PPVs, Richards, Flair, Savage, TNA, ROH May 28 - 11:57 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Manchester, England tonight with Chris Benoit over Kane. Manchester Online had a preview of the RAW house show. Chris Jericho and Triple H have both worked through injuries on the UK tour. The RAW crew finishes their UK tour tomorrow night in Birmingham, England, while the Smackdown crew will be in Kingston, ON.

Judgment Day reportedly did about 200,000 buys, making it the lowest since February 2001. WWE announced the expansion of their free Great American Bash promotion to all military personnel and veterans to thank them for their service, and they launched the PPV's official website. Canada's The Score will air Tuesday's press conference in Toronto, ON announcing Summerslam. WWE's major PPV provider In Demand's president Steve Brenner is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Smackdown scored a 2.9 rating and kept UPN in fifth place last night ahead of WB. Steven Richards made an appearance at Oliver Ellsworth Elementary School in Windsor, CT last Thursday at the second annual Athletes Love to Read event. Slate has an article on the NBA's rules on audio during games which makes mention (and includes a clip) of Ric Flair's "Whoo" being used when Baron Davis makes a basket. Ultimo Dragon may not return to WWE, and may instead sign a release with the stipulation he can't appear on American TV for a year.

IGN Sports interviewed Randy Savage about Showdown: Legends of Wrestling, Eddy Guerrero, baseball, Andre the Giant and more. New York City's UPN9's News had a piece on Mae Young and Moolah last night after Smackdown promoting the documentary Lipstick & Dynamite. In his blog, Zach Gowen says his doctor has encouraged him to stop wrestling as he found two slipped discs in his lower back and one in his neck, although he's getting a second opinion. There will be a fan celebration in honor of Pepper Gomez on June 19 in Alameda, CA.

NWA TNA released details on the first taping of TNA Impact! next Thursday in Orlando, FL. NWA TNA may bring back CM Punk who's been gone since a fight with Teddy Hart, and TNA's next DVD will be a Best of Ultimate X collection. The Torch has several items on changes in TNA due to the Orlando tapings, including increased pay for wrestlers and their happiness with the schedule.

Dan Wahlers examined Ring of Honor and spoke to booker Gabe Sapolsky about the current state of the promotion, some of the challenges they face, and plans for the future. Mike Johnson has a few notes on H2Wrestling regarding their finances and plans for their debut. Afa "The Wild Samoan"'s WXW will run three shows this weekend, Freeland, PA tonight, Sciota, PA tomorrow, and Bushkill, PA on Sunday, with Rikishi appearing at each and wrestling on Sunday.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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