{"id":17180,"date":"2016-04-22T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17180"},"modified":"2016-04-22T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T18:41:23","slug":"wwe-announces-new-gcs-qualifying-match-plus-updated-tournament-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/22\/wwe-announces-new-gcs-qualifying-match-plus-updated-tournament-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces new GCS qualifying match, plus updated tournament situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1216128087\" 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/globalcruiserweightseries\/article\/global-cruiserweight-series-qualifying-match-revolution-pro?sf24850652=1\" target=\"_blank\">WWE announced Friday<\/a> a new qualifying match for the Global Cruiserweight Series.<\/p>\n<p>The match will feature international stars Noam Dar vs. Josh Bodom at\u00a0Revolution Pro on Sunday, May 1 in London.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is Noam Dar was already announced for the GCS tournament. However, PWTorch has learned\u00a0that the qualifying matches are not part of the 32-man field.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same situation with Zack Sabre, Jr., who was announced for the tournament, then placed in a qualifying match.<\/p>\n<p>WWE mistakingly included Sabre, Jr. and Noam Dar in the list of official tournament entrants. They are likely to win their matches,\u00a0but are not officially in the 32-man field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GCS Qualifying Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/globalcruiserweightseries\/article\/global-cruiserweight-series-qualifying-matches-progress\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday, April 24<\/a>: PROGRESS Wrestling will host two qualifying matches at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progresswrestling.com\/event\/chapter29\/\" target=\"_blank\">PROGRESS 29 event in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Flash Morgan Webster<\/li>\n<li>Jack Gallagher vs. Pete Dunne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/globalcruiserweightseries\/article\/global-cruiserweight-series-qualifying-match-revolution-pro?sf24850652=1\" target=\"_blank\"> Sunday, May 1<\/a>: Rev Pro will host one qualifying match at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionprowrestling.com\/events\/2016\/05\/01\/live-at-the-cockpit-8\" target=\"_blank\">The Cockpit 8 in London<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-84736238\" 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<ul>\n<li>Noam Dar vs. Josh Bodom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/globalcruiserweightseries\/article\/global-cruiserweight-series-qualifying-matches-evolve\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday, May 7<\/a>: WWNLive will host two qualifying matches at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dgusa.tv\/events\/evolve-61\" target=\"_blank\">EVOLVE 61 event in Queens, N.Y.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams<\/li>\n<li>Fred Yehi vs. T.J. Perkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current GCS Involved Wrestlers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initial Announcement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zack Sabre, Jr. (U.K.) (bumped back to qualifier)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano (NXT\/indies)<\/li>\n<li>Tommaso Ciampa (NXT\/indies)<\/li>\n<li>Rich Swann (NXT)<\/li>\n<li>Akira Tozawa (Dragon Gate Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Noam Dar (U.K.) (bumped back to qualifier)<\/li>\n<li>Ho Ho Lun (Asia region)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not officially announced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kota Ibushi (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Lince Dorado (indies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Qualifiers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew Gulak (WWNLive)<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Williams (WWNLive)<\/li>\n<li>Fred Yehi (WWNLive)<\/li>\n<li>T.J. 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The situation is Noam <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/22\/wwe-announces-new-gcs-qualifying-match-plus-updated-tournament-situation\/\" title=\"WWE announces new GCS qualifying match, plus updated tournament situation\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1448,"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":[3],"tags":[647,2524,1539,71,2327,251],"class_list":["post-17180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-evolve-wrestling","tag-progress","tag-rev-pro","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-global-cruiserweight-series","tag-wwe-network"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WWENetwork_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17181,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions\/17181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}