GCW: Ride or Die
Friday, June 23, 2023
Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
Tag Team Match: Alec Price and Cole Radrick vs. Bang Bros
In the Tag Team Match, Bang Bros sent Price to the floor, isolating Cole and subjecting him to a series of tandem tag team maneuvers. Price attempted to save his partner but suffered the same fate as Cole, getting turned inside out by a lariat. However, Cole managed to create some separation, setting up a leapfrog double stomp to the back of Davey’s head. Taking control of the match, Cole began working over Matthew’s arm and fingers, eventually executing a blue thunder bomb for the first near fall of the night. Price tagged in and delivered a boot to Matthew, followed by another double stomp to the back of his head. Davey Bang fought his way back into the match, unleashing a flurry of offense on both Radrick and Price. The Bang Bros attempted to execute Ride the Bus, but they were met with kicks to the face from Radrick and Price. The confusion led to an attempt to pin the illegal man, giving the Bros an opportunity to regroup. They capitalized on the situation by taking Price down with a cutter, followed by Ride the Bus. However, Cole broke up the pin by executing a Swanton from the top rope. The Bros then hit Ride the Bus and followed it up with a 450 Splash on Radrick to secure the victory.
Bang Bros Defeated Alec Price and Cole Radrick
Singles Match: Arez vs. Jack Cartwheel
The Singles Match showcased the impressive lucha abilities of both competitors. Cartwheel initiated the action with a standing moonsault attempt, but Arez evaded it, albeit receiving a kick to the head from Cartwheel. Cartwheel then tried to trip Arez, but Arez had it scouted and pushed him to the floor, subsequently wiping him out with a one-footed moonsault. Back inside the ring, Arez ensnared Cartwheel in the ring ropes. As they continued their battle on the apron, they exchanged a series of chops. Cartwheel cartwheeled to the floor and delivered a superkick to Arez, aiming for a dive. However, Arez cut him off and trapped him in a Texas Cloverleaf variation, transitioning into a near fall. The crowd displayed their appreciation for Arez as he continued to unleash a barrage of chops on Jack in the corner. Fired up, Jack executed a top-rope Rana, followed by a Sasuke Special to the floor, showcasing his exceptional body control. Jack obtained a near fall with a cartwheel elbow off the top rope onto Arez, and he followed it up with a deadlift fisherman buster. After a reset, they engaged in a forearm exchange in the center of the ring. Arez delivered a pump handle driver, but Cartwheel managed to kick out. Emil J noted Cartwheel’s seemingly unyielding neck, likening it to flubber. Arez climbed to the top rope and landed a massive double stomp, yet it still failed to put Cartwheel away. The battle continued on the top rope, with Cartwheel successfully getting Arez up in the Torture Rack, transitioning it into a rolling Death Valley Driver, and culminating in the Spiral Tap for the victory.
Jack Cartwheel Defeated Arez
Singles Match: LuFisto vs. Robert Anthony
LuFisto fired away at his midsection and took him down with a series of arm drags followed by a big boot that sent Anthony to the floor. She continued her onslaught with a cannonball off the apron and a series of strikes around ringside. Back inside the ring, Anthony turned the tables on the Independent Wrestling Hall of Famer and started to beat her down in the corner with stomps and strikes, this continued on for a while until LuFisto eventually fired up and leveled Anthony with a couple of strikes but Anthony took her out with a lariat followed by a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. LuFisto tried to fire up but she was met with a boot to her face, Anthony went for ten punches in the corner but Lufisto hit him in the nuts and powerbombed him in the center of the ring, she leveled him with a back fist for the pin.
LuFisto Defeated Robert Anthony
Post Match: Parrow jumped LuFisto, choked her with his chair, and Janela made the save for LuFisto after he Sabu’d him in the head.
