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GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break: The Immortal Clusterf— live results

Posted on by Marc Quill

GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break: The Immortal Clusterf— takes place tonight at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas.

Coming off the 10th edition of Joey Janela’s Spring Break on Friday, GCW will be back at it late Saturday evening.

The GCW Ultraviolent title will be on the line in a Hardcore Kingdom steel cage match, with Otis Cogar defending against Matt Tremont.

The Clusterf— match is also back. Names announced for it include Nate Webb, Human Tornado, Beastman, Dark Sheik, Dr. Redacted, Krule, Haley J, Parrow, Killer Kelly, KJ Orso, Man Like DeReiss, Vipress, Brooke Havok, and Ricky Sosa.

The 2025 edition of the Clusterf— was won by Brody Lee Jr. The match lasted just under two hours and 20 minutes and featured 90 participants, with Brody eliminating Joey Janela last.

The show is available on TrillerTV as part of The Collective for this year’s WrestleMania Week in Vegas.

Our live coverage begins at midnight Eastern.

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– The show opened with a recap of Matt Tremont’s journey to tonight’s showdown against Otis Cogar in a Hardcore Kingdom Steel Cage Match., which will kick off the show.

GCW Ultraviolent Championship (Hardcore Kingdom Steel Cage Match): Otis Cogar (c) vs. Matt Tremont

The eponymous steel cage was surrounded with various weapons lining the walls, including lots and lots of light tubes.

As this match got underway, a GCW official locked the cage doors down while Tremont yelled to the crowd. Tremont and Cogar sized one another up before exchanging strikes to get the action going finally. Cogar bit Tremont’s forehead and ran right at him afterwards. Tremont barely dodged as Cogar went crashing into a pane of glass in the corner. Tremont then threw Cogar into one of the light tubes set against the cage. Tremont held a fork in his hand and jabbed at the forehead of Cogar with it to bust him open.

Cogar found himself once again thrown into another light tube by Tremont, who once again used the forks to draw blood from his opponent. Even more fork-based violence from the challenger as Cogar’s forehead was busted open from the onslaught of forks. Tremont tried to go up top, but Cogar finally got some offense in with a light tube shot. He then threw Tremont into a barbed wire-laced door to continue the pain. Cogar set a pane of glass againt the back of Tremont and smashed it with a chair. Cogar took a pair of baseball bats covered in thumbtacks and battered Tremont with them, as blood began to pour from the challenger’s head.

Cogar produced a blade and began to use it across Tremont’s head, which had thumbtacks embedded on it. Cogar smashed multiple tubes over the stunned Cogar, who was bleeding from the mouth after what was done to him moments ago. Cogar headbutted Tremont’s bloodied head, followed by a trashcan lid shot to the dome.

Cogar put a chair on Tremont’s head and climbed to the top. However, Tremont recovered and tried to fight back. A chair shot from Cogar knocked Tremont down momentarily. Tremont dodged a splash from Cogar as he took a barbed wire-covered door and slammed the champion through it. Pin attempt, but Cogar managed to kick out of it.

Tremont took duct tape and taped Cogar’s arms to the ropes as he had something brutal planned for his foe. Tremont took many light tubes and smashed it over Cogar’s head. Meanwhile, Atticus Cogar tred to enter the cage, but he was warded off by Tremont. Xavier entered the ring by way of ladder and attacked Tremont, as the Cogar brothers had a three-on-one advantage over Tremont.

Tremont recovered and took down Xavier and Atticus with a double clothesline. Otis smashed Tremont over the head with a chair and headed back up to the top. He climbed to the very top of the cage and tried for a moonsault. Tremont avoided calamity as Otis Cogar crashed into the glass. Tremont taped up Atticus and Xavier to keep them trapped. He then took a chair and smashed everyone with it across to their heads.

With a roll of light tubes in his hands, he put it over Otis’ body and went to the top rope to hit a massive frog splash for the three.

Matt Tremont def. Otis Cogar via pinfall to become the new GCW Ultraviolent Champion

This isn’t my usual beat, so it’s hard for me to fully judge, but I’ll say if very bloody deathmatches aren’t your thing, then this match will probably not be for you, as this one got really brutal at times.

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– A recap of last night’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break X was shown while the ring was being set up for the Immortal Clusterf—. This was followed by what seemed to be an entire half-hour of GCW recap videos.

The Immortal Clusterf—

Entrant #1 was Man Like DeReiss, who started rapping with the crowd as he made his way to the ring. Entrant #2 was Marcus Mathers.

Our match got underway as Mathers and DeReiss traded pinfall attempts with nobody getting the clear advantage. The fast pace continued as both men used their speed in the hopes of getting the upper hand. DeReiss was sent over the top rope, but he hung onto dear life to avoid elimination. Mathers slid under the top rope and hit DeReiss with a superkick. Entrant 3 was introduced by Alex Abrahantes as Sam Holloway.

Holloway entered the ring and immediately made an impact with a big boot to Mathers. He then chopped down DeReiss. Next entrants were Jordan Oliver and Alec Price. They were then followed by the Backseat Boys.

Oliver and Price brawled it out with the Backseaters and looked like a cohesive unit until a double blockbuster stopped their momentum. Angel Orsini entered the ring and hit a moonsault on everyone outide the ring as Thomas Shire entered and hit a double chokeslam on both Backseat Boys to eliminate them. Holloway and Shire confronted one another in the ring as Shotzi Blackheart was next to enter as she took down both Shire and Holloway with a double DDT. Holloway was eliminated by a clothesline over the top rope from Mathers.

Alex Abrahantes returned with another entrant by the name of Brick Savage. Mathers and DeReiss tried their hand at attacking Brick, but got sent away for their troubles. Powerbombs for Price and Oliver at the hands of Brick, as Shotzi tried for a high-risk maneuver. Brick powerbombed her instead. Shire entered the ring and we got big meaty men slapping meat as the two big men battled it out. Brick speared Shire out of commission as the next entrant in the Clusterf— entered: Nate Webb. Webb’s entrance was interrutpted by B3CCA and her allies, as she sang her song. We got more singing as Kingsley was the next entrant. Things suddenly turned into a dance party while everyone stopped fighting in the ring. The wrestlers started singing before they were rudely interrupted by K.J. Orso, who entered next.

Orso talked trashed to everyone for dancing and singing, wich led to everyone ganging up on him with stomps and punches. Shotzi tried to clothesline Orso, but she ended up hittiing DeReiss instead to eliminate him. Sam Stackhouse barrelled into the ring next and went after everyone. We got a flurry of eliminations after Stackhouse’s arrival as he and Orso showed great teamwork to clear the ring. Brick re-entered the match and hit an impressive pop-up slam on Orso. That didn’t do him much good as Stackhouse eliminated Brick. Then Stackhouse got eliminated afterwards. One Called Manders joined the match next as Shire was in the ring. Oliver and Price fought it out with Manders and Shire, but found themselves flattened with stereo clotheslines.

Flyin’ Ryan was our next entrant and showed some great offense against Orso, Manders, and Shire. Ryan threw Orso over the top rope, but that wasn’t enough to eliminate him. The Texas Outlaws (sons of Dustin Rhodes) entered jointly as they took it to their foes. The two Rhodes boys had a moment with Manders and Shire, but Flyin’ Ryan interrupted it. That earned him stereo bionic elbows from Manders and Shire. The cowboy quartet took Ryan and threw him over the top rope for the elimination. Mathers soon found himself the victim of an elimination from the cowboy crew.

Manders and Shire started to fight with the Rhodes boys, as Wyatt hit a Cross Rhodes on Shire. The Buster and the Brain eliminated both Texas Outlaws soon after. After Brooke Havoc entered, Dark Sheik joined the Clusterf— and impressed with a DDT on Manders. Havoc and Sheik showed excellent teamwork with the Total Elimination on Jordan Oliver before sharing a kiss. Orso barged in with a knee to Shiek, but Havoc took him down. Matt Mako was our next entrant as he and Havoc faced off. Orso shoved Mako from behind right into Havoc, but got met with a back elbow. Spinning kick by Mako on Orso wasn’t enough for the elimination. Mako connected with the superplex and the powerbomb on Sheik.

Beastman entered next was a force of nature against Mako and Havoc. The powerbomb on Havoc right on a downed Mako earned Beastman a double elimination with the in. Sheik tried to go for a diving attack on Beastman, but that had little effect. Beastman powerbomb Sheik over the top rope, but couldn’t get the full elimination. Sheik turned it around and took Beastman out of the match with a feint kick. Next up in the Clusterf— was Sean Ross Sapp from Fightful.

SRS hit Shotzi with a knee to the gut and taunted her as he then choked her with a boot. WON/F4W’s Bryan Alvarez, whomst Sapp antagonized on the way to the ring, entered the ring and began to enter a chop battle with Sapp. A superkick by Alvarez to Sapp eliminated him. Orso then got rid of Alvarez with a kick of his own. Shotzi got raked in the eye by Orso, but turned that around into a tornado DDT. She then threw Orso out of this match. PowerSlap’s Stunt Marshall was our next entrant.

