Miss Elizabeth's autopsy results ruled the cause of her death "acute toxicity" due to an accidental overdose of pills an alcohol. They didn't find any signs of suicide or foul play.
Smackdown scored a 3.4 last night, the same rating it's drawn the past 2 weeks. Smackdown helped UPN rank fourth in the overnight ratings for last night. Tomorrow night, the Smackdown crew is in Calgary, AB. Last night, the RAW crew was in Sydney, Australia with Rob Van Dam over Kane via DQ. They have a second show in Sydney tomorrow night before returning to the United States. Kevin Nash was scheduled for the show, but did not wrestle due to fainting earlier in the day at his hotel's lobby. Ric Flair made it to Australia a bit late and wrestled Shawn Michaels on the show.
WWE will hold its annual stockholders meeting on September 19 at the Westin Hotel in Stamford, CT. Miami's UPN 33 did a profile on Hurricane after last night's Smackdown. A few people are protesting WWE for not having enough black female wrestlers, even though they have 3 on the roster.
Ring of Honor is expanding into new states with shows scheduled for Dayton, OH, Fairfield, CT and Glen Burnie, MD. Raven and CM Punk will wrestle in a hair vs. hair steel cage match at the ROH Cambridge, MA show on September 6. Memphis Wrestling held a special Thursday night show with Ron Killings debut.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Elizabeth, Nash, Flair, Hurricane, ROH Aug 01 - 11:48 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
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- 09:16 pm PWT: WWE News: Rating for last night's Smackdown stays consistent
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