Smackdown, Bigelow, Releases Jan 19 - 11:26 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Matt Hardy over Joey Mercury, William Regal/Dave Taylor/MVP over Paul London/Brian Kendrick/Vito, Chris Benoit over Chavo Guerrero Jr., Deuce/Domino over unnamed wrestlers, Kane over The Miz, and Mr. Kennedy over Undertaker via DQ.

The RAW crew is in New Orleans, LA tomorrow night, while the Smackdown and ECW crews are in Lake Charles, LA. Lafayette, LA's Daily Advertiser has an article on Jeff Hardy and how he deals with the risk of injury. WWE's Wrestlemania Fan Axxess tour will be in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area this weekend. WWE is attempting to gain clearance for WWE 24/7 on Time Warner cable.

Jazz posted a note of thanks to fans following her and husband Rodney Mack's releases yesterday. CW Anderson posted a note on his MySpace blog also thanking fans for their well wishes following his release. WWE announced the release of Tatanka today as well as several developmental wrestlers. It's unlikely WWE will bring back ECW only house shows in the near future based on recent releases of most ECW talent.

Chris Nowinski appeared on NPR's All Things Considered to discuss Andre Waters' concussion injury related suicide. Layla El will be featured in the May 2007 edition of King Magazine. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses his role in WWE, Monty Brown, the Harts and more.

Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow passed away this monring at age 45 in Hudson, FL with the cause of death as yet unknown. WWE.com spoke to many wrestlers about the death of Bam Bam Bigelow. Jim Ross posted a remembrance of Bam Bam Bigelow on his blog. WWE.com has a look back at the career of Bam Bam Bigelow.

Family of Muncie, IN police officer Gregg Winters, who was shot and killed while working in 1990, are upset over a scene with Trish Stratus in this week's Armed and Famous that depicted him as being partially responsible for the incident saying he didn't properly pat down a suspect for weapons, when in reality another officer was the one that missed the weapon. Mike Mooneyham's latest column looks at the role of little people in wrestling with some opposed to emphasizing their smaller size and others in favor of it. Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Brent Albright about CM Punk, WWE, OVW and more.

Impact scored a 1.1 rating. TNA is in Irondale, AL tomorrow. The Cambridge, ON Times has an article on Samoa Joe and his increasing level of fame.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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