A body which washed ashore in Venice Beach in the early hours of Wednesday morning matched the description of former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard, said a Los Angeles County Lifeguards spokesman while addressing reporters.
“The individual who was seen on the beach this morning was an African-American male, approximately 6’6″, over 240 pounds, so it matched the description of the missing swimmer,” he said.
The body turned up three days after Gaspard went missing while swimming with his family. An LAPD spokesman giving a press conference in the early hours of Wednesday said that two adults were walking on the beach at around 1:30AM and due to the low tide at that time they were able to spot the body in the sand. The discovery was made about halfway between the Venice Beach pier and the lifeguard headquarters, less than a mile away from where Gaspard was last seen.
Family members arrived at the scene around an hour after the announcement was made looking for answers. LAPD refused to identify the body at the scene saying it’s too early for that. The Coroner’s office took over the investigation.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its rescue operation yesterday after 16-and-a-half hours of searching with multiple rescue assets covering 70 square nautical miles and seven search patterns. The LAPD however continued its search, enlisting the help of the public in an effort to locate the body.
Martha Hart fired back at Jerry McDevitt’s comments he gave to CBS Sports after the WWE attorney gave his version of the story about the lawsuit stemming from the death of Owen Hart.
“Jerry McDevitt’s comments are absolutely absurd, reckless, and pathetic,” Hart told The Daily Beast. She said that if there was one person who wanted to get to the bottom of what happened to her husband, it was her. “The defense on the other hand was doing everything in their power to muddy the waters (as they try to continue to do) in an effort to detract from the case because they didn’t have one.”
Martha continued, “To insinuate for one second that I of all people did not care about the truth behind Owen’s death, but instead was more interested in a ridiculous vendetta against the wrestling business, is beyond the pale.”
Martha said that she’s not surprised that WWE used McDevitt to do damage control this week and that her husband’s death and the aftermath are extremely disturbing and do not reflect well on their company.
“Not to mention that Linda McMahon was the acting CEO of the WWF at the time of Owen’s death, which does not bode well for them either, especially given her ties to President Donald Trump and his administration,” she added.
While the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search on the water for Shad Gaspard, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to FOX News that they’re still looking for him and while they could not speak about other agencies, their case remains open and their efforts to search are still ongoing.
Missing persons cases are usually left open until a body is found and considering that Gaspard has been missing at sea since Sunday afternoon, the odds are unfortunately definitely not in his favor. Cops asked for the public’s help yesterday to try and locate Gaspard according to the Los Angeles FOX affiliate news station.
LAPD noted that the LA County lifeguards reported 100 rescues on Sunday due to rough waters caused by bad weather.
Meanwhile, in a story on ESPN where questions where posed to Kenichi Haskett, Section Chief of the LA County Fire Department Lifeguard Division, revealed some extra details on what went down.
The lifeguard who went out to rescue Gaspard and his son and whom Haskett personally debriefed, tried to deliver a rescue can device to help tow the boy but he couldn’t secure it.
It was then up to the lifeguard to make the difficult decision on who to save first. “Based on the gentlemen’s size and the conditions in the water, these are choices we do not want to make,” Haskett said.
The lifeguard said that Gaspard told him to “take my son.” Just three minutes later, the son was safely back on shore and the lifeguard sprinted back to the ocean to save Gaspard.
“A wave pushed him under in the impact zone,” Haskett added. “He didn’t resurface after that.”
Jerry McDevitt, the attorney who represents WWE in high-profile cases, went all guns blazing when responding to Martha Hart’s comments which she gave to CBS Sports regarding the lawsuit against WWE.
McDevitt accused the Kansas City lawyer who Martha hired for getting caught “essentially trying to fix the judicial selection process” to get a judge that was more to their liking. When WWE realized what was happening, McDevitt said that they went to the Missouri Supreme Court which appointed an independent judge from outside of Kansas City to oversee the proceedings.
“We were basically trying to find out what happened that night. Martha was not even remotely interested in finding out what happened that night; she just wanted to used it as a vehicle to beat up a business that she didn’t like that her husband was in, the wrestling business,” McDevitt said.
The veteran criminal and civil attorney then added that Martha and her legal team were trying to get other Hart family members to sign a document to support her side in exchange for money, which he called highly illegal and completely improper.
“What happened was some of the members of the Hart family were offended by this because they realized this was wrong…They knew this was wrong and they faxed me those documents, which I fell out of the chair when I read them. I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. This is completely illegal, you can’t do this stuff.’ All of that was then brought to the attention of the judge in Kansas City,” McDevitt said.
The case between WWE and Martha Hart was settled for $18 million, a million dollars more than what WWE originally offered.
McDevitt recounted how Vince McMahon told Martha that he felt responsible that it happened on his watch and wanted to take care of her and her family.
