Impact, Undertaker, THQ, ROH Apr 20 - 09:29 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Team Canada over Chris Sabin/Jay Lethal/Alex Shelley/Sonjay Dutt, AJ Styles/Rhino/Ron Killings over Diamonds in the Rough, America's Most Wanted/Jeff Jarrett over Team 3D.

The RAW crew was in Birmingham, England tonight with John Cena over Triple H. The Smackdown crew was in Florence, Italy tonight with Rey Mysterio Jr./Kurt Angle over JBL/Mark Henry. Palmer Cannon reportedly flew himself home from WWE's tour of Europe and may have given notice to the company. WWE dropped God from Monday's RAW, making Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon a singles match.

WWE, via ECW.com, interviewed Tommy Dreamer about One Night Stand, last year vs. this year, ECW and more. Candice Michelle appeared on G4's Attack of the Show, and video is available. The Undertaker is investing in Loveland, CO, partnering with Scott Everhart to build a two-story building in the area.

The Rock's upcoming film Southland Tales is expected to be released at the Cannes Film Festival. WWE is beginning pre-production of their film The Condemned, starring Steve Austin. THQ announced reduced profits due to a change in their WWE development strategy. Sherri Martel has signed with Jakks Pacific for a WWE Classic Superstars action figure.

TNA delayed tickets to their Philadelphia, PA show one week so they can reconfigure the ECW arena. New Japan Pro Wrestling announced Hirooki Goto will wrestle for TNA on Sunday and Monday despite a recent injury expected to keep him off the shows. TNA added a Team Japan vs. Team USA match to Lockdown.

On last Thursday's Impact, Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels outdrew Sting in the ratings by about 5%. Alan Wojcik interviewed Homicide about TNA, LAX, Konnan and more. SLAM has a few more notes from Scott Steiner's TNA/Spike TV conference call earlier this week.

Ring of Honor will hold their 100th show this Saturday in Philadelphia, PA. Stampede Wrestling is visiting Cochrane, AB on May 12 with an appearance by Matt Morgan in the main event. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at TNA's Thursday night debut, RAW, and the Cauliflower Alley Club convention.

Steve Gerweck interviewed Joanie "Chyna" Laurer about Surreal Life, Sean Waltman, upcoming projects and more. Several more wrestlers have been announced for the Capitol Legends Fanfest in Washington, DC in August. Nokia has a new phone that's reminding some people of Bret Hart.

Indians player Travis Hafner discussed his on deck routine and its connection to wrestling. Lionel Tate's been ruled competent to continue trial for his 2005 robbery charges. The International Herald Tribune has an article on books for guys, mentioning Judith Regan's successful line of wrestling books. Waukesha, WI police are investigating an alleged beating of a 17 year-old student at a training session sponsored by Brew City Wrestling.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Last Edited: Friday, April 21st, 2006 - 06:59 am EDT

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