Juicy Finau made his way to the ring as he faced off with the PowerSlap man. Finau gave Marshall whatfor with a headbutt, followed by a slap that took him out. Finau faced off with Manders and struck him dow with one slap. Haley J. was our next entrant, as she tried to fight Finau, but couldn’t do anything. Stunt Marshall returned and helped Haley eliminate Finau from the match. Killer Kelly entered the match and fought Haley with ferocity. She flattened Haley with a clothesline to the back of the head, as she then followed it up with repeated headbutts. Airica entered the match but got hit with a crossbody from Sheik just as Gisele Shaw joined the Clusterf—.

Shaw planted Airica with a modified backstabber as she then hit Sheik with a kick. Tornado DDT by Shaw on Kelly. Airica tried to throw Shaw out, but she found herself thrown over the top rope instead. Killer Kelly began to bite everyone in the butt quite literally. Kelly was thrown out by all the remaining women after they all bit her in the butt.

Sheik grabbed Shaw by her feet as the two fought it out on the top ropes. In the ensuing melee, both women took each other out of the match. Gold Ship entered as a group, as they were then followed by another Alex Abrahantes aided-entry… The Invisible Man!

The Invisible Man entered the ring and was on a warpath as he cleared the ring with ease. Price and Oliver tried their hand, but were both taken out of the mach by The Invisible Man. Manders and Shire attempted a double team on Invisible Man, but they couldn’t get the job done. Invisible Man threw Manders out of the ring, but Shire got him in the airplane spin. Shire got reversed and thrown out by Invisible Man. Even more eliminations as Invisible Man was on fire. Headscissors and a DDT on Terry Yaki by the Invisible Man got the elimination.

Invisible Man continued the rampage with a slew of eliminations, including a roll up on Emily Jaye and a submission with a chair on Channing Decker. Next up was Joey Janela himself. Janela fought with the Invisible Man in the ring and seemed to have the upper hand on his unseen foe. Janela tried for a running attack, but Invisible Man countered with a kick. Janela recovered and lifted Invisible Man up for a stalling brainbuster on the top turnbuckle! One, two…. 2.999999!!!!!!! Janela tuned up the band and hit Sweet Chin Music to finally get the pin on Invisible Man.

Starman (Yes, from the NES game Pro Wrestling) was our next entrant, much to the confusion of Janela. Starman and Janela posed for a bit until the latter hit a cheapshot on the former. Starman found himself frozen while Janela kept running the ropes. Janela eventually stopped running and just began to unmask Starman… and it’s Starboy Charlie!

Starboy hit Janela with a spinning kick, followed by the standing moonsault, but that wasn’t enough for the pin. Starboy missed with the splash from the top rope, as Janela hit a Death Valley Driver for a near-fall. Charlie eliminated Janela from the match with a hurricanrana pin. Shotzi slid back in and hit an exploder suplex into the corner on Charlie, followed by the cannonball. Charlie fought back briefly, but he got reversed into a powerbomb by Shotzi. While Charlie and Shotzi fought, “Jimmy Lloyd” was our next entrant.

Lloyd hit an electric chair slam to get the cover on Charlie and eliminate him from the match. Don Freeze joined the match next and he showed some great offense against Lloyd with a suplex followed by the kip-up. Maya World entered and put her glasses on Freeze, followed by the jacket. That was an attempted distraction, but Freeze wasn’t going to have any of it. Maya performed a nice hurricanrana from the ropes to ground Freeze. The moonsault was not enough for the cover, though. Lloyd tried to get back into the match, but got a double stomp from Maya instead.

LJ. Cleary joined the match next, as did D’Lo Brown (who was on commentary) and Monomoth. Cleary tried to be vain, but Brown threw him out. Freeze brought himself back into the match, but Brown dropped him with a vintage powerbomb. Freeze was then thrown out by Brown. Monomoth tried to fight with Brown, but his attacks had little effect on him. Brown grabbed Monomoth and threw him over the top rope for the elimination.

Maya World slid back in and got into Brown’s face before slapping him. Brown looked frustrated as he tried to powerbomb Maya. That got reversed into a hurricanrana that sent Brown out of the ring. Nixi XS brought herself into the match and showed off with her fan. The two traded kicks, but nobody could hit their mark. Nixi finally got Maya with a spinning kick. Sleepy Ed sauntered his way with pillow in hand and just begain to sleep in the middle of the ring. Nixi took advantage and tried for a pin, but she got caught in a literal sleeper hold by Sleepy Ed instead. Nixi escaped and shouted at Ed to wake up.

For some reason, a trio of guys in T-Rex costumes joined the fray. There is no rule that dinosaurs can’t wrestle, after all. The dinosaurs unleashed a flurry of eliminations in their wake. Sleepy Ed had NyQuil and spat it at two of the dinosaurs to knock them out. The blue dinosaur tried a full nelson on Ed, but their arms were too short. He too got a blast of NyQuil for his troubles.

Parrow entered next as he knocked Ed down with a big boot. This prompted Ed to go back to sleep. Parrow gently tried to roll Ed into a pinning position as he tried to get everyone to stay quiet. Once he did, the referee counted slowly, but Ed kicked out.

A bevy of “twink” entries, including Anakin Murphy, Jimmy Underwood, among others joined in, but were dispatched in short order by Parrow. He then threw out Sleepy Ed onto the eliminated twinks. Cereal Man, was the next entrant and he had a box of cereal in his hands. Parrow was baffled by this, as Cereal Man bopped him repeatedly with his box of cereal. With Parrow in the corner, Cerael Man poured the bag of cereal down his face. Cereal man pulled down his pants completely as Parrow threw him out of the ring.

Nixy XS stepped back into the ring and got Parrow with the purple nurple, followed by a smooch and a headbutt. Parrow recovered with a powerbomb as he then threw Nixy out of the match. A man by the name of C.P.A. entered next as Parrow tried to throw him out. He grabbed the tie instead and that only angered Parrow. Bear Bronson stepped in next and he was more than a match for Parrow with a black hole slam. Gabby Forza teamed up with Bear and eliminated Parrow from the match as the two shared a kiss. Bear tried to eliminate his own wife, but that backfired as she hit a super suplex instead.

Haley J. showed off her PowerSlap title to Gabby, as 25 Cent appeared. 25 Cent punched Haley J. and rolled her up for the elimination pin. Another Jimmy Lloyd showed up and eliminated 25 Cent. The other Jimmy Lloyd appeared and did the Spider-Man pointing bit with the apparent original. The other Lloyd was eliminated by the real deal. It didn’t matter as the original flavour Lloyd was soon eliminated by Heath Slater. A chap by the name of Mullet Man stepped in next and got immediately kicked by Slater. Mullet Man psyched himself up but missed with the leg drop. Slater got him with a leg drop of his own, but that wasn’t enough. Tombstone Jesus was next and Slater soon found himself out of the match. Mullet Man and Tombstone fought it out with chops in the corner. Gabby Forza eliminated Tombstone from the match and got help from Shotzi to take Mullet Man out. Vipress was next as she and Gabby fought it out. Frank The Clown walked out next and cut a promo about how he hated GCW, but he found himself stomped away by Vipress, Gabby, and Shotzi.

***** Ian Carey subbing in for Marc Quill on slight delay

Vipress, Gabby and Shotzi beat up Frank until Slade came out and pinned him. The Production (Derek Dillinger & Katie Arquette) were the next out. They attacked CPA until being eliminated by Gabby, Shotzi, and Vipress. Tara Zep was the next out, she attacked Slade with a chair. Toby Klein with Billy Gram were next out. Conor Claxton came out and pinned Zep shortly after.

The 69th and final entrant was Dr. Redacted, who brought a barbed wire board into the ring, misted Claxton, and put him through the board. Klein then swopped in and pinned Claxton. Redacted and Gabby worked together to pin Gram. Redacted then hit Gabby with a chair shot. Slade eliminated her by tossing out of the ring shortly after. Redacted then pulled a Mil Mascaras and eliminated himself by jumping off the top turnbuckle onto Claxton on the floor.

Slade, CPA, Vipress and Shotzi were the last four left. Slade eliminated CPA next. Then Slade dumped Vipress over the top to leave just him and Shotzi. Commentary brought up that Shotzi had been in there for well over an hour now.

Slade hit Shotzi with a chair and it looked all but certain that he would eliminate her shortly after. But as Shotzi was up against the ropes, Slade charged at her with the a chair, Shotzi ducked and sent Slade over the top rope to the floor. Shotzi has won the Immortal Clusterf—!!

Shotzi celebrated in the ring as the show came to a close.

GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break X live results: The Sandman’s final match

Posted on by Jeremy Peeples
Joey Janela’s Spring Break X is live tonight. Eight matches are advertised for the show, which will take place at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas beginning at 7 p.m. local time / 10 p.m. Eastern. The Sandman will have his final match on the show, wrestling against the Invisible Man. Brodie Lee Jr. will have his first-ever singles match, facing Joey Janela. A Loser Leaves GCW match will pit Effy against Allie Katch. In the GCW World Championship match, Atticus Cogar will defend against the new Hayabusa. Jack Perry and Marko Stunt will team against KJ Orso and Stackhouse. Mance Warner and Steph De Lander will team against Megan Bayne and a mystery partner. The Rascalz will take on Marcus Mathers, Alec Price, and Jordan Oliver. There will also be a Grab the Brass Ring Doors, Ladders and Chairs match with advertised participants including Gringo Loco, Shotzi Blackheart, Bear Bronson, 1 Called Manders, Sydney Akeem, Vipress, Charles Mason, and Terry Yaki. Our live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern. ************************************************ – Our show begins at 10 p.m. sharp with a countdown timer for 15 minutes, which feels like a rib given how late it’s starting. They have added ten minutes to the clock, so we’re looking at a 10:30 start time roughly. At 10:31, we get a recap of the history of Joey Janela’s Spring Break set to “Forever Young”, with some questionable audio mixing – which is kind of perfect given the indie rock spirit of the shows. We get another video package on GCW being The Last Outlaws of wrestling. – The opening contest will be the Grab the Brass Ring Ladder match – it’s first pinfall to a finish for a shot at a GCW title of the winner’s choosing. Grab the Brass Ring Ladder Match – Vipress. Bear Bronson, Terry Yaki, Shotzi Blackheart, Vengador, Sidney Akeem, 1 Called Manders, Gringo Loco, Charles Mason, a Man Like DeReiss, and Masato Tanaka Loco starts off with a moonsault to a pile of folks on the floor before DeReiss eats a Spanish Fly off the top to the floor to the pile. Mason beats down Yaki and then Masato Tanaka comes out as the final entrant. Tanaka nails Mason with a forearm shiver and a sliding D mid-ring before squaring off with DeReiss with more forearm shots before Tanaka lands a big forearm shot to send DeReiss down. Akeem gets a tornillo on DeReiss before squaring off with Vengador and he goes for a handspring elbow and breaks the top rope. Shotzi just keeps going with Vengador with a run-up tornado DDT before Tanaka hits a second-rope avalanche rana! Mason hits Sister Abigail to Shotzi before Bronson puts a giant door in the corner before squaring off with Tanaka for a chairshot to the head battle. I’m going to assume that Christopher Nowinski won’t be endorsing these shows anytime soon. Bronson gets 2 off a black hole slam to Tanaka before a Tanaka lariat sends them to the floor. They walk and brawl so the ring crew can try to fix the ring to a “thank you, ring crew!” chant and then a “safety first” chant right after chairshots to the head. Shotzi and Vipress kiss on the ladder before a ladder dive and DeReiss gets thrown off the ladder for 2. Akeem lands a double-backflip cutter to DeReiss before Yaki eats a no-hands suplex from Vengador before Vengador sets up two ladders to dive onto Yaki, but he gets stopped by Loco, who hits a Base Drop through a door bridge!  Vipress avoids a tombstone off the apron by Mason and lands a piledriver through a door on the floor! Christian Napier hits Vipress with the DM and Matt Tremont jumps him while his theme music barely plays. They’d better get that fixed by the time of The Sandman’s last match. Vengador lands a poison rana to Manders before hitting a splash off the tippy-top of the ladder for 2.5! Manders lands two lariats back to back and wins it! Winner – 1 Called Manders by Pinfall – A tribute to the fallen wrestlers on Spring Break shows airs, capping off with Sabu last year mere weeks after his final match with Janela. Atticus Coger cuts a promo on Hayabusa and talks about being stabbed as a kid and realizing how quickly things can disappear and the blessing this Hayabusa got means nothing because he doesn’t have the experience of the original. The Rascalz vs. Alec Price, Jordan Oliver and Marcus Mathers  Mathers and Reed start off with fast action off headlocks and kip ups before Reed wins the exchange with a dropkick. Wentz lands a bronco buster on Mathers to set up a Dez double stomp on the arm. Price tags in and goes for the leg of Xavier. Price gets a swinging armdrag before slinging his body at him and bringing Oliver in. Mathers comes in quickly and takes down Xavier in the corner before they hit a triple tree of woe dropkick for 2. Wentz takes Mathers to Chinlock City before a corner knee by Wentz and a PK gets 2. Reed chinlocks Mathers and mocks Oliver on the apron before a flash cradle gets 2 on Reed. Xavier jumps in after a tag and Oliver tags in and runs wild. Wentz eats a double-team blockbuster from Price for 2. Mathers and Reed come back in for some fast action before Reed and Xavier double superkick Mathers for 2. Mathers lands a hook kick on Xavier before Wentz lands a handspring knee on Price. Doomsday Double Stomp by the Rascalz, but a 450 hits and Wentz saves for 2. Reed lands a mid-ring cutter and a UFO cutter to the floor! Reed hits a 450 and Xavier wins with a Spinal Tap! Winners – The Rascalz by pinfall Coverage is currently delayed… Ian Carey subbing in for Jeremy Peeples for the remainder of the show on a few hour delay.

GCW Champion Atticus Cogar defeated Hayabusa to retain

Cogar tried to use the skewers early but Hayabusa avoided. He hit a springboard Moonsault to the outside, which led the crowd to chant for him. Atticus ended up gaining control and began to fill the ring with chairs, and a door. Cogar continued to work on Hayabusa as Hayabusa sold his leg. Cogar started to take the skewers to him. Hayabusa hit a missile dropkick and both guys are down. He got a two count of the springboard Moonsault. Then locked in a figure four but Cogar got to the ropes. Cogar regained the advantage and set up six chairs in the ring before hitting Hayabusa with another chair. He set Haybusa up on the chairs but then missed a moonsault stomp and went crashing into the chairs himself. Hayabusa hit a 450 splash for a near fall. Cogar regained control and tried to hit Hayabusa with the skewers but Haybusa fought back and stuck a bunch of them in Cogar’s head, hit a poisonrana and falcon arrow for a near fall. Hayabusa missed a top rope splash, Cogar hit a forward-falling DDT for the win.

Jack Perry & Marko Stunt defeated KJ Orso & Stackhouse

Marko Stunt entered first. Luchasaurus then drove the Jurassic Express bus up to the entrance for Jack Perry to make his entrance. Stunt wanted to tag in early so he could go up against the much larger Stackhouse. After Orso tagged in, Stackhouse blind tagged himself back in without Stunt noticing and the heels gained the advantage after. Perry finally tagged in and took out both Stackhouse and Orso. He hit a double-underhook power bomb for a two count. Orso fought back and hit a suplex of sorts on Perry. Shortly later, Stackhouse and Orso went to hit combo strikes in the corner on Stunt but Orso hit Stackhouse instead. Orso regained the advantage with a rake of the eyes on Stunt but Stunt fought back, Perry hit a poisonrana and the babyfaces are back in control. Perry and Stunt hit a series of double team moves on Orso. Perry got a near fall on Orso after a codebreaker, but Stackhouse broke it up. Perry hit a Canadian Destroyer on Stackhouse, Stunt then hit a 450 splash. Stackhouse gained control and hit a piledriver on Stunt as commentary spoke about Stunt’s history of injuries that led to him retiring. But Stunt kicked out at one! Orso went to get his title belt from ringside but Emil Jay attempted to stop him. Stackhouse picked Emil Jay up but Perry came to the rescue and sent Stackhouse to the outside. Jay hit a tornado DDT on Orso moments later. Perry held Orso up, Stunt came off the top with a neck breaker, and Jurassic Express pick up the win. Stunt remained in the ring after the match. After soaking it in for a bit, he said “I’m f—-ing back.”

The Sandman vs. The Invisible Man

After a video package recapping the build to this match, Sandman made his entrance to the ring with the whole crowd performing the lyrics to Sandman by Metallica. It really felt like it was absolutely everyone in the building taking part in this. Kendra Lust also came out as part of the entrance with Sandman. ECW chants were heard. Bill Alphonso then came out and it was revealed that Alfonso would be cornering The Invisible Man for the match. Invisible Man came out, I think, and got massive boos. Alfonso sort of guided him to the ring. Invisible Man go the early advantage. He backed Sandman into the corner with punches, or strikes of some sort, anyway. Sandman turned the tables and backed the Invisible one into the corner, beating him down with stomps. “You’ve still go it chants” followed. Sandman grabbed the kendo stick and hit some really stiff looking shots on The Invisible Man. Then Invisible Man hit Sandman with a low blow. Fonzie got in the ring and him but just as Sandman was going to hit him, The Outbreak from JCW came out, as commentary mentioned that they might want revenge for what Sandman did to The ECW Zombie some 20 years ago. Violent J, 2 Tuff Tony, and Vampiro came out and commentary plugged JCW Strangle-Mania. They took out members of The Outbreak. Richard Holliday then came out, returning to GCW. Holliday attacked Sandman, but this brought out Early Morning Guy Steele to even the score on behalf of Sandman. Steele hit a moonsault on Holliday before being attacked by The Invisible Man, who hit him with a destroyer. Lust turned on Sandman, hitting him with a kendo stick and then Invisible Man sent Sandman through a door set up in the corner. Missy Hyatt then came out! She took out Lust with some kendo stick shots. The Invisible Man speared Sandman and the ref through a door. Sandman took out a new ref, with commentary saying maybe Sandman thought that ref was siding with the Invisible Man. Then the Invisible Man took out the next ref who ran in. This kept going for a little while, with Sandman and The Invisible Man taking out each new ref that came in. Sandman and Invisible Man exchanged strikes. Sandman hit a DDT, went for the pin and all the hurt referees regained consciousness to count a two-count. With both wrestlers down, The Invisible Stan – who was The Invisible Man’s brother and one-time opponent – made his entrance to “Holy s–t” chants. But who would Stan side with? Fonzie made it appear as though both Invisible brothers would work together against Sandman. Mick Foley then came out! He got into a fierce battle with the Invisible Man and Stan, and was moving around great! He hit the Invisible brothers with a DDT and Mr. Socko. I don’t know who he hit with what, but you know. Foley gave Sandman Socko and the two hugged, only for both to be double low blowed by the Invisible Stan and Sandman. One of the Invisible brothers got a roll up on Sandman and got the three count. After the match, Foley and Sandman remained in the ring. Foley cut a promo saying that him and Sandman may not like each other, but they’ve meant a lot to each other’s careers, and Foley loves him.

