{"id":32397,"date":"2018-12-11T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=32397"},"modified":"2018-12-11T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:13:36","slug":"indie-watch-red-death-daniel-garcia-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/11\/indie-watch-red-death-daniel-garcia-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Watch: &#8220;Red Death&#8221; Daniel Garcia (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at all of the amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalizing their careers, some are indie prospects hitting their peaks, while others are names to be on the watch for! This edition looks at one of The Buffalo Boys, a squad of wrestlers from Buffalo, New York&#8217;s <strong>Empire State Wrestling (ESW)<\/strong> promotion, named <strong>Daniel Garcia<\/strong>, who, at 20 years old, has already appeared on WWE television and is starting to take the Northeast and Ontario indies by storm, bringing his &#8220;Red Death&#8221; to a ring near you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From Buffalo, New York, <strong>Daniel Garcia<\/strong> is young, hungry and determined to take his spot in pro wrestling history. Confident without being arrogant, hungry without being gluttonous, and innovative without being ignorant of the past, he has emerged as a breakout star in the Northeast, with Canada&#8217;s <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, as well as his home promotion, <strong>Empire State Wrestling (ESW)<\/strong> in Buffalo and <strong>Limitless Wrestling<\/strong> in Maine.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I Want To Be The Best Wrestler In The World&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fxM57RzObE?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>Daniel Garcia has only been wrestling for almost two years. It was in January of 2017 that he joined hometown wrestling school <strong>Grapplers Anonymous<\/strong>, where he trained under the tutelage\u00a0of <strong>Brandon Thurston<\/strong>, a 14-year indie veteran of the upstate New York area and former 2x ESW Heavyweight Champion, and<strong> Pepper Parks<\/strong>, an 18-year indie legend best known to some as former IMPACT Wrestling star Braxton Sutter, who trained under <strong>Les Thatcher<\/strong> with <strong>Heartland Wrestling Association<\/strong> in Ohio. <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestlingpost.com\/the-jarkaster-journey-red-death-daniel-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a November interview with Pro Wrestling Post<\/a>, Thurston stated\u00a0that if Garcia &#8220;continues to work hard, he has the potential to be a major star in wrestling. He learned quickly, and he has the right kind of intelligence and passion to excel as an in-ring performer,&#8221; Thurston told Pro Wrestling Post. &#8220;He has a worldly view of wrestling, which goes a long way for your quality in-ring, I believe. More importantly, he\u2019s a good, friendly person. He\u2019s more emotionally mature and positive than some people twice his age, and that combined with his talent is why he has so much potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ESW - Daniel Garcia vs Kevin Bennett (06\/30\/2018)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DhQW5wBmYiU?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>By the fall of 2017, he was in the line-up for ESW, first working tag team matches with Canadian indie wrestler <strong>Tarik<\/strong> (now Smash Champion) in <strong>North America&#8217;s Most Wanted<\/strong>. By early 2018, he was debuting for Smash Wrestling, which shared many of ESW talents, such as Parks himself, as well as <strong>Kevin Bennett, Kevin Blackwood, Puf<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Williams<\/strong>. Garcia also branched out, working with other promotions like Jamestown, New York&#8217;s <strong>Southern Tier Wrestling (STW)<\/strong>. He had the intensity of a young <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> with the precision of a young <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong>, which isn&#8217;t surprising since the former &#8220;American Dragon&#8221; was his primary influence. &#8220;I just like that (Bryan)\u2019s an average guy that worked really hard on the indies with no machine behind him,\u201d Garcia told\u00a0Pro Wrestling Post. \u201cIt took a lot of hard work for him to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ESW - Andy Williams &amp; Braxton Sutter vs Daniel Garcia &amp; Tarik (01\/20\/2018)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WhMF4fhag4?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>Garcia has continued to become one of the breakout stars with both Smash Wrestling and ESW, and this past summer, he joined many of the other &#8220;Buffalo Boys&#8221; (the group of young stars including Blackwood, Bennett and Puf) with Maine&#8217;s <strong>Limitless Wrestling<\/strong>. He&#8217;s since formed a tag team with his mentor, Brandon Thurston, called <strong>The Shooting Gallery<\/strong>, who beat veterans <strong>Jay Freddie &amp; John Silver<\/strong> (The Thick Boys) in their debut at <em><strong>Limitless No Control<\/strong><\/em> two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Maine State Posse vs. Kevin Blackwood &amp; Daniel Garcia - Limitless Wrestling (AEW, Beyond, SMASH)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_LT8A6zAkRc?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>And if his meteoric rise wasn&#8217;t happening quick enough, this past June who competed on WWE&#8217;s <em><strong>205 Live<\/strong> <\/em>program in July, in a match against famed indie technician <strong>Drew Gulak<\/strong>. Not bad for someone who was barely two years into the business and only 20 years old. And while he has lofty goals of making the WWE someday, he&#8217;s not averse to going through the indies to pay his dues.\u00a0\u201cIf I could skip the indies and get signed, that would be ideal,\u201d Garcia told Pro Wrestling Post. \u201cBut I\u2019d like to go to <strong>Beyond<\/strong>, <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong> and <strong>AAW<\/strong>. I would like to wrestle in every major promotion in each region of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew Gulak vs. Danny Garcia: WWE 205 Live, July 17, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvP6tGCDwrI?