Quick Smackdown Results: Dudley Boys over Rico/Charlie Haas to win the WWE Tag Team Titles, Eddy Guerrero over Doug Basham, Kenzo Suzuki over Spike Dudley, Rey Mysterio Jr. over Chavo Classic to win the Cruiserweight Title, Luther Reigns over Funaki, and Rob Van Dam/John Cena vs. Booker T/Rene Dupree was a no contest.
The RAW crew is in Spartanburg, SC tomorrow night.
Last week's two hours of RAW ranked #6 and #13, behind Ronald Reagan specials, the MTV Movie Awards, Low and Order, and Zenon: Z3.
WWE launched their Vengeance website featuring Randy Orton.
PWInsider has an in-depth review of Ric Flair's autobiography with some quotes from the book.
Steven Richards, Earl Hebner and Harvey Whippleman were all guests on Byte This! this afternoon with Whippleman discussing some of the people he's managed, his work with WWE, and being Women's Champion, while Earl Hebner discussed his disappearance, his twin brother, and his son, and Stevie Richards talked about Stevie Night Heat, Right to Censor, and Victoria.
The country of Bhutan is still concerned about the impact of WWE and other violent television on their culture, so much so that some would like to see it banned.
A Philadelphia, PA comedy group is claiming WWE stole their Eugene character which they'd pitched to Spike TV in December as part of a TV show that was declined.
There are TNA Impact! spoilers from tonight's taping in Orlando, FL.
NWA TNA's Impact's debut two weeks ago scored a .32 rating which was above expectations.
Chad Collyer wasn't offered an NWA TNA contract last night as he and others had reportedly expected.
H2Wrestling moved the site of their debut June 26 show to Somerville Theatre in Somerville, MA, just outside Boston, MA, after concerns about the original location being in Boston, MA during the Democratic National Convention.
On last night's Between The Ropes show, Jack Victory announced WORLD-1's Florida tour has been postponed until August, moving from July 16-18 to August 13-15, and the Chicago shows will be moved from August until September.
With the move from Maryland to Pennsylvania, Ring Of Honor is changing the name of their June 24 show from the Shane Shamrock Cup to Survival of the Fittest. The show will no longer have the Maryland Championship Wrestling Memorial Battle Royal, but will feature the return of Ricky Steamboat after being "injured" by CM Punk in May.
The delay in the official Ring of Honor / RF Video split is largely due to Rob Feinstein's unwillingness to sign a no compete clause unless he's offered more money.
The fourth and final part of Flynn Files' interview with Warrior is now online, covering his life outside of wrestling, his bodybuilding routines, being a conservative, and name responses.
Raven's website has the details on how he broke his rib at last week's TNA Impact taping.
Goldberg was at the Florida Marlins baseball game last night and was interviewed by Fox Sports Net's Craig Minervini (aka WWE commentator Craig DeGeorge).
US Magazine is reporting that Brooke Bollea is dating Aaron Carter, with a few comments on the situation from her father.
Get In The Ring radio interviewed Mick Foley about Honkey Tonk Man, coming out of retirement, Vince McMahon and more.
IGN Sports interviewed New Jack about his addition to Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood, his start in wrestling, and hardcore wrestling.
Ken Shamrock was a guest on Pro Wrestling Radio on Saturday and discussed injuries, UFC, WWE and more.
Court Bauer was also a guest on Pro Wrestling Radio and he discussed H2 Wrestling, Teddy Hart, MLW and more.
Ultimo Dragon will wrestle American Dragon at New Japan Pro Wrestling's first TV taping on June 26 in Santa Monica, CA.
USA Pro Wrestling returns to Long Island, NY on Saturday without Raven (injury) or Teddy Hart ("no-showing"), but with Al Snow vs. D'Lo Brown and Sabu vs. Homicide.
The August Free Press has an article on the Night of the Superstars on October 30 to benefit University of Virginia Children's Medical Center.
Florida wrestling promoter Michael "Bobby Rogers" Rapuano was indicted by a federal grand jury and is "accused of defrauding a national communications company and several credit card firms out of thousands of dollars." He's currently in prison on unrelated charges involving bad checks and violating probation.
Netjack has a review of Total Extreme Warfare giving it an 8.4 score overall.
