Ratings Summary
- RAW: 4.0 (3.8 / 4.2 / 5.9 Share) Up from 3.9 (3.8 / 4.0 / 5.9 Share)
- Heat: 0.8 (1.3 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.2 Share)
- Velocity: 0.5 (1.0 Share) Down from 0.6 (1.2 Share)
- WWE Experience: 0.5 (1.3 Share) Down from 0.6 (1.5 Share)
There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Philadelphia, PA. WWE didn't hold the advertised post-show dark matches at RAW or Smackdown this week upsetting some fans. OVW's MNM (Matthews/Nitro/Melina) are scheduled for this weekend's Smackdown house shows in matches against Charlie Haas/Bob Holly, and they may even work dark matches next week.
State College, PA's Centre Daily and the Penn State Digital Collegian both ran follow-up articles on Monday's RAW. WWE.com has an article on Chris Masters' debut on RAW on Monday night. Steven Richards reportedly suffered a cracked cheekbone in Masters' debut match.
WWE announced they earned $10.9 million in their third fiscal quarter (16 cents a share) up from $8.8 million (13 cents a share) a year ago and above expectations of 11 cents a share with sales of $82.7 million also up from last year's $79.1 million. WWE held a conference call this morning to discuss their quarterly earnings covering topics including PPV buys, TV negotiations, Jakks Pacific, WWE 24/7, the brand extension, Wrestlemania and more. Rosemont, IL officials are expected to announce Wrestlemania 22 will be held at the Allstate Arena near Chicago next April. Frankie Kazarian may be signed to a WWE developmental deal and work in OVW. Booker T and Stevie Ray have opened a website for their new wrestling training academy.
Rob Van Dam's One of a Kind DVD debuted at #1 in Billboard's Top 10 Recreational Sports videos chart and sold 7547 copies in its first week. Fozzy's video for Enemy is the third most popular Rock/Pop video on ifilm. Steve Austin appeared on Best Damn Sports Show Period last night wishing Vince McMahon a speedy recovery and discussing his movie projects. Regis Philbin saw Be Cool and said The Rock steals this movie this morning. Ain't It Cool News has a review of the Longest Yard which features several wrestlers as players.
SLAM has an article on the career of Les Thornton and life after, as well as a guest column by Terry Taylor about winning the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World from him early in his own career. The Fight Network announced plans to launch the LAW in Calgary, AB on FAN 960 starting this Sunday. Cowboy Dan Kroffat and Alex Baum will hold a press conference on Tuesday to announce a celebration for the partial reopening of the US border to Canadian cattle.
Shane Douglas' ECW reunion show has been moved to June 10 but will still be at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. TNA is reportedly in talks with Fox Sports Net to do a live three hour special on April 2 in Las Vegas, NV, the day before Wrestlemania. PWInsider has some photos of Toy Biz's TNA action figures from the Toy Fair in New York City, NY.
PWInsider has Ring of Honor news and notes on their shows this weekend, future plans for Mick Foley, injuries and more. NWA Florida was in Ybor City, FL last night with a promo by Scoot Andrews about his retirement on Saturday. Mike Johnson has results and notes from 3PW's third anniversary show on Saturday with Slyck Wagner Brown over Christopher Daniels to win the 3PW title.
The Torch has a mid week indy update on JAPW, Chikara, IWA MS, ECWA and more. USA Xtreme Wrestling debuts on Saturday in Long Island, NY will Balls Mahoney vs. Raven, and Al Snow vs. Steve Corino. Tommy Dreamer is working for New York Wrestling Connection this Saturday in Long Island, NY.
Adam Windsor has left the Funkin Conservatory after 3 year as head coach. Minnesota area wrestler Travis Sharpe was reported missing by his parents and police are looking for information on his whereabouts. British wrestler Jamie Hutchinson/Johnny Phere was nearly killed in a fire on Sunday night after falling asleep with a lit candle still burning.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
