Game Changer Wrestling Thread

[cgstong]

Put all your GCW thoughts in here!

Great promotion IMO

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCViRdi ... -lG_ST2Qiw
Merch: https://gcwmerch.com/

[thebrettclark]

Was live at their Nashville show over the weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed including the deatmstch-esqe stuff.

[kovs27]

I've been to a few GCW shows. I'll be attending the show on Friday in Asbury Park.

[cgstong]

GCW 08/22/19 Worst Behavior Results


- The Great Sasuke def. Tony Deppen

- Death Match: Drew Parker, G-Raver & Jimmy Lloyd def. Ciclope, Miedo Extremo & Violento Jack

- Daisuke Sekimoto defeats KTB

- Death Match: Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki & Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Eric Ryan, Markus Crane & SHLAK

- Invisible Man & Joey Janela defeat Invisible Stan & Kikutaro

- Death Match: Alex Colon defeats Masashi Takeda

[cgstong]

GCW 08/23/19 The New Face Of War Results

- KTB & Tony Deppen def.Kikutaro & Shigehiro Irie

- Death Match: Isami Kodaka, Takashi Sasaki & Violento Jack def. Alex Colon, Eric Ryan & Masashi Takeda

- Death Match: Jimmy Lloyd def. Drew Parker and Toshiyuki Sakuda

- GCW Tag Team Championships: Los Mazisos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) (c) def. Markus Crane & SHLAK

- The Great Sasuke def. Joey Janela

- Death Match: Jun Kasai def. G-Raver

[thebrettclark]

Anybody else staying up to watch the GCW/BLP show tonight?

[dhads7161]

Anybody else staying up to watch the GCW/BLP show tonight?

I was at it. Think I enjoyed it more than I did All Out, show just felt like a huge party.

[kovs27]

I ended up watching it on Sunday. Good show. I always enjoy GCW and like going when they are in the area (I'm attending the next Asbury Park show at the end of this month). I kind of wish they would do some storylines once in a while. Sometimes after the show I think about it and come to the conclusion that the show had no point to it. At least this one had Deppen winning the vibrant tho name his next match at Spring Break.

[cgstong]

Matches that have been announced for Josh Barnett's Bloodsport II:

Josh Barnett vs. Chris Dickinson
Tom Lawlor vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Timothy Thatcher
Allysin Kay vs. Nicole Savoy
Zachary Wentz vs. Anthony Henry
Anthony Carelli vs. Simon Grimm
JR Kratos vs. Erik Hammer
Sumie Sakai vs. Lindsay Snow
Matt Makowski vs. Rory Gulak

[Mike Adamle]

And now Nick Gage vs. Killer Kross

[kovs27]

Did anyone watch the press conference lady night?

[cgstong]

GCW 09/14/19 Josh Barnett Presents Bloodsport 2 Results


Pre-Show:

Matt Makowski def. Rory Gulak by knockout

Sumie Sakai submitted Lindsay Snow

************

Anthony Henry submitted Zachary Wentz

Erik Hammer submitted JR Kratos

Allysin Kay def. Nicole Savoy by knockout

Anthony Carelli (FKA Santino) submitted Simon Grimm

Timothy Thatcher submitted Ikuhisa Minowa

Davey Boy Smith Jr. def. Tom Lawlor by knockout

Killer Kross submitted Nick Gage

Josh Barnett def. Chris Dickinson by knockout

[kovs27]

Just got home from Curtain Call. David Star vs. Tony Deppen stole the show.

[cgstong]

What did you think of the show?

GCW “Curtain Call” 9/30/19 Results from House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ.

Jungle Boy def. Jake Atlas
Marko Stunt def. KTB
Tony Deppen def. David Starr
GCW World Championship Match: Nick Gage (c) def. Matt Tremont, Orin Veidt and SHLAK to retain the GCW World Championship
Shane Mercer def. Teddy Hart, Alex Zayne, Blake Christian, Chris Bey, Jordan Oliver and Mick Moretti
Matthew Justice def. Chris Dickinson
Orange Cassidy def. Ethan Page
Jimmy Lloyd def. Joey Janela

[kovs27]

Entertaining as always. I love Deppen but like I mentioned earlier, this match with Starr may be his best performance left. The 7 man scramble is always fun. It was my first time seeing Mick Moretti live and he was impressive. Justice and Dickinson may not be for everyone as watching unprotected chair shots isn't the same as it was 20 years ago.

