Empire State Wrestling (ESW) will hold its first ever event in Grand Island at the Radisson Hotel at 100 Whitehaven Road on Saturday, Jan. 25, with “Shipwrecked on Grando Island.”
ESW’s first event of the new decade will feature Western New York’s top wrestling talent as well as major independent wrestling stars from the U.S. and Canada. It also comes on the heels of its last show in November at the Kenan Center in Lockport that featured World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley.
Shipwrecked on Grando Island will feature the following:
• ESW Heavyweight Champion “Red Death” Daniel Garcia will defend the title against Binghamton native “Hybrid” Sean Carr.
• ESW Interstate Champion Frankie Feathers will put his title up for grabs versus Buffalo Roscoe Black, who jumped the champ after his last two matches.
• ESW Tag Team Champions Handcrafted will issue an open challenge.
• 2019 Ilio DiPaolo Cup winner “Unkillable” Kevin Blackwood will face 2018 DiPaolo Cup winner “The Patron Saint of Professional Wrestling” Brandon Thurston.
• One half of the current Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions “All Ego” Ethan Page will square off against three-time former ESW Heavyweight Champion “Big Time” Bill Collier.
• Space Monkey will make his ESW return versus “Silver Teeth Satan” Atticus Cogar.
• Rising independent star Danhausen will make his ESW debut, while “Your Captain” Nick Ando and many more of ESW’s regular stars will also be in action.
Doors open at 5 p.m. with the action starting at 6 p.m. Front and second row tickets are sold out. General admission tickets are $15 pre-sale and $20 on event day. Only 400 total tickets are available for this event. ESW’s official after-party will be held at Mooney’s on Main in Tonawanda. Shipwrecked on Grando Island will be recorded for ESW’s live streaming outlets. For more information, please visit http://eswwrestling.com/.
