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Mance Warner wins GCW title at Cage of Survival 3

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Mance Warner is the new GCW Champion.

Warner won the title shortly after Joey Janela won the Gauntlet of Survival match to become champion. Warner then came in and cashed in his Do or Die title match, pinning Janela with an implant DDT to become the new champion. The show ended with GCW General Manager Matt Cardona, Steph de Lander, Jimmy Lloyd, and Warner celebrating with the championship.

The title was stripped from Blake Christian while he was competing in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament by Matt Cardona, who is recovering from a torn pectoral muscle. An angle took place on social media earlier in the afternoon where masked men attacked Joey Janela in his hotel room prior to the card.

Other matches on the show, which took place in Atlantic City, saw Effy defeat Warner in a Cage of Survival match, Megan Bayne defeating Mike Bailey, Cole Radrick & Alec Price defeating Yuki Ishikawa and Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Matt Tremont defeating Big F’n Joe in a deathmatch.

New GCW Champion crowned at Cage of Survival 2

Posted on by Ian Carey

There is a new GCW Champion. 

Blake Christian won the title at Cage of Survival 2 on Sunday from the Showboat in Atlantic City. 

Christian earned the right to challenge the champion at any time by winning the Grab the Brass Ring ladder match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 7. He cashed in on yesterday’s show during the Cage of Survival match between former champion Masha Slamovich and her challenger Rina Yamashita. 

Christian took advantage of both champion and challenger having already gone through a grueling match to pin Slamovich and win the belt. The crowd booed and pelted the ring with garbage as he celebrated with the title. 

The show aired live on FITE TV as part of the FITE+ subscription package. 

Christian becomes the 23rd wrestler to win the GCW Championship and begins the 25th title reign in its lineage. Nick Gage is the only champion to hold the title more than once. His 988 days spent with it across three reigns is also a record. 

GCW Cage of Survival 2 6/4 results:

  • Maki Itoh defeated Janai Kai
  • Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander defeated The Kirks (Brandon & Kasey Kirk)
  • El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Ninja Mack
  • Jordan Oliver, Nick Wayne, & Mike Bailey defeated Alec Price, Jimmy Lloyd, & Jack Cartwheel
  • Ciclope & Miedo Extremo defeated Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata in a tag team deathmatch
  • El Desperado defeated Joey Janela in a deathmatch
  • Blake Christian defeated Masha Slamovich and Rina Yamashita in a triple threat Cage of Survival match to win the GCW Championship

Number one contender rumble announced for GCW Do or Die

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A rumble battle royal at GCW Do or Die will determine the next challenger for the GCW World Championship.

It was announced on GCW’s social media tonight that the winner of the Do or Die rumble on New Year’s Day would be the next challenger for Jon Moxley’s GCW Championship. Those featured on the graphic include PCO, Jimmy Lloyd, Allie Katch, Tony Deppen, Effy, and Atticus Cogar, among others.

Moxley won the championship back at Art of War Games on September 4, defeating Matt Cardona. On November 2, it was announced that Moxley would be going into an inpatient alcohol treatment program and has not wrestled since.

Also scheduled for Do or Die is Effy vs. Nate Webb, Alex Colon vs. John Wayne Murdoch, The Briscoes vs. Christian Blake and Alex Zayne for the GCW Tag Team titles, Joey Janela vs. Scotty 2 Hotty, and Tracy Williams vs. Calvin Tankman. Homicide is also scheduled for the show. 

Do or Die is scheduled to take place at the Showboat in Atlantic City.