Game Changer Wrestling presents Sorry Pal
Date: 1/10/2025
From: Rochester, NY
A video package of Atticus Cougar addressing a letter he had written to Brett Lauderdale, but he switched the letter to Megan Bayne. Cougar is acting as if he’s in love and has been in solitary confinement, but it’s never been real. There’s a production mess-up and the video package starts over again. Cougar is wrestling Effy tonight.
There’s a video package highlighting the 12/31 show called Til Infinity.
GCW Tag Team Champions Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku join commentary to watch the opening match as they defend the tag titles against the Gahbage Daddies at the Hammerstein show on 1/19.
Opening Contest: Gahbage Daddies (Alec Price & Cole Radrick) vs. High Seas (Cloudy & Nick Ando): Ando dropkicks Price off the middle rope to the floor. Radrick fights back with strikes to High Seas and dumps Ando to the floor. Radrick tries for a springboard double stunner, but doesn’t hit it. Price springboards off the ropes to hit a double crossbody. Radrick shoulder blocks Cloudy to the mat and Price hits a somersault splash off of Radrick’s back onto Cloudy. Radrick axe handles Cloudy from the bottom rope and Price leaps off the top rope to double stomp Cloudy on the arm. Radrick tags into the match and walks the ropes to deliver an overhand strike to Cloudy’s arm for a one count. Radrick is met with a knee strike by Ando on the apron, but knocks Cloudy down with an elbow. Radrick tries for a sunset flip from the apron, but is pulled down by Ando. Cloudy takes Radrick out with a suicide dive on the floor knocking Radrick into the railing. Cloudy tries for a cover, but Radrick kicks out at two. Radrick is met with a double elbow and shoulder block. Ando and Cloudy pull apart Radrick’s legs and Ando manages a two count on a cover. Ando elbow strikes Radrick several times and keeps arm control. Radrick tries to fight free, but is stopped by a knee lift. Cloudy returns to the match and controls Radrick for a moment. Cloudy strikes Radrick to the corner and knocks Price off the apron. Cloudy lams Radrick and Ando leaps off the top to deliver a headbutt for a two count. Ando chops Radrick against the ropes followed by a forearm strike.
Cloudy snapmares Radrick and comes off the ropes to dropkick Radrick for a two count. Radrick stops Cloudy with a jawbreaker and hits a springboard cutter. Ando distracts the referee to prevent a tag to Price. Ando plants Price with a Sky High. Cloudy forearms Radrick and Ando drives Radrick down with a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Radrick kicks Cloudy to the floor and spin kicks Ando to fight free out of the corner. Radrick tags out to Price, and Price missile dropkicks Cloudy. Price hits a hurricanrana on Ando sending Ando to the floor. Radrick clotheslines Cloudy in the corner. Price nails Ando with a blockbuster. Gahbage Disposal on Cloudy leads to the three count. (**. A decent match with a good closing sequence. A fairly tame opening bout, but the Daddies clearly have some fun offense and appear to be an over babyface tag team for GCW. Ando and Cloudy are essentially a job team and this was ideally just a matter to get the tag title challengers a moment to shine before their title match in nine days.) After the match, Radrick tells the tag champs they have nine days before they kick their asses. Price grabs the microphone and says he doesn’t want to wait nine days. Rochester doesn’t want to wait nine days either. Price wants the tag title match right now. Naturally, that’s not going to happen. Kevin Ku says they’d like to, but they are contracted to wrestle To Infinity & Beyond so their going to have to wait. After a moment, the tag champs attack Radrick and Price on the stage. Colin Delaney and Cheech run out to make the save and that leads into our next match.
