{"id":871151,"date":"2026-10-05T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/871151\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:28:09","slug":"dark-sheik-walked-out-on-gcw-over-drake-wuertz-fightful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/871151\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Sheik Walked Out On GCW Over Drake Wuertz &#8211; Fightful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"1210\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-04-at-1.59.08-PM.png\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image lazy\" alt=\"dark sheik drake wuertz\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  data-\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At GCW Homecoming in August, Drake Wuertz made a surprise appearance, helping Joseph Sawyer win the GCW Title.<\/p>\n<p>Wuertz returned the next night, competing in a deathmatch and apologizing for his past actions, which included pushing QAnon views, publicly arguing against mandating mask-wearing, calling PRIDE month \u201cwoke propaganda,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darksheikftf?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">social media<\/a>, Dark Sheik revealed she walked out of GCW over Drake returning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwhen they brought in drake and I was the only one who walked out, im pretty sure I became the last outlaw. But if a signed guy took a week off for injury. now its \u201cWe\u2019re all gcw\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">when they brought in drake and I was the only one who walked out, im pretty sure I became the last outlaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHEIKAH (@darksheikftf) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darksheikftf\/status\/2106783278967795800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second part is a reference to Atticus Cogar calling out GCW Champion Joseph Sawyer for missing events due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Sheik has not wrestled for GCW since April. Drake Wuertz has not competed since his return bout at Homecoming night two.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can find Brett Lauderdale\u2019s reasoning for bringing in Wuertz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/brett-lauderdale-issues-statement-on-drake-wuertz-joining-gcw-reveals-wuertz-donated-part-of-pay-to-garden-state-equality\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At GCW Homecoming in August, Drake Wuertz made a surprise appearance, helping Joseph Sawyer win the GCW Title.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-871151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}