Quick ECW Results: Bob Holly over Rob Van Dam via DQ, CM Punk over Stevie Richards, and Paul Heyman over Sabu.
The ECW crew was in Poughkeepsi, NY last night with Rob Van Dam over Bob Holly.
Smackdown and ECW were in Reading, PA tonight, and live spoilers from Smackdown are already available.
RAW scored a 3.4 rating (3.3 / 3.4 / 5.1 Share) last night on Sci-Fi, with another 0.6 rating (0.7 / 0.5 / 2.5 Share) for the later airing on USA.
USA ended up delaying RAW until after 12:30 AM last night due to the US Open.
Vince McMahon decided to beef up tonight's ECW main event due to fewer viewers watching RAW last night.
WWE issued a press release on drawing young adult male viewers in an effort to attract more advertisers.
WWE will hold their Unforgiven press conference on September 12 at noon in Toronto, ON.
WWE wrestlers will be involved in several Toronto area activities to promote Unforgiven.
WWE.com spoke to Edge about his chances at Unforgiven.
WWE's jet made five different flights within 24 hours to make several ECW and WWE shows.
WWE applied for several new trademarks, likely related to OVW's Neighborhoodies.
The lease was okayed for Vince McMahon's $2.3 million tennis center in his mother's community of Ebensburg, PA.
Trish Stratus confirmed her decision to retire with WWE.com.
WWE Magazine interviewed Triple H in this month's magazine about topics including his backstage power.
WWE.com has a new feature on Matt Hardy's Mailbag.
WWE.com has an article on Hell in a Cell as DX prepares for the first tag-team Hell in a Cell match.
The Philadelphia Daily News has a Q&A with John Cena about the Marine, acting vs. wrestling, rapping and more.
The Pittsburgh Channel ran an article on Kurt Angle's WWE release.
Lita and Virgil are scheduled for this weekend's Atlanta, GA DragonCon.
Media Life has an article on the new CW network and its mix of old UPN and CW shows.
Broadcasting and Cable cited WWE and Monk as reasons for USA's ratings success.
ECW will be moving from Sunday to Thursday in the UK.
Illinois Republican gubernatorial nominee Judy Baar Topinka will introduce the Rock prior to the screening of Gridiron Gang.
Stacy Keibler is a part-owner of a ABA minor league basketball team, the Hollywood Fame.
Chris Jericho was the first celebrity eliminated from Celebrity Duets.
Entertainment Weekly spoke to Chris Jericho about the series Celebrity Duets.
Nacho Libre's been a big hit in Mexico.
Jeff Jarrett will replace Jerry Lawler at the September 22 Wrestle Birmingham event.
Dory Funk Jr.'s latest column for TNA looks at Jeff Jarrett and wrestling history.
An MTV story on VMA parties references Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth at Wrestlemania IV.
James Laurinaitis, son of Animal, was quoted in an Associated Press tory on his team the Ohio State Buckeyes.
A new book on women's wrestling in the 1950's titled The Revenge of Hatpin Mary: Women, Professional Wrestling And Fan Culture in the 1950s by Chad Dell, an Associate Professor of Communication at Monmouth University, has been released.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
ECW, Ratings, Stratus, Jericho, Edge Aug 29 - 11:01 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:06 pm PWI: LIVE ECW ON SCI FI RESULTS, FULL REPORT - DX VS. BIG SHOW NEXT WEEK'S SHOW by Dave Scherer
- 10:42 pm PWT: TV Reports: 8/29 ECW TV on Sci-Fi: Caldwell's ongoing Alternate Perspective review
- 10:06 pm PWI: CELEBRITY DUETS IS NOT JERICHO by Buck Woodward
- 09:45 pm PWI: RAW RATINGS, MOVE TO SCI FI DIDN'T HURT RAW by Dave Scherer
- 08:19 pm PWI: LIVE SMACKDOWN SPOILERS FROM READING, PA by Mike Johnson
- 05:45 pm PWI: DAILY LARIAT: ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR ALL THE DAY'S WWE NEWS by Dave Scherer
- 05:00 pm PWI: LOCAL MEDIA COVERING WWE'S PA TRYOUTS, MATT HARDY, RATINGS, NEW ACTION FIGURES & MORE WWE NEWS by Mike Johnson
- 04:47 pm WO: Headline: Tuesday news update: Behind ECW main event tonight, TNA Fan Fest, Smackdown time changes, ECW time slot change, Unforgiven promotion, UFC pay, Best TV show and much more
- 04:45 pm WO: Headline: How the business has changed greatly this year under people's noses, what draws, plus what led to Angle's firing; details of this week's Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get 2 free issues of their choice
- 04:43 pm WO: Headline: 8-17 Ballpark Brawl in Buffalo report
- 04:27 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #3: "I hope WWE has extra security in Toronto for John Cena's title win."
