WWE vs. ECW, Tenta, TNA, OVW Jun 07 - 11:06 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick WWE vs. ECW Results: Rob Van Dam over Rey Mysterio Jr., Mickie James over Jazz, Big Show won the battle royal for ECW, Edge over Tommy Dreamer, and John Cena over Sabu via DQ.

RAW scored a 4.0 rating (3.7 / 4.3 / 6.3 Share). Last week's two hours of RAW finished #8 and #13 behind the Sopranos, NBA Playoffs, Nextel Cup and more. There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Wheeling, WV. The RAW crew was in Toledo, OH last night with John Cena over Edge.

WWE revealed unannounced One Night Stand matches on their t-shirt for the event. WWE debuted their new ECW logo. WWE.com interviewed John Cena about One Night Stand. WWE.com has an article on former partners Rey Mysterio Jr. and Rob Van Dam facing off at WWE vs. ECW Head to Head tonight.

WWE reportedly signed David "Gangrel" Heath for the new ECW. Axl Rotten no-showed Monday's RAW leaving his future with WWE in question. Danny Doring trained in OVW this week.

WWE moved their June 24 Philadelphia, PA house show to a July 4 live TV taping. WWE moved their June 25 ECW house show from Elizabeth, PA to Belle Vernon Rostraver Township, PA. WWE added a third show to their tour of Israel on July 29. Greg Gagne will take over writing for OVW with Paul Heyman's move to ECW.

WWE applied for a trademark on Pit Bulls for a new team name for Kid Kash and Jamie Noble. Undertaker vetoed his Piper's Pit segment reportedly because he didn't feel it fit with his character. RAW was named one of TV's cheesiest shows by MSN. WWE.com has an article on Umaga bulldozing his way through RAW.

John "Earthquake" Tenta passed away this morning at age 42 after a two year battle with bladder cancer. SLAM has an article on 2006 Cauliflower Alley Club honoree Jessica Rogers. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has an article on Rick Steiner's tough campaign for the Cherokee County school board. Jack Black and Jared Hess answered questions about the making of Nacho Libre.

TNA has a new Outside the Ring with Christy Hemme, Jay Lethal and So. Cal Val. TNA filed for trademarks on Size Matters and TNA Knockouts. Some TNA fans have had trouble locating the new Samoa Joe DVD at retailers.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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