GCW So Much Fun 2024
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Showboat Hotel
Scramble Match: Terri Yaki vs. Hunter Drake vs. Rico Gonzalez vs. Braydon Toon vs. Oni El Bendito vs. Marcus Mathers vs. Tony Deppen
Deppen chopped everyone, only to get hit with a 6-way superkick. Mathers took the fight to Rico, whom he brought down with a heel kick. Rico fired back up and landed a big dropkick on Mathers, allowing Yaki to return to the match. Yaki sent Rico flying with a monkey flip, followed by a second-rope Spanish fly. He then climbed to the top rope, but Drake cut him off and hit him with a double stomp, followed by a cannonball in the corner into a Dragon suplex. Toon ran wild on Drake with a series of head kicks, followed by a running shooting star press. Oni climbed to the top rope and struck Toon with a chop, followed by a big twisting press off the top rope. Oni then hit everyone with a cutter, followed by a big clothesline on Drake. Mathers jumped Oni from behind but was quickly taken down to the mat with a back-handspring elbow. Deppen tossed Oni to the floor and hit Drake, Yaki, Rico, and Toon with powerslams. Mathers dropped Rico with a Blue Thunder Bomb, followed by a big tope to the floor that wiped everyone out. Toon took to the air and also took everyone out with a moonsault. He then sent Mathers back into the ring and leveled him with a jumping knee but was caught with a vicious cutter that sent him headfirst into the canvas. Drake went for a 450, but Yaki stopped him as they battled on the top rope for the advantage. Mathers then jumped onto the top rope and hit them both with a superplex. Yaki dumped Rico on his head and hit him with a driver, sending him to the floor. Oni caught Yaki and hit him with a wheelbarrow suplex for a close near fall. Oni went for a dive, but Deppen tripped him and hit a dive of his own. He went for another one, but Yaki caught him with a DDT on the ring apron. Everyone then hit dives to the floor, and Oni struck Rico with a big superkick, followed by a Frog Splash for the victory.
Oni El Bendito wins the scramble match
Tag Team Match: Gahbage Daddies vs. Parrow and Richard Holliday
Parrow and Holliday jumped the Daddies from behind, but they managed to turn the momentum around. Cole sent Parrow to the floor as they executed a tandem offense on Holliday inside the ring. Holliday then hit Cole with a butterfly backbreaker followed by a series of chops in the corner. Parrow went to work on Cole’s ribs with some clubbing blows. Holiday and Parrow made quick tags back and forth, isolating Cole on their side of the ring. Parrow tossed Cole across the ring with a big fallaway slam. Holliday attempted to draw some heat from the crowd, but they didn’t seem to care much. Price received the hot tag and ran wild on Holliday with a series of strikes and kicks. He got a close near fall after a moonsault press. Holliday rolled to the outside where he and Parrow were taken out with a big crossbody from Price. Holliday then ate a stunner followed by a rebound lariat from Price and Swantons from both of them. The ref went to make the count, but Parrow pulled the ref out of the ring. The Gahbage Daddies hit Parrow with a series of kicks, finally sending him to the floor. Price went for a dive, but Parrow caught him and slammed him repeatedly on the ring apron. Richard Holliday then hit the 2008 on Cole Radrick for the victory.
Parrow and Richard Holliday Defeated the Gahbage Daddies
Singles Match: Broski Jimmy Lloyd vs. Alex Zayne
Zayne hit Jimmy with a twisting senton, sending him to the floor. He attempted a moonsault to the outside, but Jimmy pulled his feet, causing Zayne to go headfirst into the ring post. The last time these two were in a match together, Jimmy Lloyd hit Zayne with an assault driver through a pane of glass, resulting in Zayne catching a piece of glass in his eye. Because of this, Jimmy started working over Zayne’s eye. They each blocked some offense, but Broski managed to turn Zayne inside out with a big lariat. Zayne retaliated by hitting Lloyd with a flipping leg drop on the apron, creating an opening for him to hit Jimmy with a big tope on the floor. Zayne then ducked out of a Broski boot and attempted a vertical leap headscissor, but Jimmy blocked it and countered with a Destroyer off the top rope for a close near fall. Jimmy followed up with the radio silence, but Zayne kicked out. Jimmy then grabbed his championship belt and tried to hit Zayne with it, but Zayne kicked it into Jimmy’s head for another near fall. Jimmy resorted to hitting Zayne with a low blow and pinned him, following up with putting the boots to him after the bell.
Broski Jimmy Lloyd Defeated Alex Zayne
Post Match: Jimmy went to hit Zayne with his championship but Nick Wayne made the save and sent Jimmy Lloyd packing after throwing a superkick and challenged him to a match on March 24th in Rochester.