Second Contest: GCW Tag Team Champions Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku) vs. To Infinity & Beyond (Cheech & Colin Delaney): Cheech and Delaney keep control with forearms in the corner. Delaney sends Garrini to the floor where Garrini spikes Delaney with a piledriver on the stage. Ku decks Cheech from behind and the match legally begins. Garrini tags in and stomps Cheech on the mat followed by knee strikes to the back. Garrini senton splashes Cheech for a two count. Cheech tries to fight back, but Garrini chops Cheech. Garrini sends Cheech into the corner and tags in Ku to keep control of the match. Ku dragon screw leg whips Cheech to the mat and focuses his attack on the left knee. Ku elbow strikes Cheech to the mat and continues with a chop to the chest. Ku eye rakes Cheech to maintain control of the bout. Garrini enters, but Cheech tries to fight back until a double kick and forearm stops his momentum. The champs hit the Chasing The Dragon, but Delaney dives into the ring and stop the pin attempt. Ku sends Delaney to the floor, but Delaney isn’t out of it. The champs try for a spike piledriver, but Cheech backdrops Garrini into Ku in the corner. Cheech elbows Garrini and delivers a superkick. Delaney gets the hot tag and chops Ku several times. Delaney suplexs himself and Ku over the top to the floor.
Cheech forearms Garrini several times, but a headbutt by Garrini stops Cheech. Cheech suicide dives onto Ku into the barricade. Delaney gets in the ring to chop Garrini and they trade several of them. They begin to trade forearm strikes in the middle of the ring. Garrini comes off the ropes, but is slammed by Delaney. Ku delivers a running knee strike for a two count on Delaney. Ku grabs Delaney looking for a suplex, but Delaney breaks free. Delaney leaps off the middle rope to deliver a stunner and Cheech tosses Ku with a German suplex for a near fall. Garrini sends Delaney into the corner. Garrini avoids a German suplex by Cheech, but Delaney spikes Garrini with a tornado DDT off of Cheech’s shoulders. Ku is nailed by a double kick to the face, but kicks out at two. Ku kicks Cheech away and nails Delaney with a kick to the head. Delaney kicks Ku on the face, but Ku hits a Blue Thunder Bomb. Garrini nails Delaney with a seated clothesline as Ku delivered a strike. The champs hit a high knee/leg sweep combo on Delaney for a near fall. Delaney dumps Garrini to the stage and kicks Ku. Cheech plants Garrini with an elevated DDT as Cheech delivered a facebuster to Ku for a near fall. Delaney takes Garrini out with a crossbody on the stage. Ku sends Cheech into Delaney on the apron. Cheech German suplexs Ku and spears Garrini on the stage with help from Delaney for both moves. Delaney hits a backpack stunner on Ku after a double stomp by Cheech from the top for a near fall. Garrini chops Cheech and sends Cheech to the floor. The champs hit a spike piledriver, but Delaney kicks out at two. Delaney stops Ku with a stunner and elbows Garrini. Delaney hits a springboard stunner on Garrini. Ku counters a springboard and the champs hit a running knee/suplex combo to pickup the win. (***. A good match between these two teams. They likely missed out on more drama because of the Hammerstein tag match being set in stone, but regardless this was pretty good. Delaney and Cheech are a ton of fun and they hit their spots very well here. I’d love for them to get a meaningful run in GCW.)
The tag champs grab a microphone with Garrini cutting a promo. Garrini tells the crowd to shut up because he has a microphone. Garrini says in nine days they go back to Hammerstein and how the Daddies want to win the titles. Garrini says they are dream crushers and the Daddies aren’t going to win the titles from them at the Hammerstein.
Third Contest: Marcus Mathers vs. Sidney Akeem: They lockup with neither man getting a clear advantage and they break free. Mathers controls Akeem on the mat with a waist lock, but Akeem counters with a headlock. Akeem arm drags Mathers and keeps arm control. Akeem keeps arm control for a few moments. Mathers counters and gets a rollup for a near fall. Mathers shoulder blocks Akeem, but Akeem kips up and is chopped away. Akeem avoids a clothesline and takes Mathers down with a rollup for a two count. Mathers tries for a stunner, but Akeem avoids it. Akeem looks for a handspring attack, but Mathers manages to avoid it. Akeem wants to shake hands and they do. Akeem pump kicks Mathers followed by a dropkick. Akeem chops Mathers in the corner several times. Akeem delivers a kick to the midsection. Akeem dropkicks Mathers on the back after a snapmare. Akeem heads to the top missing a crossbody. Mathers hits a crossbody and forearms Akeem in the corner. Mathers nails Akeem with a kick to the chest for a near fall. Mathers knee strikes Akeem on the mat and continues with chops. Mathers nails Akeem with a forearm strike. Mathers covers Akeem for a two count. Mathers controls Akeem on the mat and delivers a few knee strikes. Mathers drives Akeem to the mat with a vertical suplex for a near fall. Mathers keeps control with a sleeper on the mat. Mathers stops Akeem with a big boot and tries for a back suplex and drives Akeem to the mat following a brief delay.
