WWE, WM, Rock, Hogan, ROH, TNA Feb 26 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in New York City, NY last night with Batista/Randy Orton over Triple H/Ric Flair. The RAW crew was in Springfield, MA this afternoon also with Randy Orton/Batista over Triple H/Ric Flair. Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Boston, MA. The Smackdown crew was in Auburn Hills, MI tonight, and tomorrow they're in Columbus, OH. Vince McMahon did attend last night's Madison Square Garden house show in a wheelchair, but did not make a public appearance.

The Scotsman has an article on WWE's upcoming April show in Edinburgh, Scotland with comments from Randy Orton. WWE is promoting a Randy Orton/Batista vs. Triple H/Ric Flair dark match for Monday's RAW in Providence, RI. WWE will be releasing a Million Dollar Tough Enough DVD on March 8 through Best Buy. WWE's next Divas DVD Viva Las Divas will feature Stacy on the cover. The Columbus, GA area UPN WSWS-TV is boosting their signal from 700 kilowatts to 2 million kilowatts to bring their most popular show Smackdown to more people in better quality.

WWE's Wrestlemania 21 site has a feature on wrestlers' favorite Wrestlemania moments. Ticketmaster still has Wrestlemania 21 tickets available for purchase. WWE moved the Hall of Fame Ceremony time up to 5:15pm on April 1. SLAM has an article on Jimmy Hart with his comments on WWE's Hall of Fame, his career, and autobiography. Iron Sheik cancelled some independent appearances scheduled for next week reportedly due to WWE restrictions until the Hall of Fame ceremony.

Paul London and Shelton Benjamin were the guests on this week's Byte This with London discussing Akio, No Way Out, Shawn Michaels and action figures, and Benjamin talking about the Intercontinental title, his off time, and Wrestlemania. Lita signed autographs at the CarQuest World of Wheel shows in Pittsburgh, PA today. Dawn Marie is having a spring cleaning sale on her website.

The Boston Herald spoke to The Rock about his Be Cool role, Doom, and the end of his wrestling career. The Rock will be all over New York this week making media appearances for Be Cool. American News has an article on Brock Lesnar following his appearance at the State B wrestling tournament at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, SD last night.

There are more details on the unusual TNA Impact Eurosport version. iNDEMAND's listing for TNA's April PPV Lockdown lists two six-sided steel cage matches. Johnny Devine's latest column for SLAM details the travel schedule that's part of a wrestler's life.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged was in Philadelphia, PA last night with Mana over Tony DeVito and Sandman and Trent Acid over Chris Candido. Ring of Honor was in Dayton, OH last night with Jimmy Rave over AJ Styles. Mike Johnson has some Ring of Honor notes on future show venues, Joey Matthews, James Gibson and more.

Pro Wrestling Guerilla announced some of the talent for their Wrestlemania weekend shows in Los Angeles, CA. X3 Wrestling will debut on March 13 in Dayton, OH. Shane Douglas has secured Francine, Tracy Smothers, Johnny Grunge and several others for his ECW Reunion show on June 10.

The St. Petersberg Times has an article on Hulk Hogan's problems with his neighbors as they claim his family is breaking the law by keeping more than five animals on their property. WrestleReunion has a WrestleReunion TV feature hosted by Bill Apter. Johnny Valiant and the Wild Samoans are scheduled for the Chiller Theatre Expo on April 29-May 1. Jesse Ventura will speak at Virginia Tech on March 15.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Last Edited: Sunday, February 27th, 2005 - 12:03 am EST

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