Quick RAW Results: Batista over Paul Burchill, Kelly Kelly/Mickie James over Katie Lea/Jillian Hall, JBL over Jamie Noble, John Cena over Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes, D'Lo Brown over Santino Marella via DQ, and Chris Jericho over CM Punk.
There are off air and dark match notes from RAW tonight in Chicago, IL.
Smackdown and ECW will be taped in Moline, IL tomorrow.
Mark Henry and Matt Hardy will have a Summerslam rematch tomorrow on ECW.
There are off air notes from Summerslam last night.
CM Punk required stitches following his match with JBL.
Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses Summerslam, Matt Cappotelli, Bobby Heenan and more.
WWE.com has a brief article on Charlie Haas' new web store.
WWE's McMahon's Million Dollar Giveaway is nominated in the Adweek Media Buzz Awards' People's Choice category.
Ticketmaster has reportedly not rescinded its accidental cancellation of TNA's New York City event causing buyers to eat the cost of non-refunded handling charges with a second purchase.
Midway Games released additional Impact game videos revealing new story mode details.
The Orlando Sentinel has an article on Mark "Buh Buh Ray Dudley" LoMonaco and his Fawnfeather Spa and Salon that he runs with his fiancee.
Ric Flair will make an appearance for 1PW in Doncaster, UK on October 18.
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling will debut on October 18 at 8pm.
Jesse Ventura is reportedly in talks for a new court show to debut in 2009.
Bischoff Hervey Entertainment Television announced a new reality series featuring the Naked Cowboy Robert Burck.
SLAM has an article on the NWA Legends Fanfest over the weekend, and there are additional results from their second wrestling show on Saturday.
LuchaLibreOnline.tv has an interview with Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore.
Colin Delaney returned to the indies over the weekend with a UWA Hardcore show in Canada.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
RAW, Hogan, Ventura, Dudley Aug 18 - 11:47 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:33 pm PWI: NOTES AND NEWS FROM RAW TAPING IN CHICAGO, IL by Mike Johnson
- 10:58 pm PWI: RAW REPORT AND THOUGHTS: PUNK'S HOMECOMING AS CHAMPION; HANDICAP MATCH (GUESS WHO WINS); MAIN EVENT ANNOUNCED FOR UNFORGIVEN by Richard Trionfo
- 10:58 pm PWI: WWE'S MILLION DOLLAR GIVEAWAY GETS THEM AWARD NOMINATION AND MORE by Steven Fernandes
- 10:38 pm PWT: TV Reports: KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 8/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live show
- 09:22 pm PWT: TV Reports: CALDWELL'S WWE RAW REPORT 8/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live USA Network broadcast
- 08:41 pm PWI: HUGE INTERNATIONAL STAR WRESTLES ON RAW TAPING IN CHICAGO AND MORE LIVE NOTES by Mike Johnson
- 07:44 pm PWI: JIM ROSS COMMENTS ON SUMMERSLAM, BOBBY HEENAN AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 07:11 pm PWI: MORE ON JESSE VENTURA'S NEW PROPOSED TV PROJECT - JUDGE JESSE? by Mike Johnson
- 07:05 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2: First-person report from the NWA Mid-Atlantic Fan Convention with Ric Flair (38 min.)
