WWE, RVD, Austin, Rock, Foley Feb 22 - 11:45 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The Smackdown crew was in Baltimore, MD last night with Eddy Guerrero/Rey Mysterio Jr. over the Bashams. Smackdown was taped in Philadelphia, PA tonight, and there are already Velocity and live spoilers. Frankie Kazarian was in Philadelphia, PA tonight and attended Smackdown after flight issues kept him from RAW in Pittsburgh, PA.

There are Heat spoilers and off air notes from RAW last night at Pennsylvania State University. Big Vito worked a dark match at RAW last night. Jim Ross assisted with the production at No Way Out on Sunday due to Vince McMahon's injuries which are expected to keep him away from shows for a couple months. WWE signed Dean Jablonski to a developmental deal.

The Interactive Interview interviewed Rob Van Dam about his knee injury, RAW vs. Smackdown, Brock Lesnar and more. The Sun's Lilsboys interviewed Eddy Guerrero about the pressure of being champion, JBL, Chris Benoit, and happiness. SLAM has an article on Lita's appearance at the World of Wheels on Sunday in Calgary, AB. Paul London and Shelton Benjamin will be the guests on Byte This tomorrow.

WWE launched their Wrestlemania 21 subsite with trailers, history and more. WWE will hold a wrestling exhbition in Hollywood, CA on March 31 to promote Wrestlemania 21. WWE is reportedly looking at Calgary and Montreal as possible sites for Wrestlemania 22.

Booker T and Stevie Ray are opening a pro wrestling academy in Houston, TX. OVW will hold a tryout camp on April 15-17 in Louisville, KY.

Stone Cold Steve Austin announced the formation of SCK Management, Inc., a talent management and production firm that he and his lawyer George Vrabeck will own and run. Austin appeared on Best Damn Sports Show period to discuss the new venture. The Halifax Daily News has an article on The Rock's role in Be Cool as a gay bodyguard. The New York Daily News picked up on The Rock's recent WWE contract expiration. Ain't It Cool News has a review of Goldberg's new movie Santa's Slay and it's less than positive.

The Torch has some Ring of Honor notes on their wrestling school, teams for the six team tournament on Saturday, and injuries. PWInsider has Mike Johnson's Ring of Honor third anniversary show report with notes on the original plans for the Mick Foley mystery guest angle. Shane Douglas is still planning to run an ECW reunion show after learning that CZW already had the old ECW Arena booked for June 11 and won't give it up. New England Championship Wrestling is offering a free weekly internet show for download.

TNA published a mid-week news update on upcoming PPVs, Abyss, Impact and more. Scoot Andrews wrote about his retirement from wrestling this Saturday after 11 years and the reasons for it. Scarborough Today has an article on independent wrestler Jack Hewitt as he attempts to make it in American wrestling. Derek Burgan reviewed Gordon Solie... Something Left Behind and says it's a "rare book in that you walk away from reading it and yet it stays with you."

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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