Ratings Summary
- RAW: 4.2 (4.0 / 4.4 / 6.8 Share) Up from 3.6 (3.4 / 3.8 / 6 Share)
- Heat: 0.7 (1.5 Share) About the same as 0.8 (1 Share)
- Velocity: 0.5 (1 Share) Same as last week
- WWE Experience: 0.5 (1.5 Share) Down from 0.6 (2 Share)
There are Smackdown spoilers from Orlando, FL last night. WWE reportedly took away a couple fans' signs at last night's Smackdown taping. Smackdown will be delayed on The Score tomorrow until 10pm because of the NBA draft.
RAW and Smackdown will be taped in Manchester, England on October 10 and 11. Up and Coming Magazine has an article on next week's Smackdown in Fayetteville, NC with comments from Kurt Angle about his Olympic career and transition to pro wrestling. Summerslam tickets are officially sold out, although more tickets may be released later once they determine their staging requirements. WWE is now offering Wrestlemania XXI travel packages.
Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Sports Review wrote about attending RAW on Monday in Miami, FL from a more casual fan type perspective. Viking Update has a brief article on Bryant McKinnie's RAW appearance. Scott Steiner's bio has been removed from the RAW Superstars page.
Eddy Guerrero, John Cena and Dawn Marie are scheduled for Byte This! tomorrow. La Resistance played WWE True or False on Saddam Hussein, the tag titles, Rene Dupree, and more. WWE.com spoke to Garrison Cade about his WWE career so far, his rolemodels, appearing at Wrestlemania and working with The Rock. WWEDivas.com has new Torrie Wilson photos.
Shelton Benjamin's hand injury is expected to keep him out of the ring until August. WWE is reportedly looking at creative team changes, including an expansion, in hopes of fixing storyline problems. 1wrestling and PWInsider both have a exclusive pictures of the final carded Ric Flair figure from Jakks Pacific.
Mick Foley was recently Arlington, VA on Thursday for USO's Joint Services Ultimate Stuffing Challenge helping to prepare care packages for the troops. The Sun's Lilsboys interviewed Warrior about WWE, WCW, NWA TNA, Hulk Hogan, Legends of Wrestling and his legacy. Goldberg wrote about appearing on CNN to discuss cars and some of his other upcoming appearances. The Charlotte Observer has a story on the Bobcats' latest draft picks and a look back at some of their past ones, including their 33rd pick in 1995 and first cut: Bill Goldberg.
D'Lo Brown was on Between The Ropes tonight after the TNA PPV and discussed Jeff Hardy's appearance, WWE, Impact, Monty Brown and more. Jeff Hardy may appear at tomorrow's TNA Impact! taping. Jeff Hardy's website confirmed his TNA appearance earlier today.
Kid Kash says he would've work for ECW while hurt, but he won't do the same for NWA TNA because of multiple issues he's had with them. Alan Wojcik interview Colt Cabana about the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, his shoulder injury, Ring of Honor, and more.
H2Wrestling's debut show in Somerville, MA this weekend has been cancelled due to their booked venue refusing to allow them to hold the event after alleged harassing phone calls to the building by another promoter. Jersey Championship Wrestling is inviting fans with tickets to the cancelled H2 Wrestling show to their fifth annual Jersey J-Cup on Sunday at 2pm in Garfield, NJ. Combat Zone Wrestling's third annual Tournament of Death will be held on July 24 in Smyrna, DE. Hawaii Championship Wrestling is teasing an appearance by The Rock at their July 21 at their Battle Hawaii show.
Jimmy Garvin is releasing backstage and road footage from his own collection on DVD, with additional future releases also planned. Vince Russo has been added to the Wrestling Reunion on July 10 in Carteret, NJ. Female wrestler Shinobu Kandori is one of the Liberal Democratic Party candidates in Japan's upcoming elections.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
