Quick Impact Results: Kid Kash over Amazing Red, AJ Styles over Frankie Kazarian, 3 Live Kru over The Naturals/David Young, Monty Brown over Sonny Siaki and Team Canada over Team Mexico.
Smackdown scored a 3.0 rating, down from 3.3 last week, but against MTV's Movie Awards and NBA finals.
WWE will shoot their Summerslam commercial in Hollywood this week with Triple H, Tajiri, Edge, Benjamin and Batista, as well as extras from UPW and UFC's Vladimir Matyushenko.
WWE.com spoke to several Canadian wrestlers about NHL playoffs and their support for the Flames despite their loss.
Droz maked Bad Blood predictions in his latest column.
IGN has some of the first details and images on Smackdown vs. RAW for the Playstation 2 with an expected release in November.
Jerry Jarrett returned to work last night at the TNA Impact taping.
NWA TNA is removing Xplosion on some of their less desirably slotted networks, however it will remain on some of the larger outlets like Sunshine Network, Empire Sports Net and Urban America.
Chad Collyer is expected to sign with NWA TNA in the near future.
Mike Johnson has several other NWA TNA notes on Johnny Devine, Stephanie Bellars, and difference between this and last week's Impact tapings.
Ring of Honor and RF Video have reached a verbal agreement about their split, and Rob Feinstein apparently never completely left the comapny although he kept his involvement secret from most people.
Slate has an article on "Soviet" wrestlers mourning the death of Reagan, whose policies helped many of them establish themselves as heels during the 1980's, with comments from Nikita Koloff, Ivan Koloff, Nikolai Volkoff, and Barry "Krusher Khrushchev" Darsow.
Jersey All Pro Wrestling made a last minute addition of Teddy Hart vs. Low Ki to their show tomorrow.
Timothy W. Berner, a suspect in the killing of a police officer in Detroit, MI, trained and worked as professional wrestler Vic Vengeance for a number of years.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Impact, RAW vs. SD, ROH/RF, Soviets Jun 11 - 11:49 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:21 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Outside the Ropes: Bad Blood and Another Look at Bradshaw
- 11:09 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Spirited debate over whether everyone's overreacting to Bradshaw - batch seven
- 10:40 pm USER: Slate: Hammers, Sickles, and Turnbuckles: Soviet wrestlers mourn Ronald Reagan by Dave McKenna
- 06:18 pm LAW: Friday Update: Smackdown rating, ROH/RF Video split, Bradshaw responds to CNBC firing, Slater sentenced, Vikings story on Lesnar, Mysterio interview, Murray visa problems and much more!
- 05:09 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Daydream Beliver: In Defense of John Bradshaw Layfield
- 05:00 pm PWT: TV Reports: 6/10 TNA Impact review: Keller's ongoing "virtual time" coverage of program
- 04:54 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Bad Blood PPV Preview: Lounge Conversation for Sunday's WWE PPV
- 04:45 pm PWI: TNA IMPACT REPORT by Rob Marco
- 04:26 pm WO: Feature: NWA TNA Impact TV report
- 04:21 pm WO: Headline: Business problems and attempts to help bottom line; Layfield controversy; UFC TV details; 2 WWE contracts due; details of June 14 Obsever, ordering info and lots of specials for new readers
- 04:20 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Smackdown drops to a 3.0 rating, down 0.3 from last week
- 04:15 pm WO: Headline: Smackdown ratings
- 04:14 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN RATING by Dave Scherer
- 04:13 pm WO: Feature: WWE Smackdown TV report
- 04:07 pm PWI: RING OF HONOR AND RF VIDEO REACH VERBAL AGREEMENT ON SPLITTING OF COMPANIES; ROB FEINSTEIN RESURFACES by Mike Johnson
- 04:00 pm PWI: TNA XPLOSION UPDATE by Buck Woodward
- 03:20 pm PWT: THE LOUNGE: Feud-O-Meter: Examining Raw as of 6/7
- 02:30 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: SMACKDOWN, BIG SHOW, CHRISTIAN, BENOIT, WWE NOTES, AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 02:00 pm WWE: Canadian Superstars rally around Flames in spite of team's loss
- 02:00 pm WO: Headline: Friday news update: ROH controversy on Feinstein, Weekend, MSG next show, Ratings, UFC fighter in SummerSlam commercial, Show, Jarrett, TNA newcomer, Layfield poll and TV pilot with TNA stars airs
- 01:02 pm PWT: ROH News: ROH Update: Preview the updated and reconfigured ROH VIP Section
- 12:19 pm PWI: NWA:TNA NOTES & NEWS ON IMPACT!, JERRY JARRETT, ALEX SHELLEY, AJ STYLES & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 11:54 am PWI: TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV REVIEW by David Stevens
- 11:17 am PWI: OVERNIGHT SMACKDOWN RATING by Dave Scherer
- 11:15 am PWI: THE ROH-RF VIDEO SPLIT, GUERRERO VS. BENOIT, TOTAL EXTREME WARFARE, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 11:11 am PWT: Special Features: Sable sues WWF for $110 million, Hart family upset with WWF for funeral footage - 5 Yrs. Ago Torch
- 11:09 am PWT: Other News: H2 Wrestling News: A.J. Styles announced for 8/28, Deranged, Alex Shelley
- 11:05 am PWT: THE LOUNGE: LOUNGE PPV Vault: 1988 Royal Rumble (Hogan, Andre, Duggan, Steamboat)
- 11:00 am PWT: POWELL'S TAKE: POWELL'S Smackdown Hitlist: Cena, Angle, Kenzo, Bash PPV
- 10:56 am PWT: ROH News: ROH Live Event In-Depth Preview: 6/12 Dayton, Ohio headlines with Samoa Joe vs. Punk
- 10:55 am PWI: BIG SHOW UPDATE, REY MYSTERIO TALKS, WEEKEND SCHEDULE by Dave Scherer
- 10:53 am PWI: JERSEY ALL PRO WRESTLING ANNOUNCES LAST MINUTE "DREAM MATCH" FOR SHOW TOMORROW: LOW KI VS. TEDDY HART by Buck Woodward
- 10:45 am PWI: LOOKING AT LAST NIGHT'S WWE SMACKDOWN by Buck Woodward
- 10:40 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q & A: CALLING WRESTLERS BY THEIR REAL NAME, MATT HARDY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN VINCE RETIRES, JAMAL AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 09:39 am PWI: NWA:TNA IMPACT! SPOILERS FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA by Mike Johnson
- 09:00 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: GOLDBERG TURNS HEEL, THE LAST WCW GREAT AMERICAN BASH by Buck Woodward & Dan Rice
- 07:40 am SLAM: Smackdown: Cena draws the gauntlet by CHRIS SOKOL - SLAM! Wrestling
- 04:13 am WO: Headline: Insurrextion historic for wrong reasons -- F4W Flashback
- 01:27 am PWT: TV Reports: 6/10 WWE Smackdown review: Giebink's Express v3.0 (Hr. 2)
- 01:22 am PWT: TV Reports: 6/10 WWE Smackdown review: Giebink's Express v3.0 (Hr. 1)
- 12:22 am PWI: IN DEPTH BREAKDOWN AND UPDATE ON THE RING OF HONOR-RF VIDEO SPLIT, WHY IT HAPPENED AND WHERE THINGS STAND by Mike Johnson
- 12:22 am PWI: IN DEPTH BREAKDOWN AND UPDATE ON THE RING OF HONOR-RF VIDEO SPLIT, WHERE THINGS STAND AND WHY THEY HAPPENED by Mike Johnson
