{"id":62914,"date":"2020-02-13T20:08:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=62914"},"modified":"2020-02-14T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:42:20","slug":"texas-forever-wrestlers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/02\/13\/texas-forever-wrestlers-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Forever Adds More Names to #WrestleManiaWeek Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday April 2, \u00a0<strong>Inspire Pro<\/strong>\u00a0(Austin),<strong>\u00a0Sabotage Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0(Austin),<strong>\u00a0Heavy Metal Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(San Antonio),\u00a0<strong>New Texas Pro Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0(Abilene), and\u00a0<strong>Lucha Brut\u00e1l <\/strong>(Dallas) team up to present a huge card showcasing the booming Texas indie scene, featuring national and international stars alongside some of the best of the Texas circuit.\u00a0<em><strong>Texas Forever\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is a new addition to <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong>&#8216;s The Collective, running at The Cuban Club in the Ybor City suburb of Tampa during WrestleMania Week. The united front <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/01\/28\/texas-indies-unite-for-texas-forever-during-wrestlemania-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released their first set of names<\/a> in early February, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/09\/texas-is-forever-adds-more-names-for-wrestlemaniaweek\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a second batch of names<\/a> last week. This week, nine more names were added to the roster for the card.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shazza McKenzie<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62915\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQbJjqVXsAAcNWY-e1581639411841.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s <strong>Shazza McKenzie<\/strong> is an international superstar who has not only conquered her native Australian indie scene, where she&#8217;s a 2x <strong>PWA Black Label<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Champion, but also in the US, where she&#8217;s a former Heart of <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> Champion. Shazza has worked around the world, including in the UK with the likes of <strong>RevPro, Pro Wrestling EVE<\/strong>, and <strong>IPW<\/strong>, as well as many US indies including <strong>Beyond Wrestling<\/strong>, GCW, <strong>Black Label Pro<\/strong>, and Texas&#8217; <strong>WrestleCircus<\/strong>. She&#8217;s also appeared with <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH - Tessa Blanchard vs Shazza McKenzie: International Assault 2K17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LODT8IBMCSg?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<h3>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>GPA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62920\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQls_ChXsAIM2IF-e1581639439945.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>Chicago&#8217;s Geoffrey Percival Austere &#8211; better known simply as <strong>GPA<\/strong> &#8211; has been a big part of the Midwest boom, particularly in the Chicago area where he&#8217;s a regular with <strong>Freelance Wrestling<\/strong> after a lengthy run with <strong>GALLI Lucha.<\/strong> The former Freelance World Champion has also made himself a regular in Texas the past few years as well, working with Sabotage Wrestling, where he&#8217;s a former War of the Genders Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FREE MATCH] GPA vs Kylie Rae at Sabotage Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_CGlUomVLq8?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<h3><strong>Fuego del Sol<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62923\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQrNqKsWoAEOc1w-e1581639465762.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>He may originally be from Oklahoma, but <strong>Fuego del Sol<\/strong> has spent the majority of his career in the Texas independent scene, starting with <strong>World Class Revolution (WCR)<\/strong> in 2015. Since then he&#8217;s gone on to star with Inspire Pro, Sabotage, Lucha Brut\u00e1l , and Fort Worth&#8217;s <strong>Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence (IHWE)<\/strong>. In January of this year, he appeared on WWE <em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> in a losing effort to <strong>Erick Rowan<\/strong> (under the name KJ Orso). In 2018, he briefly held the Sabotage Championship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sammy Guevara vs Fuego del Sol - Martinez Entertaintment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzrhSUBUx3I?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<h3><strong>&#8220;The Detroit Import&#8221; Joe Demaro<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62922\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQr5ZR8XYAcJ5Fr-e1581639495447.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>Originally from the Michigan indie scene, &#8220;The Detroit Import&#8221; <strong>Joe Demaro<\/strong> has become a part of the Texas indie circuit the past year with huge showings for Inspire Pro, Heavy Metal Wrestling, and Sabotage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Curt Stallion vs. Joe Demaro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XoyGRYM8mI4?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<h3><strong>Rocketboy Wilson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62921\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQn3BO9X0AA6zdl-e1581639516678.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach, California wrestler is one of the West Coast&#8217;s top emerging prospects, as <strong>Rocketboy Wilson<\/strong> has been lighting it up with the likes of <strong>Championship Wrestling From Hollywood, Arizona Wrestling Federation, FIST Combat<\/strong>, and more. But he&#8217;s also begun making waves in Texas&#8217; since 2018, working with Inspire Pro, Lucha Brut\u00e1l , Heavy Metal, Sabotage, <strong>Metroplex<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rocketboy Wilson vs Ray Rosas : Championship Wrestling from Arizona(1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVOUAeXMxy0?