TSN, Snitsky, Styles, Nash, CAC Apr 20 - 11:49 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Berlin, Germany tonight with Batista over Triple H/Ric Flair. The Smackdown crew was in Dublin, Ireland tonight. Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Aberdeen, Scotland, while the Smackdown crew is in Dublin, Ireland. Victoria worked as a heel during her match against Christy.

Canada's TSN may pickup Monday Night Football, which would knock RAW out of its slot. THQ's Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox officially shipped and is now available for purchase. JAKKS Pacific reported record first quarter 2005 results, noting WWE action figures among their products. There are rumors that The Rock will play He-Man in a new film version of Masters of the Universe.

Matt Hardy's no compete clause runs through July 11. Pennsylvania's Times-Leader interviewed Gene Snitsky about being a heel, his ties to that area, and his first action figure. Jimmy Van interviewed Amy Weber about her WWE departure, the Diva Search, and JBL. The Sun published a slideshow of Wrestlemania 21 photos provided by WWE.

Kevin Nash won't be wrestling at TNA's Lockdown PPV due to a staph infection, but he still plans to appear at the show. Sonjay Dutt will replace Kid Kash in the Xscape match at Lockdown. Abyss vs. AJ Styles is expected to finish Lockdown, with the winner facing Jeff Jarrett at the next PPV. TNA has an interview with Dusty Rhodes about steel cages, Lockdown, and blood.

TNA officially announced June 19th PPV Slammiversary and July 17th PPV No Surrender, both from Orlando, FL. Jeff Jarrett will wrestle Slyck Wagner Brown at NWA Cyberspace's April 30 show in Wayne, NJ. Raven updated his only journal with an entry on how women are like Public Enemy.

WrestleTalkRadio interviewed AJ Styles about the upcoming birth of his son, WWE vs. TNA, WCW and more. SLAM interviewed AJ Styles about his son's birth, having a family while wrestling, Lockdown and more.

Ring of Honor's May 13 match between Bryan Danielson and Homicide will determine who gets a match against champion Austin Aries the next night. Austin Aries will defend the title against Alex Shelly on May in Manhattan, NY. AJ Styles is scheduled for several summer Ring of Honor appearances.

USA Championship Wrestling is running a card with two WWE vs. TNA matches, Jerry Lawler vs. Chris Harris and Simon Dean vs. Cassidy Riley, on Friday. Kid Kash vs. CW Anderson and Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible have been announced for Hardcore Homecoming on June 10. Kensuke Sasaki defeated Jamal to win the 2005 Champion Carnival tournament today.

Les Thatcher's latest column covers the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, receiving the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award, and his training camp. PWInsider has a live report from the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion over the weekend in Las Vegas, NV. Butch Reed and Ron Simmons have been added to Wrestling Reunion III on June 18 in Carteret, NJ. Percy Pringle posted an entry on Rick Rude on his website noting he passed away six years ago.

The first episode of the UK's Celebrity Wrestling airs on Saturday on ITV1 and ITV2. SLAM has an article on Randy Baer aka RD Reynolds, the man behind WrestleCrap. Bryan Danielson has opened an official website.

The Park Falls, WI Herald has an article on Rumble in the Wolves Den: Part 2 which will feature an appearance by Jake “The Milkman� Milliman. The Bay City Tribune has an article on High Impact Wrestling's Tougher Than Leather show on Saturday with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hot Stuff Hernandez and others. Canada's Cochrane Times has an article on Devon "Kid Nichols" Nicholson covering his time in Stampede and his hopes of making it to WWE.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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