Quick Smackdown Results: Eddy Guerrero over Chris Benoit via DQ, Chris Benoit/Tajiri over Eddy Guerrero/Rhyno, Nunzio over Zach Gowen, John Cena over Undertaker, Jamie Noble over Doug Basham, Charlie Haas over Rey Mysterio, and Brock Lesnar vs. Vince McMahon didn't have a winner.
Diamond Dallas Page, Molly Holly and Rey Mysterio Jr. were all guests on this afternoon's Byte This!.
Beer.com has an interview with their 2001 Beer Girl and former Women's Champion Gail Kim.
WWE Magazine plans to be in attendance at the FAN SLAM! connvention on August 23 in Totowa, NJ.
WWE was the top sports related audio/video search according to the Singingfish Streaming Media Report.
CircleID has an article asking Do Domain Names Matter, and one of the domain names they look at is wwf.com.
Mick Foley, his son Dewey and daughter Noel, and Al Snow were on the air together with Get in the Ring radio, discussing Foley's book, Tough Enough (including the Bob Holly controversy), and even the Mean Street Posse.
WO has a report from Mick Foley's book signing in Kansas City, MO which included a book reading, Al Snow jokes and an audience Q&A.
Al Snow has been working indy shows lately because he's presently classified as an announcer, and like Lawler, he has more scheduling freedom.
Randy Savage is releasing a rap music CD, and discussed it with 1wrestling.com. He also talked about the deaths of Miss Elizabeth and Curt Hennig, a challenge to Hulk Hogan, and the possibility of working at Wrestlemania XX.
Hulk Hogan called into Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show this morning to respond to Randy Savage's rap song challenge, and to discuss plans for a possible farewell tour with Clear Channel Communications.
SLAM's Jason Clevett checked in with his second on the road diary entry about a Bret Hart autograph signing.
Ring of Honor had to announce the cancellation of Raven vs. CM Punk hair vs. hair match stipulation on September 6 due to "contractual obligations" to NWA TNA, but to make up for it, Raven has now made it a Clockwork Orange House Of Fun in a Steel Cage match.
Mad Mikey (Crash Holly) did an interview with Get in the Ring discussing leaving WWE, working with Russo, the hardcore title and Vince McMahon.
There are off air notes and Xplosion spoilers from last night's NWA TNA PPV.
XPW promoter and Extreme Associates, Inc. member Robert "Rob Black" Zicari and his wife Janet "Lizzie Borden" Romano have been indicted by federal authorities in Pittsburgh for allegedly sending obscene movies, containing depictions of murder, rape and other violent acts, to a Pittsburgh area address.
Dusty Rhodes will be holding 3 day pro wrestling camps in Philadelphia, PA, and Dallax, TX, with more dates to be announced.
The Algonquin Countryside has a piece on the Pro Championship Wrestling Inc. school and what it takes to become a wrestler.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Smackdown, Kim, Savage, Hogan, Foley Aug 07 - 11:54 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:53 pm PWT: Special Features: New Audio: Fascinating, personal audio interview with Heyman at age 26 - VIP Alert
- 11:51 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/7 Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.1 (Hr.2)
- 11:20 pm WWE: With friends like Brock, who needs enemies?
- 10:56 pm PWT: TV Reports: Burgan's Cheap Pops! WWE Fun Page
- 10:55 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/7 Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.1 (Hr.1)
- 08:59 pm WO: Feature: Detalied WWE business issue, top salaries, where profits come from, costs, Details from Australia, Elizabeth's death, WWE injuries; Details of the August 11 Wrestling Observer, ordering info and how to get free classics
- 08:59 pm WO: Headline: Detalied WWE business issue, top salaries, where profits come from, costs, Details from Australia, Elizabeth's death, WWE injuries; Details of the August 11 Wrestling Observer, ordering info and how to get free classics
- 06:35 pm WWE: Bang! Pop! DDP, Mysterio on Byte This!
- 06:15 pm PWT: Other News: Strap On, Strap Off; Latest Title Changes, This Week in History
- 05:29 pm PWT: Other News: Rob Black of XPW indicted on illegal pornography charges
- 04:37 pm PWT: WWE News: Smackdown HOLT Report: In-person notes from this week's tapings
- 04:34 pm WO: Headline: Hair match canceled
- 04:05 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/7 Afternoon Update: Unforgiven matches, DDP, Savage, Smackdown
- 04:03 pm LAW: Thursday Update: Smackdown preview, SAVAGE TO MAKE A RAP ALBUM!!, Bustamante replaces Arona, Hogan Retirement (insert laugh here) and New Japan Tokyo Dome news
- 03:53 pm PWT: TNA News: Torch Staff NWA-TNA PPV Roundtable Scores
- 03:42 pm PWT: TNA News: Interview Highlights: Mad Mikey (formerly known as Crash Holly)
- 03:40 pm PWT: WWE News: Interview Highlights: Mick Foley and Al Snow on Get in the Ring
- 03:17 pm PWT: WWE News: SummerSlam Line-Up Announced - RVD vs. Kane, Taker vs. A-Train
- 02:24 pm PWT: Special Features: NWA-TNA Coverage: Keller's Report and Torch Roundtable - VIP UPDATE
- 02:19 pm WO: Headline: First Thursday update: Smackdown tonight, Pride show finalized, Next Tokyo Dome announced, Unforgiven preview?, Nash-Jericho hair match, best selling books and tons more
- 02:17 pm WO: Headline: Win an Observer subscription in Pride pick'em contest
- 02:12 pm WO: Headline: Report from Mick Foley's latest book signing
- 02:10 pm WO: Headline: Todd Martin looks at Sunday's Pride show
- 02:08 pm WO: Headline: Mick Foley interview and Al Snow talks about famous Bob Holly incident
- 02:04 pm WO: Headline: Mad Mikey interview
- 12:55 pm PWT: Other News: Hulk Hogan talks about doing a live tour sponsored by Clear Channel
- 12:50 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: Should Goldberg win title at SSlam? Here's reax to his WCW Title reign
- 12:30 pm SLAM: Jason's Saskatoon Diary: Day 2 - Hitman a hit by JASON CLEVETT
- 12:30 pm SLAM: TNA: Rage in the cage, clubberin' is a comin' by DONNIE ABREU
- 10:34 am LAW: "THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION"
- 04:31 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/2 NWA Wildside TV review: Onyx, Jeremy Rave, Jimmy V
- 04:30 am WO: Headline: Two days on the road backstage with WWE: Special F4W~! collector's issue
- 04:30 am WO: Feature: Two days on the road backstage with WWE: Special F4W~! collector's issue
- 02:00 am PWT: PPV Reports: 8/6 NWA-TNA PPV review: What was TNA's PPV worth this week?
