McMahon, Cena, Piper, Prichard, Corino Mar 30 - 11:43 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Houston, TX. Muhammad Hassan reportedly picked up some heat for his throat-slashing gesture on RAW. Vince McMahon was interviewed in today's Wall Street Journal about UPN, his injuries, WWE's fanbase and more. The Sun's Lilsboys interviewed John Cena about his quick success in WWE, Batista, Hulk Hogan, and rapping.

The New York Post has an article on Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero at Wrestlemania with comments from Mysterio. SLAM has the line-up for ESPN Classics' marathon of wrestling related episodes of TSN's Off The Record on Wrestlemania Sunday for 6 hours. The Towson, MD Times has an article on Nikolai Volkoff's Hall of Fame induction this weekend. Ric Flair is now scheduled to induct Roddy Piper into the Hall of Fame rather than Chris Jericho.

Shelton Benjamin and Candice Michelle signed autographs yesterday in Manhattan Beach, CA for about 100 fans. WWE's May Fanatic Series is Viva Las Divas. WWE donated items to both the Leavenworth Regional Catholic Schools' Greenway Auction and UNC Pembroke's A Night of Stars at the Library auction. Walmart is selling a WWE holiday tribute to the troops DVD with both Smackdowns in Iraq.

Keynoters.com has an article on a recent visit by Hulk Hogan with comments from Hogan about his upcoming VH-1 series. WrestleMag interviewed Tom Prichard about his wrestling career, working behind the scenes, and his WWE release. WrestleMag also interviewed Steve Corino about his idols, international wrestling, the ECW shows and more. The Tiger Jeet Singh documentary will debut on April 23 on Canada's OMNI 2.

The Torch and Observer both have notes about Jeff Jarrett's meeting with Viacom yesterday about getting TNA a timeslot on Spike TV. SLAM has an article on Patric Laprade's 2005 Quebec's Wrestling Almanac / Almanach de lutte du Quebec that covers the province's 20+ promotions. The Suffolk News-Herald has an article on wrestler Ellie Braddy who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and how the wrestling community has joined together to support her. California State University Chico's The Orion has an article on local semi-professional group Main Event Wrestling. The Torch and PWInsider have indy notes on IWA-MS, NWA, JAPW, 3PW and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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