{"id":45197,"date":"2019-05-04T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T22:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=45197"},"modified":"2019-05-29T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:34:16","slug":"preview-gcw-the-last-ones-left-5-4-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/04\/preview-gcw-the-last-ones-left-5-4-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: GCW &#8211; The Last Ones Left (5\/4\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong> heads into Saturday in Summit, Illinois a day removed from <em><strong>The Block is Hot<\/strong><\/em> from Asbury Park, New Jersey, but they&#8217;ve got another great card to keep the action flowing. Not listed below but announced to appear also includes\u00a0<strong>KTB, Isaias Velazquez, Ego Fantastico\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>AJ Gray.\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Last Ones Left<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>airs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fite.tv\/watch\/gcw-the-last-ones-left-chicago\/2ov4x\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live on Fite.tv at 9pm EST<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Orin Veidt vs. Eric Ryan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45181\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45181\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D4iMx63XkAID04g-e1556662284137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He&#8217;s only 24-years old, but\u00a0<strong>Orin Veidt\u00a0<\/strong>is coming into his own as a tough-as-nails grappler perfect for GCW&#8217;s vision. A regular with Minnesota&#8217;s <strong>Midwest All-Star Wrestling (MAW)<\/strong> who also fights with <strong>IWA Mid South, Freelance Wrestling<\/strong> and more, he clashes with Midwest veteran <strong>Eric Ryan<\/strong>, a longtime star with <strong>Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW)<\/strong>. Ryan has found a rougher edge to his character in GCW the past few years and will be looking to keep his momentum going.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Markus Crane vs. John Wayne Murdoch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45195\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45195\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D42dn5FXoAE8bA3-e1556662176319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two intense dudes lock horns in what is sure to be a physical contest.\u00a0<strong>Markus Crane\u00a0<\/strong>recently won the <strong>Unsanctioned Pro<\/strong> Hardcore Championship for the second time in Ohio, and the beast has been causing carnage in GCW since 2016. He&#8217;s stepping into a violent realm when he tangles with 16-year pro and longtime IWA Mid South veteran (and 5x IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion)\u00a0<strong>John Wayne Murdoch<\/strong>. There&#8217;s a lot of potential for blood and violence on this card, and this match, in particular, will be one of the least pretty of them all.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alex Colon vs. Jimmy Lloyd<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45191\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45191\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D5V9n2_XkAAs9hC-e1556662220418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 2x <strong>Hardcore<\/strong> <strong>Hustle Organization (H2O)<\/strong> Champion, <strong>Alex Colon<\/strong> has been gaining huge strides in GCW of late, with a big win over former <strong>Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)<\/strong> World Champion <strong>Joe Gacy<\/strong> and strong recent showings in losses to FREEDOMS Champion <strong>Jun Kasai<\/strong> and GCW World Champion <strong>Nick Gage<\/strong>. Colon is looking to continue a strong 2019 by facing &#8220;The Prince of American Hardcore&#8221; <strong>Jimmy Lloyd<\/strong>, who has gone from early show upstart to one of the top emerging stars on the US hardcore\/deathmatch scene.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shane Mercer vs. Jake Atlas<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45187\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45187\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D5a7UL1W0AE96kB-e1556662253692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another longtime IWA Mid South veteran and former IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion,\u00a0<strong>Shane Mercer\u00a0<\/strong>made his GCW debut earlier this year and he&#8217;s facing one of the West Coast&#8217;s fastest rising stars in\u00a0<strong>Jake Atlas<\/strong>, the reigning\u00a0<strong>PCW ULTRA\u00a0<\/strong>ULTRA Light Champion. He&#8217;s taking off on the West Coast with PCW ULTRA, <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Bar Wrestling<\/strong> and more, and made his own GCW debut last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/02\/09\/indie-watch-jake-atlas-en-route-to-becoming-a-superstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easily one of the names to watch in 2019<\/a>, and a real clash of styles who could potentially steal the show.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Marko Stunt vs. Tony Deppen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45192\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45192\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D5V9nY0W4AA3nQ_-e1556662191346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Marko Stunt<\/strong> made his huge return from injury at\u00a0<em>Joey Janela&#8217;s Spring Break 3\u00a0<\/em>over\u00a0<strong>WrestleMania\u00a0<\/strong>week, with a victory over Janela himself, and since then has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/02\/11\/now-theres-two-of-these-little-fkers-logan-stunt-makes-his-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his brother <\/a><strong>Logan Stunt, Jimmy Lloyd<\/strong>, and <strong>MJF<\/strong> (whom he defeated last night at\u00a0<em>The Block is Hot<\/em>). <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/19\/mr-fun-size-an-exclusive-interview-with-marko-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One of 2018&#8217;s breakout stars<\/a>, Stunt faces a different kind of opponent in\u00a0<strong>Tony Deppen<\/strong>. Deppen has been a GCW staple the past year, as well as strong work with\u00a0<strong>CHIKARA<\/strong>, and last night had arguably match of the year (and maybe the month already) against\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Gresham\u00a0<\/strong>at <em>The Block is Hot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Joey Janela vs. Orange Cassidy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45189\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D5V9m7AWsAclE2X-e1556662236336.jpg\" alt=\"GCW\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joey Janela fell just a bit short in his attempts to end Nick Gage&#8217;s 500+ day reign as GCW World Heavyweight Champion, but it showed Janela back in his entertaining stride. On Saturday night he&#8217;s facing the Independent Wrestling Champion <strong>Orange Cassidy<\/strong> in a non-title match, but it&#8217;s a match-up of two of the US indies biggest cult stars. The Clown Prince of Hardcore and the Crown Prince of Lethargy run on two very different speeds, but it has all the makings of an absolute classic.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GCW World Championship: Nick Gage (c) vs. Mance Warner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45190\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/D5V9mLoXsAE879j-e1556662206663.jpg\" alt=\"GCW\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nick Gage managed to hold on to his World Championship against Joey Janela on Friday night, but he&#8217;s one of the indies most fighting champions, putting it right back on the line tonight. It&#8217;s going to be a bloody masterpiece as he faces off against former CZW World Champion\u00a0<strong>Mance Warner<\/strong> in an absolute stunner of a main event. Warner is now competing on TV with <strong>Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong> and is <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/02\/14\/mance-warner-2019s-breakout-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a star in the making<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) heads into Saturday in Summit, Illinois a day removed from The Block is Hot from Asbury Park, New Jersey, but they&#8217;ve got another great card to keep the action flowing. Not listed below but announced to appear also includes\u00a0KTB, Isaias Velazquez, Ego Fantastico\u00a0and\u00a0AJ Gray.\u00a0The Last Ones Left\u00a0airs live on Fite.tv at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":45179,"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":[1833,2346,852,2702,3251,1835,2423,3867],"class_list":["post-45197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-gcw","category-north-america","tag-gcw","tag-jake-atlas","tag-joey-janela","tag-mance-warner","tag-marko-stunt","tag-nick-gage","tag-orange-cassidy","tag-tony-deppen"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45197","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=45197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}