GCW Take a Picture 2024 Results: Matt Cardona declares GCW title is vacant

May 27, 2024 Jon Pine NEWS, Show Reports
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GCW: Take a Picture 2024
May 25, 2024
Chicago, IL 
Thalia Hall 

In Loving Memory of Ryan Clemson aka ClemDK

“It’s a tough league to get a hit in”- Ron Bennington 

 

Match Recommendations: 

GCW World Tag Team Championship Match: Violence is Forever vs. Los Desperados 

Nick Gage and Zilla Fatu vs. The Rejects 

Tag Team Match: Bang and Matthews vs. Jordan Oliver and Myron Reed

Oliver and Matthews started the match for their respective teams, engaging in various chain wrestling before eventually reaching a stalemate. Oliver tagged in Reed, and Matthews did the same. They picked up the pace with various leg sweeps and pin attempts. Bang had Reed up on his shoulders, but Reed escaped with a head kick, only to be caught with an upkick and a dropkick, taking him off his feet.

Bang and Matthews hit Reed with a series of tandem offense. Oliver came off the top rope but was caught with a Fameasser from Bang, sending him to the floor. Bang and Matthews went for a stereo dive to the floor but were cut off by Reed and Oliver with forearms, followed by a superkick-Tiger suplex combo for a close near fall. Oliver and Reed took control of the match with frequent tags, resulting in several close near falls.

Oliver grabbed a front face lock on Matthews, who broke out with a chin lock. Matthews reached for a tag, but Reed cut him off with a superkick. Matthews fired up and hit Reed with a DDT; both men then made the hot tag to their partners. Oliver secured a close near fall after some high-impact offense. Bang went for a small package, but Oliver reversed it with a spike DDT. Reed hit Bang with a neckbreaker, followed by a superkick from the top rope. Oliver and Reed hit an assisted German Suplex for another close near fall.

They connected with running boots in the corner. Oliver set up Bang for a double team Acid Bomb, but Matthews returned to the ring, hit Reed with a DDT, and took Oliver out with a cutter. Reed went for his tope cutter, but Bang had it scouted and blocked it. Both Matthews and Bang launched themselves to the outside with big dives. Bang and Matthews hit the quad stomp on Reed and followed it up with the Spears Tower, but the pin attempt was broken up at the last second by Jordan Oliver.

Oliver hit Bang with a top rope rana, but Bang and Matthews reversed the double Cloutcutter and hit Oliver and Reed with stereo 450s. Despite this, Reed and Oliver managed to kick out at the last second. Reed hit Matthews with a cutter, followed by the Cloutcutter from Oliver. Bang caught a cutter from Reed to the floor. Bang was placed on the top and was hit with a double-team Acid Bomb for the victory.

Singles Match: Megan Bayne vs. Allie Katch

Bayne used her power advantage early on to take control of the match, taking Allie off her feet with a series of shoulder tackles and shoulder thrusts in the corner. Bayne lit Katch up with a series of chops and isolated her in the corner. Katch fired back with some forearm shots, but Bayne hit her with two big bodyslams followed by a running splash for a two count. Katch hit Bayne with a couple of thrusts but was quickly grounded by the much stronger Bayne, who hit her with lariats in the corner.

Bayne got Katch up and attempted a powerbomb, but Katch escaped and hit Bayne with some chops, only to be countered with a facebuster and a running lariat for a close near fall. Katch fired up and took Bayne down with a splash in the corner, followed by her running hip attack/cannonball combination for a close near fall of her own. Katch attempted a headscissors, but Bayne reversed it into a powerbomb, though Katch still managed to kick out.

Katch spiked Bayne with a DDT, but it wasn’t enough to put her away. Katch placed Bayne on the top rope and went for a superplex, but Bayne knocked her off. Katch pulled Bayne down and kneed her in the face. Bayne fired up and hit Katch with a big running knee strike followed by a Tombstone for the victory.

Megan Bayne Defeated Allie Katch

Matt Cardona Promo:

He announces that due to Blake competing in the Best of the Super Juniors, he will be stripped of the Game Changer Wrestling World Championship. A new champion will be crowned next week at Cage of Survival 3 in the ‘Matt Cardona General Manager Game-Changing Gauntlet of Survival.’

“Next week, June 2nd, at Cage of Survival, in one of the biggest matches in GCW history, it was supposed to be the World Champion Blake Christian against the bad boy, Joey Janela.

