Atticus Cogar has been a staple of GCW since 2019, aligning with 44OH as the promotion’s top stable. Since their split, Cogar has been one of their most commonly featured singles performers.
Many fans noticed that Cogar was not featured on The WRLD on GCW advertising, though he did end up making an appearance on the show and cut a scathing promo. Cogar recently was set to have a match with Billie Starkz at GCW Believe Me that ended up becoming Starkz vs Cole Radrick.
During an interview on Iron-On Wrestling with Gregory Iron, Cogar detailed the reason he is no longer with GCW, stating that the locker room was no place for a person who has battled with drug issues.
“By no means does the booking have anything to do with my departure from GCW, Yes, I’m gone from GCW. It’s simply because me and the office don’t see eye to eye on the way business is handled. The locker room is extremely toxics for someone who has battled with drug issues. It’s toxic for someone who has battled with mental health issues. This is all strictly my point of view, I’m not speaking for anyone else in Game Changer Wrestling locker room. If others don’t feel that way, that’s on them and that’s fine. It got to the point where my mental health is bad and I was doing every GCW show, and I was very loyal for the exposure and Brett, it got me to where I am today. I’m very thankful and grateful for that. We didn’t get along towards the end. My ultimate goal in pro wrestling is to be able to make a living off pro wrestling. Wth my new opportunities, I’m able to do that. If I stayed in GCW, which I like wrestling for GCW, so I’m not going to bash them as a company running shows, it just got to a point where I wasn’t having fun anymore and I didn’t like being there. Another reason why I decided to step away from GCW is, I didn’t like how the people who I was close to, were treated. I didn’t like how Rickey (Shane Page) was treated and I didn’t like the way everything went about after WarGames. It’s not my business to speak on and I won’t. I didn’t like it. Eddie Only still hasn’t been paid for Hammerstein. There are little things like that. People were being disrespected. I didn’t agree with that and the way things were handled in that aspect.”
Cogar last made an appearance at GCW If I Die First on February 5, Heis now involved with Circle Six. The promotion will hold its debut event on March 19.
Below is the full interview with Atticus Cogar.
H/T Fightful for quotes.
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