- Raw on 3/23 did hours of 3.32 and 3.65 for a 3.49 average.
- 3/24 ECW TV results from Kansas City, MO: Carlito over John Morrison, and Even Bourne & Tommy Dreamer over Jack Swagger & Tyson Kidd.
- The 3/24 ECW scored a 1.25 cable rating.
- Vince McMahon did a rare interview with Georg Szalai at the Hollywood Reporter. He's angry with TNA now because WWE is PG rated and they are TV-14: "My concern with TNA is not in terms of competition. My concern with TNA is that they are TV-14, and we are PG. They have to change with the times. I think some of the things they do on television are reprehensible, but it is a TV-14 rating. That's the only bone I have to pick with them. Their TV ratings are a fraction of ours." Well, there are plenty of things you could say that are wrong with TNA but a TV-14 rating is not one of them. On declining TV ratings: "Quite frankly our TV ratings have been very good. We averaged over a 4, I think, three weeks ago. Last week and the week before it was a bit less so because of a number of factors: how many people watched TV and one-off events. What you have to look at is our overall reach in the course of a week. On TV, we reach over 15 million people each and every week, 52 weeks a year." On UFC, he said WWE doesn't regard them as competition and thinks they have hurt boxing more than anyone. On WWE Films, he said the plan is do two to three theatricals a year, and six to seven direct-to-DVD titles. He said all of their movie projects have been profitable so far with the exception of The Condemned starring Steve Austin: "There are a lot of reasons for it, none of them relating to Steve." He talked about Europe being their largest market outside of North America, as well as venturing out to Australia and Asia: "Our biggest potential growth market is China; we are in three or four provinces there. We are growing our base that way -- brick by brick, just like we built the United States back in the syndication day." He said Mickey Rourke would be at Wrestlemania and Jericho will likely slap him in the face: "Sometimes such stuff does broaden our audience in terms of people talking about the event. But some of our highest (PPV) buys have been with our talent as the only celebrities." Kind of true although most of their biggest ever gorssing events had celeb cross-over.
- Poll results: What is your interest in Wrestlemania compared to 30 days ago?
More - 37% (464)
Less - 37% (454)
The Same - 26%
- Police in British Columbia said they have dropped their investigation over the altercation between Chris Jericho and a group of fans outside the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria on 2/7. Jericho was exiting the parking lot in his rental car when he was swarmed by fans and accused of punching a woman. Police spokesman Sgt. Grant Hamilton said there were too many conflicting stories over what happened to take the matter any further. "It's hard to determine who provoked who," he said. WWE never took the claims seriously and there were stories of Vince laughing off the incident when he found out.
- The 3/21 Smackdown house show in Little Rock, Arkansas drew 6,000 fans and $200,000.
The 3/21 WWE house show in Topeka, KS drew 5,500 fans.
- This morning on the Stern show, Robin Quivers said she has been exchanging text messages with Angle, and he had invited her out to dinner, but said she turned him down.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1954 - Former WWE referee Tim White was born
* 1989 - Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans defeated Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka
for the AWA tag titles
* 1993 - Promoter Wally Karbo died at 77
* 1996 - The Cyberpunks defeated Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich for the USWA
tag titles
