Quick Smackdown Results: Rey Mysterio Jr/Kidman over Matt Hardy/Shannon Moore, Billy Gunn over Jamie Noble, Eddy Guerrero over Rhyno, APA over FBI, Big Show/Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin over Kurt Angle/Brock Lesnar/Zach Gowen.

Ratings Summary

• RAW: 4.2 (4.0 / 4.4) Up from 3.8 (3.7 / 4.0 / 6 Share)
• Heat: 1.1 (2.2 Share) Down from 1.1 (2.1 Share)
• Velocity: 0.9 (1.8 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.4 Share)
• Confidential: 0.7 (1.6 Share) Up from 0.7 (1.4 Share)

The two hours of RAW placed third and fourth on cable last week behind the New England 300 Auto Race, and Home Run Derby. Smackdown will "take over Heat" this weekend so they'll have a pre-PPV show. Emedia.com has a report on WWE's tour of Asia and their show in Bangkok, Thailand last week. The Rock was spotted watching Bad Boys II in Vancouver.

Mick Foley did an interview for BBC’s Radio 2 about his novel Tietam Brown, hooking, and a bunch of other subjects. 1wrestling has a recap of part one of Joltin' Joe's interview with AJ Styles about Russo, WWE, and his feud with D'Lo Brown. Pro Wrestling Radio interviewed Bobby Heenan and discussed Hulk Hogan, the RAW X show, differences between WCW and WWE, and being a manager. Steve Corino was a guest on Between the Ropes and discussed MLW, legal problems, Zero One, and his upcoming MLW title defense against Mike Awesome.

There are live notes and Xplosion spoilers from NWA TNA last night. Documentary The Backyard will hit theaters in Los Angeles, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Cleveland and Denver on September 5. The Niles Herald-Spectator has a look at what it takes to make it to WWE from the perspective of some World Wrestling Zone wrestlers.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.