ECW, Carter, DGUSA, ROH, Blanchard Jun 30 - 11:59 pm EDT

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick ECW Results: Shelton Benjamin over Yoshi Tatsu, Sheamus over Oliver John, and William Regal/Kozlov over Christian/Tommy Dreamer.

There are RAW spoilers for next Monday from last night's taping in San Jose, CA. PWInsider has some background on the new ECW wrestlers. WWE will be touring Mexico in October. Last week's two commercial-free hours of RAW finished #4 and #6 in the cable ratings. USA announced their second best quarter for ratings ever.

Evan Bourne is excited about being drafted to RAW. Matt Hardy met with a doctor yesterday about his abdominal muscle tear, and he's also excited about being drafted to Smackdown. Edge is feeling his age when it comes to in-ring injuries. Chris Jericho also says he's getting too old for multiple matches in one night.

Dixie Carter offered a State of TNA interviewed about the promotion's goals, competing with WWE, Spike TV and more. There are TNA notes on Midways Games and roster adjustments.

Dragon Gate USA announced Ken "Kenny Dykstra" Doane will face 2 Cold Scorpio at their July 25 debut in Philadelphia, PA. Ring of Honor moved their August HDNet tapings to the 14th and 15th to accommodate HDNet scheduling. There are Ring of Honor notes on Larry Sweeney, HDNet, selling third party videos and more.

James Guttman interviewed Tully Blanchard about the Brainbusters, tag teams, arguing with NBC and more. Ricky Steamboat and Nick Bockwinkel are among the 2009 Class of the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame set to be honored on July 11. The Pontiac Silverdome may be put up for auction to help sell it.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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