Ratings Summary
- RAW: 4.3 (4.0 / 4.5 / 6.3 Share) Up from 4.0 (3.8 / 4.1 / 5.9 Share)
- Heat: 0.7 (1.4 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.2 Share) Down from 0.9 (1.4 Share)
- Hall of Fame: 1.3 (2.6 Share) Up from Velocity's 0.7 (1.4 Share)
- Hall of Fame Replay: 0.6 (1.3 Share)
Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #3 with the Kids' Choice Awards in the middle at #2. The RAW crew was in Brisbane, Australia today with Batista/Chris Benoit over Triple H/Ric Flair. Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Newcastle, Australia. The Smackdown crew is in Melbourne, Australia tomorrow.
WWE reportedly signed former ECW TV champion Super Crazy to a three year deal. The Torch is reporting that WWE's decision to sign Mexican cruiserweights is related to a weekly one hour show on Telemundo. Nunzio commented on the ECW PPV in the May Smackdown magazine, and WWE will be releasing a special ECW magazine at the end of May. Rhyno has not been released at this point following his Wrestlemania hotel incident.
CRZ collected the Brock Lesnar vs. WWE documents (in PDF) and made them available on The W. WWE named Goa Geneva Trading as its free-TV agent for German-speaking Europe. The Topps Company announced Fiscal 2005 fourth quarter and year end results and noted WWE products performed well in Europe.
Australia's The Age has an article on WWE's visit to their country with information on the history of wrestling and a glossary of terms. WWE cancelled their June 19 house show in Yuma, AZ due to another European tour. Hammerfall guitarist Oscar Dronjak thanked Motorhead's Mikky Dee, Lemmy, Phil, Chris Jericho, Triple H, William Regal and the rest of WWE for the chance to attend Wrestlemania 21 and "the single greatest weekend of [his] entire life."
The Quad City Times has an interview with Randy Orton about his family's legacy, steroids, injuries and more. Between the Ropes interviewed Jerry Lawler about Wrestlemania, Batista, Hassan, female sumo and more. Stuff Magazine posted an interview with Stacy, Torrie, Trish and Amy Weber from this month's issue along with a few photos. Gamespot has several video interviews from THQ's Superstar Challenge last week before Wrestlemania.
Warrior issued a statement regarding his speech at the University of COnnecticut and the controvery surrounding it. Inside Higher Ed mentioned the Warrior incident briefly in today's Quick Takes. Hulk Hogan sent a letter to boxer Roy Jones Jr. demanding he give up cockfighting.
Blue Meanie says he wants to move forward following the sale of 3PW, while Jasmin St. Claire says she was ripped off and has paperwork that proves she owned the company. Between The Ropes interviewed Ken Shamrock about UFC, his health, and his training facility. Jesse Ventura made an appearance at St. Olaf's College and spoke about Iraq, the media, Minnesota, and more. Jack Brisco will appear on Dory Funk's BANG TV in May.
The West Roxbury and Roslindale Transcript has a lengthy article on Sheldon Goldberg and his promotion New England Championship Wrestling. Blabbermouth.net has an article on the other wrestler that fronts a rock band, Starbuck of the Stoner Kings who has been involved with wrestling since 1992 and is friends with Chris Jericho and Lance Storm who helped train him. Los Angeles City Beat has a somewhat negative review of Lipstick & Dynamite.
The Torch has a Japanese news report on Akebono, Kojima, NOAH and more. 3PW is offering free admission to Saturday's show in Philadelphia, PA to anyone with a non-Pennsylvania drivers license. Full Impact Pro issued a press release on their upcoming shows in Florida.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