- 06:23 pm PWT: WWE News: 8/17 WWE SummerSlam HOLT report: What fans in the arena saw that PPV viewers might have missed
- 06:16 pm PWT: Other News: ETC. News: Jesse Ventura in talks for a court show, according to TV Week (w/Keller Analysis)
- 05:48 pm PWT: Website Flashbacks: WWE RAW ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS 8/18/03: Keller, Mitchell, McNeill, Powell,
- 05:46 pm PWT: Torch Flashbacks: KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 5 YRS. AGO (8-18-03): Goldberg vs. Randy Orton, Jericho vs. Nash, Christian vs. RVD, Molly vs. Trish
- 05:22 pm PWI: PREMIERE SET FOR HULK HOGAN'S CELEBRITY CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING by Mike Johnson
- 05:19 pm PWI: MORE TNA-NYC ISSUES by Mike Johnson
- 05:14 pm PWI: WWE SUMMERSLAM PPV ELEVATOR by Buck Woodward
- 04:29 pm PWT: The Specialists: LOGIC CHECK - SMACKDOWN: Keeping tabs on what made sense, what tested suspension of disbelief, and what was just ridiculous
- 03:36 pm PWI: UPDATED LIVE REPORTS FROM BOTH NWA LEGENDS WRESTLING CARDS IN CHARLOTTE, NC by Mike Johnson
- 03:12 pm PWI: JESSE VENTURA UPDATE by Mike Johnson
- 03:08 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN RATING, ERIC BISCHOFF'S SCARY NEW PROJECT, WHERE ARE THEY NOW AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 03:04 pm PWT: The Specialists: Nostalgia Review: WWF SummerSlam 1993: Luger vs. Yokozuna; Hart vs. Lawler; Michaels vs. Mr. Perfect; Steiners vs. Heavenly Bodies
- 03:04 pm PWI: MIDWAY GAMES REVEALS MORE DETAILS ON TNA IMPACT VIDEO GAME'S STORYLINE MODE AND GAMEPLAY by Mike Johnson
- 03:03 pm PWI: WWE NOTES & NEWS ON CM PUNK, JOEY STYLES, MR. PERFECT DVD AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 02:57 pm PWI: OFF AIR NOTES FROM SUMMERSLAM by Terri Bey
- 02:26 pm PWI: RAW TONIGHT, CM PUNK GETS STITCHED UP AND MORE by Buck Woodward
- 01:58 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: VIP - PWTorch Today Bulletin #4 (PDF): SummerSlam, Ratings, Threatening Note, AWA on ESPN
- 01:34 pm PWT: CALDWELL'S TAKE: CORNER CUBE MONDAY 8/18 - Shawn Michaels showed strength, not weakness by not attacking Jericho
- 12:44 pm PWT: TNA News: TNA Impact Ratings: Another Olympic bite out of a pro wrestling show's audience (w/Keller Analysis)
- 12:36 pm PWT: The Specialists: THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL: SummerSlam Edition - A match-by-match evaluation of the silly and stupid
- 12:30 pm PWT: Other News: ETC. NEWS: Eric Bischoff's next TV project announced - from ring performers to street performers, The Naked Cowboy
- 12:00 pm WWE: WWE Superstar launches Web site
- 12:00 pm WWE: JBL introduces "anti-energy" beverage
- 11:15 am PWI: LOOKING AT A "THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN TWO MATCHES THE WHOLE SHOW" EDITION OF SUMMERSLAM by Dave Scherer
- 10:34 am PWI: CENA-BATISTA II: WHEN SHOULD IT HAPPEN? by Buck Woodward
- 10:12 am PWI: FULL LISTING OF UPCOMING WWE AND TNA LIVE EVENTS by Devin Cutting
- 10:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q & A: RIC FLAIR IN TNA, IS ORTON RIGHT, ECW IS GOOD, TOUGH GUYS AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 09:51 am PWI: WWE ANNOUNCES SUMMERSLAM REMATCH FOR ECW by Buck Woodward
- 08:00 am PWI: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: BOBO BRAZIL (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS THE NWA WORLD TITLE, SUMMERSLAM, CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS AND MORE by Ryan Martinez
- 12:37 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE SummerSlam PPV Reax #2: "Edge vs Undertaker is the current Match of the Year, and I don't get how anybody can say otherwise."
- 12:16 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE SummerSlam PPV Reax #1: "Was it just me or was Cena's application of the STFU really sloppy and unbelievable?"
- 12:04 am PWT: PWTorch Free Podcast: 8/17 WWE SummerSlam PPV Post-Show Audio Roundtable with Keller, McNeill, Mitchell (5 min. free clip)