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<h3><strong>ASF<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62919\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQiS5X_W4AAR68I-e1581639539223.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the fastest rising young prospects in the Texas scene is the Lucha Brut\u00e1l Great State Champion Antonio San Francisco &#8211; better known simply as <strong>ASF <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0who has been turning heads in Lucha Brut\u00e1l, Heavy Metal Wrestling, <strong>Laredo Wrestling Alliance<\/strong> and all across the Great State.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ASF VS. Bandana Joe - TITLE VS. TITLE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_EgJyNIvE4?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<h3><strong>The Great Scott<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62918\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQgYL0MW4AAIWxH-e1581639560871.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>A former Heavy Metal Wrestling Champion, <strong>The Great Scott<\/strong> has been a part of the Texas indies, including New Texas Pro Wrestling, Heavy Metal Wrestling, Inspire Pro, and many others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Scott vs Gregory Iron | May 24th, 2019 | Heavy Metal Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jdp2sfRs6s?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<h3><strong>Prince Adam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62917\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQc8ptKWAAAdkOf-e1581639585241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the rising young stars in the Texas indie scene, <strong>Prince Adam<\/strong> has been making waves in many of the top Texas stops, like Inspire Pro, Sabotage, Metroplex, Heavy Metal Wrestling, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Crews vs Prince Adam May 19th 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ta1vz6cqrQQ?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<h3><strong>Laynie Luck<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62916\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/EQbuAEMWAAASsCo-e1581639612957.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laynie Luck<\/strong> has been blowing up in the Midwest lately, winning the <strong>Zelo Pro<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Championship in Chicago, as well as fighting for SHIMMER, Freelance Wrestling, <strong>IWA Mid South, RISE Wrestling<\/strong>, and more. But before she started competing around the country, she got her break in the Texas indie circuit in 2015, honing her craft with the likes of Metroplex, Inspire Pro, <strong>Anarchy Championship Wrestling<\/strong>, and <strong>Booker T<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Reality of Wrestling<\/strong>. She returns to Texas as one of the top emerging women&#8217;s wrestlers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kris Statlander VS Laynie Luck (Full Match)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmhI8DVordw?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<h3><strong>Team Sea Stars (Ashley Vox &amp; Delmi Exo)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62938\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/The-Sea-Stars-e1581683803400.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Forever\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The current SHIMMER tag team champions will take part in Texas Forever.\u00a0 As a team, the duo found success in 2019 winning two sets of tag team titles and even performing for Beyond Wrestling.\u00a0 Alone they are also successful as Vox is a part of the NWA roster and Exo is currently plying her trade in Japan with\u00a0<strong>Marvelous<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ashley Vox &amp; Delmi Exo (Team Sea Stars) vs Solo Darling &amp; Leva Bates - Battle Club Pro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vrwWwU4yKo?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<h2><strong>Full List of Names For Texas Forever<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Allie Kat<\/li>\n<li>ASF<\/li>\n<li>Chandler Hopkins<\/li>\n<li>EFFY<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor<\/li>\n<li>Fuego del Sol<\/li>\n<li>GPA<\/li>\n<li>Great Scott<\/li>\n<li>Hyan<\/li>\n<li>Joe Demaro<\/li>\n<li>Laynie Luck<\/li>\n<li>Mysterious Q<\/li>\n<li>Prince Adam<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Starks<\/li>\n<li>Rocketboy Wilson<\/li>\n<li>Ruben Steel<\/li>\n<li>Shazza McKenzie<\/li>\n<li>Shigeyuki Kawahara<\/li>\n<li>Team Sea Stars (Ashley Vox &amp; Delmi Exo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last 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.\u00a0 We provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/texas-forever-tickets-90880330515\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can still get tickets<\/a> for\u00a0<em>Texas Forever\u00a0<\/em>online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday April 2, \u00a0Inspire Pro\u00a0(Austin),\u00a0Sabotage Wrestling\u00a0(Austin),\u00a0Heavy Metal Wrestling\u00a0(San Antonio),\u00a0New Texas Pro Wrestling\u00a0(Abilene), and\u00a0Lucha Brut\u00e1l (Dallas) team up to present a huge card showcasing the booming Texas indie scene, featuring national and international stars alongside some of the best of the Texas circuit.\u00a0Texas Forever\u00a0is a new addition to Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)&#8216;s The Collective, running [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":61821,"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":[6],"tags":[3566,4319,6124,3567,379,3504,661],"class_list":["post-62914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","tag-heavy-metal-wrestling","tag-inspire-pro","tag-laynie-luck","tag-sabotage-wrestling","tag-shazza-mckenzie","tag-the-collective","tag-wrestlemania-week"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62914","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=62914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}