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Total Bellas S5 E8 episode recap: Off the Deep End

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W-O Staff
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If all of my faithful readers thought that the Bella Twins couldn’t get any closer, well, you would be wrong!

Now, they live right next door to each other. You read that right…two women who have spent their lives either fighting or hanging out still cannot seem to get enough. I guess it is lucky for us that the twins seem to have such a codependent relationship, because that only means more drama for us to watch on TV.

The twins didn’t wait long to have their first fight. Shortly after Nikki moved into the house next door to Brie. Brie saw that there were some problems regarding Nikki’s new pool and Nikki did not want to put a fence with a gate around her pool or a pool cover over the pool when no one was swimming in it.

This caused Brie to have concerns about the safety of her two year old daughter, Birdie. Brie was worried that her little girl would wander into Nikki’s yard, fall into the pool, and drown. However, Nikki seemed more concerned about how the pool looked rather than the safety of it.

I sometimes wonder whether or not the twins make a bigger deal out of things than they really are in order to spike the ratings for their shows! As a loving childless aunt myself, I could never see putting anything else above the safety of my beloved nieces and nephews. Surely, Nikki doesn’t think that all those stories about drowning kids are fabricated. Given the special relationship between Birdie and her aunt, you would think that her safety would be paramount. Apparently, Nicole decided it was because now her pool has both a gate and a cover.

Meanwhile, Nikki had other problems. Her boyfriend, Artem made it clear that he wanted to marry Nikki and have kids with her in the near future. However, Nikki wants to wait until she is 40 to have kids. I guess she hasn’t thought about how difficult it is to have kids at that age and maybe she thinks that her money and fame will help with that.

While money may help, she still has to consider her body. Her doctor suggested that maybe Nicole should freeze her eggs to make conception easier. However, that option led to to freezing embryos which to concerns about whether or not the couple may breakup. I still think that they are rushing things, but I guess the bigger the rush the better the drama on Total Bellas.

All Out pay-per-view announced for September 2020

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW’s next pay-per-view will be four months from now as the company announced that All Out will take place on Saturday, September 5.

No location was announced as the location will be determined depending on the coronavirus situation and if fans would be allowed in the arena come September.

All Out in 2019 was held at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the same place where All In took place. Tony Khan hinted in the past that they would try and keep All Out on Labor Day weekend in Chicago just like they want to keep Double or Nothing during Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas.

Brian Cage makes his AEW debut at Double or Nothing

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Colin Vassallo
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Former Impact Wrestling champion Brian Cage made his All Elite Wrestling debut last night at Double or Nothing, entering the casino ladder match and winning it as well.

Cage’s signing with AEW was announced in January, a day after he was supposed to wrestle Rob Van Dam at Impact’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view. He did not work the show due to an injury he suffered.

Cage’s wife, Mellissa Santos, refuted the online reports that her husband signed a deal with AEW at the time and wrote on social media, “Really?? How can you confirm something that isn’t true???? I’m his wife and I can CONFIRM, he hasn’t signed on any dotted line.”

The 35-year-old Cage worked for Impact between 2012 and 2014 and then returned in 2018 where he won the Impact World title.

Cage was supposed to take part at the Double or Nothing Casino Battle Royale in 2019 but his appearance was pulled out due to some creative differences between AEW and Impact Wrestling, who opted not to have their world champion competing in a battle royal on their competitor’s show.

With winning the casino ladder match, Cage has earned a future shot at the AEW World title. He came out to the ring with Taz who looks like will be managing Cage moving forward.

Double or Nothing 2020 pay-per-view results

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from last night’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view which took place from the Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

Best Friends defeated Private Party in a number one contender’s match for the AEW World Tag Team titles during the Buy-In show; Brian Cage defeated Scorpio Sky, Joey Janela, Frankie Kazarian, Darby Allin, Kip Sabian, Orange Cassidy, Luchasaurus, and Colt Cabana in the casino ladder match to earn a future AEW World title shot; MJF defeated Jungle Boy; Cody defeated Lance Archer to become the inaugural TNT champion; Kris Statlander defeated Penelope Ford; Dustin Rhodes defeated Shawn Spears; Hikaru Shida defeated Nyla Rose to become the new AEW Women’s World champion; Jon Moxley defeated Brodie Lee to retain the AEW World title; The Elite and Matt Hardy defeated The Inner Circle in the stadium stampede match.