Mathers forearms Akeem on the floor and suplexs Akeem onto the apron. Mathers covers Akeem for a two count. Mathers keeps control with a chin lock, but doesn’t get a submission. Akeem strikes Mathers to break free and ducks a clothesline to hit a crossbody. Akeem uppercuts Mathers in the corner followed by a kick to the face. Akeem heads to the top rope and hits a crossbody for a near fall. Mathers sends Akeem to the stage, but is met with a kick. Akeem tries for a slingshot into the ring, but Mathers catches Akeem. Akeem drops down leading to a near fall with a rollup. Mathers strikes Akeem and hits a springboard cutter. Mathers plants Akeem with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. Mathers clubs Akeem over the back and tries for a suplex, but Akeem breaks free and elbow strikes Mathers. Akeem slams Mathers to the mat for a two count. Akeem stomps Mathers followed by a forearm strike. Mathers clotheslines Akeem, but Akeem fights back with a forearm strike. Mathers nails Akeem with another cutter. Mathers suplexs Akeem leading to a near fall. Mathers heads to the top rope, but misses a double stomp. Akeem kicks Mathers followed by an uppercut. Mathers responds with kicks. Akeem kicks Mathers, but is met with a superkick. Akeem hits a German suplex, but Mathers delivers a reverse hurricanrana. Akeem rolls to the stage to avoid a cover. Mathers charges, but Akeem hits a Destroyer from the stage into the ring. Akeem nails Mathers with the Final Act (handspring cutter) for the win. (*1/2. I feel like I’ve heard rave reviews about Akeem, but this was a disappointing outing. I was expecting a much more fast pace match with more high flying and instead they went with quite a bit more mat wrestling based offense. Mathers looked good, but the overall flow of the match didn’t connect well with me. The crowd seemed to be surprisingly more disinterested than I expected, too.)
A video package promoting PCO making his return to GCW at the Hammerstein Ballroom is shown.
Broski Jimmy cuts a promo saying it feels great to be in Buffalo, but wishes he was in Buffalo because Rochester sucks. Jimmy asks what Rochester is even known for and puts down the garbage plates they’re known for. Jimmy says they are all garbage and doesn’t consider Rochester to be an A-town. Jimmy says they have a minor league team for a minor league town. Jimmy notes that Buffalo at least has the Bills. Jimmy promises that Rhyno isn’t going to hit with a gore tonight.
Fourth Contest: Rhyno vs. Broski Jimmy: Rhyno shoulder blocks Jimmy to start the match followed by a strike. Rhyno shoulder rams Jimmy in the corner and plays to the crowd. Jimmy bails to the floor to avoid a gore. Rhyno rams Jimmy into the railing chest first several times. Jimmy rams Rhyno into the railing face first. Jimmy taunts the fans. Rhyno chops Jimmy at ringside several times. Jimmy boots Rhyno against the railing. Rhyno hooks Jimmy and hits a suplex on the floor. Rhyno goes under the ring looking for a weapon and pulls out a table. Rhyno sets a table up on the floor, but Jimmy whacks Rhyno over the back with a chair shot. Jimmy headbutts Rhyno and sends Rhyno into the ring post face first. Jimmy slides a couple of chairs into the ring. Jimmy jabs Rhyno in the midsection with a chair shot and chokes Rhyno on the mat. Jimmy chokes Rhyno over the middle rope for a moment. Jimmy runs the ropes and splashes Rhyno over the middle rope leading to a near fall. Jimmy wedges a chair in the corner and works over Rhyno with strikes against the ropes. Jimmy misses a splash and lands over the middle rope. Jimmy stops Rhyno with a low blow and jabs Rhyno in the midsection with a chair shot. Jimmy climbs to the top rope, but Rhyno whacks Jimmy with a chair shot and Jimmy falls off the ropes and crashes through a table at ringside. Rhyno clotheslines Jimmy and sends Jimmy into the corner. Rhyno shoulder rams Jimmy and delivers another clothesline. Rhyno waits in the corner for the gore, but Jimmy sidesteps it and Rhyno hits the chair in the corner. Jimmy delivers a running boot in the corner. Jimmy hits Radio Silence, but Rhyno kicks out at two. Jimmy sets a table up in the corner. Jimmy waits in the corner, but Rhyno hits a belly to belly suplex. Rhyno puts Jimmy through the table with a GORE. Rhyno covers and wins the match. (*1/2. A bit of a slow match, but it wasn’t an awful encounter. Jimmy had some decent heel work to add some heat on him prior to the match starting. I don’t know how it’s possible that Rhyno looks the same for the past 20+ years.)
