Quick Smackdown Results: Rey Mysterio over Matt Hardy, Basham Brothers over Jamie Noble/Billy Gunn, Zach Gowen over Brock Lesnar via DQ, John Cena/A-Train over Undertaker/Orlando Jordan, Eddy Guerrero/Rhyno over Chris Benoit/Tajiri, and Kurt Angle over Big Show.
WWE signed NWA TNA/ROH regular Alexis Laree to a developmental deal and she'll head to OVW soon.
Nielsen isn't counting ratings between Thursday and Saturday last week due to the blackout.
Undertaker is scheduled for tonight's Jimmy Kimmel show.
TSN interviewed Mick Foley about his novel and his lingering wrestling pains.
Todd Martin at WO has written a literary critique of Tietam Brown.
There's also a fan's report on a low turnout Mick Foley book signing.
Bubba the Love Sponge and Hulk Hogan are selling Hogan's Wrestlemania 18 boots on Ebay.
Both Darren Drozdov and the late Brian Pillman were both on the list of players the CFL can not find for their pension plans, but I'm sure by now someone has updated their status.
Michael Shane, Frankie Kazarian and Chris Sabin didn't get much practice with the Ultimate X format because of a problem with the initial setup using poles instead of scaffolding.
There are some off air notes, Xplosion spoilers and X Division tournament taping results from last night's NWA TNA show.
Ring of Honor has stripped Amazing Red and AJ Styles of their tag team championship after Amazing Red's latest knee injury suffered in Japan.
Elix Skipper will be taking Amazing Red's place on the Japan tour as Extreme Blade.
Spike plans to continue its King of Colosseum wrestling game series for Playstation 2, and if there is demand, they made produce additional Fire Pro Wrestling games.
The San Antonio Current has a cover article on the Universal Wrestling Association Training Academy focusing on a couple of their students.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Smackdown, Laree, Foley, Hogan, Red Aug 21 - 11:43 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:44 pm WO: Headline: Most talked about issue of the year, 2003 Hall of Fame, What's wrong with Raw, Tyson-Sapp details, huge profiles of legends, details of August 25 Wrestling Observer, ordering info and history specials for this week
- 11:35 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/21 Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.1 (Hr.2)
- 10:54 pm PWT: TV Reports: Burgan's Cheap Pops! Triple H Elimination Chamber Flow Chart
- 10:42 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/21Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.1 (Hr.1)
- 05:19 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/16 NWA Wildside TV review: Dark City Soldiers vs. Cutting Edge
- 05:09 pm PWT: WWE News: Mick Foley book signing draw disappointing crowd, but Foley entertains
- 05:06 pm PWT: TNA News: 8/20 TNA HOLT report: What the crowd saw that PPV viewers didn't
- 04:56 pm PWT: Special Features: Excerpt of Newly Posted Jim Cornette Torch Talk from 1993 - VIP ALERT
- 04:44 pm PWT: Special Features: Latest Complete Torch Newsletter from 10 Years Ago This Week Now Posted! - VIP ALERT
- 03:33 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/21 Afternoon Update 2: Piper and Nash movies, Lesnar, Siaki, Nathan Jones
- 03:08 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: NWA-TNA Reax: Second batch of positive reviews for TNA PPV
- 02:51 pm WO: Headline: First Thursday update: Smackdown preview, Raw ratings, SummerSlam change official, Tyson stories, Yoshida update, MLW big show, Red injured and ROH repercussions, Smackdown preemptions, Inoki meets with foreign leader tomorrow and much more
- 02:49 pm WO: Headline: Todd Martin looks at Mick Foley's book Tietam Brown
- 02:45 pm WO: Headline: Report on Mick Foley book signing
- 02:26 pm PWT: Other News: Strap On, Strap Off - This Week in History & Summer Slam Special!
- 02:21 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: The Showstopa: The Bizarre World of Newsstand Wrestling Mags
- 02:08 pm PWT: Torch Today: 8/21 Afternoon Update: Hogan boots, Foley, Droz, Pillman, Red, Styles, Rey
- 01:45 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: NWA-TNA Reax: First batch of reader thought on tonight's program
- 01:25 pm SLAM: TNA: Shane shocks, Abyss Amazes, Daniels Dominates and Raven Rules by DONNIE ABREU -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 01:11 pm LAW: Thursday Update: Smackdown Preview, Raw rating causes confusion, Red on the DL, CFL searches for Pillman and Droz
- 11:10 am SLAM: SummerSlam by the numbers by JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Sports
- 01:11 am WO: Headline: Our most talked about issue of the year, the 2003 Hall of Fame issue, plus what went wrong with Raw, Sapp vs. Tyson, Huge profiles on new inductees; details of the August 25 Wrestling Observer, how to get free classics and a history special
- 01:11 am WO: Feature: Our most talked about issue of the year, the 2003 Hall of Fame issue, plus what went wrong with Raw, Sapp vs. Tyson, Huge profiles on new inductees; details of the August 25 Wrestling Observer, how to get free classics and a history special