JCW Championship Match: Jordan Oliver (Champion) vs. Komander
Oliver took Komander off of his feet with a series of hip tosses, Komander went to the second rope and propelled himself into a head scissors, Komander came off the top rope with a cross body onto the floor. Komander continued to beat down Oliver around ringside bouncing his head off the ring post, Komnader went for a rolling maneuver but Oliver caught him with his side slam on the apron followed by a brainbuster on the floor, Komander fired up and tried to go tor a Rana but was caught and hit with a powerbomb, followed by a Batista Bomb for a nearfall. Oliver sent Komander into the corner with a strong Irish whip, Oliver tried for another one but Komander was able to rope walk out of it and sent Oliver into the corner face first for a close near fall of his own. Komander unladed with some kicks followed by a low dropkick, Komander went to the top rope and connected with a Phoneix Splash but Oliver was able to kick out. Komander walked the top rope but Oliver rolled to the other side of the ring, Komander stood in the middle of the top rope as if it was nothing as they engaged in a game of who hits harder in the center of the ring. Komander was able to create some separation with a superkick as both men collapsed in a heap on the canvas, Komander staggered Oliver with a cutter but Oliver responded with two Acid Kicks but Komander was still able to kick out. Komander snapped Jordan Oliver on the top rope and hit him with a rope walk moonsault, Komander went for a rope walk shooting star but Oliver caught him with a series of Cloutcutters followed by the Orange Crush for the victory.
Jordan Oliver Retained the JCW Championship
Six-Man Tag Team Match: 1 Called Manders and The Rejects vs. Los Macizos and Rina Yamashita
Manders took Ciclope off of his feet with a shoulder tackle and he quickly tried to make a tag to his partners but they refused to tag in, Ciclope was able to take Manders off of his feet with a rana but Murdoch entered the match and took Ciclope out with an elbow to the head. The match broke down as the match spilled to the floor, as the SGRejects took control of the match. Ciclope returned and hit everyone with his backpack but it didn’t do much as the SGRejects took control of the match and hit Ciclope with a series of dropkicks. Murdoch and Ciclope brawled on the floor as Rina and Manders faced off in the center of the ring, Manders suplexed Rina for a close near fall. Murdoch and Ciclope slid doors into the ring, Ciclope set up one on the outside as Manders set up one in the corner. Manders hit Rina over the head with a steel chair but she was able to kick out at the last second, Murdoch followed suit with a chair across her back as Reed and Manders set up a door bridge in the corner. Rina fought out of a double brainbuster, Ciclope sent Murdoch through a door with a brainbuster, and Rina came off the top with a big splash but Reed broke up the pin at the last second. Reed and Murdoch sent Rina through a door but Meido broke up the pin attempt with a series of Sabu’s, Rina planted Murdoch with a brainbuster but was caught in the back of the head with a lariat from Manders. Manders was sent to the floor and was taken out with dive from Meido, Ciclope took out Murdoch with a low cross body. Rina fought off Reed and hit him with a Splash Mountain onto a chair bridge for the victory.
Los Macizos and Rina Yamashita Defeated Manders and the Rejects
Six Way Scramble Match: Jimmy Lloyd vs. Bobby Flaco vs. Kenzie Paige vs. Starboy Charlie vs. Hunter Drake vs. Terry Yaki
Hunter Drake kicked Kenzie Paige in the face, everyone kicked him in the face as the match started to break down. Lloyd was caught with a DDT on the apron from Yaki. Drake and Paige paired off, Drake folded her in half with a suplex that sent her to the floor. Yaki draped Drake up in the ropes and whipped him down onto the mat, Charlie and Yaki caught over a headlock, Charlie won and went for a standing shooting star but Yaki got his knees up which sent Charlie to the floor. Lloyd brought him back in and hit a neckbreaker combination followed by a flatliner, Flaco came off the top rope with a crossbody and went for an ace crusher on Lloyd but ended up hitting Yaki with an X Factor before hitting Lloyd with a DDT. Kenzie unloaded on Drake with a series of chops but was caught with a top rope ace crusher from Flaco. Flaco was planted with a package piledriver from Lloyd, Yaki returned to the match and tried to whip out Charlie who was standing on the corner but he was thwarted as everyone hit dives to the floor. They all brawled toward one of the Opera boxes where Hunter Drake hit a Moonsault, Yaki climbed to the second balcony and hit a front flip onto everyone which brought the sold-out crowd to their feet. Starboy ran wild on Lloyd and Drake eventually hitting Drake with a Cosmic swirl for the victory.
