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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of Game Changer Wrestling's "Just Be Honest" from Los Angeles, CA at the Ukranian Culture Center, airing live on FITE.TV:
The show opened with a graphic in memory of the late Justice Pain.
Kevin Gill welcomed everyone to the show from the center of the ring. Gill announced Pain's passing, noting he helped lead a revolution on the East Coast as part of Combat Zone Wrestling and it was noted he was Nick Gage's brother. Gill asked everyone to please rise and honor his memory with a ten bell salute. They respectfully did as the bell was tolled.
AJ Gray vs Chris Bey
Some nice back and forth wrestling before they faced off. It was Bey’s finesse vs. Grey’s strength early on until Bey used a head scissors takedown. Bey was enjoying himself until Grey caught him with a thick, hard chest and a running charge in the corner. He nailed a roundhouse kick for a two count. He controlled Bey with a hard chop in the corner and followed with a second. Bey absorbed them and tried to psych himself up, only to be chopped back down to the mat again.
Bey was sent into the corner and drilled with a back elbow for a two count. The announcers said he was on Bey like a “horny honey badger.” Well, OK! Grey sent him hard into the corner. Bey crumpled down, grasping at his back. Bey tried to fire back with chops and used a head scissor takedown to throttle Grey face-first into the buckles.
Bey nailed a series of knee strikes and chops, trying to daze the bigger competitor. Greg went for a springboard back elbow but Bey avoided it and nailed a leaping forearm in the corner. Bey was elevated up and over to the apron but used a springboard into a Famouser for a two count. Grey cut off Bey with a big spinebuster and a sit-out powerbomb for a close two count.
Grey placed Bey on the ropes. Bey fired back with a chop and trapped him under the buckle. He kicked Grey and used a Code Red for a two count. Bey nailed a superkick on Grey and went to the top but was snatched and hit with a superplex with authority off the top for a close two count. They battled back in to the corner with Bey scoring with a series of forearms on the top. He laid out Greg across the top rope for a double stomp but Greg slipped, hanging sideways like a hammock. Bey reset himself and rebounded off the ropes with a dropkick that sent Greg to the floor.
Grey was tossed back into the ring, where Bey came off the top with a double stomp. Grey ducked a clothesline and nailed a lariat for a close two count. He nailed a powerslam with authority, flipping Bey down hard and scored the pin.
Your winner,AJ Gray!
This was a damn good opener. They had some nice chemistry. Bey really worked well with the larger Grey, who was a great base for him and did a nice job enforcing his will during the bout.
Bey got a nice chant and the crowd showed him some respect on the way out.
Joey Ryan vs Jimmy Lloyd
Joey Ryan took the mic and said that everyone thinks he’s just a comedy hack and everyone thinks Lloyd is some garbage, hardcore wrestler. Ryan said he was trained in the New Japan dojo and he knows Jimmy was trained by Drew Gulak. He said they should show everyone that they can keep the match in the ring and have a technical masterpiece.
Lloyd agreed they immediately began grappling and going back and forth with Lloyd working over Ryan’s arm with Ryan reversing to get out of it and cinching it in a side headlock. Ryan was sent into the ropes and shoulderblocked Lloyd down. They went back and forth until Lloyd kicked Ryan in the head. He went for discus forearm but Ryan blocked it and drilled his shoulder with a knee strike.
Ryan continued working on the shoulder, then snapped Lloyd into the buckles, shoulder-first. Ryan nailed a hammerlock slam and cinched on an armbar. Lloyd went into the ropes and on the rebound, Ryan went for a leapfrog. His mighty, uh, tool, connected with Lloyd and KO’d him. He acted apologetic but then grabbed him to try and set up the D Flip.
Lloyd battled away and they went to the floor. Ryan was sent into the ring post. They battled around ringside. Ryan was placed in a seat in the front row. Lloyd charged around the entirety of the ring and went for a splash but Ryan moved, so Lloyd took out the entire side of the seating. Ryan brought him back to the ring, where Lloyd knocked Ryan down, but then tried for a lowblow headbutt, only to knock himself silly.
Ryan hit a back suplex and set up for the D Flip, executing it for a two count. He grabbed a lollipop and tried to put it in Lloyd’s mouth to set up the superkick but Lloyd blocked it, placed the pop in Ryan’s mouth and gave him a taste of his own medicine before scoring the pin.
Your winner, Jimmy Lloyd!
There was some smart thought to this. One, they used Ryan to give Lloyd a win. Two, they had them do some solid wrestling instead of going right into the shenanigans, had some brawling and then had Ryan be the victim of his own shtick.
