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faggotmox · 2 years

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Top 5 wrestlers any place and why?

top five RASSLERS || @perchtdont

nick gage (gcw). the why part of this is so long. like...how to explain things here. nicky is my favorite wrestler ever. i say with my whole chest that i do not think there is another (at least american) wrestler that has as strong a connection to their fans as nick gage does. for a lot of us being mdk, being in the gang, means something very real to us. it's a place we belong. when you look a guy in his eyes & tell him how his silly lil stabby glass breaky rasslin & gang saved your life & he genuinely responds back to you "i wouldn't be alive without you guys either" there's something truly special. nick gage has such a a special, genuine connection with his fans & he is truly a wrestler above most. i could talk a lot about this, i could really go into it, but i'll leave it here. nicky just is special. also he explicitly supports the queer community, & makes his gang & shows a safe space for us (like it's not just him at gcw doing this though).

jon moxley (aew, gcw). when i started watching wrestling it was during the kinda closing of the omega/mox feud. i hadn't really find the wrestler i connected with yet, i had a bunch i liked though. can't remember the first mox match but i do remember just very easily finding myself invested in mox. the exploding barbed wire deathmatch is the most significant match to me as a wrestling fan. everything he does is good, even the bad stuff. he doesn't exactly have what i say nick gage has but his genuine self really connects with people. also mox's love of deathmatches/hardcore is what lead me to discover that kind of wrestling which lead me to wanting to be that kind of wrestler. so mox gave me my dream & love for wrestling.

bryan danielson (aew, roh). i know everyone's like of course its cuz u think he's hot. FALSE. well, i do but everyone on my list is hot. i actually kinda hate having bryan on my top five list because it feels generic (sorry bry but you seemed too hyped to be that good) but kenny vs bryan seriously changed my definition of good wrestling. i used to not get technical wrestling (& i really wanted to bc it's nicky's favorite kinda wrestling) but bryan changed that. then i stumbled on bryan vs kenny vs tyler black which just...fucking slaps. bryan became one of my favorites before he was even stalking mox. i also like the man behind the wrestler a lot.

minoru suzuki (everywhere). this is the coolest motherfucker in pro wrestler. not only is he cool as fuck but the dude has just such a fucking understanding of wrestling. not just the moves & the holds & the whatever. no, suzuki gets pro wrestling. like seriously having read some of his shoot interviews & his in character ones, the guy has such a mind for it. the way suzuki brings legitimacy to the sport of pro wrestling is fucking amazing. not only that but suzuki works to use his credibility to legitimize others. effy v suzuki is a good example. it's still a fucking effy match but suzuki brings his vibe to it as well. the dude is who i look to when i want to understand something about pro wrestling that's maybe just not clicking. he also is very humble & just loves what he does. it shows. i just really respect & admire suzuki. ive been so fucking fortunate. i saw him 3 times in 2 days during which he earned his first US title (roh tv championship), & that's like...such a thing for me. like i start to cry thinking about it, it makes me so happy. his chops sound unearthly (like legit not of this earth) in real life.

eddie kingston (aew, chikara, deffy, njpw). i mean...like yall been on my blog. yall know how i feel about eddie. ive spent the last like day running my mouth about eddie which is fitting since all he does is run his mouth which is what i love about him. i could write an essay. but i'll break it down like this. the way he and mox are, the players tribune article, his love & influence from king's road, the genuine way he expresses himself, & his sense of style are why eddie is one of my all time greats.

