The 2019 edition of the Scenic City Invitational Tournament, the pre-eminent indie tournament in the US South, is in the books and the winner is a blossoming indie star from north of the border. In a field that featured several prominent indie stars from the US indies from the Midwest, Mid Atlantic and the South, it was Canadian Daniel Makabe who walked away with the SCI Trophy.
Congratulations to the 2019 Scenic City Invitational winner “The Wrestling Genius” @danielmakabe! pic.twitter.com/R6AsqTT86p
— SCI Rumble is 3/2 at East Hamilton Middle (@SCITournament) August 4, 2019
“The Wrestling Genius” is a 16-year pro who debuted in 2003 with ASW in Surrey, British Columbia. He worked multiple Canadian indie federations before heading south to Seattle, Washington where he blossomed into a star in the US Northeast with 3-2-1 BATTLE. A former 3-2-1 BATTLE Pacific Middleweight Champion and 2x 3-2-1 BATTLE Solid Steel Champion, Makabe also works for Vancouver’s top indie, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW).
Your @SCITournament 2019 winner @danielmakabe!! It’s been quite the weekend for him, and what a night he had. Big congratulations to him! #SCIN2 pic.twitter.com/rEl9uni1C0
— IWTV (@indiewrestling) August 4, 2019
This year has seen Makabe break out into more US indies, debuting with the likes of Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Freelance Wrestling, and Black Label Pro, and made his SCI debut this past weekend. He defeated Tony Deppen in the first round and Slim J in the second round, to advance to the Fatal Four-Way Final, where he outlasted AC Mack, O’Shay Edwards, and “Warhorse” Jake Parnell in the finals to claim the SCI Trophy. He’s next slated to fight OWE and AEW star CIMA at the Oriental Wrestling Entertainment Toronto event August 10 during SummerSlam Week.
Just got to Nashville and found out that I’m wrestling CIMA next weekend in Toronto for @ORIENTALWRESTL1
What is life? 🤯 pic.twitter.com/PCL2Epx6lY
— Daniel Makabe (@danielmakabe) August 4, 2019
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