Chavo Classic, Rock, Trish, TNA, Hogan Jun 15 - 11:52 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The Smackdown crew was in Springfield, IL last night with Eddy Guerrero over Bradshaw. Smackdown was taped in Chicago, IL tonight, and there are already Velocity and some live Smackdown spoilers. WWE reportedly released Cruiserweight Champion Chavo "Classic" Guerrero Sr. after he missed two house shows without giving notice and rejected some storyline ideas.

RAW scored a 3.6 rating, up from 3.4 last week, peaking during the Eugene segment. There are off air notes and Heat spoilers from last night in Dayton, OH. During the RAW Joe Schmo 2 commercial, they did a dark match with Tajiri over A-Train.

Smackdown was the #1 show on UPN last week finishing at #60. WWE will release their fourth quarter and year-end fiscal 2004 earnings on June 21, with a conference call scheduled for the next day. Famous Players theaters in Canada won't show Great American Bash, but Cineplex Theaters will.

WWE.com has an article on Trish Stratus' fifth women's title win and the changes that the womens' division has undergone during her time with the company. WWE.com posted Bradshaw's latest column which covers Judgment Day, people on the internet he meant to insult, Iraq, Bush and more, but not Germany.

The Rock may appear at next week's RAW in Miami, FL, possibly in the Eugene/Triple H angle. Shawn Michaels will be taking time off this summer for the birth of his baby, but Triple H's movie has been delayed, so he'll be sticking around. Shane McMahon was spotted in the Bad Blood crowd standing on his seat and cheering for Shawn Michaels.

Tomorrow night's NWA TNA PPV will feature 3 Live Kru vs. Jeff Jarrett's mercenaries, AJ Styles vs. Dallas, America's Most Wanted vs. Abyss/The Alpha Male, Team NWA vs. Team Canada, and Sonny Siaki/Pat Kenney vs. the New York Connection. Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia has agreed to carry TNA Impact at midnight on Saturday nights. TNA Impact! is attempting to build a street team to help with the show's promotion. NWA TNA launched their Knockouts subsite featuring their female talent.

Flynn Files has part 2 of their Warrior interview covering his WWE title reigns, politics in wrestling, Hogan, Papa Shango, and Vince McMahon. Hulk Hogan appeared on ESPN2's Cold Pizza this morning to promote his daughter's career, but he also mentioned he's thinking about another return to wrestling. Jeff Jarrett, David Flair, Kanyon, Big Bossman, D'Lo Brown and many others will appear at the third annual Night of the Superstars on October 30 in Waynesboro, VA to benefit UVA Children’s Medical Center Charity.

H2Wrestling won't use their six-sided ring for their debut show, which will now include California indy wrestler Super Dragon. Fanslam promoter Tommy Fierro issued an apology for disappearing promising to fulfill all orders and saying the July 17 convention is still on. Craig Rondinone's book "Ten Tales to Make Your Head Explode"'s forward thanks Vince McMahon for inspiration, because some of the ideas for fight sequences in the book are inspired by professional wrestling. Nancy Drew Suders, a police dispatcher forced to quit her job because Degeneration X inspired sexual harassment, won her Supreme Court case 8-1 yesterday allowing her to sue her former employers.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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