#wanted this list to be more diverse but here we are #i love my top five and like theyre the reason i love wrestling the way i do #so im happy with this #also this is a lot of me like being pretty vulnerable explaining some of these #wrestling is what keeps me going i stay alive because of wrestling #and thats really reflected in why i love these wrestlers and why theyre my favorites #yall getting a lot about me lately lmao sorry #like ive said before i process a lot of stuff through wrestling #abt ranger #ask #long post #text post

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wrestlezon · 2 years

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liveblog containment post for aew dynamite 8/17

im behind by like 20 minutes because i was waiting on my friend to join me. but lmao when i opened up fite to get it ready i guess they apparently accidentally streamed an HOUR of aew dark elevation on there??? and then sliced it away from me in real time as i was poking around at it???? cmon aew production team lemme benefit from your harmless mishaps theyre cool and fun

HERE WE GO ITS DYNAMITEEE lmao when they sliced away the aew dark elevation they also cropped out like the beginning half of the game of thrones cross promotional intro. Good

oh!! cm punk!!!!!!!! hiiii hi cm punk yayyyyy hes back (edit: lmfao i didnt notice this the first time but he runs up to jump in to the leftside crowd and then is like "mmm naw i dont wanna break my foot a second time" LMAO) yayyyy you cant have a wrestle rematch right now. youre in regular civilian clothes. you cant fool me. im savvy to "wrestling" oh my GOD he is SO MEAN to HANGMAN PAGE!!!!!!!! hes trying to have a character arc punk! don't get him with the devil temptations of the championship title!!!!!!!!!!!! im just so glad to hear punk on the mic again :)c hee hee yayyyy OH SHITTTTT THE MOXLEY DISS???????? THIRD BEST GUY IN ANY GIVEN GROUP :)c hee hee!!!! punk!!!!!!!!! DISSING ON EDDIE KINGSTON NOW???? CM PUNK FIRING SHOTS ON ALL MY FAVORITE GUYS??? YESSS FIGHTTTTT I MISSED YOU PUNNNNNNNNNK HUAGHGHGHGHHGHGH SNOW ANGELS IN THE RING HEEL PUNK HEEL PUNK HEEL PUNK YAYYY I GET EVERYTHING I WANT... hes so full of himself. this rules. i love it when cm punk is rude on tv moxley vs punk having a promo showdown. bruh! hell yes!! moxley's cheeky little foot wiggle when he says punk's body can't keep up hee hee!! KISS??? REAL???? EFFY MATCH UNLOCKED SOMETHING IN MOXLEY (REAL) (INCOHERANT YELLING)

powerhouse hobbs backstage segment! ricky starks gettin threats! qt marshall gettin threats! waowowowow

THEY'RE DOING THE DANIELSON GARCIA 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH RIGHT NOW?????????? WHAT THE!!!!! kick fight!!! yesss stretching him. yeowch thats gotta hurt for realsies daniel garcia's little taunting head kicks oooo hes pissing him off ooooooo danielson fury kick explosion THE GARCIA COUNTER! ooough! this match is gonna be LONG. its 2 out of 3 falls… there was only 4 matches advertised on the card… did they say there was a time limit dragontamer turnaround counter! nice work danielson OOF piledriver… couldn't counter his way around that one FIRST FALL… garcia choked out danielson again.. whoa

look out youre gonna rip your hammy, garcia… (lmao) oughhh baited danielson onto the concrete… man hes really putting danielson through the ringer. danielson on his back foot this whole match! gosh OOOO COUNTERED GARCIA AND GOT THE PIN! theyre tied now

the ol' kicking my enemy dangling on the corner move ohhh suplexes... omfg danielson's tope right at the camera. whoa!!

lets take turns slamming each other into the ringpost ooooo yea holding chins and yelling at each other look at me when im wrestling at you!!! NOTICE ME danielson: zen mode activated. you cannot kill me in a way that matters YEAH GET EM garcia's turns for kicks. man hes gettin them (the kicks) :O the counters… lmao bryce just giving up on trying to put the gloves on for now. the. the nuzzling. GARCIA LITERALLY NUZZLING DICK RIGHT NOW???? IM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING look. youre not going to win a headkick trade against danielson. you just cant. punching and punching!!! garcia LOSES!!!!!!!!!!!! to getting passed out heck of a fight tho

lmfao danielson just pointing. "you seein' this rn??" claps!! you got his respect really good dazed selling from garcia here. i have to say, anyone who is a strong fan of garcia or these two's feud in particular must be going absolutely wild at this. just hooting and hollering. (i like garcia too) YOURE A WRESTLER! YOURE A WRESTLER! YOURE A WRESTLER! reject jericho! turn your back on sports entertainment!!!! ITS HAPPENING...

