No Way Out, Big Show, Smith, Sapp Feb 15 - 11:56 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

There are Heat spoilers and off air notes from last night in Cincinnati, OH. Smackdown was taped in Cleveland, OH tonight and there are live spoilers. WWE held a press conference for No Way Out today in Pittsburgh, PA with John Cena, Booker T, Kurt Angle and several other WWE wrestlers. WWE still had third row seats available for No Way Out earlier today.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are scheduled for tomorrow's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch show on CNBC at 10pm ET. Chris Jericho will appear on New York City's Q104.3 Eddie Trunk Show to promote Fozzy's new CD. Rob Van Dam will appear at this weekend's WonderCon 2005 in San Francisco, CA.

PWInsider posted an excerpt from SportsTalkCleveland's interview with Big Show in which he says he's pissed a Brock Lesnar for leaving the way he did after what he and others did for him. Luther Reigns and Ron Simmons will be the guests on Byte This tomorrow. Candice Michelle was a big hit in Lycos' search popularity, and Go Daddy was popular on Google.

IGN posted a new rivals feature on Eddy Guerrero and Rene Dupree for their Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox countdown. Ringside Collectibles has a new Red, White & Blue Rey Mysterio Jr. internet exclusive figure. Jakks Pacific is releasing a Talkin' Pounders plush toy line as well as a Wrestlemania 21 action figure line. Derek Burgan reviewed WWE's new Andre the Giant DVD release and calls it a "steal at the price" and "damn good piece of nostalgia."

Reuters photographed The Rock with Uma Thurman at the premiere of Be Cool last night. Japan Today has an article on Bob Sapp's Hollywood career and his hopes for future roles. The Hollywood Reporter has an article on thawing of Japanese and Korean relations mentioning the fact that Korean films like Rikidozan are doing well in Japan. Ain't It Cool News has a review of documentary Lipstick & Dynamite from a screening at the Sarasota Film Festival.

WrestleTalkRadio interviewed Harry Smith and Homicide with Smith discussing his arm surgery, Japan, WWE and more, and Homicide talking about Full Impact Pro, Ring of Honor, Pennsylvania's athletic commission and more. PWInsider has an excerpt from Terry Funk's new autobiography scheduled for a March release. Jeff Bowdren reviewed Gordon Solie ... Something Left Behind for SLAM and calls it "a wonderful surprise."

There are TNA Impact spoilers for the next two weeks from tonight's taping in Orlando, FL. IWA Mid South was in Highland, IN on Saturday with Ian Rotten/Matt Sydal/Brandon Thomaselli/B-Boy over Vito Thomaselli/Sal Thomaselli/Tank/Todd Sexton. Pro Wrestling Unplugged returns to Philadelphia, PA on February 25 with Trent Acid vs. Chris Candido.

The Torch has some Ring of Honor notes on injuries and upcoming lineups. Dallas area wrestling promotions are working on a benefit show for Joey Corman's medical bills on March 13. PWInsider and Pro Wrestling Torch have indy news on OELL, CZW, UCW, NWA, ECWA, Zero-One and more.

Inside Edition acquired a copy of Pamela Turner's Ms. Monday Nitro apperance for a story about her arrest for allegedly having sex with a student. Turner also resigned from her job and her husband has filed for divorce. Mr. T is returning to comics in May 2005 with Mr. T #1 launching on May 21.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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