Quick RAW Results: Molly Holly/Victoria over Gail Kim/Trish Stratus, Randy Orton over Val Venis, Chris Jericho over Shawn Michaels, Booker T over Test, and Kane vs. Rob Van Dam didn't have a finish.
The RAW crew was in San Jose, CA last night with the first match between Goldberg and Triple H. Tomorrow night, Smackdown will be taped in Fresno, CA. The pressure was on Coach tonight as he has big announcing shoes to fill while Jim Ross sells his burn injury. WWE plans to switch Heat and Velocity's timeslots this weekend to give the Smackdown PPV the normal Heat timeslot pre-PPV leadin.
WWE.com has an entry for day two of Ivory, Terri, and APA's visit to Kuwait. Bradshaw's new book Have More Money Now hits stores tomorrow. The Rock's movie "The Rundown" is running a trailer prior to Bad Boys II and has a release date of September 26. The UK's Guardian has an interview with Mick Foley about Tietam Brown.
WWE put out a press release to officially announce "WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain" for the PlayStation 2 with a scheduled Fall release. Smackdown game maker THQ disclosed the fact that the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an inquiry into some of their business practices.
AJ Styles did an interview for No Holds Barred at the recent Ring of Honor show, and discussed the differences between it and NWA TNA. Jeff Hardy posted an audio message on the OMEGA website, and there's also a transcript. Jeff Hardy was also interviewed after the Ring of the Honor show and he discussed WWE and the fans.
Warrior's recent speech to the "Conservative Student Conference" is available for online viewing. The Taipei Times has an article on Rikidozan's popularity in North Korea, and attempts to manipulate his image for propoganda. Tough Enough Hawk was recently spotted on Playboy TV's "Totally Busted" trying out for a reality show.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
RAW, Jeff Hardy, Warrior, Rikidozan Jul 21 - 11:45 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:59 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Raw Reax: Second batch of reaction to tonight's program from L.A.
- 11:18 pm WO: Feature: Wrestling Observer Live Hall of Fame special radio review
- 11:18 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Raw Reax: First batch of reaction to tonight's program from L.A.
- 11:10 pm PWT: Other News: Ultimate Warrior speech to air on C-SPAN2 at 11:15 ET tonight
- 10:01 pm PWT: TV Reports: 7/21 WWE Raw: Powell's virtual time coverage (hour two)
- 09:37 pm PWT: TV Reports: 7/21 WWE Raw: Powell's virtual time coverage (hour one)
- 09:05 pm TNA: Ask The Professor
- 06:04 pm PWT: Torch Today: 7/21 Afternoon Update: Rock's Movie, Warrior on C-SPAN, Micro Wrestling
- 05:55 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: WWF Raw: D-Lo Brown (w/Rock) pins Triple H - 5 Yrs Ago
- 05:53 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: WCW Nitro: Bret Hart vs. Dallas Page for U.S. Hvt. Title - 5 Yrs Ago
- 05:52 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: WCW Thunder: Hall refers to self as "Medium Sexy, Giant Killer" - 5 Yrs Ago
- 05:50 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: What it's Worth: "They Live" - A parable within a parable within a Piper
- 03:40 pm WWE: Superstars' tour of Kuwait continues
- 02:40 pm WO: Headline: First Monday update: Raw preview, NJ PPV, WWE Sunday plans, Foley, CZW, MLW TV, Fake Parka, Ultimate Warrior, Toryumon guys work California, and much more
- 02:38 pm WO: Headline: Biggest crowds in history and who and what drew them; WWE behind-the-scenes including backstage fight; IWA big show; details of today's Wrestling Observer, ordering info and specials this week only for new readers including free classic issues
- 02:36 pm WO: Headline: USA Pro Wrestling TV report
- 02:35 pm WO: Headline: Jeff Hardy talks about ROH, A.J. Styles interview as well
- 01:33 pm PWT: Torch Today: 7/21 Morning Update: Goldberg-Hunter, Foley, Australian WWE TV, Hardy
- 01:25 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Feud-O-Meter: The Best and Worst of Smackdown as of 7/17
- 01:24 pm PWT: WWE News: Heat and Velocity to switch timeslots next weekend due to PPV
- 12:57 pm PWT: WWE News: Lita, Trish, La Resistance interviewed by WWE crew - Byte This report
- 12:53 pm PWT: TNA News: A.J. Styles compares Ring of Honor to NWA-TNA
- 12:50 pm PWT: WWE News: Jeff Hardy compares Raw-Smackdown, his future, why he's upset
- 12:47 pm PWT: TV Reports: 7/20 WWE Heat review: Dreamer wins squash, Stevie explains happiness
- 12:43 pm PWT: Arena Reports: 7/20 WWE in San Jose: Triple H vs. Goldberg ends with clean pinfall
- 11:39 am LAW: Monday Update: Pride Announces 3 Matches, Triple Says "Who's Next?" and Josh Matthews and Ernest Miller have Heat!
- 11:00 am SLAM: THQ's Smackdown! a must have by JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 09:45 am WWE: Did he just f'n say that?
- 08:34 am YAHOO: ``WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain'' Announced Exclusively for PlayStation 2 by Business Wire
- 04:20 am WO: Feature: WWE Sunday Night Heat TV report
- 03:22 am WO: Headline: EMLL, OVW, HWA, TNA, Smackdown and RAW TV for week of July 15, 2002 (including this week's Shawn Michaels Hall of Fame argument) -- F4W Flashback
- 03:12 am WO: Headline: Pride makes three more matches official
- 03:11 am WO: Headline: WWE house show report 7-20 San Jose featuring the first HHH vs. Goldberg match
