Swinger, WWE 24/7, WWE HoF, Kazarian Feb 19 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

No Way Out card

  • Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match/WWE Championship: JBL vs. Big Show
  • #1 Contender Tournament Final: Kurt Angle vs. John Cena
  • WWE Tag Team Championship: Bashams vs. Rey Mysterio Jr./Eddy Guerrero
  • Cruiserweight Championship Elimination Match: Funaki vs. Paul London vs. Shannon Moore vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Spike Dudley vs. AKio
  • Rookie Diva Competition: Joy vs. Michelle vs. Rochelle vs. Lauren
  • Undertaker vs. Luther Reigns
  • Booker T vs. Heidenreich

The RAW crew was in Cadillac, MI last night. Tonight, the RAW crew was in Kalamazoo, MI and tomorrow afternoon they're in Erie, PA. WWE signed Joe "Johnny Swinger" Dorgan this week following his TNA release a few weeks ago. SLAM has learned that a WWE press conference on March 16 in Calgary, AB will be to announce RAW coming to the city on May 30. WWE has a website that allows you to check if your cable company carries WWE 24/7 and if not to send them a note requesting it.

WWE.com interviewed Paul Orndorff about the Hall of Fame, Wrestlemania, psychology and more. Meredith Whitney and JBL (via phone) discussed their wedding last weekend on Fox and Friends this morning and even showed a few pictures. John Cena signed autographs yesterday for many fans at the World of Wheels show in Calgary, AB. Christy Hemme posted a message on her website about her upcoming Playboy appearance.

The Associated Press carried a story on Bruno Sammartino's rejection of the WWE Hall of Fame again and the reasons he dislikes today's wrestling industry. Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Nikolai Volkoff were the guests on the Interactive Interview with Volkoff discussing Hulk Hogan, being a cartoon, and more, and Duggan talking about real estate, Wrestle Reunion, the 2x4, Lex Luger and a lot more. Ballpark Brawl issued a press release on Terry Funk's July 15 appearance for fridaynightSMASH!

Fox Sports Middle East has signed a deal to carry TNA Impact's live feed. There are reports that Portuguese celebrity Axel will do commentary for TNA on Eurosport. Frankie Kazarian did an interview on his website about leaving TNA, rumors, Bob Ryder, WWE and more. Traci wrote about Kazarian's departure in her diary on TNA's Knockouts site.

Johnny Devine's latest column for SLAM covers how to get yourself booked for independent shows and why making tapes isn't the best method. The Newark Star-Ledger article on the Camp IWF Pro Wrestling Training School is now online. Ring of Honor is having a large merchandise sale to celebrate their third anniversary.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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