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The PPV numbers are in for WrestleMania 24, and they are considerably lower than wwe and Floyd Mayweather expected. WrestleMania 24 drew 1,058,000 buys which works out to $23.8 million. This is less than last year’s 1,200,000 buys and $24.4 million for WrestleMania 23. The numbers were released this morning with WWE’s first quarter earnings report, which had the company listed as pulling in $19.5 million in net earnings over the first quarter of 2008.

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PASSED AWAY-
Joe Price, the 37 year old NWA promoter in Florida, passed away on 3/7. He had been battling cancer for years.
source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

RESULTS-
Hustle 29 results from Osaka, Japan, on March 20: "Hustle Buzzsaw" TAJIRI , "Hustle Supernova" KUSHIDA and £Ü(^o^)£¯ Chie defeated Kidata Low 2008 , Dark Von Maestro Ein and Dark Von Maestro Zwei. "Hustle General" Genichiro Tenryu and "Super Cyborg" Ryouji Sai defeated "Monster K'" Kohei Sato and The Monster C. Ginga Iketani and The Great Sasuke defeated Anjo Shireichoukan and Giant Vabo. "Monster K" Toshiaki Kawada and "Fire Monster" Shinjiro Otani defeated HG and RG. Bob "The Beast" Sapp defeated Bono-chan.
Source: slam wrestling

FIRST SHOW-
Steve Corino's new promotion NWA 3000 will have their first show on 5/3 in Limerick, PA.
source: gerweck.net

SELLING-
ROHwrestling.com is now selling a SHIMMER Women Athletes poster.
source: gerweck.net

DECLARED!
Governor Chet Culver of Iowa has declared 4/3 as Frank Gotch Day in the State. The date will mark the 100th anniversary of the Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt match in Chicago, IL.
source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

ON THE LINE-
The ROH Title will be on the line this Saturday night at the FIP show in Crystal River, Florida as Nigel McGuinness takes on Larry Sweeney.
source: gerweck.net

HAS ADDED-
The Sports Legacy Institute has added Rob Van Dam and Booker T (as Booker Huffman) to its advisory board. The Sports Legacy Institute has been spear headed by former WWE superstar Chris Nowinski.
source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

TOURNAMENT-
In the New Japan Cup tournament, Giant Bernard faces Toru Yano in one semifinal. The other semifinal will have the winner of Friday night's matches with Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Togi Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi meeting.
Source: wrestlingobserver.com

WRESTLING AS-
Barry Darsow's son Dakota Darsow has started wrestling in the Midwest. Darsow wrestled in the WWF as Demolition Smash.
source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

HAS-
NCW on 5/3 in York, PA has Jim Neidhart, Axl Rotten, Doink the Clown and Ricky Morton at the County School of Technology
Source: wrestlingobserver.com

AUTOGRAPH SESSION!
Al Snow and Luke Williams of the Bushwhackers/Sheepherders have an autograph session on 4/19 at the Bud Carson Pro Wrestling World in Allentown from 10 a.m. to Noon and at George's Cards and Collectibles in Levittown later that day from 2-4 p.m.
Source: wrestlingobserver.com

USED-
Lacey Von Erich used the family trademark the claw at an independent show in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey. That must have been an interesting site.
source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter