Wrestlemania 24 Results
- WWE Championship: John Cena over Shawn Michaels
- Women's Championship: Melina over Ashley
- Hair vs. Hair Battle of the Billionaires: Donald Trump's Bobby Lashley over Vince McMahon's Umaga
- ECW Originals vs. New Breed: Rob Van Dam/Sabu/Sandman/Tommy Dreamer over Elijah Burke/Kevin Thorn/Matt Striker/Marcus Cor Von
- World Heavyweight Championship: Undertaker over Batista
- United States Championship: Chris Benoit over MVP
- Great Khali over Kane
- Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Mr. Kennedy over Randy Orton and Edge and Finlay and King Booker and CM Punk and Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy
There are off air notes from Wrestlemania tonight. WWE issued a press release on setting a new Ford Field attendance record of 80,103. RAW is live from Dayton, OH tomorrow night.
The Associated Press ran a story on Donald Trump keeping his hair and McMahon losing his. Vince McMahon and Donald Trump are scheduled to appear on the Today Show tomorrow morning to discuss the Battle of the Billionaires and show off McMahon's bald head. Donald Trump is reportedly not very enthusiastic about the Battle of the Billionaires and only doing it because Vince McMahon is donating money to charity. SLAM has a Q&A with Vince McMahon about his role in WWE, steroids, Bret Hart and more.
WWE held their 2007 Hall of Fame induction ceremony last night with a bit over an hour of it airing on USA early this morning. WWE.com has a Diva fashion report from the Hall of Fame ceremony. WWE also held their annual Bacon, Bagels and Biceps Brunch this morning including the Circle of Champions ceremony hosted by Mick Foley. Some of the Detroit Tigers and WWE wrestlers were excited to meet each other today at Ford Field.
WWE.com has an article on the Wrestlemania 23 set and its design which features morphing depending on the wrestler. The Detroit News' heavy coverage of Wrestlemania may be due in part to the fact they're a sponsor of Wrestlemania. Ric Flair is reportedly more upset than Carlito, but less vocal, about his exclusion from Wrestlemania.
The Detroit News gathered comments from several wrestlers about what Wrestlemania means. The Baltimore Sun interviewed Bobby Lashley about Donald Trump, getting into professional wrestling, amateur wrestling and more. Sports Illustrated's Arash Markazi has a report on his Wrestlemania weekend with comments from Bobby Lashley.
St. Louis Today has an article on Randy Orton and his fiancee Samantha Speno's home. Jim Ross added a photo gallery of wrestling moments and memories to his BBQ website.
Hulk Hogan will wrestle Jerry Lawler on April 27 in Memphis, TN as part of a show Hogan is promoting. James Guttman interviewed the former A-Train Matt "Giant Bernard" Bloom about his time in Japan, WWE gimmicks, Stephanie McMahon, Brock Lesnar, and more. The New York Times carried an article on the death of Abe Coleman last week in their other sports section.
Ring of Honor was in Detroit, MI again last night for Supercard of Honor 2 with CIMA/Shingo/Susumu Yokosuka over Dragon Kid/Ryo Saito/Masaaki Mochizuki. Mark Briscoe is still hospitalized after landing on his head at Friday's Ring of Honor show for a severe concussion and additional neurological testing.
Thursday's Impact scored a 1.0 rating (1.5 Share). TNA officially announced Slammiversary in Nashville, TN on June 17. Christy Hemme's latest Hemme Powered discusses a trip to California with her group the Purrfect Angelz.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
