RAW, Lockdown, Candido, Hardy, WM Apr 25 - 11:41 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Chris Jericho over Sylvain Grenier, Daivari/Muhammad Hassan over William Regal/Tajiri, Edge over Val Venis, and Batista over Christian.

The RAW crew was in Hull, England last night with Batista over Triple H/Ric Flair. The Smackdown crew was in Cardiff, Wales tonight with John Cena/Big Show over JBL/Orlando Jordan. Tomorrow, the RAW crew is in Nottingham, England while Smackdown will be taped in Birmingham, England. There are live notes and Heat spoilers from tonight's show in Birmingham, England.

WWE issued a press release on Wrestlemania 21's preliminary buyrate of 940,000, up more than 14% from last year. WWE is already advertising four matches for Judgment Day in Minneapolis, MN. DISH Network is finally sending subscribers who qualified for free WWE DVD sets their DVDs. Gamespot has an article on THQ's patches to Wrestlemania 21.

Opie and Anthony interviewed Matt Hardy this morning and they discussed his WWE release, his breakup with Lita and the possible Hardy/Lita sex tape. Opie and Anthony's website has the audio of Matt Hardy and Chris Jericho's recent interviews up. Matt Hardy's website is back up again, and he's now scheduled for a non-wrestling appearance at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's show on May 21 in Braintree, MA. PWInsider has a recap of Chris Jericho's XM radio show that aired last night. Bobbi Billard posted a new entry on her Live Journal about her latest WWE "release" and her current status.

Chris Candido required surgery to insert a steel plate and screws into his completely dislocated ankle that he suffered at Lockdown. Candido is hoping for a 6-8 week recovery period. Abyss suffered a dislocated shoulder in his match against AJ Styles.

There are backstage notes from Lockdown on a pro-TNA speech by Dixie Carter, Kid Kash's departure, feelings about Matt Hardy and more. There are also some fan perspective live notes from Lockdown. Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles and Abyss will appear on the May 5 episode of Blue Collar TV on WB. TNA posted new Traci and Trinity photos in their Knockouts section.

Ring of Honor debuts in Manhattan, NY on May 7 with Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley. The Detroit Pistons again wore their world heavyweight championship belts at Saturday's game. The Huntsville Times has an article on wrestlers "Master T" Travis Henry and "Mister Cool" Michael Cooley who were killed in a car accident last month. Synthesis has a review of Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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