Smackdown, RVD, Dreamer, MTV Jul 07 - 11:35 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: King Booker won the #1 contender battle royal, Ken Kennedy over Super Crazy, Vito over Psicosis, Pitbulls over Scotty 2 Hotty/Funaki, and Bobby Lashley over Gregory Helms.

The RAW crew was in Barrie, ON tonight, and tomorrow they're in London, ON. The Smackdown crew is in Winnipeg, MB tomorrow night, while the ECW crew is in Racine, WI. The July 18 ECW show will air an hour later.

Hulk and Brooke Hogan will appear at Saturday Night's Main Event. Rob Van Dam addressed his situation on his website and apologized to Battle Creek, MI fans for missing his upcoming hometown show due to suspension. Tommy Dreamer apologized to ECW fans for this week's show, but self-censored himself before going into detail.

WWE.com spoke to Batista about being chosen for the cover of WWE Magazine. WWE.com interviewed Jerry Lawler about his love of Superman and the new movie Superman Returns. The Boogeyman is expected to return in September.

WWE.com has details on the Wrestlemania 23 Kick-Off Fan Rally in Detroit, MI on July 25. WWE.com has an article on the return of the Diva Search on RAW. WWE is teaming with Telescope Inc. for the Diva Search voting.

Gail Kim's TNA opponent is named Sirelda. AJ Pierzynski credited wrestling fans for barely beating Francisco Liriano in the selection poll. Mike Johnson has TNA notes on Homicide, the Naturals, Jake Roberts, Jeff Hardy and Playboy.

MTV has yet to pick up the Wrestling Society X project and many contracts are about to expire. TNT Pro Wrestling announced they've signed a deal with the new MavTV network for a weekly show on Wednesdays at 9pm starting in September. SLAM has an article on Chris Jericho's upcoming performance in Opening Night in Toronto later this month.

Kenta Kobashi underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his kidney yesterday. The South Bend Tribune has a profile of the Midwest Wrestling Academy. The Home News Tribune has an article on wrestler JC Kissell's new career as a taxi driver. Former WWE developmental Diva Trenisha Biggars is booked for ZERO-ONE MAX under the name Panther Claw.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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