Singles Match: Joey Janela vs. Jack Cartwheel
The two men wrestled for an advantage, with Joey grabbing a headlock, but Cartwheel kept cartwheeling out of the holds. They reset, and Cartwheel managed to land a quick kick to Joey’s head. Joey responded by dropping him with a forearm, leading into a double cartwheel as they again wrestled to a stalemate. After the exchange, the two men shook hands, but Joey then unexpectedly punched Jack in the face and drove him headfirst into the turnbuckle. He followed it up with a series of chops, coming close to a near fall. Joey then sent Cartwheel off the ropes and hit him with a back elbow, followed by a couple of punches to his face. He snapmared Cartwheel down and locked him in a chin lock, but Jack managed to make it to the bottom rope. Jack countered with a crucifix bomb for another close near fall and attempted to send Joey to the floor, but Joey caught him with a DDT on the apron. They continued to fight near the merch tables, where they engaged in a double cartwheel spot, culminating in Joey powerbombing Cartwheel into a concrete pillar. However, Cartwheel fired up and hit Janela with a Sasuke Special on the floor. He then rolled Joey back into the ring and climbed to the top rope, attempting a cartwheel press, but Joey moved out of the way and struck him with a series of palm strikes, followed by a deadlift German suplex. Cartwheel retaliated with a German suplex of his own for another close near fall. Charging into the corner, Cartwheel was caught by Joey with a destroyer for a near fall, but Jack managed to spike Joey on the top of his head with a ‘rana. The two men then exchanged chops and forearms in the center of the ring, with Joey ultimately dumping Jack on the back of his head with a Dragon suplex. He then ascended to the top rope, but Cartwheel stopped him and hit Joey with a top rope Death Valley Driver. Despite this, Joey somehow managed to kick out. Jack returned to the top rope, attempting another cartwheel press, but Joey got his knees up and followed up with a superkick, finishing Cartwheel with a Package Piledriver for the victory.
Joey Janela Defeated Jack Cartwheel
GCW World Championship Match: GCW World Champion Blake Christian with Shane Mercer vs. Masha Slamovich
The signal went down at the start of the match, causing video and audio synchronization issues throughout. Halfway through, Blake retrieved a ladder from backstage. Masha slammed a chair across Blake’s head and kicked him in the face. She then set up the ladder between Blake’s legs and struck him in the groin with it. Masha dumped Blake back-first onto the ladder with a suplex for a near fall. Propping the ladder in the corner, Masha was sent back-first into it and then suplexed in the center of the ring. Blake locked her in a Texas Cloverleaf, but Masha refused to submit, eventually reaching the bottom rope.
They traded fists and slaps, with Blake bringing Masha down to her knees with a handspring head kick, followed by a big fastball fist and a superkick 450 Splash for a two count. Masha knocked Blake off the top rope and delivered a piledriver, but Blake managed to kick out, only to then receive a Shining Wizard, yet still kicked out. Blake executed an Air Raid Crash in the center of the ring, but Masha bridged up at the last second.
Blake then placed Masha’s head in a chair and hit her with a running knee strike, but Masha kicked out at one. Blake continued the assault with punches, while Mercer brought out a door from underneath the ring. Together, Mercer and Blake set up a double-door bridge. Blake and Masha fought on top of the ladder over the door bridge. Masha knocked Blake off the ladder with repeated headshots. Mercer caught him but was then tossed off by Masha.
Blake retaliated by hitting Masha across the back with a steel chair, pulling her through the ladder rungs, and trapping her in a leg lock for the submission victory.
Blake Christian Retained the GCW World Championship
Post Match: Missy Hyatt cut a promo on Blake, Blake responded crudely which prompted Missy to slap Blake across the face. Before Blake could hit her in the head with the belt Janela ran out to make the save.
Spring Break GCW World Championship Match: Blake Christian with Shane Mercer vs. Joey Janela and Miss Hyatt
Deathmatch: John Wayne Murdoch vs. Kasey Catal
These two have had some epic battles in ICW No Holds Barred but now it was time to bring that same magic to the biggest stage in Deathmatch Wrestling: Game Changer Wrestling. Murdoch has never beaten Kasey in either singles or tag team action. Kasey hammer-fisted a bundle of tubes into Murdoch’s head, Murdoch turned the tables and draped a pane of glass across the second rope, Kasey hit Murdoch with rana through a pane of glass followed by a senton to the floor. Kasey slammed a gusset into Murdoch’s face, back, and arms busting him open once again. Kasey broke a bundle of tubes over Murdoch’s head, went to the floor and slid a steel chair into the ring, and bounced it off Murdoch’s head for a near fall. Murdoch hit Kasey across the back with a steel chair followed by a bundle of tubes across her back and used the jagged edge to dig into her forehead. He slammed a gusset into her forehead as well causing her to leak. Kasey grabbed a gusset plate 2×4 and hit him in the arms with it, one of my favorite but least favorite spots in the Deathmatch catalog. Murdoch returned the favor and hit her in the shoulder and back with the gusset plate 2×4. Murdoch set up a pane of glass in the corner and sent Kasey crashing face-first into the pane. Murdoch broke a bundle over Kasey’s back but Kasey was able to kick out. Kasey fired up and hit Murdoch with a leg sweep into the broken glass and hit him with a crucifix bomb into a bundle of tubes. Murdoch pulled Kasey off the top rope with a flatliner into the broken glass for another close near fall. Murdoch sent Kasey to the floor and dug glass into the palm of her hand, the crowd started to get behind Kasey as Murdoch set up another pane of glass in the corner and sent her face first into the pane but somehow Kasey was able to kick out. Big Vin and Matt Borruso, the MVPs of GCW, assisted Murdoch with setting up a door bridge and Matt brought in a scissor lift. Kasey broke a bunch of tubes across Murdoch’s head, Kasey placed Murdoch across the door with a pane of glass on top. Kasey ascended on the scissor lift with the help of the MVP Matt, Brandon Kirk entered the ring and set the pane of glass on fire as Kasey came off the lift with an elbow for the victory.
