{"id":38306,"date":"2019-02-13T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T02:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38306"},"modified":"2019-02-13T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T02:12:36","slug":"fsw-and-la-lucha-announce-two-night-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/13\/fsw-and-la-lucha-announce-two-night-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"FSW and LA Lucha Announce Two Night Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW)<\/strong> and <strong>LA Lucha<\/strong> from Los Angeles, CA announced on Tuesday a two-night tournament featuring the top stars from both promotions. It will have a field of 16, and tentatively four qualifying matches with certain wrestlers receiving automatic bids. It\u2019s a single elimination format with day one held in Los Angeles hosted by LA Lucha and Day 2, will be in the Fight Capital at the FSW Arena.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LA_Lucha1\/status\/1095384094181978113<\/p>\n<p>The shows in LA and Las Vegas will be called <em><strong>Limitless<\/strong><\/em> and continue the partnership that was announced last month between the two companies. They ran back to back shows for the first time featuring competitors from both brands. FSW Owner <strong>Joe DeFalco<\/strong> confirmed that he was the one who initiated the relationship last year.<\/p>\n<p>LA Lucha owner <strong>Anthony Pastor<\/strong> talked to Last Word on Sports in January and said \u201cit benefits Joe and I to work together and share talent. The talent secures another consistent booking which is money in their pocket. Splitting flights with Joe saves us money and allows east coast\/out of country talent come in a showcase a match. It opens doors and makes things a little bit easier. This is Wrestling. I love it! It&#8217;s all about having fun and putting on a good show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FSW has built arguably the strongest roster out west featuring recent MLW signing <strong>Hammerstone<\/strong>, FSW Champion <strong>Chris Bey<\/strong>, Tag Champs <strong>One Percent, Sefa Fatu\u00a0<\/strong>(son of Rikishi), <strong>Damian Drake, Shogun Jones<\/strong> and last but not least IMPACT Knockouts Champion and FSW Women\u2019s Queen <strong>Taya Valkyrie<\/strong>. More talent from California has been booked on FSW shows with guys like <strong>\u201cUptown\u201d Andy Brown, <\/strong>\u201cRelentless\u201d<strong> Douglas James, <\/strong>\u201cThe Superstar\u201d<strong> Jake Atlas, <\/strong>\u201cThe Flip Artist\u201d<strong> Matt Vandagriff, Adrian Quest, Eli Everfly<\/strong> and \u201cFlash over Smash Practitioner\u201d <strong>Tyler Bateman<\/strong>. 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