Brett Lauderdale, the owner of Game Changer Wrestling, has been accused of falsifying COVID-19 tests.
Dirty Ron McDonald, an independent wrestler, tweeted that Lauderdale hired him to “make a ton of fake false negative COVID-19 tests.” In the tweet, McDonald shared screenshots of his discussion of Lauderdale and the fraudulent documents that stated some wrestlers tested negative for COVID-19.
Dirty Ron McDonald saying Brett Lauderdale hired him to make fake covid tests kicks so much ass pic.twitter.com/Bl0FyIbCUN
— doxxy (@DoxxxyStocksy) May 25, 2022
GCW held The Collective in October 2020, when the pandemic was still rampant. Coming out of the event, some talent that performed at the show tested positive for COVID-19.
Lauderdale issued the following comment about the accusations to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful:
“I’ve referred this matter to my lawyer and as much as I’d like to comment, I’ve been advised not to.”
Comment from GCW owner Brett Lauderdale on the fake COVID test accusations: "I've referred this matter to my lawyer and as much as I'd like to comment, I've been advised not to."
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) May 25, 2022
GCW wrestler Tony Deppen commented on the news by saying that talent discussed COVID precautions and testing before every show, and Lauderdale asked him to sit out two shows when his tests didn’t come back in time.
Before every show we had a group chat where we’d talk about her recautions and the deadlines for our covid tests. I also had to sit out two shows cause my tests didn’t come back in time – and that was at the request of Brett.
— Tony Deppen (@Tony_Deppen) May 25, 2022
Likewise, GCW star Joey Janela tweeted that the roster is vaccinated, and he shared an image of a group chat named “Covid Tests – GCW/Hybrid 3/6” named after the show that was held that day. He also noted that many wrestlers have been told to sit out of GCW shows before.
We always had groups like this on social media apps, many wrestlers have been told to sit out before…
Roster is vaccinated now, see everyone in Vegas ??? https://t.co/7KeKY495bv pic.twitter.com/RcMb5WR1Pn
— “The Bad Boy” Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) May 25, 2022
WrestleZone will provide more details as they become available.