A video package promoting the feud between Parrow and Charles Mason. Richard Holliday considers Mason to be the worst man and issued a challenge for Hammerstein. Parrow attacked his husband who had been dressed as Mason. Mason chased Holliday from the ring. This all happened at Til Infinity on 12/31. Mason made the match with Holliday at Hammerstein inside a steel cage.
Richard Holliday comes out and says he’s changed his mind and he’s not wrestling tonight. If he’s going to wrestle in New York it’s going to be in Manhattan. Holliday doesn’t wrestle in D-towns such as Rochester and the people don’t deserve to see him compete. Holliday disputes the claim that he’s a little bitch and wants Charles Mason to meet him like a man. Mason spits water into Holliday’s face upon coming out. Parrow slams Mason and chokes Mason on the mat. Holliday taunts Mason and reminds Parrow what Mason did to his husband. Parrow scoop slams Mason. Holliday tells Parrow to get revenge. Parrow sends Mason into the railing back first. Mason fights back with strikes, but Parrow suplexs Mason on the floor.
Fifth Contest: Charles Mason vs. Parrow: There hasn’t been an official bell, but this feels like a match. Mason suicide dives onto Parrow. Mason rolls Parrow into the ring and tries for a crossbody, but Parrow catches Mason and hits a fallaway slam. Now there’s been an official bell for the match to begin. Parrow slides a few chairs into the ring and jabs Mason in the midsection a few times. Parrow whacks Mason over the back with a chair shot. Parrow runs towards the corner, but is met with a chair shot. Mason double stomps Parrow on the neck and delivers a boot strike in the corner. Parrow powerbombs Mason, but Holliday doesn’t want Parrow to stop the beating and reminds Parrow what Mason did to his husband. Parrow splashes Mason several times. Parrow charges the corner and is met with a boot. Mason delivers a head scissors to put Parrow over the middle rope. Mason drops Parrow over the middle rope, but Parrow fights back with a clothesline. Mason puts a chokehold on Parrow, but doesn’t get a submission. Parrow chokeslams Mason to the mat. Parrow sends Mason into the steel chair in the corner. Parrow sets up a couple of chairs in the corner, but Mason breaks free and drops Parrow onto the chairs with a Death Valley Driver. Holliday leaves the commentary table and pummels Mason with right hands before shoving the referee. The referee calls for the bell causing the match to be thrown out. After the match, Holliday continues to beatdown Mason. Parrow gets up and holds Mason, but Holliday accidentally hits Parrow with a chair shot. Mason tackles Holliday and delivers a double stomp. Mason knee strikes Holliday in the corner followed by a Death Valley Driver. Mason tries to put a plastic bag over Holliday, but Parrow hits a sit down driver on Mason. Holliday grabs a chair and whacks Mason over the back several times. Holliday low blows Mason and hits a twisting suplex. (*. I know that Holliday isn’t a babyface, but Mason certainly didn’t give me babyface vibes. If anything, Parrow would be a babyface in all of this because his husband was attacked for no reason. This seems to be a bit confusing of an angle. Mason doesn’t do anything to keep my interest. Holliday seems like a good heel. Parrow could easily breakaway from Holliday and be a big babyface in the future.)
A video package promoting the match between Effy and Atticus Cougar is shown. Their issues date back to March 2021.
Griffin McCoy cuts a promo saying the fans were last probably doing crack and finger banging their cousins. McCoy brags about beating Grim Reefer and pinning Homicide. McCoy talks about Hammerstein and how they will end Reefer and Homicide’s career. McCoy proclaims they don’t need legends anymore.
