Negro Casas, Bandido off GCW’s Blood on the Hills event

Negro Casas and Bandido are off of this Friday’s GCW Blood on the Hills event.

The company announced that both men are off this Friday’s GCW Blood on the Hills event at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Luchablog reported that this may be  a result of CMLL, where Negro Casas is a regular, not wanting to have any of their performers working on the same show with AAA talent. This is despite Bandido, who has made appearances for AAA, no longer being on the show either due to testing positive for COVID-19 last week, also having to pull out of ROH’s Final Battle event.

Additionally, Dark Sheik and Jigsaw are also out of the card due to injury/illness.

Matches set for Blood on the Hills include a no rope barbed wire match between Atticus Cogar and Jordan Oliver, Matt Cardona & Chelsea Green vs. Effy & Allie Katch, Briscoes vs. Brody King & PCO, and Jonathan Gresham vs. AJ Gray.

Jonathan Gresham vs. AJ Gray added to GCW Blood on the Hills

A new match has been added to GCW’s Blood on the Hills event in Los Angeles, California on December 17, as Jonathan Gresham will take on AJ Gray. 

Gresham vs. Gray joins a lineup that also includes the GCW debut of Negro Casas, the return of PCO to the company, Bandido vs. Blake Christian, Brody King’s GCW return, plus Jigsaw’s promotional debut vs. Tony Deppen. 

Gresham is currently set to challenge Bandido for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle on December 11. 

Blood on the Hills will take place at the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, December 17. The show will also air on FITE TV. 

Here is the lineup: 

GCW Blood on the Hills, Friday, December 17, 8 p.m. Pacific time, Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles and on FITE TV —

  • Bandido vs. Blake Christian
  • Jigsaw vs. Tony Deppen
  • Jonathan Gresham vs. AJ Gray
  • PCO returns
  • Brody King returns
  • Negro Casas debuts

Negro Casas to make GCW debut at Blood on the Hills

Negro Casas to make GCW debut at Blood on the Hills

CMLL legend and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Famer Negro Casas will make his promotional debut for GCW at Blood on the Hills on Friday, December 17 in Los Angeles. 

Casas, 61, has remained active as he has surpassed four decades in the business. While primarily working trios matches for CMLL, he did take on Blue Panther in a singles match last week, coming away with the victory. Casas also occasionally works the odd indie in Mexico. His last match outside of Mexico came during CMLL’s Fantastica Mania tour of Japan with NJPW in January 2020.

Casas joins a list of talent advertised for Blood on the Hills that includes the GCW debut of Bandido, Jigsaw’s GCW debut, plus the GCW return of Brody King. 

Blood on the Hills will air live on FITE TV from the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Tickets for the show are available here.