Monster Garagage's announcer The Big Schwag got his nickname and job working as a professional wrestler in UPW and being spotted in a documentary.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Smackdown, TNA, H2W, Foley, New Jack Jun 17 - 11:57 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:18 pm PWT: ROH News: ROH News: Location for relocated June 24 Philadelphia event changed
- 10:02 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN REPORT by Buck Woodward
- 09:50 pm PWI: NWA:TNA IMPACT! SPOILERS FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA by Lino Elias
- 08:24 pm PWT: TV Reports: 6/17 WWE Smackdown review: Keller's ongoing "virtual time" coverage of broadcast
- 06:42 pm PWI: BYTE THIS REPORT WITH STEVEN RICHARDS AND EARL HEBNER by Danny Smithhouser
- 06:20 pm WO: Headline: The story behind the ROH/Feinstein mess and where it leaves both companies; History of lighter weight wrestling; Bad Blood; WWE monthly business review; Angles changing; details of June 24 Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 06:20 pm WO: Feature: The story behind the ROH/Feinstein mess and where it leaves both companies; History of lighter weight wrestling; Bad Blood; WWE monthly business review; Angles changing; details of June 24 Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues
- 05:40 pm PWI: MOVE OVER MICK FOLEY - AN EXCLUSIVE IN DEPTH REVIEW OF TO BE THE MAN - THE RIC FLAIR AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Mike Johnson
- 03:29 pm PWT: GUTTMAN'S TAKE: GUTTMAN: Internet Scapegoats - Storm's Right, Layfield's Wrong
- 03:25 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: NWA:TNA, FOLEY, GOLDBERG ON ESPN, AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 03:18 pm WO: Headline: Thursday news update: More ROH woes and sale update, Controversy over promo tonight, TNA rating, UFC & Pride odds, Best selling books, wrestlers indicted, changes in several shows, MSG special mentions only one wrestler and more
- 03:17 pm PWT: MITCHELL FEATURES: MITCHELL: Bruce Mitchell's Mojo Commentary on latest episode of Smackdown
- 03:15 pm WO: Headline: Mike Coughlin looks at the weekend Pride & UFC shows
- 03:15 pm PWT: Special Features: Owen Family Sues WWE, Mitchell at ECW Event, Great American Bash with Nash vs. Savage - 5 Yrs. Ago Torch
- 03:13 pm WO: Headline: Mick Foley interview on Get in the Ring
- 03:11 pm WO: Feature: Recent WWE Velocity TV reports
- 02:56 pm PWI: MAT NOT-SO-CLASSIC: THE WORST PPV MAIN EVENT EVER by Buck Woodward
- 02:44 pm PWI: WWE CLASSICS PRESENTS WCW WORLDWIDE TV REPORT by Lee Relph
- 02:27 pm PWI: H2WRESTLING MOVES LOCATION OF DEBUT MA EVENT, CHRISTOPHER DANIELS TO DEBUT AND MORE NOTES by Mike Johnson
- 01:52 pm PWI: UPDATED LINEUP AND NEWS ON RING OF HONOR RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA, PA NEXT THURSDAY WITH RICKY STEAMBOAT AND MORE; TICKETS START AT $5 by Mike Johnson
- 01:35 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: Keller's Take Reax: Fourth batch of reaction to Lita's ignoring of cameras backstage
- 01:33 pm PWI: FIRST NEW JAPAN TV TAPING IN LOS ANGELES TO FEATURE ULTIMO DRAGON TAKING ON AMERICAN DRAGON by Mike Johnson
- 01:24 pm PWT: Torch Today: 6/16 Afternoon Update: Hogan's daughter, JBL, Smackdown fun, Little Kane, Queer Eye
- 01:04 pm PWT: WWE News: Comedy Show stars claim WWE's Eugene character stolen directly from their act
- 12:57 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Storm lashes out, update on former WWE wrestlers, weekend schedule
- 12:27 pm PWT: WWE News: Interview Highlights: Mick Foley talks about WM20, Orton, Vince sings Happy Birthday
- 12:17 pm PWI: LOOKING AT LAST NIGHT'S NWA:TNA PPV, A RAVEN HEALTH UPDATE AND MANY MORE NOTES ON TNA FROM LAST NIGHT by Mike Johnson
- 11:20 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: U.S. EXPRESS WIN THE GOLD by Buck Woodward & Dan Rice
- 10:34 am PWI: WWE VENGEANCE, STORM TALKS ABOUT REAL NAMES, RAVEN DISCUSSES HIS BROKEN RIB by Buck Woodward
- 10:03 am PWI: MICK FOLEY TALKS ABOUT HONKYTONK MAN SILLINESS, RANDY ORTON, VINCE MCMAMHON AND MORE by Adam Martin
- 10:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: CENA'S THROWBACK LOGO, WWE'S RESTAURANT, BORN TO BE WIRED, AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 09:31 am PWI: KEN SHAMROCK TALKS ABOUT BOB SAPP, UFC, POTENTIAL OPPONENTS, AND MORE by Eric Gargiulo
- 09:30 am PWI: SMACKDOWN PREVIEW (NON-SPOILER) by Buck Woodward
- 09:28 am PWI: COURT BAUER DISCUSSES HIS NEW PROMOTION, H2 WRESTLING by Eric Gargiulo
- 08:40 am SLAM: TNA: Canada triumphs in Flag Match by CHRIS SOKOL - SLAM! Wrestling
- 08:05 am WO: Feature: NWA TNA pay-per-view report 6/16/04
- 03:00 am TNA: Official Preview For The TNA Anniversary Show
- 02:12 am WO: Feature: NWA TNA PPV report