backstage segment with swerve in our glory vs private party my other friend finally arrived and is requesting to rewatch the intro segment that im being vague but pleased about. do i want to watch it a third time so soon? maybe later theyre getting mad at me so im missing out on private party sassing the current tag team champs whoops hold on i skipped too far past the commercial and saw punk and moxley!?!? i HAVE to go back to the beginning now it'd be an actual crime to show them this out of order. i cant believe how instantly the show itself is pushing my hand like this (punk vs moxley… SO good though… it was worth it. im going to rewatch that segment so much anyway)

tony nese fight! is this an unannounced squash match? wait then what was the punk moxley thing i saw??? this must be a hella quick squas-- LMFAO MOXLEY KNOCKING HIM THE FUCK OUT THE WAY IN THE RING??? CHALLENGE??? THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME FOR PUNK TO CHANGE INTO GEAR…??? OHHHH!!!!! THEYRE USING MY BASIC WRESTLING SAVVYNESS AGAINST ME ??????? punks still in his civvies they cant be fighting for realsies. but oh my god LMAO CLAUDIO JUST PICKING UP MOXLEY LIKE A TODDLER OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

backstage with the JAS ricky steamboat?? the old men are fighting!!!!! BAD MOVE COOL HAND ANG

gunn club vs varsity blondes i have to say this is the least interesting match on the ca-- oh its over. so HERE is the squash match billy gunn: ok nice squash. im super proud of yall now. family hug wow this sure is resolved huh :) STOKELY APPEARS... OH MY!!!!!!! BROTHERS TURN AGAINST THE FATHER THE ACCLAIMED??????? DADDY ASS RESCUED BY THE ACCLAIMED???? SCISSOR ME DADDY ASS OH MY GOD THEYRE DOING IT 10/10 GAYEST AEW DYNAMITE YET!!! THROUGH THE ROOF HELL TYUESYSYEYSYYESES

video promo with lethal's crew

dude if the "stokely is secretly putting together a team for mjf" theory is true this is going to rule so hard oh my god. we could get (in a fashion) mjf vs max caster. oh god. oh no. IM DREAMING... I HAVE HOPES... DESIRES.... OH NO!!!!!! im going to be SO disappointed when this is not the case

jungle boy promo segment! "wow there sure is a lot of promos this dynamite. i dont have a problem with this at all btw actually i am a fan of the promo segment" <- me forgetting there is a ppv at the end of the month jungle boy throwing down against christian cage!! cage's evil villain black turtlenecks? i love them. cage is so TRANSPARENTLY disingenuous and its in such a goofy way lmfao you would have to have 1 brain cell to fall for this LMFAO the offense GET HIM JUNGLE BOY!!! christian cage's evil plot to make jungle boy evil is working

speaking of someone making someone else evil, remember cmjf? remember that? i had to pause again because i incited a school of athens level discussion about cmjf with my friends again. SO good. coming up with new interpretations of the events we've been paused on this screen of ftr and wardlow for like 20 minutes do you know how fucking funny it would be if it turned out that mjf appeared during this promo?

wardlow and ftr backstage promo! ftr is talkin bout how they got their guy wardlow's back. mjf did not appear during this promo. but can you imagine how ironic it wouldve been for me specifically?

toni storm vs kilynn king my friend thought toni storm was penelope ford for a hot second. i havent seen penelope ford in a long time so ive forgotten what she looks like so i dont know how to effectively make fun of my friend for this. i also didnt watch dark (sorry) telegraphed ass attack that leads into victory lmfao thunder rosa's sad clapping... theyre gonna have to go up against each other...

me, earlier: "wow this dynamite is really good. if the best friends show up in it now then all my favorite guys will be in it and it'll be a top tier dynamite to me" aew dynamite: hey. best friends vs trustbuster video promo 10/10 dynamite (still afraid that the best friends are going to lose to the trustbusters though... ;_; aoughhhhh)

WHAT?????????? PUNK VS MOXLEY IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK????????????

