GCW Fight Night Brooklyn
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Roulette Intermedium
Brooklyn, New York
JCW Championship Match: Jordan Oliver (champion) vs. Cole Radrick
As the match began, The crowd was evenly split in their support for these two wrestlers, they shook hands and engaged in a stiff lock-up, they each tried to lock in holds on one another but Oliver was able to make it to the rules before any damage was done. They exchanged wrist locks Oliver struggled to get out of the hold but he caught Cole with a kick and locked in a head and arm choke and leveled him with a dropkick. They went back and forth for a while with both men working each other over with various submission holds. Cole took Oliver down with a big shoulder tackle but Oliver responded with a hip toss followed by a big dropkick followed by a plancha to the floor. Cole responded with a 619 followed by a Swanton for a close near fall. Cole kicked out a Liger bomb but was caught with a big boot followed by a powerbomb for the victory.
Jordan Oliver Retained the JCW Championship
SAT vs. Wasted Youth
Dylan and Joel traded forearms, and McKay caught him with a springboard Tornado DDT. SAT took a powder on the floor, and the teams tagged in their respective partners who picked up where they left off. Mathers hit a combination of kicks followed by a neck dealer for a near fall, Dyln tagged back in which gave Mathers the chance to connect with a mussel dropkick. Mathers and McKay ran wild, hitting stereo dives to the floor, SAT was able to cut them off and they began to work over Mathers in the corner and with the tandem offense. McKay was able to hit a moonsault but the pin was broken up, SAT began making quick tags as they continued to pummel McKay, they made hot tags to their partners, Mathers ran wild, hitting a big Swanton but it only kept him down for two. Both teams battled in the stage, Mathers hit a cutter, they double-teamed one of the members of SAT and hit a rolling senton into a 450 but he again kicked out at 2 which sent the crowd into a frenzy. Wasted Youth called for the Spanish fly, but SAT fought back, hit an avalanche washing machine followed by the Spanish Fly for the victory.
SAT Defeated Wasted Youth
Alex Coughlin vs. One Called Manders
They started with a Stiff lock up, they broke the hold and tried a knuckle lock exchange but Alex locked in a cravat and Manders missed with a bug clothesline. They started exchanging stiff chops in the center of the ring, they went to the floor and exchanged a couple more, they teased a suplex on the floor but Manders broke free and connected with a big chop. Alex recovered and dumped Manders on the floor with a scoop slam; Alex started to work over Manders’ arm in an attempt to neutralize the lariat. Alex had Manders up in a delayed suplex for 20 seconds, Manders escaped and tossed Alex on the ropes. They started pecking each other with chops and strikes, Alex backed Manders up in the corner and brutalized his chest with a series of chops. They two exchanged headbutts, and Manders attempted a running power slam. Coughlin escaped but was caught with a lariat for a close near fall. Manders stacked Alex up on the top rope but Alex reversed it and connected with more vicious chops and brought Manders back into the ring with a top rope overhead suplex, Manders broke up the pin attempt after he grabbed the bottom rope. They started slapping each other across the chest and face, Manders connected with two big lariats but Alex kicked out. Manders called for a third but Alex blocked it and hit Gutwrench into an arm breaker for the victory. Incredible match, these two beat the crap out of each other.
Alex Coughlin Defeated One Called Manders
Rob Shit vs. Sawyer Wreck
Sawyer blasted Shit with a headbutt and tossed him across the ring. Sawyer grabbed a chair and shit bailed to the floor. They each grabbed a chair, and had a little duel, Sawyer won that battle and kicked a chair into Shit’s face. Sawyer grabbed two beers in an attempt to lure Shit back into the ring, it worked, Sawyer slapped him across the ear which the crowd loved. Shit kicked a chair into her face but Sawyer responded with a big boot followed by a slam for a near fall. Sawyer set a door up in each corner and choke slammed Shit through both of them for the victory.
