RAW, Orton, Moolah, Jericho, Lesnar Nov 05 - 11:59 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick RAW Results: Beth Phoenix over Kelly Kelly, Snitsky over Joey, Jeff Hardy/Rey Mysterio Jr. over Mr. Kennedy/Finlay, Cody Rhodes over Trevor Murdoch, Super Crazy/Jim Duggan over Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas, and Triple H/Shawn Michaels over Randy Orton/Umaga.

The RAW crew was in San Bernadino, CA yesterday with Triple H over Umaga. The Smackdown/ECW crew was in Stockton, CA yesterday with Rey Mysterio Jr./Batista over Great Khali/Finlay. Smackdown and ECW will be taped in Bakersfield, CA tomorrow night.

XPW/WSX's Kaos wrestled as Snitsky's opponent Joey. WWE's three hour RAW 15th Anniversary episode will air on December 10. WWE issued a press release on Wrestlemania 24 selling 44,000 tickets in 90 minutes following Saturday's on-sale. WWE requested a time extension for opposing a couple trademarks for Ward Wrestling Entertainment and Distribuidora Hortimex's Triple H.

The Pentagon Channel interviewed Randy Orton about his time in the Marines, WWE's support of the troops and more. Tampa, FL's Sports Radio 1470 interviewed Edge about his injury, Wrestlemania, steroids and more. Ric Flair was in Sunday's New York Times syndicated crosswords puzzle. The Washington Post's Presidential Campaign blog noted Ron Paul has Val Venis in his corner. Sgt. Slaughter visited the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, MS on Friday.

The New York Times ran a story on the death of the Fabulous Moolah. Fabulous Moolah's death was a subject of discussion on today's The View. Visitation for Fabulous Moolah will be held tomorrow night in Columbia, SC. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on the link between Chris Benoit's doctor Phil Astin III and Michael "Johnny Grunge" Durham who died last year.

FOX News has an article on Sarah Michelle Gellar and The Rock as they promote their film Southland Tales. Chris Jericho is taping an episode of E!'s Chelsea Lately on Thursday. Opie, of Opie and Anthony, claims Jericho told him he'll be returning at the end of his book tour. Vancouver's 24 Hours has an article on Bret Hart's new autobiography and his decision to write it.

Booker T's first post-WWE appearance may be against Christian Cage for his PWA on November 17 in Beaumont, TX. Former Diva Search contestant Jessica Hatch has started wrestling in Professional Championship Wrestling. Taryn Terrell and Amy Hennig took part in a one week evaluation in OVW. Brock Lesnar will face Frank Mir in his UFC debut on February 2.

The UK's Bravo accidentally repeated last week's Impact this week. SLAM has a review of the series Wrestling Reality which follows a tour through six Atlantic Canada towns and begins airing on the Fight Network today. Mike Johnson has a review of Highspots' OMEGA Uncommon Passion DVD which documents the independent promotion featuring the early careers of the Hardys, Gregory Helms, Joey Mercury and others. The Fight Network interviewed Shawn Stasiak about his new documentary, his father, Meat and more.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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