“We offered $17 million to take care of her. How many times does a CEO walk in a room and say he feels responsible? ‘I’m not going to argue, I just feel responsible for what happened.’ They turned it down; they wanted to go to court for their $35 million. Fine, we’ll go and litigate,” McDevitt said.
But the litigation didn’t go far as the next day, he got a call from her attorney in Canada who told him they didn’t want to go to litigation because of the evidence that WWE had in hand.
“They said, ‘If you could put a little more money in. If you can go to $18 million we’ll settle right now.’ That’s how the settlement went down,” he concluded.
Monday Night Raw drew another miserable number this week with an average of 1,757,000 viewers and the second-lowest number in the history of the show. That was down 161,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast which kicked off with the Becky Lynch announcement.
Hour one started with 1,810,000 viewers, then increased slightly to 1,818,000 viewers, before dropping to 1,644,000 viewers in the third and final hour.
Raw was #1, #2, and #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The search operation for Shad Gaspard has been largely scaled back with the U.S. Coast Guard telling TMZ that the search has been suspended.
TMZ reports that one boat was still searching this morning but that’s about it as the chances of a rescue at this point are pretty much impossible. The case will not be closed until a body turns up.
The search started on Sunday with helicopters scouring the area and divers looking underwater for some clue as to where Gaspard might have ended up. After the operation was called off for the night, it resumed yesterday despite the bad weather and was again suspended for the night.
“We had one of our lifeguards go out to make a double rescue of a father and a son. The father unfortunately got pushed down by a wave as they were getting pulled out of the current,” Kenichi Haskett, Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguard Division, told DailyMail.com yesterday. “The lifeguard rescued and grabbed the boy, the son, and tried to grab the father as well. He ended up getting pushed down by a wave and we couldn’t find him and we immediately started with our rescue boats, called in additional lifeguards to search that location of his dad.”
Meanwhile, his former tag team partner JTG shared a text message that Gaspard sent him on January 26 of this year which read, “If ever I die tomorrow just know I Love you as a brother and friend for ever, even past this life.”
New Owen Hart merchandise has been released thanks to a partnership between The Owen Hart Foundation, Dark Side Of The Ring, and Pro Wrestling Tees.
This is the first time in 20 years that merchandise featuring Owen’s likeness has been made available and its release coincides with tonight’s season two finale of the highly-popular Dark Side Of The Ring series which will tackle the death of Owen Hart. All profits from sales will be donated to the Owen Hart Foundation.
“Excited to announce that we signed a deal w/ both Martha Hart & @VICE to bring you BRAND NEW Owen Hart shirts along with the first @DarkSideOfRing shirts,” Ryan Barkan of Pro Wrestling Tees wrote.
Two shirts, one featuring Owen celebrating, and one with his logo, are selling for $24.99 each. Both feature the Dark Side Of The Ring logo as well.
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WWE Backstage is moving to Midnight ET tonight rather than 11PM. It’s not known if this is a permanent change or just for this week but if it’s permanent, it’s not good news for the show to be airing at that hour.
FS1 is also airing only two hours of WWE action leading up to Backstage tonight rather than four, as NASCAR programming will take the lead at 7PM. The first two episodes of the Ruthless Aggression WWE Network series will air at 10PM and 11PM and will serve as the lead in for a new episode of Backstage at Midnight.
Backstage last week had one of its biggest number when the team covered WrestleMania III.
A Reddit user who was at the beach on Sunday when several swimmers – including Shad Gaspard – got caught by a rip current, recounted his harrowing experience on the r/LosAngeles forum.
The individual – who has the Reddit username “marsrot” – said that he was body surfing and was coming back in when he noticed a large lifeguard presence on the shore.
“As I came in, which took forever as the tides were incredibly strong, I noticed the kid fighting against the waves and the lifeguard headed towards him,” he wrote.
Upon arriving safely at the shore, the Reddit user heard two surfers screaming – a scream he said he’ll never forget – and pointing at another person drowning.
The lifeguards went into action again as the surfers continued to wave to draw their attention. “Once I saw people in snorkels, which was probably about 10 minutes in, it was obvious he wasn’t probably going to turn up alive,” the user wrote.
“Cops showed up, eventually helicopters. I talked with the surfers and they said an adult went under,” he added. That adult was former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard.
Seeing something like this in real life is certainly traumatic and “marsdot” wrote that he felt awful because he wondered if he should have helped the kid so the lifeguard could have focused on saving the father. “I’m gonna let it rest at I was powerless and I didn’t want to add to the mess. The waves were really nasty, I’ve body surfed my whole life in San Diego and today I was being cautious, I was worried when I saw whole families out,” he wrote.
“I saw the mom hear her husband not turn up and saw her run down the beach looking for him, and I saw a kid sitting on a shoreline with a look he knew that they were past the point of finding his friend’s dad alive. It was harrowing to see the reality unfold in a family a loved one didn’t return from the ocean,” he continued.
