There are Smackdown spoilers and ECW notes from last night in Nashville, TN.
ECW scored a 2.2 rating last night, down slightly from recent weeks.
WWE.com has an article on the Madison Square Garden Classics series.
WWE will hold tryouts in Ottawa, ON on September 19.
Hulk Hogan told WWE.com's he's going to wrestle at Summerslam despite his knee injury.
WWE.com has an article with comments from Randy Orton about faking his injury to get out of a match.
There's speculation that Hogan's injury may be an excuse for a loss at Summerslam.
CNN posted the transcript of last night's Showbiz Tonight with an appearance by Hulk Hogan.
Chris Jericho will be part of the new series Celebrity Duets premiering later this month on Fox.
Rick Derringer will be doing a patriotic segment around Real American at this year's Taste of Edmonds in Washington, noting it gained a lot of importance to him after 9/11.
SLAM has an article on Canadian wrestler Chief Thunderbird and his career in the 1930's-50's.
Ring of Honor will head to the UK tomorrow for shows in Liverpool and Broxbourne.
TNA interviewed LAX's Hernandez about his background and stats.
Australia's The Age has an article on cable companys' treatment of viewers noting TNA's PPV air on such a delay that results arrive via regular mail before they air.
Pro Wrestling Xplosion will debut on September 13 in Philadelphia, PA with Rhino, Abyss, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and many others.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Hogan, Jericho, ECW, Derringer Aug 09 - 08:34 pm EDT
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