Smackdown, WM, Roberts, Luger, Maff Mar 24 - 11:53 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: JBL over Scotty 2 Hotty, Eddy Guerrero/Rey Mysterio Jr. over Hardcore Holly/Charlie Haas, Dawn Marie over Michelle McCool, and Booker T vs. Rene Dupree was a no contest.

Last week's two hours of RAW finished #3 and #6 behind the Jeff Foxworthy roast, Law & Order, Scooby-Doo, and SpongeBob SquarePants. There are more details about Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer's returns to the ring last night in OVW. The Associated Press ran a story on Shannon Moore's car accident on Sunday with a comment from WWE's Gary Davis.

Triple H, Kane and Batista were guests on Byte This last night discussing Wrestlemania, Evolution and bodybuilding. Steve Gerweck interviewed Rob Van Dam about his injury, ECW, WWE's ring style and more. Kurt Angle was on San Diego, CA's Mikey show this morning and discussed Wrestlemania, Smackdown and his movie spoof. Stacy Keibler was interviewed on ESPN Radio about Wrestlemania, heel divas, the Hall of Fame and more.

Christy Hemme's Howard Stern show appearance will air in two parts on Monday and Tuesday on E! John Cena and Dawn Marie will appear at the Winnipeg World of Wheels show this weekend. Edge appears on the cover of Australia's Foxtel PPV magazine for April. Blade: Trinity will be released on DVD on April 26.

Between The Ropes interviewed Terry Funk about retirement, his new autobiography, his brother Dory and more. Wrestlingfigs.com has video interviews with Bobby Heenan and Jake Roberts. There's still a warrant out for the arrest of Jake Roberts in the UK stemming from his animal cruelty conviction.

Lex Luger was arrested on contempt of court charges for reportedly not making child support payments. Bret Hart is scheduled to appear at the NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest on August 21 in Charlotte, NC. Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young appeared on Conan O'Brien last night to promote Lipstick and Dynamite as well as Wrestlemania. The Village Voice and Onion AV Club have reviews of Lipstick & Dynamite which opens in New York City tomorrow.

Dan Maff departed JAPW where he was champion, vacatign the title, as well as Ring of Honor where he was a tag team champion, reportedly due to a personal issue with Homicide. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor news and notes on copyright enforcement and plans for upcoming shows. Real Pro Wrestling debuts this Sunday on PAX.

The Tampa Tribune spoke to Bruno Sammartino about why he won't be in WWE's Hall of Fame anytime soon. SLAM has an article on Canadian wrestler Abe Zvonkin and his wrestling and post-wrestling careers. Mitch Kates, a former wrestler and current campaign manager for Maura Hennigan in the Boston, MA mayoral race, was forced to apologize for some comments he made at Boston University about Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Council President Michael Flaherty.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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