Quick RAW Results: Trish Stratus over Gail Kim, Mark Henry/Rodney Mack over Garrison Cade/Mark Jindrak, La Resistance over the Dudley Boys, Randy Orton over Maven, Christian over Jerry Lawler, and Chris Jericho vs. Shane McMahon was a no contest.
There are a number of off air Summerslam notes including a surprise birthday celebration for Vince McMahon and a couple backstage notes.
WWE.com posted a couple Summerslam notes of their own on Funaki (who shares Vince McMahon's birthday) and the Diamondbacks in attendance for the show.
Former champion "Superstar" Billy Graham, who lives in the Phoenix area, also made it to the PPV, his first WWE event in nearly 15 years.
The Smackdown crew is off tonight, and tomorrow night they tape Smackdown in El Paso, TX.
WWE announced first quarter earnings with a net income of $2.7 million vs. $2.5 million a year ago. WWE noted this quarter only included 2 PPVs instead of the normal 3 as Vengeance occured after the end of quarter. Linda McMahon called it a good quarter that exceeded expectations.
WWE's conference call to discuss the earnings report is tomorrow morning at 11am ET and will be available on their corporate website.
WWE's local ads for their next Madison Square Garden show heavily feature the McMahons and not too much else.
WWE.com interviewed Jaime Koeppe about her diva search win and she says it's still just setting in.
Mick Foley did an interview with New Zealand's National Radio about Tietam Brown and the wrestling business.
There's a part two to Danny Doring's interview conducted by Alan Wojcik, in which Doring discusses the end of ECW, possibly working for WWE, XPW, and IPW/NWA.
Triple H/Evolution theme song creators Motorhead are being added to Hollywood's Rockwalk next month.
American Idol judge Simon Cowell discussed his business success including the small role professional wrestling played in it.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
RAW, Summerslam, WWE Earnings Aug 25 - 11:45 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Last Edited: Monday, August 25th, 2003 - 11:47 pm EDT
Today's News Headlines
- 11:45 pm WWE: ‘Superstar' Graham attends SummerSlam
- 11:38 pm PWT: Special Features: Mojo Mitchell's Raw Stream of the Owners, the Announcers, and Some Wrestlers
- 11:10 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/25 WWE Raw review: Mallory's "virtual time" coverage
- 10:39 pm YAHOO: World Wrestling's 1Q Net Income Rose 4.8% by Dow Jones Business News
- 10:30 pm PWT: WWE News: Ad for next Madison Square Garden card still hypes McMahons heavily
- 08:29 pm YAHOO: UPDATE - World Wrestling Entertainment profit rises by Reuters
- 08:28 pm PWT: WWE News: Linda McMahon: We had a good quarter and exceeded expectations
- 08:20 pm PWT: TV Reports: Burgan's Cheap Pops! 8/25 WWE Raw Preview
- 08:09 pm YAHOO: World Wrestling Entertainment profit rises by Reuters
- 08:01 pm YAHOO: World Wrestling Entertainment Issues Q1 Results, Raises Expectations for Fiscal 2004 by Business Wire
- 06:08 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: WWF Raw - Bart vs. Bradshaw in a Brawl for All legit fight - 5 Yrs Ago
- 06:07 pm PWT: Newsletter Flashbacks: WCW Nitro: Jericho, Goldberg, Bret, Hogan, Giant, Warrior, Piper - 5 Yrs Ago
- 03:56 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Feud-O-Meter: The Best and Worst of Smackdown as of 8/21
- 03:23 pm WO: Headline: First Monday update: HHH update, Raw tonight, more Sapp-Tyson press, Bison's biggest match, and Bisons promote match, J Cup, MLW and much more
- 02:19 pm WO: Headline: Huge stories on life and career of Michaels and Benoit in our biggest issue of year, 2003 Hall of Fame issue, plus WWE behind scenes, Tyson-Sapp; details of today's Wrestling Observer, ordering info and specials where you can get as many as 3 free issues
- 02:18 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: What It's Worth: SummerSlam Thoughts and Re-Merchandise
- 02:17 pm WO: Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 02:15 pm WO: Headline: Danny Doring interview part two
- 02:15 pm WO: Feature: Danny Doring interview part two
- 02:10 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Summerslam Reax: Third batch of reaction to last night's PPV
- 02:03 pm PWT: WWE News: 8/25 WWE Summerslam HOLT report #2: More in-person notes from Phoenix
- 01:51 pm LAW: Monday Update: Vince will never die, Raw tonight, FAN SLAM draws 1,000, and...win a Bret Hart poster tonight!
- 11:05 am TNA: Ask The Professor
- 09:00 am SLAM: Triple H retains at SummerSlam by DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK -- SLAM! Wrestling
- 03:40 am WO: Headline: Vince McMahon's birthday bash report
- 03:35 am WO: Feature: SummerSlam feedback
- 03:25 am PWT: Torch Feedback: Summerslam Reax: Second batch of reaction to last night's PPV
- 03:13 am PWT: Special Features: Summerslam Coverage: Keller's Report, Roundtable - VIP UPDATE
- 01:56 am PWT: WWE News: 8/24 WWE SummerSlam HOLT report: Vince McMahon's birthday bash!
- 01:41 am PWT: Special Features: PPV Roundtable (33 mins.) with Mitchell, Keller, Guttman - VIP Alert
- 01:10 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/23 WWE Velocity review: Kidman, Moore, Shelton, Funaki, O'Haire
- 12:58 am LAW: SUMMERSLAM RESULTS
- 12:53 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: Bring The Pain: Compare Sempervive's predictions to what actually happened!
- 12:47 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/23 NWA Wildside TV review: Oynx/Slim J vs. Mikal Adran/Murder One
- 12:44 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/21 WWE Smackdown review: Radican's "alt perspective" report
- 12:39 am PWT: TV Reports: 8/24 WWE Heat review: Detailed rundown of pre-Summerslam show
- 12:30 am WWE: Brock Lesnar taps out
- 12:27 am PWT: PPV Reports: Summerslam Reax: First batch of reaction to tonight's PPV
