GCW: Thank Me Later
Ukrainian Cultural Center
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, 17, 2023
Starboy Charlie vs Cole Radrick
They started off battling for leverage, they each worked each other over with Starboy eventually getting the advantage with a fireman’s carry into an arm bar. Cole got a quick near fall but they reset and Cole leveled him with a chop followed by a bug Lucha arm drag. Starboy fired up and hit a dropkick into a shooting star splash for a quick near fall. Starboy backed him up in the corner and lit him up with a series of strikes back into a wrist lock. Starboy connected with a couple of chops, but he got tripped up in the corner and was taken down with a bulldog and another series of chops. Starboy fired back up but was caught with a blue Thunder bomb for a quick near fall. Cole missed a hidden blade and was hit with a poisonrana, he missed a spin kick but caught Cole’s attempt at a springboard stunner and hit him with a driver for another near fall. Cole fired back up with a series of kicks followed by a springboard stunner, but it wasn’t enough as Charlie hit him with a tombstone followed by a head kick for the victory.
Starboy Charlie Defeated Cole Radrick
Kevin Knight vs Alec Price
They traded standing switches, Knight got the advantage with a wrist kick into a dive, and Price responded with multiple kip-ups into an arm drag. They ran a beautiful sequence of evasions which ended in a stalemate, Price went to shake Knight’s hand but kicked him in the balls instead. Knight responded with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but Price fired back up with a slingshot clothesline into a back suplex for a close near fall. Knight lit him up with a series of chops but Price responded with a spike rana for another close near fall. Price slowed the match down with a headlock takeover, but was quickly taken off of his feet with a step-up dropkick, followed by a dive to the floor. He capitalized with a powerbomb but Price kicked out at 2; they traded uppercuts and kicks Price sent Knight to the floor and wiped him out with a dive. He went for another move off the top rope, but Knight met him up there but Price hung him up and hit a giant double stomp for a very close near fall. They continued to go back and forth with offensive and a sequence of pins with Knight eventually rolling him up for the victory. Incredible back-and-forth match.
Kevin Knight Defeated Alec Price
Los Macizos vs. Joey Janela and Sawyer Wreck
Sawyer and Ciclope started the match off, Ciclope still wearing his backpack. Ciclope ducked a big boot, Joey came in to distract Ciclope and Miedo cut him off with a dropkick, Miedo and Ciclope teamed up on Joey, Sawyer tried to make the save but they tripped her too and leveled him with a running knee. Joey broke free and sent them to the floor where Sawyer took them out with a dive. She sent them back in and they nailed Joey with a lariat and Sawyer again tried to make the save but was again taken out with a series of dropkicks. They traded fists in the center of the ring, Miedo super-kicked Sawyer and they hit Joey with a powerbomb as the crowd chanted for tables. Sawyer Sabu’d Ciclope, and Joey sent Miedo crashing through a chair for a near fall. Sawyer fired up and took out both Macizos with big boots. Sawyer set up a door bridge in the center of the ring, she tried to chokeslam them through it but they took her out with a dropkick. Joey tried to protect her but was hit with a doomsday device. Miedo beat them further with a steel chair and then retrieved a ladder. Ciclope sent Joey through a door in the corner, they tried to beat up Sawyer but Joey responded with a door to their heads. Sawyer and Ciclope climbed to the top of the ladder where she chokeslammed Ciclope off the top through the door to secure the pin.
Sawyer Wreck and Joey Janela Defeated Los Macizos
Jimmy Lloyd vs. Santana Jackson
Santana danced, Jimmy tried to roll him up but Santana kicked out and sent Jimmy to the floor and took him out with a dive. Jimmy kicked him in the balls and took him out with a driver as he took control of the match. Jackson fought him off with a series of punches in the corner, they battled on the apron. Jimmy dropped him with a piledriver as Thriller played, Jackson returned in the Thriller costume as he beat Jimmy down with Thriller playing in the background. The crowd was going crazy. Santana got a near fall on Lloyd but Jimmy kicked out and hit Jackson with a piledriver, Jackson kicked out and hit a moonwalk DDT for the win. Incredible match, the crowd was going nuts during the thriller spot.
Santana Jackson Defeated Jimmy Lloyd
Kevin Blackwood vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Titus Alexander
Cartwheel and Blackwood each did Cartwheels, the crowd begged for Titus to do one but he rushed in to take out Cartwheel but Jack moved out of the way as he and Kevin teamed to take down Titus before turning in each other. They did a cool triple pinfall spot, Blackwood ran wild on Titus with a series of strikes and kicks but it wasn’t enough to put away the big man. They traded forearm strikes in the center of the ring, Cartwheel flipped out of some offense and took them off their feet with a flying dropkick. He connected with a big penalty kick to Blackwood followed by a senton from Titus. Titus and Cartwheel picked up the pace, Titus did a cartwheel, flipped Jack off, and kicked him in the head as the crowd booed him. They started battling on the floor, Titus sent both of them into the ring post, Titus hit Jack with a backbreaker, and Kevin responded with a series of kicks to both of them, he and Titus again traded forearms but Cartwheel cut them both off with a DDT. Cartwheel hit Titus with a top rope destroyer followed by Cartwheel off the top rope onto both of them for a near fall. Kevin lit Jack up with kicks, Titus hit him with a pump kick but was taken out with a high stack powerbomb but Jack broke up the pin. Cartwheel hit a deadlift angle slam on Blackwood followed by a back handspring elbow. Titus kicked him in the head and hit a double-rolling chaos theory variation. Cartwheel stomped away at Titus, he and Blackwood battled on the top rope, Titus again cut them off but wasn’t able to make the pin as Blackwood came off the top with a double stomp. Titus but then with tandem back suplexes but they both kicked out. Blackwood was spiked on the apron with a piledriver, Cartwheel fired up, hit a Sasuke special followed by a spiral tap onto Blackwood for the victory.