WHAT!!!!!!!!!???????

I HAVE TO CALM DOWN AND FOCUS THE FUCKING BUCKS MATCH IS NEXT I HAVE TO FOCUS YOUNG BUCKS TRIO VS ANDRADE TRIO a paper… a script… IS IT… HMM……………. THEY WOULDNT PULL A FAST ONE ON US RIGHT… they ARE heels………. THERE HE IS!!! KENNY OMEGA REAL i LOVE his evil badguy jacket. don callis and jr are bickering THE CROWD RISING IN VOLUME WHEN KENNY'S HAND GOES OUT yay combo moves dragon lee getting stomped on nooo!!! theyre beating up kenny omega!!!!!! yay!! triple suplex!!!!! the young bucks are so cool. i love their antics and watching them wrestle oh no kenny!! your leg... its failing... hes trying so hard... THE DENIAL OF HIS SICK MOVE!! AND THEN STEALING HIS MOVE!!! THE AUDACITY i mean its pretty clear that the young bucks trio is gonna win this, but man theyre making me feel like maybe they wont! nevermind! it was a massive struggle but kenny omega pulled through! perhaps... too trialous... too tribulationy... what will this mean for the future!

andrade turning on dragon lee for losing! ANOTHER MASK BIT???? ANDRADE............ >:(

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ringsidedishes · 1 year

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Dishes got into wrestling in 2022 and has some faves

or my attempt at somehow squishing everything I watched down to one post for this beloved hellsite

Match of the year ❤️

Jun Kasai vs El Desperado, Takataichidespe mania, 2022

This match went right at the edge of my limits in hardcore/deathmatch spots without going over. Besides that, it’s just a wild ride that goes and goes for 30 minutes, with some gorgeous visuals, a crowd that’s super into it, and a post-match I still think about so much.

Wrestling matches wrapped 🔁 (some favorites that I rewatched a lot) (not all from this year)

Young Bucks vs reDRagon vs Jurassic Express, Revolution 2022

Young Bucks vs Swerve in our Glory vs Team Taz, Dynamite 2022

Orange Cassidy vs Will Ospreay, Forbidden Door 2022

Bryan Danielson vs Nick Jackson, Rampage 2021

Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros, cage match, All Out 2021

Some other memorable faves 💜 (of this year)

CM Punk vs MJF, dog collar match, Revolution

Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta (where he joined BCC)

Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta

Death Triangle vs House of Black, Double or Nothing

Blood & Guts, BCC vs JAS

Jon Moxley vs El Desperado, Music City Mayhem

The Elite vs United Empire

Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori vs Master Wato & El Desperado, Battle Autumn

Shingo Takagi vs El Phantasmo, Rumble on 44th Street

Brandon Cutler vs Serpentico, Dark Elevation

Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida

Matches to cry to 😭

El Desperado vs Jun Kasai, mostly that post-match, Takataichidespe mania

Eddie Kingston vs Jun Akiyama, All Out Zero Hour

KAIRI vs Miyu Iwatani, NJPWxSTARDOM

Suzuki-gun final match, Road to Tokyo Dome

Fav kiss 💋

Jon Moxley vs EFFY, GCW Homecoming I, 2022

Loved the match too, for vibes and story and visuals (Mox smoking while sitting on the top turnbuckle, while Effy’s squirming on the floor… good stuff).

Other favorite things 💙 (or how I got into wrestling)

HOOKhausen My gateway drug, I wouldn’t be watching wrestling if not for gifs of their tag team courtship. Even now, when I go back and watch their promos, I get all soft.

CM Punk vs MJF feud Yes, like 90% of tumblr I also saw the dog collar match gifs. After Hookhausen had caught my eye, I stumbled across Outside Interference’s video, which inspired me to go through all the shows to watch the full segments. I got to know lots of wrestlers along the way, very enjoyable way of exploring AEW for the first time, and very worth doing for the feud itself too.