Starboy Charlie wins the Scramble
Tag Team Match: Joey Janela and Sawyer Wreck vs. BUSSY
Allie and Joey started the match off for their respective teams, Joey tried to take her off her feet with a shoulder tackle but she didn’t budge, Joey told her to try and she took him off his feet on her first attempt. Sawyer tagged in as did EFFY, they slapped each other across the face, then exchanged chops, Sawyer took EFFY off of his feet with a boot to his face, he ducked a clothesline and hit Sawyer with an atomic drop but quickly responded with another boot to EFFY’s face. BUSSY double-teamed Sawyer, hitting her with repeated atomic drops followed by a sandwich hip thrust attack, Sawyer hit a double chokeslam on BUSSY and made the tag to Janela. Joey started to work over Allie’s fingers and nailed her with repeated stomps in the corner, Sawyer and Janela cut the ring in half and continued to beat down Allie. Allie made the hot tag to EFFY who hit a double blockbuster followed by double running boots in the corner. He hit Joey with an under-the rainbow followed by a TKO on Sawyer on top of Janela for a close nearfall. EFFY and Janela fired away at each other in the center of the ring, Joey hit a rolling elbow and went for a Moonsault but EFFY rolled out of the way as Allie Katch returned to the match and took Joey off his feet with a lariat. Sawyer cut off BUSSY and hit a rocket launcher into an X Factor for a close near fall. Allie fired away on both Sawyer and Joey but was taken down with one forearm by Joey, Katch ducked their offense and hit her running hip attack combination. BUSSY hit the Too Gay Powertrip but Janela and Sawyer kicked out. EFFY retrieved two doors, Joey countered a leaping piledriver and tried to hit a Death Valley driver on the apron but EFFY made the save but ultimately was driven into the canvas by Sawyer Wreck. Janela and Sawyer piled a bunch of chairs onto EFFY as Joey came off the top rope with a double stomp, EFFY moved out of the way and Sabu’d a chair at Sawyer’s head, as Allie hit Joey with a suplex onto a chair. BUSSY placed Sawyer up on the top rope and hit a super sack ryder onto the chairs but Joey dove in at the last second and broke up the pin attempt. Joey hit Allie with a superkick, he ducked a clothesline from EFFY but was still dumped on his head. EFFY set up a door bridge in the corner and grabbed Sawyer Wreck, BUSSy attempted to double superplex her but Sawyer got them by the throat, Joey got Allie up on his shoulders, but was speared through the door. Sawyer choke slammed EFFY off the top rope through the door for the victory.
Joey Janela and Sawyer Wreck Defeated BUSSY
Singles Match: Metalik vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
They both threw warning shot kicks before they finally locked up, they broke up the hold and started to circle each other. Metalik backed Vikingo up in the corner on the first exchange and Vikingo did on the second, Metalik took Vikingo down with a fireman carry, but Vikingo was able to escape the submission holds with an arm drag takeover. Metalik was in his guard, they rolled onto their heads and did the headstand face slap spot before they transitioned and Vikingo caught Metalik in the Romero special into a double chicken wing. Metalik rolled out of it and locked in a Romero special of his own, they broke the hold as the pace picked up with both of them engaging in lucha reversals and evasions before they reached a stalemate once again. Vikingo came off the ropes with a hip toss, they each took out each other’s legs as they ran a couple of more spots before they again reached a stalemate. The crowd gave them a very deserving standing ovation, as Metalik extended his hand but kicked Vikingo in the gut, Metalik did some rope walking as he took Vikingo off of his feet with a dropkick that resulted in a near fall. Vikingo hit an inside-out springboard rana followed by a corkscrew kick that took Metalik off his feet again and resulted in another near fall. Vikingo lit up Metalik with an overhand chop, they both slid to the floor where Metalik took Vikingo out with a brutal superkick. Metalik sent Vikingo into the second row as the ref pled with Metalik to bring the match back into the ring; Metalik stomped away at Vikingo and took him off his feet with a dropkick to his face but only got a count of two. Vikingo tried to mount some offense but it didn’t have much of an effect on Metalik who responded with a series of kicks, Metalik got hung up on the ropes, Vikingo went for a rope walk front flip drop kick caught