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>Daniel Garcia continues to find more and more bookings. He&#8217;s also worked for New Jersey&#8217;s <strong>Battle Club Pro<\/strong>, Ottawa&#8217;s <strong>Capital City Championship Combat (C4<\/strong>) and others. But it&#8217;s apparent he&#8217;s got the drive, determination and love of the sport &#8211; both its current climate and it&#8217;s decorated history &#8211; to become a major player on the indies in 2019 and beyond. And beyond that, who knows? In a recent edition of <em><strong>Pro Wrestling Illustrated<\/strong><\/em>, he was mentioned as one of the candidates for 2018 Rookie of the Year. Out of the six names mentioned, three were WWE recruits &#8211; <strong>Kacy Catanzano, Taynara Conti<\/strong> and Raw Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Ronda Rousey<\/strong> &#8211; while another was an NJPW Young Lion in <strong>Tomoyuki Oka<\/strong>. The other two were Grapplers Anonymous students (and Smash\/ESW regulars) Daniel Garcia and Puf.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pufisgod\/status\/1071851502510268418<\/p>\n<p>Keep an ear to the ground for the coming of the &#8220;Red Death&#8221; Daniel Garcia. He&#8217;s proving himself one match at a time, and he&#8217;s winning fans over left and right. By the end of 2019, you&#8217;ll be wondering why you didn&#8217;t catch on sooner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FREE MATCH] - Brent Banks vs Daniel Garcia vs John Greed vs Kevin Bennett - Super Showdown VI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UksKURbPlps?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<h3><strong>Catch Up on Previous Indie Watch Articles!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/11\/29\/indie-watch-royce-isaac\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Royce Isaac$<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(USA), November 29, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/11\/16\/indie-watch-a-kid-the-ace-of-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: A-Kid<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(Spain), November 16, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/11\/12\/indie-watch-los-ingobernable-rush-is-coming-to-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Rush<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Mexico), November 12, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/24\/indie-watch-addy-starr\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Addy Starr<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Canada), October 24, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/11\/indie-watch-the-rise-of-puma-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Puma King<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Mexico), October 14, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/11\/indie-watch-kevin-ku-punk-and-southern-wrestlings-not-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: Kevin Ku<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(USA), October 11, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/10\/indie-watch-the-filip-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: The Filip Brothers\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(Australia), October 10, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/09\/indie-watch-daga-the-technical-luchador\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Daga<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Mexico), October 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/10\/05\/indie-watch-salina-de-la-renta\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Salina de la Renta<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Puerto Rico), October 5, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/29\/indie-watch-sheldon-jean\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Sheldon Jean<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Canada), September 29, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/25\/indie-watch-king-khash\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: King Khash<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(USA\/Persia), September 25, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/18\/indie-watch-bants-now-in-session-martina-the-session-moth\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: Martina \u2018The Session Moth\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(Ireland), September 18, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/09\/indie-watch-too-sick-for-this-world-zachary-wentz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Zachary Wentz\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(USA), September 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/04\/indie-watch-scotty-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: Scotty Davis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Ireland), September 4, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/21\/indie-watch-the-baddest-man-in-professional-wrestling-schaff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/21\/indie-watch-the-baddest-man-in-professional-wrestling-schaff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0SCHAFF<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(USA), August 21, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/15\/bandido-luchador-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: Bandido<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Mexico), August 15, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/07\/indie-watch-aiden-prince-takes-flight-in-prince-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Aiden Prince<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada), August 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/05\/09\/the-business-slex-career-overview-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: \u201cThe Business\u201d Slex<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Australia), May 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/05\/01\/robbie-eagles-career-overview-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: Robbie Eagles<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Australia), May 1, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/04\/27\/prospect-watch-jordynne-grace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: Jordynne Grace<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(USA), April 27, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/04\/13\/prospect-watch-d-l-hurst\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: D.L. Hurst<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(USA), April 13, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/24\/prospect-watch-maine-state-posse\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Watch: The Maine State Posse\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(USA), January 24, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/20\/prospect-watch-the-progress-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indie Watch: The Women of PROGRESS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(UK), January 20, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at all of the amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalizing their careers, some are indie prospects hitting their peaks, while others are names to be on the watch for! 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