G1 Climax 32 Although Forbidden Door introduced quite a few NJPW wrestlers, none of it really stuck (too many new faces and acronyms and mostly me laughing at and being impressed by Excalibur trying to power his way through it all). So G1 was me following El Phantasmo and getting to know the New Japan roster. Most of the matches weren’t as memorable as the ones I listed above, mostly on account of it all being very new to me. But I did get really into it as the tournament went on and had a blast.

And other assorted favorite things ✨ (most will be no surprise):

El Desperado :3

Penta’s little taunting walk, and his slingblade, too

Matt Jackson’s locomotion northernlight suplexes, and his hair, and also his gender

Kenta’s thighs

Tom Lawlor's whole vibe

Being the Elite

Trios Tag Team Tournament

ZSJ, Sanada, Taichi and Naito having their polycule moments, and Suzuki-gun vs LIJ nonsense in general

El Phantasmo’s antics and entrance

Binging free matches on YT, esp those with Orange Cassidy and the intergender ones

Also, yeah, there’s lots I didn’t watch (yet) if u wonder why xyz isn't on there.

Especially women’s wrestling is lacking on my list. I kept hoping for something in AEW to really drag me into it but unfortunately my fav got injured (I miss Kris!!) and I do need some narrative to hook me, but that didn’t happen 😔. I am enjoying Jamie Hayter having the belt, though, and there’s plenty of women on the roster I do like, so I’m keeping an eye out. NJPW and Stardom having their show introduced me to Stardom, so I might give that a go too.

I think that’s about it :3

Best wishes for this holiday season! 🎉

#dishesrambles

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wrestlingisfake · 2 years

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The WRLD on GCW preview

A lot of people are calling this the biggest show in GCW history. It's going down in New York City, in the legendary Hammerstein Ballroom where so many big ECW and ROH shows were held.

The show begins on Sudnay, January 23, at 8pm EST, with a free pre-show at 7. You can stream it live on Fite.tv for $24.99. Or, in a first for GCW, you can order it on traditional pay-per-view, but I don't have any idea which PPV providers are carrying it because I haven't dealt with traditional PPV in years.

Jon Moxley vs. Homicide - Moxley is defending the GCW world title. It's his second defense since winning the title on September 4, and it's also his second match since he entered inpatient alcohol rehab in November. Homicide won a 20-person battle royale on January 1 to earn this title shot.

Homicide's been around forever, working in the indies, TNA, and ROH. His biggest accolade is probably when he beat Bryan Danielson for the ROH world title in 2006. But his most high-profile appearance was a brief cameo on AEW's Grand Slam show in September 2021, where he helped Moxley and Eddie Kingston against Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki. I can't say he's a mainstream star, but he's got that "your favorite wrestler's favorite wrestler" vibe going for him.

Every GCW match is no-disqualification in general, so I expect a wild brawl. However, it's not clear to me if the typical GCW deathmatch plunder (light tubes, doors, panes of glass, barbed wire) will be set up. If so, both guys will not be shy about using that stuff.

The real story here, though, is the return of Moxley. He looks to be in great shape and everybody's hyped to see him get back into the swing of things. Booking him in a 2000-seat building right now is like when a huge band decides to play at a little hole in the wall for fun. I was at the show where he won the GCW title in September, and the atmosphere was insane. And that was a surprise appearance--these fans are waiting for him, so it'll be an even bigger pressure cooker.

I can't imagine GCW can swing permission from AEW for Moxley to lose the title to Homicide right now. Then again, I have no idea what would make more sense--none of the AEW crossovers have gone at all like I would expect. All I know for sure is that these two guys will have fun beating the piss out of one another.

Jonathan Gresham vs. Blake Christian - Gresham is one of two men who claim to be the ROH world champion, and he's defending his version of the title here. Gresham insists that his title bouts be held under "pure rules," an ROH concept that limits rope breaks and closed-fist strikes to the face.

