{"id":105666,"date":"2021-12-09T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=105666"},"modified":"2021-12-09T21:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:44:33","slug":"a-very-good-professional-wrestler-fka-dasher-hatfield-leaving-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/09\/a-very-good-professional-wrestler-fka-dasher-hatfield-leaving-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Good Professional Wrestler (fka Dasher Hatfield) Leaving Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news for long-time indie wrestling fans as <strong>A Very Good Professional Wrestler<\/strong> &#8211; who has been going by <strong>Avery Good<\/strong> in recent months &#8211; announced that he would be leaving professional wrestling in the coming months. Formerly known as <strong>Dasher Hatfield<\/strong> for many years in <strong>CHIKARA<\/strong>, Avery Good revealed that he has 10 more matches left in the tank before he hangs up his boots as far as in-ring competition goes. &#8220;Dear Pro Wrestling,&#8221; he stated in a Tweet sent out on Wednesday night, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to wrestle ten more matches, and then I&#8217;m out.&#8221; He went on to state that five were already booked, leaving only five more matches to add to his calendar before he winds down his career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Pro Wrestling, <\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m going to wrestle ten more matches, and then I&#39;m out.  I have 5 of these matches booked already, leaving 5 open dates. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks for everything.  You&#39;re a real peach.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Avery Good, Professional Commentator (@VeryGoodProWres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeryGoodProWres\/status\/1468770616060915712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A 15-year veteran of the U.S. indies, he was a trainee of the CHIKARA Wrestle Factory after beginning in the Pennsylvania indies. He made his CHIKARA debut in 2007 as<strong> Create-A-Wrestler<\/strong> before becoming <strong>Moscow The Communist Bovine<\/strong> a few months later. In 2008, he switched personas again, this time to <strong>Ultimo Breakfast<\/strong> (and then a brief return to Create-A-Wrestler), before becoming his most popular character in CHIKARA &#8211; Dasher Hatfield &#8211; at the 2009 Young Lions Cup Tournament. Following the tournament, he created the first incarnation of <strong>The Throwbacks<\/strong>, teaming with <strong>Sugar Dunkerton<\/strong>, who competed together until 2011. Alongside Suge, he had his first attempt at gold in CHIKARA, in a failed attempt to win the CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas against champions Team FIST in October of 2011. The duo would also debut with\u00a0<strong>Beyond Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>that same year, before splitting up by the year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyond Wrestling [Full Match] Sugar Dunkerton &amp; Dasher Hatfield vs. Darius Carter &amp; TJ Marconi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aT9vSUh_UDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Dasher Hatfield found a new partner in The Throwbacks with &#8220;Mr. Touchdown&#8221; <strong>Mark Angelosetti<\/strong>, and in 2014 the duo would finally win tag team gold in CHIKARA, holding the Campeonatos de Parejas titles for 139-days. For much of the 2010s, Dasher Hatfield became one of the top faces of CHIKARA, a heroic champion of all things sportsmanlike, and in 2015 formed the stable <strong>Dasher&#8217;s Dugout<\/strong>, alongside Angelosetti,<strong> Icarus<\/strong>, and <strong>Heidi Lovelace (<\/strong>AEW&#8217;s Ruby Soho). Despite competing in every CHIKARA King of Trios tournament from 2010 through 2019 (minus 2013), Hatfield failed to capture the trophy. But he persisted in becoming one of CHIKARA&#8217;s most reliable wrestlers, and a hero to children around the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 181 - Chikara Season 18 Finale: Closing Time (Dasher Hatfield vs Juan Francisco De Coronado)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gaJkOAg2Tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In August of 2018, his Throwbacks partner Mark Angelosetti defeated Juan Francisco de Coronado to become the CHIKARA Grand Champion, but he was injured shortly after his victory. CHIKARA granted Angelosetti the opportunity to pick an Interim Grand Champion until he was recovered, so &#8220;Mr. Touchdown&#8221; passed on the title to Dasher Hatfield. Hatfield made five title defenses during that time, against <strong>Travis Huckabee, Sloan Caprice<\/strong> (Mike Verna), <strong>The Whisper, Ophidian<\/strong>, and <strong>Solo Darling<\/strong>, before Angelosetti returned in the spring of 2019. The two faced off to determine the undisputed CHIKARA Grand Champion and in April at <em><strong>CHIKARA Once Upon A Beginning<\/strong><\/em>, Dasher Hatfield defeated Angelosetti in a Ladder Match to become the official CHIKARA Grand Champion. Hatfield also saw his family grow, as he brought in his &#8220;son&#8221;, <strong>Boomer Hatfield<\/strong>, and his &#8220;niece&#8221;, <strong>Molly McCoy<\/strong> (now Shea McCoy) by his side. That May, things got heated between Hatfield and Boomer, leading to a mask vs. mask (non-title) match at <em><strong>CHIKARA Anneversario: Scotch Mist<\/strong><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>which saw Boomer win the match and Dasher remove his moustachio&#8217;d baseball mask for the first time. When CHIKARA shut down in mid-2020, Hatfield was still champion, making him CHIKARA&#8217;s final Grand Champion. Between his time as interim champion and his own reign, Hatfield defended the CHIKARA Grand Championship for 664-days, for the longest title reign behind only <strong>Eddie Kingston<\/strong>&#8216;s inaugural run of 924-days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHIKARA: Dasher Hatfield vs. Ophidian (PCAGG 447)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFrWy4jLeTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following the demise of CHIKARA in 2020, Dasher Hatfield hit the U.S. indies with a thunder, renaming himself A Very Good Professional Wrestler, and immediately challenged IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion <strong>WARHORSE<\/strong> (in a losing effort) at <strong>Black Label Pro<\/strong>. In September, he won the 24th Annual <strong>ECWA Super 8 Tournament<\/strong> and in October fought in Black Label Pro&#8217;s <strong>Turbo Graps 16<\/strong> tournament. That December, he arrived in <strong>Camp Leapfrog<\/strong>, a new indie promotion that arose from the ashes of CHIKARA with some of the company&#8217;s young talents, emerging as the inaugural Camp Leapfrog Champion. This past April, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwtv.live\/promotion\/tlo#6wLPeO57mO\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he was the focus of the inaugural episode<\/a> of the new series,\u00a0<em>A Life Of&#8230;<\/em>, on IWTV.