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Monday, January 5 2020 Issue #5815
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Colin Vassallo -[mailto:editor@...]-

NJPW had the retirement for Jushin Thunder Liger today. I remember seeing him the first time in the early 90s in WCW. Such a legend now. Glad he got a proper send off. Thank you, Liger!


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NJPW HOLDS RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER

- With a career spanning over three decades, the world of professional wrestling said goodbye to Jushin Thunder Liger today in his last appearance at NJPW's New Year Dash. Liger had his final match on Sunday at Wrestle Kingdom 14 and a memorable retirement segment during today's show. Born Keiichi Yamada in 1964, he was given the gimmick in 1989, a character based on the anime television series of the same name. Having participated in over 4,000 matches throughout his 36-year career, Liger is one of the most recognizable names in the history of professional wrestling and an icon in his homeland of Japan. Liger wrestled for multiple promotions throughout his career including All Star Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, WWE, WCW, Ring of Honor, TNA, and other independent promotions, but remained loyal to New Japan Pro Wrestling where he was the longest-serving employee. In WWE, he only had one match and that came under the NXT banner in 2015 where he wrestled Tyler Breeze at the NXT Takeove
r: Brooklyn event. In WCW, he had a few more matches than that, wrestling for the Atlanta-based promotion between 1991 and 1992 and then 1995 and 1999. Liger also had a few matches under TNA/Impact Wrestling, making his debut for them at the Bound For Glory 2005 pay-per-view losing to Samoa Joe and then went on to have a few more PPV matches during the following year. Liger's title reigns are too many to count, including 22 which came in New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is regarded as one of the best high-flyers this industry has ever seen. AEW and Impact Wrestling saluted Liger with #ThankYouLiger tweets while WWE sent flowers for his retirement ceremony.

TESSA BLANCHARD WINS THE IMPACT WRESTLER OF THE YEAR AWARD

- Tessa Blanchard was named the Impact Wrestler of the Year during a special episode of Impact Wrestling this past weekend on AXS TV. She is the first woman to ever win this Impact award. Blanchard and last year's winner, Sami Callihan, were also awarded the Impact Match of the Year for their historic intergender match at Slammiversary 2019 in July. The two will meet again later this week at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view where Blanchard will challenge for the Impact World title currently held by Callihan. In the other awards, Taya Valkyrie won the Knockout of the Year, The North won the Tag Team of the Year, Rich Swann won the X-Division Star of the Year, Sami Callihan winning the Impact World title on AXS TV debut won the Moment of the Year, Tessa Blanchard's Magnum move won the Finishing Move of the Year, and Willie Mack was the One to Watch in 2020.

JERICHO GETS FIRST VICTORY AT WRESTLE KINGDOM

- AEW World champion Chris Jericho got his first victory at Wrestle Kingdom yesterday when he defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi. Jericho carried the AEW World title with him as the stipulation of this match was that if Tanahashi wins, he would get an AEW title shot in the future. But those dreams were dashed after Jericho made Tanahashi tap out after he locked him in the Liontamer. In the post-match conference, Jericho indicated that he wants the two companies to work together in the future. "The forbidden door is closed, but I don't think it needs to be closed," Jericho told the media. AEW and NJPW don't have a working relationship, something that fans are eagerly hoping for. Two of AEW's biggest stars - Jericho and Moxley - both have deals in their contract that allows them to wrestle for NJPW outside the United States.

AEW COMING TO DENVER AND SALT LAKE CITY IN MARCH

- AEW will be running Denver for the first time in March with a show taking place at the 1STBANK Center, technically located in Broomfield, Colorado. The 1STBANK Center is a 6,500-seater multi-purpose arena, close to the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport and is one of those smaller arenas that AEW seem to be booking a lot lately. The March 11 show will be in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Maverik Center. The Maverick Center is double in size of the 1STBANK Center, an arena that holds 12,600 seats. It's also not technically located in SLC but rather in West Valley City, but AEW is marketing the show as being in Salt Lake City. Tickets for the March 4 and March 11 Dynamite shows go on sale this Friday, January 10 at 10AM MST at AEWTix.com. Tickets start from $20 each.

RAW HELPS USA NETWORK #1 CABLE ENTERTAINMENT SPOT IN TWO DEMOS

- USA Network wrapped up 2019 as the #1 cable entertainment network in the P18-49 demo for the third consecutive year and the P25-54 demo for the second consecutive year. The success is mainly attributed to WWE's Monday Night Raw which is why NBCUniversal paid over a billion dollars to keep the show on the network for the next five years. Raw was the #1 cable entertainment program on Mondays as well as the #1 most social primetime series in all of television. Stone Cold's Straight Up Steve Austin also got a shoutout in the press release as the #1 new unscripted cable series for men (18-49, 25-54). "The wins solidified USA as a #1 Network in Prime for 14 consecutive years," the press release said.

BECKY LYNCH TO MEET FANS AT WWE BOOTH AT CES IN LAS VEGAS

- WWE's Raw Women champion Becky Lynch will be in Las Vegas on January 8 appearing at the WWE booth at CES. CES - the super popular Consumer Electronics Show - is a yearly gathering in Las Vegas, taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center between January 7 and January 10. The WWE booth will be at the Aria hotel rather than at the Convention Center as several hotels on the strip hold several other events during the four-day event. Lynch will be there taking photos with fans from 2:30PM to 4:30PM. A CES badge is required for entry. WWE launched the WWE Network at CES in 2014 at the Wynn Hotel, with a presentation featuring Vince McMahon and many of the top WWE Superstars. Last year, WWE Co-President George Barrios and WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon both appeared at CES to talk about the company.

KANE TO BE THE GUEST OF THE NEXT BROKEN SKULL SESSIONS

- Stone Cold Steve Austin will go one-on-one again with the Big Red Machine Kane, but this time it will be sitting across each other in another installment of Broken Skull Sessions. Kane, who now serves as the Mayor of Knoxville, is one of the longest-serving WWE employees and without a doubt has a Hall of Fame career. His full-time work with WWE has pretty much ended as Jacobs now dedicates his life to politics. The third episode of Broken Skull Sessions, which is taped at Austin's ranch in Los Angeles, will air immediately following the conclusion of NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II on Sunday, January 12.

RAW PREVIEW

- The first Raw of 2020 will feature the WWE champion Brock Lesnar making his first appearance since the Survivor Series. With the Royal Rumble now quickly approaching, the champ will be in the house over the next few Raws to see who will be facing him in Houston. Apart from Brock's appearance, WWE has already announced two matches for tonight's broadcast. The United States title will be on the line as Andrade defends against Rey Mysterio while a triple threat tag team match for the Raw Tag Team titles will also take place with The Viking Raiders taking on The O.C. and The Street Profits. Raw will no longer have NFL competition until fall so viewership should be back up a little bit compared to the last couple of months.

BRET HART'S DAUGHTER CLOSES RESTAURANT AND LEAVES EMPLOYEES MISSING THOUSANDS IN WAGES

- The Hart family name is back in the news this week although not for a good reason. The Calgary Herald is reporting that Alexandra Hart, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Bret "Hit Man" Hart abruptly closed her Hart Healthy Food restaurant just before Christmas, leaving employees missing thousands of dollars in wages. The restaurant was open for just three months. The newspaper has comments from some of the former employees of the restaurant, one of which said that Hart knew weeks before they closed that they didn't have enough money, yet she let them work full-time despite having no ability to pay them. Now, some of the employees have filed reports with the labour board after the 31-year-old Hart stopped communication with her former staff. The restaurant was described as a "farm to table experience with fast food convenience," although the only thing fast about it was the time it took to permanently close!


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