{"id":86649,"date":"2021-04-07T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=86649"},"modified":"2021-04-08T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:51:23","slug":"preview-gcw18-we-run-this-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/07\/preview-gcw18-we-run-this-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: GenCW #GCW18 We Run This Town (4\/9\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generation Championship Wrestling is out to prove that “We Run This Town” with the WrestleMania week festivities taking place in their backyard of Tampa, Florida.\u00a0 Early in the day, they will run Best In Class\u00a0<\/em>an interesting show featuring some up-and-coming names, later that night all bets are off as they run a stacked 13-match card featuring some of their most talented regulars and a collection of name talents.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at this mammoth card<\/p>\n

Full GCW18 We Run This Town Card<\/h2>\n

Devils Doormen (Funny Bone & The SuperBeast) vs mystery team<\/p>\n

Timmy Lou Retton vs Mr. Grim<\/p>\n

“The 86’er” Remy Marcel v “The Deadbeat” Wolfe Taylor vs Mechawolf<\/p>\n

Kiera Hogan vs Skye Blue<\/p>\n

Renee Michelle vs Missa Kate<\/p>\n

EC3 vs Moose<\/p>\n

KC Navarro vs Mike Bennett<\/p>\n

Street Fight<\/strong>: Logan Cruz vs Daniel Starling<\/p>\n

Willow Nightingale vs Jennacide<\/p>\n

GCW Women’s Championship: Queen Aminata (c) vs Rache Chanel<\/p>\n

Vacant Tag Team Championships: Stone and Stone (Solomon Stone & Edge Stone) vs Culture Inc (Malik Bosede & Eli Knight)<\/p>\n

GCW Championship Chuckles The Clown (c) vs Stuart Marshall vs Suge D<\/p>\n

Skye Blue vs Kiera Hogan<\/h2>\n

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IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Champion Kiera Hogan comes to GCW to take on one of the U.S. indie scenes rising stars Skye Blue.\u00a0 Both of these young women represent the future of women’s wrestling although Hogan has found success faster thanks to her work with IMPACT Wrestling and her successful tag team with\u00a0Tasha Steelz<\/strong>.\u00a0 Skye Blue won’t be afraid of Hogan as she defeated\u00a0Deonna Purrazzo\u00a0<\/strong>just four months ago in the GenCW Diamond Cup and she recently debuted for the NWA<\/a> which is sure to boost her confidence.\u00a0 Hogan will no doubt bring all her usual swagger to this match but she’ll need to be careful or she could hand the win to Skye Blue if she takes her eyes off the prize.<\/p>\n

KC Navarro vs Mike Bennett<\/h2>\n

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April 9th is going to be a huge day for Navarro, not only does he wrestle\u00a0Lio Rush\u00a0<\/strong>on GCW’s Best In Class show but he will also be taking on Mike Bennett at GCW18 We Run This Town.\u00a0 Bennett has been performing since 2003 and has wrestled for major promotions like IMPACT Wrestling, WWE,\u00a0Ring Of Honor<\/strong> (ROH), NJPW, and more.\u00a0 Bennett knows what it’s like to succeed on a big stage as a former X-Division Champion, former ROH tag champion, and a former IWGP Heavyweight tag team champion.\u00a0 KC Navarro on the other hand, does not.\u00a0 Navarro has competed for IMPACT and AEW in recent times but has yet to find much success in either promotion.\u00a0 Big wins on April 9th over Rush or Bennett could turn Navarro’s fortunes around but he will have a tough mountain to climb to defeat such high-quality performers.<\/p>\n

