Beth Phoenix Backstage At SD!, Linda McMahon, SD! Rating

-- The May 28th episode of WWE SmackDown! scored a 1.8 rating with 3,031,000 viewers.

-- Frank J. Wilson sent this one in: Tuesday night's edition of "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" featured a story about the Republican women running for state office across the U.S. and their chances of being victorious in primaries and on Election Day this November. Among the candidates featured during the televised report was former WWE exec Linda McMahon. Video of the report is not online, but the story is up on the ABC News website.

-- Beth Phoenix, who is currently out with a torn ACL, said on Twitter that she was backstage at last night's SmackDown taping in Tampa, Florida. She wrote: "In attendance at Smackdown taping in Tampa for a great opportunity that I'm so thrilled about! Its an emotional visit.So hard to not work"