Smackdown, Ratings, Hogan, Coach Aug 03 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Kane over Chris Masters, Mark Henry over Nate Nickerson via KO, Matt Hardy over MVP via CO, Jamie Noble over Shannon Moore, Jimmy Wang Yang over Kenny Dykstra, and Ric Flair/Batista over Deuce and Domino.

The RAW crew was in Huntington, WV tonight, and tomorrow they're in Wheeling, WV. The Smackdown and ECW crews are in Manchester, NH tomorrow. Smackdown's unknown wrestler was Johnny Stamboli.

The Hollywood Reporter noted the technical problems with USA's rating this week which impacted RAW's rating, however the true RAW rating may never be known. USA Network is heavily hyping Monday's RAW. Motley Fool has an article on WWE's losses from The Condemned.

Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses the Sooners, RAW's rating, Jeff Hardy, and more. MSG Network signed Jonathan Coachman to host their sports and entertainment show MSG, NY.

TNA scored a 1.1 rating last night. TNA issued a press release on the Bound for Glory weekend in Atlanta, GA. TNA is making plans for 96 non-televised live events next year, a two-hour Impact possibly starting this fall, and 8 of 12 PPVs outside of Orlando, FL.

The UK's Sun interviewed Hulk Hogan about problems in the wrestling industry, steroid use, his own promotion and more. Hulk Hogan had another successful sale of grills on a UK shopping channel, selling far more than expected. Anne Hathaway told a story about a joke The Rock played on her during the filming of Get Smart. Esquire published Killer Kowalski's What I've Learned column on their website.

Sal Corrente is appealing the not guilty verdict in his assault case against Jerry Lawler. The Henry Daily Herald has an article on the return of Deep South Wrestling. The Miami Herald has an interview with Joel "Malenko" Simon about his family, the wrestling business, friendship and more.

Rene Dupre is
headed to Japan following his recent WWE release. Jimmy Rave reportedly asked for and was given his Ring of Honor release due to Rave's unhappiness with the promotion, and the promotion's unhappiness with Rave. James Guttman interviewed David Young about problems with Dusty Rhodes, his time in TNA, wrestling in Japan and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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