Full betting odds for tonight’s Double or Nothing 2020 pay-per-view

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Colin Vassallo
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Betting odds for most matches from tonight’s AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view are available. Please remember that odds might and will probably change during the show so if you’re putting in money, always check before making any bets.

In the AEW World title match, champ Jon Moxley is the overwhelming favorite to retain the title with odds of 1/10 against Brodie Lee of The Dark Order who has 11/2 odds.

An inaugural TNT champion will be crowned tonight as Cody and Lance Archer meet for the first time in the final match of the tournament. Archer is the slight favorite heading into the match with odds of 8/11 while the AEW EVP has odds of 1/1.

Will we see a new AEW Women’s champion tonight? According to bookmakers, no. Champ Nyla Rose is 1/2 favorite to retain the title against Hikaru Shida who is 6/4.

Perhaps the most anticipated match of the night is the stadium stampede match with The Inner Circle taking on The Elite and Matt Hardy in a five-on-five match. Jericho’s faction is currently favorite with odds of 8/11 while The Elite and Hardy are at 1/1.

In the casino ladder match for an AEW title shot, Darby Allin is the favorite so far with odds of 1/1. The mystery entrant is second with 2/1 odds and so is Scorpio Sky. Luchasaurus and Orange Cassidy have 7/2 odds, Frankie Kazarian is at 15/1, and Colt Cabana, Joey Janela, and Kip Sabian are far away with 20/1 odds.

In the other two matches that have odds available, MJF is 1/6 favorite against Jungle Boy who is 7/2, and Best Friends have 4/9 odds and favorites against Private Party who are 13/8 in the match to determine the number one contender for the AEW Tag Team titles.

Anonymous donor gives $40,000 to Shad Gaspard’s GoFundMe campaign

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Colin Vassallo
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The GoFundMe campaign set up for Shad Gaspard got over the $100,000 line after someone anonymous donated $40,000, the figure required to reach the original goal of the campaign. The name that accompanied the figure was simply listed as CTC RIP, with many wondering if it was indeed John Cena since Cena teamed up with Cryme Tyme in 2008 to form the CTC – Cryme Tyme Cenation faction.

As of now, over $104,000 are in the can for the Gaspard family who will be using these funds to pay for bills, cover expenses, and save for Aryeh’s college fund. The campaign was started by friends of the family yesterday.

Several wrestlers and other wrestling personalities donated to the campaign including Tony Khan, Cody and Brandi Rhodes, Rusev, Chris Jericho, and many others.

Shad Gaspard’s story and his last heroic act has captivated the wrestling industry over the past several days with tributes coming in from all corners of the globe. The wrestling community then came together to donate massive amounts of money despite the terrible situation many find themselves in due to the current pandemic.

You can still donate by going to https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-shad-gaspard-family-fund/.

Smackdown rating for 05/22/2020

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Colin Vassallo
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Smackdown last night on FOX did 2,040,000 viewers, a slight decrease of 2,000 viewers over last week’s broadcast. The show had 2,076,000 viewers in the first hour and 2,003,000 viewers in the second hour. With most competition on replay, Smackdown topped all demographics including the 18-34, 18-49, and 25-54, with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

Kurt Angle to serve as special guest referee for NXT cage fight next week

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Colin Vassallo
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Kurt Angle, who was released from WWE as part of the mass layoffs that took place in April, will be serving as a special guest referee on NXT next week on USA Network.

Angle is being brought back to officiate the cage fight between Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher, a match which will headline next week’s broadcast.

Riddle and Thatcher are former tag team partners as Thatcher was brought in to replace Pete Dunne who is stuck in the UK and couldn’t defend the NXT Tag Team titles with Riddle. But the partnership did not last long as Thatcher turned on Riddle after a couple of weeks. The two already wrestled each other on NXT, a match which Riddle won.

Before being released, Angle was serving as a producer for WWE and was surprisingly let go when WWE fired and furloughed over 50 WWE Superstars, producers, and many more staff from their corporate headquarters.

