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 Wrestling Podcast Episode 173: The Million Dollar RAWcast [20:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

CK may be without a co-host this week, but that doesn’t mean we’re not bringing the fire in our discussion of WWE Monday Night Raw from July 6th, 2009. This week’s show features 20 minutes of the finest wrestling analysis on the web. Highlights include Pinfall Recall’s continuing hatred of WWE’s handling of the Tag Team Championships, Teddy Dibiase acting like a 9 year old, CK’s desire for more Million Dollar moments, and excruciating foot and leg injuries, all brought to you with that PFRC heat you know and love. So fire up your media players, turn up your speakers, and prepare to have the knowledge dropped on your asses by the best professional wrestling podcast you’ve ever set ears upon.

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I’m back, and better than ever. Got a knack, for making things better.

Hello and welcome to somewhat of a rebirth here in the Pinfall Recall World. Yes friends that’s right, I, Andrew Kearney, am back and better than ever. I feel the timing for this couldn’t be better and I can say that I’m extremely excited to start this new chapter in the book of Pinfall Recall. It’s been at least two years since I was a fully active member of this great team but I can only see that as being to our advantage as we look to progress and carry on the excellent work demonstrated by the existing team members. We’re all a couple years older and a couple years wiser since I was last around…quite whether the wrestling industry as a whole has progressed in that time I’m not too sure but I’ll sure as hell enjoy talking about it here with you all. I also just wanted to send out a public thank you to RDB, Milo, Ed, and of course CK and JG for making this return possible. Now I want you all to kick back and just relax as you jump back into the trip known as Andrew Kearney…or AK…or Kearney…well you get the idea.

The purpose of this little piece is to give you all an insight into my views of the current state of professional wrestling. Now I’ll be honest with you all, my finger had certainly slipped way off the pulse over the last two years of absenteeism but since about ‘Mania this year, I’ve been getting back into the swing of things. As hard as I try though it is definitely still a case of as and when I can with regards to the actual watching of the shows. I mean I do try and catch Raw every week, the same with SmackDown also and for some reason, unknown to me or anyone else, I rarely miss an episode of TNA iMPACT. So I definitely do try to keep on top of things but it certainly does take a pretty dedicated loser to watch every single piece of weekly televised wrestling.

I don’t watch TNA week in week out because I think it’s such an awesome way to spend two hours each week. I think it’s definitely more a case of sheer bewilderment and curiosity that keeps on drawing me back in. I just wanted to make that point perfectly clear before we delve any deeper. Quite simply, the list of things wrong with TNA is longer than my arm and longer than I’m willing to discuss at this moment but the biggest problem that I have with the product is that far too much of it just doesn’t make sense and the reasons to actually care about what’s going on are so few and far between.

In terms of WWE I think there are signs of a decent product in there from time to time, particularly on the SmackDown brand in my opinion. But even then you can spend a couple hours watching Raw or SmackDown and still wonder what happened come the end of the show. I also may have made a fairly large mistake recently as over the last few weeks I’ve been watching my entire anthology of every WWE Raw from 1999 and that really has fuelled even greater cynicism and dismay at the current product. But as I said, from time to time I’m pleasantly surprised and satisfied after watching a WWE show, a lot more than was the case a couple of years ago at least.

But at the end of the day, there’s plenty for me to talk about and I sincerely hope you all enjoy jumping on the back of Pinfall Recall’s own British Invasion.

As has been stated on the forum and the most recent podcast, I am really aiming to add a lot of content to the blog in the form of columns, articles and other fun filled features. So please stay tuned to that the website and the forums for all of my upcoming Pinfall Recalling…and you may also want to keep an ear out for a certain British voice on an upcoming podcast…just sayin’.

I am most definitely back ladies and gentleman and you will unquestionably be seeing a lot more of all over the Pinfall Recall Universe!