Sixth Contest: JCW Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Griffin McCoy: Masha keeps wrist control on McCoy, but McCoy breaks free and backs Masha against the ropes. McCoy slaps Masha, but Masha gets a choke on McCoy. McCoy falls backwards, but Masha keeps the choke locked in. Masha drops McCoy over the middle rope and delivers a boot followed by a clothesline. Masha snapmares McCoy several times followed by a kicks for a one count. Masha kicks McCoy and continues with chops in the corner. Masha charges towards the corner, but McCoy sits Masha on the top turnbuckle. McCoy knocks Masha to the floor with a running boot. McCoy kicks Masha against the railing and taunts the crowd. McCoy sends Masha into the railing. McCoy rolls Masha into the ring leading to a near fall. McCoy snapmares Masha and puts an arm bar on her for a moment. Masha strikes McCoy several times in the ring and runs the ropes where McCoy delivers a kick to the chest. McCoy kicks Masha in the corner several times. McCoy chokes Masha in the corner and taunts the crowd. McCoy waits in the corner, but misses a strike and is met with an elbow strike. Masha boots McCoy followed by a knee lift and a forearm. Masha nails McCoy with a somersault kick for a near fall. Masha puts a sleeper on McCoy, but McCoy breaks free. Masha strikes and kicks McCoy. Masha elbows McCoy in the corner, but McCoy nails Masha with a boot and a running dropkick in the corner. McCoy pulls Masha towards the middle of the ring and delivers a few strikes. McCoy comes off the ropes, but is met with a boot. Masha runs the ropes, but is slammed to the mat for a two count.
McCoy kicks Masha over the back several times. Masha responds with a slap and kicks McCoy over the back several times. Masha delivers a kick to the chest coming off the ropes. Masha misses a kick and is met with a strike. McCoy nails Masha with quick kicks, but is met with a spin kick to the face. McCoy decks Masha with a clothesline for a two count. McCoy tries for a powerbomb, but Masha counters with a choke. McCoy tries for a slam, but Masha goes back to the choke. McCoy is able to toss Masha off, but Masha goes right back to the choke. Masha tosses McCoy with a suplex and a kick to the head. Masha locks in a chokehold and McCoy is forced to submit. (**1/4. I enjoyed watching McCoy get his ass kicked, so that was successful in that sense. Masha is a badass. McCoy didn’t do much for me with the offense he displayed here, though.)
Seventh Contest: The Pillars (Malcolm Monroe III & Tommy Vendetta) vs. Janelasus (Joey Janela & Megan Bayne): Janela and Monroe kickoff the tag match. Janela is sent into the ropes and delivers a shoulder block. Monroe arm drags Janela, but Janela responds with an arm drag. Monroe head scissors Janela. They trade leg sweeps and attempt a dropkick, but they have a standoff. Monroe kicks Janela and forearms Janela into the corner. Vendetta sends Monroe into Janela in the corner and delivers a clothesline. Monroe spikes Janela with a tornado DDT for a two count. Janela boots Vendetta in the corner and sends both men into the corner chest first. Bayne gets tagged in and Bayne shoulder blocks Vendetta. Bayne tosses Vendetta overhead with a suplex. Bayne rams Vendetta into the corner delivers shoulder rams Bayne splashes Vendetta in the corner and hits an overhead suplex. Vendetta sends Bayne into a boot by Monroe on the apron. Vendetta splashes Bayne over the middle rope as Monroe kicks Bayne at the same time. Vendetta strikes Bayne into the corner and continues with stomps. Monroe chokes Bayne in the corner as Janela tries to get involved. Vendetta keeps Bayne on the mat with a sleeper. Bayne elbows free from Vendetta and delivers a back suplex.
