{"id":88701,"date":"2021-04-07T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=88701"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:01:03","slug":"preview-gencw-best-in-class-4-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/07\/preview-gencw-best-in-class-4-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: GenCW &#8211; Best In Class (4\/9\/21) &#8211; Lio Rush vs KC Navarro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generation Championship Wrestling is looking to prove that they run this town at WrestleMania Week 2021 which takes place on their home turf in Flordia.\u00a0 Their first event of the week is Best In Class which features some of the top up and coming names in the U.S. indie scene squaring off with the Man Of The Hour <strong>Lio Rush<\/strong> in the main event of the show.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look at the card for GCW Best In Class.<\/p>\n<h2>Full GenCW Best In Class Card<\/h2>\n<p>Lio Rush vs KC Navarro<\/p>\n<p>Janai Kai vs Killa Kate<\/p>\n<p>#1 Contenders Match: Mane Event (Ringleader Midas &amp; Blazin Lion) vs Culture Inc (Malik Bosede &amp; Eli Knight)<\/p>\n<p><strong>GCW Rex Bacchus Defender Of Humanity Championship: <\/strong>Aaron Nova (c) vs Ron Bass Jr. vs Speedy Ricky vs Izzy James vs Rey Fury vs Mr. King<\/p>\n<p>The Make It&#8217;s (Da Russel Twins &amp; Izaiah Zane) vs Viva Las Amish (Jebediah Moss, Hezekiah Hoskins &amp; Danny Vegas)<\/p>\n<p>Jake Painter vs JC Vega<\/p>\n<p>The Coda (Jayden Greene &amp; Ronnie Rios) vs Sir Knight &amp; Stacee Alexander<\/p>\n<p>T-Gainz vs Leila Grey<\/p>\n<h2>Janai Kai vs Killa Kate<\/h2>\n<p>This is sure to be a very interesting clash between two wrestlers who blur the lines between wrestling and their combat sports backgrounds.\u00a0 Killa Kate is in town thanks to DFW, her training school, running an event in Florida which has brought her and Kai together making this match possible.\u00a0 Killa Kate, who has an MMA influence, has yet to break out of the VIP\/DFW loop in Texas although she does have a match in\u00a0<strong>RISE\u00a0<\/strong>Wrestling under her belt.\u00a0 She takes on the black belt Janai Kai who we have seen in\u00a0<strong>Paradigm Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>competing under UWFI rules recently.\u00a0 Kai is someone that GenCW has recently began to book as she seems to be picking up steam in the Florida indie scene thanks to her black belt in Taekwondo making her a unique performer that stands out from the crowd.<\/p>\n<h2>#1 Contenders Match &#8211; Culture Inc (Malik Bosede &amp; Eli Knight) vs The Mane Event (Ringleader Midas &amp; Blazin Lion)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Culture IInc v The Mane Event! Believe The Hype!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CwqAVFWqeD0?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<p>Culture Inc puts it all on the line against the Mane Event here as they put their number one contendership for the vacant GCW Tag Team Championships on the line in this match.\u00a0 Both teams are exciting prospects that are quickly making names for themselves on the U.S. indie scene.\u00a0 Culture Inc. have been teaming for three years in Florida competing for promotions like\u00a0<strong>REAL Pro Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>American Combat Wrestling<\/strong>, and they recently debuted for Generation Championship Wrestling in a losing effort to the Metro Brothers.\u00a0 Their opponents, The Mane Event, have also been a team since 2018 although they have found more success than their opponents with their recent breakout performances in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/12\/13\/camp-leapfrog-iwtv\/\" target=\"_self\">Camp Leapfrog<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and recent performances for one of our favorite companies,\u00a0<strong>Pizza Party Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 These two teams will do everything they can to get the win and put themselves in title contention and despite Lio Rush being on this same card, this may just steal the show.<\/p>\n<h2>Lio Rush vs KC Navarro<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@TheLionelGreen v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCwrestles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KCwrestles<\/a> <br \/>It&#39;s on!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GCWrising?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GCWrising<\/a>: Best in Class<br \/>GCW &quot;We Run This Town&quot; &#8211; Mania Week 2021<br \/>April 9th 10am!<br \/>Tampa, Fl<br \/>Egypt Shrine Center <\/p>\n<p>Tickets are Only 5$:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KkZl1Z7WGc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/KkZl1Z7WGc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GCW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GCW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnitedWeFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UnitedWeFight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungProfessorG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YoungProfessorG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatureMusicPics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MatureMusicPics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TitleMatchWN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TitleMatchWN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NHP4EfUmHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NHP4EfUmHM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Generation Championship Wrestling &#8211; GCW (@GCWWrestlingPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWWrestlingPro\/status\/1369681621767557123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Man Of The Hour LIO RUSH makes his way to Best In Class to take on KC Navarro.\u00a0 Lio Rush is a competitor who has made it to the big time he has competed for the WWE, he has won gold in\u00a0<strong>Major League Wrestling<\/strong> (MLW), he has competed for, and won gold in\u00a0<strong>AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong>, and he regularly competed under the NJPW banner on NJPW STRONG.\u00a0 He is everything that KC Navarro wants to be, unfortunately for Navarro he cannot capitalize on the opportunities afforded to him.\u00a0 He has competed for\u00a0<strong>IMPACT Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>, and yet he has failed to win the big matches in both companies.\u00a0 Navarro will not want to let this opportunity slip through his fingers as he knows that a win over Lio Rush could change his career for the better.<\/p>\n<p>GCW Best In Class is streaming LIVE on the <a href=\"https:\/\/titlematchnetwork.com\/livestreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title Match Network<\/a> at 10 am EDT on April 9th.\u00a0 For any fans in Florida tickets for this show are available over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/generation-championship-wrestling-mania-week-2021-tickets-140904165151\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep up with ALL of our WrestleMania week coverage\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/tag\/wrestlemania-week-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\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. 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