RAW, HoF, WM, Mercury, Team 3D Mar 26 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Ashley/Torrie/Candice over Melina/Victoria/Jillian Hall, CM Punk over Kenny Dykstra, Vince McMahon over Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton/Mr. Kennedy over the Hardy Boyz, Great Khali over Ric Flair via DQ, and Undertaker/Batista over John Cena/Shawn Michaels.

The RAW crew was in Toledo, OH yesterday with John Cena over Randy Orton. Smackdown and ECW will be taped in Grand Rapids, MI tomorrow night. There are off air and Heat results from tonight's RAW in Chicago, IL. Canada's The Score will not air RAW live next week due to the NCAA basketball tournament.

USA will air two hours of the Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday night/Sunday morning, with a third hour on WWE.com. Bobby Heenan will be handling Nick Bockwinkel's Hall of Fame induction. Dustin and Cody Runnels will induct their father Dusty Rhodes into the WWE Hall of Fame. SLAM spoke to Mr. Fuji about his upcoming WWE Hall of Fame induction and transition from wrestler to manager.

WWE.com announced the immediate release of Joey Mercury. WWE was going to run a Smackdown/ECW show in New York City, NY at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 10, the original date and site of ECW One Night Stand, but then decided against it. The Young Adult Library Services Association and WWE announced the five finalists in their WWE Wrestlemania Reading Challenge with receiving a trip to Wrestlemania and a chance at ringside seats. Barron's Online notes WWE stock is down 13.4% in the past 10 months.

The Detroit News has a Countdown to Wrestlemania 23 summarizing the many events in the area leading up to the show. The Detroit News interviewed Sgt. Slaughter about his start in wrestling, his current role in WWE, Hulk Hogan and more. Bobby Lashley and Umaga were able to practice some of their Wrestlemania match at Smackdown/ECW shows in Mexico this past weekend. IGN put together a video game Battle of the Billionaires. WWE.com has a fan diary of Wrestlemania week covering the Shillinglaw family.

WWE announced a deal with Timbaland in which he'll use WWE Divas in his next video. Lillian Garcia believes she suffered a torn ACL in her skiing accident. Candice Michelle is part of the 2007 Bench Warmers trading card series.

Chris Masters is listed among the celebrity clients of Medical Hair Restoration, along with Jimmy Hart, Larry Zbyszko, and Chavo Guerrero Jr. 2 Cold Scorpio and Rob Conway are training in Ohio Valley Wrestling. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses his appearance at MIT, the Hall of Fame, Wrestlemania 24 and more. Lance Storm's latest website commentary discusses the wrestling steroid scandal.

Ted DiBiase will speak at New York's Baruch College. SLAM has a review of How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life finding it full of inspiration, but lacking in details on his career.

There are live Impact spoilers from tonight's taping in Orlando, FL, including the complete lineup for Lockdown. Team 3D announced plans for the Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment in Kissimmee, FL, near Orlando. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor cards for this weekend's shows in the Detroit, MI area.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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