Christian has only been in the business for a few years, and he's spend most of them working in GCW. He briefly showed up in Impact Wrestling and NJPW Strong as well, but then WWE signed him in February 2021. Then he was Trey Baxter for a few months before WWE cut him in November. On January 15 he won a match against Bandido, the other claimant to the ROH world title, which seems to be the basis for giving him a shot at Gresham's version of the championship.

I've seen more than enough "pure rules" matches to confidently say that the rules get in the way of the actual wrestling. Everything gets reduced to strategy about when to grab the ropes instead of the action in the center of the ring. Maybe this match can prove me wrong. Regardless, I expect Gresham will keep his belt, at least until the unification match with Bandido on April 1.

Matt Cardona vs. Joey Janela - Cardona, formerly Zack Ryder in WWE, has reinvented himself here as the ultimate heel for GCW fans. Last I checked, he still claims to be the "internet champion," the "GCW universal champion," and the "ECW television champion". I doubt any of those belts are on the line. Anyway, after feuding with the likes of Nick Gage and EFFY, it was inevitable that he'd move on to another GCW icon like Janela. I wasn't sure what they were feuding over, but then Cardona got a wedding gift from Joey:

I can assure you that I studied these photos carefully and could find no Coliseum Home Video releases of Wrestlemania IV that might prove they were doctored. I can only conclude that Cardona's wife Chelsea Green was Joey's before she was Matt's.

Anyway, I expect this match to feature the usual "Cardona in GCW" hijinx. It feels like it's been ages since I've seen Janela, so I hope he brings some of his wacky shit to the table. I assume Cardona wins, although that could be to end the feud or to build heat for a rematch.

Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe vs. ??? & ??? - The Briscoes are defending the GCW tag team title in an open challenge. They're also the ROH tag team champions, but that title isn't at stake. We probably won't learn who the challengers will be until the match begins.

If the plan is to get the belts off the Briscoes ASAP, I would expect a pretty good surprise team, leading to a good old-fashioned brawl. Otherwise, this could be a way to put two lesser names out there to get the rub of "almost" beating a high-decorated tag team.

But I think the GCW crowd will be expecting Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, who have been feuding with the Briscoes on Twitter and recently "invaded" the ROH show on December 11 to attack them. Fans know Briscoes vs. FTR has to happen, but it's not clear where or when. If GCW isn't delivering the match (and if they were, why wouldn't they advertise it in advance?), they'd better have something planned to avoid the disappointment.

I could definitely see an FTR run-in causing a title change. But I could just as easily see the Briscoes-FTR thing staying confined to ROH and AEW. So it's tough to call this one.

EFFY vs. Jeff Jarrett - Jeff Jarrett made his big return to the ring by...hold on, you won't see this coming...he did a sneak attack and hit Effy with a guitar shot. I should probably explain this for anyone under the age of 30. See, in the early 90s, Jeff had a country singer gimmick for a couple of years, and it sucked so he reinvented himself a lot, but for some dumb reason he never stopped using guitars as a weapon. He thinks it's like Triple H's sledgehammer.

Anyway, Effy did a good promo about how he's not getting suckered into one of these "current guy makes the returning legend look relevant" storylines, so he refused to wrestle Jeff. Then Jeff made it personal by...spoilers...doing a sneak attack and hitting Effy's friend Allie Katch with a guitar shot. And so the match is on.

I'm not sure why GCW is doing a Jeff Jarrett storyline in 2021. But since it's GCW I assume they've got something clever in mind. Personally I can't think of anything creative they could do that hasn't been done (or wouldn't be better) with Matt Cardona. But I like Effy so I guess we'll see what he can come up with.

I sure hope Effy just wins, but Jarrett couldn't even put anyone over in his own promotion, so I don't know why he'd start now.

