Multiple independent wrestlers were injured this weekend after being involved in a major car accident. Independent wrestlers, Kevin Blackwood and Daniel Garcia, are currently in hospital being treated for broken bones and other injuries. Wrestlers Puf and Kevin Bennett were treated for minor injuries.

Smash Wrestling posted the following in relation to the accident:

Please read, and keep our boys in your thoughts.

— Smash Wrestling (@smashwrestling) January 6, 2019


Kevin Blackwood is an independent wrestler from Buffalo, NY. He was ranked #468 on the most recent edition of the PWI Top 500. “I’m overwhelmed with the amount of love my friends and I have received,” Blackwood Tweeted recently. “I promise, nothing can stop us. Your words mean more than you could ever know.”

Daniel Garcia is also an independent wrestler from Buffalo. He wrestled a match against Drew Gulak on 205 Live last summer.