Smackdown, Austin, Hogan, Test Apr 27 - 11:55 pm EDT

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Quick Smackdown Results: KAne/Boogeyman over Dave Taylor/William Regal, Deuce over Brian Kendrick, MVP over Hamlet Macbeth, Chris Benoit over MVP, Jillian over Michelle McCool, Undertaker/Batista over Mr. Kennedy/Finlay.

Sunday's Backlash is sold out. Rob Van Dam's reportedly not signed a WWE contract extension with his current deal expiring this summer. WWE Executive Vice-President of Marketing Kurt Schneider gave notice he was leaving for a position with the Harlem Globetrotters. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry answers many more fan questions on Randy Orton, John Cena, Sting, Christian and more.

MTV.com, New York Newsday, /Film, JoBlo, UGO, TV Guide, the Miami Herald, and Reuters all have interviews/articles on Steve Austin and The Condemned. Steve Austin appeared on Regis and Kelly this morning to promote The Condemned. The Condemned is still hovering in the low-teens for freshness on Rotten Tomatoes. Motley Fool has a look at the business aspects of WWE Films' The Condemned.

Hulk Hogan was on Memphis, TN's Drake and Zeke Morning show today to promote his show tonight with a discussion of WWE, Vince McMahon, VH-1 and more. Memphis Wrestling's TV show lost about 25% of its viewers over the weekend with the build-up to Hulk Hogan's show tonight. The latest National Enquirer reports that Hulk and Linda McMahon are staying together.

Impact scored a 1.0 rating last night. The Sun's Lilsboys interviewed Team 3D about their latest title win, retirement, the Dudley name and more. Barbaric Wrestling Radio interviewed Jay Lethal about Randy Savage, Kevin Nash, Sonjay Dutt and more.

Andrew "Test" Martin posted on his MySpace blog that he suffered a major infection that required hospitalization and put his life in danger. SLAM has an article on the upcoming Bad News Allen tribute show scheduled for May 25 and some of the wrestlers expected to attend. King Booker's PWA held their Showdown in P-Town yesterday with Boogeyman over the Miz. Combat Zone Wrestling announced their sixth annual Tournament of Death for June 9 in Delaware.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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