RAW, WWE, McMahon, Cena, Austin Jun 11 - 11:45 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Edge over John Cena via CO, CM Punk over Carlito, Umaga over Balls Mahoney, Bobby Lashley over Chris Benoit, MVP over Santino Marella, Miz over Snitski, Candice Michelle over Kristal Marshall, Batista over Jeff Hardy and Elijah Burke, and Randy Orton won the battle royal by eliminating Matt Hardy.

WWE.com reports that Vince McMahon is presumed dead due to his fiery limo explosion. There are live notes and a list of tonight's drafts from RAW in Wilkes-Barre, PA. WWE.com spoke to some of the drafted wrestlers, and the draft will continue on Wednesday. The Smackdown and ECW crews were in Newark, DE yesterday with Batista over Edge via DQ. The Smackdown and ECW crews are in Philadelphia, PA tomorrow night.

WWE announced plans to invigorate their sponsorship strategy by trying to create exclusive partnerships with advertisers and broadening branding rights to include their websites and magazines. The Lexington, KY Herald-Leader has an article on WWE's success in DVDs, games and toys. WWE's new Florida developmental territory will use the name Florida Championship Wrestling with its first event on June 26. WWE signed Florida independent wrestler Buck Quartermain as a referee.

Great American Bash PPV materials feature Rey Mysterio Jr.. WWE.com spoke to several wrestlers about their appreciation of Vince McMahon. FHM has a new blog entry from Ken Kennedy about dealing with injuries.

John Cena will complete his time trial on tomorrow night's episode of Fast Cars & Superstars. The Newburyport Daily News interviewed John Cena about his appearance in Byfield, his family, popularity and more. Steve Austin was interviewed for the documentary Inspired: The Movie about the weight loss battle. The Condemned finished its domestic run with a total gross of $7,371,706.

Nashville's News Channel 5 profiled Jeff Jarrett in-depth, discussing the formation of TNA and and the recent death of his wife Jill. Diamond Dallas Page is teaching a Yoga For Regular Guys class every Monday night in Santa Monica, CA. Hulk Hogan's reportedly been spotted in a mid-atlantic supermarket chain commercial. Fangoria revealed that Chris Jericho has a role in the new film Albino Farm as Levi.

Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Chavo Guerrero Sr. about his time in WWE, Chavo Jr., Eddy Guerrero and more. James Guttman interviewed Sid "Vicious" Eudy about his last injury, the Four Horsemen DVD, Ric Flair and more. Walter "Killer" Kowalski will be inducted into the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday in Troy, MI.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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