GCW: 56 Birdz
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Valley Dale Ballroom
Columbus, Ohio
GCW World Tag Team Championship Three-Way Match: Violence is Forever (Champions) vs. The Rejects vs. Bang and Matthews
As Bang and Matthews made their way to the ring, they were ambushed by John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bentley, who began to beat them down on the stage. Ku bailed out of the ring and started throwing punches at John Wayne Murdoch. Dom and Ku isolated Reed on the stage. Eventually, they made their way back to the ringside area, where Ku was rammed headfirst into the ring post as Murdoch delivered a headbutt to Bang. Dom came to the rescue, taking out Reed, while Ku locked Murdoch in an ankle lock.
The match finally returned inside the ring, where Bang and Matthews executed ViF and The Rejects with impressive dives to the floor. They hit Ku with a quad stomp off the top rope, but Dom intervened, chopping away at both Bang and Matthews. They executed a back-fist gutbuster and lariat combo on Matthews, followed by the Total Elimination. Before they could make the cover, The Rejects returned to the ring and incapacitated the champions.
Murdoch grabbed a door and placed it in the corner. Ku sent Reed to the floor with a dropkick as Dom and Murdoch battled around the door. Bang and Matthews then hit the Spears Tower on Dom and Murdoch, sending them both crashing through the door. The Rejects executed an assisted tope, taking everyone out on the floor. Reed attempted a dive of his own, Ku fired up and knocked Murdoch off the apron through a door on the floor.
Reed turned Ku inside out with a Regal Plex. Bang and Matthews returned to the ring and hit a 450. Bang went for another, but Reed moved out of the way, and The Rejects hit the Judd Nelson Driver. However, they were pulled out of the ring before they could make the pin. Dom scrambled in and pinned Davey Bang to retain the GCW World Tag Team Championships.
Violence is Forever Retained the GCW World Tag Team Championships
Singles Match: Jack Cartwheel vs. Oni El Bendito
Bendito repeatedly threw Jack down to the canvas, showcasing his size and strength advantage. Cartwheel responded with a flurry of shots and took Bendito down in the corner with a lucha arm drag sequence. Bendito rolled to the apron, where Cartwheel hit him with a head kick followed by a tope, but he was caught on the shoulders of Bendito and dropped face-first on the ring apron.
Cartwheel endured a series of chops followed by a step-up knee lariat combo, resulting in a quick near fall. Bendito threw Cartwheel to the floor, executing an inside-out second-rope moonsault. He then rolled Jack back in for another quick near fall. Cartwheel rallied, hitting a desperation DDT that created some separation between both athletes. He followed up with right hands, a Death Valley Driver, and a running cannonball in the corner for a near fall of his own.
Cartwheel swept Bendito’s legs, sending him to the floor, where he executed a beautiful Sasuke Special for another near fall. Jack maintained the advantage by firing away at Bendito’s back with a couple of strikes, but Oni fired up and hit him with a powerbomb into a brutal superkick for a two-count.
Oni placed Jack on the top rope. Jack knocked him off with a headbutt and attempted a Dragonrana, but Oni caught him, hitting a sit-out powerbomb for another close near fall. Jack avoided a lariat, retaliating with a cutter and a superkick. However, he was caught with another powerbomb followed by a backbreaker powerbomb, securing the victory for Bendito.
Oni El Bendito Defeated Jack Cartwheel
Tag Team Match: PME (Marino Tenaglia and Philly Collins) vs. The Rich and Powerful (Charles Mason and Richard Holliday) with Parrorw
Holliday and Philly C started the match for their teams. Holliday drove Philly shoulder-first into the ring post. Marino tagged himself in but was halted with a big lariat followed by a series of boots and chops in the corner. Mason tagged himself in and delivered a few chops of his own. Mason skillfully avoided Marino’s offense, locking in a sleeper. Marino countered by driving Mason into the corner and hitting him with a rana followed by a dropkick. As he prepared to continue, Holliday grabbed his hair, allowing Mason to get back on his feet. They dragged Marino back into their corner, stomping away on his body.
