Ratings, Laurer, Dupre, Sapp, TNA Aug 12 - 11:37 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

RAW scored a 3.9 rating last night, down from last week's 4.0. The overrun for Goldberg vs. Flair was only a 4.5, down from 5+ overruns the past three weeks. There are off air notes and Heat spoilers from last night's RAW. The Quad Cities Visitors Information Bureau were happy with the free publicity holding RAW in Moline, IL brought them. The Smackdown crew was in Kansas City, MO last night, with Kurt Angle over Brock Lesnar and Big Show. Tonight, Smackdown is being taped in St. Louis, MO.

Madison Square Garden's website lists Wrestlemania ticket prices, with "Platinum Ringside Seats" selling at $754.50. The cheapest seats for the event are upper deck seats at $54.50, and tickets go on sale September 27. An article in USA Today is critical of Vince McMahon for taking a salary increase of 8.5%, when the stock is down 37%. Of course, much of Vince's pay is from his character appearances and his occasional big match. The WWE Diva Search is now narrowed to four finalists. The winner will be announced in an August 24 (1am EDT) live webcast the night before Summerslam. ESPN.com's Jeff Merron list the XFL as biggest sports bust ever.

Former WWF Creative Director Bill Thrash discussed his time in the company with Mike Mooneyham, including his most famous contribution: The Undertaker. CanadaEast.com has an article on La Resistance's Rene Dupre and his wrestling success at a young age. Thursday's Byte This guest will be Nunzio, with a call-in from Dawn Marie. WrestleBreakdown.com did an interview with Barry "Bull" Buchanan about his time in WWE and possibly working for NWA TNA.

According to last night's Celebrity Justice show, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer has obtained an order of protection against her former fiance Shawn "X-Pac" Waltman. Laurer claims Waltman choked and beat her, threatened suicide, and she is now in hiding from him, although she appeared at a comic book show in Chicago, IL over the weekend. Bob Sapp was on The Tonight Show last night to promote Friday's K-1 PPV. Hulk Hogan's 50th birthday was mentioned on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" last night.

NWA TNA updated their PPV preview for tomorrow night, adding AJ Styles defending the NWA Title against Low Ki. Also on the card are Raven vs. Shane Douglas, America's Most Wanted/Dusty Rhodes vs. Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger/Glenn Gilberti, Michael Shane vs. Frankie Kazarian in a ladder match to determine the #1 X Title contender, Jerry Lynn vs. Elix Skipper, and 3 Live KRew vs. Devon Storm/Vampire Warrior/Sinn. Plus Kid Kash may disrespect another legend, and they'll have footage from after last week's PPV went off the air.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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