RAW scored a 3.6 rating (3.4 / 3.8 / 5 share) down from last week's 3.7 rating (3.4 / 4.0 / 6 Share). There are off air notes and Heat spoilers from last night's RAW. The Smackdown crew was in Bethlehem, PA last night with Brock Lesnar over Big Show and Undertaker. 1wrestling has semi-live results from tonight's Velocity (1 2) and Smackdown (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) taping in Philadelphia, PA.

WWE gave out the Wrestlemania pre-sale password BOBTONI, and it can be used Friday at 9am to purchase tickets online before the general sale on Saturday. The Washington Post covered WWE and Russell Simmons's Hip-Hop Summit Action Network appearance at the National Press Club yesterday (as seen on RAW) to announce the start of the "Two million more by 2004" campaign. WWE has apparently offered Al Snow a new contract, but would like him to relocate to the Stamford, CT where most other announcers live. Palumbo and Stamboli are being sent to South Korea September 28-29 to do promotional work for their December shows.

The Rundown looks like it will be a hit (Ebert and Roeper gave it two thumbs up), and Rock says he'd like to do a sequel. Brock Lesnar discussed his possible neck injury and where he got the F5 in an interview on Peco Spotlight on Philadelphia's Comcast Sportsnet yesterday to promote tonight's Smackdown. Steve Blackman was in attendance at Unforgiven and he says he's thinking of a comeback, possibly after surgery.

Jerry Lynn was a guest on wrestleBREAKdown, and discussed his time in ECW, WWE politics, and his happiness with NWA TNA. UPW's Mike the Miz is part of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge after being part of the Real World 10 cast. The BBC has an article on Japanese women's professional wrestling and the role it plays in Japanese culture.

Tomorrow night's NWA TNA PPV will feature Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger vs. 3 Live Kru for the NWA Tag Team Titles, Kid Kash vs. Terry Taylor, and a #1 contender X Division elimination match with Chris Sabin, Nosawa, Frankie Kazarian, Juventud Guerrera and Jerry Lynn. Also, Raven vows revenge against Shane Douglas, Vampiro and James Mitchell, Jeff Jarrett and Don Callis have a showdown, and Dusty Rhodes has a message for AJ Styles.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.