Holliday and Mason made quick tags, isolating Marino in their corner. They attempted a delayed vertical suplex, but Philly intervened, causing Marino to hit a DDT. Philly and Marino executed a tag team combination for a close near fall on Mason. Holliday followed with a cutter, setting Marino up in the corner for a basement dropkick from Mason.
Parrow continued to bend Marino in the corner as Mason distracted the referee. The crowd started chanting for PME as they attempted to mount some offense. Tags were made, and Philly C unleashed a flurry of punches on Mason, followed by a spinning heel kick for a two-count. Philly called for a piledriver, but Holliday cut him off, allowing Mason to hit the Tower of London on Marino. This was followed by a pair of running double knees into a Death Valley Driver, securing the victory.
Rich and Powerful Defeated PME
Post Match: Parrow beat up both members of PME and hit them with a double chokeslam. Parrow and Mason put plastic bags over PME’s heads as the refs ran in to pull them off.
Singles Match: Broski Jimmy with Steph De Lander vs. 1 Called Manders
“My Broski training has been going very well, I’m really happy to be a part of the Cardona family. Today we are going to work on promos, this line is very important and it came from the Indy God himself, I only have one thing to say, Fuck Ohio.”- Broski Jimmy Lloyd
Jimmy attempted to take Manders off his feet with a shoulder tackle, but Manders stood firm and responded with one of his own, sending Jimmy flying. Despite Jimmy hitting Manders with a rana, Manders quickly popped back up and delivered another significant shoulder tackle. Manders then lifted Jimmy up for a vertical suplex, but SDL entered the ring, pulling Jimmy down. SDL tried to push Manders around but hastily retreated to the floor. Manders followed, providing a distraction that allowed Jimmy to soar out of the ring with a big tope.
After a hug between Jimmy and SDL, they sent Manders back into the ring for a quick near fall. Jimmy performed the Cardona choke push-up spot and landed more strikes on Manders’ head. Jimmy placed Manders in the corner and aimed for the Broski Boot, but Manders evaded, countering with a powerslam. Jimmy went to the floor, threw a chair at Manders’ head, and then struck him across the back with it. Despite the pain, Manders fought back. Jimmy hit him in the head with a chair and targeted his arm to neutralize the lariat. However, Manders leveled Jimmy with a powerful lariat using the other arm.
Manders called for another lariat, SDL caught his arm, and as Jimmy ran into SDL, Manders hit him with a lariat. However, Jimmy kicked out at the last second. Manders climbed the top rope for a moonsault, but Jimmy moved out of the way and countered with a piledriver. Manders managed to get his shoulder up again. Jimmy retrieved a door from under the ring, setting up a door bridge in the center. Manders hit Jimmy with a lariat to the back of his head and prepared for a powerslam. SDL, on the apron, threw powder into Manders’ face, allowing Jimmy to capitalize with a Rough Ryder through the door for the victory.
Broski Jimmy Lloyd Defeated Manders
Six-Man Tag Team Match: Alec Price, Brayden Toon, and Jeffrey John vs. Los Macizos and GCW Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita
Price and Miedo started the match with a tie-up. Price grabbed a side headlock, but Miedo shot him off the ropes, taking him down with a shoulder tackle. They continually escaped each other’s holds, eventually wrestling to a stalemate. Ciclope and Toon tagged themselves in, engaging in a back-and-forth exchange. Toon delivered a big boot followed by a double clothesline that brought both men down. John and Rina fired away at each other, with John blocking the claw with both hands and countering with a forearm. However, Rina stayed on her feet, hitting him with a kick to the head before tagging in her partners. Together, they executed triple-team action on John.
In response, John delivered a big clothesline and boots to Ciclope in the corner. They made quick tags, all putting boots on Ciclope’s head. Toon and John executed a moonsault-frog Splash combo, but Ciclope kicked out at the last second. Ciclope fired up, hitting a double Northern Lights suplex and a double testicular claw from Rina on Toon and Price. Miedo locked in one on Jeffrey John and then took them all out with lariats. Ciclope hit John with a spinebuster into a Gord buster splash for another near fall.
