GCW: Gringo Loco’s The Wrld on Lucha 2023
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Ukrainian Culture Center
Los Angeles, California
Match Recommendations:
The entire show
Sexy Star vs. Dulce Tormenta
Los Macizos vs. La Familia de Tijuana (Bestia 666 & Damian 666)
Psycho Clown vs. Gringo Loco
Laredo Kid vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
Scramble Match: Jimmy Lloyd vs. Shane Mercer vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Bobby Flaco vs. Mago vs. Willie Mack
Willie Mack started dancing and performed a reverse worm, but Bobby Flaco ruined the fun and took him down with a rana. Mago evaded the double-team offense from Flaco and Cartwheel, and took them down with a swinging DDT, followed by a tope onto Flaco and a step-in DDT on Cartwheel. Flaco fired up and hit Mago with a slide while delivering a dropkick to Cartwheel. He then climbed up to the top rope and hit a backspring cutter, almost getting a pinfall. Mercer took on Flaco and tossed him over the top rope, and Mack caught him in a powerbomb position and planted him on the apron.
Mack and Mercer faced off and traded forearms. Mack ducked a lariat and launched himself on the outside onto everyone. Mercer tried for a springboard moonsault, but Flaco grabbed his leg and took everyone out with a plancha. Mago hit a tope con hilo, and everyone reset so Cartwheel could hit a Sasuke Special, but Mercer caught him and finally hit a springboard moonsault. Cartwheel hit a Sasuke Special into a tornillo, rolled Mercer back into the ring, and hit him with a shooting star press. Mago took Cartwheel down but was quickly jumped by Jimmy Lloyd, and Flaco hit Lloyd with a spinning DDT.
Mercer sent Mack flying with a toss, giving Jimmy the opportunity to hit Mago with a package piledriver. Mago spiked Mack with a tornado DDT, and Cartwheel hit a Shooting Star Press onto Mack for the victory.
Jack Cartwheel won the Scramble Match
Singles Match: Sexy Star vs. Dulce Tormenta
The ladies locked up and exchanged holds before wrestling to a stalemate. They reset and started running a couple of spots. Dulce took Star down with a head scissors, and Star went to the floor, where she was taken out with a tope. Star recovered and hit one of her own, followed by a stiff forearm to Dulce’s chest. Star then tossed Dulce into a bunch of chairs and retrieved the door from underneath the ring. Star set the door up in the corner and placed Dulce on it, but Dulce moved out of the way at the last second and slammed Star, resulting in a two count.
Dulce was speared into the door, but it didn’t break, so Star hit her with a Death Valley Driver for a close nearfall. Star dumped a bunch of thumbtacks in the corner of the ring and tried to suplex Dulce onto the pile, but she fought out and hit Star with a forearm to the back of her head, followed by a powerbomb onto the thumbtacks. Dulce hit Star with a running double knee, but Star kicked out, only to be locked in a half crab. Star was able to power out of it, and they started trading strikes in the center of the ring.
They each hit German suplexes, and Dulce hit the Three Amigos, but Star blocked the last one and hit Dulce with a J-Driller for another close nearfall. Star ran in with a running knee, but Dulce moved out of the way and hit the Three Amigos, followed by a package piledriver for the victory.
Dulce Tormenta Defeated Sexy Star
Six-Man Tag Team Match: Black Taurus, Arez, and Latigo vs. & Aramis, Rey Horus, and Komander
The Komanders’ team all hit dives to the floor, and Komander rope-walked and took out Taurus. This match was going to be an absolute sprint. Aramis snapped Latigo down and called for a triple kick but was caught with a big knee from Latigo, followed by a kick to the face. Komander took Latigo down with a headscissor followed by a double jump dragonrana. Arez dropkicked Komander into the corner, evaded Komander, and hit him with a vertical suplex. Rey entered the ring and took the fight to Arez with a lariat, followed by a casadora and a leg lariat. Taurus hit a spinkick, followed by a back elbow and two spinning facebusters.
