ECW, Ratings, WM, Hardy, Israel Jul 25 - 11:24 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Sandman over Mike Knox via DQ, Vampire over Guido, Justin Credible over Balls Mahoney via DQ, and Big Show over Kane.

There are early Smackdown spoilers from tonight's show. RAW scored a 3.8 rating (3.5 / 4.0 / 6 Share). There are off air notes from RAW last night in Cleveland, OH. Victoria suffered a knee injury during last night's Heat taping, while Kristal Marshall suffered a rib injury at the Great American Bash. RAW will be delayed two hours on USA Network on August 28 and September 4 due to the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

WWE issued a birth announcement for Aurora Rose Levesque. Most of RAW happened as planned despite Vince McMahon's absence. Vince McMahon was back at tonight's ECW/Smackdown show. Vince McMahon is building a $2.3 million tennis court facility in Ebensburg, PA as a gift for his mother and her hometown.

Matt Hardy may be taken out of action in the near future. WWE's tour of Israel has been officially cancelled. Jerry Jarrett's Russian wrestler Oleg Prudius wrestled at RAW shows over the weekend.

WWE.com has an article on the Wrestlemania 23 fan rally held today in Detroit, MI. WWE picked up a lot of Detroit press coverage for Wrestlemania in the past few days. WWE will be doing a Wrestlemania presentation in Windsor, ON tomorrow with Big Show.

The Sun's Lilsboys hosted a webchat with Paul Heyman about ECW's return, TV vs. PPV, WWE's influence and more. Australia's FOX8 will begin airing ECW in September. WWE's Madison Square Garden Classics will air again tomorrow night on the Madison Square Garden network. THQ confirmed Smackdown vs. RAW for the Playstation 3 won't be released this year.

TMZ.com has footage of Rob Van Dam and Sabu's drug bust a few weeks ago in Ohio. Ultimate Warrior's Ultimate Creations won their motion to have their Breach of Contract lawsuit against WWE returned to Arizona state court. Jakks Pacific signed Rocky Johnson for their WWE Classic Superstars line.

Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Bret Hart about the Hart Foundation, current wrestling, Ric Flair and more. Wrestling Weekly interviewed Jonny Fairplay about his time in TNA, Miz, MAVTV and more. SLAM has an article on the CZW faction BLK Out and the reasons behind it.

Tickets for October's Bound for Glory in Plymouth, MI will go on sale on August 5. Stories of a backstage incident between Samoa Joe and Scott D'Amore are reportedly overblown. Dory Funk Jr.'s latest column looks at America's Most Wanted.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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