WWE

Who went where in the Draft last night, ECW moves time slots

- Here’s a list of who went where in the draft on Raw last night: 

* WWE US Champion MVP: Drafted from Smackdown to Raw

* The Big Show: Drafted from Smackdown to Raw

* WWE Women’s Champion Melina: Drafted from Raw to Smackdown

* Matt Hardy: Drafted from Smackdown to Raw

* WWE Champion HHH: Drafted from Smackdown to Raw

* Mr. Money in the Bank CM Punk: Drafted from Raw to Smackdown

* The Miz: Drafted from ECW to Raw

* Kane: Drafted from Raw to Smackdown

* Chris Jericho: Drafted from Raw to Smackdown

* Vladimir Kozlov: Drafted from Smackdown to ECW

* WWE Diva’s Champion Maryse: Drafted from Smackdown to Raw

* WWE IC Champion Rey Mysterio: Drafted from to Smackdown

- Starting on May 5th, ECW on Sci-Fi will go back to the old 10PM ET timeslot. This will be a permanent change, until they want to move the show again.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Wrestlers’ discuss influences

- ESPN.com has posted a video of a segment from ESPN Rise where they interviewed Mickie James, Cody Rhodes, Matt Hardy and Beth Phoenix about what inspired them to get involved in wrestling.  The segment starts at the 2:40 mark and you can watch it by clicking here. 

Credit: Pwinsider.com

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ROH

Ring of Honor Newswire for April 14th

- Ring of Honor returns to Pay-Per-View THIS Friday night with “Caged Collision”. This event will be available through In Demand, DISH Network, Direct TV, & TVN in the United States, and in Canada with Bell Express Vu, & Viewer’s Choice Canada. Highlighting this event is Steel Cage Warfare featuring Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens, Brent Albright, Ace Steel, & Jay Briscoe vs. Sweet ‘N’ Sour Incorporated. Also, Nigel McGuinness vs. El Generico for the ROH World Title; Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries & Jimmy Jacobs; The Necro Butcher & Jerry Lynn vs. Age of the Fall; Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kevin Steen; plus more. ROH has set the standard by giving you true professional wrestling on pay-per-view at an affordable price. Click here for more details on this big event http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2728. 

- The big news coming out of the ROH/HDNet National Television tapings is that we have new Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions! The American Wolves – Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards – defeated Kevin Steen and El Generico in a brutal ‘Tables Are Legal’ match in Philadelphia to win the titles! Their first defense will now be in Markham this Saturday when they face Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black! But their war with Steen and Generico is far from over. Should Danielson and Black capture the gold in Markham, it could turn the tag team division upside-down, but should the Wolves retain in Canada, they will face Steen and Generico in a rematch. Just signed for Chicago Ridge on the 25th, it will be the American Wolves versus Steen and Generico in a 2-out-of-3 falls tag title rematch! 

- New ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn has heard the catcalls and discontent from a segment of the ROH faithful, but thus far, he says it isn’t a distraction. “I know that people are entitled to their opinion,” said Lynn. “And I get that. What I don’t get is people getting personal and disrespectful.” Lynn is referring to a segment of fans in Philadelphia who unleashed a very audible “(Expletive) Lynn” chant at him. “I’ve worked as hard as anyone in wrestling and I’m very proud of what I accomplished. Winning the ROH World Title really is icing on the cake, and I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to work twice as hard as I worked to get here, regardless if the naysayers like it or not.” Lynn is scheduled to defend the World Title in Dayton on April 24th against Roderick Strong, and on April 25th in Chicago against Colt Cabana.

- We have a lineup change for Montreal! Stemming from Philadelphia and the HDNet television tapings, ROH officials and the Booking Committee have made a change to the scheduled tag team match involving Brent Albright and Claudio Castagnoli. Since Castagnoli now has some association to Prince Nana and his Embassy, as evidenced by the interference on Claudio’s behalf by Nana and Ernie Osiris, the tag team match will now see Claudio Castagnoli and Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana take on Brent Albright and Colt Cabana! Cabana came to the aid of Albright in Philadelphia, and agreed to the change in his match almost before it was presented. Albright wants nothing more than to take out his frustration on Claudio, and neither Claudio nor Nana would offer a comment.

- The change mentioned above also gives Montreal the grudge match of a lifetime. It will now be Tyler Black versus Jimmy Jacobs one-on-one! Jacobs is protesting the card change to anyone that will listen, but this Friday in Montreal, the time for talk will be done! They faced each other as part of the very first main event on ROH on HDNet, but rest assured, in Montreal it will be a totally different ballgame. The hatred between Jacobs and Black has been simmering, and it could boil over this Friday!

- ROH officials are happy to announce that the charismatic Egotistico Fantastico has been added to the Dayton and Chicago Ridge events taking place on April 24th and 25th. In Dayton on the 24th, he’ll take on the maniacal Jimmy Jacobs in singles action, and in Chicago Ridge, he’ll face “Skullkrusher” Rasche Brown. ROH officials are high on Ego’s talents and look forward to seeing him shine!