Sawyer Wreck Defeated Rob Shit
Jimmy Lloyd vs Charles Mason
Jimmy took Charles off his feet with a series of shoulder blocks, followed by a big dive to the floor, Jimmy retrieved a door and set it up on the floor, Jimmy teased powerbombing Mason out of the ring but Mason escaped and spit water in his face and started to beat down on Jimmy Lloyd. Jimmy was planted headfirst on the apron but still was able to kick out at two. Mason took off his belt and started to whip Jimmy Lloyd, Jimmy escaped to the apron where he was able to muscle Mason up and sent him crashing through the door on the floor. Jimmy grabbed the belt and started to beat Mason with it, Jimmy set up two chairs on their side and attempted to plant Mason on them but Mason reversed and sent Jimmy crashing onto the chairs for a quick pin attempt, Lloyd hit him with a package piledriver for another close near fall. Jimmy set Mason Up on the chair, Mason recovered and whipped Kimmy across the face with his belt then sent him crashing through a chair with a top rope Death Valley driver. Lloyd kicked out but Mason wrapped the belt around Lloyd’s neck for the victory.
Charles Mason Defeated Jimmy Lloyd
Steph De Lander came out and cut a promo on the crowd and showed various clips of Cardona’s time in GCW. The segment ended when Sawyer Wreck pushed a cake into her face as she and Nick Gage celebrated.
Joey Janela vs. Blake Christian
This is Joey’s first match back in GCW after his war with Kota Ibushi, he was scheduled to wrestle a couple of weeks ago but due to the injuries he sustained in his explosion match with Onita he was unable to compete. Joey tried to lock up with Christian but Christian bailed to the floor which only further drew the ire of the sold-out crowd in Brooklyn. Joey connected with a series of right hands followed by a back elbow, Joey shot him into the corner and sent Christian crashing back first into the turnbuckle. Joey crotched Christian on the top rope which gave him the chance to go underneath the ring and retrieve a set of doors, Joey took too much time setting up the doors and leveled Joey with a dropkick followed by a tope-assisted door that sent Joey crashing on the floor. Blake took this time to work over Joey inside the ring much to the dismay of the crowd, he worked him over with various submission moves; he hit Joey with the three amigos and teased a Frog Splash but Joey cut him off and hit Blake with a series of German Suplex’s followed by a powerbomb for a two count. Blake went to the apron to try and get away from Joey but Joey met him on the apron and tried for a Death Valley Driver but Blake raked Joey’s eyes and hit him with a spear followed by a big Frog Splash for a two count. Janela fired back with two consecutive forearms followed by a clothesline that sent Christian onto the stage, Joey was picked out of mid-arm with a superkick which gave Christian the opening to hit a Fosbury Flop, Joey caught him and hit him with a German Suplex on the edge of the stage which sent Blake crumbling between the ring and stage. Joey climbed to the top rope and went for a lariat but Christian got out of the way and hit him with a standing splash. Both men took a moment to catch their breath before they started trading hard forearm shots in the center of the ring. Joey got the best of the exchange and hit Blake with a lariat followed by a Death Valley Driver but Blake was able to get his shoulder up at the last second; Janela went to the top rope but Blake recovered and hit him with a top rope X-Factor followed by a springboard 450 splash but Janela again kicked out at 2. Janela countered a Spanish fly with a brainbuster of his own but Blake caught him with a piledriver but Janela kicked out at 2, Blake went to the floor and retrieved a door and a couple of chairs and set up a door bridge in the center of the ring. Blake had trouble setting up the door which allowed Joey to recover and stack Christian up on the top rope and sent him crashing through the door with a superplex. Joey placed the door over the top of Christian’s body and climbed to the rope to deliver a double stomp, he had Christian beat but Charles Mason pulled the ref out of the ring. Janela chased Mason on the floor which gave Blake the chance to hit Joey with a curb stomp for the victory.