Effy vs. Allie Katch – Loser Leaves GCW

Effy starts a Bussy chant in the early going. Commentary talked about how Bussy was a revered team in GCW, even defending the promotion’s tag titles against The Briscoes. Katch was able to do a dive to the outside, and it looked like she was hesitant after having previously been injured doing a similar move. Katch got a two count off a driver, but Effy took control shortly after. Commentary played up the “Effy is not fine” storyline. Katch got a two count after a Tower of London onto a steel chair. Effy later dared her to throw a chair at his head, which Katch obliged, the shot busting Effy open. Effy hit a TKO into a dragon sleeper after. Effy did a one-person version of a Bussy combo move. Katch got busted open as well somewhere in there. Katch got back into it by reversing a Zack Rider, and locked in a Muta lock shortly after. Effy got out of it by raking the eyes. Katch hit Effy with a Pele kick for a two count. Katch hit a Zack Rider for a two count. Effy hit a spear and they were both down. Effy hit a choke slam onto a chair and Katch grabbed at her elbow after. He grabbed a screwdriver after. 1 Called Manders came out and told Effy not to do it. Effy appeared to re-think it but then attacked Manders, knocking him to the floor. She missed a cannonball in the corner. Effy then went to use the ring bell but Parrow came out and stopped him. Then Effy hit Parrow with the bell and later with the screwdriver. Dark Sheik then came out to stop Effy, who continued to insist he was fine. Sheik gave the metal turnbuckle hook to Katch, who then went to use it on Effy. Effy begged off, saying he was sorry. Katch went to hit him but couldn’t. She fell to her knees and hugged him. She just couldn’t do it. The love between them was just too deep. Only, Effy head butted her and then attacked her with the screwdriver. Katch is screaming/crying through a crimson mask, then got a near fall on a surprise rollup. Effy then hit a lariat and went for a piledriver, but couldn’t do it for a moment perhaps through exhaustion or hesitation to give the move to his former partner. After a moment, he hit the move on Katch and got the three count. Katch is gone from GCW. Katch remained in the ring as the crowd chanted “Thank you, Allie.”

Mance Warner & Steph De Lander vs. Megan Bayne & A Mystery Partner

Coverage for this match is currently delayed. 

Brodie Lee Jr. defeated Joey Janela

Brodie got the early advantage with a drop toehold in the corner. Later hit a penalty kick for a two count. Janela made Brodie chase him around the ring and then punched him in the face when they got back in the ring. This led to Janela going on offense for a period. Janela missed a chop and hit his hand on the ring post, which allowed Brodie to get back into it for a bit. Janela missed a moonsault. Brodie beat him down in the corner. He got a two count off a running knee. Big smiles from Brodie! He’s having fun out there. They fought out among the crowd. He grabbed the papers, shades of his father as the leader of The Dark Order. He hit the papers in the face of Janela. Later, Janela locked Brodie in a figure four. Janela got a two count off a Death Valley Driver. Chris Bey came out to help Brodie, but security kept him from interfering. Brodie was selling his leg after being in the figure four. He hit Janela with a DDT on the apron. Brodie hit a Sister Abigail, a Cross Rhodes, and his father’s discus lariat out of the corner and locked in the sharpshooter to get the tap out win. His mother and little brother, and training partners celebrated with him in the ring as the show closed with a feel good moment.

Invisible Man blindsides The Sandman on talk show

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The Invisible Man isn’t waiting for Las Vegas to get his hands on the Sandman.

The two wrestlers will be meeting in Sandman’s retirement match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X next month, but the bad blood between the two is already boiling over. Sandman and Janela were appearing on Mike Jerrick’s Philadelphia talk show on Friday when Invisible Man attacked Sandman from behind.

Janela was explaining the Invisible Man to Jerrick when the attack began. “I’ve wrestled the Invisible Man [in Philadelphia], I’ve wrestled him in Blackpool, England,” Janela explained.

“He could be here right now,” Janela warned, causing Sandman to take notice. “He’ll get a feel on you, get a grab on you…”

At that point the Invisible Man grabbed Sandman from behind and pulled him over his sofa and to the floor. Jerrick and his cohost ran for safety as Janela tried to end the fight.

“Hey!” Janela screamed. “No, no! Where is he, where is he, where is he?”

Sandman then got to his feet before Invisible Man took him down again. Janela warned Jerick to stand back and addressed the Invisible Man directly.

“Get out of here!” he shouted. “You weren’t invited! You weren’t invited! This is embarrassing! This is embarrassing!”

With the attack over and Invisible Man apparently departed, Janela offered a handshake to Jerrick and apologized for the incident, saying he was sorry about the furniture.

“We can replace furniture,” Jerrick replied. “We can’t replace Sandman.”

Joey Janela’s Spring Break X takes place Friday, April 17, at The Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets are available here.

Brodie Lee Jr. to wrestle first-ever singles match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Brodie Lee Jr. is officially set to compete in his first-ever singles match during WrestleMania weekend.

Game Changer Wrestling has confirmed that Lee will make his singles debut when he faces off against Joey Janela on Friday, April 17. The match will be the main event of Joey Janela’s Spring Break 10, which is being held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas and will stream live via TrillerTV+.

The build for this match extends all the way back to last year’s Spring Break, when Lee won the Clusterf**k match by eliminating Janela and his girlfriend Megan Bayne.

At GCW’s events this past weekend, Lee challenged Janela to face him in a singles match at Spring Break 10. Janela initially did not accept, but Lee goaded him into the match by calling him “Megan Bayne’s b*tch.” The angle ended with Janela laying out Lee with a piledriver.

The 14-year-old Lee is the son of deceased AEW legend Brodie Lee (Jon Huber), who tragically passed away at 41 years old in 2020 due to a rare lung issue.

When he turns 18 years old, Lee has the option of signing with AEW and fully beginning his wrestling career. He’s trained with Natalya and TJ Wilson at their Dungeon facility in Florida.

The Spring Break 10 card also includes The Sandman competing in his retirement match against The Invisible Man.

Brodie Lee Jr. challenges Joey Janela for Spring Break X

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Late wrestling veteran and former AEW TNT Champion Brodie Lee’s son, Brodie Lee Jr., was present at the February 28 edition of GCW Baller Blockin, where he challenged Joey Janela for a match.

On the February 28 episode, Lee Jr. was in the corner of Joey Janela during his match and victory over The Blade.

After the bout, Janela claimed that he had to make amends with Lee Jr. and wanted him in his corner at Spring Break X. However, the 14-year-old Lee Jr. had other plans. He refused to be in Janela’s corner and instead challenged him to a match.

Janela declined the challenge and claimed that Lee Jr. was only 14 years old and offered to fight him after four years. However, the young wrestler instead responded with “stop being Megan Bayne’s bitch.”

Not taking kindly to the insult, Janela responded with a slap and dropped Lee Jr. with a piledriver. It is currently not confirmed if Janela and Lee Jr. will square off at Spring Break X.

Lee Jr. made his in-ring debut last year at GCW Clusterf**k Battle Royal and won the match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break IX during WrestleMania weekend.

The Sandman’s final match announced for Joey Janela’s Spring Break

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

ECW legend The Sandman will wrestle his final match later this year at Joey Janela’s Spring Break.

Janela and GCW announced Saturday that the former ECW Champion will be present at Spring Break X on April 17 in Las Vegas to compete in his final-ever match. An opponent has not yet been announced.

He made a surprise appearance during Sabu’s final match against Janela last year at 2025‘s Spring Break IX.

The Sandman, 62, has stayed active in the wrestling industry over the years, at least wrestling once or twice a year. Starting his career in 1989, he has wrestled across multiple different promotions, including TNA and WWE, but is widely remembered for his stint in ECW. He has nearly 900 total career matches according to Cagematch.

He last wrestled in October 2025 as part of a tag team match for a New Jersey indie, one of just two matches he had last year.

Joey Janela announces Boat Bash for 2027

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Though 2026 just started, Joey Janela is already making plans for next year.

The indie star announced today that he and Coastal Championship Wrestling are partnering together with Expedia Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line for Joey Janela’s Boat Bash 2027. Featuring live pro wrestling, the cruise/vacation getaway is taking place from February 28-March 7, 2027.

After leaving from Los Angeles, the cruise heads to the Mexican Riviera with stops in Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, and Mazatlan. The wrestling action will include lucha libre presented by fellow indie wrestler Gringo Loco.

