Quick ECW Results: Evan Bourne/Ricky Ortiz over Chavo Guerrero Jr./Bam Neely, Armando Estrada over Tommy Dreamer, Braden Walker over James Curtis,
Last night's RAW scored a 3.4 rating (3.3 / 3.5), down from last week's 3.6.
Knoxville, TN's WVLT has an article on Nina Keathley's trip to RAW for her 101st birthday.
Saturday Night's Main Event did a lower rating than most episodes of Smackdown.
WWE Summerfest is scheduled for Saturday in Venice, CA with some matches, autograph signings and musical performances.
WWE held an earnings conference call today with Linda McMahon, Michael Sileck and George Barrios to discussing the economy, creative direction, increased spending and more.
WWE announced 2Q earnings of $7 million or 10 cents per share with revenue of $129.7 million, missing analyst expectations by a cent due to higher expenses.
WWE issued a breakdown of results by business segment with comparisons to the previous year.
Colin Delaney commented on comparisons to Mikey Whipwreck in the latest WWE Magazine.
Fortune has an article on Meredith Whitney and her husband JBL.
Elijah Burke's website is back online following its recent hack.
PWInsider has a summary of the events surrounding Ric Flair's departure from WWE.
Blood, Sweat and Ears will be touring northern Ontario and Saskatchewan during much of August, with appearances by Traci Brooks, Rhino and a couple people from the Trailer Park Boys TV show.
Mike Johnson has TNA notes on upcoming shows, video games and more.
The investigation into the Mike Levy IWA Mid-South beating a few weeks ago concluded without any charges filed.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an article on the importance of Brock Lesnar's upcoming UFC fight.
Canada's Much More Music will begin airing Brooke Knows Best on August 24.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
ECW, Ratings, Earnings, Delaney Aug 05 - 11:52 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:43 pm PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: Daily Keller Hotline: Analysis Raw ratings, announcing shuffle, tonight's ECW show (5 min. free clip)
- 11:04 pm PWT: TV Reports: CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 8/5: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of WWE's Sci-Fi show
- 10:50 pm PWI: FULL ECW REPORT by Mike Odd
- 10:10 pm PWT: TV Reports: KELLER'S ECW ON SCI-FI REPORT 8/5: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of program
- 09:33 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Another announcing shuffle in WWE at tonight's Smackdown/ECW taping (w/Keller Analysis)
- 08:39 pm PWI: EARLY NOTES FROM SMACKDOWN/ECW TAPING by Mike Johnson
- 06:52 pm PWT: Torch Flashbacks: WWE Raw Reax #3: "Mike Adamle might not have worked as a commentator, but he might actually work as GM."
- 06:47 pm PWT: WWE News: Ratings News: Show full of Adamle Originals sees ratings drop from last week, but above July average (w/Keller's Analysis)
- 06:11 pm PWI: RAW RATING by Dave Scherer
- 05:46 pm PWT: Other News: Torch Indy Weekend Report: Greg Valentine, Jimmy Jacobs, Zach Gowen
- 04:42 pm PWI: THE AWA TEAM CHALLENGE SERIES REVISITED, KATIE LEA LOOKING FOR AN OPPONENT AND THE FUTURE FOR TEAM 3D by Buck Woodward
- 03:45 pm PWI: CENA VS. BATISTA: NOW THAT WWE IS GOING THROUGH WITH IT, HOW DO YOU BOOK IT? by Buck Woodward
- 03:29 pm PWI: CONTEST: WIN TICKETS TO RING OF HONOR'S RETURN TO CLEVELAND, OH AND CHICAGO by Mike Johnson
- 02:52 pm PWI: FOLEY, FLAIR, LOOKING AT THE WWE NUMBERS AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 02:51 pm PWI: NOTES & NEWS ON LESNAR, DUGGAN, HOGAN AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 02:02 pm PWI: SNME RATING SUPER LOW by Dave Scherer
- 01:38 pm PWI: AM RAW, TNA IMPACT REPLAY, UFC ON SPIKE AND FOR ALL YOU BROOKE LOVERS, HER SHOW'S RATINGS by Dave Scherer
- 12:50 pm PWI: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO IWA MID-SOUTH MIKE LEVY BEATING INCIDENT END; NO CHARGES FILED by Mike Johnson
- 11:52 am PWI: MCMAHON DOES NOT FOLLOW STORYLINE CREATION, IS NOT ALWAYS TOLD WHAT WILL BE ON WWE TV; LONGTIME INVESTOR SAYS WWE SPENDS MONEY LIKE 'DRUNKEN SAILORS' by Buck Woodward
- 11:46 am PWT: Torch Flashbacks: KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 5 YRS. AGO (8-4-03): Austin changes SummerSlam main event, Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff, RVD vs. Jericho highlights show
- 11:43 am PWT: Torch Flashbacks: WWE Raw Reax #2: "The best part of Raw was Mike Adamle. People who criticize this guy need to..."
- 11:37 am PWI: LOOKING AT A "TOO BAD THE MATCHES HAD TO HAVE FINISHES" EDITION OF RAW by Dave Scherer
- 10:33 am PWI: ECW ON SCI FI PREVIEW by Mike Johnson
- 10:25 am PWI: WWE BUYRATES UP, STOCK TAKES A HIT, SUMMERSLAM AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 10:16 am PWI: THE RIC FLAIR STORY - COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE GREATEST'S DEPARTURE FROM WWE by Mike Johnson
- 10:04 am PWI: WWE SUMMERFEST THIS SATURDAY IN VENICE BEACH, NEWS ON ELIJAH BURKE, COLIN DELANEY AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 10:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: BUFFY ON WWE TV, AL SNOW'S TNA STATUS, REY MYSTERIO, HOW DID HAT GUY GET THOSE AWESOME ECW SEATS & MORE by Mike Johnson
- 09:51 am PWT: WWE News: WWE News: WWE reports okay second quarter earnings; Linda McMahon says expenses "unacceptable"
- 09:28 am PWI: TNA ASBURY PARK, NJ LINEUP, PHILADELPHIA SIGNING THIS WEEKEND, IRELAND TICKETS AND MORE TNA NEWS by Mike Johnson
- 09:12 am PWI: WWE REPORTS EARNINGS, MISSES INDUSTRY ESTIMATES by Dave Scherer
- 08:23 am PWI: PRO WRESTLING INSIDER RETURNS TONIGHT by SportsTalkCleveland.com
- 08:00 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: PRO WRESTLING NOAH DEBUTS, GREAT SASUKE UNIFIES EIGHT TITLES by Buck Woodward
- 03:46 am PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: Daily Keller Hotline: Analysis of WWE Raw including several new SummerSlam developments (19 min.)
- 03:19 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #1: "Cole describing Cena's style as 'pound and ground' is ridiculous on so many levels."
- 03:09 am PWT: TV Reports: KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 8/4: Adamle's debut as G.M. features three title matches, more Summerslam developments
- 01:59 am PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: C&R Audio Update: Caldwell and Roe return from summer break! (5 min. clip)
- 01:11 am PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: WWE Raw 8/4 Post-game Show: Caldwell and Penick discuss Raw (5 min. clip)
