Ratings Summary
- RAW: 4.1 (4.0 / 4.2 / 6.0 Share) Up from 4.0 (3.8 / 4.2 / 5.9 Share)
- Heat: 0.8 (1.3 Share) Same as last week
- Velocity: 0.6 (1.2 Share) Up from 0.5 (1.0 Share)
- WWE Experience: 0.7 (1.7 Share) Up from 0.5 (1.3 Share)
- Smackdown: 3.3 Down from from 3.4
The RAW crew was in Corpus Christi, TX tonight, and tomorrow they're in Greensboro, NC. The Smackdown crew is in Danbury, CT for their show postponed from earlier this week due to weather. Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night in the overnight ratings, ahead of WB.
Ted DiBiase is expected to work in a trial road agent and creative team position for WWE, which could potentially become a regular position, where he'll offer a wrestler's perspective. WWE is working on DVDs for the Bret Hart incident at Survivor Series 1997, Ultimate Warrior, the Road Warriors, WWE Legends and ECW's Greatest Matches. WWE updated their list of Underground ambassadors in Canada.
The Torch has a detailed look at the events leading up to this year's Wrestlemania card. The April edition of Smackdown magazine mentions Wrestlemania matches including Undertaker vs. Randy Orton and Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. IGN posted a new Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox rivals feature on Edge and Shawn Michaels.
WWE.com posted Hulk Hogan's Hall of Fame profile. TSN has an article on WWE's upcoming Canadian announcements. Detroit's UPN may stop carrying Detroit Tigers games which frequently pre-empted Smackdown.
Former OMEGA promoter Thomas Simpson wrote about the Matt Hardy/Lita break-up on Hardy's website forum, with Hardy saying everything he said was true. Metal Sludge interviewed Chris Jericho about Fozzy, Mongoose McQueen, fellow singers, wrestling and more. Edge and Christian will appear on TSN's Off The Record on March 17 as part of an interview taped in January.
Superstar Billy Graham is preparing for the release of his autobiography. Slippery Rock University's Online Rocket has an article on reasons western Pennsylvania is the perfect place to live noting Kurt Angle attended Clarion University beforing winning a gold medal and having a successful WWE career as hope for the future for residents. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine has opened a website. The Boston Herald has an article on Mitch Kates, a former WWE employee who is now managing Maura Hennigan's campaign for mayor of Boston.
The Rock appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien last night to promote Be Cool, but he also discussed whether he'd kiss a guy, WWE merchandise and more. Moviehole and Dark Horizons have interviews with The Rock covering Be Cool, his name, singing and more. Zap2It picked up on The Rock's surprise exit from wrestling when his contract expired. There are many, many reviews of Be Cool since it opened today. Be Cool is forecasted to do a $22.6 million opening weekend gross.
TNA interviewed Apolo about his background, returning to TNA, and the fans. Mike Shane's personal attorney, not WWE, reportedly contacted Michael Shane about the trademark of that name. Sean Waltman is expected to be re-introduced after TNA's next PPV. DirecTV/TiVo customers will have access to a 4 minute TNA presentation running from March 7-13.
The Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail has an article on tomorrow's War on the Mountain show in Blue Ridge Summit, PA with Nikolai Volkoff and the Patriot. The Torch has an indy weekend preview plus an in depth Ring of Honor show preview for tomorrow in Philadelphia, PA. Women's Extreme Wrestling will run the ECW arena in Philadelphia, PA on May 7 for the Caged Heat PPV taping. Pro Wrestling Iron signed a deal to distribute their events on DVD through Florida's WWN.
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame will hold their induction ceremony on May 20-21. The Cleveland, OH wrestling convention scheduled for April 29-May 1 has been cancelled after wrestlers were advertised without being booked and without being paid deposits. Lipstick and Dynamite director Ruth Leitman is working on a second wrestling documentary called "Pin Down Girl." Jakks Pacific's Jeremy Padawer donated a rare Terry Funk action figure to an auction to benefit Germantown Community Television.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