“With live Pro Wrestling in destination spots Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas & Mazatlan! These shows will have the best Lucha Libre in the world presented by @GringoLocoOG & classic Joey Janela WTF!?!,” Janela wrote.

Janela also hyped that the cruise will have “big time meet and greets on the boat, lobster dinners, gambling and debauchery for 7 DAYS!”

Early bird tickets will be available to purchase starting on January 26.

Janela — who wrestled for AEW from 2019-2022 — has experience presenting wrestling shows with the annual Spring Break event he and Game Changer Wrestling have produced since 2017.

NJPW legend comes out of retirement to answer Joey Janela open challenge

Posted on by Josh Nason

If you had Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Joey Janela on your bingo card for 2025, Saturday was your night.

The NJPW legend made a surprise appearance to come out of retirement at the annual WrestleCade convention in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to answer Joey Janela’s open challenge.

According to reports, the match lasted just four minutes with Liger picking up the victory.

Nearly three weeks after celebrating his 61st birthday, Liger returned to the ring nearly five years after retiring following his tag team match at 2020’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 when he and Naoki Sano fell in defeat to Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee.

Liger was inducted into the RevPro Hall of Fame this past August after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2020. He left the sport as an 11-time NJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion, six-time Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, CMLL Middleweight Champion, and even had runs as WWF Light Heavyweight Champion in 1997 and WCW Light Heavyweight Champion in 1991-92.

World title changes hands at GCW Dream On, Gail Kim debuts in angle

Posted on by Josh Nason

Years after leaving the promotion, Atticus Cogar now finds himself as the GCW World Champion after the events of Saturday’s Dream On.

Cogar picked up the win after hitting his Brain Hemorrhage finisher, ending the 307-day run of Effy that began this past January. Cogar and Charles Mason were competing in a number one contender’s match when Effy chose to jump in the fray and make the match a three-way for the title instead.

Several other wrestlers got involved during the bout that included the returning Sawyer Wreck, AJ Gray, Slade, Otis Cogar, Matthew Justice, Krule and VNDL 48.

It’s the first GCW title for Cogar who debuted in GCW back in October 2019, departing due to differences with owner Brett Lauderdale. He made his surprise return to the company in December 2024.

The show also saw TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim make her promotional debut, aligning with KJ Orso (the former Fuego Del Sol). Kim was a heel and admonished the fans for supporting GCW. Joey Janela interrupted her (continuing an angle that began on social media) and defeated Orso after Kim’s interference backfired.

Gail Kim to appear at GCW event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Game Changer Wrestling is capitalizing on a social media controversy by bringing in Gail Kim for one of its events.

Back in September, GCW owner Brett Lauderdale and Kim got into it on social media after Kim called a death match spot “pure trash.” The indie promotion has now announced that Kim will be in East Rutherford, New Jersey this Saturday (November 22) for an appearance at its Fan Slam convention.

The convention is taking place in conjunction with GCW’s Dream On event at the American Dream mall. It looks like Kim will be at the show itself as well, with her getting into a back and forth with Joey Janela to set up the appearance.

“The irony? Of me coming to a fan convention? ….. I wasn’t planning on coming to the show but since you insist on calling someone out who’s forgotten more than you know about wrestling a match, I’ll be happy to stop by and say a few words,” Kim tweeted after Janela called her convention booking ironic. “You’re welcome. See you there Saturday.”

The exchange continued from there with Kim and Janela continuing to trade insults:

Dream On is one of GCW’s signature annual events. Janela is facing KJ Orso at the show, which has a start time of 2 p.m. Eastern. The convention begins at 10 a.m. and will run until show time. Killer Kross, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Rhino, and Tommy Dreamer are among the other convention guests.

Willow Nightingale, Mike Bailey added to CannonballFest benefit show

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two more AEW wrestlers have been announced for the CannonballFest benefit show.

CannonballFest promoter Joey Janela revealed Tuesday that AEW talent Willow Nightingale and “Speedball” Mike Bailey will be making appearances at the event on Sunday, September 14 in New Jersey.

Janela is putting on the show to benefit independent wrestler Jeff Cannonball, 38, as he battles ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).

Nightingale and Bailey are two of three AEW wrestlers now confirmed for the event. MJF was announced for the show earlier this week with a storyline blurb stating that he will be the only talent paid at the event and at double his usual booking rate.

CannonballFest will take place on Sunday, September 14 in New Providence, New Jersey. Tickets for the show are not on sale yet. Janela says that the show will stream on YouTube.

All proceeds from CannonballFest will go directly to Cannonball and his family. A GoFundMe has also been set up for Cannonball, with former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban among the top donators.

RVD defends GCW, Joey Janela from ‘ridiculous’ criticism over Sabu’s death

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Rob Van Dam doesn’t place any blame on Game Changer Wrestling for the death of his best friend Sabu.

On Thursday night, RVD and Taz did a live stream sharing their memories of Sabu following his passing. RVD also addressed the controversy that emerged this week after Joey Janela revealed that Sabu’s final match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 almost didn’t happen. Sabu could barely walk because of issues with his knee and feet, but Sabu’s team gave him kratom — a federally legal substance — to help him get through the no ropes barbed wired match. Fans on social media have criticized Janela and GCW for allowing the match to still happen.

“All the heat that’s gone to Joey Janela and GCW? Ridiculous,” RVD said. “I’ve read comments from social media followers that say, ‘GCW should be arrested on manslaughter.’ Wait, regardless of the cause of death, three weeks later? Thank god these people aren’t actually in control actually making real decisions.”

Sabu died on May 11, less than a month after defeating Janela at Spring Break. A cause of death has not been released yet. RVD said that, because Sabu and his ex-wife Hitomi never got officially divorced, there is a hold-up with needing her permission for some things. She is living in Japan and doesn’t want anything to do with the situation.

RVD said Sabu using kratom for the Spring Break match had “nothing to do” with him dying three weeks later. RVD called himself an advocate for kratom, which he believes helps a lot of people with pain, sleep issues, and anxiety. He uses kratom regularly, and Sabu would use it every day.

“A lot of my friends have been able to quit taking opiates and take kratom. A lot of followers have told me and thanked me for talking about kratom because they’ve done the same thing,” RVD said. “Can you get addicted to kratom? You can get addicted to f*cking chocolate. If you’re a person that’s going to be addicted to stuff, then stay away from everything. The answer to that is, sure it’s possible. Can you take too much? Sure.”

Sabu vs. Janela was billed as Sabu’s retirement match, but Sabu felt like he still had one more match left in him after it was over. Sabu told RVD that he was interested in facing him if RVD was up for it.

“People are saying, ‘Shame on GCW for allowing a 60 year old to get in the ring and have a match like that.’ And I can tell you, he was my closest dude friend, closest person to me next to Katie Forbes right here. And I can tell you that he was 61 and he wanted that,” RVD said. “He wanted that for a long time. In fact, Joe Clarke, we’ve had him on the show before, Joe Clarke and I made my documentary on concussions called ‘Headstrong’ which is on Amazon. He had been working with Sabu for a long time, several months, on filming a documentary. Just a few weeks ago, they were over here. Sabu and I were working out in my gym and hanging out in my sauna… I can’t wait to see the footage that he has now. And of course the ending is definitely going to be a little different than they planned on. He was training. He was wanting to have this big retirement match, so much that when it got down to it, he knew that he had more in him, you know?

“One thing that he said when I saw him after his match with Joey Janela — he said, ‘I got one more match in me. If you’re still interested in doing that barbed wire match, I’m interested.’ Because I had talked to him before about being the guy that’s his last opponent, which a lot of people would think, easy, of course you’re going to do that. But he said, ‘No, that’s cheating.’ Just like he thinks two brothers wrestling each other is cheating, from his perspective, because they grew up and they know each other too well.”

RVD said he didn’t really want to do a barbed wire match, but Sabu could have possibly talked him into it if it was really going to be his retirement match.

There was some incorrect information reported about Sabu that RVD wanted to clarify. Sabu’s legal name wasn’t Terrance Brunk, it was Terry Brunk. He was born in Michigan and not New York. And Sabu was 61 years old when he died instead of 60.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help pay for Sabu’s funeral costs. Chris Jericho made a $5,000 donation today.

Joey Janela says Sabu retirement match almost didn’t happen, defends match going forward

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Update:

GCW owner Brett Lauderdale released a statement defending his usage of Sabu at last month’s Spring Break event, saying he would never put someone in the ring who he thought would be a danger to themselves or others.

“Any suggestion that I or “GCW” or Joey Janela “forced” him to do this match, supplied him with substances or somehow caused his death is irresponsible, disingenous, hurtful, and false. It’s upsetting and discouraging to see people so eager to cast judgment without knowledge of the facts,” he wrote.

“I would never knowingly put someone who I believed was a danger to themselves or others in the ring and my track record shows this to be true,” he continued. “I have pulled people – in a public and painful manner – from big matches before, sometimes literal moments before a match was to begin and would do it again if I had to.

I spoke to Sabu moments before the match and he was Sabu. He was the same Sabu I had encountered in years past when I participated in his matches as a referee and later as a promoter. He was the same Sabu I met with the following day at WrestleCon, and the same Sabu that made multiple appearances on podcasts and at conventions in the weeks that followed.”

Original story:

Joey Janela is defending his match against Sabu despite it almost not happening due to Sabu’s condition.

