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COMPLETE GCW AT WRESTLECADE COVERAGE

Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of GCW at Wrestlecade 2023 in North Carolina:

1 Called Manders, Shane Mercer, Charlie Tiger, Alec Price & Cole Radrick vs. Fuego Del Sol, Facade, Hunter Drake, Bobby Flaco & Sam Stackhouse

The match begins with Mercer and Stackhouse tagging themselves in right away, Mercer backs Stackhouse into the corner before landing shoulder thrusts. Mercer looks for a suplex and Stackhouse defends before landing a sidewalk slam, Radrick and Price hit the ring to send Stackhouse out of the ring. Del Sol hits the ring before getting double teamed by Price and Radrick, Drake hits the ring before taking out Price with a double stomp. Drake then hits Radrick with a standing shooting star press for a near fall, Tiger hits the ring and he nails a leaping Flaco with a spear. Façade hits the ring and he nails Tiger with a head kick, Manders hits the ring and Façade traps him in the corner with Tiger. Façade then hits Manders and Tiger with a springboard double suplex, Façade gets Mercer on the top rope and he drops him with a head kick. Façade goes to the top rope and Mercer kicks him in the head, Mercer then hits Façade with Moonsault & Battery for a near fall. Del Sol avoids a slam from Mercer before hitting him with a poison rana followed by a double stomp, Mercer recovers and he propels Del Sol out of the ring.

Stackhouse returns to hit Price and Radrick with a double choke slam, Stackhouse clears the ring before hitting everybody with a suicide dive. Façade gets Mercer back in the ring before landing a springboard head kick, Del Sol then hits Mercer with a top rope double stomp. Façade then takes a bunch of people out with a suicide dive, Drake then hits Mercer with a 450 splash for a near fall. Radrick and Price return to double team Drake and then land a suicide dive. Radrick then hits Drake with a swanton bomb for a near fall, Manders then hits Flaco with a lariat before eating a knee strike from Façade. Stackhouse hits the ring and he gets attacked by everybody from the opposing team, Mercer hits Stackhouse with a death valley driver for a three count.

Winners: 1 Called Manders, Shane Mercer, Charlie Tiger, Alec Price & Cole Radrick

Maki Itoh vs. Kylie Alexa

The match begins with Alexa slapping Itoh in the face, Alexa and Itoh exchange shoulder tackle attempts until Itoh trips Alexa. Itoh then hits Alexa with a headbutt to the back, Alexa gets mad and she drops Itoh with a big boot to the face. Alexa holds Itoh down while applying a chin lock to her, Alexa follows up by choking Itoh along the middle rope. Alexa tries sending Itoh head first into the turnbuckles before eating a headbutt, Itoh traps Alexa in the corner before landing a bunch of punches. Itoh drops Alexa in the corner before landing a face wash for a near fall, Alexa recovers and she sends a charging Itoh into the ropes before landing a seated senton. Alexa gets Itoh to the ring apron while trying to German suplex her to the arena floor, Itoh fights back to hit Alexa with a draping DDT onto the hardest part of the ring. Itoh then hits Alexa with a top rope diving DDT for a three count.

Winner: Maki Itoh

- Steph De Lander & Matt Cardona get the microphone before the next match, De Lander says she and Cardona are sports entertainers and not wrestlers. De Lander says nobody is more Indy than Mike Bailey, Cardona says Bailey is a wannabe Indy wrestler and he is the Indy God. Cardona declares De Lander to be the Indy Goddess, Cardona says he will eliminate Indy wrestlers in 2024.

Matt Cardona w/Steph De Lander vs. Mike Bailey

The match begins with Cardona leaving the ring as Bailey went for the lockup, Cardona and De Lander get the microphone to assure everybody that Cardona isn’t a pussy. Cardona gets in the ring and he backs Bailey into the ropes before landing a few strikes, Bailey fights back and Cardona drops him with a shoulder tackle. Bailey then nails a swinging Cardona with the Speedball Kicks, Cardona leaves the ring and De Lander helps him avoid a suicide dive from Bailey. Cardona gets the microphone again and he challenges Bailey to an arm wrestling match, Bailey obliges and the arm wrestling match takes place. De Lander interferes and she nails Bailey in the ankle with a chair to end the arm wrestling encounter, Cardona keeps Bailey down while attacking the injured ankle. Cardona holds Bailey down while twisting away at the injured ankle, De Lander interferes and she attacks Bailey’s injured ankle. Cardona takes his shirt off before choking Bailey with it, De Lander attacks Bailey again while the ref is distracted. Cardona gets Bailey out of the corner before landing a neck breaker for a near fall, Cardona keeps Bailey down while landing cross face strikes.

