TJPW All-English Show That s J-PW Ep. 1&2 Review: Good Matches, But Who is This For? By Jericu on Apr 15, 2021, 12:30am EDT +
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling has been making a push into the western market lately. Kind of. Sort of. It s been stop-start; back in January, they had their first show with English commentary, which wasn t very good unfortunately, three people talking over each other, two of whom didn t seem to know much about the product. They proceeded to not have any more English commentary on shows until announcing it for the upcoming May 4th show, though to be fair TJPW shows frequently don t have any commentary so there s a good chance that long wait was unintentional. They ve also started tweeting things out in English from the official TJPW twitter account on occasion.
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The death of Tom Cole this week takes us back to one of the most sordid pro wrestling stories of the last 50 years, which involved media heavyweights at the time like Phil Donahue, Larry King, Geraldo Rivera and Phil Mushnick. It s the lead story of a new double issue of the Observer.
We look at the story and its tragic end this past week and all the key characters involved. We look at Cole s death, what exactly happened to him, different media appearances at the time, the WWF first settling his case, the unique plans for the Phil Donahue show, at the time the leading daytime talk show in the U.S. with a gigantic audience and how Vince McMahon planned the show and why it never transpired the way it was planned. Cole s memories of what happened, and things that triggered his past including a first suicide attempt that few knew about. This is a major piece of wrestling history that has been largely hidden except from those who were around at the time.