Smackdown, Releases, Batista, Orton Aug 15 - 11:44 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Smackdown Results: Jeff Hardy over Shelton Benjamin via DQ, Natalya/Maryse over Maria/Michelle McCool, Brian Kendrick over Scotty Goldman, Triple H over Kenny Dykstra, Big Show over Ryan Braddock, and Kozlov over Festus.

WWE announced the releases of Stevie Richards, Colin Delaney, the Highlanders, Cherry and referee Wes Adams. Joey Styles blogged about Stevie Richards' release and his future. The RAW/Smackdown/ECW crew was in Rockford, IL tonight, and tomorrow they're in Valparaiso, IN. Edge's Smackdown promo was cut from the UK version airing in Australia.

Australia's National Nine News interviewed Batista about his thoughts on the Benoit tragedy after a year. Muscle and Fitness interviewed Batista about injury rehab, returning to the ring, fans and more. Muscle and Fitness also posted photos of Batista posing and working out.

The Baltimore Sun has a Q&A with Mark Henry on being ECW champion, past characters, Michael Hayes and more. The UK's Sun interviewed Randy Orton about wrestlers he doesn't like, wrestlers he does like, "boring" chants and more. The UK's Sun gave Randy Orton a chance to play Smackdown vs. RAW 2009 and share some reactions. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses WWE's latest releases, Tito Santana, Candice Michelle and more.

Last night's Impact scored a 0.9 rating. TNA was in Estero, FL yesterday with Samoa Joe over Abyss.

Ric Flair made his first live post-WWE appearance at the NWA Legends convention in Charlotte, NC today. Paul Heyman commented on Brock Lesnar's future as a UFC heel. Steve Carell says he had a near death experience working with Great Khali during the filming of Get Smart. SLAM has a review of the Very Best of GLOW Volumes 3 and 4 DVDs with very little positive to say.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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