Sean Ross Sapp speaks with GCW Owner Brett Lauderdale ahead of The People vs. GCW on January 19 at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York Note: this was recorded before the WWE ID announcement.

0:00 Intro

1:00 Hammerstein Ballroom

2:00 New York commission

4:00 Regulating wrestling

7:45 Filming the vignette and commercial

10:00 Expanding the schedule

12:20 Deciding on venues

14:20 Naming an event

15:00 GCW Hawaii

17:00 Triller relationship

20:00 WWE process

22:30 Nick Gage

24:40 Specialized shows

26:20 Combined shows

29:00 Additional notes

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