- The Associated Press posted a story regarding WrestleMania which a lot of
online newspaper websites picked up giving WWE some extra free advertising
going in their most important weekend of the year. The story was done with
the help of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan, who was interviewed over the phone
for it. Hogan talks about slamming Andre The Giant, his match with The Rock
at WrestleMania 18 and other WM moments. "It's kind of interesting, that was
going to be the nail in my coffin. It turned out to be the fountain of youth
for me," Hogan said referring to how the fans at the Sky Dome reacted to him
at WrestleMania 18.
- The 4/11 Billboard Magazine Top 10 Recreational Sports DVD's in terms of sales is:
1. NFL: Super Bowl XLIII Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers; 2. WWE: No Way Out 2009; 3. UFC 91: Couture
Vs. Lesnar; 4. WWE: The Best Of Saturday Night's Main Event; 5. UFC 90: Silva Vs. Cote;
6. WWE: Royal Rumble 2009; 7. WWE: Hell In A Cell; 8. UFC: 88: Breakthrough; 9. WWE: The Best Of Raw:
15th Anniversary 1993-2008; and 10. WWE: Summerslam: The Complete Anthology: Volume 1 - 1988-1992.
- Poll results: Who is going to win at Wrestlemania?
Cena - 57%
Big Show - 19%
Edge - 25%
- Impact on 4/2 scored a 1.33 cable rating with an average audience of 1.97 million viewers.
- EZ Money (Jason Broyles) was the victim of an arson attack on 3/30. His trailer was destroyed causing several thousand dollars worth of damage.
- Wednesday night's Ultimate Fight Night drew a 1.4 rating. Ultimate Fighter debut right after did a 1.3 rating.
- Glenn Kulka, 45, who had a brief run with WWE in the late 90s, was knocked out by Bruno Hosier in a MMA fight on 3/28 in Quebec. Kulka has nicknamed himself The Kulkster.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1903 - Tom Jenkins defeated Dan McLeod for the American Heavyweight
title
* 1908 - Frank Gotch defeated George Hammerschmid for the World
Heavyweight title
* 1965 - Gorilla Monsoon & Bill Watts defeated Gene Kiniski & Waldo Von
Erich for the WWWF tag titles
* 1969 - Lance Storm was born
* 1993 - Don Muraco defeated the Sandman for the ECW title
* 1995 - Razor Ramon defeated Bill Dundee for the USWA Heavyweight title
* 1995 - Alundra Blaze defeated Bull Nakano for the WWF Women's title
* 2000 - Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Jericho for the WWF European
title
* 2000 - Crash Holly defeated Hardcore Holly for the WWF Hardcore title
* 2001 - Triple H defeated Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental
title
