Ratings, WM, TNA, Hogans, ROH Mar 05 - 10:39 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Last night's ECW scored a 1.2 rating. Last week's two hours of RAW finished #3 and #4 behind Democratic debate coverage. WWE helped USA rank #1 among cable networks for the ninth week in a row. There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Cleveland, OH.

Vince McMahon, Floyd Mayweather, John Cena and Chris Jericho will appear on Larry King Live on March 13. WWE issued a press release on the celebrities appearing at Wrestlemania. PWInsider has a list of possible Wrestlemania Rewind matches using the current roster. The Backlash PPV poster features Undertaker.

WWE hired Celso Forster as Director of Marketing Latin America. WWE will be using Ethoca to fight online fraud. Ascent Media announced a new deal with WWE that allows WWE to utilize their studio space and that will provide WWE with a new HD-capable fiber optic link to the studio from the WWE facility. GameSpot has an article on THQ and JAKKS' battle over WWE royalties for WWE video games.

Monday Night Mayhem interviewed MyNetwork TV's Paul Franklin about acquiring Smackdown, the network's audience, Smackdown's night and more. Smackdown will be pre-empted for baseball in New York City, NY several times this year. Maria appeared on Good Day New York this morning as part of her Playboy promotional tour. Jim Ross' latest Q&A covers the Hall of Fame, Divas, Jeff Hardy and more. PWInsider has a match listing for WWE's Twist of Fate: Matt and Jeff Hardy DVD set with one disc for each brother.

TNA may be considering taping a Global Impact special in the UK this summer. Wrestling Radio interviewed Kurt Angle about TNA, Booker T, Chris Benoit, his DUI charge and more. The Miami Herald interviewed Tomko about TNA, MMA, Japan, and more. The Augusta Chronicle has an article on Austin Creed as he balances college, professional wrestling and day-care work. In Your Head interviewed ODB about TNA's women's division, her flask, her time in OVW and more.

Linda Hogan is claiming Hulk used Nick to deliver messages about the divorce and she's asked the court to order Hulk to stop talking to Nick about the divorce. Hulk Hogan filed a counter-motion asking for the same restriction on Linda Hogan, however they've now reportedly resolved the issue with a formal agreement. The Georgia Senate wrestling regulation bill 413 passed the Regulated Industries Committee and is now on its way to the Rules Committee before a full Senate floor vote.

Rob Van Dam will be wrestling for the Portuguese Wrestling Association at the end of this month. James Guttman interviewed Ivan Koloff about his car accident, the WWE Hall of Fame, Christianity and more. Lance Storm's latest Fight Network commentary discusses his time in Stampede Wrestling. Jerry Sags will be part of reality series Lesson in Respect as he trains to face MMA fighter Jason Pharo. Stacy Keibler will be selling personal memorabilia on Ebay with a portion of sales going to charity.

Ring of Honor's Gabe Sapolsky announced they will be including the controversial Larry Sweeney/Allison Danger angle on the Ring of Honor sixth anniversary show DVD, after originally announcing plans to pull it. Ring of Honor's Rising Above PPV debuts on Friday. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor notes on upcoming shows, Morishima, next year's Wrestlemania weekend shows and more. SLAM has an article on Prairie Wrestling Alliance's seventh anniversary show with appearances by Tammy Sytch, Christopher Daniels and Johnny Devine among others. Philadelphia Weekly published a CHIKARA wrestling slideshow.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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