“Marsdot” said he left after 40 minutes of helicopters flying low over the water assisting the search. “I needed to see this posting because I’ve felt weird all night and bad because I technically could have turned around, swam past the breaks and maybe saved a life, or drowned myself. I dunno, it’s sad,” he concluded.
PWInsider.com is reporting that Michael Mansury, the WWE Vice President of Global Television Production, has left the company after giving his notice several months ago.
Mansury started his WWE career in 2009 as a Production Assistant and rose through the ranks to become one of the most important people in WWE television. He was promoted to an Associate Producer in 2012 and then a Producer the following year. In 2014, he was giving the Managing Producer title before two years later he was promoted again to VP of Global Television Production.
PWInsider adds that Mansury was seen as the probable replacement of Kevin Dunn when it’s time for Dunn to retire. Mansury was doing most of the directing for WWE television shows and pay-per-views.
This is the second blow for the WWE TV production as Director Kerwin Silfies was also furloughed when WWE did the mass layoffs last month.
Shad Gaspard’s family released a short statement, tweeted by many of his former colleagues, as the former WWE Superstar remains missing at sea.
Gaspard vanished after he was crushed by a wave on Sunday afternoon at Marina Del Rey beach in California. Several swimmers had problems, including his 10-year-old son, and were rescued by lifeguards.
“Shad Gaspard’s family appreciates all the love, support, and concern through this horrible ordeal. At this time they are not ready to make any public or official statements to any media outlet and ask all to respect their wishes,” the statement read.
Another statement issued later on Tuesday read, “We would like to express our gratitude to the first responders who rescued Aryeh and to the lifeguards, Coast Guard, divers, fire and police departments for their continued efforts to help find our beloved Shad. Shad is a fighter, a warrior and a magical soul. We are hoping and praying for his safe return. As a family we thank you all for your concern and well wishes. Please continue to keep sending your positivity and prayers to our beloved Shad.”
The first match for Backlash 2020 was made official last night on Raw and it’s a big one as Edge accepted Randy Orton’s request for a straight-up, one-on-one wrestling match.
While Edge had a last man standing match at WrestleMania against Orton, the absolute majority of the match took place outside the ring and was more of a hardcore match backstage at the Performance Center.
Edge last week did not accept Orton’s request on the spot but returning to Raw again last night, Edge gave the green light. “Yes, yes I accept your damn challenge,” Edge responded to Orton after he kept getting pushed to “shut his mouth” and give an answer.
This will be his first proper wrestling match in a ring for the first time in nine years, dating back to WrestleMania XVII.
Backlash takes place on June 14 live from the WWE Performance Center on the WWE Network.
The U.S. Coast Guard along with lifeguards from Los Angeles County have resumed the search for former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard this morning.
The underwater search for Gaspard was suspended at 7:30PM yesterday according to a report by FOX 11 and the surf combined with the weather made for challenging conditions.
Gaspard’s 10-year-old son was saved by lifeguards and evaluated by LAFD paramedics and it was determined that he did not require hospitalization, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.
A video uploaded from the search site shows the bad weather and the tough conditions that everyone involved in finding him are facing.
LA County Sheriff’s divers just resumed the search for 10-year-old boy’s father who was caught in strong rip currents yesterday. @TMZ confirms father as 39-year-old former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard. @WWE@FOXLA@GDLA@LASDHQpic.twitter.com/6gX4cZdyC7
In an interview with CBS Sports, Martha Hart detailed the series of events that led to her husband’s fall to death on that Over The Edge pay-per-view in May 1999.
Hart is currently doing media rounds to promote tomorrow’s Dark Side Of The Ring season finale which will tackle the death of her husband.
Martha said that she has forgiven Vince McMahon and the rest of the Hart family, even though she has no relationship with them anymore because they decided to take WWE’s side in her lawsuit against them.
“I don’t hold any grudges. I hope life has been kind to all of them. My life hasn’t been easy, and I certainly wouldn’t wish harm on anyone,” Martha said. She added that if she sees any of the other Harts in the street, she’s always polite to them and she tells her kids to be respectful towards them as well.
“I’m really sad they couldn’t find the strength to support me. It’s unfortunate that they put their own self-interests above the welfare of me and my kids and getting justice for Owen,” she said.
And what about the WWE Hall of Fame? Well, according to Martha, it’s never going to happen.
“Their Hall of Fame? They don’t even have a Hallway of Fame. It doesn’t exist. There’s nothing. It’s a fake entity. There’s nothing real or tangible. It’s just an event they have to make money. They put it on TV and have a celebration, and it’s just so ridiculous. I would never even entertain it. It’s garbage,” she said.
Former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard of the Cryme Tyme tag team has gone missing while swimming and is presumed dead according to a story by TMZ.
