Quick Smackdown Results: John Cena over Doug Basham, Jacqueline over Chavo Guerrero Jr. to win the Cruiserweight Championship, Undertaker over Nunzio/Johnny Stamboli, Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie was a no contest, and Rob Van Dam/Rey Mysterio Jr. over the Dudley Boyz.
The RAW crew is in New Orleans, LA tomorrow night.
Last week's two hours of RAW finished #1 and #2 in the basic cable rankings.
WWE issued a press release for their back to back TV shows in Winnipeg, MB on July 5-6.
THQ issued a press release about their three new WWE games: WWE Smackdown vs. RAW for the Playstation 2, WWE Wrestlemania XXI for the Xbox, and WWE Survivor Series for the Game Boy Advance.
Tommy Dreamer revealed he's done wrestling for WWE, but he will be kept on in a managerial role when his wrestling contract is up in July.
Bobby Heenan, Terry Funk and Harley Race were also on today's Byte This! Legends Edition.
Bruce Pritchard was reportedly vocally unhappy backstage at Smackdown over changes made to the show John Laurinaitis.
Bradshaw will appear on CNBC's Bullseye tomorrow at 6pm ET.
John Cena's Tom Chambers throwback jersey was mentioned in FOXSports.com's Thursday Smack.
Dream Stage Entertainment announced that Goldberg is off Saturday's HUSTLE-3 show due to a hand injury and Mick Foley (as Cactus Jack) will replace him in challenging Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown.
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash will also reunite on the show to face Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa.
There are photos of Foley, Nash and Hall doing publicity work in Japan for the event.
In Demand PPV will air WK Media's Japanese Hardcore Wrestling IV on July 25, featuring matches from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling.
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels will appear on all 3PW events through the end of the year, including a match against each other on May 15 in Philadelphia.
Roderick Strong, Amazing Red, Sonjay Dutt and Ruckus are expected to work H2 Wrestling's debut show on June 26 in Boston, MA.
Ring of Honor announced an updated talent list for their July 17 show in Elizabeth, NJ.
Mike Tenay was on Between The Ropes this week and discusses NWA TNA, WCW, and Cauliflower Alley.
Dr. Tom Prichard will hold a wrestling clinic ot the Texas All-Star Wrestling School on June 5 in Humble, TX.
Dan "The Beast" Severn is hosting a wrestling camp on June 4-6 in Coldwater, MI
The Salem Observer has an article on Andre "Hi Flyin’ Andre Lyonz" Platon covering his training at the Chaotic Wrestling Training Center and indy wrestling while he also attends college.
1950-70's wrestling star Pepper Gomez passed away this morning after being taken off life support last night.
Former WWE manager, and ex-wife of Steve Austin, Debra may have a new career in property management.
Former wrestler and current Magistrate Judge Max “Buddy Atlas� Fuller won't be seeking re-election in Gordon County, GA so he can devote more time to his church.
Niolan Entertainment is accepting submissions from promotions that want to be included on their future DVD's.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
SD, Dreamer, Gomez, Foley, Outsiders May 06 - 11:56 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
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