Various: WWE Icons Series Update, Tony Schionavie on Crockett Jr., New Japan Cup Night 8 Results

Mar 14, 2021

WWE Had Plans for Terry Funk Episode for WWE Icons Series

A recent episode of the Straight Talk Wrestling podcast had Georgia Smith, daughter of the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Smith revealing that WWE originally had plans for a Terry Funk episode to be made for their new WWE Icons documentary series on the WWE Network.

“They told me and I think I believe Terry Funk was in the lineup but I don’t know what happened with that, but they told me it was Davey [Boy Smith], Lex [Luger], Beth [Phoenix], Rob Van Dam, Yokozuna and Terry. So yeah, I was really excited about it.”

Smith also discussed the details that led to her father being among those profiled for WWE’s new series.

“Well they, as far as I’m aware of, Kerwin [Silfies] who did Hart & Soul [documentary] back in 2010 if you remember seeing that on my family. He reached out to Bret [Hart] because he interviewed Bret for Yokozuna, Yokozuna’s segment and he was like, ‘You know what? We really wanna do one for Davey [Boy Smith]’ and he was like, Kerwin was like, ‘But I don’t know how to get a hold of Diana [Hart-Smith],’ so Bret got them connected and this was in July, back in July and I was at a signing with Harry [Smith] in New York and I got a text and my mom was like, ‘Yeah, they want to do a documentary on Davey’ and I was like oh my God because I’ve been wanting to do that for years and it just like, it hasn’t been the right time or the right people or right company. It just never quite worked but Kerwin was like, ‘You know, I really wanna talk about this new resurgence of Davey’s popularity and how Georgia’s running his social media stuff and how that’s taken off. He’s going into the Hall Of Fame, Harry’s wrestling under Davey Boy Smith Jr. and I think this would be just a really good thing to do and to celebrate Davey’ and Davey’s going to be the second to last or the last episode because they want that to be the most anticipated one. Not taking away from anybody else but, they really wanna showcase everything that’s happened with him in the last little bit [and] as I mentioned, Hall Of Fame and his name has been brought up more now than it has in the past nearly 20 years so, it was really exciting and I had to be quiet about it and we had to have our Zoom meetings, WWE and I and Harry and they were like, ‘We have to keep this confidential’ and I saw in some of the wrestling news sites like, ‘Documentary in the works’ and ‘WWE was with Harry recently filming a match with Harry’ and I was like, ‘I can’t say anything.’”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Tony Schiavone Comments on His Last Words to Jim Crockett Jr.

Legendary wrestling promoter Jim Crockett Jr. passed away earlier this month due to COVID-19 and liver and kidneys failure.

A recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast had Tony Schiavone as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Schiavone revealing his final conversation with Crockett Jr. and him thanking Crockett Jr. for the significance he had on his life and wrestling career.

“Well unfortunately two days before he died David called me and said Jimmy wants to talk to you so he put me on speakerphone. I talked to Jimmy and told him how much his family meant to me and how much he meant to my career and honestly, I said, ‘I would be nothing without you because you’re the one that gave me my shot, gave me my chance, and so everything that I’ve done, every success that I’ve had is really because of your confidence in me.’ I know there’s a lot of other people that were on my side like Ric Flair and Dusty [Rhodes] wanted me to do well but Jimmy Crockett made the decision to let me work for them and made the decision to put me on TBS.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Tournament Night 8 Results & Night 9 Card

March 14, 2021
Hyogo, Japan – Baycom Gymnasium

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Night 8 Quick Match Results:

Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, & David Finlay via Lariat (pinfall 10:57)
Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, & KENTA defeated DOUKI, Taichi, & Minoru Suzuki via Package Piledriver (pinfall 7:24)
SHO, Kazuchika Okada, & Hirooki Goto defeated BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, & Shingo Takagi via Shock Arrow (pinfall 10:02)
Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL, & Jay White via High Fly Flow (pinfall 13:41)
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – SANADA defeated Yuji Nagata via Rounding Body Press (pinfall 18:18)
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match -Will Ospreay defeated Zack Sabre Jr. via Stormbreaker (pinfall 21:23)

Here is the full card for Night 9 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2021 tournament, which takes place this Monday at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Night 9 airs live on New Japan World starting at 5:30AM EST.

DOUKI, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Jado, Taiji Ishimori, & KENTA
Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, & Will Ospreay
Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto, & Yuji Nagata vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & SANADA
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White