Smackdown, TNA, ROH, Ventura, Rock Jun 06 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Finlay over Chuck Palumbo, Great Khali over Deuce and Donino, Cousin Sal over Santino Marella, Natalya won the Golden Dreams match, Kozlov over Jimmy Wang Yang, and Batista/Nunzio/Colin Delaney/Funaki over Edge/Chavo Guerrero Jr./Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder.

Smackdown and ECW will tape this week's shows tomorrow in Fresno, CA. The RAW crew is in Redding, CA tomorrow. WWE signed up over 650,000 for their million dollar giveaway so far. Undertaker will be taking part in WWE's Australian tour to help make up for Big Show's absence. PWInsider has a match listing for WWE's new Rock DVD set.

Last night's Impact scored a 0.9 rating. TNA signed television distribution deals in Portugal and Spain. Midway launched their full TNA Impact video game site. Ring of Honor held their tag team championship tournament tonight in Hartfort, CT with Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black over Kevin Steen/El Generico.

Louisiana's The Advertiser has an article on Rodney "Mack" Begnaud and his transition from wrestler to MMA fighter. Alex Marvez interviewed Ronnie Garvin about his career and his upcoming award from the Cauliflower Alley Club. There's speculation Jesse Ventura may run for the US Senate from Minnesota.

Dwayne Johnson is featured in an Entertainment Weekly story on Hollywood's Next A-List of stars. Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement from boxing and cancelled his match with Oscar De La Hoya. Paul Heyman's latest column for The Sun says WWE was right to pull Ric Flair from NWA's Hall of Fame ceremony. Brutus Beefcake, Brian Knobbs, Jimmy Hart and Eric Bischoff will have roles in Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.

The Washington Post has an article on Chris Bell's documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster* which is opening in more cities this weekend. Director Paul Hough is casting wrestlers in his new horror film Remember My Name. About $10,000 in video equipment was reportedly stolen from one of OVW's vans forcing them to borrow equipment from a local TV station.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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