Smackdown, Vince McMahon, Savage, Mantel Sep 18 - 10:20 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Rey Mysterio Jr./Chris Benoit over Rhyno/Tajiri, Shaniqua over Torrie Wilson/Nidia, Los Guerreros over World's Greatest Tag Team to win the WWE Tag Team Championships, Brock Lesnar over Kurt Angle (5 falls to 4) to capture the WWE Championship.

Last week's RAW finished #5 and #10 in the cable ratings. Triple H guest hosted Byte This! this afternoon, and helped Howard Finkel interview Randy Orton. Apparently, nothing too scandalous happened at Triple H's bachelor party.

Vince McMahon missed the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list this year, finishing with a net worth of only $575 million. He finished at #386 in 2002, #364 in 2001, and at #260 in 2000 with a worth of $1.1 billion. The Wall Street Journal has a profile of Vince McMahon's office, which has occasionally shown up on WWE TV. Vince McMahon wasn't alone in joining the MSG Walk of Fame, as Dick McGuire, Harry Howell, Bob Wolff, and Carol Blazejowski were also inducted today.

ABCNews.com interviewed Kurt Angle about his efforts to boost Angina awareness, his wrestling career and his open invitation to Bret Hart. Kurt Angle's sister LeAnne, mentioned in the interview, died shortly after he spoke to them due to heart problems. WWE.com spoke to Trish Stratus about her new WWE home video, bobblehead doll, Diva of the Year, and the Women's Championship. WWE will be releasing a Best of Cage Matches DVD which looks to include some WCW footage.

On Bubba the Love Sponge's morning show, Hulk Hogan said he's spoken to NWA TNA, and he's still in negotiations with New Japan (although something official may be announced soon). Randy Savage had an embarrassing incident during his performance last night when the CD he was lip-synching started skipping. Tonight's Survivor included indy wrestler Jon Dalton who also was once Roddy Piper's production assistant.

Dutch Mantel will most likely start as NWA TNA booker on Monday. Interactive Interview spoke to Don Callis about his time in WWE and ECW, internet critics and NWA TNA. Interactive Interview also interviewed BG James about his family, his time in WWE and DX, and Zach Gowen. 1wrestling has a transcript of Joltin' Joe's interview with Scott Hudson covering his new job in NWA TNA, his start in announcing and Bash at the Beach 2000.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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