Tag: Allie Katch

WWE scout Gabe Sapolsky praises ‘one of the most improved talents I’ve ever seen’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE talent scout Gabe Sapolsky had high praise for indie wrestler Allie Katch after watching her compete this past weekend.

On Sunday, Katch was in action against WWE ID Women’s Champion Laynie Luck for Women’s Wrestling Revolution in Massachusetts. Sapolsky was at the show and called Katch vs. Luck one of the best indie bouts he’s seen since starting in his current role with WWE.

Sapolsky also noted that Katch is one of the most improved wrestlers he’s ever seen.

“Much respect to Allie Katch,” he tweeted. “Incredible WWE ID match vs. Laynie Luck at WWR yesterday. One of the most improved talents I’ve ever seen.”

The 32-year-old Katch is an indie mainstay and regularly competes for Game Changer Wrestling, where she suffered a setback in January 2025 when she broke her leg at the promotion’s Hammerstein Ballroom show. Katch ended up having to spend most of the year out of action following that injury.

Luck, who retained her WWE ID title in Sunday’s match, called on WWE to sign Katch to the program despite her loss.

Sapolsky, the former ROH booker who founded the original Evolve indie promotion, works for WWE as a domestic talent scout and creative consultant. He’s involved with the WWE ID program and weekly WWE Evolve show.

Indie wrestlers Notorious Mimi, Valentina Rossi, Fallyn Gray, and Airica Demia are the latest names to be signed to WWE ID deals.

Allie Katch discharged from hospital following surgery

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Allie Katch is heading home from the hospital after undergoing surgery to repair her broken leg.

On Tuesday morning, Katch shared an update with fans informing them that she has been discharged from the hospital. She underwent surgery yesterday after suffering two broken bones in her leg at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday night. She was facing Effy at The People vs. GCW when the injury happened. When attempting a dive through the middle and bottom ropes, Katch landed badly and injured her leg. The match was stopped and Effy was declared the winner.

Though she was initially told that it would be six weeks before she could walk without crutches, Katch said there is optimism that she’ll be off crutches before that.

A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help Katch with medical expenses and the loss of income that she is going to experience in the months she is out of action. It has currently raised more than $47,000.

By defeating Katch, Effy advanced to the main event of Sunday’s show and defeated Mance Warner to become the new GCW World Champion. This was Game Changer Wrestling’s second time ever holding a show at the legendary Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Allie Katch undergoes surgery for broken leg

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Update —

Allie Katch has shared her first post-surgery update:

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Allie Katch has already undergone successful surgery for the injury that she suffered at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday night.

A match between Allie Katch and Effy at The People vs. GCW had to be cut short when Katch suffered two broken bones in her leg while going for a dive through the middle and bottom ropes. Effy was declared the winner and advanced to the main event, where he defeated Mance Warner to become the new GCW World Champion.

Fellow wrestler Steph De Lander has been helping Katch after the injury and sharing updates on social media. This afternoon, De Lander informed fans that Katch is out of surgery and is on the road to recovery. But it will be a long road ahead, and De Lander has started a GoFundMe campaign to help assist Katch with medical bills and the loss of income she is going to experience while out of action.

Katch will be staying in the hospital overnight following surgery. She sent out a message early this morning thanking anyone for the love they’ve shown her.

“I feel the love and I am so grateful, it’s the light in this very scary and uncertain time,” Katch tweeted. Forever in debt to Steph for taking care of me and thank you to all who have reached out. I’ll have more to say and update later but I am so tired and hangry yall!!!”

The GoFundMe has currently raised more than $34,000. Matt Cardona, Liv Morgan, Raj Dhesi (the former Jinder Mahal), Nic Nemeth, Piper Niven, Chelsea Green, Kris Statlander, Nick Wayne, Natalya, Will Ospreay, and Moose are listed among the contributors.

Allie Katch sustains injury at The People vs. GCW

Posted on by Josh Nason

A match to determine who would challenge GCW Champion Mance Warner in the main event of Sunday’s The People vs. GCW ended prematurely due to an injury.

In a no. 1 contender’s match earlier on the streaming special, Effy was taking on Allie Katch when Katch backdropped him to the floor, following him outside with a tope. She injured herself on the dive, sustaining a left leg/ankle injury. A picture shared on social media showed her foot at a contorted angle.

She was stretchered out afterward:

The match, which lasted under five minutes, was called for Effy. Warner then came out and attacked Effy with the title belt, putting him through a table to boot.

Effy will be looking for his first GCW title victory while Warner will be trying to secure the 28th successful defense of the championship he won in June 2024. The two have feuded in GCW for more than a year, competing in a Cage of Survival match, a strap match, an I Quit match, and a last man standing match.

The show is taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Impact TV taping spoilers: Victory Road fallout, Allie Katch debuts

Posted on by Ian Carey

The following are spoilers from Impact Wrestling’s TV Tapings from Nashville’s Skyway Studios on Saturday featuring the fallout from Friday’s Victory Road. 