- 04:20 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: McMahon comments on Angle's situation when it could have been swept under rug
- 04:10 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Colleagues are shocked at Angle's departure, but Heyman gets it right
- 03:54 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Trish Stratus comments on her retirement, to address in more detail on Raw
- 03:52 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: McMahon DVD reveals shocking storyline idea, excerpt of Keller's Review
- 03:37 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #2: "Who in the hell on the writing staff decided to let that run ten minutes?"
- 02:59 pm PWI: HOW WWE IS HANDLING KURT ANGLE'S DEPARTURE, JEFF HARDY'S TRAVELING COMPANIONS, WWE BLURRING STORYLINE AND REALITY AGAIN, HOT SHOTTING MATCHES AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 02:30 pm WWE: Trish confirms retirement by Louie Dee
- 02:30 pm WWE: Matt's Mailbag for 8-29 by Matt Hardy
- 02:30 pm WWE: Advant-Edge? by Zack Zeigler
- 01:33 pm TNA: News : Funk's Corner - Jeff Jarrett And Wrestling History
- 01:00 pm PWI: ECW IN UK UPDATE, ROCK IN CHICAGO, TAG TEAM BACK FROM INJURY, INTER-BRAND MATCH IN DEEP SOUTH & MORE WWE NOTES by Mike Johnson
- 01:00 pm PWI: LOOKING AT A "WE HAVE TO LOAD UP THE PPVS TO COMPETE WITH UFC" EDITION OF RAW by Dave Scherer
- 12:00 pm WWE: WWE visits the Wild Samoan Training Facility by Louie Dee
- 12:00 pm WWE: Sentenced to Hell by Craig Tello
- 11:40 am SLAM: Raw: A hellish night for DX by DALE PLUMMER - SLAM! Wrestling
- 11:38 am PWI: FORMER WORLD CHAMPION TRAINING WRESTLERS, THE ROCK, CW MAY HAVE IDENTITY ISSUES, LITA AT DRAGON CON, ANGLE LEAVING WWE AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 11:28 am PWI: VINCE MCMAHON REALLY HATES TENNIS, COACH CALLING DIFFERENT ACTION THIS WEEKEND, CENA TALKS ABOUT HOW VINCE GOT BUFF AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:49 am PWI: TRIPLE H COMMENTS ON HIS BACKSTAGE POWER AND MY REACTION by Dave Scherer
- 10:36 am PWI: BIG SHOW'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE FROM POUGHKEEPSIE TO AC, NEW WWE TRADEMARKS, SMACKDOWN RATING, WHERE'S FLAIR AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:30 am PWI: PRO WRESTLING INSIDER RETURNS TONIGHT by SportsTalkCleveland.com
- 09:20 am PWI: CHRIS JERICHO RETURNS TO NATIONAL TV TONIGHT by Mike Johnson
- 09:05 am PWI: TNA ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR BEST OF THE X-DIVISION VOLUME 2 DVD by Mike Johnson
- 09:00 am PWI: TRISH STRATUS' WWE FUTURE, LOTS OF WWE UNFORGIVEN HYPE PLANNED FOR TORONTO, EDGE & MORE WWE NEWS by Mike Johnson
- 08:55 am PWI: NEW BOOK TAKES LOOK AT ROLE OF FEMALE WRESTLING FAN IN 1950S by Mike Johnson
- 08:30 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: WHO HAS THE OLD WCW TITLE BELT, SHANE MCMAHON'S JOB, WHERE'S THE PIRATE, ECW & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 04:14 am PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: Post-Raw Audio: Torch editor Wade Keller's segment by segment analysis of show (35 min.)
- 02:48 am WO: Feature: WWE Raw TV report
- 02:21 am WO: Headline: WWE ECW house show report 8-28 Poughkeepsie
- 01:31 am PWT: Torch Instant Polls: Torch Poll: 8/28 WWE Raw - Score it 0-10, Pick the MVP, Opinion of Michaels/Hunter as DX
- 12:12 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #1: "Nitro and Melina just rambled senselessly for what seemed like forever."
