{"id":40453,"date":"2019-03-10T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T21:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=40453"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:21:03","slug":"shane-strickland-announces-departure-from-indie-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/10\/shane-strickland-announces-departure-from-indie-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Strickland Announces Departure From Indie Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night in Seattle at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/03\/05\/preview-defy-wrestling-dragon-spirit-3-8-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DEFY Wrestling<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s <em><strong>Dragon Spirit<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Shane Strickland<\/strong> announced that it was his last appearance for the company he&#8217;s been a huge part of since 2017 and a former 2x DEFY World Champion. He made the announcement after losing to\u00a0<strong>Darby Allin\u00a0<\/strong>in a gruelling No DQ match. But the one thing he didn&#8217;t say was where his destination was &#8211; although the only two real options would be <strong>WWE\/NXT<\/strong> or <strong>Ring of Honor\/NJPW<\/strong>, as both <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> and <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> would allow him to still perform with the company.<\/p>\n<h1>Shane Strickland Announces Departure From Indie Scene<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shane Strickland tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DEFY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DEFY<\/a> he\u2019s leaving. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUe3CtEb57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gUe3CtEb57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason (@dilletaunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dilletaunt\/status\/1104255229946544129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shane Strickland was previously linked to a move to the WWE for NXT late last year and was expected to be announced with the February class this year, that included <strong>Trevor Lee, ACH<\/strong>, and <strong>Karen Q<\/strong>, but a snag was seemingly hit with his <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> contract (where he performed as <strong>Killshot<\/strong>). With those now behind him, he is free to sign elsewhere, which he apparently has.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Riddle vs Shane Strickland | *Full Match*| MLW World Heavyweight Title Fight\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vKraeLSYiR8?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>&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>On Friday night in Seattle at DEFY Wrestling&#8216;s Dragon Spirit, Shane Strickland announced that it was his last appearance for the company he&#8217;s been a huge part of since 2017 and a former 2x DEFY World Champion. He made the announcement after losing to\u00a0Darby Allin\u00a0in a gruelling No DQ match. 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