Ciclope and Miedo introduced chairs into the ring and set up a door bridge in the center. They attempted a Doomsday on Price, but he escaped and hit an emergency leg drop on Miedo. They cleared the door, allowing Ciclope to throw a chair at Price, breaking up the pin attempt. Toon executed a moonsault to the floor, taking out Los Macizos, and Price followed with a big dive himself. Jeffrey hit a big cutter on Rina, but she kicked out at the last second. Price attempted another dive, but Los Macizos caught him and tossed him over the fourth row of chairs. They isolated John in the ring, hitting him with a Doomsday Device through the door followed by a big splash from Rina for the victory.
Los Macizos and Rina Yamashita Defeated Alec Price, Brayden Toon, and Jeffrey John
Singles Match: Lio Rush vs. Myron Reed
They spent the first moments of the match in a feeling-out process, with neither man able to gain the advantage until Lio sent Reed to the floor and hit him with a tope. Not to be outdone, Reed responded with a tope of his own on Lio Rush, followed by another one from Lio Rush on Reed. Reed scrambled back into the ring and hit Lio with a big dive over the top rope. Lio connected with a punch on the floor, followed by a big chop. Reed tried to walk it off, but Lio pursued and continued to strike him.
Lio placed Reed across several chairs, and went to the top rope, but Reed quickly met him up on the turnbuckle, and they continued to battle on the floor below. Reed caught Lio with a scissor kick, followed by a kick to the back of Lio’s head for a close near fall. They each spun out of each other’s ripcords, and Lio finally landed a kick to Reed’s head for another near fall.
Reed connected with a series of chops and strikes to Lio Rush. Lio no-sold a superkick and hit one of his own. Both men recovered on the mat as the referee, Dan Perch, started a double countout. They traded punches in the center of the ring, with Lio hitting a stunner on Reed. Reed was able to spin out of whatever Lio had next and hit a Stundog on Lio Rush, followed by a cutter over the top rope. However, Lio blocked it and hit him with a poisonrana on the floor.
Lio followed up with a rolling clothesline and a big falcon arrow, but Myron Reed kicked out. Both men were giving everything they had to try and pick up the win. Lio went for a Frog Splash, but Reed moved out of the way. They traded lariats, and although Reed was staggered, he popped back up and hit Lio with a cutter followed by a flatliner. However, Lio was able to bridge up at the last second.
Reed muscled Lio back into the ring, attempting a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Lio got out of it only to eat a stiff kick to the side of his head. They scrambled for position, which ended with Reed getting the leverage pinfall on Lio Rush for the upset victory.
Myron Reed Defeated Lio Rush
GCW Extreme Championship Match: Joey Janela (Champion) vs. Microman
Microman initially laid down for Joey, who obliged, but Microman quickly popped back up and punched Joey in the face multiple times. Joey retaliated by booting Microman in the stomach and proceeding to stomp away on the little wrestler. Microman, however, ducked a clothesline and executed an arm drag, knocking Joey to the floor. The crowd erupted in a ‘Holy Shit’ chant as Joey got back on his feet, facing off again with Microman. Joey extended his hand but tricked Microman, delivering a punch to the head. Joey then tossed Microman to Referee Max Recon, who tossed him back, allowing Joey to hit Microman with an elbow.
Joey followed up with a big boot and a leg drop, but Microman evaded at the last second and retaliated with several suplexes on Joey. The crowd chanted ‘Suplex City’ as Microman executed a droptoe hold followed by a 619, securing a close near fall. Joey hit a sliding uppercut on Microman, then retrieved a chair from under the ring. He attempted to strike Microman with the chair, but Microman cleverly stepped on Joey’s toes and hands, Sabu-ing Joey with the chair. Despite this, it wasn’t enough to put Joey away.
Microman went for a Vader Bomb, but no one was home. Joey grabbed a door and set it up in the corner. He tried for a Death Valley Driver through the door, but Microman escaped, spearing Joey through the door. Microman followed it up with a DDT that spiked Joey for another close near fall. They traded chops in the center of the ring, and Joey eventually hit Microman with a superkick, pinning him to retain the GCW Extreme Championship.
