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Tracy Smothers to be inducted into GCW’s Indie Hall of Fame

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tracy Smothers will be inducted into the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame.

It was announced today by Game Changer Wrestling that Smothers will be inducted as part of the inaugural Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame class of 2022, which will be held on January 22 at The Cutting Room in New York City. The person that will induct him has yet to be named.

Smothers, despite wrestling for NWA, WCW, WWF, ECW, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and more throughout his career, he also has an extensive background in the independent wrestling scene, wrestling for companies such as IWA Mid-South, XPW, and more. He continually wrestled on the independent scene up to 2019. Smothers passed away from various health issues, including lymphoma, in October of 2020.

Other inductees already announced for the show include Jerry Lynn (inducted by Sean Waltman), Homicide (inducted by Chris Dickinson), Ruckus (inducted by Sonjay Dutt, and Dave Prazak.

Dave Prazak to be inducted into GCW’s Indie Hall of Fame

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Dave Prazak will be inducted into GCW’s Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Game Changer Wrestling confirmed this afternoon that Prazak would be added to the list of inductees for their first annual Hall of Fame event. The person that will induct him has yet to be named.

Prazak is a former manager and current play-by-play announcer who in 2005, along with Allison Danger, founded SHIMMER Women’s Athletes. He has also appeared for Ring of Honor, and does commentary for GCW.

Also announced as being inducted into the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame include Jerry Lynn (inducted by Sean Waltman), Homicide (inducted by Chris Dickinson), and Ruckus (inducted by Sonjay Dutt).

The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame will take place at the Cutting Room in New York City on January 22. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, November 22, at 10 a.m. ET. It will be held the same weekend as their Hammerstein Ballroom event, The Wrld on GCW, which will run the next day at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Homicide, Jerry Lynn, Ruckus first GCW Indie Hall of Fame inductees

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Homicide, Jerry Lynn and Ruckus have been announced as the first GCW Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame inductees. The three will be added to the newly-created Hall of Fame on January 22, 2022 at an event at Cutting Room in New York City. 

Sean Waltman has been announced as the inductor for Lynn, Chris Dickinson will induct Homicide, and Sonjay Dutt will induct Ruckus.

Lynn, 58, is currently working in a backstage role as an AEW coach. He is a former ECW World Champion, Ring of Honor World Champion, and Impact X Division Champion, just to name a few of the myriad of titles he has held throughout his career. 

Homicide, 44, has also held the ROH World title and the Impact X Division Championship, plus 23 other championships in a career spanning 28 years.

Ruckus, 43, is still semi-active on the indie scene, including two dates for GCW earlier this year. He made his name primarily in the CZW promotion. 

Tickets for the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony and gala go on sale Monday, November 22 at 10 a.m. Eastern time.