I’m a man of my word, Joey will get that match, but it will not be against Blake Christian. Blake is in Japan. He’s wrestling the Best of the Super Juniors, some flip-flop spotty shit tournament. And he will not be able to get back to the United States of America.

Therefore, as of today, I am stripping Blake Christian of the GCW World Title. Effective immediately, the GCW World Championship is vacant.”

 

I’m really hoping there is a similar scene next week so I can scoop up some extra product. I also think that Cardona is going to walk out of TOS weekend, the new GCW World Champion. 

Singles Match: Parrow vs. Joey Janela

Parrow rushed in and tried to attack Janela, but Janela sidestepped him and unloaded with a series of right hands and a top rope crossbody. Janela sent himself to the outside with a big tope and attempted to beat Parrow down on the floor, but Parrow used his strength to cut off Joey and drove him back first into a steel support beam. Joey came off the ropes with an attempted crossbody but was caught by Parrow and hit with a fallaway slam. Janela tried to take Parrow off his feet with a series of chops, but Parrow slammed his head into the turnbuckle. Janela managed to get an implant DDT for a close near fall of his own.

Parrow hit Joey with a chokeslam followed by a sit-out powerbomb for another close near fall. Parrow went to the floor and grabbed a door and a couple of chairs. He hit Joey in the spleen with one and proceeded to set up a door bridge in the center of the ring. Joey was placed on the door, but he managed to get up, cut Parrow off the top, and hit him with a superplex. Joey fired up, placed a chair across Parrow’s chest, and hit him with a double stomp for the victory.

Joey Janela Defeated Parrow 

Post Match: Cardona cut a promo on Joey while Broski Jimmy Lloyd jumped him from behind and beat him down. Janela was able to turn the tables and connected with a series of punches. Parrow jumped Joey from behind to even the odds, Jimmy set up two chairs back to back in the center of the ring and Parrow dropped Joey back first on the chair backs. 

GCW Tag Team Championship Match: Violence is Forever (Champions) vs. Los Desperados (Arez and Latigo)

Emil Jay proving once again why he is the best in the world, incredible timing in his introduction. 

 

Dom and Arez started the match with some chain wrestling. Dom locked in a front face lock, but Arez escaped, and the two men returned to a standing position. They locked up again, and Dom took Arez down with an armlock, but Arez briefly broke free until Dom shifted his hips and locked in an armbar again. Arez and Latigo then ran wild on Kevin Ku, hitting Dom with a flapjack and stereo kicks to the skull. They attempted tandem dives, but ViF caught them and slammed them on the hardwood floor.

Ku locked in a front face lock on Latigo and tagged in Dom, who worked over Latigo with hard kicks and strikes, making quick tags to further isolate him. Dom connected with a sliding lariat for a close near fall, but Latigo kicked out. Dom kept up the pace, laying into Latigo with a series of chops. Ku tagged himself in and continued the assault. Latigo fired up and tagged Arez, who ran wild on Dom and Kevin with his lucha-based offense. He slammed Dom down with a Falcon Arrow, but Dom kicked out.

Arez went for a Pele kick, but Dom caught his foot and locked in an Ankle Lock. Ku locked in an abdominal stretch, but Latigo muscled Ku up and powerbombed him, breaking the holds. Latigo hit a running crossbody followed by a suplex, but Ku kicked out. Arez returned, sent Dom to the floor, and took him out with a tope. They set Ku up on the top rope, and Arez took him off with a rana. They went for a pin attempt, but Dom broke it up.

Ku and Latigo traded forearms in the center of the ring. ViF hit Chasing the Dragon followed by a lariat combination, but Latigo kicked out. They went for another Chasing the Dragon, but Latigo floated out of it while Arez came off the top with a rana followed by a powerbomb on Dom for another close near fall. Dom got Latigo up in the Muscle Buster position, and Ku came off the top rope with a double stomp, but Arez broke up the pin with a top rope double stomp of his own. Arez and Dom traded forearms, and Los Desperados ran wild on Dom with a series of head kicks followed by a German Suplex, but Ku made the save for Dom. ViF then hit Chasing the Dragon on Latigo to retain the GCW World Tag Team Championships.

Violence is Forever Retained the GCW World Tag Team Championships

Tag Team Match: Nick Gage and Zilla Fatu vs. The Rejects 

As Emil Jay was finishing his introduction of Nick Gage, Zilla jumped Murdoch and Reed, attacking them all around ringside. Gage delivered punches to Reed’s head while Zilla repeatedly attacked Murdoch with knee strikes to his face. Zilla put Murdoch on his shoulders and tossed him into Reed, resulting in Murdoch spearing Reed. Gage brought a door into the ring, and Zilla set up one on the floor. Murdoch pulled Gage to the floor and rammed his head into the ring post. Reed attacked Zilla with a steel chair, but Zilla quickly responded with a chair shot of his own.

