{"id":17682,"date":"2018-04-21T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2018-04-21T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:09:10","slug":"andnew-the-rascalz-dezmond-xavier-and-zachary-wentz-become-pwg-tag-team-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/04\/21\/andnew-the-rascalz-dezmond-xavier-and-zachary-wentz-become-pwg-tag-team-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) Win PWG Tag Team Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Rascalz<\/strong> became the new <strong>Pro<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> <strong>Guerilla<\/strong> tag team champions last night in the final event from <strong>PWG<\/strong> in Reseda, California at <em><strong>All<\/strong><\/em>&#8211;<em><strong>Star<\/strong> <strong>Weekend<\/strong> <strong>14 N<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>ight<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>O<\/strong><strong>ne\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>against PWG Tag Team champions <strong>Jeff<\/strong> <strong>Cobb<\/strong> and <strong>Matt<\/strong> <strong>Riddle <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong> in a Three-Way. <strong>Zachary<\/strong> <strong>Wentz<\/strong> and <strong>Dezmond<\/strong> <strong>Xavier<\/strong> are former <strong>AAW<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> tag team champions in their home of Dayton, Ohio and former <strong>Combat<\/strong> <strong>Zone<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>CZW<\/strong>) tag team champions after teaming since 2015. Zachary Wentz made his\u00a0 PWG debut just one month ago at <em><strong>Time<\/strong> <strong>Is<\/strong> <strong>A<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>Flat<\/strong> <strong>Circle<\/strong><\/em> and Dezmond Xavier debuted one year ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Rascalz @DezmondXavier &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachary_wentz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@zachary_wentz<\/a> get the win and are the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PWG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PWG<\/a> World Tag Team champions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ASW14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ASW14<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jrcLuqbcV5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jrcLuqbcV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SoCal UNCENSORED (@socaluncensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/socaluncensored\/status\/987585630992449537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While it seemed <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Chosen<\/strong> <strong>Bros<\/strong>, the team of Matt Riddle and Jeff Cobb, would reign supreme as PWG Tag Team Champions for a very long time this shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise championship change. Wentz may only have four years of wrestling experience but his partner Dezmond Xavier has been wrestling since 2011. The tag team formerly known as\u00a0<strong>Scarlet And Graves<\/strong> have earned plenty of experience and acclaim in <strong>Rockstar<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> and <strong>WrestleCircus<\/strong> as well, where Xavier became WrestleCircus Sideshow Champion. Earlier this year at <strong>Dragon<\/strong> <strong>Gate: <em>Open<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>The<\/strong> <\/em><strong>New<\/strong> <em><strong>Year<\/strong> <\/em><strong>Gate<\/strong> on January 13, Xavier and Wentz made their Dragon Gate debuts and Wentz has been shining in Japan ever since while Xavier spends his time in <strong>Impact<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> as a former <strong>Super<\/strong> <strong>X<\/strong> <strong>Cup<\/strong> tournament winner.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bh1rEZlA9x_\/<\/p>\n<p>A great tag team is only as good as both parties and both of The Rascalz have proven to be great singles wrestlers as well as a highly athletic and well-oiled tag team. That was the key to the man that is &#8220;Too Sick For This World&#8221; Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier unseating The Chosen Bros as PWG champions and now The Rascalz lead PWG into a new era in a new home on Broadway, Los Angeles going into the the rest of 2018. The Rascalz and <strong>Ohio<\/strong> <strong>Vs<\/strong> <strong>Everything<\/strong> (<strong>Dave<\/strong> <strong>Crist<\/strong> and <strong>Jake<\/strong> <strong>Crist<\/strong>) are about to reignite a years-long feud it would appear in the very near future from Ohio to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rascalz became the new Pro Wrestling Guerilla tag team champions last night in the final event from PWG in Reseda, California at All&#8211;Star Weekend 14 Night\u00a0One\u00a0against PWG Tag Team champions Jeff Cobb and Matt Riddle and\u00a0The Young Bucks in a Three-Way. 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