Smackdown, Austin, TNA, ROH, XPW Apr 06 - 11:44 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Mr. Kennedy over Jeff Hardy, Miz over Chris Benoit, Matt Hardy over King Booker, and Paul London/Brian Kendrick over Gregory Helms/Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Last week's two hours of RAW finished #2 and #4 behind the Kids' Choice Awards and Planet Earth. WWE is advertising Batista challenging Undertaker for the title at the April 17 Smackdown taping in Milan, Italy. Initial reviews for the Four Horsemen DVD are positive ones. PWInsider updated their DVD Easter Egg list just in time for the holiday.

Forbes broke the shocking news today that Vince McMahon isn't actually a billionaire anymore, and may only be worth $900 million currently. PWInsider has a few more notes on wrestlers in attendance at Wrestlemania. SLAM has an article on the Meet The Legends event in Windsor, ON on Sunday prior to Wrestlemania with Bill Eadie, Barry Darsow, Tito Santana and many others. PWInsider has details on what led to one fan's ejection from the Hall of Fame ceremony last week.

Steve Austin appeared on WGN News this morning to discuss The Condemned, and is scheduled for the Tom Green Show on April 20. A limited number of free tickets for The Condemned in Boston, MA with Steve Austin on Tuesday are available from BostonWrestling.com. The Rock's film Southland Tales may be ready for public screening mid-Summer after some concerns that projected might not be finished. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses Lillian Garcia's sexual orientation, Steve Austin, Great Khali's wrestling and more.

Sports Game interviewed CM Punk and Jeff Hardy at the THQ WWE Superstar Challenge last week about their gaming habits. JAKKS Pacific's goal is to reach a Classic Superstars #25 line after reaching #21. Al Snow will hold a four hour clinic for wrestlers and wrestling students at EWF Pro Wrestling on May 19 in Marion, IN.

The complete line-up for TNA's Lockdown is now available thanks to Impact spoilers for next week. TNA will be Corinth, MS tomorrow with other shows coming up in Springfield, MO, Louisville, KY, and Hato Rey, PR. TNA may tour the UK in the Fall or early 2008. PWInsider has some photos of prototype TNA Kid Kash and Sean Waltman figures discarded after they left the promotion.

Ring of Honor may keep Mark Briscoe from returning to the ring as early as he'd like following his recent injury. There are plans to run an XPW reunion show to be produced by Big Vision Entertainment this July possibly in Los Angeles, CA. The Del-Rio News Herald has an article on Texas Wrestling Entertainment and their show tomorrow in San Antonio, TX. SLAM has an article on Canadian wrestler Chi Chi Cruz as he prepares for a match against Johnny Devine at Sunday's somewhat controversial Stranglehold Wrestling Devil's Playground show.

MMANews.com interviewed Brock Lesnar about Vince McMahon, entering MMA, training and more. Sean Haire, aka Sean O'Haire, was seriously hurt in a fight outside a bar in South Carolina, suffering several face and skull fractures that could impair his vision permanently. St. Louis Today has an interview with franchise lawyer Eric Riess in which he discusses turning down the idea of a professional wrestling training franchise, where franchisees who train others who then train others.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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