JBL, OVW, Billard, JAPW, ROH, Peterson Jun 06 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The Smackdown crew finished their European tour today in Oberhausen, Germany with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw. The RAW crew was in Boston, MA last night with Chris Benoit over Triple H and Kane. The RAW crew was in Rochester, NY this evening, and tomorrow RAW is live from Albany, NY.

At yesterday's Munich, Germany house show, JBL provoked the crowd with a Nazi salute, something that's illegal in that country, however, it's apparently not the first time he's done it in that country. JBL and Victoria will appear at this week's annual licensing convention in New York City. Eddy Guerrero, John Cena and Torrie Wilson were interviewed on Playboy's Weekend Flash with each discussing wrestling, being face or heel, and Torrie discussing posing for Playboy. Tim Baines has a brief article on who Triple H really is.

The Torch has a look at changes in how Nielsen plans to monitor ratings, which some say will undercount minorities, and the affect it could have on Smackdown. WWE may be reworking their developmental system to offer two tiers based on the wrestler's experience level. Kane will wrestle at OVW's Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom show on June 18 against Matt Morgan in "The Battle of the Giants."

Bobbi Billard discussed her release from a WWE developmental deal in her LiveJournal, giving her side of the story. Tazz was spotted and pointed out by comedian Kevin James during his performance at the Westbury Music Fair last night with security taking Tazz backstage after the show. Documentary "The Backyard"'s director Paul Hough will direct Fozzy's next video. The Buffalo News has an article on Brock Lesnar's NFL dreams noting he was inspired by New England Patriots guard Stephen Neal, another college amateur wrestler who made it into the NFL.

Goldberg will provide commentary on a hockey fights PPV. South Carolina's The State has an article on Del Wilkes and his battle with steroids and drugs and the role wrestling played in his problems. There's a live report from yesterday's Wrestling Reunion in Cateret, NJ will 800-900 fans in attendance.

In his weekly column, Don Callis looked at TNA's TV deal and comparisons to ECW on TNN. Pat Kenney may be getting a more promiment role in TNA with vignettes to expand on his character.

Jersey All Pro Wrestling was in Rahway, NJ yesterday with Vader and Mike Awesome defeating Samoa Joe and Danny Maff in the main event. Amazing Red and Sonjay Dutt received a less than warm welcome from fans at the JAPW show last night due to being with NWA TNA. Justice won the two day Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup yesterday in St. Petersburg, FL by defeating Hero and Roderick Strong in the finals. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong lost a Lumberjack Loser Leaves Town match against Steve Armstrong at yesterday's Continental Wrestling Reunion in Dothan, AL.

Homicide suffered a hand injury which will likely prevent him from wrestling John Walters on Saturday in Dayton, OH. If Samoa Joe loses the Ring of Honor title to CM Punk, Punk will take his place against Shinya Makabe at New Japan USA's show on June 26, with Samoa Joe relegating himself to "Young Lion" duties. Christopher Daniels wrestled for New Japan, despite his shoulder injury, in a tag match that saw he and American Dragon lose the IGWP Junior Heavyweight tag team titles.

Ringside Collectibles is offering the Main Event DVD featuring Road Warrior Hawk's final match. New WORLD-1 owner Jack Victory announced plans for two tours, one running July 16-18 in Florida, and one August 7-9 in the Chicago, IL area. Starting with the 100th episode, WXW's RageTV will be seen worldwide on the internet. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer has an article on Jerry Oates' work to bring Georgia Championship Wrestling back to Columbus, as well as a look at Oates' wrestling career.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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