RAW, Benoit, Astin, Trish, TNA Jul 09 - 11:23 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Bobby Lashley over King Booker via DQ, Umaga over Santino Marella, Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch over the Highlanders, Snitsky over Super Crazy, Paul London over Shelton Benjamin, Candice Michelle/Mickie James over Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall, William Regal over Sandman via DQ, and Bobby Lashley/Jeff Hardy over King Booker/Mr. Kennedy.

John Cena, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, Ted DiBiase, and Steve Blackman appeared on Larry King Live tonight to discuss the Benoit tragedy, steroid use, media reaction and more. Konnan and Marc Mero appeared on Nancy Grace's show tonight discussing drug use, testing, reasons for abuse and more. FOX News posted a transcript of Friday's Hannity and Colmes with Lanny Poffo and Jacques Rougeau discussing the Benoit situation and steroids. SLAM has a list of wrestlers who have killed in the past including suicides.

Georgia is now investigating whether Dr. Astin is involved in insurance fraud. Dr. Astin's lawyer Manny Arora says there will be no plea detail for his client at this time. Johnny Grunge's widow reportedly called Dr. Astin a drug-dealer after his prescriptions were allegedly found with Grunge's dead body last year. Florida congressman Clifford Stearns spoke about a potential investigation into wrestling drug issues as a result of the Benoit tragedy.

The Smackdown and ECW crews were in Biloxi, MS last night with Batista over Edge. Paul Burchill worked on the Smackdown/ECW house shows over the weekend teaming with Dave Taylor. Tomorrow's ECW will be headlined by Johnny Nitro vs. Tommy Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match. The Smackdown and ECW crews were in Pensacola, FL tonight, and tomorrow they're in New Orleans, LA.

Batista is featured in the Fall 2007 issue of Maximum Fitness. WWE has a three disc Rey Mysterio Jr. DVD set scheduled for an October 23 release. The Mobile Register has an article on Sgt. Slaughter's appearance on Wednesday at the Mobile BayBears' baseball game.

TV Guide interviewed Trish Stratus about hosting Second City’s Next Comedy Legend, comedy vs. wrestling, retirement and more. Trish Stratus appeared on the Vancouver Sun TV Times cover. Rob Van Dam is not under a no-compete clause because his contract expired. Gossip websites are speculating Brooke Hogan may have had breast enhancement surgery.

Thursday's Impact scored a 1.1 rating, down slighly from recent highs. TNA's Road to Victory Road special will include the exclusive match Petey Williams vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Senshi. Midway Games' TNA Impact game is scheduled for a Spring 2008 release. TNA is re-designing their website with the new look expected towards the end of summer.

OVW's Friday show in Louisville, KY drew a record 800 fans. Mike Johnson has Ring of Honor notes on upcoming Japanese shows, SHIMMER, Allison Danger and more. National Wrestling Superstars will hold two fundraisers in Seaside Heights, NJ to benefit the Seaside Heights Volunteer Fire Department.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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