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Multiple talents do not appear as advertised at GCW Devil In A New Dress

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Multiple talents did not appear at Sunday’s GCW Devil In A New Dress show in San Francisco. 

In addition to Bandido, Gringo Loco did not wrestle as advertised. No explanation was given. GCW has not responded to a request for comment on Loco not wrestling.

Additionally, Jacob Fatu did not appear at the show, although the promotion did announce that he had travel problems in getting to the event, and he was replaced by D-Rogue in his scheduled six-man tag team bout. 

Biff Busick’s travel problems and inability to make Sunday’s show were announced in a tweet thread Sunday afternoon, and he will return to the promotion on April 30.

Busick was set to take on Masha Slamovich, while Loco was set for a bout with Jimmy Lloyd. Instead, Slamovich faced Lloyd on the show. 

Bandido had been set to face Nick Wayne on the show. Instead, Wayne took on Effy in the opening contest. 

Effy had issued an open challenge to Jeff Jarrett to appear at the event, but Jarrett did not show either, although he was not explicitly advertised. 

A report from the show and full results can be found here.

Bandido no-shows GCW Devil In A New Dress, issues statement

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Bandido did not appear as scheduled at tonight’s GCW Devil In A New Dress event in San Francisco, one of several no-shows.

GCW tweeted about an hour before the show was set to begin that the 26 year-old star had apparently not gotten on his scheduled flight for the show, that they had not heard from him, and that he was not returning calls or messages. Bandido had been scheduled to face Nick Wayne on the show. Instead, Wayne wrestled Effy in the opener. Effy had issued an open challenge to Jeff Jarrett for the show.

Bandido tweeted during the show that the no-show was his mistake. 

Bandido wrestled five times over WrestleMania weekend in the Dallas area, including a AAA show, MLW show, two WrestleCon shows, and in the main event of ROH’s Supercard of Honor, where he lost to Jonathan Gresham in the main event.

Devil In A New Dress was headlined by Minoru Suzuki taking on “Speedball” Mike Bailey. 

It was announced during the show that Jacob Fatu had experienced travel problems in getting to the show, and was replaced in his scheduled six-man tag by D-Rogue. 

Biff Busick and Gringo Loco also did not appear as advertised. No explanation was given. Busick had been set to face Masha Slamovich, while Loco was set to take on Jimmy Lloyd. Instead, Lloyd and Slamovich wrestled each other. 

Our report and full results from the show can be found here.

Minoru Suzuki to face ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey at GCW Devil in a New Dress

Posted on by Ian Carey

Minoru Suzuki and “Speedball” Mike Bailey are set to face off for the first time ever.

GCW has announced Suzuki vs. Bailey for their Devil in a New Dress show in San Francisco on Sunday, April 10. Suzuki has several matches and bookings upcoming in the United States beginning with WrestleMania week in Dallas.

Suzuki will face Chris Dickinson at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 8 on March 31. That same week, Suzuki will wrestle Effy at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6 part two. Suzuki is also booked for GCW Paranoid on April 9 in Los Angeles.

Devil in a New Dress will be GCW’s San Francisco debut.

GCW also announced today that AJ Gray will defend his Extreme Championship against Sw3Rve The Realest (aka Shane Strickland). The match will take place at GCW Paranoid on April 9 in Los Angeles.

Sw3Rve The Realest will also be in action at Devil in a New Dress.