Smackdown, Cena, Nash, Hogans Aug 01 - 11:39 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: MVP over Jimmy Wang Yang, Mr. Kennedy over Shelton Benjamin, Brian Kendrick over Stevie Richards, Great Khali over Jeff Hardy, Maria over Victoria, and Big Show over Edge.

The RAW crew was in Springfield, IL today, and tomorrow they're in Evansville, IN. The Smackdown/ECW crew was in Johnson City, TN tomorrow. The Macon Telegraph has an article on Monday night's Smackdown/ECW house show featuring Triple H vs. Great Khali in a Georgia Street Fight. There are reports that WWE signed Mexican wrestlers Sicodelico Jr. and Dos Caras Jr..

WWE declared a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share, with the McMahons opting to receive only $0.24 per share. IGN interviewed John Cena about Saturday Night's Main Event, changes in the wrestling business, fan reactions and more. Freddie Prinze Jr. blogged about joining WWE. Jenny McCarthy challenged Michael Savage to step into a WWE ring with her following his recent comments on autism.

USA Network was #1 in primetime during July due in part to WWE. Mediacom added USA network in HD. Wrestling lost the top spot in the Billboard Recreational Sports DVD sales chart to the Boston Celtics NBA Championship DVD. The Night of Champions DVD includes Jim Ross' RAW farewell speech but none of the events that followed it.

Last night's Impact scored a 1.1 rating. TNA will hold a house show in Glens Falls, NY on October 5. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times has an article on TNA's house show tonight with comments from Jay Lethal.

Jeff Jarrett, Christian Cage, Kevin Nash and Karen Angle are appearing at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, IL. Beckett Media has an interview with Kevin Nash on collectibles, wrestling memorabilia, TNA cards and more. Alex Marvez interviewed Frank Trigg about his work with TNA and training for an in-ring debut. The Miami Herald interviewed Taylor Wilde about leaving WWE, joining TNA, winning the Knockouts title and more.

Midway released new Impact game footage of Jay Lethal and AJ Styles. IGN interviewed Rhino about the new Impact video game, Kevin Nash, the Detroit Tigers and more. SLAM has an article on the creation of TNA's first trading card set in 2004.

NWA will be presenting Adam Pearce with a new title prior to his title defense at Ring of Honor's show tomorrow. New York's Newsday interviewed Nigel McGuinness about being Ring of Honor Champion, memorable matches, Ring of Honor's future and more. Lance Storm's latest commentary discusses his recent Ring of Honor appearance. Big Vision Entertainment is seeking wrestling content for a new non-website distribution method.

Howard Stern interviewed Hulk Hogan yesterday about his wife, Brooke in Playboy, Nick in jail and more. Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Jirotka ruled that Linda Hogan has an interest in her son's lawsuit over jailhouse tape recordings being made public but has yet to rule whether they should be public or not. Minneapolis-St. Paul MN's KARE interviewed Brock Lesnar in preparation for his upcoming UFC fight. Honky Tonk Man will be visiting Merriton, ON for the Wrestling Supershow on August 6. Former wrestler Leroy "Brown" Togafau was alleged assaulted by a Hawaiian high school student while working as a security guard.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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