The story says that Gaspard and his son were among a group of swimmers who got caught in a strong current around 4PM yesterday at Marina Del Rey Beach in California. Lifeguards managed to save his 10-year-old son but Gaspard has not been located yet and LA Fire Department said that they think that he “submerged.”
A massive search has since been commissioned with helicopters, divers, and lifeguards scouring the area where the incident happened. A witness at the scene said that when lifeguards went to save them, Gaspard told them to save his son first, which they did.
Unfortunately, a big wave then crashed on Gaspard and lifeguards were unable to locate him.
Gaspard, 39, signed a WWE developmental deal in 2005 and in 2006 he began tag teaming with JTG and the two formed Cryme Tyme. He was released from the company 10 years ago.
Jim Cornette was anything but happy at the news that Becky Lynch got pregnant and ripped her a new one during the latest episode of his Jim Cornette Experience podcast.
The legendary manager noted that you can’t always be at the top of the business but you can pick and choose when you can have a baby. “Can she be 30? Well…still she’s got many more years before the f*cking easy bake oven gets shut off,” Cornette remarked. “She can have all those problems…like a descended stomach and stretch marks and hemorrhoids and hormones problems and mood swings and all those other joys of motherhood later on when she ain’t making a million dollars a year!”
Cornette suggested that WWE should put pregnancy clauses in the women’s contracts to avoid things like this happening in the future.
“If I was Vince I’d be hot cause I’d sure be hot if it was my millions of dollars. This is not like an injury that couldn’t have been prevented,” Cornette continued. “This could have been controlled or timed. Except they obviously didn’t control it or time it, but somebody that young, that age that’s achieved that level of success…have a baby? The f*ck? Jesus Christ, I am gobsmacked!” Cornette said that Becky and Seth could have waited maybe three years and then “go have a f*cking baby.”
He was also critical of the way WWE handled the angle on Monday Night Raw when Lynch handed over the title to Asuka.
Comparing Lynch to the female Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cornette couldn’t believe that she came out crying and sniffing like an insecure kid.
“There’s a reason why The Undertaker didn’t ride off into the sunset and reveal he was really an insecure human until f*cking 30 years after he was the top guy in the f*cking business cause people are not only going to look at her the same way again,” the controversial Cornette added.
Instead of the angle that was presented on Raw, Cornette suggested that they could have done an injury angle where she wouldn’t have made that “sappy, f*cking snot-inducing, wet-eyed f*cking statement” and ruin the gimmick and the character of the biggest female star.
Cornette then continued to hammer the fact that Lynch is still young and had plenty of time left.
“What would you do if your wife came home and said instead of making a million dollars next year, I’m going to basically be just a raging bitch for the next nine months and then give you more shit to worry about around the house,” he concluded.
This is not the first time that Cornette had something to say about a female WWE Superstar. Last week he said that Dana Brooke’s face looks like it got caught on fire and was put out with an axe!
Brooke replied to Cornette and told him to stop hiding behind a keyboard and go say it to her face, called him a mark, and told him to stop spreading hate.
The brand new AEW Unrivaled series 1 action figures are up for pre-order on RingsideCollectibles.com.
Unveiled at the Toy Fair New York Convention in February by Jazwares, the cool-looking action figures feature Chris Jericho, Cody, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, and others.
Those figures available for pre-order are of Cody, Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Brandi Rhodes. The price is of $24.99 each and you can also get a set of The Young Bucks for $47.99.
Eight AEW stars have so far been announced for the Casino Ladder match at Double or Nothing next week, leaving one more entrant still to be determined. The final entrant will be kept a mystery until it’s his time to enter the ring during the pay-per-view.
A total of nine individuals will participate in this match and the rules are that after two start the match, a new entrant will be added every 90 seconds until all nine are in the ring. The swerve on this match is that it can end before all nine entrants are officially in it as any wrestler can climb the ladder and grab the chip to win the match from the moment the bell rings.
The eight who are announced are Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, Colt Cabana, Kip Sabian, Scorpio Sky, Fenix, Frankie Kazarian, and the latest entrant, Luchasaurus.
Whoever wins this ladder match will get an AEW World title shot in the future.
Smackdown commentator Michael Cole had some insight into the rules – that undoubtedly will be broken along the way – of the newest version of the “wildcard rule” where Superstars from Raw and Smackdown can appear on different brands.
While doing commentary on Smackdown, Cole said that each individual Superstar who appears on the opposing brand will only have four chances to leave his mark during the year, meaning that we’re supposed to see only a maximum of four appearances from one particular person temporarily jumping ship.
Rumors are that the new rule came in effect after both FOX and USA Network agreed over the concept to transfer some star power during this difficult period. WWE is currently missing several stars from its shows, some of whom because they agreed to take WWE’s offer not to work during the pandemic.
