RVD, Storm, Impact, Shane, Brown, JYD Jun 19 - 11:54 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

The RAW crew was in Spartanburg, SC last night with Chris Benoit over Ric Flair. Tonight the RAW crew was in North Charleston, SC, and tomorrow they're in Ft. Myers, FL.

Maven, Hurricane and Victoria will join U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek at the Miami Dade College - Wolfson (Central) Campus on Monday for a Smackdown Your Vote rally. The UK edition of RAW had several edits including some of Kane's attack on Shawn Michaels, the Joe Schmo/Diva Contest promos, and a chunk of the main event. Johnny Nitro and Goldberg are now gone from the RAW Superstars page.

Rico told the crowd in Chicago, IL that he'll be out 8-12 weeks and needs surgery. Joltin' Joe interviewed Rob Van Dam about RAW vs. Smackdown, Bradshaw in Germany, his contract and NWA TNA. Lance Storm answered several more questions about wrestler size, losing belts, and the Bradshaw/Germany situation, plus he also updated his gallery with some WWE photos.

The Rock is in Star Magazine and US Weekly this week commenting on the Jennifer Lopez/Marc Anthony wedding. Bret Hart's latest column discusses some imaginary matches he thinks about. Joanie Laurer is up for the lead in the movie "Body Weapon" playing a criminal mastermind.

Impact! was scheduled to air tonight at midnight on Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC), although I know also aired an episode this morning at 4am. TNA officials are reportedly saying rumors about Impact moving to FX are just rumors and not true. HDNet showed the BG James hosted TV pilot "Rumbles" this evening.

WrestleTalkRadio interviewed Michael Shane about NWA TNA, competing with WWE, his family, Paul London and more. NWA TNA has an interview with Monty Brown about his youth, the NFL, becoming a wrestler, and his future.

Ring of Honor's former Maryland promoter Dick Caricofe released a statement about what led up to his decision to pull his support for Ring of Honor's Glen Burnie, MD show that was scheduled for June 24. IWA Mid-South released their lineup for the 16 man King of the Death Matches tournament next weekend in Oolitic, IN. Chaotic Wrestling and East Coast Wrestling Association have agreed to a talent exchange as well as joint training camps.

Jesse Ventura gave the keynote address at the New York State Credit Union League's 84th annual meeting and convention on Friday and most in attendance, which included his former platoon officer, seemed to enjoy it. Bonesville.net has a story about Coach Ed Emory and his time in the middle of a race war which included a young Sylvester "Junkyard Dog" Ritter.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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