{"id":87985,"date":"2021-03-29T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=87985"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:34:31","slug":"edith-surreal-wins-inaugural-cassandro-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/29\/edith-surreal-wins-inaugural-cassandro-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Surreal Wins Inaugural Cassandro Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night, history was made as <strong>Edith Surreal<\/strong>, The Artist Formerly Known As <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/25\/indie-watch-still-life-with-apricots-pears\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Still Life With Apricots &amp; Pears<\/strong><\/a>, fought back all challenges to win the inaugural <strong>Cassandro Cup<\/strong> tournament. Presented by <strong>Butch vs Gore<\/strong>, the new promotion founded by LGBTQIA+ wrestler\/promoter <strong>Billy Dixon<\/strong> and former <strong>Prime Time Pro Wrestling<\/strong> co-promoter <strong>Lolo McGrath<\/strong>, the tournament featured seven rising names in the LGBTQIA+ wrestling scene competing for the trophy. Ultimately it was a grand day for art as the personification of performance art hoisted the trophy after defeating <strong>Erica Leigh<\/strong> in the first round, <strong>Killian McMurphy<\/strong> in the semi-finals, and then <strong>Ashton Starr<\/strong> in the finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EDITH SURREAL IS THE TOURNEY PHENOM. SHE HAS CREATED THE TRIPLE CROWN.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.&quot; Marsha P Johnson<\/p>\n<p>CONGRATS TO THE WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CassandroCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CassandroCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNrlHsCjH5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VNrlHsCjH5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pro Wrestling VIBE (@PWVibe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWVibe\/status\/1376354234682253312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It marks the third tournament victory for Edith Surreal in the past three years, as she won the <strong>CHIKARA<\/strong> <em><strong>Young Lions Cup XV<\/strong><\/em> tournament in 2019, then helped lead her trios tandem (that included <strong>Boomer Hatfield &amp; Molly McCoy<\/strong>) to victory at <strong>Camp Leapfrog<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>Christmas Trios<\/strong><\/em> tournament this past December. It also marks a return to form for the explosive star, as she had recently suffered two knockouts in recent tournaments &#8211; on March 11, she was knocked out of the <em><strong>Enjoy Cup<\/strong> <\/em>tournament on <strong>Enjoy Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>Canned Heat<\/em> by eventual winner <strong>Lee Moriarty<\/strong> in semi-finals, and earlier this week, her tag team <strong>Ephemera<\/strong> (formerly Nouveau Aesthetic) with <strong>Saint Jaxon DuPont<\/strong> (formerly BLANK) was knocked out of <strong>Beyond Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>Tournament For Tomorrow<\/strong><\/em> in the semi-finals by <strong>Milk Chocolate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your first ever winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CassandroCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CassandroCup<\/a>! What a match!!! @edithsurreal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FAojX22a7k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FAojX22a7k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udcf8 JayLee Media \ud83d\udcf8 (@JayLeeAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayLeeAC\/status\/1376354312771756034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayLeeAC\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Main Photo: Jay Lee Photography\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last 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.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iwtv.live\/promotion\/billy-dixon#g3vannr45V\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the Cassandro Cup replay<\/a> on IWTV available now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night, history was made as Edith Surreal, The Artist Formerly Known As Still Life With Apricots &amp; Pears, fought back all challenges to win the inaugural Cassandro Cup tournament. 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