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And we’re back in the LA Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles for DDT vs GCW.
Commentary is Dave Prazak and Veda Scott.
Team GCW: Jack Cartwheel, Marcus Mathers, Dylan McKay, and Gringo Loco vs Team DDT: DAMNATION T.A (Daisuke Sasaki & KANON), Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada
Only Gringo Loco of GCW’s team was on the pre-show listing, so I had to grab their names on the fly.
Takagi and Jack Cartwheel start out with both of them doing a cartwheel. They then shake hands and Jack tags out to Marcus Mathers, and Sasaki tags in as well. Mathers gets a slap and a drop kick and then a rolling kick as well. He hits a hanging Northern Lights suplex for two. Mathers tags in McCay. Masada also tags in. They lock up and move to a side headlock followed by McKay hitting a shoulder tackle. Sasaske hits a drop kick and McKay tries for a swinging DDT but fails and then instead hits a spinning brain buster for two.
McKay tags in Mathers. They double team Sasaki and this rings the tag team bell and everyone is brawling either in the ring or at ringside. Mathers and Kanon fight in the ring. Takagi tags in and drops an elbow for two. Masada tags in and keeps up the attack. They keep Mathers in their corner with quick tags.
Mathers gets a series of chops on Sasaki but Kanon is able to tag in and cut off Mathers. Mathers finally gets the hot tag to Loco who gets a few moves in before tagging in Cartwheel. Cartwheel gets a springboard elbow off the ropes with a LOT of hang time. The fight spills onto the floor.
Loco and Kanon are in the ring for Loco to get a two count. Kanon gets a drop kick on Loco and chops him down. Sasakki comes in for a drop kick and all 8 men are fighting again and all of Team GCW gets stunners. Masada gets a spinning kick on Loco for two. Mathers hits Masada with a Finley roll and everyone else leaps onto Masada with Cartwheel getting the last one for the pin and the win.
Winners: Team GCW
Dark Sheik vs Saki Akai
They lock up collar and elbow and Akai gets a headlock takeover that Sheik head scissors out of. They run the ropes with Sheik gets a shoulder tackle, and then a kick. Akai gets a takedown next off the ropes. Sheik gets a kick as well and then a snap mare and a springboard leg drop. Next is a senton and then a back breaker for Akai. Sheik gets a split into a leg drop for two. Sheik then grabs a double arm stretch submission and Akai gets to the ropes. She shoves a foot into Akai’s face, stretching as if she can put her head on the mat.
Akai gets a knee strike to start her comeback, followed by kicks. Akai hits a cross body for a two count. Sheik is able to reverse a suplex into a German suplex held for a two count. Sheik tries for a pump handle slam, but Akai sweeps the leg and hits a knee strike for two.
They trade forearms in the middle of the ring. It moves to boots to the face. Akai stomps Sheik down. Sheik avoids a knee with the splits, but Akaiu gets a knee into a two count. Akai charges into a big boot and Sheik misses a spin kick from the top. Akai tries for the Quetzalcoatl but Sheik is able to reverse and turn it into a small package for the pin and the win.
Winner: Dark Sheik
That makes it GCW 2 - DDT 0
The Moonlight Express (MAO & Mike Bailey) vs The East West Express (Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne)
Everyone shakes hands before the match.
Wayne and Bailey start fast with a series of takedowns and head scissor reversals. MAO and Oliver tag in and then run the ropes with MAO going for shoulder tackles until Jordan is knocked into the ropes for his own shoulder tackle. MAO gets a drop kick and they reset with chops. They run the ropes and Oliver gets a leaping side slam for two and the tag team siren goes off and all four men are in the ring with Oliver and Wayne getting double dives twice.
Wayne and Oliver are each thrown into the ring posts. MAO and Bailey get a double kick on Oliver and Bailey tags in. Bailey drops a fist and they move to the corner where he and MAO tags in and out quickly. Wayne finally comes in to break up an abdominal stretch and again all four men are fighting. MAO gets a split legged moonsault on Oliver and Bailey gets a moonsault on Wayne on the floor.