- ROH is excited about their return to Boston on May 8th and Edison and May 9th! Just signed for Boston and Edison: Current ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn, Bryan Danielson, Kevin Steen and El Generico, Jay Briscoe, Tyler Black, Current ROH World Tag Team Champions – The American Wolves, Kenny King, The Necro Butcher, and Colt Cabana! More talent will be added and matches will be announced soon, right here in the Newswire.

- We have two new specials running at ROHWrestling.com until Thursday morning. You can now save $10 Off reserved seating tickets for all upcoming live Ring of Honor events. Also, save 15% off your next order on almost everything we sell. Full details on the sale along with the 15% off discount code can be found here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2730.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Other

Hogans going to court

- TampaBay.com is reporting that the family of John Graziano, who was severely injured in an August 2007 car accident involving Nick Hogan, will finally have their day in court against Linda and Hulk Hogan in March of 2010.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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That’s all for today’s Wrestling News Digest. Be sure to come back tomorrow for another easy to digest batch! Or, subscribe to our blog feed to get the latest Wrestling News, as well as our columns and podcasts, delivered right to your favorite feedreader. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the Pinfall Recall team on the forums or by emailing them directly through the links below. 

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WWE

Kevin Kelly returns, NBA playoffs could alter location for “Extreme Rules” PPV

- The official DirecTV preview for the debut episode of WWE Superstars next week on WGN lists host Kevin Kelly for the series.

- WWE currently does not know which venue in New Orleans will host the Extreme Rules pay-per-view on June 7th, 2009. The original plan was for the event to be held at the New Orleans Arena. However, if the New Orleans Hornets need the New Orleans Arena on June 7th for a playoff game, WWE will be forced to move the Extreme Rules show to the Lakefront Arena at the University of New Orleans.

Credit: PWinsider.com

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Raw rating

- Last night’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw scored a 3.9 cable rating, up from last week’s 3.6 rating.

Credit: 411mania.com

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TNA

Danny Bonaduce picks a finisher, TNA taping schedule to possibly change

- It’s being reported that Danny Bonaduce has been hyping his match against Eric Young at TNA’s Lockdown PPV on a daily basis during his morning show broadcasts. He’s even hinting that he has been working on the Swanton Bomb, a move he hopes to debut during the bout at the PPV. Mick Foley will be a guest on Bonaduce’s show tomorrow morning to help promote the Lockdown event.

- In other TNA news, it’s being said that the company is seriously considering altering their TV taping format this summer, although nothing has been finalized at this point.

Credit: 411mania.com 

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Former Diva wants to work for TNA

- Debra Marshall is currently working on a “Debra to TNA Fan Movement”, with the hopes of TNA hiring her.

Credit: 411mania.com

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ROH

ROH stars spotted at the WWE Hall of Fame

- Prowrestling.net is reporting that several Ring of Honor personalities attended WWE’s Hall of Fame ceremony this past weekend. Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin and the new ROH Champion Jerry Lynn were both in attendance, as well as Ace Steel who was reportedly there as a guest of CM Punk’s. Although it was not confirmed in the initial report, it’s being said that Bryan Danielson was also in attendance for the big event.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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That’s all for today’s Wrestling News Digest. Be sure to come back tomorrow for another easy to digest batch! Or, subscribe to our blog feed to get the latest Wrestling News, as well as our columns and podcasts, delivered right to your favorite feedreader. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the Pinfall Recall team on the forums or by emailing them directly through the links below. 

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 Episode 161: RAWcast IN YOUR HOUSE [65:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Once again CK and JG break down the walls to bring you “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard”.  Stick with us to get your best dose of wrestling smart talk and we’ll bring it to you harder than ever before.  We’ll talk about HHH and KoKo B Ware, so listen up and enjoy!

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WWE

Boogeyman released, Former star makes indy appearance 

- WWE.com announced today that The Boogeyman had been released.

- Manu, who was recently released from the WWE, will be making his first independent appearance since his release at the WXW C-4 in Allentown, PA this Saturday.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Jericho and Fozzy releasing new album

- According to Blabbermouth.net, Chris Jericho has signed a deal with Australia’s Riot Entertainment for them to handle the release of Fozzy’s fourth album, titled “Chasing the Grail”. You can check out the full article here.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Why Rey missed Raw, Batista returning for WrestleMania…but not how you think

- Rey Mysterio had to miss Raw last week as well as several house show events due to a family issue which The Wrestling Observer is now reporting was a complication his wife was having with her current pregnancy.