Aramis tried to take Taurus off his feet, but it took a couple of attempts before he was successful with the armdrags, followed by a beautiful headscissor takedown. Taurus leveled him with a headbutt and planted Rey with a scoop slam, followed by a Samoan Drop onto Komander. Aramis was jumped by all three of his opponents who hit him with a series of chops and strikes across the face. Taurus tossed Aramis into the turnbuckles and started ripping away at Rey’s mask, slapped him across the face, and hit him with a neckbreaker powerbomb combination. Arez tripped Komander as he tried to rope-walk, and Taurus again ripped at Komander’s mask, to which the ref admonished him. Komander dumped Taurus to the floor and punched Arez in the face. Komander jumped onto his teammates’ shoulders and hit a moonsault onto Taurus, Rey hit a dive, and Aramis caught Arez in an airplane spin into a Blue Thunder bomb for a close nearfall.
Taurus busted through a couple of clotheslines and sent Komander and Rey to the floor with a headscissors, but he was planted with a destroyer. Arez kicked Aramis in the face and hit a step-up shooting star press for a close nearfall. Taurus broke Rey over his knee, Komander hit Taurus with a destroyer, and Latigo hit Komander with a backcracker. They all eventually collapsed in exhaustion. Komander hit a rope-walk shooting star press for the victory.
Tag Team Match: Los Macizos vs. La Familia de Tijuana (Bestia 666 & Damian 666)
Damian and Ciclope started the match for their respective teams and played to the crowd before Ciclope took Damian down with a series of arm drags. Bestia and Miedo then paired off and ran a few lucha spots, with Bestia taking Miedo down with a head scissors, but Ciclope cut off his momentum with a kick to the back. The fight spilled to the floor, where Miedo grabbed a chair and started working on Bestia, while Ciclope did the same to Damian. Damian threw a chair into Miedo’s face and hit him in the groin with a steel chair, but Miedo fired up and threw a chair into Damian’s back while Los Macizos hit Bestia with a double-team move. They followed up with double superkicks on Damian, but Bestia came to his father’s aid, taking Los Macizos out with a rana that allowed them to hit stereo dives on the former GCW Tag Team Champions. Bestia and Damian then set up a door bridge in the center of the ring and tried to hit Ciclope with a double suplex, but Miedo returned with a kendo stick, hitting them both in the head and sending Bestia through the door with a flapjack. Bestia then dumped Ciclope on his head with a German suplex, and Damian did some rope walking before hitting an arm drag and Bestia hitting a superkick on Ciclope. Los Macizos then set up a door bridge in the corner and slammed Bestia down with a blue thunder bomb followed by a boot to his head, before hitting Damian with a doomsday device through a door for the victory.
Los Macizos Defeated Damian 666 and Bestia 666
Singles Match: Negro Casas vs. Tony Deppen
Casas and Deppen began the match with a brief feeling out process in which neither man gained an advantage. Tony then picked Casas’s leg and went for a cross arm breaker, but the legend powered out of it with a headstand. They reset and Casas got Deppen stuck in a straight jacket, but Tony was able to escape and lock one in for himself. Casas then picked Tony’s ankle, but he made it to the ropes before anything could happen. They traded fists in the center of the ring, and Deppen took the legend down with a clothesline followed by a headbutt. Tony then placed Casas in the corner and hit him with a kick before starting to work over his arm. However, Casas was able to get out of it and hit Tony with a big boot followed by an elbow drop that resulted in a two count. Casas then cranked away at Deppen’s hand while trapping his other arm to the mat. Deppen kicked Casas in the face a couple of times until he finally went down, and he flipped the legend off. Casas picked Deppen’s leg and locked him in an STF, but Deppen was able to reach the ropes. Deppen then hit Casas with a jumping knee, but Casas responded with a big boot for the victory.