Oliver is able to get an Okano roll on Bailey for two and then he gets the tag so that Wayne is in. Wayne cleans house. Wayne gets a spanish fly and then tries for a handspring, but Bailey is able to get a kick to Wayne midsection and MAo gets a whip and drop kick on Wayne. Wayne gets a waistlock and MAO gets free for a palm strike. Wayne gets a suplex for two and MAO bridges out of it.
They trade forearms and then run the ropes with Wayne ending it with a cutter. Both men are down, while Bailey and Oliver make it to the apron and tag in. Bailey misses a shooting star and Oliver gets a face buster and an overhead suplex. Oliver gets a sit-out powerbomb for two. All four men are in again and Moonlight Express get a double drop kick and then go to the top for a double moonsault to the floor onto the East West Express.
Wayne is busted open. Oliver is isolated in the ring and he escapes a planned suplex. Wayne gets in the ring and they scare double knees. They double slam Bailey for two. Bailey gets a double kick when he gets up, but dodges the double cutter. MAO gets in the ring for a double green tea plunge on the Moonlights for two.
Wayne is tossed to the outside and when he gets back in, the Moonlights get spinning kick takedowns. All four men are fighting now, breaking up a pin. Moonlights get a stereo high kick and a double driver on Oliver for two. Oliver gets a sunset flip and gets two and they exchange a series of near falls. The East West Express get a double team cloud cutter on MAO for the pin and the win.
Winners: East West Express
They all shake hands after the match.
GCW 3 - DDT 0
Veda drops out of commentary and Nick Knowledge joins.
Starboy Charlie vs Kazusada Higuchi
Higuchi towers over Charlie. They quickly go to the corner where Higuchi breaks clean. T They lock up again and Charlie is shoved to the corner. They run the ropes and Carlie picks the leg and gets a drop kick. Charlie hits a chop and drops the straps. Higuchi drops Charlie with one chop. Higuchi takes over with chops and a rear chinlock. Charlie is able to tie Higuchi into the ropes and then tries for a cross body and Higuchi grabs him with one arm and slams him.
Charlie tries a few more chops to no avail and Higuchi drops him with one chop. They run the ropes and Charlie gets a Thesz press and then tries to house Higuchi, again, but can't do it. Higuchi hits a pair of running clothes lines in the corner and then he places Charlie on the top. Charlie drops down and is able to carry Higuchi for a power bomb, but he can’t follow up.
They have another sequence where Charlie tries a chop and Higuchi chops him down until Higuchi gets a clothesline for two. Higuchi charges for a spear in the corner, but Charlie dodges. Charlie hits a drop kick and a moonsault onto Higuchi on the floor. Charlie gets a pair of drop kicks into Higuchi in the corner. Charlie hits a flip from the second rope for two.
Higuchi hits a doctor bomb for two. Higuchi gets a brain claw and tries for a slam, but Charlie makes it a cross face as he takes Higuchi down. Higuchi is able to pick him up, slam him into the corner and then a slam on the mat for two. Higuchi hits a claw slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Kazusada Higuchi
GCW 3 - DDT 1
Veda rejoins as Nick leaves.
Higuchi helps Charlie up and they hug.
Joey Janela vs Yuki Ueno
They start by grabbing a side headlock and then colliding in the middle of the ring until Ueno gets the shoulder tackle. Janela is able to get a series of strikes on Ueno in the corner and then after they fight for control, Janella gets a stomp on the hand of Ueno and then an arm bar. Janella goes for a cover after a shoulder yank and only gets two. Janela goes back to an arm bar.
Ueno is able to get free and fires back and Janela chops him down and grabs a hammer lock. Ueno breaks free with elbows and tosses Janela into the ring post from inside the ring. Ueno gets a leaping charge in the corner and then hits across the back of Janela in the ropes. Ueno gets a guillotine on the middle rope and then gets a half and half suplex for two.
Ueno tries for a best moonsault ever, but Janela dodges and then hits a Death Valley Driver on Ueno for two. Janela gets kicks and strikes on Ueno, and Ueno fires back until they exchange forearms. Ueno runs into a rolling elbow and drops to the floor. Janela hits a tope suicida on Ueno.
