Quick Smackdown Results: Booker T vs. Big Show was a double DQ, Matt Morgan over ?, Booker T/Big Show over JBL/Kurt Angle, MNM over Rey Mysterio Jr./Eddy Guerrero to win the WWE tag team titles, and John Cena over Orlando Jordan.
The RAW crew was in Aberdeen, Scotland tonight with Batista/Shawn Michaels over Triple H/Ric Flair.
The Smackdown crew was in Dublin, Ireland tonight with Undertaker over Orlando Jordan.
Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Edinburgh, Scotland, while the Smackdown crew is in London, England.
WWE is advertising appearances by Steve Austin during their next European tour in June.
WWE drew 8,861 fans for a sell-out of their Berlin, Germany show last night, and WWE-Germany.net has some photos from the show.
Daily Star models Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh are scheduled for RAW on Monday.
Trish Stratus missed the European tour due to a neck/back disc injury.
An MRI on Triple H showed no serious damage to his neck from last week's injury.
Rey Mysterio Jr. drew a large crowd to an autograph signing yesterday in Dublin, Ireland.
Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #2.
TSN released a statement to SLAM on rumors of Monday Night Football taking over RAW's slot on the network saying TSN will continue to air WWE RAW for the immediate future.
WWE signed Desire to a developmental deal, and she'll soon head to OVW.
Mike Johnson has several notes on the One Night Stand PPV including the on-sale date, commentary and the reason for the show.
WWE.com has another article on current Babe of the Year Stacy Keibler and a recent photo shoot.
WWE.com will hold a webchat with Shawn Michaels on April 29.
Superstar Billy Graham's biography WWE Legends - Superstar Billy Graham : Tangled Ropes by Keith Elliot Greenberg has a release scheduled for January 2006.
Lance Storm posted a new Q&A on his website about topics including Wrestlemania, fans, the stinkface and the ECW PPV.
Prudential Financial iniated coverage of THQ with a "neutral weight" rating.
Gamespot reviewed Wrestlemania 21 for the Xbox and gave it only a 4.5.
Bryan Alvarez and RD Reynolds were offered a chance to follow-up Death of WCW with a book on the Death of WWE.
Matt Hardy did his first post-release interview on Between the Ropes last night discussing the release, Lita/Edge, plans for the future and a lot more.
Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Danny Doring about the ECW reunion shows, Lita, Wrestlemania 21 and more.
Dusty Rhodes is doing several interviews over the next few days to promote his autobiography.
The Rock has reportedly signed on to do the Southland Tales movie with Seann William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article on football player Lawrence Lewis which references the fact he's a big fan of The Rock.
Jack Black is set to star in a new movie about a Mexican priest who becomes a Lucha Libre wrestler to save an orphanage.
Tommy Dreamer will make a Yonkers homecoming on May 21 at the New York State Wrestling Federation show on May 21.
Al Snow is scheduled for the May 27 Border City Wrestling show in Oldcastle, ON.
The Bowling Green Daily News has an article on Mick Foley's upcoming appearance at Western Kentucky University on Wednesday.
Mick Foley and King Kong Bundy are scheduled for the Wizard World convention in Philadelphia, PA from June 3-5.
Ken Patera, Greg Valentine, Tracy Smothers and Masked Superstar have been added to the NWA Legends convention in mid-August in Charlotte, NC.
Perry Saturn and John Kronus are expected to reunite at the Hardcore Homecoming show on June 10.
Jimmy Snuka will appear in North Adams, MA on April 30 for South Coast Championship Wrestling.
The Quad City Times has an article on their hometown wrestler Michael Shane as he'll be working two shows in Iowa this weekend.
Mike Johnson has some Ring of Honor notes on upcoming shows.
Samoa Joe posted some comments on his Livejournal about his future in wrestling and New Japan.
Tiget Jeet Singh plans to open Tiger Sports academies in Ludhiana and Patiala in India.
SLAM has an article on Lalita Krishna's new documentary on Tiger Jeet Singh which debuts this Saturday on Canada's OMNI 2 channel.
NWA East and NWA Rocky Mountain have formed a partnership with the Erie Freeze to hold pre-game events.
The UK's Mirror has an article on celebrity wrestling contestant Marc Bannerman in which he discusses the change in his perception of wrestling, his trainer Joe Legend and the competition.
Hood County News has an interview with Dan Coates in which he discusses his work in the wrestling business as an announcer.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
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