tickets for both events go on sale Saturday morning. John Cena will sign autographs tomorrow at R.E. Fitch Senior High School in Groton, CT tomorrow at a charity basketball game. The Conyers, GA Heritage High School boys basketball team will play WWE wrestlers, Atlanta Falcons players and former Harlem Globetrotters in a celebrity exhibition game on Saturday.

Larry Zbyszko was a guest on Between the Ropes and discussed TNA, "Living Legend," Bruno Sammartino and the AWA title belt. Dennis Knight was also on Between the Ropes discussing a WWE return, Eugene, and his many characters. Voice of Wrestling interviewed Jasmin St. Clair about her start in wrestling, 3PW, Francine, and Stephanie McMahon. Get In The Ring radio interviewed Lodi about his broken neck, WWE, wrestling deaths and Lenny Lane.

Simon Diamond is auctioning off his robe, with bidding starting at $500, because of his name change to "Irish" Pat Kenney. Buck Woodward has some NWA TNA backstage notes regarding Jarrett, Sinn, Lash LeRoux, and a new policy on wrestlers staying for the full show. Mike Johsnon has some other TNA notes regarding the six sided ring, Sabu, Monte Brown, and Teddy Hart.

Ring of Honor will introduce an Ultimate Endurance match at their June 12 show in Dayton, OH, with four tag teams competing in an elimation match with different stipulations after each elimination. The Chicago Sports Review has a favorable review of last weekend's Chicago Ridge, IL show. The Torch's Derek Burgan reviewed Ring of Honor At Our Best from March, and compares it to the first Wrestlemania in terms of importance to a promotion.

Alex Marvez interviewed AJ Styles about NWA TNA, turning down WWE, being Christian, and Ring of Honor. SLAM's Jason Clevett reviewed ROH's Evolution of a Phenom: The Best of AJ Styles and says it's "highly recommend" for people "who want to check out incredible wrestling"

Sting will appear at the NWA Legends Fanfest in Fayetteville, NC on August 14-15. Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling premieres tonight in Toronto, ON, and in New York City, NY next week. Georgiann Makropoulos has several JAPW notes from their booker Ray Sager.

Goldberg will wrestle at Dreamstage Entertainment/ZERO-ONE's HUSTLE-3 event in Yokohama, Japan. Rick Steiner and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan faced Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Buff Bagwell as part of a show at the Destiny Christian Center in Burnsville, MN which also featured Ted DiBiase talking about turning his life around. Nikita Koloff will speak at a youth rally on May 14 in Hart County, GA.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.