The New Zealand Herald has an article on yesterday's house show.
The Smackdown/ECW crew was in San Diego, CA yesterday with CM Punk over Rey Mysterio Jr. and Edge suffering an ankle injury.
Edge's ankle injury may be an achilles tendon tear which could require at least a month off and possibly surgery.
The UK's Sun has an article on Jeff Hardy's future with WWE.
Multichannel News has an article on WWE's reasons for rebranding PPVs and how they're dealing with the economy.
WWE programming was reportedly pulled from Italy's Sky Italia without notice.
Jim Ross notes that Gerald Brisco's heart surgery has been delayed again.
TNA's Beautiful People shot a pictorial for MuscleMag expected to be published in the December issue.
The Miami Herald has an article on Jimmy Snuka's Body Slam University and the training that goes into professional wrestling.
Floyd Mayweather reportedly owes the IRS more than $6 million in taxes, which he denies.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Edge, Hardy, PPVs, Italy, BSU, TNA Jul 04 - 11:27 pm EDT
Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp
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