most of it but followed it up with an imploding 450 to the floor. Now it was Vikingo’s turn to send Metalik into the second ropes as he continued to limp after falling off the rope on the rope walk attempt. Vikingo slid Metalik into the ring and hit a big frog splash but Metalik was able to get his shoulders up, Vikingo rolled Metalik towards the corner and jumped on the top rope again but Metalik rolled through the frog splash attempt and planted Vikingo and hit him with a rope walk Swanton that resulted in another close near fall. Vikingo caught a cross-body attempt and planted Metalik into the canvas and propped him back up on his knees for a superkick. Vikingo stood on the outside of the second rope and did an inside-out phoenix splash but it still wasn’t enough to put Metalik away. They both stood on the opposite corners’ top ropes and collided in the center of the ring with dropkicks but Vikingo kicked out. The crowd got to their feet and pounded on the mat as they cheered on these two amazing athletes who continued their fight in the center of the ring with forearms and chops. Metalik told Vikingo to try and take him off his feet with a running lariat. Metalik didn’t budge on either attempt but was taken off his feet on the third with a standing Spanish fly for a two-count. Metalik wiped Vikingo out with a tope, and he rolled the AAA champion back into the ring, Vikingo moved out of the way and sent Metalik crashing into the corner with a dropkick followed by an attempted 630 but Blake Christian shoved Vikingo to the floor, and stomped Metalik for the No Contest.
No Contest
Blake Christian cut a great heel promo on Chicago before Gringo Loco’s music interrupted him.
GCW World Championship Match: Blake Christian (Champion) vs. Gringo Loco
They locked up and ran a couple of spots, Christian attempted head scissors but Gringo rolled through, Blake responded with a dropkick that sent Gringo flying into the corner. Blake flipped him off before he started to stomp down on Gringo in the corner, he went to whip Loco into the corner but Loco cut him off and hit him with a kick and took Blake off of his feet with a leg lariat followed by a military press for the first near fall of the match. Christian hit a spear on the apron that sent Loco to the floor, he teased a dive but flipped the crowd off instead and punched Gringo in the face. Gringo fired up and staggered Blake with a kick to the head, Christian ducked a move from Loco repeatedly and hit Gringo with a springboard handspring head kick followed by a Fosbury Flop. Blake brought Loco around ringside and beat him up with punches, Gringo fired back up and hit Blake with a series of a kick before wiping him out on the floor and sending a top rope senton, but Blake popped back up and hit a casual Dragonrana onto Gringo, rolled him back in and locked in the figure four leg lock. Blake was waiting to hit the curb stomp but Gringo moved out of the way and sent Blake face-first into the turnbuckle and caught Christian with a piledriver after an attempted handspring move but it still wasn’t enough to put the champion away. They battled on the apron, and they traded boots, Christian went to the top but Gringo hit the base bomb on the apron. They battled on the top rope, Gringo hit a beautiful Spanish fly, and Blake got an inside cradle but Gringo kicked out as they then went for cross bodies which took both of them out. Blake missed with a springboard 450, Gringo tied him up and pinned Blake, Blake had his arm on the rope but the ref didn’t see it. They did the whole deal with Blake getting pissed and senior referee Adam Gault conversed with Dan Perch about what he saw and reversed his decision. The match was restarted, Blake went to hit Gringo with the belt but Gringo ducked and he hit Dan Perch, Blake was leveled by several moves by Gringo but he kept kicking out, Gringo went to the top rope, Blake moved the ref into his place, Gringo collided with the ref. Blake hit a 450 but Gringo kicked out, the crowd chanted ‘New Champ’ as Blake went underneath the ring and threw in two chairs, he placed Gringo’s head on the chair and went for a running knee but Gringo moved out of the way, causing Blake’s knee to hit the chair. Gringo targeted his injured knee of Christian and draped him across a chair bridge. Gringo went for a Swanton but Christian moved out of the way causing Loco to crash through the chairs and eat a big curb stomp from Christian, followed by a chair-assisted stomp to secure the victory.
Blake Christian Retained the GCW World Championship
