• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (May 20, 1999) – WCW Thunder
On this day in 1999, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW Thunder’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas and featured matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW The Great American Bash 1999’ PPV.
The card of the show can be found here:
1. WCW TV Title: Rick Steiner vs. Scott Putski
2. Kidman vs. Juventud Guerrera
3. WCW Cruiserweight Title: Rey Mysterio jr. vs. Kaz Hayashi
4. WCW World Tag Titles: Perry Saturn & Raven vs. Horace & Vincent
5. David Flair vs. Barry Horowitz
6. Curt Hennig vs. Disco Inferno
7. Buff Bagwell vs. Randy Savage
• The Rock & Chris Jericho React To The Shad Gaspard Situation
An unidentified body was found in the area where former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard disappeared. The body has now been confirmed to be of Shad.
BREAKING: @LACoLifeguards confirm body found washed up on Venice Beach this morning matches that of WWE star Shad Gaspard, who went missing Sunday afternoon. @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/i1RuITRJCu
— Tina Patel (@tina_patel) May 20, 2020
Prior to this update, Old School WWF Legends The Rock and Chris Jericho posted the following about this situation:
Rock: “My prayers and hope for Shad Gaspard’s wife, son and family during this unthinkable time. Man, this is a tough one. A really tough one. Great guy.”
My prayers and hope for Shad Gaspard’s wife, son and family during this unthinkable time. Man, this is a tough one. A really tough one.
Great guy.— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) May 20, 2020
Jericho: “Very sorry & sad to hear about the disappearance of @shadbeast13 today. He was a fun cat and I always had a blast working with him!!! This clip is from a tag title match that @wwethebigshow & I had vs #ShadGaspard & @jtg121084 w @shaq as the ringside enforcer. Thoughts & prayers to his family and friends worldwide….”
