NWA TNA, Ratings, Goldberg, Ventura Aug 27 - 11:57 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick NWA TNA Results: Shane Douglas/New Church vs. 3 Live Krew was a no contest, Sonny Siaki over D'Lo Brown, Michael Shane over Jerry Lynn, Abyss over Sandman, Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger over America's Most Wanted to win the NWA Tag Team Championship, Glenn Gilberti over Dusty Rhodes, and AJ Styles over Raven.

Ratings Summary

  • RAW: 4.2 (4.0 / 4.4 / 6.6 Share) Down from 4.0
  • Heat: 1.0 (1.9 Share) Down from 1.3 (2.5 Share)
  • Velocity: 0.7 (1.4 Share) Down from 0.9 (1.6 Share)
  • Confidential: 0.6 (1.4 Share) Down from 0.8 (1.7 Share)

There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in El Paso, TX. There is no Byte This! tomorrow, but it will return next Thursday.

Matt Hardy suffered a concussion at last week's Smackdown against Rey Mysterio Jr., which is expected to keep him out of the ring until this weekend. WWE.com spoke to Mark Henry about his return to the ring and his move to RAW to join Theodore Long and Rodney Mack. Edge posted his latest commentary, this time on his visit to Toronto, his first WWE match, and his desire to get back to the ring.

Goldberg's RAW storyline was altered to help sell his injury. Dave Scherer has a couple notes on positive reaction to this week's RAW rating and the improvised Vince McMahon birthday party within the WWE. The Big Apple dance now has a step inspired by Brock Lesnar's strut.

A Minnesota judge refused to lift restraining orders Jesse Ventura filed against two critics that Ventura claims harassed him to the point he now fears them. Sean Waltman's website is claiming Joanie Laurer's restraining order against Waltman has been dropped. The obscenity charges against Rob Zicari (Rob Black of XPW) and Extreme Associations was the topic of tonight's ABC Nightline.

1wrestling has collected several articles about the late Ray Whebbe, Jr. Wrestling historian Gary Will has set up a website on some of Toronto's wrestling history. Fan Slam announced a Tribute to Wrestlemania I convention for the Wrestlemania XX weekend in Totowa, NJ.

The Interactive Interview spoke to Mad Mikey about living with Steven Richards, his training and indy gimmicks, comedy wrestling, Bob Holly and much more. CZW may be in negotiations with Japan's Zero-One. Steve Corino will defend the MLW Championship in Helsinki, Finland in cooperation with Battleground Valhalla against Shane Douglas.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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