Regal, TNA, Rock, Hogan, Benoit, Jacobs Aug 29 - 09:27 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

There are Smackdown spoilers from last night in Buffalo, NY. Last week's two hours of RAW finished #7 and #8. Smackdown will be preempted in several markets this weekend. WWE named Mike Timpson their Biggest Fan on Friday as part of their video competition with Ziddio.

Australia's Sunshine Coast Daily has a Q&A with William Regal on his name change, British wrestling, Chris Benoit and more. Balls Mahoney will appear on Who Wants to be a Superhero on next week's episode. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses football season, Summerslam, Jake Roberts and more.

TNA reportedly told several wrestlers at the Impact taping on Monday that Impact will be expanding to two hours in October. SLAM has an interview with James Mitchell discussing his time in TNA, male managers, a TNA expansion and more. UWF issued a press release on Sgt. Slaugher's participation in their UWF Capital Punishment show.

There's speculation Hulk Hogan may have been racing Nick at the time of the accident although police have dismissed that rumor. Nick Hogan's passenger John J. Graziano reportedly may have suffered brain damage from the accident. Lawyer's for Chris Benoit's father are claiming Chris Benoit had "diminished mental capacity" at the time of the slayings, which would mean Georgia's "Slayer Statute" would not apply to distribution of the estate. Rep. Cliff Stearns commented on Congress' investigation into steroid use in professional wrestling and the reasons for it.

The Rock's next film will be Disney's Witch Mountain, a remake of Escape to Witch Mountain, with production beginning in March. Axl Rotten underwent two operations on his right leg for compartmental syndrome yesterday. The Boston Globe has an article on Brutus Beefcake discussing wrestling at 50, drug use, Vince McMahon and more. MTV.com has an article on the influence of video games on professional wrestling with Jimmy Jacobs explaining it as "wrestling just attracts a lot of nerds."

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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