Joey Janela Retained the GCW Extreme Championship
Singles Match: Joshua Bishop vs. Hoodfoot
The two men stood in the center of the ring, exchanging punches. Hoodfoot briefly gained an advantage, but Bishop muscled him up and tossed him across the ring with a fallaway slam. Hoodfoot sent Bishop outside, then hit him with a big tope. Hoodfoot was subsequently picked up and slammed repeatedly on the ring apron, providing Joshua the opportunity to grab two doors and a couple of chairs, placing them in the ring.
They each grabbed pieces of broken doors and threw them at each other’s heads before proceeding to beat each other over the head with the door pieces. Shattering doors on their heads, Bishop dunked a chair on Hoodfoot’s head before setting up a door bridge. Hoodfoot responded with a chair shot of his own and a Saito suplex through the door. However, Bishop was still able to kick out at one.
They continued beating each other over the head with steel chairs. Bishop set up a series of chairs back to back and threw Hoodfoot back-first onto the chairs for the victory. An absolutely brutal bump.
Joshua Bishop Defeated Hoodfoot
Mance Warner vs. EFFY Contract Signing:
EFFY cut a promo on Mance Warner and told him that EFFY isn’t a stepping stone for anyone and that he isn’t going to let Mance get anywhere near the GCW World Championship. Mance grabbed the mic, as the crowd started to chant ‘Shut the Fuck up.’ Mance told them to shut the fuck up because he has the mic. Mance said that he and EFFY should’ve been running GCW but EFFY did what he always does and he gave handouts to every lost soul who needs a little bit of help and the rub. He said that he never needed EFFY and that he only needed one thing and that’s the GCW World Heavyweight Championship. They signed the contract and Mance attacked EFFY busting him open with a pen and signed the contract in blood.
Singles Match: Jonathan Gresham vs. Cole Radrick
Gresham tied up Cole, who managed to break free for a moment before succumbing to an arm lock submission. Gresham then started to target Cole’s leg, prompting Cole to scramble to the ropes for an escape. After letting Cole get back up, Gresham once again applied various arm submission holds, utilizing his strength advantage to keep Cole down. The two traded pinfall attempts, with neither man able to secure a victory.
Gresham attempted an arm drag, but Cole blocked it. They reset and locked up again, resulting in Cole falling victim to Gresham’s leg lock. Gresham pulled Cole to the floor, where Cole retaliated with a punch to Gresham’s face before bringing him back into the ring and locking him in a crossface. Gresham reached the ropes, breaking the hold. Both competitors reset, and Gresham backed Cole into the corner, delivering a slap across the face. Cole fired up, pie-faced Gresham, and they continued trading slaps and chops. Gresham worked over Cole’s eyes, forcing him down on the mat and delivering more chops.
Gresham beat Cole down, focusing on his arm. Cole, however, countered with a desperation lariat to the back of Gresham’s head, followed by a running lariat in the corner and a flatliner for a close near fall. Cole attempted his handspring back elbow, but Gresham blocked it and went for a backslide. Cole kicked out and tried for the Lil Sebastian’s Curse, but Gresham blocked it. Cole attempted to pick Gresham’s arm, but Gresham caught him with an up-kick and targeted Cole’s legs, locking him in a Boston Crab. Cole reached the ropes, breaking the hold.
Gresham executed a desperation DDT followed by a big lariat, but Cole kicked out at the last second. Gresham continued to isolate and work over Cole’s arm. Cole created some separation and leveled Gresham with a forearm. Attempting to whip Gresham across the ring, Cole’s arm gave out. Gresham then tied up Cole in the octopus hold, and although Cole briefly escaped, Gresham managed to tie him up again. They traded near falls, engaging in the fish-out-of-water spot. Cole locked in a Bully Choke to wear down the submission specialist.
Cole was taken out with a dropkick to his knee followed by a stiff forearm to the back of his head, but he still managed to kick out. Gresham removed his elbow pad and attempted to hit Cole with a lariat, but Cole caught the arm and retaliated with forearms of his own. Gresham kicked out once again. Gresham locked Cole in a sleeper hold, ultimately choking him out for the submission victory.
Jonathan Gresham Defeated Cole Radrick
