Great American Bash Card
- WWE Championship: John Cena vs. Lashley
- World Heavyweight Championship: Great Khali vs. Kane vs. Batista
- ECW World Championship: John Morrison vs. CM Punk
- Intercontinental Championship: Umaga vs. Jeff Hardy
- Women's Championship: Candice Michelle vs. Melina
- Texas Bull Rope Match: Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
- Singapore Cane Match: Carlito vs. Sandman
- Cruiserweight Open: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Funaki vs. Shannon Moore vs. Jamie Noble
The RAW crew was in Visalia, CA yesterday with Bobby Lashley vs. John Cena ending in a no contest. The RAW crew was in Anaheim, CA today, and the Great American Bash is in San Jose, CA tomorrow. Teddy Hart, Harry Smith and Nattie Neidhart debuted on OVW TV this week in matching outfits.
The Miami Herald has an interview with CM Punk about being straight edge, ECW, dating within wrestling and more. Ken Kennedy is scheduled for Tom Green Live on Tuesday. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses his dinner at Toby Keith's house, Edge's injury, and plans for his BBQ empire.
WWE is reportedly scaling back this year's Diva Search, with a prize of only $100,000 and all competition segments taped over the course of three days and edited into weekly WWE programming. The Vengeance DVD includes no direct references to Chris Benoit creating some odd silences in the parts discussing Johnny Nitro's late addition to the ECW title match. WWE's Summerslam anthology DVD set is reportedly on hold as WWE decides what to do with past Chris Benoit footage.
Off The Record's Michael Landsberg said on last night's show that WWE's refused their requests for appearances on the show and that they're not speaking to any Canadian media right now. Lance Storm's latest commentary is directed at Marc Mero and his recent appearance on CNN's Glen Beck show. SLAM spoke to Lanny Poffo about steroids, drug abuse in wrestling, and his love of Canada. Joanie "Chyna" Laurer will appear on Nancy Grace's show on Tuesday to discuss drugs in wrestling. FOX Sports has an article on NHL head injuries with ties to the Benoit tragedy and Christopher Nowinski's work in the area of sports concussions.
Hogan Knows Best season 4 debuts tomorrow on VH-1. Randy Savage on the next Surreal Life seems to be a sure thing. Barbaric Wrestling Radio interviewed Vito about his WWE release, wearing dresses, TNA and more.
Konnan's kidney donor passed compatability testing on Thursday, so things should be set for Monday's kidney transplant surgery. Kirby Mack is hospitalized with a collapsed lung suffered at last night's UWF show. Professional wrestling photographer Greg Bowles passed away on Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
