Smackdown, Congress, Murdoch, UWF Jul 27 - 11:31 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Batista over Deuce, Hornswaggle over Jamie Noble, Chavo Guerrero Jr. over Eugene, Ric Flair/Matt Hardy over MVP/Chris Masters, Mark Henry over Joey Blaylock, Kane over Dave Taylor, and Jimmy Wang Yang/Torrie Wilson over Kenny Dykstra/Victoria.

The Smackdown and ECW crew were in Bangkok, Thailand today, and tomorrow they're in Singapore. The RAW crew is in Las Vegas, NV tomorrow night.

Family Feud will reportedly be doing a WWE week this season. SLAM spoke to Trevor Murdoch after the George Tragos / Lou Thesz Professional Hall of Fame weekend show where he defended the WLW Heavyweight title. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses booming business, Magnum T.A., Sting and more. The New York Times has an article on Harlem Globetrotters' chief executive Kurt Schneider mentioning his four years with sports entertainment competitor WWE.

Congress began an initial investigation into drug and steroid abuse in wrestling by requesting WWE's drug policy information as well as the results of any investigations WWE prepared in relation to deaths, injuries or illness of past and current wrestlers that may have been related to steroid use. ESPN posted the request letter on their site. WWE issued a brief initial response on their corporate site saying they're reviewing the request and will respond accordingly. Joanie Laurer's Nancy Grace appearance was bumped again with no plans for another rescheduling.

Hulk Hogan and QVC sold over 13,000 Hulk Hogan grills, at $99 a piece, yesterday. The Lynchburg, VA News and Advance has an article on Ivan Koloff's life after wrestling discussing his religious work, his recent car accident and more. UWF will hold Capital Punishment II in Richmond, VA on September 21 to benefit the Commonwealth Autism Service, with special appearances by JBL, Ron Simmons, Sgt. Slaughter and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Jon Heidenreich has a series of YouTube videos lashing out at WWE.

Last night's Impact scored a 1.1 rating. Mike Johnson has TNA notes on Kurt Angle, Dustin Rhodes, Gail Kim and more. Video game Fire Pro Wrestling Returns will reportedly have a US and European release for the PlayStation 2.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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