Zilla set Reed up on the door on the floor, climbed up on the ring apron for a running start, and hit him with a big Uso Splash through the door. Murdoch tried to attack Zilla with a steel chair, but he was speared by Zilla, sending him to the floor. Reed and Gage exchanged forearms in the center of the ring, and Zilla ran headfirst into the ring post as Reed planted Gage with a half-and-half suplex. Reed rushed in, but Gage caught him and hit a choke breaker followed by his reverse springboard elbow. Before he could capitalize, Murdoch took him out with a sick kick.

Zilla returned to the ring and tried to spear Murdoch through the door, but Murdoch sidestepped him, sending Zilla crashing through the door in the corner. Zilla has some insane speed. The Rejects isolated Zilla and hit him with a Hero’s Welcome. Reed hit Gage over the head with a broken piece of door, dropping Gage immediately. The Rejects hit Zilla with double forearms and a double headbutt, but Zilla fired up and took them both out with a lariat and a Samoan Drop on Murdoch for a close near fall.

Gage hit Murdoch with a spinebuster for a near fall of his own. Gage caught Reed with two back elbows, placed him on the top rope, and took him back into the ring with a superplex. Zilla came off the other corner with another big splash, but Murdoch broke the pin attempt and started brawling with the young Fatu inside the ring. Murdoch went for a Spike, but Zilla no-sold it and hit Murdoch with a gut-wrench suplex. Zilla went for the Spike, but Murdoch ducked it and rolled him up with a handful of tights for the victory.

The Rejects Defeated Nick Gage and Zilla Fatu 

Singles Match: Danhausen vs. Speedball Mike Bailey 

Speedball hit Dan with a big thrust kick followed by a brainbuster for a two-count. Bailey mounted Dan and kept punching him in the face. Dan countered with a powerslam, followed by ten punches in the corner and a bulldog. Bailey rolled to the floor, where he was driven face-first into the ring post and took some more punches. Dan turned his back, allowing Bailey to get back into the ring and take Dan out with a tope. Bailey sent Dan back into the ring and locked him in a Boston Crab, but Dan made it to the ropes to break the hold.

Bailey begged Dan to get back up, then laid into him with a series of chops. Dan cursed Speedball, who then botched a springboard back elbow, giving Dan the opening to run wild with a couple of uppercuts and a big splash in the corner. Dan turned Bailey inside out with a release German suplex. Dan went for the jar of teeth, but Bailey tripped him up and hit the Speedball kicks, dropping Dan. Bailey connected with more kicks to Dan and went for a pin attempt after a standing Shooting Star Press.

Bailey got a running start on the floor and hit Dan with a forearm. He ran around the ring again but slipped due to the curse Dan had placed on him. Dan jumped out of the chair, punched Bailey, placed him in the chair, ran around the ring, and hit Bailey with a big boot. Bailey then hit a triangle moonsault to the floor, taking out Dan in the process. He sent Dan back into the ring and set him up for the Flamingo Driver, but Dan blocked it and hit Bailey with an avalanche German Suplex.

The two men got back to their feet and exchanged brutal forearm shots. Bailey dropped Dan with a stiff shot and got a quick roll-up, but Dan got his shoulder up at the last second. Bailey had a clean pin, but Dan Perch held up at 3 because he was cursed by Dan. Bailey grabbed the jar of teeth but was unable to open it. Dan got back to his feet, booted Bailey in the head, and hit him with a bridging Northern Lights suplex. Bailey kicked out, but Dan grabbed the jar of teeth.

Bailey fired up with a standing moonsault double knee into a superkick, but Dan kicked out again. Bailey tried to follow up with a Falcon Arrow, then went to the top and hit a Shooting Star Press, but Dan somehow kicked out. Bailey rocked Dan with a superkick followed by tornado kicks. He went for the Ultimate Weapon, but the curse made him fall off the top rope. Dan put the jar of teeth in Bailey’s mouth, superkicked him, and pinned him after a Go To Teeth.

Danhausen Defeated Mike Bailey 

Commentary: Dave Prazak, EFFY, and General Manager Matt Cardona 

Singles Match: Mance Warner vs. Cole Radrick

Mance Warner jumped Cole before Emil Jay could finish his introduction. He lit Cole up with a series of chops and sent him to the floor. Mance gloated in the ring but was pulled to the floor by Radrick, who beat him up around ringside. Cole went for a tope, but Mance Sabu’d him repeatedly. Cole tried to take him down with a sunset bomb, but Mance muscled out of it and took Cole out with a lariat.

