- Raw on 4/6 scored hours of 3.83 and 4.0, for a 3.92 cable rating and an average audience of 5.9 million viewers.
- Smackdown on 4/3 did a 1.9 broadcast rating.
- Sports Illustrated website has an article covering WrestleMania with
quotes from Roddy Piper, Jerry Lawler and Jimmy Hart. Piper said he never
thought he'd see the 25th anniversary. Piper mentioned how he didn't get
along with Hogan, Mr T and even Paul Orndorf at the first ever WrestleMania.
"This WrestleMania XXV is really important because this is the last one for
me. It's so big," Piper added. Lawler on the other hand is still waiting for
his first WrestleMania match. He claimed that Vince told him "that's a
travesty" when he pointed out he's been with the company for 16 years and
never wrestled a match at Mania. Vince promised him a match...and that was
two years ago!
- WorldWrestlingInsanity.com did an new interview up with "Hacksahw" Jim Duggan. On
TNA: "I never really watched TNA. I never really, was enemies with
(Jeff) Jarrett, but we never saw eye to eye. So I'd never function well
down there and I don't watch the program. But it's good for the talent
to have another place to go, but they're not really a competitor for the
WWE. They're more of an alternative for some of the fans to watch. But
they're a little bump in the road, actually."
- The Baltimore Sun interviewed Torrie Wilson
and asked her about rumors of joining TNA: "No. Nothing against TNA, but
WWE is where you would want to be in that industry. And, you know, I get
anxiety going to visit my mom on a plane now because I was just
traveling so much before [laughs]. So the thought of being gone even one
day a week doesn’t sound like something I want to do."