Double or Nothing 2020 live on pay-per-view tonight

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Colin Vassallo
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Live tonight from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, All Elite Wrestling presents Double or Nothing 2020 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:

Jon Moxley vs Brodie Lee for the AEW World title; Cody vs Lance Archer for the AEW TNT title; Nyla Rose vs Hikaru Shida in a no DQ, no countout match for the AEW Women’s title; The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, and Matt Hardy vs Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Ortiz, and Santana in a stadium stampede match; Darby Allin vs Colt Cabana vs Orange Cassidy vs Rey Fenix vs Scorpio Sky vs Kip Sabian vs Frankie Kazarian vs Luchasaurus vs a mystery entrant in the casino ladder match for an AEW World title match; MJF vs Jungle Boy; Dr. Britt Baker vs Kris Statlander; Dustin Rhodes vs Shawn Spears; and Private Party vs Best Friends in a number one contender’s match for the AEW World Tag Team titles in the Buy-In show.

Double or Nothing will air on traditional pay-per-view as well as on B/R Live for those in the United States and Canada and on FITE TV for international customers.

GoFundMe campaign set up to benefit Shad Gaspard’s family

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Colin Vassallo
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A GoFundMe campaign benefitting Shad Gaspard’s family has been started with the aim to reach $100,000. The GoFundMe is being organized by friends of Shad Gaspard on behalf of Shad’s widow, Siliana Gaspard.

In just one day, over $40,000 were donated from over 350 donors at time of this writing. Money raised will be able to help the family cover bills and expenses and Aryeh’s future college fund.

AEW President Tony Khan donated a very generous $10,000 while Jericho donated $5,000 and Cody and Brandi Rhodes donated $1,000.

Gaspard vanished on Sunday while swimming with his son. Lifeguards managed to save his 10-year-old after Shad directed them to save him first but unfortunately a wave crushed the former WWE Superstar, submerging him. His body washed ashore in the early hours of Wednesday morning and the LA County Coroner confirmed the identity a few hours later.

To donate, go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-shad-gaspard-family-fund/.

Universal title on the line in a handicap match at Backlash

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Colin Vassallo
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The WWE Universal title will be defended at the upcoming Backlash pay-per-view as Braun Strowman goes not only against one, but two opponents.

The match, set up last night on Smackdown, will see Storwman defending against former Smackdown Tag Team champions The Miz and John Morrison in a handicap match.

Strowman defeated The Miz on Smackdown and then John Morrison challenged the champ for the handicap match at Backlash. The last handicap match that Strowman was involved in was at Elimination Chamber and lost the Intercontinental title in a three-on-one handicap match which had Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Cesaro against him.

Kairi Sane alerted Stardom founder of Kimura’s suicidal social media post

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Colin Vassallo
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Former NXT champion Kairi Sane said that she called Stardom founder Rossy Ogawa with Io Shirai immediately when she saw the suicide tweet from Hana Kimura.

“I was able to notice her tweet right away because it was afternoon in the United States,” Sane wrote in a tweet. “However…I didn’t make it in time,” she added, as Kimura was probably already dead by the time she was reached.

Sane and Shirai worked with Kimura when they were all at Stardom.

The Japanese wrestling scene was rocked with the announcement that 22-year-old Kimura died of an apparent suicide stemming from countless bullying on social media.

AJ Styles traded back to Smackdown

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Colin Vassallo
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AJ Styles is back in the house that “he built.” It was announced last night that Styles has been traded back to the blue brand and will now be part of the Smackdown shows moving forward.

Styles moved to Raw during the Superstar Shake-Up in April of last year after a very successful three-year stint on Smackdown where he held the WWE title for a complete year.

The former champ is now part of the Intercontinental title tournament and yesterday defeated his old rival Shinsuke Nakamura to advance to the semi final match where he will face Elias.

Since Styles was traded, another Smackdown Superstar will go the opposite way but it wasn’t announced yet who that will be.

Total Bellas S5 E8 rating

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Colin Vassallo
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Episode eight of season five of Total Bellas, titled Off the Deep End, drew 530,000 viewers, up 45,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. With a healthy 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic, the show ended up in #8 in the top 50 cable chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

22-year-old Stardom star Hana Kimura dead after apparent suicide

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Colin Vassallo
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22-year-old Stardom Wrestling star Hana Kimura passed away yesterday after an apparent suicide.

Kimura posted what looks like to be a suicide note on her social media, raising eyebrows that something was going to happen. Her message, along with photos of self-harm, read, “Nearly 100 opinions every day. I couldn’t deny that I was hurt. I’m dead. Thank you for giving me a mother. It was a life I wanted to be loved. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I love it. I’m weak. I’m sorry. I don’t want to be alive anymore. It was a life I wanted to be loved. Thank you everyone. I love you. Bye.”

