{"id":8157,"date":"2017-10-02T19:08:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=8157"},"modified":"2017-10-02T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T01:07:31","slug":"breaking-news-marty-scurll-crowned-wcpw-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/10\/02\/breaking-news-marty-scurll-crowned-wcpw-world-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Marty Scurll Crowned WCPW World Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

At tonight’s WCPW<\/strong> iPPV Refuse To Lose<\/strong><\/em>, Bullet Club<\/strong> member “The Villain” Marty Scurll<\/strong> beat Joe Hendry<\/strong> to become the new WCPW World Heavyweight Champion, ending “The Prestigious One”‘s 156-day reign as World Champion. Scurll will be the World Champion when the promotion rebrands in December as Defiant Wrestling<\/strong><\/a> (unless he loses it by then). With his 156-day reign, Hendry had just passed Drew Galloway<\/strong> (aka Drew McIntyre<\/strong>) as the longest reigning WCPW World Champion (Galloway held it for 150 days). This marks the third World title of Scurll’s career, following two reigns as PROGRESS<\/strong> World Champion and one as wXw<\/strong>‘s Unified World Champion in Germany.<\/p>\n

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THE VILLAIN @MartyScurll<\/a> IS YOUR NEW WCPW CHAMPION!!! #WCPW<\/a> #RefuseToLose<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vplZuOvM4z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick (@WrassleOpinions) October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BREAKING: Marty Scurll Crowned WCPW World Champion<\/h1>\n

Scurll also wrestles in Ring of Honor, where he is a former Television Champion, losing the belt to Kushida. He also works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, working in this year’s best of the Super Junior Tournament.<\/p>\n

The Villain is well-known for bringing his umbrella to the ring.<\/p>\n

The company recently announced that it would be rebranding as Defiant Wrestling, with\u00a0former WWE superstar Wade Barrett aka Stu Bennett announced as the promotion’s new general manager.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile WCPW’s original creative team; Adam Blampied, Adam Pacitti,\u00a0Ross Tweddell, Sam Driver and Jack King appear to be starting up their own promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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