ECW, WM, Steroids, JR, Kane, Austin Mar 20 - 11:55 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Kevin Thorn/Marcus Cor Von over Rob Van Dam/Sabu, Snitsky over Mike Tolor, CM Punk over Hardcore Holly, Tommy Dreamer over Elijah Burke, and Bobby Lashley over Chris Masters.

RAW scored a 3.7 rating (3.3 / 4.0), down from last week. There are off air notes from RAW last night. WWE is expected to announce Wrestlemania 24 tomorrow for the Florida Citrus Bowl or Amway Arena in Orlando, FL. Canada's TSN has the Hall of Fame scheduled to air on March 31 and 11pm. WWE Wrestlemania AXXESS will be in New York City, NY tomorrow.

WWE issued a statement on allegations made in a recent Sports Illustrated article linking WWE wrestlers to illegal steroids saying it predates their Wellness program which prohibits the use of such drugs. The steroid allegations were mentioned by numerous sports outlets including Jim Rome, Colin Cowherd, Dan Patrick and ESPN. WWE reportedly administered over two dozen Wellness tests today prior to the Smackdown/ECW show. Kenny Dykstra and Mickie James were in Toronto, ON today promoting Wrestlemania. Kenny Dykstra also defended WWE against steroid allegations during his appearance.

Sci-Fi interviewed Steve Austin about The Condemned and acting. Wizard Universe interviewed Kane about his Smallville role, stunts, See No Evil, and more. The Detroit News interviewed Rob Van Dam about his wife, his dream match, and pre-match routines. The new issue of WWE Magazine features an interview with Matt Hardy in which he discusses his return to WWE and Lita's departure.

WWE.com has an article on Jim Ross at MIT where he'll spend the next two days as a guest lecturer. SLAM has an article on the history behind the course at MIT to which Jim Ross will be speaking. eTopps is now offering WWE trading cards.

Chris Jericho will be watching RAW on Monday at Stars of the Game in Windsor, ON, and fans can join him for only $100. Hulk Hogan discussed the idea of a legends wrestling tour on today's Bubba the Love Sponge show. Dancing with the Stars' costume designer Randall Christensen discussed exposing parts of Stacy Keibler's body last year in a New York Daily News article. Former diva Lauren Jones is set to start in a FOX reality series Anchorwoman at Tyler, TX's CBS 19. Florida's The Ledger has an article on teacher/wrestler Brent Dail.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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