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GCW Acid Cup 3 (Day 2)
4/9/21 - 3pm
Tampa, FL - Streaming on FITE.tv
It’s day 2 of Acid Cup! We have 7 competitors to eliminate from the bracket this afternoon. Who lives? Who dies?
Match 1: Calvin Tankman vs Dragon Bane (Quarterfinals)
Speed vs Power. Bane comes in fast and staggers the big man but Tankman hits a big powerbomb and press pin for two. Tankman landing big shots but Bane is resilient. Bane with some useless chops and Tankman returns with some withering shots. Bane with a rana and hooks both legs for two. Tankman eats the concrete but it’s not enough. Bane reverses a powerbomb to another rana. Superkicks and a destroyer! Bane with a beautiful shooting star but Calvin is out at two. One arm spinebuster, backfist and the sitout tombstone, Calvin Tankman advances.
Winner: Calvin Tankman
Match 2: AJ Gray vs Lee Moriarty (Quarterfinals)
Moriarty makes this HIS match early one, trying to wrap the aggressive Gray into the grap traps. Gray’s a champion and not out of his element here, wrapping up the legs and forcing Lee to the rope. Gray working Lee’s taped up ribs with elbows and a backbreaker. Gray is just slapping them ribs. Ow. Lee up with a double stomp. Gray wants the lariat but Lee hits a german for two. Spinning kick to the throat of Gray. AJ is mad and clubs a short lariat for two. AJ tries a powerbomb, Lee up and over, sunset flip roll up....GRAY IS CAUGHT FOR THREE. Whaaaaaaat?!!? I know Lee is IWTV champ but this feels like a huge upset to me.
Winner: Lee Moriarty
Match 3: Arez vs Cole Radrick (Quarterfinals)
Arez wants to do lucha stuff off the wrist but Radrick takes him into the graps, standing confident again and again against his opponent. Arez seems frustrated every time they disengage. Cole with a kick to the head and lariat to the back of the head for two. Trading face slaps, Arez fires up but Cole hits an air raid crash for two. Arez trying to work the ribs, big kicks to the chin. Dropkick, mizline, double stomp off the top and Arez gets a two. Arez has Cole up but Radrick slips it and hits a suplex and wrenches Arez into a sitout powerbomb to get the pin!
Winner: Cole Radrick
It looks like Laredo Kid couldn’t compete in Day 2. Jordan Oliver says that he’s going to fight the man Kid beat in Round 1: Brayden Lee. OH NICE.
Match 4: Jordan Oliver vs Brayden Lee (Quarterfinals)
Handshake of respect for Brayden stepping up today for a second chance in the bracket. Lee working a headlock, dumps Oliver out and dives after. Oliver walking it off but catches Lee coming after him with shots. Big Breakfast launches back into the ring with a corner stunner and short arm lariat for two. Lee whipped into a dropkick. Oliver drags Lee down in the head scissors. Lee picks up into an electric chair drop, Oliver is stunned. Fighting to the top rope. Oliver tries a back suplex but Lee turns it into a crossbody! Trading slaps and chops as they recover. Lee with a springboard clothesline for two. Oliver with a step up enziguri stuns Lee on the top. Oliver with a blue thunder bomb off the top! Two count?!? Lee with a poisonrana off the top and a powerbomb. Two count! Lee comes running, Oliver with that big boot again and he takes the win!
Winner: Jordan Oliver
Match 5: El Hijo de Canis Lupus vs Gabe Skye (Non-Tournament Match)
Fast paced lucha sequences to start this. Lupus works Skye into the corner and tries to choke him out with the foot. Skye germans him and crumples with a head kick for two. Lupus with a pop-up kick and a swinging german with bridge for two. Lupus tries a powerbomb, Skye with a ddt and facebuster for two. Skye with a double stomp off the top but Lupus won’t stay down. Battle back to the top and Spanish fly down, Lupus with a GTS, a powerbomb and charging knee to put Skye down. JESUS THAT FINISH. O_O
Winner: El Hijo de Canis Lupus
Match 6: Calvin Tankman vs Lee Moriarty (Semi-Finals)
Lee’s ribs are still taped up and he has a HUGE test in this round. Lee in fast but Tankman with a popup knee right to those ribs. Calvin steps on ‘em. Calvin puts his big fist into ‘em. Lee with forearms but Tankman slams him. Tankman with a body scissors and Lee is in anguish. To the feet, Tankman with a big forearm and Lee tumbles to the concrete. Lee back in n Calvin is throwing knees to the mid-section. Lee can barely stand up, he jaw jacks Calvin repeatedly to make space. He finds his range with an enziguri. Lee to the top after stunning the big man, Tankman uppercuts. Calvin hits a gutbuster to the top turnbuckle and Lee tumbles to the floor. Lee back to stun Tankman and hit a double stomp. Lee hurting himself to throw a series of chest kicks. Tankman absorbs, headbutt to the torso, gutbuster, clothesline but Lee doesn’t give it up! Calvin going for the Tankman driver but Lee slips into a sleeper hold. It’s deep and Tankman crumbles. The Ref checks the hand, Calvin is still alive. Lee starts dropping a flurry of elbows to the back of the head, Tankman goes limp and the ref stops this one!
