The RAW crew was in Evansville, IN last night with Kane over Rob Van Dam, and both Scotty 2 Hotty and Mark Henry on the card.
The RAW crew is in Lexington, KY tonight, and in Fort Wayne, IN tomorrow night.
The Smackdown crew in Minneapolis, MN tonight, for a show expected to draw about 10,000 people, and tomorrow night they're in Hamilton, ON.
WWE donated $15,000 to help preserve the state of Minnesota's civics primer for school children, now featuring Brock Lesnar on the cover.
The Torch has notes on the possible Unforgiven PPV main event and the storyline building up to it.
Dave Meltzer ammended yesterday's news on OVW call-ups to WWE, saying Rob Conway is starting soon, but there are no plans for Johnny Jeter right now.
WO has Scott Williams' article on recent WWE personality authored books including Tietam Brown, JR's cookbook, and Bradshaw's financial planning book.
IGN has more movies from WWE RAW 2 for the Xbox.
In his column this week, Bret Hart discusses meeting up with Jim Neidhart again, and being named both a member of "Greatest tag team in the history of the WWF" by PWI, as well as "Greatest Intercontinental Champion." Oh, and WWE fans also voted him the greatest World Champion, too, and Edge even told him he's Kurt Angle's favorite wrestler. I'm sure Bret's "Most Modest Wrestler" award will be arriving soon, too.
Sean Waltman wrote an open letter to fans explaining his side of the Joanie Laurer/Celebrity Justice situation.
Last night's K-1 show featured an angle between Mike Tyson and Bob Sapp to set up a future match between the two.
Jeremy Borash posted his latest Notes from the Inside column. New York City and Philadelphia viewers may have access to Xplosion soon, which now has a new look. The one cent PPV is September 10 for those with InDemand PPV, while DirecTV viewers will have a special 9.95 PPV with the Best of TNA Championship matches. The Ultimate X match will feature two highwires crossing in the center of the ring with the X title hanging above. Ballpark Brawl will take place in Buffalo, NY next Sunday with the Buffalo Bisons baseball game. TNA's Super X Tournament will include Johnny Storm, Juventud Guerrera and Nosawa. Abyss may become a big part of TNA in the future. Christopher Daniels will team with Legend against Jeff Jarrett and Erik Watts, AMW will face Simon/Swinger in a double bullrope match,
Slim_Hoss was kind enough to contribute his rather funny Hoss Report to the site, and it's worth a read. That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Lesnar, Hart, Waltman, Sapp/Tyson, TNA Aug 16 - 11:16 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 07:48 pm PWT: GUTTMAN'S TAKE: JG's Saturday Notebook - Steph's Train Ride, Piper's Disney Ride, Random Ranting
- 05:17 pm WO: Feature: WWE Smackdown TV report
- 04:00 pm SLAM: Final chapter for Booker T? by TJ MADIGAN
- 03:14 pm WO: Headline: First Saturday update: G-1 update; Lesson from last night; Smackdown rescheduling; Whebbe funeral; WWE callups, plus notes from around the world
- 03:10 pm PWT: Ask the Torch: Keller on WWE Style, Pillman-Sullivan, Split-Brand PPVs, Old PPVs
- 03:10 pm WO: Headline: One of biggest issues ever; Hall of Fame preview, profiles on all candidates; Pride controversies in depth; Foley writes about his reviews; Waltman-Laurer; details of the Aug. 18 Wrestling Observer and specials this week for huge set of issues
- 03:06 pm WO: Headline: Scott Williams on Mick Foley book reviews; and a look at Ross & Bradshaw's new releases
- 03:04 pm WO: Headline: IWA Puerto Rico TV report
- 03:03 pm WO: Headline: IPW Hardcore TV report
- 03:01 pm WO: Headline: WCW Classics TV report
- 02:59 pm WO: Headline: Memphis Championship Wrestling TV report
- 02:30 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/16 Afternoon Update: Ray Whebbe, TNA, Ultimate X, Unforgiven, ICP
- 02:04 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Last Call with Mallory: Steph-A-Train, Ventura, Chyna-X-Pac, VKM Pay
- 11:42 am LAW: Saturday Update: Raw results from Evansville, Motorhead on WWE TV tonight, Monster Pride rating, G-1 Results, Ventura show cut down!
- 02:41 am WO: Headline: WWE house show report 8-15 Evansville
- 01:36 am WO: Headline: Sapp-Tyson pro wrestling angle highlights K-1 show
- 01:33 am LAW: Friday Update: East Coast misses out on Stephanie Vs A-Train, K-1 PPV Results w/Mike Tyson, Potential OVW call ups, 10,000 expected at WWE House show and more!
