Smackdown, DVDs, Cage, Hogan Mar 10 - 10:19 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Paul Birchill over William Regal, Kristal over Jillian, Chris Benoit over Gregory Helms, and Kurt Angle/Rey Mysterio Jr. over Randy Orton/Mark Henry via DQ.

Smackdown was pre-empted in New York City tonight as well as Boston, MA and Washington, DC, and will air in New York on Saturday at 8pm, in Boston on Saturday evening, and in Washington on Saturday at 10pm. The RAW crew is in Waco, TX tomorrow night, while the Smackdown crew is in Alexandria, LA. The CW network added several more smaller markets including Charleston, WV, Portland, ME and Dayton, OH.

WWE's latest Key Business Drivers (PDF) show No Way Out doing a very low 175,000 buys, the lowest on their chart going back to 2003. PWInsider has a few details on WWE's upcoming World's Greatest Managers DVD. WWE announced details for their The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story DVD to be released on June 6.

Candice Michelle drew 400 fans for her Playboy cover signing. WWE.com has an article on a Divas photoshoot for FHM UK. Reports that Molly Holly signed with WWE to be an OVW trainer are not true. JBL's latest column for TheStreet.com discusses Krispy Kreme's stock.

TNA and MediaZone will offer Sunday's Destination X PPV as a webcast. The Miami Herald has an article on the career of Christopher Daniels as he prepares for Destination X. SLAM also has an article on Christopher Daniels to promote Destination X. Jeff Jarrett was a call-in guest on David Lee Roth's radio show discussing Destination X, Sting and WWE. Dory Funk Jr. says Destination X is worth the money.

Tickets for TNA's Michigan house show are selling well with about 2500 tickets sold. Jonny Fairplay wrote about TNA's decision not to use him for their house show in his hometown in his MySpace blog. Ring of Honor and Combat Zone Wrestling are promoting a dual-header tomorrow in Philadelphia, PA. Christian Cage has been for a one-time only appearance and debut for Ring of Honor on May 12 in Long Island, NY.

Bubba the Love Sponge interviewed Hulk Hogan about Vince McMahon, Wrestlemania, and VH-1. Hulk Hogan will make an appearance on Opie and Anthony's live radio show on Friday in New York City, NY. St. Louis, MO's Sports Overdrive interviewed Bill Goldberg about Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes, cars and TNA.

Bret Hart will appear on TSN's Off the Record on April 3, prior to their airing of the Hall Fame induction ceremony at 8pm. The Roanoke Times has a positive review of Jimmy Valiant's autobiography. X-Entertainment has a review of Kamala's website.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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