Shad Gaspard Drops out of Smackdown Match

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the original plan for Tuesday's SmackDown! called for Shad Gaspard to get pinned cleanly in the big tag match on the show. Shad, who wrestlers say was fine when he arrived at the show, said that he was sick (possibly with the flu) and left the taping to return to his hotel room. The match, as those who read the spoilers know, was rewritten with a different finish and without Shad.

While there has obviously been some skepticism about the situation given the fact that Shad's illness only came up after he learned about plans for the finish, the Observer acknowledges the unlikelihood that a wrestler in Shad's position would blatantly opt out of a job--WWE midcarders, as a rule, "win some and lose some" when it comes to match booking.

Hmm, I don't see Shad just dropping out because he was going to get pinned. Like it says at the end, they win some and lose some, it's all just part of the job and I'm sure they all just learn to live with it.

So yeah, I'm guessing he really was ill. Whatever it was, I hope he gets better soon.

For his sake, it better have been a legit illness because the WWE will not put up with that kind of thing out of midcarders.