Quick NWA TNA Results: America's Most Wanted over Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger, Michael Shane over Shark Boy/Joey Matthews/Danny Doring, Kid Kash over Larry Zbyszko, Chris Sabin vs. Frankie Kazarian was a no contest, and AJ Styles over D'Lo Brown.
There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Kelwona, BC. RAW's first hour finished #1 in last week's cable ratings. DDP will be a special guest on tomorrow's Byte This!
1wrestling has updates on the health of Booker T, Kevin Nash and Chris Nowinski. Big Show called into Bubba the Love Sponge's show this morning, and he discussed Goldberg, Hogan's departure, and feuding with Brock Lesnar. Edge updated his WWE.com commentary, with stories from his latest trip and his first post-surgery appearance.
98 KUPD, longtime Phoenix radio station supporter of WWE, has a Summerslam card posted. Howard Stern discussed working with WWE on his show this morning, saying if they had something fun for him to do, he'd consider it. Motorhead issued a statement about performing Evolution's theme song and promise future news about an official release.
As mentioned on RAW, WWE set a new attendance record for the Sydney Superdome beating the Rolling Stones' February appearance by 362 people. Shopzone is offering autographed copies of JR's Cookbook. IGN has a preview for Playstation 2's Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain. Playboy credited some of their revenue growth to May's issue featuring Torrie Wilson.
Finally, there's a wrestler for the computer geek: The Hacker. Josh Lessard discussed his character and the inspiration behind it with SLAM. And, of course, he has his own website. Jason Clevett is keeping an on the road diary for SLAM while he travels with several Pro Outlaw Wrestling wrestlers.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
NWA TNA, JR, Nash, Stern, Motorhead Aug 06 - 11:54 pm EDT
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Today's News Headlines
- 10:58 pm WO: Feature: NWA TNA PPV report, Diamond & Swinger steal belts but AMW steals show
- 10:19 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: More passionate discussion about Undertaker vs. Cena at Vengeance
- 10:17 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Feud-O-Meter: The Best and Worst of Raw as of 8/4
- 06:41 pm LAW: Wednesday Update: NWA TNA Preview, Nash is going bald, Raw rating, Pride Grand Prix news including Arona status, Booker T injured and more!
- 04:53 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: A Day With the Cripper: Waxing Nostalgic
- 04:49 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Constructive Criticism: Turning WWE house show business around
- 04:37 pm YAHOO: Playboy Trims 2Q Loss Amid Revenue Growth by Associated Press
- 04:05 pm SLAM: Jason's Saskatoon Diary: Day 1 - Road Rules by JASON CLEVETT
- 03:12 pm WO: Headline: First Wednesday update: NWA TNA preview, Pride tourney update, Stern on Vince, TV for next week, Santo, show worth going out of your way to see and lawsuit against TNA
- 02:59 pm WO: Headline: Hogan's early career and myths, records in danger this week, Booking change at Vengeance, details of this week's Wrestling Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get free copies of classic issues
- 02:55 pm WO: Headline: Dan Wahlers on history of SummerSlam
- 02:53 pm WO: Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 02:51 pm WO: Headline: Chris Sabin interview
- 01:45 pm WWE: Get your autographed copy of J.R.'s Cookbook
- 11:15 am SLAM: The Hacker lives the gimmick by COREY DAVID LACROIX - SLAM! Wrestling
- 10:43 am PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: ECW TV: RVD, Sabu, Taz, Douglas, Heyman, Lynn - 5 Yrs Ago
- 10:41 am PWT: Torch Feedback: Reader thoughts on Mitchell's "Meat Puppets" column - 5 Yrs Ago
- 10:39 am PWT: WWE News: 8/5 WWE Smackdown tapings in Kelwona, B.C.: Full results
- 10:36 am PWT: Torch Feedback: Keller's Take Reax: Readers rip on Taker for his dominance of Cena
- 10:23 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: Office Politics: The Kane Mutiny or McMoments in Time, Top Three Stars of the Week
- 10:09 am YAHOO: Playboy Narrows Second-Quarter Loss by Associated Press
- 09:10 am TNA: Notes From Backstage
- 04:09 am WO: Headline: Smackdown spoilers from Kelowna
