{"id":97701,"date":"2020-05-20T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=97701"},"modified":"2020-05-20T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T18:00:48","slug":"body-of-shad-gaspar-identified-after-washing-ashore-overnight-on-venice-beach-pro-wrestling-industry-mourns-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/20\/body-of-shad-gaspar-identified-after-washing-ashore-overnight-on-venice-beach-pro-wrestling-industry-mourns-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of Shad Gaspar identified after washing ashore overnight on Venice Beach, pro wrestling industry mourns his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1545792840\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The body of Shad Gaspar was found washed ashore on Venice Beach, three days after he went missing when a rip tide pulled him and his son Aryeh were caught in. His son was rescued at the time by life guards. The 39 year old husband and father wrestled in WWE from 2002-2010 primarily as part of the Cryme Tyme tag team.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reports that Gaspard was about 50 yards from shore when he was last spotted by a life guard when a wave crashed over him and he was swept out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday his wife released a statement expressing thanks for those searching for him. \u201cWe would like to express our gratitude to the first responders who rescued Aryeh and to the lifeguards, coast guard, divers, fire and police departments for their continued efforts to help find our beloved Shad,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text\">\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioFOXLA\/status\/1263096329955184645<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE is saddened to learn that former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard has passed away at the age of 39. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngyuRpkjps\">https:\/\/t.co\/ngyuRpkjps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1263115885948088321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">cont: And in your final act sacrificing yourself for your young boy.<br \/>You will always be remembered for your courage and selflessness!!<br \/>I love you brother <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZkIL3i91C\">pic.twitter.com\/oZkIL3i91C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Masters (@ChrisAdonis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisAdonis\/status\/1263129587640197121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceHoyt\/status\/1263144128466092038<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3190602630\"><div id=\"pwtor-454971940\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The body of Shad Gaspar was found washed ashore on Venice Beach, three days after he went missing when a rip tide pulled him and his son Aryeh were caught in. His son was rescued <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/20\/body-of-shad-gaspar-identified-after-washing-ashore-overnight-on-venice-beach-pro-wrestling-industry-mourns-his-death\/\" title=\"Body of Shad Gaspar identified after washing ashore overnight on Venice Beach, pro wrestling industry mourns his death\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-12.54.03-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97706,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97701\/revisions\/97706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}