Rock, TNA, ROH, Francine, Japan, LAW Mar 05 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Corpus Christi, TX last night. Tonight, the RAW crew was in Greensboro, NC and tomorrow they're in Norfolk, VA. The Smackdown crew was in Danbury, CT tonight, and tomorrow they're in Long Island, NY.

Christian and Teddy Long were the guests on this week's Byte This with Christian discussing Wrestlemania, Basic Instinct, and travel, and Long talking about Smackdown, Ron Simmons, and his lengthy career. The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article on Richard Goodall Jr., a twelve-year old fighting a brain tumor, which notes the fact that as a wrestling fan he was excited when Chris Benoit called to wish him a happy birthday. Former Memphis, TN police officer Billy Scott, one of the people accused of conspiring to rob Jerry Lawler's home, plead guilty to taking prostitutes across state lines to Tunica casinos and distributing illegal drugs.

Be Cool opened yesterday at #2 behind The Pacifier with a gross of $7.85 million. The Rock wasn't a fan of his early wrestling publicity photos because they showed a little bit too much. Jakks Pacific signed deals with The Rock and Vader to be part of the Classic Superstar line.

TNA's Impact airing on Eurosport is still being accompanied by unusual commentary. Ring of Honor returned to Philadelphia, PA tonight with a trios tournament. Pro Wrestling Iron was in Lathrop, CA tonight with B.J. Whitmer vs. Oliver John.

Takeshi Rikio defeated Kenta Kobashi today to win the GHC Heavyweight Title which Kobashi had held over 2 years. Naddie Neidhart is going to Japan to work for some women's promotions. The Interactive Interview interviewed Francine about ECW, MLW, WWE's ECW products and more. SLAM picked up on the LAW's expansion into Calgary, AB.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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