Impact, Rhyno, ECW, Douglas, 3PW Apr 08 - 11:51 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Chris Sabin over Michael Shane, AJ Styles over Chase Stevens, Dustin Rhodes/Cassidy Riley over David Young/Lex Lovett, and Apolo over Kid Kash via DQ.

The RAW crew was in Brisbane, Australia last night with Batista/Chris Benoit over Triple H/Ric Flair. The RAW crew was in Newcastle, Australia today with Chris Benoit/Chris Jericho/Batista over Ric Flair/Triple H/Edge. Tomorrow, the RAW crew finishes their Australian tour in Sydney. The Smackdown crew was in Melbourne, Australia today with John Cena/Big Show over JBL/Orlando Jordan. Tomorrow, the Smackdown crew is in Perth, Australia.

Last night's Smackdown scored a 3.3 rating. Smackdown kept UPN in fifth place last night ahead of WB. John Cena and Torrie Wilson took part in an autograph signing session today in Melbourne, Australia for several hundred fans.

WWE reportedly released Rhyno today following the post-Wrestlemania hotel argument with his wife. The managing editor of the WWE creative team Tom Chehak has reportedly left WWE. WWE.com has interviews with interview with Shawn Michaels about his loss at Wrestlemania, Steve Austin about his return to WWE, and Chris Benoit about beating Edge. Malaysia's New Straights Times has an article on celebrity bodyguard Tajuddin “TJ� Mydin in which TJ recounts the time he guarded The Rock.

WWE is holding another RAW and Smackdown supershow in Anaheim, CA on June 27. Redding.com has a brief mention of WWE's upcoming Smackdown house show in Redding, PA on May 20. The Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH is excited about hosting WWE Backlash on May 1.

Wrestlemania 21 was a popular search for Yahoo! in the 45-54 age group. The Rise and Fall of ECW DVD is about 3000 sales away from breaking the Wrestlemania XX record for top selling WWE DVD. IGN has a video interview with THQ about Day of Reckoning 2. The Los Angeles Times has a look back at a decade of Bryant Gumbel's Real Sports with a mention of one of Vince McMahon's finer moments.

Tickets for Shane Douglas' Hardcore Homeconing show go on sale on April 15 in Philadelphia, PA, and the show will be main evented by Shane Douglas vs. Sabu vs. Terry Funk. Joey Styles posted an explanation for his anger with WWE in his latest column at 1wrestling. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has an article on Carmella DeCesare's move to Detroit, MI and her frequent partying.

Blue Meanie offered additional comments on the sale of 3PW and the reasons for it. Combat Zone Wrestling suspended their Ultraviolent Underground backstage fights due to an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission. Southern California Championship Wrestling is in Cudahy, CA on April 9 with plans for a DVD release of the show. PWInsider has indy notes on ECWA, Southern Championship Wrestling, and Championship Wrestling, while the Torch has indy notes on IWA-MS, JAPW, PWG and more.

Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey are holding a tag team wrestling seminar on April 22-24 in Kingsport, TN. IGN's FilmForce has a review of Lipstick & Dynamite calling it a "fascinating look into the world of women's wrestling." LAW has a glossary of terms for CMLL to help non-Spanish speakers.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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