WM, HoF, Jericho, Trish, ROH Mar 30 - 09:39 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Last week's two hours of RAW finished #3 and #5 behind the Sopranos, Cow Belles and Hannah Montana. WWE added a RAW house show in Aberdeen, Scotland to their November tour. WWE corrected a mistake in accidentally not inviting much of the Guerrero family to the Hall of Fame ceremony. Alex Marvez interviewed Mean Gene Okerlund about his Hall of Fame induction, life away from wrestling, Hulk Hogan and more.

WWE held their Wrestlemania press conference today, with Randy Orton, Kurt Angle and many others. Some fans were apparently turned away from the press conference which ended up appearing somewhat empty. Ticketmaster has a few remaining Wrestlemania tickets available, including some in the $750 price group. SLAM spoke to several independent wrestlers about their Wrestlemania memories including Colt Cabana, Jimmy Jacobs, and Jayson Chambers.

Trish Stratus appeared on CNN's Showbiz Tonight last night discussing her career in wrestling, the perception of women in wrestling, and Wrestlemania. WWE.com spoke to Trish Stratus about being in Maxim's 100th issue special and her desire to do more for the magazine. Between the Ropes interviewed Rob Van Dam about Wrestlemania, his knee injury, One Night Stand and more. The Suburban Chicago News has a brief article on a Rob Van Dam autograph signing.

IGN revealed details on Smackdown vs. RAW 2007 including the fact it will be released on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. IGN interviewed John Cena about Triple H, Wrestlemania and Smackdown vs. RAW 2007. THQ held their fourth annual Superstar Challenge tonight in Chicago, IL.

Chris Jericho will appear in VH-1's Heavy - The Story of Metal special airing in May. Diva Search contestant Leyla appeared in Jonny Fairplay's MTV True Life episode. Ringside Mayhem interviewed Rodney "Redd Dogg" Mack about WWE, his release, Jazz and more. Ring Divas Live interviewed Jazz about her WWE release, TNA, Playboy and more.

Ring of Honor appeared on Detroit, MI morning TV news to promote tonight's show. The Detroit Free Press listed the Ring of Honor show in their highlights. Hardcore Homecoming II - November Reign will be released nationally in May on DVD. Midway Games is making preparations for TNA's first video game.

The fourth Wrestle Reunion convention scheduled for June 3in Carteret, NJ will be a Clash of the Promoters. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at SNME, light heavyweights, and drawing crowds. Time's Andrew Sullivan blogged about an Iron Sheik promo video on Brian Blair on YouTube which he calls "unhinged homophobia."

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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