Impact, Spike TV, Jericho, TNA, ROH Mar 11 - 11:53 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Abyss/Raven over Cassidy Reilly/Mikey Batts, Christopher Daniels over Chris Sabin, The Outlaw over Sonny Siaki, Disciples of Destruction over Lex Lovett/Buck Quartermain, David Young over Shark Boy, and Apollo over Lance Hoyt.

Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night ahead of WB. The RAW crew is in Mobile, AL tomorrow night, while the Smackdown crew is in Oshawa, ON. WWE added another show to their tour of the UK on April 26 in Nottingham, England. Smackdown will air in Nashville, TNA this Sunday at 3pm.

The Hollywood Reporter and Associated Press both covered Spike TV's decision to end contract renewal talks with WWE. According to Broadcast and Cable, WWE is in deep negotiations with USA Network, and Dave Meltzer has a few other notes regarding the situation. WWE has a Wrestlemania 21 billboard near Los Angeles International Airport. WWE's Dirty Harry Wrestlemania ad with Undertaker aired during the UK's live RAW but was edited off the later replays.

Jimmy Hart, Christy Hemme and Kurt Angle were guests on this week's Byte This with Hart discussing the Hall of Fame, clothes, and managers, Hemme on Playboy and the Diva Search, and Angle on Wrestlemania, Cena, and Undertaker. Christy Hemme appeared on last night's Donny Deutsch show and didn't come across very well in the interview. The Sun's Lilsboys are accepting questions for a John Cena webchat. IGN has a new Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox rivals feature on Mankind and The Rock, as well as a play of the day featuring WWE Legends.

WWE.com has an article on Chris Jericho's new XM radio show "The Rock of Jericho". JimmyVan.com interviewed Chris Jericho about Fozzy, his musical influences, wrestling and more. Chris Jericho will appear on TSN's Off The Record on March 22.

Edge and Lita are being scheduled together for public appearances. Bob Orton Sr., Bob Orton Jr. and Randy Orton will be holding an autograph session together in Everett, MA on April 30. Dusty Rhodes will sign autographs at Rob Van Dam's comic book store in April.

Alex Shelley received his release from TNA after requesting one in January. Syracuse, NY's That Damn Morning Show interviewed AJ Styles about TNA, the X Division, and Sunday's PPV. Audio wrestling interviewed BG JAmes about Billy Gunn joining TNA, WWE, DX, and Destination X. Alex Marvez interviewed Chris "Abyss" Park about his character, IWA, and Destination X.

The New York Daily News has an article on New England Championship Wrestling and their decision to offer matches on the internet for free. New York State Wrestling Federation will debut on May 21 in Yonkers, NY with Billy Gunn, Chris Candido, Brutus Beefcake and more. With the Rexplex closed, Ring of Honor will run the Asbury Park Convention Center in Asbury Park, NJ on April 2.

There were reports that Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles would be returning to Ring of Honor in June after dates were posted to their website schedules, however this turned out to be an error caused by Bill Behrens mistakenly sending the webmaster a schedule belonging to Jimmy Rave. Shane Douglas' June 10 ECW show has been titled "Hardcore Homecoming". Kevin Nash will team with Scott D'Amore against A-1 and Joe Doering at the Border City Wrestling show on April 15 in Oldcastle, ON. Get In The Ring interviewed Honky Tonk Man about the Hall of Fame, Flair, Lawler, Foley and more.

Axl Rotten opened an official website. Independent wrestler Michelle "Jezzie Bell" is one of the models on America's Next Top Model. Rikishi and Hal Anderson failed to win an eating contest last night in Winnipeg, MB. Tanya Harding decided not to take part in a professional wrestling match last night for fear of hurting her boxing career.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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