He rolls Ueno into the ring but gives him time to recover, and Ueno hits a big boot as Janella gets on the apron. Ueno then hits a tornado to the floor and tosses Janela into the ring. Ueno goes up top and hits a splash for two. Janela is able to grab an arm bar, and grabs the arm he’s been working on the whole match. Ueno is able to get to the ropes for a break.
Janela gets an elbow thrust, but as they run the ropes, Ueno gets a dragon suplex. Janela gets a German suplex and Janela gets a super kick, but Ueno gets a drop kick for two. Janella gets a brain buster. Janela gets a clothesline off the ropes and goes to the top. Ueno gets up top as well and gets a hurricanrana followed by a spinning takedown for the pin and the win.
Winner: Yuki Ueno
GCW 3 - DDT 2
Homicide & Tony Deppen vs Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo
No handshake this time, but Homicide calls out Akiyama. The lockup collar and elbow and Akiyama forces Homicide to the corner. They lock up again and this time Homicide forced Akiyama to the corner. They trade arm bars and headlocks. Neither man gets an advantage. Deppen tags in as does Endo.
Deppen picks leg and they move into met wrestling. Deppen gets a side headlock and then into a wristlock. They trade headlocks and arm bars as well and Endo is shot into the ropes and gets a shoulder tackle. They run the ropes again with Deppen getting a drop kick for two. Homicide tags in gets a pair of clotheslines for two.
Endo gets a jaw breaker and they go to the corner where Akiyama is tagged in and they trade blows. They go to the floor and keep brawling. Endo and Deppen also brawl on the other side of the ring. Homicide and Akiyama return to the ring and Homicide gets a two count.
Deppen and Homicide work over Akiyama’s arm in the ropes. Homicide gets a snap mare and a two count. Homicide has words with the ref. Homicide keeps control with strikes on Akiyama. He then bites his head in the corner and Deppen also hits Akiyama in the corner. Deppen tags in and gets a snap mare and a two count. Homicide and Deppen keep up with quick tags until Akiyama is able to escape and tag in Endo. Endo cleans house on both Homicide and Deppen and hits a delayed vertical suplex for two.
Homicide gets a neck breaker and Deppen gets a leap from the trop for two with Akiyama breaking it up. Endo gets a back breaker on Deppen and Akiyama knocks Homicide to the floor. Endo gets an assisted power bomb for two and then a Boston Crab with Homicide punching him in the head until he lets go. Homicide gets an ace crusher on Endo and Akiyama comes in and gets an exploder on Homicide.
Deppen gets tossed into Endo who hits a body slam and goes to the top. Endo gets a burning star press for the pin and the win.
Winners: Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo
GCEW 3 - DDT 3
Endo and Deppen shake hands and then handshakes all around.
Nick takes Veda’s place again.
DDT - Chris Brookes, Mizuki Watase & Shunma Katsumata vs GCW - Second Gear Crew (1 Called Manders, Mance Warner & Matthew Justice)
Brookes comes to the ring with his giant hammer again. He also brings a whole bunch of Legos. The announcers let us know this is going to be a weapons brawl.
They immediately start brawling around the building. We’re told about the people who have won death match championships and tournaments. Warner is the first to use Legos. Chairs are also being used as it is a split screen fight. Early on, Mance is busted open. After a bit all 6 men are at ringside and the DDT folks leap onto the GCW folks. Brookes and Manders enter the ring and Manders takes off a cowboy boot to attack people.
Manders is slammed feet first on the legos. Brookes breaks the lego bin over Manders’s head. Warner has a ladder around his neck and helicopter until he’s punched in the swimsuit region. Katsumata is speared while doing the same thing. Chairs are then used on Katsumata.
The mat is basically covered in Legos and more bins are brought into the ring and stacked up. Justice is put through the bins. All six men brawl in the ring. DDT brings in staple guns so everyone in GCW is now bleeding. GCW uses the staple guns in swimsuit areas. Katsumata gets a whole bunch of staples and doors are brought into the ring.
Katsumata is then back dropped through a door on chairs and the fight continues. All three GCW men are put into a door. DDT then hit coast to coast on all GCW members for a two count. More doors are brought out and tons of chairs are set up. Katsumta climbs a ladder and drops onto Justice through two doors. Katsumata gets a two count on Justice. Now everyone is swinging broken doors and chairs.
