Impact, Angle, Wrestlemania, TNA Mar 18 - 11:56 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Christopher Daniels over Jerrelle Clark, Kid Kash over Mikey Batts, America's Most Wanted/Dustin Rhodes over Naturals/Chris Candido, Shocker over David Young, Diamond Dallas Page/Sean Waltman over Lex Lovett/Buck Quartermain.

The RAW crew is in Fayetteville, NC tomorrow night, while the Smackdown crew is in Knoxville, TN. The Hattiesburg American has a preview of Sunday's Smackdown house show in Hattiesburg, MS. Little Rock, AR radio DJ T-Bob joked about having hundreds of Smackdown tickets to give away this morning.

Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night, ahead of WB. WWE.com has an article on Randy Orton's run in with Jake "The Snake" Roberts on Monday's RAW. Batista and Snitsky can be heard in the background discussing their match of WWE.com's exclusive video of Tyson Tomko getting stitched up at RAW. Les Thatcher's latest column covers Kurt Angle vs. Marty Jannetty and why independent wrestlers should watch it.

WWE's Ticketmaster presale password for the Madison Square Garden double show on April 18 is SUPERSHOW. WWE is advertising the double taping at Madison Square Garden heavily in the New York Metro newspaper. WWE will be re-issuing some PPVs from the 80s and 90s in the UK.

SLAM has an article on yesterday's Edmonton, AB press conference to announce Smackdown on May 31, with comments from Kurt Angle about injuries and retirement, and from Torrie Wilson about Kidman life on the road. Kurt Angle and Danny Hodge were named to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team voted on by fans. Edge and Christian's Off The Record interview taped in January is now available on TSN's website. The LAW and Wrestling Observer have brief summaries of the Edge and Christian interview for those who don't want to watch it. AskMen.com has a profile of Candice Michelle with a few pictures.

Shane McMahon appeared on this morning's Good Day New York to discuss Wrestlemania 21 and some of WWE's wrestlers. WWE issued another press release on Wrestlemania 21 with trivia on wrestlers and Los Angeles, CA. Dish Network sent out a Wrestlemania 21 promotional magazine to some customers.

Sixteen WWE wrestlers will take part in the THQ's 3rd WWE Superstar Challenge video game tournament on March 31 in West Hollywood, CA. Steve Austin will appear on the Late Late Show on March 29 to promote Wrestlemania. Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young are scheduled for Conan O'Brien on March 23 to promote Lipstick & Dynamite, and Big Show will appear on March 30 to promote Wrestlemania.

Jeff Jarrett is scheduled to be in Los Angeles, CA next week for TV related meetings. TNA's Chief Operating Officer Frank Romano resigned yesterday although it's not clear whether it was entirely his choice. PWInsider and the Torch have TNA related news on upcoming shows, backstage visitors, and other places you can catch TNA wrestlers.

The Torch has Ring of Honor related notes on Low Ki, Steve Corino and upcoming shows. Full Impact Pro issued a press release on next weekend's shows with notes on some of their storylines. The Torch also has a preview of this weekend's independent shows and some other indy news. Whiplash Wrestling Federation will hold their first show in Toledo, OH with Zach Gowen and possibly Al Snow in attendance.

Get In The Ring interviewed Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine about their tag team, WWE, steroids and more. An ESPN poll showed fan interest dropping in wrestling in 2004, both for casual and hardcore fans. DVD Answers has a review of Rikidozan as it'll be released on DVD on March 31.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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