- WWE.com has a list of talent currently scheduled to make autograph signing appearances during their Wrestlemania Fan Axxess weekend. Amongst those name is currently sidelined Raw star Batista. Although he will be ready to return to the ring in about a month, we have previously reported that he will NOT be wrestling at WrestleMania 25.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

Booker T comments on WWE taking superstars from his charity event

- The Houston Press has a story today that follows up on Mike Johnson’s earlier report that certain talents are pulling out of Booker T’s charity show in Houston on WrestleMania weekend.  They talked to Booker who said, “It’s not going to stop anything, we’re still going to go forward with it…We’re just replacing those people with actually bigger names.  I don’t think me doing my charity is going to hurt the revenue of WrestleMania, or hurt the Hall of Fame, and we’re not doing this, you know, to hurt WrestleMania…or ride their coattails or anything.”  They talked to World Wrestling Entertainment employee Robert Zimmerman who said, “I don’t even know what his charity deal is, to be perfectly honest with you.”

Credit: PWinsider.com

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ROH

Gabe Sapolsky blogs about first taping and his favorite match

- Gabe Sapolsky has a new blog up, discussing booking theory in regards to the first ROH show and PPV as well as his favorite ROH match. You can check out the full blog here.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Other

Marty Jannetty returns to the ring, Nowinski on Rather show, Former WWE refs to fight

- Marty Jannetty returns to the ring at the CLASH wrestling event on March 7th. The event starts at 7PM and will be held at the Taylor Town Trade Center in Taylor, MI.

- Christopher Nowinski was recently on the “Dan Rather Reports” show on HDNet. The show focused on concussions and brain damage to professional athletes.

- Former WWE referees Wes Adams and Mike Posey will face off in a wrestling match on March 28th at the Spring Bash 2009 show in Summit, MS at the Gordon Covington Rotary Gym. Adams wrestled as Scott Starr previous to his WWE refereeing job, and Posey wrestled briefly in TNA.

Credit: 411mania.com

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 Episode 160: This RAWcast is a Big Show [52:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ed and Milo join CK for this 160th Episode, where we once again bring you “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard.”  This week we discuss the sheer lack of logic behind the end of Kozlov’s streak.

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WWE

WWE.com posts update on Jamie Noble’s injury

- NASHVILLE - For Jamie Noble, the agony of defeat at the hands of Mike Knox is thankfully only temporary. The Raw Superstar is recovering from a brutal corkscrew into the mat that left him motionless Monday night on Raw. It had been reported that Noble had no feeling in one of his arms and his hand.

“The Pitbull” was immediately placed on a stretcher by Dr. Chris Amann and WWE’s Certified Athletic Trainers and taken via ambulance to a local emergency room in Nashville.

En route to the medical facility, Noble reportedly had begun regaining feeling in all of his limbs. An MRI administered shortly thereafter confirmed the best possible news.

“All of Jamie’s tests were negative,” Dr. Amann told WWE.com. ”I expect him to be sore for the next several days, but I think he will do fine.”

The Raw Superstar is in good spirits, and he expects to return to the ring as early as Monday.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Who’s going to induct Steve Austin into the HOF, Smackdown rating, Backlash presale code

-The Houston Chronicle currently has as article up about the WWE Hall of Fame. In the article, they say that Vince McMahon will “reportedly” induct Steve Austin into the WWE Hall of Fame. You can read the full article here.

- The February 20th edition of WWE Smackdown scored a 2.2 broadcast rating.

- The presale code for the WWE Backslash presale, which takes place today, is “BACKLASH“. The PPV takes place on April 26th from Providence, Rhode Island.

Credit: 411mania.com

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TNA

Dixie Carter issues address to TNA fans

- TNAwrestling.com posted the following message from TNA President Dixie Carter:

A MESSAGE FROM TNA WRESTLING PRESIDENT DIXIE CARTER

I want to take this opportunity to personally thank all of you for making last Thursday’s edition of TNA “iMPACT!” the most-watched broadcast in our company’s history.

Last October, we invited wrestling fans around the world to “Cross The Line” and sample our product, whether it was watching “iMPACT!”, ordering a Pay-Per-View, experiencing a live show or even visiting our website. We asked that if you enjoyed it, you would tell a friend about us. Well, you have responded and we are so grateful. 

Since that time, TNA has also accomplished several major milestones including our debut in Hi-Def on SpikeTV, our first live television special from Las Vegas, our biggest event of the year with Bound For Glory and our hugely successful tour of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

In 2009, we will celebrate seven years in business. The little company who no one gave a chance has grown by leaps and bounds because of you, our fans. We will continue to work hard to earn your support. Several big things are already being planned including April’s brutal, all-steel cage pay-per-view, Lockdown, in Philadelphia, new superstars, new programming, a reinvigorated focus on the X Division, expansion of our online digital world and so much more.

