Smackdown, Suspensions, McMahon, Jericho Nov 02 - 11:35 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Festus over Domino, Rey Mysterio Jr. over Jamie Noble, Kane over MVP, Mick Foley over Coach, Chuck Palumbo over Kenny Dykstra, Undertaker/Batista over Mark Henry/Great Khali via DQ.

The RAW crew is in San Diego, CA tomorrow, while the Smackdown/ECW crew are in Redding, CA. Wrestlemania 24 tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow morning. The CW is hoping to survive the writers' strike due to having shows like Smackdown that won't be affected.

As part of their new policy that went into effect yesterday, WWE announced the suspension of Chris Masters for 60 days and D.H. Smith for 30 days due to Wellness Policy violations. WWE declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share.

WWE.com posted an injury update on Matt Hardy and why he's not yet back in the ring. Gregory Helms posted a status update on his injury and the pain of dealing with nerve damage. Lex Luger issued a statement on his health.

The Orlando Sentinel interviewed Vince McMahon about Wrestlemania 24, drug-testing, former WWE wrestlers and more. Stephanie McMahon and Shane's wife Marissa McMahon may be participating in the New York City marathon. MTV has an interview with The Rock about the fans wanting him to play Black Adam in a Shazam film.

Jim Ross will be announcing the Oklahoma Sooners' starting lineups in their game against Texas A&M airing on ABC tomorrow night. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry addresses feedback on John Cena's injury, Batista's book, Brock Lesnar in UFC and more. Elijah Burke made a comment on his Ghosthunters appearance on Halloween. WWE's latest Superstar Ink takes a look at Rey Mysterio Jr.'s tattoos.

Chris Jericho's appearance on Opie and Anthony this morning got a little tense after Jericho took offense to a Christopher Reeve joke by comedian Jim Norton, leading to an XM security guard coming to the studio to make sure nothing happened. Chris Jericho was on Bubba the Love Sponge's show this morning discussing his book, not returning to WWE yet and more. Chris Jericho appeared on New York City's CW11 news discussing his book and WWE's SaveUs campaign. Boston University's Daily Free Press has an article on Chris Jericho's appearance yesterday at Boston University as part of his book tour.

The Sentinel Echo has an interview with OVW's Milena Roucka who is currently working under a WWE developmental deal. A few references to Chris Benoit were not edited out of the special 500th issue of WWE Magazine. Bloomberg and the UK's Times Online have articles on JBL's wife Meredith Whitney after she helped triggered a market selloff yesterday.

BrandWeek has an article on THQ's global marketing plans for Smackdown vs. RAW 2008. Toy Collector Magazine has an article on wrestling action figures with comments from several wrestlers about them. Stephen Colbert made jokes about WWE action figures on last night's Colbert Report. IGN added Mick Foley and Terry Funk to their Smackdown Countdown 2007.

Ring of Honor was in Philadelphia, PA tonight. Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Gabe Sapolsky about WrestleFanFest, PPVs, the past year in Ring of Honor and more. SLAM has an article on the Motor City Machineguns. PWInsider has some spoilerly photos for next week's Impact.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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