Ruby Soho vs. Allie Katch - I don't believe there's much of a story to this except that Katch has always wanted this match, and now it's finally happening. Soho is basically the Perfect Cinnamon Roll of women's wrestling, so it seems like everyone can't wait to work with her now that she out of WWE. Katch is more like a "looks like a cinnamon roll, but could kill you," so I wouldn't count on sentiment to keep this match friendly.

I tend to think the big AEW star should get the win, but Ruby isn't all that protected in AEW to begin with. A win would mean a lot for Katch, and Soho's the kind of wrestler who would appreciate that. This is one of those matches where I just hope all the wrestlers have a good time.

Alex Colon vs. PCO vs. Tony Deppen vs. Jimmy Lloyd vs. Lio Rush vs. Jordan Oliver - This is billed as a "grab the brass ring" ladder match. So a prize (probably a literal prop of a brass ring) will be hung overhead, and ladders will be placed at ringside for the competitors to use. The only rule is that the first participant to retrieve the prize is the winner. The winner of this match will be awarded the right to the match of their choice, whenever they want it. So it's like WWE's Money in the Bank contract, except it doesn't have to be used for a title bout.

Colon is the reigning GCW ultraviolent champion (the title is not at stake in this match). Deppen, Lloyd, and Oliver are also GCW regulars. Rush is currently with AEW, but apparently not for much longer, so he's popping up more and more in smaller groups like this. PCO is arguably the biggest name here, if only because of his high-concept gimmick, and his run as ROH world champion.

I think it's interesting that the winner may not necessarily "cash in" on a champion. I don't know why you'd allow for that possibility, unless you're thinking the winner would have some specific dream match or grudge match in mind. Another possibility is that Colon gets wiped out in a big spot, and then the winner immediately cashes in on him to win the ultraviolent title. But there's just too much chaos in this match to actually pick a winner.

Bandido & Laredo Kid & ASF vs. Gringo Loco & Arez & Demonic Flamita - Not much to this, beyond booking a lucha match on the card. Bandido still claims to be the ROH world champion, rivaling Jonathan Gresham's claim. Laredo is the AAA cruiserweight champion, and also signed to Impact Wrestling. I saw ASF and Gringo in a tag team four-way back in September, but neither of them really stood out to me. Arez, the "king of strange style," did stand out as one weird dude. Flamita turned on Bandido back in ROH, and I guess they're just gonna fight forever in matches like this.

I've seen enough token lucha matches on indy shows to figure out that the point isn't who wins, so much as showing off some crazy lucha spots and giving the fans a chance to pretend like they're in Mexico and throw money in the ring. I guess I'll pick Bandido's team to win, though.

Grim Reefer vs. Ninja Mack vs. Alex Zayne vs. Dante Leon vs. Nick Wayne vs. Jack Cartwheel - This is scheduled for the pre-show. It's billed as a "Pabst Blue Ribbon Kickoff Scramble," because PBR, the RC Cola of American beers, has figured out that GCW has the trendy underground vibe that appeals to their target market, so they've been sponsoring stuff like this. In GCW a "scramble" is really no different than any multi-person match where the first participant to score a fall wins. What actually makes the match, uh, scrambly, isn't the rules so much as the style. It's usually in the undercard and features a bunch of prelim guys doing lots of flips and highspots. Again, it really makes no difference who wins these things. I'll just go with Ninja Mack since he looks like a ninja.

Pabst Blue Ribbon Kickoff Battle Royal - This is also set for the pre-show. No participants have been announced (we don't even know how many participants there will be), and we'll probably just find out when the match begins. It's the usual thing where the promotion has more wrestlers in town than there are spots on the card, so everyone who's left over gets to do a battle royal. Since the GCW roster is so fluid, though, I have no idea who could be in this thing. There's also bound to be a surprise appearance by a local legend or two. Not much point in trying to predict the outcome.

#gcw #game changer wrestling #the wrld on gcw #jon moxley #moxley's opponent that i probably shouldn't use as a tag maybe #the notorious 187 #you know that guy #jonathan gresham #the briscoes #matt cardona #joey janela #ruby soho #allie katch #effy #jeff jarrett

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