{"id":112280,"date":"2021-01-28T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T02:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=112280"},"modified":"2021-01-28T20:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T02:18:59","slug":"pwtorch-interview-highlights-gcw-and-roh-wrestler-tony-deppen-discusses-matches-at-final-battle-feedback-he-got-on-dragon-lee-match-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/28\/pwtorch-interview-highlights-gcw-and-roh-wrestler-tony-deppen-discusses-matches-at-final-battle-feedback-he-got-on-dragon-lee-match-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"PWTorch interview highlights: GCW and ROH wrestler Tony Deppen discusses matches at Final Battle, feedback he got on Dragon Lee match behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4051594227\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Standout independent wrestler Tony Deppen, best known for his work in GCW and most recently in ROH, sat down for an in-depth interview on the Radican Worldwide podcast with PWTorch columnists Sean Radican and Rich Fann that taped for PWTorch VIP members (You can sign up for PWTorch VIP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.) Deppen will be wrestling at Fight Forever, a 24 hour wrestling event put on by GCW to benefit wrestlers during COVID-19. Deppen will be wrestling Jordan Oliver in an Iron Man match on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Fight Forever is a 24 hour wrestling event split into different blocks of programming. The show is being produced on a closed set with no fans. The shows begin to air for free on GCW\u2019s YouTube channel and on Fite TV on Jan. 29 at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch columnist Sean Radican asked Tony Deppen about his standout performances in his two matches at Final Battle and what it meant to him to perform on that stage given that he had been an independent wrestling and ROH fan for so many years.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was an independent wrestling fan for a long time and I still am,\u201d said Deppen. I grew up watching Ring of Honor and CZW and stuff like that so to work at Final Battle that was really awesome and the fact that I got to do two matches. When I saw my itinerary, I saw the match announcement. I was just like well I\u2019m going to be the guy that wins if everyone gets COVID.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThen some stuff came about and then they were like yeah it\u2019s you and Lee tonight. I was just like&#8230;damn. I think very highly of Dragon Lee. I think he\u2019s one of the best performers in New Japan and CMLL. I was very extremely excited and extremely nerve wracked about having to work him because he\u2019s so damn good.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Radican also asked Deppen if it was hard for him to wait to hear what people thought about his standout Final Battle match against Dragon Lee where he challenged Lee for the ROH World TV Title.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was one of those matches where I felt everything clicked the way it needed to click,\u201d said Deppen.\u201d \u201cI got in the back and they were like you need to go talk to Delirious and I was like okay. I went in there and he was like yo that match\u2026 that was f&#8212;-ing phenomenal. I was like oh cool and everyone was sending their high regards about that match when I was walking getting ready to leave. I was like well if everyone here thinks it was really good, I can\u2019t wait to see the reaction the fans get from this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can donate to Fight Forever<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/fight-forever#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Fight Forever for free this weekend on GCW\u2019s YouTube channel or Fite.tv starting Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. Eastern.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1021405928\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2128253359\"><div id=\"pwtor-641838174\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Standout independent wrestler Tony Deppen, best known for his work in GCW and most recently in ROH, sat down for an in-depth interview on the Radican Worldwide podcast with PWTorch columnists Sean Radican and Rich <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/28\/pwtorch-interview-highlights-gcw-and-roh-wrestler-tony-deppen-discusses-matches-at-final-battle-feedback-he-got-on-dragon-lee-match-behind-the-scenes\/\" title=\"PWTorch interview highlights: GCW and ROH wrestler Tony Deppen discusses matches at Final Battle, feedback he got on Dragon Lee match behind the scenes\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":112282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,539,4247,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-indies-news","category-interview-highlights","category-news_roh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/01\/DeppenFF.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112287,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112280\/revisions\/112287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}