Cardona looks for a suplex and Bailey escapes before getting his ankle stomped on again, Bailey goes for a crane kick and Cardona bites his feet before landing a fireman’s carry for a near fall. Cardona misses a charge in the corner and Bailey nails him with a missile drop kick, Bailey then hits Cardona with a variety of kicks. Cardona avoids a standing shooting star press and Bailey still gets him in an ankle lock a short time later, Cardona gets to the ropes to break the submission up. Cardona blocks a tornado kick attempt from Bailey before landing strikes in the corner, Cardona then hits Bailey with a face wash for a near fall. Cardona looks for a suplex again and Bailey counters with a back body drop followed by the moonsault double knee drop, De Lander throws a chair in the ring and Bailey gets it while De Lander distracted the ref. Bailey fakes out Cardona before landing a standing shooting star press followed by a head kick for a near fall after De Lander dragged the ref out of the ring, Cardona then hits Bailey with a low blow before De Lander hits the ring. Bailey hits Cardona and De Lander with a double neck breaker, Bailey clears the ring before taking everybody out with a moonsault that sends them all crashing to the arena floor.

Bailey gets Cardona and the referee back into the ring, Cardona tries getting the referee in between him and Bailey before Bailey hits him with a stunner. Bailey gets Cardona in an ankle lock and his boot comes off, Cardona hits Bailey with the boot followed by a Rough Rider for a near fall. Cardona goes for a crane kick and Bailey attacks his exposed foot, Bailey then hits Cardona with a mid kick followed by a standing double moonsault knee drop. Bailey then hits Cardona with a tornado kick, Bailey goes for the Ultimate Weapon and De Lander gets Cardona out of the way. Cardona catches Bailey in a roll up with his feet on the ropes for a three count.

Winner: Matt Cardona w/Steph De Lander

Masha Slamovich vs. Jordan Oliver

The match begins with Slamovich taking Oliver down before getting caught in a head scissors, Slamovich gets free and she gets Oliver in a headlock. Oliver gets up and he goes after the arm of Slamovich, Slamovich gets free and she takes Oliver down before working over his arm. Oliver gets free and he gets Slamovich back into the headlock, Oliver then drops Slamovich with a shoulder tackle followed by a back elbow strike. Slamovich sends a charging Oliver into the ropes before kicking him in the head, Slamovich follows up by nailing Oliver with a lariat. Oliver leaves the ring and Slamovich nails him with a suicide dive, Slamovich gets Oliver back in the ring and she nails him with multiple snap mares followed by a kick to the back. Slamovich keeps Oliver down while working over his injured arm, Oliver gets free and Slamovich drops him with a chop. Oliver fights back and Slamovich nails him with a series of strikes, Oliver knocks Slamovich into the ropes before landing a boot to the head for a near fall. Oliver grabs Slamovich and he sends her right out of the ring before taking her out with a dive, Oliver traps Slamovich on the barricade before landing more strikes.

Oliver follows up by sending Slamovich right into the barricade a few times, Oliver gets Slamovich back in the ring to get a near fall on a pin attempt. Oliver then drops Slamovich with a hard Irish whip into the corner, Slamovich avoids a charging Oliver before sending him into the corner. Slamovich then drops Oliver with a missile drop kick from the middle rope, Slamovich knocks Oliver into the corner before landing a knee strike followed by a big boot and spin kick for a near fall. Slamovich sets up for the White Knight Driver and Oliver defends before landing a drop kick to her knee, Oliver then drops Slamovich with a dragon screw leg whip. Oliver goes for a spinning toe hold and Slamovich defends by landing strikes, Oliver misses a clothesline before nailing Slamovich with a super kick. Oliver follows up by hitting Slamovich with a Cleopatra followed by a Clout Cutter for a near fall, Oliver keeps Slamovich down before applying a figure four leg lock to her. Slamovich reverses the figure four before both of them roll into the bottom rope, Slamovich and Oliver then have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring.

Slamovich catches Oliver in a roll up and Oliver does the same to her, Slamovich then hits Oliver with a kryptonite krunch into the corner followed by a knee strike for a near fall. Oliver fights back and he nails a swinging Slamovich with a kick to the injured leg, Slamovich misses a kick and Oliver nails her with a release German suplex. Oliver goes for the Acid Kick and Slamovich counters with a pair of head kicks for a near fall, Slamovich goes for the White Knight Driver again and Oliver counters again with a back body drop. Oliver then hits Slamovich with an Acid Kick before getting her on the top rope, Oliver follows her up there and he eventually lands a super blue thunder bomb. Oliver then hits Slamovich with an Acid Kick, Oliver gets Slamovich in a figure four leg lock and Slamovich taps out.

Winner: Jordan Oliver

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