Impact, WWE, McMahon, Sheik, Konnan Aug 02 - 11:54 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Team 3D over Eric Young/Chris Harris, Triple X/Christopher Daniels over Sonjay Dutt/Jay Lethal, and Sting/Abyss over Christian Cage/AJ Styles.

WWE announced their second quarter results, covering April through June, with revenue of $137.5 million up from $119.3 million a year earlier, and with income of $7 million down from $14.7 million the year earlier due to losses from The Condemned. Linda McMahon took part in a WWE investors conference call today discussing Wrestlemania, The Condemned, Chris Benoit, HD, THQ and a lot more. Motley Fool has an article on whether sometimes tasteless companies like WWE are still worth investing in. WWE's stock has been on the decline lately, althought it finished up slightly today.

A second Congressional committee, the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, is now seeking drug testing information from WWE for possible future hearings. WWE's RAW rating may be revised due to a technical issue at Neilsen. Mr. McMahon will be returning to RAW on Monday in an effor to boost ratings.

Wrestlemania 24 tickets go on sale on November 3. Early Summerslam advertisements promoted Umaga vs. the Jackass crew and Edge vs. John Cena. SLAM has a somewhat negative review of WWE's Ladder Match DVD set for the matches WWE opted not to include. The Akron Beacon Journal has an interview with King Booker about his move to RAW and training academy. WWE's latest Superstar 2 Superstar has Victoria interview Bucky Lasek about skateboarding, bikes, restaurants and more.

TNA added LAX vs. Voodoo Kin Mafia to Hard Justice. Pacman Jones' first appearance for TNA could be at Hard Justice. TNA has three house shows this weekend in the midwest. The Kansas City Star has an article on TNA's house show there on Saturday with a focus on Kurt Angle.

Samoa Joe was married last weekend in California. TNA's Leticia Cline will appear on the cover of a Playboy special edition magazine. Konnan was hospitalized yesterday for problems related to his recent kidney transplant due to his body rejecting it.

Iron Sheik made a memorable appearance on Howard Stern's show this morning with a few "guest wrestlers" to talk to him. Wrestling Weekly interviewed Jody Hamilton about his career, training, Deep South Wrestling and more. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at the Congressional investigation into wrestling, drug testing, Cody Rhodes and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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