RAW, Orton, TNA, Low Ki, Domino Aug 11 - 11:59 pm EDT

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Quick RAW Results: Beth Phoenix over Kelly Kelly, Santino Marella over Mickie James, Cryme Tyme over the Highlanders, Chris Jericho over Kane, William Regal over Jamie Noble, and Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes over John Cena/Batista to win the World Tag Team Championships.

Smackdown and ECW will be taped in Norfolk, VA tomorrow night. WWE.com has an article on George Thorogood attending RAW. Some paparazzi caused problems for Maryse at Saturday's Summerfest event in Venice Beach, CA. Several WWE wrestlers will appear at the Indiana State Fair on August 16 to promote Summerslam the next day. John Cena was nice enough to buy beer for everyone at Wildwood Barbeque while in New York City, NY for a GHC signing appearance.

After recently announcing he'd been cleared to wrestle, Randy Orton was injured again in a motorcycle accident that'll keep him out of the ring another 3-4 months. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses recent releases, Jeff Hardy, young wrestlers and more. Plans for a Memphis, TN hotel with Jerry Lawler among the backers are unlikely to come to fruitiion. The Greenwich Time has an article on author ChaChanna Simpson who also works in WWE's creative services department.

There are live notes from Hard Justice last night in Trenton, NJ. Ice-T reportedly missed Hard Justice due to travel problems. Midway Games held a media presentation on Saturday to promote Impact. Ticketmaster cleared up their problems with TNA's New York City, NY show which they'd listed as cancelled.

Low Ki will return to the ring at the end of the month following a torn ACL for Pro Wrestling Guerilla. Several promotional photos from Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler were released today, and their website is now up. A video of a proposed character for Domino made its way to YouTube.

Dana White was impressed with Brock Lesnar's latest fight. Bill Goldberg took part in the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research over the weekend in Pinehurst, NC. Jim Cornette has reportedly finished his Midnight Express book. The Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission will continue their discussion of additional professional wrestling regulation at their next meeting on Wednesday.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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