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WARNING: There WILL be strong, sometimes outright offensive, language used in this broadcast.

Racism has been a problem almost as old as time itself, but here in US it has probably played out more graphically than it has anywhere else in the world. In fact, since the 2008 Presidential campaign racists who usually just stayed quiet or only opened up in front of their closest friends felt emboldened to become loud because a Black man named Barack Obama DARED to run for, and win, a "White man's job". Then in 2016 Donald Trump went full bore, insulting every racial, ethnic and non Christian he could and somehow took over the White House. Since then, racists have openly shown themselves, from the deadly Charlottsville demonstration to the expression used to describe COVID-19. 

The largest group of victims, however, have been US Blacks. From having the police called for selling water, to getting gunned down in a Florida convenience store parking lot to last week's murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Blacks, especially Black men, have suffered more than almost every other group in the US.

This situation has particularly hit our Black wrestlers. From being denied bookings because "We already have one Black guy" to being asked to portray stereotype characters to even at times being denied title runs, the plight of Black wresters has not been the best over the years. Tonight we are going to be joined by several Black wrestlers and the wife of one of them to discuss the issues facing Black wrestlers from the back to the ring. Joining us will be:

Barrington Hughes

Montreal Washingtom

Lennox Norris

Jazmin "Acid Jaz" Jones

William Huckaby

Selina Huckaby

Ant Bennett

We are anticipating a LOT of HARD TALK, all we ask is that you have an open mind, heart and ears.

First, we would like to offer a HUGE thank you to our friend April "Royal Hawaiian" Hom who came up with the concept for tonight's show.

Two weeks ago the country of Japan as well as the wrestling world was set on its collective ear when Hana Kimura, a popular wrestler with Japan's Stardom promotion who also starred in the Japanese Netflix reality show Terrace House commited suicide as a result of cyberbullying. She was only 22 years old. In the aftermath of her death both parties in Japan's Diet legislature are hard at work crafting an anti cyberbullying bill to try and stop these tragedies from happening again. This really hit one of April's good friends, the head of the Minnesota Wrestling Hall Of Fame, Carol Castle. Carol's son, a firefighter, committed suicide. Now Carol already had a suicide prevention program aimed at first responders, but the Hana Kimura case got her to realize wrestlers go through depression and even bullying. Through the Minnesota Wrestling Hall Of Fame,https://minnesotawrestlinghalloffame.com/wrestling-for-life/ she had created the Life Coin program. Carol will explain what the Life Coin program is and how it can help potentially save someone's life.

We will also welcome back Cheryl "Lightning" Rusa and for their first appearances with us, Camen Wickert, who under the name Envy was one half of Soul Patrol and also appeared on POWW as Lady Soul & Essence. We were supposed be joined by Ku'uipo Siler, who was Little Feather on GLOW, whose father committed suicide, but as of now she is headed to the hospital for the birth of her first grandchild. Congratulations.

We will try to make sure we add some light moments but we want to make sure this very important subject is not only addressed, but if anyone needs any help, we urge you to call in.

It is very rare to be able to talk to an ECW original. It's even more rare when by original, we mean when ECW meant EASTERN Championship Wrestling. Tonight, we have the honor of interviewing one of those originals, Tommy Cairo.

Tommy, like many wrestlers, started out as a bodybuilder. We'll talk about his competitive bodybuilding days and when and how he transitioned from bodybuilder to wrestler.

While Tommy is probably most well known to ECW fans for his programs with The Sandman, which also involved Sandman's wife Lori Fullington he also worked quite a bit in Japan, including the almost mythical wrestling-shootfight promotion UWFI.

We also have several surprise guests who will be making appearances during the evening.

Steve, Katie and Sean are honored to have this wrestling icon joining us and we hope you will enjoy him.

Friday night, Stardom wrestler and Netflix star Hana Kimura took her own life because of cyberbullying. 

Today, video from another "podcaster" making some DISGUSTING comments about another female wrestling star went viral, and he is now trying to paint HIMSELF as the "victim" because he is getting DESTROYED on social media by fans and wrestlers alike.

Tonight, Steve & Sean are calling for an END to cyberbullying, no matter the fame of the person.

This has been another horrible week in our business. Sunday afternoon reports surfaced that Cryme Time member Shad Gaspard was missing after a swimming mishap where he was carried by an undertow into the Pacific Ocean. On Monday women's wrestling legend Olga Martinez passed away. Tuesday night we all watched an emotional season finale of Dark Side Of The Ring which covered the late Owen Hart that had us crying throughout the hour. Wednesday morning we got the news we all feared when Shad Gaspard's body washed ashore in Venice, Ca.

Tonight we will pay tribute to Shad and talk about the situations involving the accident that took Owen from us. We'll also talk about ideas that we have been knocking around that we feel would be good subject matter for next season.

Lest we forget because of all the other situations happening in the world and in wrestling AEW does have their Double Or Nothing pay per view scheduled for this Saturday night. Last night was their go home show which aired live and quite a few things happened that were not good, two of which could alter matches for Saturday, including the main event.

A week ago former RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch relinquished the title when she announced she was pregnant. Well Jim Cornette said something about it which upset Becky's fiance Seth Rollins and he responded to Cornette. We will examine all these stories and many more - TONIGHT.

A few hours ago, the body of Shad Gaspard, one half of Cryme Time, washed ashore on Venice Beach. Four years ago, as part of our show, then called "PWR SLAM!" we had the privilege of interviewing Shad's partner JTG. Shad & JTG loved each other like they were biological brothers. While it is the last part of this episode it was the best part of this episode. Here is the writeup for that part of the episode. Godspeed, Shad.

