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.
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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.
THERE are whispers in the wind that a kite may be flown in 2021 for one of Worcester’s most controversial planning proposals of the last 30 years. Plans to build a superstore on the western half of Cripplegate Park, with the trade-off being to divert Hylton Road and extend the park down to the riverside, hit the buffers after much fractious debate in 1993, but they have never really gone away. Indeed, one of the scheme’s main enthusiasts back then, leading local politician Roger Berry, warned Worcester would live to regret the decision “for years to come” and no doubt the project is still filed away in a drawer somewhere.
Nik Lentz nearly lost eye after UFC fight, had double vision for nine months until ‘risky’ surgery
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Nik Lentz is preparing for his first fight back in nearly a year when he takes on Mike Grundy at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar. Although he is relatively an active fighter, Lentz needed some extra time away this year after suffering what could have very likely been a career-ending injury in his last fight against Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos.
Lentz fought all three rounds against Allen, but he did so in an incapacitated manner. Lentz was dealt with two eye pokes in the fight with the second one being the most debilitating as his vision was dramatically altered. He went on to lose to Allen by way of unanimous decision, but the loss was least of his problems at that time.