Monroe gets in the ring to prevent a tag to Janela and tags himself into the match. Monroe strikes Bayne in the corner to maintain the advantage. Bayne chops Monroe, but is stopped by a strike to the throat. Bayne spears Monroe and both wrestlers are down. Vendetta tags into the match as Janela leaps off the top to hit a crossbody and cleans house with chops. Janela uppercuts Vendetta in the corner and drops Monroe on the apron with a Death Valley Driver. Janela tosses Vendetta with a release German suplex. Janela spikes Vendetta with a brainbsuter for a near fall. Janela heads to the top rope, but Vendetta moves out of the way and clotheslines Janela. Monroe tags into the match and Pillars hit a double cannonball splash on Janela for a two count. Janela drives Vendetta to the mat face first and drops Monroe with a cutter. Bayne kicks Vendetta and slams Vendetta. Bayne slams Monroe onto Vendetta. Bayne misses a splash on both Pillars. Pillars grab Bayne, but she hits a double suplex. Janela tags back into the match and goes to the top rope, but is stopped by Vendetta. Monroe nails Bayne with a cutter. Pillars miss a double cannonball splash in the corner as Bayne moves out of the way. Janela spikes Monroe with a Destroyer for a two count. Monroe strikes Bayne and Janela. Janela is kicked into the corner, but Bayne delivers a double clothesline. Janela tosses Monroe with a dragon suplex. Vendetta drops Bayne on her head with a suplex, but Janela nails Vendetta with a discus clothesline. Janela suicide dives onto Vendetta outside the ring.
Monroe takes Janela out with a somersault dive to the floor and flies into the front row. Bayne takes everyone out with a suicide dive. Janela puts Monroe on hisshouklders, but Monroe nais Janela with a reverse hurricanrana. Janela superkicks Monroe, but is kicked by Monroe. Janela gets Monroe on his shoulders and Bayne delivers a Doomsday Device clothesline for the win. (*1/2. A mostly slow and plodding match. Janela didn’t look all that impressive. The Pillars are a team I’ve never heard of and they didn’t do anything worthwhile. Bayne looks like she’s an absolute star in the making. This felt like it went on far longer than it needed to go.) After the match, Atticus Cougar comes out on the stage and stares down Bayne.
Eighth Contest: Effy vs. Atticus Cougar: Cougar back elbows Effy to break free from a waist lock. Effy backs Cougar into a corner and is met with a slap. Cougar bites Effy’s hand, but Effy delivers an elbow strike and a running boot. Effy chokes Cougar over the ropes with his legs and drags Cougar ribs first into the ring post. Effy chops Cougar against the railing, but Cougar shoves Effy and they trade strikes. Effy pummels Cougar over the back followed by stomps. Effy bites Effy’s forehead and puts Effy over the railing. Cougar leaps off the apron to splash onto Effy’s back over the railing. Cougar whacks Effy over the back with a chair shot. Cougar delivers another chair shot, but Effy is fired up and pummels Cougar with striked. Effy smashes Cougar with a chair shot on the floor. Cougar goes onto the stage where Effy delivers another chair shot to the back. Cougar takes Effy over with a snap suplex on the stage. Cougar whacks Effy over the back with another chair shot. Cougar chokes Effy with a chair on the stage. Cougar is shoved off the middle rope and falls back into the ring. Effy shoulder rams Cougar and locks in the Daddy Long Legs. Cougar manages to bit Effy’s legs to break free. Effy stomps Cougar, but misses a splash and lands over the middle rope. Cougar kicks Effy on the back and hits a springboard moonsault over the middle rope for a near fall.
Cougar catapults Effy throat first into the bottom rope. Cougar tosses a chair into the ring and it lands on Effy, three times. Effy has been busted wide open and Cougar tears Effy’s fishnets off. Effy gets up and chokes Cougar before hitting a northern lights suplex. Effy splashes onto Cougar for a two count followed by a forearm to the back. Effy curb stomps Cougar for a two count. Effy rams Cougar onto a chair face first. Cougar kicks the chair into Effy’s shins. Cougar kicks the chair into Effy’s face. Cougar drops Effy onto the chair for a near fall. Cougar chokes Effy with a strap on his gear. Cougar punches Effy on the mat. Cougar rams Effy in the ribs with a char shot and a shot to the back. Cougar flips off the crowd. Effy sends Cougar into the corner followed by a splash and a running boot. Effy misses a pump kick and Cougar jabs Effy with skewers on the butt. Cougar misses a strike in the corner and the skewers are stuck in the turnbuckle. Cougar drops Effy onto the skewers back first leading to a near fall. Cougar misses a middle rope moonsault and Effy delivers a running boot. Effy head scissors Cougar out of the corner and hits middle rope neckbreaker. Effy spears Cougar for a near fall.
