RAW, Victoria, Rock, Terri, TNA, ROH May 03 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Edge/Tajiri/Shelton Benjamin over Triple H/Batista/Randy Orton, Rob Conway over Hurricane, Kane over Stevie Richards, Gail Kim over Victoria, and Chris Benoit over Shawn Michaels.

The RAW crew was in Yuma, AZ yesterday with Chris Benoit over Triple H. The Smackdown crew was in El Paso, TX with Eddy Guerrero over JBL and some footage with Eddy Guerrero's mother taped for TV. Smackdown will be taped in Tucson, AZ tomorrow night.

Chris Jericho and Fozzy performed after RAW at the Old Brickhouse Grill in Phoenix, AZ. The Rock will be Punk'd this Sunday. WWE.com has an article on Victoria's recent meeting with Hillary Clinton in Washington, DC at the Next Generation Democratic Summit. Bobby Heenan and Harley Race will be the guests on a Legends Byte This! Thursday hosted by Howard Finkel.

WWE is inviting fans to a press conference hosted by Jim Ross in Toronto, ON on June 1 for a "huge announcement" (Summerslam). WWE will be doing both RAW and Smackdown in Winnipeg, MB on July 5-6. WWE has reportedly hired Dan Madigan as a writer after his work on Kane's upcoming movie.

Voice of Wrestling interviewed Terri Runnels about leaving WWE, internet critics, her daughter, and the "flight from hell." SLAM has an article on Nashville, TN's manager/wrestler Athena about her career and hopes for the future in the wrestling business. Moolah appeared on PBS's Says You gameshow yesterday.

WWE's game website partner Gigex is changing their name to GameDAILY. One of Smackdown Records few original acts Neurotica has been resurrected. A recent ratings sample by Nielsen's controversial Local People Meter System showed a huge drop for Smackdown of 41% due to what some feel is undercounting of minority viewers.

Mike Johnson has a lot of information on Court Bauer and Teddy Hart's new promotion H2Wrestling which will be a "high-flying Toryumon/Matrats.com-esque product." Chris Kanyon will debut for Buckey Pro Wrestling in Middletown, OH on June 4 in a match against Shark Boy.

NWA TNA officials are reportedly preparing for a June Fox Sports Net launch by contacting charter flight companies and making other arrangements. TNA Xplosion is debuting on Comcast Sports Southeast on Tuesday night at 10pm.

Ring of Honor and WORLD-1 have moved their May 15 shows to Lexington, MA because the armory in Braintree, MA they were going to use is being used to store equipment. At the May 15 show, Samoa Joe will face the man who turned the lights out at their April St. Paul, MN show. Stipulations for ROH's Ultimate Endurance match have been announced: a tap out match, tag team scramble, and anything goes. Jim Cornette is done with ROH for now reportedly due to vocal problems, and has been fired by the Briscoe Brothers as an angle.

Raven is auctioning a handwritten journal from the first quarter of this year. Insane Clown Posse will appear in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood. Afoa Anoai, the father of Yokozuna, died yesterday in Nevada. There's apparently an ABC TV pilot that involves wrestler Earthquake raising a family.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Last Edited: Tuesday, May 4th, 2004 - 12:01 am EDT

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