{"id":53085,"date":"2019-08-24T15:58:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T19:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=53085"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T04:26:26","slug":"andnew-schaff-wins-the-defy-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/08\/24\/andnew-schaff-wins-the-defy-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: SCHAFF Wins The DEFY Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at <em><strong>DEFY DEFYance Forever<\/strong><\/em>, the 253-day reign of <strong>Artemis Spencer<\/strong> as DEFY Champion came to a crashing halt, as a torture rack neckbreaker put the champion down for the 1-2-3 and DEFY regular <strong>SCHAFF<\/strong> became the new DEFY Champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They had a tough card to follow but they had a hell of a match and Schaff is the new \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defyNW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@defyNW<\/a>\u2069 Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CnjujXvwn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CnjujXvwn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bryanalvarez\/status\/1165151461707149313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally from Pittsburgh, SCHAFF became a regular in the Pacific Northwest indie scene in 2018, working with DOA and Prestige in Oregon, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) in Vancouver, and DEFY Wrestling out of Seattle. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/21\/indie-watch-the-baddest-man-in-professional-wrestling-schaff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He quickly became one of DEFY&#8217;s most popular workers<\/a> and his hard work has finally paid off, as now &#8220;The Baddest Motherf****r in Professional Wrestling&#8221; is now holding the top prize in DEFY Wrestling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I try to pour my heart into every match I have at Defy. Even so, you can&#39;t win them all. I might not be able to hold that belt around my waist right now but I can still wave the Defy flag just as high as ever. Thank you to everyone at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defyNW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@defyNW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fOiXRK6cz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0fOiXRK6cz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Artemis Spencer (@ArtySpence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtySpence\/status\/1165295504445435905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last 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>Last night at DEFY DEFYance Forever, the 253-day reign of Artemis Spencer as DEFY Champion came to a crashing halt, as a torture rack neckbreaker put the champion down for the 1-2-3 and DEFY regular SCHAFF became the new DEFY Champion. 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