A look at what happened in the last two months of the life of Jon Huber is the lead story in this week s edition of the Wrestling Observer. We look at how the situation was handled, when the talent found out, why Huber didn t get a lung transplant, and a look at comments from a number of people in WWE in particular as well as Jim Ross and Amanda Huber s extensive writing on the subject.
Also in this issue:
Extensive coverage of Wrestle Kingdom and New Year s Dash. We have match-by-match, star ratings and poll results. We also have business notes, the story of Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega, the effect of COVID on the show and of wrestling in Japan going forward, Jay White, goal of Hiromu Takahashi, the new main event programs and international television news.
A look at what happened in the last two months of the life of Jon Huber is the lead story in this week s edition of the Wrestling Observer. We look at how the situation was handled, when the talent found out, why Huber didn t get a lung transplant, and a look at comments from a number of people in WWE in particular as well as Jim Ross and Amanda Huber s extensive writing on the subject.
Also in this issue:
Extensive coverage of Wrestle Kingdom and New Year s Dash. We have match-by-match, star ratings and poll results. We also have business notes, the story of Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega, the effect of COVID on the show and of wrestling in Japan going forward, Jay White, goal of Hiromu Takahashi, the new main event programs and international television news.
We have an update with more info on a number of COVID cases involving pro wrestling including more on Chris Jericho, Nick Jackson, Drew McIntyre, Mick Foley, Les Thatcher and more.
The late Brodie Lee would have needed a lung transplant to overcome his lung condition, reported Dave Meltzer in the latest issue of
Lee never got healthy enough after getting sick to qualify for the operation. Jim Ross noted on the
Grilling JR podcast that Lee had double lung failure, and that he heard that Lee couldn’t qualify for a transplant. If Lee were able to get the transplant,
The Observer noted that he would need to get on a list for the transplant, qualify, and then get a donor with the lungs needed for a man his size, which would have been a challenge with him being 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds. If he got the transplant, he would have then had to have lived his life “heavily immunocompromised and take a lot of anti-rejection drugs”.