Mance went under the ring and brought two doors back into the ring. Cole fired up and hit Mance with an Air Raid Crash through a door and onto a chair, but Mance kicked out again. Mance had doors placed on top of him as Cole came off the top with a Swanton Bomb, but Mance got his shoulder up again. Cole set Mance up on a door, but as Cole was on the top rope, Mance tossed Adam Gault into the ropes, knocking Cole down.

Mance set up a door bridge and choke slammed Cole through the door, but Cole somehow got his shoulder up. Mance went to the commentary position and got in EFFY’s face before grabbing the ring bell and heading back to the ring. Cole hit Mance with a stunner, but Mance got his shoulder up. Cole went for a springboard cutter, but Mance Sabu’d him in mid-air and hit him across the skull with the ring bell, busting Cole open. Mance then hit Cole with a DDT on the ring bell for the victory.

Mance Warner Defeated Cole Radrick

Post Match: 

EFFY got up from commentary and approached the ring with a steel chair. Mance grabbed a screwdriver from his boot as EFFY stood face-to-face with him. Mance propped Cole up and stabbed him in the skull with the screwdriver. The two traded words as Mance went to stab Cole again. Manders, Allie Katch, and Dark Sheik held EFFY back as Mance Warner left the ring.

Brett Lauderdale announced that GCW returns to Japan August 12-14 for a tour with DDT. 

Main Event: Gringo Loco vs. Dralistico 

The two men started trading fists and quickly transitioned into their lucha spots. Dralistico sent Gringo to the floor and hit him with a huge tope. Loco got back to his feet but was met with an overhand chop and was sent headfirst into the crowd. Gringo retreated back into the ring. Dralistico went for a springboard rana, but Loco caught him and hit him with a sit-out powerbomb for a two count. He sent Dralistico into the corner and leveled him with a big overhand chop of his own.

Gringo started ripping away at Dralistico’s mask and began biting his forehead. Dralistico went to the floor to escape, but Gringo didn’t give him a chance to recover, continuing to hit him with chops. Loco grabbed a chair, sent Dralistico back into the ring, and hit him over the head with the steel chair. He pulled the luchador to a standing position, connected with some big overhand right hands, and delivered another chair shot to his head. Gringo planted Dralistico face and chest first into the mat with a facebuster, but it was only good for a two-count. Dralistico was busted open as a result of the repeated chair shots to his head.

Gringo placed a chair across Dralistico’s chest and hit him with a double jump moonsault for another close near fall. Dralistico went for a rana to the floor, but Gringo caught him again and powerbombed him on the apron. Gringo continued to rip open the mask further and laid into his skull with repeated punches. The two men brawled through the crowd and ended up near the stage. Dralistico turned the tables on Loco and placed him in a chair. Dralistico climbed up onto the stage and hit Gringo with a massive leaping rana from the stage to the floor with picture-perfect execution.

Gringo Loco was hit over the head with a steel chair, busting him open instantly. Dralistico didn’t let up as he peppered Gringo with repeated overhand chops. He rolled Loco back into the ring and hit a big springboard senton, but it was only good enough for a two-count. They unloaded on each other with big overhand chops. Dralistico hit a Frankensteiner, but Gringo kicked out and was quickly hit in the head with a kick.

Dralistico repeatedly bashed Gringo’s head into a piece of broken door. He then went to the top and attempted a rana, but Gringo was one step ahead and hit Dralistico in mid-air with the broken door. They went to the top rope, where Gringo brought them back into the ring with a top rope Spanish Fly for a two count.

Dralistico took flight again, taking Gringo out on the floor with another ‘rana, which saw Gringo land headfirst into a steel chair and the wooden steps of the stage. Back inside the ring, Dralistico looked to follow up and connected with a CodeBreaker, but it still wasn’t enough to put Gringo away. Dralistico sent Loco head over heels into the corner with an overhead suplex. He then dragged Loco back into the center of the ring but took too much time getting to the top rope.

Loco fired up and hit Dralistico with a second rope base bomb, but he was too close to the ropes, allowing Dralistico to grab hold of the bottom rope. Dralistico fired up and spiked Loco with a Poisonrana, followed by a springboard crucifix bomb for the pin and the win.

Dralistico Defeated Gringo Loco 

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