Blake Christian Defeated Joey Janela
GCW World Championship: Masha Slamovich (Champion) vs. Alec Price
Price won the lock-up exchange and started to try and tie up Masha with various holds, Masha was able to break free and took Price off of his feet with a shoulder block, but Price kept kipping up. Price took her off of her feet with a straight right hand followed by a series of chops, Masha connected with her own flurry of strikes and repeatedly took him down with a series of snap mares. The two went back and forth with Masha connected with a couple of big power moves that stunned Price, Masha crawled into a cover but Price was able to kick out at 2 after not being able to hook the leg on a pin attempt. Masha went for the sleeper hold but Price blocked it and dropped her with a DDT and a standing moonsault but Masha was able to kick out. Masha caught Price with a Northern Lights suplex but Price kicked out and caught her with a big boot right to Masha’s face. They exchanged forearms in the center of the ring, Masha laid into Price with a series of headbutts followed by a shining wizard but she wasn’t able to follow up with a cover. Masha connected with a big clothesline followed by a hook kick for a close nearfall. They continued to go back and forth, Price went for a Piledriver on the apron but Masha got him up on her shoulders and hit him with an Air Raid Crash on the side of the ring but she was only able to get a two count, she turned it into the sleeper hold and got the submission victory.
Masha Slamovich Retain the GCW World Championship
Main Event: Tony Deppen vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
The two locked up, ZSJ drew Deppen in with a waist lock but Deppen was able to get out of it as they each went to their respective corners to reset. ZSJ took Deppen off of his feet with a Greco-Roman Knuckle lock, Deppen tried to use some momentum to get out of it but ZSJ continued the hold. Deppen was locked in a hammerlock, and ZSJ was wrenching back on his arms but Deppen was able to break free and locked in a hold of his own; Deppen let ZSJ get back to his feet after he grabbed the ropes in order to break the hold. The two continued to scramble for a position with neither able to land any significant strikes or holds; they locked up again, ZSJ got a full nelson locked in, Deppen reversed it and locked in one of his own, Deppen was locked in a toe hold but was able to break it after he grabbed the bottom rope. ZSJ went for a bow and arrow but Deppen had it scouted and reversed it into a pinning predicament but ZSJ was able to kick out at 2. Deppen charged in and was sent to the apron, he avoided a clothesline but was caught with a cross-arm breaker. Deppen was able to roll onto his stomach and tied up ZSJ himself. They reset once again as the match entered the late innings, they exchanged some words in the center of the ring and started trading uppercuts, ZSJ was taken off of his feet with an uppercut from Deppen but Deppen was tripped up with a drop-toe-hold and had his knees driven directly into the ring by ZSJ, Deppen was pulled back into the center of the ring where Sabre continued to target his knees and arms with stomps and strikes. ZSJ started to go to work on Deppen’s fingers and ears as the crowd chanted ‘you sick fuck.’ They exchanged uppercuts again, Deppen leveled ZSJ with a running double knee but it wasn’t enough to put ZSJ away as he rolled through and locked in a variation of the STF. Deppen hit SZJ with a slingshot codebreaker followed by an STO and a senton but ZSJ kicked out again. Deppen was firmly in control as he rained down with elbow strikes followed by a stiff arm drag, Deppen zeroed in on the arm and shoulder of ZSJ as he tried to inflict enough punishment to put the legend away. ZSJ tied Deppen up in the ropes in a submission move, Sabre connected with a vicious penalty kick but was too exhausted to make the cover. Deppen slapped ZSJ across the face, ZSJ responded with a strike of his own as they exchanged European uppercuts, Deppen caught ZSJ in a modified cross face but ZSJ was able to make it to the ropes. They once again met in the center of the ring, Deppen rocked Sabre with a slap across his face, and ZSJ responded with a couple of stiff shots across Deppen’s ear followed by a penalty kick but Deppen kicked out at one. Deppen locked in a submission hold but ZSJ was able to get his boot across the bottom rope and connected with a pele kick to Deppen’s arm. Sabre hit a beautiful butterfly suplex but Deppen connected with a jumping knee followed by a half-and-half suplex for a close nearfall. Deppen went to the top rope but missed with a double stomp, Sabre locked in an ankle lock but Deppen escaped but was quickly rolled by ZSJ.
Zack Sabre Jr. Defeated Tony Deppen
