Impact, Ratings, Steroids, Hogan, Luger Aug 30 - 11:14 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Kip James/BG James over Chris Sabin/Alex Shelley, Sting over Christian Cage and AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.

Despite airing on Sci-Fi, RAW scored a 3.2 rating (3.0 / 3.3), with the replay scoring a 1.0 (1.1 / 0.9) rating. ECW scored a 1.3 rating last night. WWE's Tribute to the Troops will air on Monday, December 24 on USA. WWE rescheduled their Utica, NY RAW house show from September 29 to January 6.

WWE announced they've suspended 10 wrestlers for Wellness Policy violations, and while they won't be naming them, they do plan to announce the names of wrestlers suspended after November 1. The New York Post and ESPN listed the names of some of the wrestlers under investigation as clients of online pharmacies including Edge, Randy Orton, John Morrison, Ken Kennedy and other high profile wrestlers. The Associated Press also ran a story on the suspensions and related investigation into Signature Pharmacy. Greta Van Susteren interviewed WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt about the suspensions, naming wrestlers, steroids in other professions and more. The first Congressional hearings into steroid use in wrestling are scheduled for late September.

Florida's American Combat Wrestling ceased operations and two of their venues may now be used by WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. WWE's reportedly re-signed Johnny Stamboli. Independent ring announcer Bryan Kelly's reportedly signed a WWE developmental deal. Motley Fool has an article on high-yield stocks with WWE among them.

TNA's Syracuse, NY house show on Monday will feature Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage. TNA announced details for their Bound for Glory Fanfest on October 13 in Atlanta, GA.

Nick Hogan may be facing up to 15 years in jail for vehicular manslaughter if his passenger dies as a result of his accident. E! News has an article on Nick Hogan's driving past with comments from his and Brooke's MySpace blogs. Nick Hogan reportedly bragged about being let off by police for past speeding offenses in the upcoming issue of Rides magazine, although a reporter now says he was regretful for his past speeding. A prayer vigil for John Graziano was held yesterday in Clearwater, FL.

Amy "Lita" Dumas' band The Luchagors will release their debut CD on September 11. Tyler Mane hopes to reprise his role of Sabretooth in a future Wolverine film. The Macon Telegraph has an article on Lex Luger discussing how he turned his life around with religion. Macon, GA's 13WMAZ also has a story on Lex Luger's visit. SLAM has an article on MainStream Wrestling's tour of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with Grimez and Mike Hughes headlining. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at problems with wrestling, NWA, and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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