RAW/SmackDown! News, Jannetty No-Shows, Trish/Orton; More



– The Raw show line-ups for house shows roughly have Batista vs. Triple H with Ric Flair working on top, Shawn Michaels vs. Edge, Kane vs. Hassan, Shelton Benjamin vs. Christian vs. Chris Jericho for the I.C. title, Chris Benoit vs. Tyson Tomko, William Regal & Tajiri vs. La Resistance for the tag titles, Victoria vs. Trish Stratus for the women’s title, Hurricane vs. Chris Masters and Val Venis vs. Viscera.

– The Smackdown show line-ups for house shows roughly have JBL vs. John Cena on top, Undertaker vs. Heidenreich, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Big Show vs. The Bashams & Kurt Angle, Booker T vs. Rene Dupree, Charlie Haas vs. Luther Reigns, Paul London vs. Billy Kidman vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Spike Dudley for the Cruiserweight title, Scotty 2 Hotty & Funaki vs. Akio & Shannon Moore, Nunzio vs. Mark Jindrak, and Carlito & Dawn Marie vs. Hardcore Holly & Torrie Wilson.

– Trish Stratus has apparently replaced Randy Orton on the cover box of the upcoming Wrestlemania 21 DVD.

– Marty Jannetty no-showed one of his final indie dates over the weekend. He was booked to work for Southern Championship Wrestling at the Nashville Fairgrounds. The rumor making the rounds was that rival promoter, Bert Prentice, called the WWE and said something which led to his no-show. The next SCW event at the Fairgrounds is 5/14 with Terry Funk and Sid Vicious.

– The WWE are releasing a special 96-page ECW magazine on 5/31 to coincide with the One Night Stand PPV. The mag contains a written introduction from Paul Heyman, a complete history of matches and landmark events as well as features on the wrestlers, women and fans.

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