WOR: Conor McGregor investigation, Charlotte, Becky, and Ronda on ESPN, Kofi Kingston
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.
We begin the show discussing the New York Times story about Conor McGregor being investigated in Ireland for sexual assult. We talk about why the news took so long to come out and why the Times finally published the story.
We then talk about Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair being featured on SportsCenter as well as Roman Reigns guesting on First Take. After that, we recap Smackdown Live, which included Charlotte winning the Smackdown women’s championship and Kofi Kingston finally being added to the match with Daniel Bryan.
We end with the rest of the WWE news, Lucha Underground releasing four wrestlers as part of a settlement, Flip Gordon’s injury, Kenny Omega doing the media rounds for his TSN documentary, and Cain Velasquez and TripleMania.
Timestamps:
Start – 6:43: Conor McGregor being investigated for sexual assault
6:43 – 8:29: Becky, Ronda, Charlotte on ESPN
8:29 – 33:32: SmackDown
33:32 – 35:09: Raw ratings
35:09 – 36:10: Mustafa Ali now just Ali
36:10 – 40:09: Lucha Underground wrestlers receive releases as part of a settlement
40:09 – 41:22: Flip Gordon reinjures knee
41:22 – 50:53: Kenny Omega documentary
50:53 – 52:18: Bugsy McGraw
52:18 – end: Cain Velasquez to compete at TripleMania
Garrett hosts The Fight Game Podcast with John LaRocca, We're Live, Pal with Andrew Zarian, the weekly Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, and the once-a-month post-UFC Saturday version of Wrestling Observer Radio. Garrett also runs the Fight Game Media Network and the BSPN Network. In his day job, he's a co-founder of the social media network for neighbors, Nextdoor.