RAW, Releases, Jericho, Warrior, ROH Apr 11 - 11:53 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Christy Hemme/Victoria over Trish Stratus/Molly Holly, Triple H over Hurricane/Rosey, Chris Masters over Seth Skyfire, Daivari over Shawn Michaels, and Christian over Chris Benoit.

Smackdown will be taped in Chicago, IL tomorrow night. Ring of Honor's CM Punk worked a Heat match tonight. Lance Storm worked another tag match for OVW on Saturday in Cloverport, KY as a surprise replacement for an injured Johnny Jeter.

WWE announced another $250,000 Diva Search competition starting in June. WWE is holding private meet and greets in Birmingham, England only available to fans that have purchased RAW and Smackdown tickets for the shows on April 25 and 26. WWE signed a three year deal with CJ Media to broadcast WWE programming on channel XTM in Korea.

WWE officially announced the releases of Rhyno and Matt Hardy today, with Hardy's release coming as a surprise to most. Also reportedly released by WWE today were Aaron "Jesus" Aguilera and "Chilly Willy" Jones. There's speculation that Hardy's release was due to him taking his break-up with Lita public, and while he's medically cleared to wrestle now, he has a 90-day no compete clause. Rhyno is reportedly going through a marital break-up so his release is not popular among the wrestlers.

SLAM spoke to Chris Jericho about balancing his music and wrestling careers as well as his hopes for his musical career. PWInsider has a recap of Chris Jericho's XM radio show from last night. Fozzy's video for Enemy is available on Comcast On Demand. Hulk Hogan's MTV Cribs appearance will re-air tomorrow night.

PWInsider has a list of DVD extras for the Wrestlemania 21 DVD set due out next month, as well as a list of Easter Eggs for the Viva Las Divas DVD. Eric Bischoff's wife appears in Playboy's Real Life Desperate Housewives pictorial. 1Up.com has a preview of Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox.

A representative of Warrior allegedly threatened legal action against SomethingAwful after they named his website awful link of the day. There's also a discussion on Warrior's forum about the matter. Howard Stern discussed the Warrior/UConn situation on his show this morning.

TNA issued a parental advisory for their Lockdown PPV featuring nothing but cage matches. Mike Johnson has TNA news and notes on Petey Williams, DDP, Jeff Jarrett, Raven and more.

The Torch has some Ring of Honor notes on Allison Danger's departure, Bobby Heenan, James Gibson, and upcoming video releases. PWInsider has other Ring of Honor notes on Shawn Price, Steven Richards, Danny Maff and more. Full Impact Pro issued a press release on their upcoming shows on April 22 and 23 in Lakeland and Arcadia, FL.

IWA Mid-South was in Highland, IN on Saturday with Jimmy Jacobs over Chris Hero to retain their heavyweight title. PWInsider has a detailed recap of 3PW's show on Saturday in Philadelphia, PA. The Torch also has indy news and notes on Petey Williams, Matt Sydal, Christopher Daniels and more.

WrestleReunion announced Mick Foley will wrestle at their next convention/show in late August with more details to be announced later this week. SLAM spoke to Les Thatcher about his time working the Maritimes in the 1970's as he's about to receive the Cauliflower Alley Club's Art Abrams Lifetime Achievment award. North Carolina's Daily Reflector has a lengthy article on Ivan Koloff covering his career, WWWF title win, battles with drugs and more. Huntington, WV's Herald-Dispatch has an article on Jefferson Avenue Church of God's use of wrestling to spread its message.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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