Author: Micah Shapiro
Micah Shapiro
Micah Shapiro, a native of Seattle, a father, and a husband, holds a Master of Science degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, and is a war and history junkie with a fascination for the dramatization and narration of human conflicts (obviously, pro wrestling fits that spectrum very well). He avidly watches independent pro wrestling as an escape from the daily anxieties of life in general, and his logistics day job. Though a typical hermit, sometimes he'll actually leave his house to go to DEFY's shows. Besides pro wrestling and global conflicts, he enjoys BBQ'ing (his specialty is Turkish Aleppo-pepper chicken kabobs), playing adventure and RPG video games, board games, painting war game miniatures, and reading science fiction, horror and fantasy novels.
It is a new year, and in a new venue, where GCW “Take a Picture” makes its debut in Austin, Texas at The Blue Genie Art Bazaar on Saturday, January 18. The action can be watched live as usual on Fite.TV at 6:00 pm Pacific time. And with a new year, a new champ headlines the show as Rickey Shane Page puts up the title against Mance Warner. Interestingly enough, it’s a GCW Championship matchup which, for the first time in quite a few years, does not include the previously reigning champ, Nick Gage. RSP vs Mance Warner Rickey Shane…
It has been another merry Christmas this year, but things are about to get all the merrier, and bloodier, as GCW closes out the year with Jimmy All The Way. Get out the egg nog, add your favorite supplements and cozy up, because bells will be jingling to plenty of hard knocks that come along with the carnage of this stacked card. GCW airs live on Fite.TV tonight, December 26, at 8 PM, live from the Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia. If you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas this year, do not worry. Jimmy Lloyd, Shlak, Dan Maff and…
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) returns with dual shows, giving fans a weekend full of action, mayhem, and violence this Saturday and Sunday! This first preview covers Saturday’s December 7 show, “GCW Presents WOMBAT 2”, at The Gypsy Joe Arena in Tullahoma, TN at 5:00 PM PST. If there is one thing to say about this event, it comprises a card full of interesting sounding first-time gimmick and stipulation matches, as wrestlers from new and old generations collide. We are absolutely salivating over the prospects of what the “Waffle House Death Match” may behold between Juicy Jimmy and Logan Stunt. And…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BPhT1kqNnI It seems that Jon Moxley has found an opponent for next week’s AEW Dynamite… Joey Janela. On this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Jon Moxley issued an open challenge to anyone daring to accept. He expressed much doubt that anyone would accept his invitation, given the amount of damage Omega endured in their non-sanctioned match at AEW Full Gear. Moxley stated, “I wonder if there’s anybody else out there that wants to get me before I get them. The kind of person they call ‘crazy,’ ‘reckless.'” For fans only spectating AEW, it would appear Moxley ended the evening unchallenged.…
GCW returns to the Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia, PA for “Chopper City in the Ghetto” on November 27 at 8pm. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, but for GCW fans, the festivities will already be off to an early start with this packed card! And even better if there are early holiday arrivals among family and friends to join in on the bloody spectacle! And bloody hell it will be with a card full of hoss matches, deathmatches, lucha high flyers, blood feuds and more! It has been three weeks since “Slime Language”, and we are salivating for our GCW fix!…
PCW ULTRA’s 19th episode of Mutiny kicked off on their Youtube channel on Friday, November 22. As promised last week, it shows how Warbeast captured the DEFY tag team titles at the first inaugural Wrestle Summit. Warbeast captured the titles when they took on the One Percent and Sent 2 Slaughter. Announced on this episode, ten-man tag team warfare will take place on the first night of Wrestle Summit II, in Seattle, WA on November 30th and December 1st. Team Schaff will on Team Hammerstone. In Schaff’s corner will be “The Weirdo Hero” Randy Myers, Guillermo Rosas, Cody Chhun, and…
This 18th episode of PCW ULTRA’s Mutiny aired on November 15 on their Youtube channel. Just a couple of weeks away from Wrestle Summit II. PCW ULTRA will be invading Washington Hall in Seattle on November 30 and December 1st. It is a two-day multi-league wrestling extravaganza which also includes DEFY and PROGRESS Wrestling. In this episode of Mutiny, PCW ULTRA takes us back to the first Wrestle Summit in March. Here, Artemis Spencer defended his DEFY championship against Zachary Wentz. At Wrestle Summit II, Artemis Spencer will be taking on long-time rival El Phantasmo of New Japan Pro Wrestling.…
PCW ULTRA Mutiny – Episode 17 aired on their Youtube channel on November 8. It featured their PCW UltraLight Championship match from the first Wrestle Summit back in March. The champion, “Superstar” Jake Atlas defended the title against the Impact superstar Dezmond Xavier. Showcasing this match could not come at a better time. As Jake Atlas will be defending the ULTRALIGHT Championship against former ULTRALIGHT Champion Douglas James in just a few weeks in Seattle, Washington, at Wrestle Summit II. This huge matchup will take place during the first night of this two-day wrestling show on November 30. On Twitter,…
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) returns to Los Angeles for “Slime Language” on November 8, and can be watched live on Fite.TV at 8 pm. This stacked card includes a GCW championship matchup between Jake Atlas and reigning champion Nick Gage. With plenty of other unpredictable matches and mashups of styles which will test the results of experimental chemistry. Perhaps, like many GCW cards, this fulfills that slightly sadistic and devilish itch of curiosity within us. That desire, like a child salivating watching what sort of ruckus transpires after throwing a mouse and a giant centipede into a jar together. So…
This 16th episode of PCW ULTRA – Mutiny comes just a month away from the epic two-day Wrestle Summit II show at DEFY’s home venue: Washington Hall in Seattle. The extravagant event takes place on November 30 and December 1st and is a cross-promotion conjoint effort between PCW ULTRA, DEFY and United Kingdom’s PROGRESS wrestling leagues. It will feature talent and title matches from all promotions. This huge event is the second of its kind this year, with the first Wrestle Summit having taken place at PCW ULTRA’s home in Wilmington, CA this past March. Without further ado here is…