Kimura was also a star on the Japanese reality show Terrace House and was involved in an altercation with a male cast mate earlier this year where her outfit she wore at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 was ruined when the other person mistakenly put her gear in the dryer. Kimura reacted by knocking his hat off his head. That incident was the starting point of her downfall and Kimura was bullied online to no end.

Stardom, the promotion that Kimura wrestled for, posted on Twitter, “We are very sorry to report that our Hana Kimura has passed away. Please be respectful and allow some time for things to process, and keep your thoughts and prayers with her family and friends. We appreciate your support during this difficult time.”

Stardom’s parent company New Japan Pro Wrestling also posted a statement saying, “New Japan Pro Wrestling is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Hana Kimura. She was a wonderful and gentle soul. Our most heartfelt and deepest condolences go to her family, friends and fans at this time.”

All Elite Wrestling also paid tribute to Kimura on social media, writing, “AEW and the wrestling community mourn the passing of Hana Kimura. May she Rest In Peace, and our thoughts are with her family, her friends, and her fans.”

Intercontinental title semi final tournament matches set for next week

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Colin Vassallo
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The semi final matches of the Intercontinental title tournament will be held next week on Smackdown as four WWE Superstars advanced.

Yesterday on Smackdown, Jeff Hardy defeated Sheamus and AJ Styles defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to lock their place in the semi finals. Now, Hardy will face Daniel Bryan and Styles will face Elias.

The Intercontinental title was vacated a few weeks ago after it was determined that Sami Zayn could not compete to defend the title. Zayn has opted to stay at home during the pandemic and not work any of the shows and was last seen at WrestleMania 36 successfully defending the title against Daniel Bryan.

Two big names out of Double or Nothing due to injuries

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Colin Vassallo
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Two big names are out of tonight’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view after the injuries they suffered on Wednesday night during Dynamite.

Dr. Britt Baker is out because of a knee injury and a rumored torn ACL. Baker suffered the injury when her tag team partner Nyla Rose was slammed on her by Shida and Statlander while she was sitting in the corner. She was set to face Statlander in a one-on-one match tonight.

Replacing her will be Penelope Ford, who will surely try her best to make the utmost of the situation presented to her. Ford was not scheduled to be on the show.

The other injury is Rey Fenix who is now out of the casino ladder match. Fenix had a high spot on Wednesday night and crash landed on his back and hip. The unnecessary move just days before the show cost him the spot on the pay-per-view and will now be replaced by Joey Janela.

Champion vs champion tonight on Smackdown

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Colin Vassallo
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Tonight’s Smackdown on FOX already has four big matches announced. The show has been taped already from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Headlining the broadcast is a champion vs champion match between two of the Four Horsewomen members, Charlotte Flair and Bayley. This will be a non-title match.

Other matches on the show include Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus and AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura in the Intercontinental title tournament and Otis teams up with Mandy Rose to take on Dolph Ziggler and Sonya Deville.

Triple threat match for NXT Women’s title set for Takeover: In Your House

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Colin Vassallo
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The NXT Women’s title will be decided in a triple threat match at NXT Takeover: In Your House on June 7.

WWE.COM today reported that champion Charlotte Flair will be defending the gold against Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai. Ripley and Shirai went head-to-head on Wednesday but the match was interrupted by Flair, causing a no contest.

Shirai wrestled Flair for the title a few weeks ago on NXT but the champ got disqualified and that match lead to the return of Ripley who came to save Shirai.

This is the second match confirmed for Takeover: In Your House following the announcement of Kross vs Ciampa.

WWE’s YouTube channel surpasses 60 million subscribers

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Colin Vassallo
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The WWE YouTube channel has surpassed the 60 million subscriber mark, joining only nine other channels on YouTube who have achieved that mark.

WWE currently ranks as the number one sports channel on YouTube, ahead of the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, ESPN and NASCAR. It’s also the fifth most-viewed channel in the world with 43 billion video views, behind only T-Series, Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes, SET India and Zee TV.

The channel combines premiere in-ring action highlights from Raw, Smackdown, NXT, NXT UK and monthly pay-per-views, incredible access with exclusive interviews, the latest news from WWE Now and live event coverage with WWE Kickoffs, Watch Alongs and the Wednesday morning show The Bump.

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