Quick ECW Results: Tommy Dreamer/Kelly Kelly over Mike Knox/Layla, Jimmy Wang Yang over John Morrison, Kofi Kingston over Shelton Benjamin, and Mark Henry over Nunzio.
Last night's RAW scored a 3.0 rating (2.4 / 3.3 / 3.4).
There are off air notes from last night's RAW.
CM Punk required stitches following King of the Ring.
The in-ring Hilary Clinton was independent wrestler Lexie Fyfe.
There live spoilers from tonight's Smackdown taping in Greensboro, NC.
WWE added a 12 Diva tag team match to Backlash.
WWE released developmental wrestlers Chris Gray, Tommy Taylor and Ryan Bishop yesterday.
WWE.com has an article on Joey Styles' new position with their website.
JBL was among MSNBC's Keith Olberman's Worst Persons of the Week, and he's responded to that honor.
Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses the King of the Ring, Hilary vs. Barack, Joey Styles' new job and more.
Kelly Kelly was a SkySports Soccerette.
Todd Grisham hosted Major League Soccer on the Fox Sports Channel over the weekend.
TNA is using several Slammiversary pre-sale codes including BOOKER.
Mike Johnson has TNA notes on Slammiversary fan interaction, Impact tapings, Sacrifice and more.
With Mark Briscoe out injured, Jay Briscoe will be able to defend their Ring of Honor tag team titles with alternate partners.
Gameloft announced a new mobile wrestling game Hulkamania based around Hulk Hogan.
Bobby Eaton was released from the hospital, with the cause of his health issues reportedly due to a problem with his prescription medications.
Jackie Gayda Haas appears in the latest Fitness Rx magazine.
Adam "Pacman" Jones reportedly paid extortion money to the man arrested this week in the Las Vegas strip club shooting incident.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
ECW, Ratings, JBL, TNA, Hogan Apr 22 - 11:59 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:39 pm PWT: WWE News: 4/22 WWE in Greensboro: Mitchell's Smackdown taping report including what Mike Adamle brought to the ring
- 11:07 pm PWI: FULL SMACKDOWN SPOILERS FROM GREENSBORO, NC by Brent Kincer
- 10:27 pm PWT: TV Reports: CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 4/22: Ongoing coverage of Sci-Fi show
- 10:23 pm PWT: TV Reports: KELLER'S ECW ON SCI-FI REPORT 4/22: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Sci-Fi broadcast, Adamle week two
- 08:50 pm PWI: ECW SPOILERS FROM GREENSBORO, NC by Brent Kincer
- 07:35 pm WO: Headline: New match added to Backlash on Sunday
- 07:30 pm PWI: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO OF ULTIMATE WARRIOR'S RETURN TO THE RING by Mike Johnson
- 07:09 pm PWI: BOBBY EATON UPDATE, HOW YOU CAN HELP THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS TAG TEAM LEGEND by Mike Johnson
- 06:47 pm PWI: HUGE TAG MATCH ADDED TO BACKLASH PPV by Mike Johnson
- 06:39 pm PWI: RAW RATING by Dave Scherer
- 06:26 pm PWI: JIM ROSS DISCUSSES JOEY STYLES' ANNOUNCING RETIREMENT, WHO THE GREATEST WRESTLER ALIVE IS, REGAL AS KING OF THE RING, THE RAW POLITICAL PARODY & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 05:59 pm PWT: Torch Today: NEWS ALERTS (DotNet): News on TNA wrestlers pulled from taping, Nash on WWE and Dixie, Piper-Flair, PPV Backstage, Awesome Kong
- 05:41 pm WO: Headline: Mania business fallout; Behind ECW announcing chane; What Joe-Angle showed; Info on UFC cuts; New company offering crazy money; how to get this week's Observer e-mailed today plus free history of Ult. Warrior and 2 other free issues
- 05:37 pm WO: Headline: Tuesday news update: WWE gets tons of media pub but bad ratings; Fired UFC fighter blames injury; TNA ad campaign; WWE cuts three; PPV note; Hogan deal and much more
- 05:36 pm PWT: KELLER'S TAKE: A KELLER SHORT: A simple suggestion for Mike Adamle as he prepares for ECW show tonight
- 05:31 pm PWT: The Specialists: COMIC - Drawing Heat - Who left steroids in the attic? The Mike Knox Circus
- 05:27 pm PWT: WWE News: Ratings News: Obama, Clinton, McCain, Three Brands, Tournament equals what kind of ratings? (w/Keller Analysis)
- 04:48 pm PWI: WWE NOTES AND NEWS by Mike Johnson
- 04:40 pm PWT: MCNEILL'S TAKE: McNEILL's "Who's Hot, Who's Not" for Week of 4/22: Regal, Clinton, McCain, Obama
- 03:44 pm PWT: Torch Flashbacks: KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 5 YRS. AGO (4-21-03): Booker vs. Triple H, Goldberg-Rock, Bischoff-Nash,
- 03:36 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #4: "I think the product is holding on with strings and living off its past success."