Jack Cartwheel Defeated Kevin Blackwood and Titus Alexander
GCW Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita vs. Maki Itoh
Maki is easily the most over wrestler in GCW. They stood nose to nose in the center of the ring, Maki pie-faced Rina and tried to take her down but Rina didn’t budge, Rina took over the match as Maki repeatedly tried to take the champion off of her feet with shoulder tackles, Maki told Rina to do it but Maki tripped her but rina popped back up and took her out with a running lariat in the corner. Rina went under the ring and grabbed a couple of chairs and a door. Rina slammed Maki on a pile of chairs, she placed one across Maki’s back and beat her with it. Maki was still able to kick out, they traded knees and strikes in the center of the ring placed Maki’s head on a chair, and hit her in the face. Rina placed a door in the corner and tried to suplex Maki through it but Maki blocked it and took her down with a series of headbutts and ten punches in the corner, Maki took her out with a DDT as the fight moved to the floor. Maki hit Rina with another DDT. Maki went back into the ring and grabbed her pizza cutter. Rina wrestled away the cutter as they battled for position, Maki won the battle and cut Rina’s head. Maki rammed Rina’s head off the door in the corner, but Rina fought out of it and hit Maki with an air raid crash through the door. They traded fists in the center of the ring, Rina leveled her but Maki popped back up only to be hit with a suplex but Itoh was able to escape and but Rina with a DDT. They reset and took turns bouncing each other’s heads off a chair, Maki hit Rina over the head and set up for the boot scraper which connected but only resulted in a near fall. Maki went for a diving headbutt but Rina moved out of the way and crushed Maki with a chairshot. Maki still kicked out, Rina sat her go for Splash Mountain, Maki wriggled out of it but was still hit with the dead eye. There was a questionable 2 count but Rina fired up hit giant Splash Mountain for the victory.
Rina Yamashita Defeated Maki Itoh
EFFY vs. Kenny King
They engaged in a wrist lock and then a waist lock, EFFY ducked a clothesline and dropped to his knees, they started dancing but EFFY dropped him with a back body drop followed by a chest breaker eventually into a gut-wrench suplex. EFFY locked in the Gayrantula, he hit Kenny with an atomic drop as the crowd chanted for them to kiss. King didn’t want a ground to do with that as he kicked EFFY in the head. King connected with a brutal kick to the face, he licked in the camel clutch and made EFFY humble. EFFY tried to fire up but Kenny caught him with a scoop slam, EFFY responded with a brother lights suplex into a drop. EFFY took King out with a hip attack followed by a big spear for a close near fall. King connected with a big spinebuster followed by a tiger driver for another close near fall. EFFY hit Sack Ryder but King attempted a leverage pin, EFFY hit him with a series of strikes and pinned Kenny King.
EFFY Defeated Kenny King
Zack Sabre Jr. Vs Nick Gage
They locked up, Gage backed ZSJ into the corner and they had w clean break. They engaged in a collar and elbow tie-up, ZSJ grabbed the leg but Gage made it to the ropes before any damage was done. Zack tried to take him over with a wrist lock but Gage wrestle out of it and was quickly taken to the mat with a series of arm drags. Gage held his own in the early moments of the match as they began to brawl on the floor. ZSJ threw a beer at Gage’s head as they began trading fists around ringside. Gage bounced ZSJs face off the mat repeatedly and rolled him back into the grabbed a chair and slid it into the ring. ZSJ threw them out of the ring much to the crowd’s dismay. Gage slid a door in and distracted ZSJ and hit him with a neck breaker, Gage went for a spear but Zack blocked it and hit him with a penalty kick. This gave Zack the opening to start to work over Gage’s limbs. ZSJ kicked Gage in the face a couple of times but was caught with a spear that sent them both through the door. Gage dumped a bag of thumbtacks in the ring, but Zack tripped him up and started to stomp Nick’s hands on the tacks. ZSJ locked in a triangle choke but Gage made it to the ropes, Gage fired up and hit ZSJ with a DDT on the tacks followed by a spinebuster. Gage hit his reverse springboard elbow followed by a boot scrape. This took out Jr. long enough for Gage to grab a bunch of chairs and set them yo in the center of the ring. Gage brought ZSJ onto the chairs and spiked him with a piledriver for another close near fall. ZSJ fought out of the choke breaker and locked in a sleeper hold. Gage reversed it and locked in one of his own before hitting ZSJ with the choke breaker for another close near fall. Gage locked in a crossface, and ZSJ broke out of it as they began to trade forearm strikes. ZSJ rolled through and picked up Gage’s ankle and locked in an ankle lock. Gage fought out if but ZSJ tied the King up, bent him in half, and won the match. Incredibly worked match, the weapon spots made perfect sense, and the chain wrestling was extremely well executed. A perfect match that lived up to the hype.
Zack Sabre Jr Defeated Nick Gage
