Daily Update: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Terrace House, UFC notes

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WON NEWSLETTER: May 25, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Death of Shad Gaspard

A story on the life of Shad Gaspard is the lead in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 

We cover the circumstances of his tragic death, notes from his family and friends, his acting career, his childhood, his thoughts about MMA, what world champion MMA fighter did he tell to pursue MMA before pro wrestling, and look at his wrestling career.

Whether Vince McMahon is doing an end-around to get out of paying people money owed and then restarting the league.  We look at why the people he owes money to believe that is the case.

The new issue also covers:

A preview for Double or Nothing II.

Update SummerSlam, more on Ric Flair’s new deal, more on Drew Gulak leaving WWE, brand-to-brand changes, IC title tournament, key person in directing television shows leaving, Backlash update, In Your House update, Jim Cornette’s comments on Becky Lynch and Dana Brooke, Seth Rollins and Dana Brooke respond, Glenn Jacobs talks shutting down businesses, WWE star nominated for major sorts award, Lio Rush talks leaving WWE, Nikki Bella talks her back, sports ratings for the past week, Canadian ratings for recent weeks, top amateur star talks going to WWE, WWE market value right now and the most-watched shows of the past week on the WWE Network.

Complete coverage of this past week’s UFC show.

A feature on the career of Kevin Randleman, the newest UFC Hall of Fame inductee, nothing his amateur wrestling days, his fighting days and his pro wrestling days.  We look at his most famous fights and biggest pro wrestling matches.

A lot more looking back 21 years ago to the tragic death of Owe Hart. We look at comments by Martha Hart and Jerry McDevitt and go back through the legal proceedings.

The highest television rating for any pro wrestling match in history and the legend of Kim Il, a forgotten South Korean sports legend.

The movie “My Dad is a Heel Wrestler,” starring Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.

In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.

Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week. 

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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • Matt Riddle, Sony Deville, Kane, Johnny Gargano, and Candice LeRae are on today’s episode of The Bump.
  • In a video that aired on The Bump this morning, MVP, The New Day, Drew McIntyre, John Cone, Tyson Kidd, Bobby Lashley, Natalya, Jeff Hardy, Dolph Ziggler, Shelton Benjamin, and John Morrison shared their memories of Shad Gaspard.
  • When asked about a potential return to the ring after her pregnancy, Becky Lynch told ESPN: “Yeah. It’s one of those things where I know what I feel and think as a person without a child. I don’t know what that’s going to look like when I do have one, and that’s my priority. I’ll tell you, it’ll give me more motivation than ever, I could imagine. But this isn’t the end of me, one way or the other.”
  • WWE posted pictures of the fight pit that’s being used for Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher’s “cage fight” on NXT tonight. Kurt Angle is the special guest referee for the match.
  • Free matches for today include a six man tag from the June 10, 2019 Raw and Kane vs. Bray Wyatt in a no holds barred match from WWE Backlash 2016.

Other Wrestling

  • The rest of Terrace House Tokyo’s season has been canceled following the death of Hana Kimura. The show had previously been on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Sports Illustrated interviewed Hiroshi Tanahashi about NJPW not running shows during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that running shows now “presents the wrong image of professional wrestling to society and would deal a black eye to the industry that might still remain even after the pandemic ends.”
  • Sports Illustrated also talked to Dark Side of the Ring executive producer Evan Husney. When asked about a third season, Husney said “A third season is something everybody involved wants to do. Vice wants to make a Season 3, we would love to see it happen, and we’re in those stages of conversation. Right now, there are just a lot of question marks about the future of production, and even the future of the world. Our show deals with a lot of travel, and we’d love to go international to places like Japan in Season 3, but there is a lot of uncertainty in terms of that.”
  • Chris Jericho confirmed that Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager cruise is going forward, setting sail on February 1-5, 2021 from Miami to the Bahamas. Ted DiBiase, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Bully Ray, Candice Michelle, comedian Brad Williams, and bands Fozzy and Stryper have been announced for the cruise. There will also be wrestling by AEW.
  • Matt Cardona and Brian Myers (formerly Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins) are the guests on today’s episode of Talk is Jericho.
  • Mandy Leon talks about her first match in ROH, which was also her first match ever.

MMA

  • Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer, Raphael Assuncao vs. Cody Garbrandt, Aljamain Sterling vs. Cory Sandhagen, Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin, and Sean O’Malley vs. Eddie Wineland will be the main card for UFC 250 on June 6.
  • Dana White said the UFC is talking about booking Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title. The championship was vacated following the retirement of Henry Cejudo. There’s no date or location set for the vacant title fight yet.
  • UFC has filed four new trademark applications for “UFSEA.”
  • Ariel Helwani noted that for this weekend’s UFC event, fighters are getting throat swab tests instead of the nasal tests that were taken at the Jacksonville events.
  • Colby Covington says he is not a member of American Top Team anymore.

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