[cgstong]

MLW World Champion Jacob Fatu and IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann will be appearing at the GCW Slime Season event on December 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some big time names are also slated for the event including:

RSP
Chris Dickinson

[kovs27]

I attended NGI and So Much Fun. The NGI took place outside of the Showboat Hotel (but not Casino) in the Sandlot. I liked the location on the pier that was used earlier in the year better but you can't break all that glass right above the ocean. Thankfully it was a beautiful day with an unseasonable high of 70 degrees. I didn't realize it was pretty much a deathmatch show which isn't my cup of tea. I don't mind death matches but a whole show of them kind of numbs me to the danger and shock I'm supposed to feel. The best part of the show should have been the G-Raver return and turn on Jimmy Lloyd but one bad thing about the GCW crowd is they rather yell stupid things from the crowd than listen to the promo and get emotionally invested. Since I didn't know G-Raver had already started wrestling again I bit and thought he was retiring and setting Jimmy Lloyd on fire was a nice touch that fits GCW.

So Much Fun took place the next day and was inside the Showboat Hotel. On a personal note this was my first indoor wrestling show since the start of the pandemic. Seats were well spaced out and there were a lot less people there compared to Run Ricky Run. Contentwise this show was much better. I recommend checking out Jordan Oliver vs. Juicy Finau, Blake Christian vs. Lio Rush, and Tony Deppen vs. Alex Zayne. I really liked Jordan and Juicy. For as young as Jordan is his selling is fantastic and did a great job of helping Juicy seem like a legitimate threat someone his size should be taken as while still getting himself over as a true heavyweight that he is becoming.

[cgstong]

So this last event... kinda crazy

TL;DR Moxley beat Cardona for GCW title after GCW War Games. Gage confronted Moxley after. Title match set for Oct 9th

Game Changer Wrestling hosted The Art of War Games live from Grand Sports Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on September 3rd, 2021. Here are the results:

Billie Starkz def. Janai Kai
Tony Deppen def. Allie Katch
PBR Ladder Scramble Fuckfest: Ninja Mack def. Yoya, Nick Wayne, Jake Lander, Shane Mercer, Dante Leon & Jordan Oliver
War Games: Team MDK (Nick Gage, Alex Colon, AJ Gray, Effy, Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) def. 44.OH (Rickey Shane Page, Atticus Cogar, Eric Ryan, Eddy Only, Bobby Beverly & Gregory Iron)
GCW World Championship: Frank The Clown def. Matt Cardona (c) by Disqualification
GCW World Championship: Jon Moxley def. Matt Cardona (c) to become the NEW GCW World Champion

You can purchase a ton of the Second City Summit shows including this one here https://www.tkqlhce.com/click-7608796-15025494

Or individually buy this show here https://www.pwponderings.com/2021/09/05 ... ley-after/

[Montana]

Thats some pretty big news. Too bad for Matt Cardona.

Hate to say it, but this is bad news for ROH... at least in the short term, if nothing else. Like it or not; I imagine Moxley and Gage will draw by itself. Think the battle for the 4th US promotion between ROH & MLW; think you can put GCW in that conversation now.

It's cool ROH started running shows again, but like there's no sense of urgency. No desire to grab media attention, no desire to help grow the brand, same old booking. The shows have been pretty good; just a majority of people don't even know.

I'm not really a GCW fan; and just don't think it's for me. I used to love ECW; as a teen. Now; all the death match stuff is just dumb. Cool, if you like it, but not for me.

[kovs27]

I'm not a big fan of titles changing hands in non-matches. Gage and Moxley didn't need the title to be involved anyway.

As someone who has been to a lot of GCW and ROH shows, it's a completely different vibe. GCW definitely would be considered cooler. The big shows feel like a giant party. ROH used to feel that way but really hasn't since The Elite left. They haven't been able to recapture that magic yet.

GCW has a lot of non-death matches. Most of is is high spot matches like the scramble match from last night but sometimes you can get a real good wrestling match if Deppen, Dickinson or if Gresham is making a special appearance.