Kasey Catal Defeated John Wayne Murdoch
Easily one of the top Deathmatches of the year, a tremendous return for Kasey Catal.
Six-Man Tag Team Match: THRUSSY vs. Maki Death Kill Club
Sheik and Maki started the match with some standing switches, eventually wrestling to a stalemate. Sheik did a split, and Maki followed suit as Katch and Tremont entered the match. Katch attempted to take Tremont off his feet with a shoulder block, but Tremont didn’t budge, repeatedly shrugging off Katch’s attempts. Katch staggered Tremont with a kick to his head, leading to EFFY delivering an atomic drop followed by running hip thrusts from EFFY and Katch. Tremont retreated into the corner, where EFFY hit him with a Bronco Buster.
Gage tagged himself in, engaging in a fist and forearm exchange with EFFY in the center of the ring. EFFY executed a Northern Lights suplex, but Gage countered with a spinebuster. The match broke down with all six competitors throwing fists in the center of the ring. The Maki Death Kill Club unleashed Boot Scrapes on THRUSSY, slicing them open with their pizza cutters, causing them all to bleed.
EFFY and Sheik took out Gage and Tremont, double-teaming Maki until she managed to counter with a double DDT on both of them. Katch then went on a rampage with her running hip attack combo. However, Katch fell victim to a piledriver. Tremont delivered a DVD to EFFY in the corner. Meanwhile, Itoh climbed to the top rope and dove onto THRUSSY. Gage sent EFFY back into the ring, where Tremont hit him with a Samoan Drop, followed by a triple Kokeshi from MDK Club, but the pin was broken up by Katch and Sheik.
Tremont and Gage brought doors into the ring, engaging in a battle on the top rope. Gage attempted an avalanche piledriver on Katch, but Sheik intervened, sending Gage through a door bridge. EFFY capitalized by hitting Tremont with a Sack Ryder, but Mance Warner unexpectedly appeared from the locker room, attacking EFFY and Tremont with a steel chair. Mance then retrieved a screwdriver from his boot and viciously stabbed EFFY in the forehead with it.
No Contest
Tag Team Match: Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito vs. Los Macizos
Los Macizos were sent into the ropes, which were covered with tubes, and they began breaking tubes over each other’s heads. The Japanese Legends then took Macizos to the floor, continuing to beat them down with tubes and broken pieces of glass. Kobayashi bounced Ciclope’s head off the hard cam tripod leg and then stuck him in the forehead with a fork. Back inside the ring, Ciclope stabbed Abdullah in the head with the fork and followed up with a DDT. Ito and Miedo returned to the ring, exchanging clotheslines. Miedo dumped Ito onto the broken glass for a near fall, and Ito returned the favor by placing a bunch of chairs on top of him. He went for the pin, but Ciclope intervened by coming off the top with a bundle of tubes. Kobayashi hurled a chair at Miedo in a Sabu-like fashion as all four men launched tubes at each other, with Miedo throwing Kenzans at everyone, hammering them into each other’s heads.
“I think he’s in a constant state of leak” – Emil Jay on Abdullah Kobayashi.
Miedo headbutted a bundle into Ito’s head and set up a glass bridge in the center of the ring. Ito was dumped neck-first into the pane of glass, but he quickly popped back up and took Miedo down with a suplex of his own. Kobayashi landed a Shining Wizard on Ciclope, but he quickly recovered and struck Kobayashi across the head with a steel chair. Miedo set up a door bridge on the floor as Ciclope placed a pane of glass over the prone body of Kobayashi and came off the top with a senton for a two count. Ciclope called for Matt and Big Vin to bring in a light tube contraption. Ciclope was sent through the tube structure, and Kobayashi and Ciclope traded headbutts in the center of the ring. Abdullah hit Ciclope with a German suplex on the glass for a near fall. Ito came off the top rope with a big splash onto Miedo, sending them both crashing through a door on the floor. Ciclope missed a Tubesault, and Kobayashi struck him over the head with a giant bundle of tubes followed by an elbow drop for the victory.
Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito Defeated Los Macizos