Allie Katch made her promotional debut on the show. She was defeated by Masha Slamovich in a Monster’s Ball match. Slamovich will challenge Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts title at Bound for Glory on October 7. 

Before the Impact:

  • Yuya Uemura defeated Jason Hotch
  • Juice Robinson defeated Alex Zayne

Impact on AXS TV tapings: 

  • Bullet Club’s Chris Bey & Ace Austin defeated Laredo Kid & Trey Miguel
  • Digital Media Champion Brian Myers defeated Crazzy Steve to retain his title. 
  • Black Taurus defeated Delirious
  • An Honor No More promo segment was interrupted by Josh Alexander, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Heath, and Rich Swann leading to a brawl. 
  • Rich Swann & Heath defeated PCO & Vincent
  • Masha Slamovich defeated Allie Katch in a Monster’s Ball match. 
  • Kazarian defeated Kenny King
  • Mickie James defeated Gisele Shaw
  • Steve Maclin defeated Moose (Sami Callahan was the special guest referee)
  • Taya Valkyrie & Jessika w/ Rosemary defeated Johnny Swinger’s Swingerellas
  • Alex Shelley defeated Matt Taven
  • A contract signing for Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace’s title defense against Masha Slamovich took place. It ended with Slamovich smashing Grace into the table. 

Nick Gage attacks Matt Cardona at GCW Homecoming Part Two

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Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green’s wedding vow renewal ceremony did not go as planned. 

The segment headlined GCW Homecoming Part Two from Atlantic City on Sunday.  Former Tough Enough winner, Maven, officiated the ceremony and insulted the fans for making hurtful comments online about the Cardonas. 

Cardona’s parents were in attendance for the ceremony. Green had a special surprise for Cardona as well and brought out Maki Itoh to sing for them. 

At one point, Cardona said that he put GCW on the map when he defeated Nick Gage for the title. Gage would then hit the ring along with Dewey Donovan shortly after the ceremony ended. Gage first attacked Cardona’s father with light tubes and then turned his attention to Cardona. 

Green went to confront Gage but was attacked by Allie Katch, who hit her with the wedding cake and then gave her a piledriver. Gage then took a pizza cutter to Cardona’s forehead and got on the microphone to say it’s “MDK all f***ing day” to end the show. 

Earlier on the card, Maki Itoh made her debut for the promotion. She defeated Dark Sheik in singles competition. Itoh had lost to Billie Starkz at JCW After Hours Two the night before. 

The GCW fans continue to boo Blake Christian after it was revealed he signed an AEW/ROH deal and will not be around as much. After his team with Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne was defeated by the Second Gear Crew, Christian got up in his teammates’ faces as the crowd continued to turn on him. 

Charles Mason attempted to interfere in the BUSSY vs. Charli Evans & Everett Connors match. All four official participants in the match ended up piling on him for the pin, however, despite him not actually being in the match. 

One night after winning the GCW Ultraviolent Championship from Alex Colon, Rina Yamashita would successfully defend it against the 6ft 2 Sawyer Wreck. 

The promotion also appears to be building to a big tag team title match on September 3 in Chicago. The Briscoes defeated Los Macizos for the titles on Saturday and were then challenged by the Second Gear Crew for a future title match. After John Wayne Murdoch and Alex Colon defeated Los Macizos on Sunday, they said they want a crack at the titles too. BUSSY hit the ring after the match and also said they want a shot at the tag titles in Chicago. So, it appears multiple teams are looking to face the Briscoes for the belts that night. 

GCW will be back with shows next weekend from Concord, North Carolina on Friday and Atlanta on Saturday. 

The full results from GCW Homecoming Part Two are as follows:

  • GCW Extreme Champion Cole Radrick defeated Alec Price, Gringo Loco, Axton Ray, Jimmy Lloyd, & Masha Slamovich to retain the title
  • Maki Itoh defeated Dark Sheik
  • Ninja Mack defeated Kevin Blackwood
  • The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, Matthew Justice & 1 Called Manders) defeated Blake Christian, Jordan Oliver, & Nick Wayne
  • Mike Bailey defeated Starboy Charlie
  • BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy) vs. Charli Evans & Everett Connors went to a no-contest
  • GCW Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita defeated Sawyer Wreck to retain the title.
  • The Mega Bastards (John Wayne Murdoch & Alex Colon) defeated Los Macizos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) in a tag team deathmatch

Effy & Allie Katch win GCW Tag Team titles at Paranoid

Posted on by Bryan Rose

New GCW Tag Team Champions were crowned at tonight’s Paranoid event.

The team known as BUSSY defeated The Briscoes to win the championships for the first time on tonight’s show, which took place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles. 

