PWHF, Lawler, Foley, Fairplay, USA Pro May 09 - 11:47 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The Smackdown crew was in Charlotte, NC last night with JBL over Eddy Guerrero via DQ. The Smackdown crew was in Columbia, SC tonight, and they're off tomorrow. The RAW crew was in Lafayette, LA last night. The RAW crew was in Fresno, CA tonight, and tomorrow night RAW is live from San Jose, CA with Triple H vs. Shelton Benjamin, Batista vs. Tajiri, Randy Orton vs. Edge, Chris Jericho vs. Christian in a steel cage, and in his in-ring debut, Eugene vs. Rob Conway.

Matt Morgan, Victoria, La Resistance and Steven Richards will all be getting new action figures for the first time, or first time in a while. SLAM has an update on upcoming WWE events in Canada, including shows surrounding Summerslam in August and a Smackdown in Montreal, QB in October. Paul Bearer updated his commentary with thoughts on Mother's Day, closing his message board, and WWE's travel schedule.

There are a couple photos of Mick Foley at the Hustle-3 show in Japan, as well as one of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Jerry Lawler will be part of Andy Kaufman: Dead or Alive? with Tony Clifton at The House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA on May 16, the 20th anniversary of Kaufman's death. gregrageous posted the latest Memphis Wrestling results.

Jonny Fairplay will appear on ESPN 2's Cold Pizza on Monday morning to discuss Survivor All Star's finale and TNA. Wrestling Reunion issued updated information about their June 5 convention in Carteret, NJ.

Frank Goodman of USA Pro Wrestling announced they'll no longer use NWA TNA performers that are booked via TNA's office after Goodman failed to reach an agreement with TNA's Bill Behrens. Impact Championship Wrestling will also pull TNA performers from upcoming shows. USA Pro Wrestling will present Deadly Sins in Jamaica Queens, NY on May 14 with Shane Douglas vs. Raven.

SLAM has an article on yesterday's Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony with comments from several wrestlers. 1wrestling is giving away a copy of the Backyard Criminals DVD each week this month. Afa Anoai Jr. was back in court on Friday to face charges of receiving stolen property from a robbery last year, although other charges against him were dropped in November.

The funeral Mass for Pepper Gomez is scheduled for next Saturday morning, with a fan celebration in planning stages. The Jersey City Reporter has an article on an upcoming wrestling show in Jersey City, NJ on May 14 to benefit he Jersey City Recreation Foundation. Dr. Richard Silverman discussed long-term care facilities and the positive impact small things could on patients, such as Jake "The Snake" Roberts visiting one senior who was a big wrestling fan.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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