RAW, Chavo Classic, Eugene, Hart, Warrior Jun 14 - 11:53 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Matt Hardy/Lita over Tyson Tomko/Trish Stratus, La Resistance over Hurricane/Rosey, Molly Holly/Gail Kim over Stacy Keibler/Lita, and Chris Benoit/Edge/Chris Jericho over Randy Orton/Ric Flair/Batista.

The Smackdown crew was in St. Louis, MO yesterday with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw. The Smackdown crew was in Springfield, MO tonight with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw, and tomorrow they tape Smackdown in Chicago, IL. Chavo "Classic" Guerrero Sr. didn't show for the St. Louis, MO house show or tonight's Springfield, IL show, and reportedly didn't give notice, forcing Chavo Guerrero Jr. to cover for him on the show.

There are live notes from last night at Bad Blood. People in New York and New Jersey lost Bad Blood about 20 minutes in with many not getting it back before the show ended, while others ordering the online webcast got a replay of Judgment Day instead. Canada's Famous Players theaters may not be showing Great American Bash, although that's not confirmed.

Louisville, KY's Courier Journal has an article on Eugene and the man behind him, Nick Dinsmore covering his quick WWE success and the long journey getting there. Eugene's cookie from Bad Blood is now up for auction on Ebay. WWE.com has an article on the charity event organized by Al Snow called Donna's Ride, named in honor of his sister who died from leukemia a few years ago, which raised $15,000 to benefit cancer research.

The York Daily Record has an article on The Rock's phone call to 19-year-old Derek O'Melko, which O'Melko says saved his life. Buffalo, NY's NBC affiliate ran a segment on Goldberg as he recently played in the Jim Kelly charity golf tournament. Goldberg updated his online journal with thoughts on the NBA finals, baseball and movies. The Washington Post has a small joke about Brock Lesnar and his tryout with the Vikings.

If you want to be spoiled, PWInsider has the identities of Jeff Jarrett's mercenaries. NWA TNA is throwing a post-show party open to fans who buy tickets to the June 23 second anniversary PPV. NWA TNA are now offering Chris Sabin vs. Paul London from June 2003 as their Video On Demand free preview for the week.

Mike Johnson has several Ring Of Honor notes on company changes, Akio, Homicide, and Ring Of Honor's relationship with NWA TNA. Ring Of Honor updated their Shane Shamrock Cup card for Glen Burnie, MD on June 24. Jimmy Rave was informed by Ring Of Honor that the Dayton, OH show was his last due to his "performaces in the last year and the back lash from the fans."

IGN Sports interviewed Jimmy Hart about Showdown: Legends of Wrestling, his music, NWA TNA, WWE and more. Flynn Files has part 1 of an interview with Warrior covering his youth, his start in wrestling, Sting, and how he got into WWE. Mike Johnson interviewed Court Bauer about the end of MLW, H2Wrestling, Teddy Hart, and more.

Christopher Daniels may return from injury in only four weeks, although some feel that's too soon. SLAM has an article on Sid's return to wrestling at the IWS show in Montreal, QB on Saturday. Former wrestler Tom Robinson is among the 25 finalist in McDonald's Presents Gimme the Mike - Philadelphia, debuting on June 20 on Philadelphia, PA's UPN 57.

IGN has an official teaser for WWE Smackdown vs. RAW for the PlayStation 2. Bret Hart's latest column is about the passing of Ray Charles who he met while traveling and discovered was a big fan of wrestling. Mike Johnson has a review of "The Main Event" DVD, released by Ted DiBiase's Power Wrestling Alliance, which features the final wrestling appearance by the Road Warriors. He says Catholics will find the DVD most entertaining, but I believe he means Christians in general.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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