This ends The Briscoes’ second run with the GCW Tag Team titles, which ended after only nine days. They had defeated Nick Gage & Slade and Mance Warner & Matthew Justice in a three way match last week during Joey Janela’s Spring Break Part 1.

Here are full results from tonight’s show:

  • Minoru Suzuki defeated Blake Christian
  • ACH defeated Nick Wayne
  • Chris Dickinson defeated Masha Slamovich
  • BUSSY defeated The Briscoes to win the GCW Tag Team titles
  • Chris Bey defeated Jack Cartwheel
  • AJ Gray defeated Kevin Blackwood
  • Joey Janela defeated Gringo Loco

GCW returns tomorrow in San Francisco for Devil In a New Dress. Matches announced include Minoru Suzuki vs. Mike Bailey, Biff Busick vs. Masha Slamovich, Bandido vs. Nick Wayne, and Dark Sheik vs. Joey Janela.

Mickie James to make GCW debut at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former WWE and Impact champion Mickie James will make her GCW debut as part of Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6 during WrestleMania 38 weekend.

James will take on Allie Katch as part of the first of two nights of Spring Break action, set to begin next Thursday in Dallas, Texas, and wrapping up on Saturday.

Spring Break 6 is part of GCW’s The Collective series of events that also includes Bloodsport, For The Culture, Wrld on Lucha, and more.

This will be the first time the two have ever faced off and is James’ first indie appearance since 2016.

Here’s the current lineup for next Thursday and next Saturday’s pay-per-views:

Thursday —

  • GCW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. AJ Gray in a title match
  • Joey Janela vs. X-Pac
  • GCW Ultraviolent Champion Alex Colon vs. John Wayne Murdoch in a title match
  • GCW Tag Team Champions The H8 Club vs. The Briscoes  vs. The Second Gear Crew in a title match
  • Blake Christian vs. AR Fox
  • Mickie James vs. Allie Katch

Saturday — 

  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Effy
  • Biff Busick vs. Tony Deppen
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. PCO
  • Matt Cardona vs. Chris Dickinson
  • The Greatest Clusterf*ck battle royal: Maven, Jimmy Wang Yang, Jazzy Yang, more entrants TBA

Allie Katch vs. Ruby Soho announced for GCW’s Hammerstein Ballroom debut

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new match has been added to The Wrld on GCW, the company’s debut at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Allie Katch will face Ruby Soho on January 23. The match was announced via video, which featured a monologue with Katch walking around New York talking about arriving at a destination, citing divine timing and saying that everything that happens in your life happens at the right moment, including dream matches. She said she had been wanting this match since learning to run the ropes. The end of the video had Katch finding graffiti of “SOHO” against a wall, and ended with her arrival at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Two matches already announced for GCW’s Hammerstein Ballroom debut include Jonathan Gresham vs. Blake Christian for the ROH World title and a six-man tag match with Gringo Loco, Arez, and Demonic Flamita against Bandido, Laredo Kid, and ASF.

Soho is signed with AEW and most recently competed in the finals of the TBS Women’s title tournament, where she lost to Jade Cargill. She then teamed up with Riho to defeat Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter on last week’s episode of Rampage.

Anthony Greene, Stallion Rogers, Allie Katch to debut on AEW Dark

Posted on by Josh Nason

Two former WWE NXT wrestlers will make their AEW debuts on Tuesday’s edition of Dark as Anthony Greene and Stallion Rogers will take on FTR.

Greene was known as August Grey while Rogers went by Curt Stallion. Both were released this summer as part of the large NXT/WWE 205 Live cuts. FTR will face Sting and Darby Allin on Wednesday’s Dynamite Grand Slam show.

Longtime indie veteran Allie Katch (formerly Allie Kat) will also make her promotional debut as she faces Big Swole, fresh off her win over rival Diamante in their “three strikes” match.

The Dark Order and The Wingmen will battle in a pair of matches as Colt Cabana takes on JD Drake while John Silver and Alex Reynolds team up against Ryan Nemeth and Peter Avalon.

Tuesday’s 14-match show was taped at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Here’s the full card:

  • Santana and Ortiz vs. Chaos Project
  • Joey Janela vs. Dillon McQueen
  • Lee Johnson and Brock Anderson vs. Luke Curtis and Cameron Stewart
  • Tay Conti vs. Marina Tucker
  • Ryan Nemeth and Peter Avalon vs. John Silver and Alex Reynolds
  • Colt Cabana vs. JD Drake
  • Wardlow vs. JDX
  • Daniel Garcia vs. Alan “5” Angels
  • Lance Archer vs. Marcus Kross
  • The Bunny vs. Xtina Kay
  • The Factory (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Nick Comoroto) vs. Darian Bengston, Cole Karter and Sean Maluta
  • Eddie Kingston vs. Bear Bronson
  • Allie Katch vs. Big Swole
  • FTR vs. Stallion Rogers and Anthony Greene