Winner: Lee Moriarty
Match 7: Jordan Oliver vs Cole Radrick (Semi-Finals)
This going fast, Cole and Jordan throwing punches in the pocket. Cole throwing kicks. Oliver hits a uranage out of the corner for two. More punches traded, Oliver with a high kick that crumbles them both. Cole whiffs a kick and Oliver his a german. He doesn’t let go of the grip, wearing down Radrick. Step up enziguri collides Radrick face to the buckle. Cole up to the top, Oliver wants to toss him off it. Cole fights it off, Jordan tries a powerbomb, Cole with a pin reversal for two! Cole trying an abdominal stretch but Oliver with a sitout powerbomb for two! Trading slaps wild back and forth. Saito suplex from Cole! Oliver catches him running with that big boot again! ONE TWO THREE!
Winner: Jordan Oliver
Match 8: Ken Broadway vs Marcus Mathers vs Lucas Riley vs Matt Vandagriff vs Damian Drake vs Facade (non-Tournament Match)
Fast start to this, Broadway hangs in the corner while everyone beats each other up. Everyone adopts this strategy while Riley and Drake go head to head. Mathers with a powerbomb brings Broadway into the match to break the pin. Springboard moonsault from Ken crushes the rib of Mathers and Facade enters the fray. The Unguided pull Broadway out of the ring and Vandagriff comes in to face Facade. Drake joins in but Facade is holding his own. Double dropkick to the Unguided. Riley in but eats a springboard cutter from Facade. Facade back to the top but the Unguided clobber him down from there. Suplex plexand a double suplex to Facade. Broadway cuts it off and almost gets the pin himself. Mathis with a rollup to Broadway for two. Mahers with a moonsault into a flip headlock driver to Broadway! Vandagriff slingshots into a poisonrana. Riley with a step up knee to Drake. Uranage/DDT combo to eh Unguided for a near fall! Mathers with a tombstone to the apron on Riley. Drake PK’s Broadway, moonsault to the floor. Vandagriff flies over the ring post to Mathers. Facade off the top...no! Drake cuts the spot off. Springboard blockbuster to Drake on the outside! Broadway dumps Facade into the chairs. Broadway with a german bridge to Drake out of nowhere and he’s down for the three!
Winner: Ken Broadway
Main Event: Jordan Oliver vs Lee Moriarty (Finals)
Right into the graps to start but Oliver starts a shot right into the injured ribs of Lee. Moriarty wraps up a hammerlock and tosses Oliver to the floor. Oliver back in after dousing himself in water and getting a drink. Lee tries to take control back but runs into a dropkick. Oliver digs the elbow in the ribs while getting the two count. Oliver puts the ribs to the buckles, wraps a body scissors and working a dragon sleeper. Lee rolls back and tries a pin but falls into a Nelson. Lee wrenches the ankles of Jordan to break the hold. Lee dodges and Oliver posts himself. Lee around to the outside and kicking at the weakening arm and shoulder of Oliver. Oliver posts Lee out of desperation. Moriarty kneeling into the arms and wrists of Oliver back in the ring. Trading slaps, double clothesline, double down. Oliver fakes a high kick, blasts the ribs. Oliver hits the big boot but Lee is out. Oliver tries to come off the top, Lee pulls him down and tries to lock an armbar. Oliver squirms out and into a Boston Crab to get the tap out! Nice!
Winner of Acid Cup 3: Jordan Oliver
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