Negro Casas Defeated Tony Deppen
Singles Match: Psycho Clown vs. Gringo Loco
Gringo Loco attempted a dive, but Clown cut him off with a steel chair to his head and back. Clown entered the ring and tried to attack Loco but was caught with a chair to his head. Loco then hit a beautiful tope con hilo. Loco attempted a moonsault, but Clown pulled his feet off the apron, causing him to crotch on the ring post. Clown launched himself out of the ring onto Loco, and Loco hit the back of his head on a chair. Loco was kicked in the back of the head. Loco sent Clown into the crowd with a lariat and then sent him headfirst into the ring post and chairs. Clown threw a bucket of beer at Gringo, but Loco fought back, only to be hit over the head again with a bucket of beer. Clown got a close nearfall on Loco and retrieved a couple of chairs from under the ring. He hit Gringo in the balls with a chair to the delight of the crowd. Loco hit Clown over the head with a steel chair and started to tear away at his mask. Clown came up bleeding, which only focused Loco even more. Gringo retrieved a pair of scissors and started to stab Clown in the head. Clown went to the floor while Gringo brought a ladder in the ring and set it up in the corner. He suplexed Clown onto it for a close nearfall. Loco brought a door inside the ring and placed it in the corner. Loco attacked Clown’s forehead with a scissor, but Clown powered him up and speared Loco through the door and hit him with a chair. Clown went to the top rope and hit a split-legged moonsault for another nearfall. Clown came off the top rope with a frog splash but only got a two-count. Gringo went to the floor, but Clown hit him with a tornillo and started to cut away at Loco’s face with the scissors. Both men were bleeding heavily at this point as the match reached another gear. Clown climbed to the top rope and brought Gringo up there, but Gringo countered with a Spanish fly for another two-count. Gringo climbed to the top of the ladder and hit a swanton, but Clown moved out of the way. Clown hit Loco with a rana, but it still wasn’t enough to put him away. Clown set up a ladder and a door bridge on the floor. Loco was placed on the door, and Clown climbed to the top of the ladder and came off the top with a splash, but Loco got his knees up at the last second. Clown brought two cinder blocks into the ring and set up a door bridge in the corner. Gringo fought back and placed Clown on the door and two cinder blocks on top of Clown’s head. Clown got up, slapped Loco in the face with an object, and sent them both flying off the top through the cinderblock door, but Gringo got a crucifix pin for the victory.
Gringo Loco Defeated Psycho Clown
Singles Match: Laredo Kid vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
They engaged in a beautiful arm drag exchange, but neither man was able to land any significant strikes. Vikingo went to the floor, and without missing a beat, Laredo Kid hit him with a tope. Laredo then climbed the top rope and delivered a Frog Splash, securing the first nearfall of the match. Vikingo managed to evade being bounced off the ropes, but he was still caught with a dropkick. Laredo Kid slapped Vikingo across the face and flipped him into the corner, but Vikingo once again evaded and threw a kick at Laredo’s head. Vikingo then hit Laredo with a running double knee, followed by a shooting star press from the apron to the floor. Back in the ring, Vikingo executed a twisting 450 from the middle rope for a two-count.
Laredo Kid responded with a Poisonrana, followed by a moonsault from the first, second, and third ropes, but it still wasn’t enough to put Vikingo away. Laredo Kid slapped Vikingo in the face, and Vikingo responded with a couple of shots of his own. Laredo backed him up into the corner and hit him low, then kicked him in the back. They went to the top rope, but Vikingo fought Laredo off and sent him to the apron. He balanced on the ring post and hit a destroyer on the apron, followed by a tope. Laredo reversed an Irish whip, but Vikingo caught him, only for Laredo to powerbomb him for another nearfall. Laredo then lit Vikingo up with a series of kicks, followed by a top rope half-and-half plex, but it still wasn’t enough to put the champion away. They went back to the top rope, where Vikingo hit Laredo with an avalanche slam, followed by a running double knee and a 630 for the victory.
Vikingo Defeated Laredo Kid
