ECW, Lawler, Hardy, Jericho, Team 3D Mar 27 - 11:48 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Rob Van Dam over Elijah Burke, Snitsky over Balls Mahoney, Finlay/Mr. Kennedy/King Booker/Randy Orton over CM Punk/Edge/Hardy Boyz.

RAW scored a 3.9 (3.6 / 4.0 / 6 Share) rating, up slightly from last week. Smackdown and ECW were taped in Grand Rapids, MI tonight. WWE's Hall of Fame ceremony will air on TSN in Canada at 1am. Hall of Fame magazine interviewed Jerry Lawler about his upcoming WWE Hall of Fame induction, his diverse career, Andy Kaufman and more.

WWE released several thousand standing room only tickets for Wrestlemania 23 today. WWE will hold a Wrestlemania press conference tomorrow at Trump Tower in New York City, NY. WWE Magazine claims they dumped over $2.5 million on the audience in $100, $50 and $20 bills.

WWE.com spoke to Rob Hedden, author of the book version of The Condemned, which was released today. WWE.com spoke to Ric Flair about inspiring the Florida Gators basketball team. CM Punk discusses his musical tastes in the latest issue of Spin Magazine. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses football, One Man Gang, Sting and much more.

IGN interviewed Jeff Hardy about Wrestlemania, ladder matches, wrestling influences and more. The Detroit News interviewed Hillbilly Jim about Wrestlemania III, life away from the ring, and country music. SLAM spoke to Chris Jericho about some of his Wrestlemania memories, Money in the Bank, Shawn Michaels and more. SLAM has a summary of their upcoming coverage of Wrestlemania week in the Detroit, MI area.

There are live notes from last night's Impact tapings in Orlando, FL. Nashville, TN's City Paper has an article on Craig Jenkins the new director of live events for TNA. WWE pulled Batista from the opening of Team 3D's Smoothie Bar in Florida next week, however he's been replaced by Chris Jericho and Maven. Mike Johnson has backstage notes on people in attendance, Don West, and Team 3D.

PWMania interviewed Colt Cabana about Ring of Honor, CM Punk, WWE and more. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor notes on Takeshi Morishima, this weekend's shows, and Bruno Sammartino. Brock Lesnar will make his MMA debut on June 2 at Dynamite!! USA. The Asbury Park Press has a more detailed report on Bam Bam Bigelow's autopsy which showed his death was caused by accidental multidrug toxicity, from cocaine, pain-killers, antibiotics and a tranquilizer, along with some cardiovascular disease. The Detroit News has an article on local independent wrestlers hoping to make it to WWE.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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