10 GCW Wrestlers Who Owned 2021
3. Nick Gage
Nick Gage is GCW.
Being a veteran of the independent scene he has put the promotion on his back and carried it through uncertain times while elevating younger talent and battling fellow legends.
Gage started his
year in GCW this April by defeating Rickey Shane Page for the GCW World
Championship, holding on to it for three months before being defeated by Matt
Cardona. In this time he would retain against AJ Gray and Jimmy Lloyd among others.
This year also saw him receive mainstream recognition, facing Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite before trying and failing to win back the GCW World Championship against Jon Moxley. Beyond this, Nick Gage Vs. Minoru Suzuki was one of the most hotly anticipated matches in GCW history with the two overdelivering while also engaging in a brutal match of supremacy.