Once again, all thanks to you. You are loyal and passionate and we don’t take this opportunity you have given us for granted. 

Dixie Carter

President, TNA Wrestling

Credit: 411mania.com

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Other TNA news and notes for February 25

- The TNA Lockdown presale will begin tomorrow at 10AM through liacourascenter.com . The presale code is “ICON”.

- On April 18th, there will be a Fan Fest in Philadelphia as part of the TNA Lockdown PPV weekend.

- TNA will return to Dublin, Ireland in October. TNA’s last trip there saw two back to back sellouts.

- Kurt Angle will appear on the Howard Stern radio show again in March. 

Credit: 411mania.com

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ROH

ROH Newswire for February 25

- In case you missed it, KENTA is coming back to Ring of Honor! As explained in the main page article http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2641, ROH, in conjunction with Pro Wrestling NOAH, is bringing back the multi-time GHC Champion for four dates: Elizabeth, PA on March 20th, NYC on March 21st, and Houston, TX on April 3rd & 4th. We will have more on KENTA’s match announcements for these four events soon. Don’t forget you can save 25% off on all live event tickets, or almost anything else we sell at www.rohwrestling.com until Thursday morning. Details are posted on the main page.

- A huge Four Corner Survival match has been signed for March 13th, just outside of St. Louis. Austin Aries made some very insulting comments toward Silas Young in Detroit in January. And while Young came up short in that match-up, he advised the ROH booking committee that he wants an opportunity to avenge the words that Aries spewed about his family. Meanwhile, even as Claudio Castagnoli and Kenny Omega will lock horns as part of ROH’s debut in Indianapolis, Kenny Omega heard the comments that Claudio made about him in the 2/20 edition of the Newswire. “Claudio calls me a flash in the pan,” said the charismatic Omega. “That’s just fine by me, because I beat him once, and I’ll beat him in Indy, and why not, I’ll beat him at the Gateway Center as well!” It’s Castagnoli, Omega, Young, and Aries on March 13th!

- ROH officials have recently been in contact with a member of the AAA roster recently about coming in for the huge debut weekend of events in Houston on April 3th and 4th. More on this next week as it develops.

- Part 4 of the poignant Jerry Lynn interview is available. If you would like to see more “sit down” style interviews with ROH stars in the future, let us know who and we’ll do our best to make it happen. That interview plus Lynn in action from ROH’s recent Florida swing is part of the Wire, as well as comments from D’Lo Brown and the legendary “Nature Boy” himself, Ric Flair, calls out Larry Sweeney!?

- The 5th of the 6 Television Main Events has been signed, and it features two men that have been connected by recent animosity. Claudio Castagnoli and Brent Albright have had several “wars of words” and a lot of controversy as of late, but that aside, ROH officials feel they are two of the most physically gifted competitors ever to set foot in an ROH ring. Add that to their recent happenings, including their grudge rematch on 2/27 in Danbury, and this qualifies as a TV main event!

- We have the first match announcement for the ROH 7th Year Anniversary Celebration on March 21st in New York City! The ROH World Tag Team Titles will be on the line as Kevin Steen and El Generico will face the American Wolves – Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. And there is plenty of hate and bad blood to go around in this one, capped recently by Davey Richards attack on El Generico’s knee in Orlando. Now, ROH officials understand that order cannot be kept when the boiling point has already been reached between these four men. With that in mind, the ROH Booking Committee has decided that this match will be contested under “No Disqualification” rules!

Credit: 411mania.com 

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Other

Homicide ruled in Verne Gagne case, charges unlikely

- WCCO Television in Minnesota is reporting that the Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Helmut R. Gutmann being ruled a homicide due to complications from a right hip fracture.  Gutmann was injured after being attacked by former AWA World champion and WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne.  They both lived in the same assisted living facility and were dealing with dementia as a result of Alzheimer’s disease.

The investigation is ongoing, although the belief is that Gagne is unlikely to be charged due to the circumstances involved.  There had been previous instances involving Gagne at the facility which had caused him to be removed from living there, although he was later allowed to return.  One of those instances involved Gutmann.

Gagne is 82.  Gutmann was 97 at the time of his death.

To read and watch WCCO’s coverage, click here.

Credit: PWinsider.com

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