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.
ECW, Carter, DGUSA, ROH, Blanchard Jun 30 - 11:59 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
Today's News Headlines
- 11:47 pm PWT: The Specialists: ABSURDITY OF IT ALL: Mark Henry Returns From His Time Machine, Monday Night Raw Wants To Be Like Saturday Night Live, Why "Proven Commodity" Reigns Supreme
- 11:33 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: List of FCW Developmental wrestlers who debuted on ECW TV tonight
- 11:20 pm PWT: TV Reports: 6/30 ECW on Sci-Fi Report: MAYER'S alt. perspective review of multiple FCW debuts, Shelton's offensive ECW debut
- 11:12 pm PWT: Torch Instant Polls: ECW TV POLL: Who was the MVP of the 6/30 ECW episode if you saw the show?
- 11:12 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: ECW TV POLL: Who was the MVP of the 6/30 ECW episode if you saw the show?
- 11:01 pm PWI: ECW REPORT: THE FCW INVASION STARTS; REMINDING US WHO WAS ON ECW BEFORE THE TRADE; A NEW CHALLENGER FOR THE ECW TITLE? by Richard Trionfo
- 10:39 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN MAIN EVENT by Mike Johnson
- 10:30 pm PWT: TV Reports: CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 6/30: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Dreamer & Christian vs. Kozlov & Regal
- 10:15 pm PWT: MITCHELL'S TAKE: MITCHELL SHORT: WWE Proving Once Again That Life is Easy...
- 10:02 pm PWI: FOUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE WWE'S MAIN ROSTER ARE... by Mike Johnson
- 08:07 pm PWI: NEW TALENT IN THE MIX - ECW MAIN EVENT by Steven Fernandes
- 07:37 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: 6/30 Wade Keller Hotline - The News: Analysis of 15 Talent Trades and reply to Hardy's Seven Torch Tweets (20 min.)
- 07:08 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Tag team main event announced for tonight's ECW TV after ECW brand cleaned out
- 06:55 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: 6/30 TORCH DAILY BLITZ: Burgan looks at Strong Style Production's "Quick Shootin' with Allison Danger" DVD (6 min.)
- 06:22 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: USA Network posts best 2nd Quarter TV ratings ever on cable, narrowly beats TNT's NBA Playoffs coverage
- 05:33 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #4: "I'm not sure how WWE could have made it any clearer that MVP isn't in Triple H's league"
- 05:30 pm PWI: RAW RATING UPDATE by Dave Scherer
- 05:25 pm PWI: TNA NEWS AND NOTES by Mike Johnson
- 05:19 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Commercial-free Raw draws highest ratings since 2002, but doesn't win cable TV ratings; USA Network in close race for weekly ratings
- 05:04 pm PWT: The Specialists: 6/29 WWE Raw Hits & Misses: McMahon's Announcement, Miz vs. Cena, MVP vs. Triple H, Gauntlet
- 05:02 pm PWI: WRESTLEMANIA III STADIUM MAY BE HEADING FOR AUCTION BLOCK, NOTES & NEWS ON JERICHO, RVD, KIDMAN AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 04:59 pm PWT: TNA News: TNA News: The Dixie Carter "State of TNA" interview - Acknowledges booking has insulted the audience, says TNA will compete head-to-head with WWE
- 04:58 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: JUNE 1989 BACK ISSUE SET (20 Years Ago): Three back issues with news, results, columns, more - just posted as PDFs
- 04:12 pm PWT: The Specialists: MAYER'S BLOG: Analyzing the "Re-Draft" - ECW is only supposed to be pillaged once per year, Looking at where Swagger, Hardy, Benjamin fit in
- 03:47 pm PWT: The Specialists: UNDER THE MICROSCOPE - 6/29 WWE Raw: Raw Trade Players to be Named Later, Spellchecking Signs, A closer look at Lilian Garcia, Can Big Show really bench press a VW?
- 03:36 pm PWT: Torch Instant Polls: TORCH AFTERNOON POLL: Which WWE wrestler "traded" will benefit the most?
- 03:21 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: MICK FOLEY INTERVIEW - Vintage Audio Torch Talk from May 31, 1991, part two of two (90 min.)