Effy hits the Rough Ryder, but Cougar kicks out at two. Effy tries for a powerbomb, but Otis Cougar enters and spears Effy. Otis slams Effy to the mat and drags Cougar on top for a near fall. Otis gives more skewers to Cougar. Cougar jabs Effy’s forehead with the skewers several times. Otis tries for a powerbomb, but Effy head scissors Otis into Cougar and nails Otis with a spear. Mance Warner comes out with a chair and whacks Effy over the back. Warner delivers another chair shot to the back. Cougar gets in Warne’s face and they trade slaps. Cougar plants Effy with a headlock driver onto the skewers and pins Effy for the win. (**. Well, this is certainly not my kind of match. Cougar didn’t do literally anything to make me care about him or think he’s anything special in the ring. If Effy wins the title in the Hammerstein I guess this victory would make Cougar a viable challenger.)
Main Event: GCW World Champion Mance Warner vs. Ciclope vs. Drew Parker in a hardcore match: Parker and Ciclope work over Warner to start the match hitting a double shoulder block. Ciclope shoves Parker and locks in a sharpshooter on Warner. Parker swoops in and puts a crossface on Warner. Ciclope and Parker trade forearm strikes. Ciclope powerbombs Parker and is met with a boot by Warner. Warner kicks Parker and Ciclope nails Parker with a spear. All three men begin to trade strikes from their knees. Warner misses a clothesline on Ciclope and Parker kicks Ciclope before mistiming a slingshot cutter on Warner. Parker drops Ciclope with a cutter. Parker suicide dives onto Ciclope on the floor. Parker is smashed by Warner with a chair shot. Warner whacks Ciclope over the back with a chair shot. Warner removes Ciclope’s jacket, which the crowd hates. Warner goes under the ring and grabs a door along with a ladder. Warner jabs Ciclope with a ladder strike to the face. Warner slides another door into the ring. Warner jabs Parker in the midsection with a chair shot and chokes Parker with the chair in the corner. Warner overhand chops Parker in the corner. Warner sets a ladder up in the corner. Warner sends Parker into Ciclope in the corner with the ladder. Warner slams Parker into the ladder. Warner chokeslams Parker onto the ladder in the corner.
Warner tries for a cover on Parker, but only manages a two count. Warner bites Parker on the forehead. Warner chokes Ciclope on the mat and bites Ciclope’s hands. Warner taunts the crowd while setting up a door in the corner. Warner sets another door up on the ropes. Warner slaps Parker across the face. Ciclope tries to spear Warner through a door, but it doesn’t break. Ciclope spears Parker and Warner through the door in the corner leading to a near fall on Parker. All three men have door pieces. They hit each other with doors. Ciclope headutts Warner, but Warner clotheslines Ciclope. Parker swanton bombs Warner for a near fall. Parker grabs a chair and sets a door on the chair. Parker tries to grab Warner, but Warner grabs the ropes. Ciclope dragon screw leg whips Parker followed by a knee strike for a two count. Parker spikes Ciclope with a piledriver for a one count. Parker smashes a chair into Ciclope’s face and whacks Ciclope over the head. Parker lays Ciclope on the door, but Warner decks Parker with a staple gun. Parker low blows Warner as Ciclope remains laying on the door. Ciclope holds Warner on the door as Parker leaves the ring to grab something. Warner was stapled to the door.
Parker leaps off the balcony to hit a swanton bomb, but Warner moved and Parker hit Ciclope, but the door didn’t break. Warner knee strikes Parker and covers Ciclope to win the match and retain the title. (***. A solid enough main event with the balcony dive being a fun spot to close out the show. Drew Parker is a guy I’d like to see more of and Warner comes across as a great heel. The action here flew by and I enjoyed what they put out here.)
Final Thoughts:
Safe to say this is a subpar show overall. I went to GCW’s debut in Rochester back in September 2023 and thought that was a good live show experience. This show lacked entertaining in-ring action. They do a good job explaining stories as to what is going on, but a decent amount of the stories don’t seem to be all that interesting. Recommendation to avoid Sorry Pal.
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