In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Janela recounted that he almost didn’t wrestle Sabu in his no-rope barbed wire retirement match back on April 18 as Sabu wasn’t able to walk.

“What do you mean Sabu can’t walk? They said, ‘Yeah, Sabu, something with his knee — they’re locked up. He can’t walk. And his feet are bleeding. He’s not coming. Sabu’s not coming.’,” Janela recalled. “I said, ‘Sabu’s f***ed.’ So we talked to [indie wrestler] Matt Tremont, and Tremont is about to be the replacement for the match. And I feel like this is going to be the most embarrassing moment of my wrestling career. There’s 2,000 people here. This is one of the biggest Spring Breaks ever. The biggest crowd ‘Mania weekend, indie-wise. And I’m going to have to go out there and announce that Sabu, once again, no-showed. And no-showed his own retirement match.”

Janela said that Sabu’s team gave him a legal opiate called kratom that was able to get him to the show. The match proceeded as advertised with Sabu defeating Janela in a bloody, brutal match.

“We are an hour into the show and I said, ‘Just get Sabu here,’” Janela continued. “So they gave him something called kratom. You can buy it at a smoke shop or something; it’s like a legal opiate or something. They said, ‘He’s hopping on the bed, he’s hopping off the bed, and we’re going to get him to the show.’ So he shows up two hours into the show. Sabu was on a different f***ing planet. Everyone in the backstage was like, ‘What the f***? Is this match going to happen?’ And my God, did it happen.”

Responding to criticism on social media following the article’s release, Janela reiterated that Sabu’s team gave him the drug, not GCW, and he did his best to take care of him during the match, despite spots where Sabu slipped and fell out of the ring while running into the barbed wire.

“We didn’t give him kratom his team did, it’s also not illegal and 85% of professional wrestlers do it especially the ones on tv,” he wrote. “So f***  you. Sabu was a grown man, he did what he had to do to get out there. I took care of him to the best of my ability, I didn’t think what happened half way through would happen, it was all to get him one great payday and one last shine in the spotlight. That night wasn’t about me, it was about sabu and I wouldn’t change a thing.”

It was announced on Sunday that Sabu had passed away at the age of 60. Tributes across the wrestling world have been pouring out since, including from top companies such as WWE, AEW, TNA, and New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 live results: Sabu’s retirement match

Posted on by Marc Quill

Joey Janela kicks off his annual two-night Spring Break 9 event as part of the GCW Collective at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Janela himself will be in action in Sabu’s final match, taking on the ECW legend in a fitting end: a no ropes barbed wire match.

Masha Slamovich defends her JCW title against Suzu Suzuki while GCW Tag Team Champions Violence is Forever defend against Alec Price and a mystery partner.

In a GCW career vs. mask bout, Atticus Cogar will take on Fuego Del Sol.

The Wagner Family (Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno del Mal) will battle Los Desperados (Gringo Loco, Jack Cartwheel & Arez); Matt Tremont will take on Minoru Suzuki; and Mance Warner goes one-on-one with Gabe Kidd.

Megan Bayne returns to battle Bozilla, and Zack Sabre Jr. takes on The 1 Called Manders.

The show is rounded out by the always entertaining Senior Scramble with The Warlord vs. Mike Jackson vs. Tommy Rich vs. Doug Gilbert vs. Ricky Morton vs. George South.

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– Following the GCW signature, we got a Las Vegas-themed cold open for the show highlighting all the matches set for this evening. On the call for tonight are Dave Prazak and Jordan Castle.

GCW World Tag Team Championship Match: Alec Price & Mystery Partner vs. Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini)

Price leapt onto the Violence is Forever duo as he entered to get the match started without a partner. Price went to work in the ring against both Garrini and Ku in the ring, managing to keep them cornered on opposite ends of the rings with repeated running knee strikes. Price floored Garrini with a leaping Blockbuster, but had his momentum stalled by Ku, who hit an El Generico-style top rope brainbuster on him for the two-count.

Price refused to back down, but ViF took over with impressive double team moves that capped off with Chasing the Dragon for another near fall. Garrini grabbed one of the GCW World Tag Titles and looked to use it, but Cole Radrick’s music interrupted. Radrick showed up on the stage on crutches, as he revealed the man who would be Price’s partner. “The East Coast Ace” Jordan Oliver appeared, making his return from injury as Price’s partner.

With the hot tag, Oliver was a house of fire as he cleaned house on Ku and Garrini to the chants of “welcome back” from the GCW faithful. Oliver blasted Ku with a Yakuza Kick for a two. Radrick appeared at ringside and gave one of his crutches to Price, who smashed it over both Ku and Garrini. The match came to an end after Oliver hit a modified powerbomb on Garrini, followed by a double pin from him and Price. And that’s it, over. Jordan Oliver and Alec Price are the new GCW World Tag Champions.

Match Result: Alec Price & Jordan Oliver def. Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini) to win GCW World Tag Team Championships (6:51)

An exciting way to open the show and Jordan Oliver’s return from injury was well-received by the fans. Certainly a heck of a way to get the crowd pumped.

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Lucha Libre Trios Match: The Wagner Family (Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal) vs. Los D’sperados (Arez, Gringo Loco, Jack Cartwheel)

The match kicked off with Cartwheel living up to his name and delivering a cartwheel. The Wagner Family responded by posing together in the middle of the ring. We kicked things off proper with Cartwheel and El Hijo as the two locked up with exchanges of holds. This culminated with the two doing dueling cartwheels before both tagged out of the match.

Arez and Galeno Del Mal entered for both teams as they shook hands in respect. Galeno used his strength to absorb Arez’s shoulder tackles, as he then answered with a shoulder block of his own. The action picked up as neither man got a clear advantage. We then got Dr. Wagner Jr. and Gringo Loco entering the match for their respective teams.

Dr. Wagner Jr. and Gringo Loco took turns playing to the crowd before they faced off in the ring. After that brief standoff, Wagner tagged in his son and shared an embrace. In response, Gringo Loco hugged Arez. Wagner re-entered the match and continued to mix it up with Gringo Loco with arm drags a-plenty from both men.

Gringo Loco got a punch in the face for his troubles from Dr. Wagner Jr. after he did a sexy party dance. Wagner posed and took off his mask to the cheers of the crowd. He teased throwing the mask, but just gave it to his son instead. Los D’sperados opened things up with their high-flying attack. Arez and Gringo Loco went to work on El Hijo with a Magic Killer, followed by a shooting star press from Cartwheel.

Los D’sperados attacked the gargantuan Galeno with a sustained triple-team attack. Double suplex from Cartwheel and Arez, was capped off by a split-leg moonsault by Gringo Loco. Things soon opened up as the Wagner Family regained the advantage with a tandem of cannonballs and knees on opposite corners. Outside the ring, Dr. Wagner Jr. attacked Cartwheel and Gringo Loco with a garbage container. He then took the garbage container to Arez inside the ring.

Cartwheel roared back in the ring but got silenced by Dr. Wagner Jr.’s offense. Arez entered the fray and mixed it up with Wagner in the corner. Pele kick by Arez left the 59-year old Dr. Wagner Jr. floored. El Hijo got himself in and paid homage to Eddie Guerrero with the Three Amigos, followed by the frog splash from the top. Arez managed to kick out at 2. Galeno Del Mal broke up an Arez pin attempt after a modified codebreaker and hit an inverted suplex on his foe.

Running lariat by Galeno as he then went up top. Gringo Loco stopped him at the pass and hit an avalanche Spanish Fly. Dive to the outside by El Hijo was then followed by Arez nailing an impressive triangle moonsault, which left only Cartwheel and Dr. Wagner Jr. in the ring.

Cartwheel fought out of a powerbomb attempt but got blasted by a big boot from Wagner. A second butterfly powerbomb from Wagner, followed by the La Magistral cradle pin got the victory for the Wagner Family.

Match Result: The Wagner Family def. Los D’sperados (17:04)

That was a really enjoyable lucha-style trios match and it’s nice to see a legend like Dr. Wagner Jr. get his flowers with that bout. I liked what I saw from the other competitors of the match, and I was especially impressed with Arez and Jack Cartwheel, who both put in good efforts, even in defeat.

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Megan Bayne vs. Bozilla

Veda Scott took over for Jordan Castle on commentary for this next bout.

As the bell rang, Bozilla and Bayne sized one another up with a faceoff in the ring before we got the lockup. Bozilla got the better of Bayne as she forced her into the corner, which led to the referee breaking it up. Bozilla withstood a Bayne shoulder block. Bayne responded by challenging her to hit her with a shoulder block of her own, to which Bozilla obliged with painful aplomb.

The action spilled outside with Bayne blasting Bozilla with a tope suicida right into the front row seats. Back in the ring, Bozilla picked up Bayne for a modified Michinoku Driver for a two count. Bozilla continued her attack as she targeted Bayne’s back with repeated body slams. A fallaway slam from Bozilla stopped Bayne’s attempts at a comeback.

Bozilla then applied the bearhug on Bayne with maximum pressure. Bayne woke up and escaped the hold as she created some much needed separation. Running splash in the corner was followed by an attempted suplex from Bayne, but to no avail. Bayne was finally able to hit a belly-to-belly suplex on Bozilla for a close near-fall.

