Matt Cardona has a brand new opponent for GCW’s “Highest In The Room 3” occasion.
Ricky Starks made an look at GCW Dream On final weekend, and a match towards Matt Cardona was introduced a short while later. Nevertheless, Starks was pulled from that match and two different unannounced GCW matches this week. Starks was pulled by AEW after EFFY made some unflattering remarks about AEW, Tony Khan, and Tony’s father, Shad, on his podcast.
Particularly, AEW was upset that EFFY referred to as out AEW for conveniently operating at Hammerstein Ballroom so near GCW’s subsequent present there, and his implication that Shad successfully paid Tony Khan to remain away.
Cardona was left with out an opponent for the match, however GCW has lastly introduced a alternative for the match. Considerably fittingly sufficient, Cardona will face EFFY.
EFFY commented on the match, alluding to the report about why Starks was pulled, saying he’s going to get Cardona eliminated too.
GCW’s Brett Lauderdale was on the Recreation Changer Weekly podcast after Starks was pulled from his GCW bookings. Lauderdale mentioned expertise is often clear to work their reveals and referred to as out the hypocrisy of being an “impartial contractor” in professional wrestling.
“It’s a bizarre state of affairs. Ricky Starks is an impartial contractor. However this can be a entire wrestling dialog that, one in every of as of late, goes to be examined and one thing’s going to occur. As a result of theoretically, an impartial contractor is impartial they usually can go work wherever they need. However in wrestling, these ‘impartial contractors’ don’t appear to be very impartial, they’re on the whim of an employer. [That] certain makes it sound like they’re an worker.
“So, it’s above our pay grade, I’m simply an indie wrestling firm and I don’t have individuals below contract. These guys attain out to me and I like working with proficient individuals. I don’t actually get into their contract state of affairs. In the event that they make it to the purpose the place they will seem on my present, then I’m to imagine that every part is cleared. Folks don’t historically breach contracts on this stage of wrestling. I don’t know what else to say about that.”
Lauderdale was additionally requested if there’s any indication that different AEW expertise may very well be pulled from GCW occasions.
“Simply to be clear, I came upon about this the identical time all people else did, for essentially the most half. Once more — I believe I’ve acknowledged this many occasions and it’s no secret, I don’t actually have a line of communication with AEW. I don’t. I’ve by no means talked to Tony Khan on the telephone or by way of textual content in my whole life. They don’t discuss to me, and I’m not saying that in a adverse context. However I suppose we’ve by no means actually needed to discuss. Anyone that’s from AEW that has labored with us, that’s simply been between me and the expertise to rearrange it. If they should get permission, they deal with that on their very own.
“So, when it comes to this with Ricky Starks or with anyone else from AEW, I don’t actually know quite a bit. I haven’t heard about anyone else and I don’t — once more, I’m simply listening to that Ricky has been pulled, finish interval. I haven’t been on the telephone with AEW the place they’ve given me an evidence or [they haven’t] requested me any questions or something. There’s been — I’ve no communication with AEW over this. So yeah, I don’t know what applies to Ricky Starks, I don’t know if it goes past Ricky Starks.”