When people heard "Yo yo yo, yo,pop a 40 and check your Rollies" everyone knew what time it was, CRIME TIME! The tag team that claimed Brooklyn as home had a lot of fans, especially when they would come out into the arena with the contents of some poor unsuspecting wrestler's bag, selling everything to the fans.They actually were also rather successful, spending a total of four years under the WWE banner. Tonight, we talk to one half of that team, JTG. We will discuss his early years, his influences in the business, OVW, RAW, and his book, DAMN! Why Did I Write This Book?. This should be a lot of fun.

This week's "Dark Side Of The Ring" was difficult for all three of our hosts. Animal himself, Joe Lauranitis has been a guest on our show several times, while Sean and Steve both have personal history with The Road Warriors. We'll talk about our personal stories as well as talk about some of the things that were covered in the episode. 

Tonight we will also cover the Alberto Del Rio story, Another cut by was made by WWE, this time from a well known family in the business, We will, of course, talk about Money In The Bank and AEW's upcoming Double Or Nothing pay per view, but AAA has also made a return of sorts themselves. 

Jake Roberts recently discovered a device that he wishes he'd known about years earlier. Vince McMahon has a secret rule regarding tag team matches, and when we get done reading it, if you're half as confused as we are, then we're twice as confused as you. Katie, Steve & Sean will bring you all these stories and more, including a guest announcement that will be a surprise to Katie & Sean, tonight.

TONIGHT on Wrestling Authority Radio on The Evolution Radio Network on Blog Talk Radio LIVE! :

We start the night off remembering our fallen in SUPREME. Then, Katie, Steve, & Sean will be joined by a man who may not be a household name like Hulk Hogan, but the influence he has had on the wrestling business has been just as impactful as The Hulkster. Of course we are talking about The ORIGINAL Wrestling Journalist & Historian JOHN AREZZI. Over the last 45 years John has heard, seen, and done everything in the wrestling business. Mostly noted for his Pro Wrestling Spotlight radio show in New York, John quickly became one of the biggest supporters and influencers of the wrestling business that the business has ever seen. John was one the man who put the ORIGINAL concept together for a Professional Wrestling Fan Fest Convention. As we saw on Tuesday Night's Dark Side of The Ring on the UWF, John had a hand in helping Herb Abrams get the word out there which as we later saw would turn out to be a disaster. We will hear from John on more of his side of the story on Herb Abrams & The UWF. John is now back with another legendary radio show of his own Pro Wrestling Spotlight Then & Now. We will discuss all of this & so much more tonight when Wrestling Authority Radio PROUDLY welcomes JOHN AREZZI to it's airwaves LIVE! We will also be joined by a man who is NO stranger to the Wrestling Authority Radio air-waves The PRESIDENT of The Cauliflower Alley Club B. BRIAN BLAIR. Brian will bring us some fun old stories we are sure, but we will also talk on a serious note on how this year's CAC has been postponed for the 1st time ever and the impact this is having on not only the CAC but he business as a whole. Then we will let Brian tell his side of the story on Herb Abrams & The UWF that didn't get told on Tuesday Night's episode of Dark Side of The Ring. Do NOT miss what PROMISES to be a FULL 2 HOUR HISTORY LESSON LIVE!

We weren't sure who, if anybody, was going to be willing to come on and join us during this time. After all, no one is running, so what do you do when you've got all this downtime. Well we found someone, our good friend, women's wrestling champion in numerous places, Kacee Carlisle.

It has been quite a while since Kacee has been with us so we'll talk about her most recent matches, any good road stories, having a birthday and, a shocking subject for a wrestler, her favorite adult beverages.

Depending on how long Kacee stays, and if she has been watching Dark Side Of The Ring we will talk about this week's episode. We have also reached out to one of our promoter friends who has had Dr. D. David Schultz on one of his cards and one of the wrestlers who appeared in that imfamous 20/20 episode. We'll also talk about any news that might be happening within the industry.

Join us for fun, and yes, a few drinks- TONIGHT.

Sadly, we have lost more members of the wrestling community over the past week and we will pay tribute to them.

The hottest news coming out of WWE this week are the Nia Jax buckle drop on Kairi Sane and what the Japanese wrestler was screaming before she was thrown. There is also information leaking out of Stamford regarding the basics of taping Money In The Bank. WWE has also issued a statement regarding 24/7 Champion Rob Gronkowski, who announced his return to the NFL yesterday. Triple H apparently isn't worth as much to the WWE as Bray Wyatt is if you base it on the cost of their respective special title belts are concerned. 

Impact Wrestling did tape Rebellion as a two night special and night 1 was aired this past Tuesday. Sami Callihan issued comments about working the event. Now 2/3 of the night 2 main event did not appear at the tapings so we'll talk about that, the results from night one and some additional notes about Impact, including news about what they did wih a promoter they were scheduled to work with.

On the AEW front Cody Rhodes has filed for another trademark, Will the ratings cause the company to reconsider just going with their currently recorded material? The Broken One, Matt Hardy, helped a marriage propsal happen. The team formerly known as The Revival, who are loudly rumored to be AEW bound, put out a new video featuring their apparent new name, The Revolt. However, there seems to be an issue regarding the name as an independent team seems to have been using the name for a while.

This week's Dark Side Of The Ring covered the still unsolved execution of Canadian star Dino Bravo. We'll examine the episode and what, if anything, we learned about Bravo and the contributing factors of his murder. Some huge rumors concerning former wrestler and broadcaster Jesse Ventura has been hitting social media. Several luchadors have found a way to make money AND be helpful. Get ready for fun.