An attempted running crossbody by Bayne was avoided by Bozilla. Bayne rolled out of a suplex from Bozilla as she then hit with a fierce running lariat. On the top rope, Bayne looked to take flight, but Bozilla met her there and hit a super fallaway slam on her foe. Halfway through the match, we got a weird interruption with a rubber masked man saying “chicken fingers” before we returned to the match.

Bayne tried to lift up Bozilla for the F5, but couldn’t do it. The powerbomb from Bozilla wasn’t enough to keep Bayne down for the count as she stood up almost instantly. We got an exchange of slaps between the two opponents. Bozilla took advantage and attempted to drop Bayne with a trifecta of powerbombs. Bayne managed to kick out at two.

Bozilla missed on a moonsault as Bayne rolled out at the last second. Bayne then went up top herself and wiped out Bozilla with a senton. That gave her enough time and strength lift Bozilla up for the F5. A defiant Bozilla flipped up Bayne, but that didn’t change the fact that the end for her came at the hands of a Tombstone Piledriver from The Megasus.

Post-match, Bozilla and Bayne showed respect to one another.

Match Result: Megan Bayne def. Bozilla (12:12)

A suitably physical battle between two titans and the story of Bayne having to overcome the sheer size of Bozilla was a good thoroughline for this match. I enjoyed this one a lot.

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Zack Sabre Jr. vs. 1 Called Manders

Sabre Jr. and Manders started off with a brief stalemate before we got the test of strength from the two. Sabre Jr. used his lanky frame to escape the lockup from underneath Manders’ legs. Some good technical work between the two men to start us off.

Manders flipped off Sabre Jr. and got a finger snape for his troubles. The TMDK Frontman continued his joint manipulation-based assault on Manders, but got dropped across the top rope afterwards. Manders absorbed a couple of uppercuts from Sabre Jr. as he then floored him with hard uppercut of his own. The two men then traded dueling chops before Sabre Jr. targeted the injured hand of Manders with a stomp. Manders continued to trash talk Sabre Jr. and got kicked in the chest in response.

The pace picked up slightly before Sabre Jr. cinched in an armbar on Manders’ injured arm. Manders escaped and struck down Sabre Jr. with a kneeling lariat. ZSJ regained control with a couple of kicks to the chest, but Manders struck back with an explosive lariat. With both competitors on spaghetti legs, we got more blows traded before Manders cracked Sabre Jr. with a lariat. The former IWGP World Champion kicked out at two.

Manders looked to finish the match off with one more lariat, but Sabre Jr. hit him with a kick and utilized his superior technical skills to trap Manders in a bridging pin to pick up the one, two, three.

Post-match, Manders confronted Sabre Jr. outside the ring and shook his hand in respect.

Match Result: Zack Sabre Jr. def. 1 Called Manders (7:56)

That was a fantastic clash of styles between the technically-sound ZSJ and the explosive offense of Manders. As someone who’s come to enjoy ZSJ’s in-ring work with every match, this match was a treat and a pleasure to watch. For his part, Manders was a perfect dance partner for Sabre Jr and he looked damn good in this match.

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– The “chicken fingers” video as it turns out, was a pre-match video for Fuego Del Sol versus Atticus Coger. Jordan Castle also rejoined commentary.

Mask Versus Career: Atticus Cogar vs. Fuego Del Sol

We started fast and furious with Cogar and Fuego going right after one another as the bell rang. A suplex sent both guys to the ringside area. Cogar threw Fuego into the ringpost as he took a steel chair and slid it onto his downed foe. More plunder from under the ring included another chair and a door. Fuego fired back with repeated chairshots to Cogar.

Fuego introduced another door from under the ring, followed by two additional chairs. He then set up a makeshift table using the door and two chairs. Cogar cracked his hated foe with a chair to the head as he then rolled Fuego up onto the stage. With two makeshift tables setup next to one another, Cogar walked up to the stage. Cogar struck Fuego with a pair of scissors to the head. He then cut away at Fuego’s mask followed by repeatedly stabbing at his exposed forehead to bust Fuego open.

Cogar got a set of skewers to open up Fuego’s forehead further. He followed this up with a running Air Raid Crash through the makeshift door tables from the top of the stage. As the battle returned to the ring, Cogar took his time to bring in more weapons as Fuego writhed in pain inside the ring.

Fuego woke up and took advantage with a series of kicks on Cogar to keep him grounded momentarily. On the top rope, Cogar kicked Fuego and bit his exposed forehead. Fuego trapped Cogar in position for a double foot stomp, which left him in the Tree of Woe position. With a trash can placed in front of the prone Cogar, Fuego looked to hit a Coast to Coast dropkick, but brother Otis came in for the save. He dropped Fuego and assaulted him to give Atticus time to recover.

Sam Stackhouse entered the fight and took Otis out with a spinning wheel kick. He then took down the Cogar brothers with a dive to the outside. Inside the ring, with four chairs set up, Fuego hit Atticus with the Sun Fire Driver, but that wasn’t enough to put an end to this match.

Atticus got dropped face first on a chair with a drop toehold, but he responded with a German suplex on Fuego that sent him onto the legs of the chair. Outside of the ring, Sam Stackhouse found himself getting blasted with chairshots by Otis. Atticus threatened Fuego by saying every kickout would cause Otis to hit Stackhouse with chairs.

With skewers impaling his forehead, Fuego managed to kickout of Atticus’ Brain Hemorrhage maneuver, which resulted in another chairshot to Stackhouse at ringside. A two-by-four with razor blades was brought out as Atticus looked to finish Fuego off for good. The masked man avoided it and managed to connect with the leaping DDT for an incredibly close two-count.

Otis pulled Fuego out and sent him into the ringpost. Stackhouse recovered and started to fight with Otis as Atticus was placed onto the door/chair bridge by Fuego. In the ring, Stackhouse got the upper hand on Otis and had him down and out. The House of Fire duo then hit a moonsault and 630 splash, respectively on both Cogar brothers.

In the ring, Atticus Cogar kicked out at two, evne after being put through the door by Fuego. Now with the skewers in hand, Fuego planted it on Atticus’ forehead, as he then hit his hated foe with the gusset plate-enhanced two-by four. In big trouble, Atticus was handed a tazer by brother Otis, which allowed him to stun Fuego and put an end to this with a Brain Hemorrhage onto the trash can for the victory. Per the stipulation, Fuego Del Sol must unmask.

After the match, Fuego unmasked and removed his boots, suggesting that he was going to retire after this crushing defeat, much to the dismay of the crowd.

Match Result: Atticus Cogar def. Fuego Del Sol (17:47)

Even going into this match blind, the stakes were certainly felt and the hype packages before the match did a great job in building things up. As for the match itself, your mileage may vary on the violence seen, but I think it helped sell the seriousness of the stipulation and the rivalry between Atticus Cogar and Fuego Del Sol.

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Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Tremont

Tremont hyped everyone up after the bell rang as he then exchanged forearms and chops with Suzuki, who seemed to welcome Tremont’s barrage of chops with maniacal glee. Tremont’s headbutts had no effect on Suzuki as we got more blows traded and wobbly legs between these two men.

The flying tackle from Tremont sent Suzuki rolling to the outside, where the slugfest continued. Suzuki avoided a Tremont headbutt, which caused the big man to make contact with the ringpost instead, which busted “The Bulldozer” open. Suzuki went to work on the bleeding noggin of Tremont with repeated strikes. In the ring, Tremont flipped off Suzuki and ended up getting his middle finger trapped in a submission instead.

With Tremont bleeding buckets, Suzuki kept up his vicious attack as his strikes began to keep his massive opponent down. A titanic lariat from Tremont stopped the attack of Suzuki, followed by a Death Valley Driver for the two. Suzuki shoved the referee onto Tremont as he then applied a sleeper hold on him. Even with the sleeper cinched in tight, Tremont refused to buckle as he reached the ropes to break the sleeper. The referee repeatedly tried to stop Suzuki as he refused to break the hold, but Suzuki dropped him with a Gotch-style piledriver. A swarm of GCW officials rushed in as Tremont and Suzuki looked to continue their brawl.

This fight reached the timekeepers table, as Suzuki hit Tremont with his DDT Universal Championship before referees managed to calm everyone down, presumably ending this match in a No Contest.

Match Result: Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Tremont ended in a No Contest (10:47)

Certainly an interesting finish to the match, I’ll say that much.

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JCW World Championship: Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Suzu Suzuki

Match kicked off with neither Slamovich or Suzuki getting a clear upperhand, until a slam from Suzuki changed things. Running knee strike by Suzuki led to an early pinfall attempt that Slamovich icked out of. A run into the corner by Suzuki is met by a double stomp from the JCW World Champion. Slamovich then took control with repeated snapmares, followed by a submission hold.

The champion maintained command with clotheslines, as a kick to the throat by Slamovich kept Suzuki grounded, at least for a bit. Suzuki created separation with a spear as both women began to trade strikes. Suzuki kicked Slamovich in the spine and draped her across the bottom role. On the outside, Suzuki nailed a drive-by kick on the stunned Slamovich. In the ring, a suplex attempt was blocked by Slamovich as she had Suzuki dead to rights with the capo kick. Suzuki woke up and hit Slamovich with a stunner, but fell victim to a combo of kicks. We got a double down moment as Slamovich and Suzuki knocked each other down with stereo kicks.

