{"id":10782,"date":"2017-12-14T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2019-06-03T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:41:05","slug":"the-gcw-invasion-of-czw-we-are-gcw-and-we-dont-give-a-fk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/12\/14\/the-gcw-invasion-of-czw-we-are-gcw-and-we-dont-give-a-fk\/","title":{"rendered":"The GCW Invasion of CZW: &#8220;We are GCW. And We Don\u2019t Give a F**k.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot came out of last Saturday&#8217;s <em><strong>CZW Cage of Death XIX<\/strong> <\/em>that made news, most notably the impromptu match between NWA World Heavyweight Champion <strong>Tim Storm<\/strong> and <strong>Nick Aldis<\/strong> that resulted in Aldis walking away as the new NWA World Champion. But one of the most intense moments of the night was when former 4x CZW World\u00a0Heavyweight Champion\u00a0<strong>Nick Gage<\/strong> returned to CZW for the first time since 2015 alongside <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong> co-owner <strong>Brett Lauderdale<\/strong> and invaded the ring (and cage) following the actual Cage of Death match. Many assumed it was an angle for a potential CZW vs. GCW storyline (Gage now works for GCW) but as the drama in the ring unfolded, many began to wonder if this was as planned as they&#8217;d first thought. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/wrestlezone\/news\/907277-exclusive-gcw-co-owner-brett-lauderdale-alleges-real-heat-w-czw-backstory-on-controversial-cage-of-death-invasion-w-nick-gage\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lauderdale spoke to <strong>WrestleZone<\/strong> <\/a>a few days later and revealed his side of the story and it definitely seems to be\u00a0the &#8220;shoot&#8221; that Gage implied it was before his mic was shut off in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4AIMn2znJU<\/p>\n<p>Directly after current CZW World Champion <strong>Rickey Shane Page<\/strong> defended his title in the main event Cage of Death match against <strong>Joe Gacy<\/strong> and <strong>Shane Strickland<\/strong>, Gage and Lauderdale entered the cage, with Gage grabbing a mic and pronouncing &#8220;This is a shoot&#8230;&#8221; before CZW officials turned off his mic. This resulted in a stand off with lots of shoving before the two simply walked back out, amidst a small GCW and Nick F**king Gage chant from the audience. Nick Gage&#8217;s last match in CZW was back at CZW New Heights against <strong>Drew Gulak<\/strong> on July 11, 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Theres shot callers (gcw) and then theres cop callers (czw) its that fucking simple im GCW till the day i die and im ready to die for my company GCW MDK thats Murder Death Kill<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick FN Gage (@thekingnickgage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekingnickgage\/status\/939791848725471232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2017<\/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\">They had about 15 guys surroundin me at one point alot of tough talkers but not 1 of them swung on me you know why cuz they are SOFT and they like to call cops thats a fact GCW MDK gang fn affiliated even when im out numbered <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNmszehhwN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/UNmszehhwN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick FN Gage (@thekingnickgage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekingnickgage\/status\/939949102875529216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Lauderdale in his interview with WrestleZone, the invasion angle was originally a real idea, proposed from a CZW producer to Lauderdale himself. Current CZW co-owner <strong>DJ Hyde<\/strong>, who has owned CZW since 2009, apparently has some interest but after taking the idea to the rest of CZW management, including Maven Bentley, the idea was shot down.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em> &#8220;I got a call from the producer at about <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_124937427\"><span class=\"aQJ\">11pm<\/span><\/span> when the cage was being set up for the main event at CZW. He suggested we \u201cjust do it\u201d. I of course asked him \u201cwhat about DJ?\u201d and his response was something to the effect of \u201cwe will figure that all out later\u201d. I hung up, and discussed it with Nick (Gage). At that point, it all came clear. The last 2 years of weirdness, shadyness and outright disrespect hit both of us with a wave of clarity and we both came to the same theory\u2026 f*ck him.&#8221; Brett Lauderdale, WrestleZone interview, December 11, 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lauderdale also went on to discuss GCW&#8217;s current relationship with CZW, saying &#8220;it\u2019s no secret that there has been plenty of animosity on alot of different levels for some time now&#8221; and they finally decided to make a statement on behalf of old school CZW fans who had long been disenfranchised from the product due to DJ Hyde&#8217;s restructuring of the company. &#8220;I don\u2019t know if the intent was to \u201cembarrass\u201d CZW,&#8221; Lauderdale told WrestleZone.\u00a0&#8220;The intent was more just to say &#8216;Yo, we are GCW. And we don\u2019t give a fuck.&#8217; If you want to follow a real company that respects its fans, stays true to the foundation it was built on, stays true to it\u2019s fans, and will NEVER sell you out\u2026 start paying attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CZW is officially dead. What a sad day.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauderdale11\/status\/939682469175021568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2017<\/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\">Imagine being so desperate that you sell out your entire fanbase and 20 years of your company&#39;s history in an attempt to create a &quot;buzz&quot; and be fake friends with a washed up rock star for a day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COD19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#COD19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CageOfDeath?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CageOfDeath<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CZW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauderdale11\/status\/939685593155538944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lauderdale also stated that Hyde and CZW management also put ultimatums on CZW talent that they couldn&#8217;t work GCW and continue to be booked with CZW, although not all CZW talent seems to be heeding any of those warnings. Current GCW Heavyweight Champion <strong>Matt Tremont<\/strong> is a CZW staple and former CZW World Champion and he&#8217;s facing Nick Gage on December 16 at <em><strong>GCW Read to Die.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10788\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10788\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/12\/DQqqHIfX0AEhjIL-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"687\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of the day, whether the animosity between CZW and it&#8217;s violent nemesis GCW get ironed out and an angle indeed comes from this altercation, Lauderdale is confident that the statement was received. &#8220;The goal was accomplished. We did something that has never been done before, and we did it with ease,&#8221; he told WrestleZone. &#8220;All in the face of those who have attempted to hurt us and hold us down. Sounds corny, but at the end of the day that\u2019s how it breaks down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why does it feel like I (the &quot;rival&quot;) am fighting harder to improve CZW than anyone from within that company? Such a shame. All the &quot;boys in the back&quot; SPEAK UP! I know you want to. Now is the time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauderdale11\/status\/941194524088569857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot came out of last Saturday&#8217;s CZW Cage of Death XIX that made news, most notably the impromptu match between NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm and Nick Aldis that resulted in Aldis walking away as the new NWA World Champion. But one of the most intense moments of the night was when former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":10783,"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":[2,5274,6],"tags":[1836,1834,294,1833,1835],"class_list":["post-10782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-gcw","category-north-america","tag-brett-lauderdale","tag-cage-of-death","tag-czw","tag-gcw","tag-nick-gage"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782","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=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}