- The Sun reported the death of Andrew "Test" Martin as being from accidental Oxycodone intoxication.
- The 2009 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony airing on the USA Network this past Saturday scored a final 1.8 cable rating with 2.58 million viewers.
- For the week ending 4/5, RAW ranked #1 and #2 among the top 15 cable programs.
- Jim Ross is being moved from doing actual play-by-play to do color
commentary believe it or not as Todd Grisham took over the Smackdown main commentary during the tapings with Ross doing the analyst role. "I actually like it and had a good time with working in the new role at WM25. I will assume this role again this Friday on SmackDown, working with Todd Grisham, and it is a work in progress but I think that in time, hopefully Sooner than later, that I will nail it," Ross explained in one of his blog updates. "The
old school play by play role is considered obsolete in WWE these days as the broadcasters are more story tellers than play by play people or color commentators. I look at this repositioning as a challenge and one that I look forward to refining," he added. Josh Matthews is currently doing ECW play-by-play but obviously everything can - and probably will - change with the draft coming up.
- The Honky Tonk Man comments on his WWE Hall of Fame Weekend:
"To all my fans, I had a great time at the WrestleMania & HOF weekend events. I was humbled to be with such greats of wrestling history and to be part of history. I was honoured and very excited to induct Koko into the Hall of Fame and I hope you all enjoyed it. I made sure to take my time so the words I spoke were absorbed by the fans and to make sure the induction was for Koko and not about HTM. I'd also like to say thank you to every Diva,
wrestler, Legend, Hall of Famer and office personnel who showed me nothing but the up most respect."
- Hulk Hogan was back in court today in Clearwater, FL asking a judge to stop Linda's boyfriend Charlie Hill from driving his vehicles. Hogan's attorney David Houston was quoted as saying: "We're worried everyday that Charlie Hill is driving those vehicles... It's just crazy. It's like dumping gas on a house, lighting a match and hoping it won't go up."
- TNA Wrestling has won an MI6 award yesterday for their "Suicide Is Born"
campaign which featured the arrival the arrival and crossover of Suicide to
TNA from the "iMPACT!" videogame. TNA scooped up the "Thinking Outside the
Box - Marketing" award which were held yesterday in San Francisco, CA. The
MI6 Awards recognize excellence in the marketing in the gaming space and
TNA's competition were campaigns by Electronic Arts, Xbox, Activision, 2K
Sports, and Ubisoft.
- The 4/8 edition of The Ultimate Fighter did a 1.1 cable rating.
