WWE, Orton, Tomko, Ratings Apr 04 - 10:02 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

There are off air notes and WWE Unlimited notes from RAW last night in Chicago, IL. Armando Alejandro Estrada worked as Osama Rodriguez Alejandro in OVW, while his protege Umaga is Edward "Jamal" Fatu. Eric Priest was Chris Masters' RAW opponent last night. Smackdown was taped in Peoria, IL tonight, so spoilers should be out soon.

Randy Orton was suspended for 60 days, possibly for unprofessional conduct. Tyson Tomko asked for and was granted his WWE release last night after learning a tag team spot with Gene Snitsky had been given to Goldust rather than him. WWE.com interviewed Tyson Tomko about his decision, plans for his time away from WWE, Japan and more. Bret Hart appeared on TSN's Off the Record to discuss the Hall of Fame, Steve Austin, his legacy and more.

The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on Wrestlemania and the fans that paid to see it. WWE began advertising June's ECW One Night Stand PPV in the New York City area. WWE's Backlash site officially lists Vince and Shane McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels and God. WWE 24/7's May line-up has a latin theme.

Jimmy Hart, Ashley Massaro and Ken Kennedy will be in Las Vegas, NV tomorrow to promote WWE's mobile plans. The Galesburg Register-Mail Online has an article on the Shane twins and their time in TNA and WWE. Tracy Smothers wrote more about his problems with JBL. Warrior gave a speech at DePaul University today on diversity.

TNA Impact's rating suffered against the WWE Hall of Fame dropping to a 0.6, below recent and long-time averages. When this season of Ultimate Fighter is finished, TNA's lead-in will be a comedy block. TNA posted some photos from their show with UWF in Martinsville, VA on Saturday. TNA has a new Outside the Ring with Jeremy Borash about his time with TNA, announcing and more. Mike Johnson has TNA notes on Machete, UWF and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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