JENNACIDE vs Willow Nightingale<\/h2>\n

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Two very talented women will compete as part of the GCW Diamond Division as Willow Nightingale battles recent NWA and AEW debutant JENNACIDE.\u00a0 As mentioned, JENNACIDE has made her debut for both NWA and AEW and in the past as performed for WWE,\u00a0Shine Wrestling<\/strong>, and\u00a0RISE Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ever since 2016 JENNACIDE has been carving out a spot for herself and major companies are taking notice.\u00a0 Her opponent is someone that major companies should be taking notice of in Willow Nightingale.\u00a0 Ever since her debut in 2016 Nightingale has competed all over the U.S. independent scene both on her own and as a tag wrestler with\u00a0Solo Darling\u00a0<\/strong>in The Bird and The Bee, or with\u00a0the recently retired\u00a0<\/a>Faye Jackson\u00a0<\/strong>as Thick and Juicy.\u00a0 While Nightingale has been a constant presence in well-known companies like Beyond Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0CHIKARA\u00a0<\/strong>she has yet to make the step to the big leagues.\u00a0 That spells problems for JENNACIDE as she is taking on a woman capable of competing against some of the best women’s wrestlers in the U.S. indie or not.<\/p>\n

EC3 vs Moose<\/h2>\n

\"EC3<\/a><\/p>\n

EC3 subs in for Storm Thomas <\/strong>to take on Moose.\u00a0 Ever since his WWE release EC3 has talked about controlling his narrative which has taken him to companies like IMPACT and ROH in order to help some performers control their narrative, this is a different EC3 than many fans know as the cocky arrogance is gone in place of an unsettling vibe.\u00a0 Moose was one of those competitors as the two men feuded over the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the summer.\u00a0 Moose emerged as the winner of that feud but we never really got the in-ring blowoff that these two are capable of which has us excited to see what these two bring to the table here.<\/p>\n

GCW Women’s Championship: Queen Aminata (c) vs Rache Chanel<\/h2>\n

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Ever since winning the championship at the Diamond Cup Queen Aminata has had the Diamond division on lockdown.\u00a0 With a tour of\u00a0Marvelous <\/strong>in Japan under her belt Aminata has trained with some of Japan’s best wrestlers and this has rubbed off on her as she has upped her game ever since returning from Japan.\u00a0 She takes on a rising star in Rache Chanel.\u00a0 Chanel is a familiar face to AEW fans who has recently been used in\u00a0Mission Pro Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 Chanel does not get wins but her confidence never seems to wain and on any given day she could upset Aminata.<\/p>\n

GCW Tag Team Championships – Culture Inc (Malik Bosede & Eli Knight) vs Stone and Stone (Solomon Stone & Edge Stone)<\/h2>\n

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The vacant tag team titles will be on the line as Solomon and Edge Stone cash in their medallion which earned them a shot at the titles.\u00a0 Their opponents are currently set to be number one contender’s Culture Inc but this could be changed as Culture Inc put their number one contendership on the line against the Mane Event at Best In Class.\u00a0 Should Inc lose that match they will no longer get a title shot.\u00a0 Whatever happens, there will be new tag team champions at the end of this match and whether it is Culture Inc or Mane Event we’re guaranteed to see a good match here.<\/p>\n

GCW Championship: Chuckles The Clown (c) vs Stunt Marshall vs Suge D<\/h2>\n

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Chuckles The Clown was set to defend his championship against Stunt Marshall in one on one action.\u00a0 Storm Thomas testing positive for COVID-19 meant that plans changed and Suge D was added to this match, making this a three-way for the gold.\u00a0 Chuckles and Marshall were already going to have a hard-fought match for the title but now they add the veteran Suge D to the field which is going to make it much more difficult for each competitor to win.\u00a0 Suge D has roughly 15 years of experience and in that time has wrestled all over the world including a run in AEW as Pineapple Pete<\/a>.\u00a0 Despite the many monikers and journeyman ways, Suge D is now in search of success.\u00a0 His sole goal is to deliver the goods everywhere he goes and that makes him a very big threat to Chuckles’ title reign.<\/p>\n

GCW18 We Run This Town is streaming LIVE on the Title Match Network<\/a> at 8 pm EDT on April 9th.\u00a0 For any fans in Florida tickets for this show are available over at Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep up with ALL of our WrestleMania week coverage\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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