Arez vs, Blake Christian
Super duper fast back and forth action with exchanges, springboard and a lucha-fused style. The crowd was loving it. There were way too many moves to recap but the crowd broke out in a big GCW chant. This continued until Christian caught him with a double stomp out of nowhere. They battled to the corner, where Arez hit a crazy flip that wiped Arez on the floor. Blake nailed a big flip dive on Arez, even landing on his feet on a chair.
Arez was sent into the corner. Christian missed a charging elbow in the corner. Arez used a pretty crazy Codebreaker across the knees. He followed up with a leaping kick to the head. Just ridiculously insane exchanges in terms of speed and uniquely executed maneuvers.
They battled to the corner, battling back and forth with strikes and forearms on the ropes. Christian dumped him into the ring with a back suplex for a two count. That was pretty rude looking. The battle continued with a springboard cutter and then a rough rana that drove Arez into the mat. These two are just pulling out all sorts of insane things.
Blake went for a springboard move but Arez snatched him and hit a Northern Lights suplex. Blake sent him into the air and drove upwards with a kick to the head. They continued the madness, going back and forth with wacky, crazy offensive maneuvers.
They fired back and forth with kicks and strikes. Christian nailed a 450 splash. Arez locked on a leg submission. Christian fought to the ropes and finally made it. Arez refused to break the hold and the referee finally did. Christian went to the outside of the apron. Arez splashed his back, sending him to the floor, then hitting a pair of powerbombs on the apron.
Arez went to come off the ropes but Blake caught him and superkicked him in the face. Arez fell back into the ring. He nailed a twisting DDT and ascended to the top rope. He hit a twisting splash off the top and scored the pin.
Your winner, Blake Christian!
This will be your jam if you want to see all sorts of crazy offensive maneuvers at MACH 5. If not, you’ll find reasons why this didn’t “work” but everyone loved the hell out of this live.
Christian took the mic and challenged Will Ospreay to face him Wrestlemania 36 weekend at Joey Janela’s Spring Break.
Christian offered his hand to Arez and helped him up, showing him respect after the match.
Chris Dickinson vs David Starr
They grappled around the ring, testing each other out. Starr looked really fluid taking Dickinson down. They exchanged holds and finally faced off. Dickinson rode his back but Starr grabbed his ankle and worked over his leg. Really good stuff thus far.
Dickinson trapped Starr in the corner with a series of stiff chops, then sent him into the ropes for a big backdrop. Dickinson trapped his arms behind Starr’s back, but Starr is able to turn it into a takedown and tied him up on the mat, grape-vining his legs into another submission variation. Dickinson made it to the ropes but Starr refused to break the hold at first.
Starr drilled him with elbows and chops in the corner. He began stomping away at Dickinson, who was down in the corner. Dickinson avoided him in the corner and nailed a brainbuster for a two count. He clobbered Starr with some heavy shots. Starr fired back with chops and they went back and forth with ridiculously hard shots.
Starr cut him off with a draping brainbuster and continued working over Dickinson. Dickinson chopped Starr away with mighty blows, but Starr took his leg out and snapped his ankle several times. Dickinson drilled him with a lariat in the corner. Starr ducked a second but was caught. He escaped and shoved Dickinson into the corner but Starr was caught and dropped with snake eyes on the buckles. Starr was hit with a big back suplex for a two count.
Dickinson began drilling knee strikes and kicks to the best as Starr began to crumble, dazed, out on his feet. Starr fired back with chop and punch combinations. Starr rebounded off the ropes but was massacred with a big back elbow. Starr escaped a move and suplexed Dickinson into the buckles. Dickinson went to the floor, where he was hit with a big tope suicida.
Dickinson worked over Starr, who snatched him into a brainbuster over the knee. Lots of near falls. Both were out, spent on the mat. The war continued back and forth with neither man willing to say die as they kept kicking up at the last second. Dickinson finally scored with a Pazuzu Bomb and a killer lariat for the pin.
Your winner, Chris Dickinson!
Fans charged the ring to bang on the mat after the match.
A very well worked, hard fought match with echoes of All Japan and UWFi in terms of all the hard strikes and submissions before going into all the big moves and near falls. Absolutely different from everything else on the show thus far. Starr has become ridiculously smooth as a technical worker and Dickinson continues to impress.
Dickinson put Starr over on the mic saying he used to not like him as a person and they have different views, but he has emerged as a hell of a great wrestler. He said they are both independent in every sense of the word. He said independent wrestling is what it’s all about tonight and that’s why GCW is traveling all over the world and giving fans the best product.
Dickinson then cut a promo to warn everyone in Japan he is coming for them.
Coverage will continue on Page 2 after intermission ends!
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