The RAW crew was in Peoria, IL today, while the Smackdown/ECW crew was in Jonesboro, AR. WWE is in St. Louis, MO with a supershow RAW and Smackdown dual taping. Chicago Mag has a Q&A with CM Punk on wrestling, being straight edge, Chicago and more. Jim Ross wrote about MMA, Eric Bischoff, and Gail Kim in his BBQ blog. New York's Newsday has an interview with Balls Mahoney about indie wrestling, his WWE release, Kelly Kelly and more. James Guttman interviewed Big Daddy V about his WWE release, movies, future plans and more.

Thursday's Impact scored a 1.1 rating. The Miami Herald has an article on Booker T and Sharmell Sullivan and their ability to work in wrestling together. Mick Foley denies having signed a deal with TNA, yet.

Walter Killer Kowalski passed away last night at age 81. WWE issued a brief statement on Kowalski's death, as well as video and photos, and Jim Ross wrote about him in his latest blog entry. SLAM has an article on Kowalski's career, and the Associated Press published a story on Kowalski's death.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.