- 03:23 pm PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: New Free PWTorch Podcast: First new free audio show in months now available to all (40 min.)
- 02:36 pm PWI: MANIA BUYRATE, RAW RATINGS MAY NOT BE SO BAD AFTER ALL, DOPEY WWE EXEC AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 02:23 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #3: "I have to say, kudos to the WWE for genuinely shocking me not once but twice in one show."
- 02:20 pm PWI: TNA NOTES AND NEWS: SAMOA JOE, UPCOMING PPVS, SLAMMIVERSARY WEEKEND AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 02:15 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #2: "Most importantly, the longest running unbeaten streak in wrestling today was finally ended."
- 02:08 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: C&R Audio Update: Caldwell and Roe discuss and dissect Impact and Smackdown (62 min.)
- 01:57 pm PWI: THREE WWE TALENTS RELEASED, THE HARDY SHOW NOW ON DVD, DANGEROUS DANNY DAVIS & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 01:30 pm PWT: The Specialists: Nostalgia News: Worst Wrestling Announcers; My top 5 worst announcers, Bischoff, Marshall, Adamle, and others
- 12:56 pm PWT: The Specialists: 4/21 WWE Raw Hits & Misses: Michaels - Batista, King of the Ring, Politicians, End of the Show
- 12:55 pm PWI: LOOKING AT AN "IT'S A GOOD THING THEY DIDN'T PUT THAT SHOW ON PPV" EDITION OF RAW by Dave Scherer
- 12:54 pm PWI: AM RAW AND IMPACT REPLAY RATINGS by Dave Scherer
- 12:16 pm PWI: LIVE NOTES FROM LAST NIGHT'S RAW KING OF THE RING SPECIAL by Devin Cox
- 11:04 am PWI: CHRIS JERICHO COMMENTS ON STEROIDS IN WWE, TONIGHT'S ECW, GOOD PUB FOR WWE, KELLY KELLY AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:13 am PWI: MORNING THOUGHTS: KING OF THE RING ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO LAST NIGHT, LOOKING AT TNA'S BEST OF 2007 DVD & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 10:12 am PWI: JERICHO GETS A SHOT AT RANDY ORTON, DX REUNITES, JOEY STYLES TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW JOB by Steven Fernandes
- 10:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: RIC FLAIR MANAGING, JIM CORNETTE'S RAW RANTS, WCW SONGWRITING AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 09:50 am PWI: HULK HOGAN INKS DEAL FOR 'HULKAMANIA' MOBILE WRESTLING GAME by Mike Johnson
- 09:32 am PWI: FORMER WWE CHAMPION NAMED WORST PERSON OF THE WEEK BY MSNBC, IDENTITY OF 'HILARY' LAST NIGHT AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 09:27 am PWI: ANOTHER SLAMMIVERSARY PPV PRE-SALE CODE by Mike Johnson
- 09:19 am PWI: ROH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ISSUE RESOLVED by Mike Johnson
- 09:13 am PWI: SHOOTER IN 'PACMAN' JONES VEGAS INCIDENT 'EXTORTED' MONEY FROM FORMER TNA TAG CHAMPION, CLAIM AUTHORITIES by Mike Johnson
- 08:00 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: ECW CYBERSLAM, BAGWELL INJURED AND MORE by Ryan Martinez
- 03:39 am WO: Feature: WWE Raw TV report
- 01:00 am PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: 4/7 WWF Raw Audio Analysis: Caldwell & Parks discuss three hours of Kings, Senators, Backlash (51 min.)
- 12:54 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #1: "The Presidential Candidates match got booed, but I thought it was kind of funny."
- 12:32 am WO: Headline: UFC officially announces PPV main is out