Suzuki answered a Slamovich big boot with a German suplex. Gila Shot from by Suzuki on Slamovich got only a close two. With Slamovich in position, Suzuki went up to the top rope. The JCW Champion recovered and dropped Suzuki with a powerbomb, but that couldn’t put the challenger away.

Spinning kick by Slamovich on Suzuki, followed by the White Knight Driver got the pinfall win and successful JCW World Championship title defense.

Match Result: Masha Slamovich def. Suzu Suzuki to retain the JCW World Championship (9:52)

The match picked up as it went along and it defeinitely was a heck of a fight between these two talented women wrestlers. Just another great match in a night that’s been filled with them.

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Gabe Kidd vs. Mance Warner

Warner, of course, is fresh off a grueling Barbed Wire Massacre match against Sami Callihan at TNA Unbreakable last night. Kidd, on the other hand, battled in a successful match against Josh Barnett at Bloodsport 12.

With the screwdriver in hand, Warner tried to stab Kidd with it, but was unsuccessful. Kidd took down Warner with a suplex and got his hands on the screwdriver, which he put to good use. With Warner already busted open, Kidd proceeded to open fire with more shots to the wound on Warner’s forehead.

The bloodshed from Warner’s forehead got particularly brutal as Kidd remained relentless in his attack. Warner managed to create some sort of separation by low-blowing Kidd as he brought chairs and a white door into the ring. Warner got his hands on the screwdriver and returned the favor on Kidd with some shots to the head of his own.

With both Kidd and Warner sporting the proverbial crimson mask, the battle continued to rage on. Warner taunted Kidd to get back up as both men took a seat and began to trade punches while seated. Kidd bit at Warner’s forehead to regain the advantage. Kidd dropped Warner with a slam right across the two chairs set back-to-back.

The lariat from Kidd wasn’t enough to end this as Warner kicked out. Kidd set one of the doors up against the corner as he looked to hit a piledriver on Warner. The Mancer fought out it and hit a step-up DDT on Kidd right through the door. Amazingly, Kidd managed to kick ouf ot that. Missed lariat by Kidd is countered by a lariat from Warner that gets kicked out of.

The other door was then set up as a bridge by Warner who seemed to have Kidd at his mercy. Warner went up top, but Kidd recovered and smacked him, which led to an avalanche piledriver right though the bridged door. Both Warner and Kidd struggled to get up, but they continued to exchange vicious strikes once they did get back to a vertical base. In the ensuing exchange, Kidd managed to knock Warner down, as he collapsed right into a pinning position, which was enough for the victory,

Match Result: Gabe Kidd def. Mance Warner (14:38)

A suitably violent encounter between two of the toughest wrestlers competing right now. While the blood did get a bit uncomfortable — particularly when Warner got initially busted open — the match itself I enjoyed, and I’d love to see these two run it back once more.

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Senior Scramble: Robert Gibson vs. Ricky Morton vs. Damian 666 vs.Mike Jackson vs. George South

The match began with South and Gibson mixing it up as Jackson and Damian 666 were off fighting in the corner. We got a do-si-do spot with South, Morton, Damian, and Jackson. Before things could get far, Kerry Morton interrupted by telling everyone to stop the match.

Kerry Morton went on full blast by blaming the senior wrestlers in the ring for not being booked for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9. He talked back to father Ricky before he got blasted by a chair shot from Robert Gibson. Kerry got thrown in the ring and got the brunt of punishment from the senior wrestlers in the ring. Mike Jackson walked the ropes but got pulled down by Kerry, who had his finger bit by Damian 666.

Father Ricky delivered a Canadian Destroyer to his own son as chairs got brought into the ring by Robert Gibson on the outside. We got another door bridge as the senior wrestlers delivered a quadruple powerbomb to Kerry through the door. The seniors collectively pinned Kerry to end this match.

Kerry was announced as “the loser” of this match.

Match Result: Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton, Damian 666, Mike Jackson, and George South def. Kerry Morton (6:14)

Nothing much to say about this match, really. But, it did work as a nice cooldown before our main event match. I did have fun and a good chuckle at the action.

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No Ropes Barbed Wire Match – Sabu’s Final Match: Sabu vs. Joey Janela

True to the name of the match, the ropes were replaced by barbed wire ropes and there were barbed wire contraptions set up at ringside.

As Sabu made his way for his last-ever match, he took in the cheers and adulation of the fans that came to see him wrestle for one last time before entering the ring.

Janela attacked Sabu as the legend was doing his iconic taunt to start this match. Sabu fought back with a DDT on Janela, who avoided calamity by stopping short of the barbed wire ropes after an Irish whip. Janela attacked Sabu in the middle of the ring with hard shots to the face to keep him grounded. Sabu recovered with a clothesline to Janela as he grabbed a spike from his boot. He impaled Janela’s forehead with the spike with the loud whistling signalling the arrival of long-time manager of Sabu, Bill Alfonso.

Alfonso tossed the chair to Sabu, which allowed him to set it up for a vintage spot. Janela dodged at the last second, which caused Sabu to go flying into the barbed wire contraption at ringside. A blooded Janela ripped up Sabu’s suit jacket as he then opened up his legendary opponent with barbed wire-enhanced punches. Janela threw Sabu with full force into a barbed wire board, sending him crashing to the concrete floor.

With everyone checking up on Sabu at outside, the Cogar brothers ran in and attacked Janela before Atticus threw Bill Alfonso into a barbed wire board in the ring. The lights went out inside the Palm in the midst of the chaos. With the familiar chords of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” ringing through, we got the arrival of the man himself, the one and only Sandman.

While the Sandman continued to wade through the crowd, the Cogar brothers continued to brutalize Janela, skewers to the head and all. Atticus Cogar attacked Sabu with a barbed wire bat. As Sandman finally made his way to the ring, Atticus and Otis Cogar faced him down from one corner of the ring. With Singapore cane in hand, Sandman blasted both Cogar brothers with his signature weapon to send them retreating.

Janela hit Sandman from behind, but got thrown into two barbed wire doors by Sabu. After some time, Janela got out of the doors and entered the ring once more. A feigned handshake from Sabu led to Janela getting thrown painfully into the barbed wire contraption on the other end of ringside.

Now both Janela and Sabu dueled with fists and chairs being smashed and thrown at one another. Sabu gave Janela a brief embrace before the chaos continued some more. DDT onto the steel chair from Sabu to Janela. Both men were completely wrecked but refused to go quietly into the night. Sabu bludgeoned Janela with chair shots before landing his signature Arabian facebuster with the chair. And that’s it, over. Sabu wins his final match.

After the match, Janela got on the microphone and presented Sabu with a plaque that was meant for him from last year’s Independent Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremony to end the evening.

Match Result: Sabu def. Joey Janela (17:07)

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That was certainly… a match that happened. The fact that Sabu might’ve gotten hurt significantly from that irish whip spot that sent him crashing into the concrete floor on top of a barbed wire board does kind of put a damper on things. I can’t say if this match was good or bad for sure, just that it felt like a fever dream of sorts.

All in all, though, this was a strong Spring Break show, buoyed by a little bit of everything. Technical showcases (ZSJ vs. Manders), big bruiser battles (Bayne vs. Bozilla), blood feuds (Atticus Cogar vs. Fuego Del Sol), and big ‘ol slugfests (Kidd vs. Warner). I had a great time watching this from start to finish.

Barbed wire stipulation added to Sabu’s retirement match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

ECW legend Sabu is going out in style in his retirement match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9.

The final match of Sabu’s career will take place on Friday, April 18 when he faces Joey Janela at GCW’s Spring Break event in Las Vegas. A hardcore stipulation has now been added to the bout with Janela announcing that it will be a no ropes barbed wire match.

Janela made the announcement during a promo at Sunday’s GCW show in Philadelphia.

“A lot of people know what this is, but not a lot of people know what this feels like. I know what this feels like. Sabu knows what this feels like. And in 12 days, we’re going to know what it feels like again,” Janela said after unveiling strands of barbed wire. “I will put on the performance of my career when we take these ropes down, when we take these f*cking ropes down and we don’t replace them with chains or anything like that. We replace them with real, sharp, life-threatening barbed wire.”

Sabu, 60, has been away from the ring since 2021 but is now returning for one last match. There was an angle last month where the former ECW World Champion bloodied Janela at a GCW event.

Spring Break is being held at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas and will air live on TrillerTV+ with a start time of 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific.

Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 (Friday, April 18) —

  • Sabu’s final match: Joey Janela vs. Sabu (no ropes barbed wire)
  • The Wagner Family (Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno del Mal) vs. Los Desperados (Gringo Loco, Arez & Jack Cartwheel)
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Tremont
  • Megan Bayne vs. Bozilla
  • GCW career vs. mask match: Atticus Cogar vs. Fuego Del Sol
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. 1 Called Manders
  • Gabe Kidd vs. Mance Warner
  • JCW World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Suzu Suzuki
  • Senior Scramble: Ricky Morton vs. Doug Gilbert vs. George South vs. The Warlord vs. Mike Jackson vs. Tommy Rich