Watase takes two chair head shots and powers up. They brawl around the ring and finally Katsumata takes a DDT and all of GCW cover him for the pin.
Winners: Second Gear Crew
Everyone shares a beer in the ring.
GCW 4 - DDT 3
Veda comes back and Nick leaves.
Team Bussy (Allie Katch & Effy) vs Pheromones (Danshoku Dino & Yuki Ino)
So, expect a Hard R Rated match.
Katch and Ino start the match and Ito does his sexy pose on the second rope. Ito dodges the lock up a couple of times, making Katch upset. Ito poses again. Katch gets a kick and a shoulder tackle, and Ito fires back with his own shoulder tackle. Effy tags in and Dino tags in. They spend a lot of time looking each other over and then they go to kiss and Katch breaks it up.
The story of the match is the Pheromones and Effy just want shenanigans and Katch wants a fight. As Katch lands blows on Ito, he takes off his singlet to show he's only wearing a jockstrap. Dino also down to his thong and they do the memory go round stink face. Effy gets rid of Katch and then he asks for the merry go round.
Effy then strips to his jock strap and they do a triple merry go round on Katch. The Pheromones toss Effy and lock on a Boston Crab on Katch into Oto’s nether regions. There are more shenanigans around Katch being shoved in Pheromones swimsuit areas. Katch finally pulls down her shorts to fight in her thong. She then hits hip attacks on the Pheromones and then cannonballs. Bussy then gets a pair of DDTs for two counts.
Wwe then get a bit where people are slamming into other people’s behinds including officials and the referee. It ends when an official slams Effy into an official and the bell is called for.
There is no winner as we have all given up. No contest.
Main Event: Cole Radrick vs Yoshihiko (Iron Man Heavy Metalweight Champion)
Remember that Yoshihiko is a dummy. No, an actual dummy and probably a full body pillow with a face on it.
Last night, I treated it kind of seriously, and I guess I have to as well, but it’s a joke that only works once to me. I mean, it’s a man wrestling an inanimate object. I liked it better when the comedy stuff started the show.
They argue in the corner and Yoshihiko takes Radrick down with a headlock twice. Radrick then forces Yoshihiko to the corner and gets a few blows but Yoshihiko knocks him to the outside and Radrick launches Yoshihiko into the wall. Radrick runs around the ring for a clothesline into Yoshihiko in a chair. Radrick rolls Yoshihiko into the ring and pulls him out and gets a German suplex, but Yoshihiko blocks in and hits a suplex of his own.
Yoshihiko gets a swinging DDT and they troll into the ring and Yoshihiko gets a two count. Yoshihiko gets a splash in the corner, but Radrick carries him out for a back breaker. Radrick gets a rear chinlock. Yoshihiko escapes and gets a Pele kick. Yoshihiko gets a small package for two, and Radrick spinning take down for two.
Radrick carries Yoshihiko to the top and Yoshihiko turns it into a top rope hurricanrana. Yoshihiko hits a leap to the floor onto Radrick. Radrick is rolled into the ring for a DDT and a two count. Radrick gets an air raid crash for two. Radrick pulls out 2 doors and chairs and he tosses them onto Yoshihiko.
Radrick sets up a door in the corner. “After getting hit in the head, Yoshihiko has not moved.” Well, of course not.
Radrick lays Yoshihiko on a door set up on chairs. Radrick goes to the top and Yoshihiko sits up. Yoshihiko goes to the top and gets a superplex front he top through the door for two. Yoshihiko gets a sunset flip and Radrick puts Yoshihiko through the door for two. They exchange slaps and head butts. Yoshihiko gets a pile driver for two. Yoshihiko grabs a chair and throws it at Radrick. He tosses a second chair, but Radrick goes to the top for a middle drop kick.
Radrick gets a package piledriver for the pin and the win.
Winner and new Iron Man Heavy Metalweight Champion: Cole Radrick
GCW 5 - DDT 3
My review. Too damn long for a one joke match.
They shake hands and Yoshihiko hits a low blow and gets a small package for the pin and the win.
Winner and new Iron Man Heavy Metalweight Champion: Yoshihiko
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