- 03:14 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #3: "I like the ECW influx, but I fear for what may happen to Bourne and Swagger"
- 02:47 pm PWI: UPDATE ON ROH TV TAPINGS IN AUGUST by Mike Johnson
- 02:46 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: JUNE 2004 BACK ISSUE SERIES: Samoa Joe Torch Talk, feature columns by Mitchell, Keller, Powell, McNeill, ROH Drama, PPV Reports, Tons of Insider Exclusive News
- 02:28 pm PWI: WWE RETURNING TO MEXICO THIS OCTOBER, FULL DETAILS by Devin Cutting
- 01:33 pm PWI: SMACKDOWN, AM RAW AND TNA IMPACT RATINGS by Dave Scherer
- 01:09 pm PWI: RICKY STEAMBOAT, NICK BOCKWINKEL AMONG 2009 CLASS HONORED BY WRESTLING MUSEUM & INSTITUTE by Mike Johnson
- 01:04 pm PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Chris Jericho writes about tough morning after wrestling twice last night; Complete Listing of WWE's rough two-week travel schedule
- 12:36 pm PWT: Other News: DGUSA News: Recently released WWE wrestler signed to face 2 Cold Scorpio at debut show
- 12:28 pm PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #2: "Henry's move to Raw was a bit of a surprise; his apparent face turn was a bigger surprise"
- 12:22 pm PWT: VIP Exclusive Features: PWTorch Newsletter #1094: 15 Wrestlers Traded, Mitchell's Greatest Concept Ever, McNeill's Top TNA Matches Ever, Powell's Page 2 Scoops, Warzecha Wire Service, Parks Has Questions About Joe's Turn, Bash PPV Coverage (20 pages)
- 12:11 pm PWI: FORMER WWE STAR KEN DOANE VS. 2 COLD SCORPIO ADDED TO DRAGON GATE USA DEBUT NEXT MONTH by Mike Johnson
- 12:07 pm PWI: EDGE HEALTH UPDATE, NEW WWE SHOW IN CANADA, TED DIBIASE AND MORE by Dave Scherer
- 11:23 am PWI: TULLY BLANCHARD DISCUSSES ARGUING WITH NBC DURING SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT, THE WORST TEAM THE BRAINBUSTERS FEUDED WITH, WWF CONFISCATING HORSEMEN SIGNS, AND MORE by World Wrestling Insanity
- 11:08 am PWT: RADICAN'S TAKE: RADICAN: Torch readers sounds off on Mark Henry's shining moment on Raw (w/Radican Reax)
- 11:02 am PWI: LOTS OF RING OF HONOR NEWS AND NOTES by Mike Johnson
- 10:26 am PWI: MATT HARDY INJURY UPDATE, WWE STARS COMMENT ON BRAND SWITCHES, PAUL BEARER SPEAKS AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 10:16 am PWI: TNA PRESIDENT DIXIE CARTER SAYS THE LANDSCAPE OF TNA WILL CHANGE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, DISCUSSES THE COMPANY'S GROWTH, TODAY'S WRESTLING FAN AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 10:00 am PWI: PWINSIDER Q&A: TRUMP'S OWNERSHIP OF RAW, THE FIRST ECW ONE NIGHT STAND, WWE USING HIGH SPEED CAMERAS AND MORE by Mike Johnson
- 04:30 am PWT: CALDWELL'S TAKE: CALDWELL: Analysis of WWE's roster shuffle from the 15-person trade - who benefited, which brand needs help
- 03:29 am PWI: RAW SPOILERS FOR NEXT MONDAY: TRIPLE H VS. CENA FOR WWE TITLE SHOT, TED DIBIASE SR. APPEARS AND MORE by Kris in California
- 03:27 am PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Evan Bourne comments on move to Raw brand
- 03:25 am PWT: WWE News: WWE News: SPOILER News & Notes for next week's Raw after double TV taping on Monday night
- 02:55 am PWT: Torch Feedback: WWE Raw Reax #1: "I find it ironic the flagship had to be bailed out by Smackdown and ECW"
- 12:47 am PWT: WWE News: WWE News: Complete list of 15 names that have been traded (w/Keller's Analysis)
- 12:12 am PWT: MITCHELL'S TAKE: MOJO MITCHELL'S 6/29 Raw Stream Of Randy Orton Faces ECW and Loses and That's The Main Event