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cabana Man Dan vs A Very Good Professional Wrestler (New South)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQcdIQC3xsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/02\/killian-mcmurphy-wins-ecwa-super-8\/\" target=\"_self\">injuries blocked a huge part of 2021<\/a> for AVGPW, but he made his return to the ring in a big way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cSdKPpxRP44\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making his <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> debut on\u00a0<em>AEW Dark: Elevation<\/em><\/a>, where he teamed with <strong>JT Dunn<\/strong> against <strong>Santana &amp; Ortiz<\/strong>. It was during this set of AEW tapings that AEW referee (and former long-time CHIKARA employee) Bryce Remsberg captured a great photo of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/10\/aew-is-the-final-chapter-in-chikara-legacy\/\" target=\"_self\">all the former CHIKARA wrestlers now active in AEW<\/a>, which also featured the now renamed Avery Good. In what may seem prophetic now, on Dec. 2, Avery Good responded to a Tweet from <strong>Alex Shelley<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeryGoodProWres\/status\/1466501687930204174\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by saying<\/a> &#8220;Like most scenarios in life I try to be the ultimate optimist, the last 2 years have tested my optimism on more than one occasion. My perception of myself is no different. I know I have worked hard to look\/feel like a professional wrestler. I am going to enjoy it while it lasts.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeryGoodProWres\/status\/1468779979689410566\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a response<\/a> to his announcement on Wednesday night, he stated he&#8217;s &#8220;stick around for a job&#8221;, but that he&#8217;s more interested in becoming a &#8220;full-time dad&#8221;. With the grind of the past year and injuries slowing his momentum, it appears that Avery Good is now focusing his attention solely on his family as he prepares to leave his boots in the pro wrestling ring for the last time, most likely in early 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No matter where you go, never forget where you came from. \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BEiMa37zK4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BEiMa37zK4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryce Remsburg (@dabryceisright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dabryceisright\/status\/1438324889467899910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The staff of Last Word on Pro Wrestling wishes Avery Good a very good life in whatever he chooses to do and thank you for a great 15-years in the ring!<\/p>\n<p>Many of his peers reacted to the news with sadness but with the utmost respect for one of the past two decades&#8217; most underrated grapplers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo of A Very Good Professional Wrestler by Jon Washer<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Save one for me as the third person in the ring, old friend.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryce Remsburg (@dabryceisright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dabryceisright\/status\/1468800974609338370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Avery Good in BOLA please <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXP7knJUoD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JXP7knJUoD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Black Sabre Jr. \ud83c\udf54 (@CheeseburgerROH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheeseburgerROH\/status\/1468801591843110912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The best. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMAHH5NecV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZMAHH5NecV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Easton Laroux (@LoganLaroux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLaroux\/status\/1468776297396641792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude22 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdc5juk5mc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/sdc5juk5mc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big Dan Champion (@DanChamp4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanChamp4\/status\/1468775076862607366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffCannonball\/status\/1468786354503004163<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELlWLN9vqc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ELlWLN9vqc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sonny Defarge (@SonnyDefarge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonnyDefarge\/status\/1468772421985607682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wait no I still need to wrestle you <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvofermNLb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/CvofermNLb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin KU\ud83c\udf84\u2692\u2692\u2692 (@kevinxku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinxku\/status\/1468774373410676736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please someone give me one of these 5 dates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JqhPsOS8pU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JqhPsOS8pU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLACKWOOD (@blkwdxvx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blkwdxvx\/status\/1468774097865752576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Razerwyng\/status\/1468774460354441217<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dammit man. I always wanted a go with you, and hate to see you go. I am happy for you getting to leave on your own terms. The Best <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mZ7uLvLmID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/mZ7uLvLmID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; King\u2019s Road Slayer (@DerekNeal91) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekNeal91\/status\/1468783771080081409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news for long-time indie wrestling fans as A Very Good Professional Wrestler &#8211; who has been going by Avery Good in recent months &#8211; announced that he would be leaving professional wrestling in the coming months. Formerly known as Dasher Hatfield for many years in CHIKARA, Avery Good revealed that he has 10 more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":105668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,6],"tags":[6883,4133,8158,66,3446],"class_list":["post-105666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chikara","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-a-very-good-professional-wrestler","tag-aew","tag-avery-good","tag-chikara","tag-dasher-hatfield"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}