{"id":51780,"date":"2019-08-05T07:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=51780"},"modified":"2019-08-05T07:59:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:59:28","slug":"andnew-daniel-makabe-wins-scenic-city-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/08\/05\/andnew-daniel-makabe-wins-scenic-city-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Daniel Makabe Wins Scenic City Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 edition of the <strong>Scenic City Invitational Tournament<\/strong>, the pre-eminent indie tournament in the US South, is in the books and the winner is a blossoming indie star from north of the border. In a field that featured several prominent indie stars from the US indies from the Midwest, Mid Atlantic and the South, it was Canadian <strong>Daniel Makabe<\/strong> who walked away with the SCI Trophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to the 2019 Scenic City Invitational winner \u201cThe Wrestling Genius\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielmakabe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@danielmakabe<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R6AsqTT86p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/R6AsqTT86p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SCI Tickets are on sale now (@SCITournament) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SCITournament\/status\/1158040973445881856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Wrestling Genius&#8221; is a 16-year pro who debuted in 2003 with <strong>ASW<\/strong> in Surrey, British Columbia. He worked multiple Canadian indie federations before heading south to Seattle, Washington where he blossomed into a star in the US Northeast with <strong>3-2-1 BATTLE<\/strong>. A former 3-2-1 BATTLE Pacific Middleweight Champion and 2x 3-2-1 BATTLE Solid Steel Champion, Makabe also works for Vancouver&#8217;s top indie, <strong>Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SCITournament?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SCITournament<\/a> 2019 winner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielmakabe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@danielmakabe<\/a>!! It\u2019s been quite the weekend for him, and what a night he had. Big congratulations to him! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCIN2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SCIN2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rEl9uni1C0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rEl9uni1C0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IWTV (@indiewrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indiewrestling\/status\/1157841230451097600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This year has seen Makabe break out into more US indies, debuting with the likes of <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Freelance Wrestling<\/strong>, and <strong>Black Label Pro<\/strong>, and made his SCI debut this past weekend. He defeated <strong>Tony Deppen<\/strong> in the first round and <strong>Slim J<\/strong> in the second round, to advance to the Fatal Four-Way Final, where he outlasted <strong>AC Mack, O&#8217;Shay Edwards<\/strong>, and &#8220;Warhorse&#8221; <strong>Jake Parnell<\/strong> in the finals to claim the SCI Trophy. He&#8217;s next slated to fight OWE and AEW star <strong>CIMA<\/strong> at the <strong>Oriental Wrestling Entertainment<\/strong> Toronto event August 10 during SummerSlam Week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got to Nashville and found out that I\u2019m wrestling CIMA next weekend in Toronto for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORIENTALWRESTL1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ORIENTALWRESTL1<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What is life? \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PCL2Epx6lY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PCL2Epx6lY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Makabe (@danielmakabe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielmakabe\/status\/1158067721961201664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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> for 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. You can watch the replay of this year&#8217;s Scenic City Invitational at <a href=\"https:\/\/independentwrestling.tv\/vod\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IndependentWrestling.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 edition of the Scenic City Invitational Tournament, the pre-eminent indie tournament in the US South, is in the books and the winner is a blossoming indie star from north of the border. 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