ECW, Ratings, Flair, Hardy, Ventura Aug 21 - 11:25 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Big Daddy V over Tommy Dreamer, Balls Mahoney over Elijah Burke, and John Morrison/the Miz over CM Punk/Boogeyman.

RAW scored a 3.7 (3.6 / 3.7) rating, down slightly from last week's 3.8. Saturday Night's Main Event scored a 2.5 rating, way up from the June 2's 1.9. USA was the #1 ad-supported cable network last week boosted by RAW's ratings. Boston, MA RAW advertising is focused on Triple H's return to TV.

There are off air notes from last night's RAW in Fayetteville, NC. Brian Gerwirtz of WWE's creative team played the fan asking Santino Marella for his autograph last night. Great Khali visited a Columbia, SC convenience store and one lucky fan was there to photograph it.

Ric Flair visited with 10-year-old leukemia patient DeShawn Cherry yesterday, but refused a reporter's question about Chris Benoit during the visit. South Carolina's WIS 10 TV has an video interview with Ric Flair. South Carolina's Fort Jackson collected items for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan prior to tonight's Smackdown/ECW taping.

Between the Ropes interviewed Matt Hardy about fans, Edge/Lita, tag team wrestling and more. The New York Daily News noted Ashley Massaro's appearance on Survivor: China. JBL and Sgt. Slaughter will serve as team captains at UWF's Capital Punishment II 10-man Civil War double ring steel cage match. Sgt. Slaughter is credited with the idea for a Fairfield, CT rib-eating contest. Jesse Ventura will be making a rare appearance at a Long Island convention this weekend organized by Jason Blaustein, cousin of Beyond the Mat director Barry Blaustein.

George "John Kronus" Caiazzo died with a significantly enlarged heart which may have been caused by other health complications or genetics, with toxicology results still pending. NPR's Frank Deford is scheduled to do a commentary on wrestlers dying young tomorrow. Michael Bay purchased Hulk Hogan's Miami, FL home for about $18.9 million. The New York Daily News has an article on independent wrestler Jason Calabrese as he attempts to make it big in wrestling.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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