The RAW crew is in Evansville, IN tonight, and Lexington, KY tomorrow night. The Smackdown crew will be in Minneapolis, MN tomorrow night.
WWE says events this weekend will proceed as scheduled with no cancellations due to blackouts.
Yesterday's Byte This ended after only a few minutes due to the power outages.
Tomorrow night's Confidential will cover the new Evolution theme by Motorhead, Ivory's past, Kurt Angle's visit to a Japanese spa, a Torrie Wilson photoshoot, Bradshaw "Outside the Ropes," and John Cena's vault pick: Bossman vs. The Mountie in Summerslam 1991's Jailhouse Match.
Last week's two hours of RAW ranked #1 and #2 in the cable ratings.
In the overnight ratings, UPN ranked fifth for the two hours of Smackdown with a 4.3 (7 Share).
Bradshaw is starting his book tour with his first stop tomorrow in Bloomington, MN.
Chris Jericho was on last night's Tom Green Show discussing wrestling and Canadian life.
Rob Van Dam did a recorded phone ad for Suncoast video telling customers of recent WWE DVD releases.
Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette has an article on Stacy Keibler and her success in wrestling.
The Evansville Courier & Press has an article on Ivory and her thoughts on wrestling as a profession.
IGN reports that Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain does include the Women's Title.
Jim Cornette responded to a rumor that WWE and OVW were changing their relationship on the OVW website, denying any truth to the report.
The Torch responded to Cornette saying he must have been given faulty second hand information about what they reported in their newsletter.
And speaking of OVW, Dave Meltzer notes that Rob Conway and Johnny Jeter may be brought up to WWE soon.
Bobby Heenan is not only working on a second book, but doctors have deemed him cancer free after recent MRI exams.
The Interactive Interview spoke with Bruno Sammartino about his long career, including his title reigns and retirement.
Alex Marvez did an interview with Joey Styles about working for MLW and ECW, as well as an interview with Konnan about his work in NWA TNA, his back, and the state of Mexican style wrestling.
A tabloid journalist who reported on the hospitalization of Tony "Ludvig Borga" Halme has been suspended after calling a rival newspaper claiming to be Halme's friend and reporting Halme's condition as much more serious than it actually was.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
OVW, Stacy, Ivory, Konnan, Heenan, Halme Aug 15 - 11:42 pm EDT
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- 03:44 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/15 Afternoon Update 3: Jericho-Tom Green, Detroit, AMW, Mark Henry
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- 03:19 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Lipinski's Lounge: Public Service for those lucky to miss Smackdown
- 02:45 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/15 Afternoon Update 2: Smackdown airings, ROH Connecticut, Jason-Freddie
- 02:44 pm PWT: POWELL'S TAKE: Smackdown Hitlist: McMahon, Lesnar, Haas & Benjamin
- 02:21 pm WO: Headline: Detailed rundown of the greatest tournament ever and why the IC Title changed hands on the road: This week's F4W~!
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- 01:50 pm WO: Interview: Alex Marvez interviews Charles "Konnan" Ashenoff
- 01:26 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/15 Afternoon Update: Heenan, Hogan, Henry, Ventura, Bischoff, OVW
- 10:40 am WWE: Bradshaw kicks off book tour
- 12:15 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/14 Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.1 (Hr.2)
