WWE, Rock, Michelle, Cade, ROH, TNA Feb 09 - 11:58 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

WWE published a new card for their Madison Square Garden house show on February 25. WWE is advertising a Randy Orton vs. Batista vs Triple H dark match for RAW in Atlanta, GA on March 14. Ohio's the Herald Star has a preview of Saturday's RAW house show in Steubenville, OH noting that they're happy with an expected turnout of about 3500. WWE is having some geographic issues in their promotion of their Dublin, Ireland show.

The Rock was named the #1 crush in the WWE star category in a survey by eCrush.com. Playboy.com posted a preview of their interview with The Rock available in the March issue. Christy Hemme is also listed in the Playboy preview for next month.

Garrison Cade is in Ohio Valley Wrestling preparing for a return to the ring following a knee injury, and he may do something with Shawn Michaels when he returns. WWE is reportedly preparing to open their Atlanta, GA developmental area after securing a building for TV tapings. WWE issued a press release announcing the launch of their WWE Underground program in Canada to reach college and university students. ClickZ has an article on online video advertising with a mention of WWE's placement as a location for such ads.

SLAM spoke to some of WWE's 2005 Hall of Fame inductees about their reactions to learning of the honor. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covered their hometown girl Candice Beckman/Michelle's role in the controversial GoDaddy.com ad. Candice Michelle made several television appearances this morning to discuss the GoDaddy ad.

Trish Stratus will co-host Toronto, ON's Breakfast Television on Friday morning. Kurt Angle will act as judge for a WRRK promotion prior to No Way Out called "Smackdown Your Spouse" where couples will compete to see who can paddle their partners the most in 30 seconds. York University's Excalibur has a preview of No Way Out's main event.

Chris Jericho is scheduled to host Headbanger's Ball this Saturday on MTV2. Fozzy's video for Enemy is included on the March issue of Guitar World's CD. Motorhead will be performing at Wrestlemania 21.

Lawyers.com has an explanation of no compete clauses for those looking for more information on the issues of the Brock Lesnar lawsuit. 1997 WCW "Miss Monday Nitro" winner Pamela Rogers Turner was arrested on charges of sexual battery and statutory rape of a 13 year old student.

Massachusetts' The Republican has an article on Ring of Honor Pure Champion John Walters covering his career thus far and his hopes for the future. Ring of Honor's third anniversary show is scheduled for next Saturday in Elizabeth, NJ. Ring of Honor announced they'll begin distributing Border City Wrestling DVDs.

The TNA episode of Blue Collar TV is scheduled for next Friday night. TNA may be interested in bringing in Shocker. Les Thatcher took a detailed look at TNA's Impact in his latest column. 3PW returns to Philadelphia, PA next Saturday with AJ Styles vs. Simon Diamond and Christopher Daniels vs. Slyck Wagner.

The Carteret, NJ wrestling convention scheduled for February 26 has been moved to June 18 due to the cancellation of Billy Graham. The next Legends of the Ring convention will take place on March 19 in East Brunswick, NJ with Sabu, One Man Gang, Koko B. Ware, Kamala and more. Hulk Hogan made a cameon on Ashlee Simpson's MTV show as he was at a convention where they taped.

Tommy Dreamer made a surprise appearance at New York Wrestling Connection's show on January 29 in Long Island, NY. Mick Foley cancelled his appearance at the UXW show on February 26 in Long Island, NY. Jazz is booked for IWA Japan's Tokyo show on March 27.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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