Independent Wrestling Thread

[RossFC]

it's almost "sabotage" according to them

Despite all this, Tony Khan had loaned out AEW talent to GCW.

Until GCW talent decided to talk crap about Tony Khan.

 

[Cleavy]

they can suffer in their jocks.

 

[nobbyiscool]

GCW Dream On notes:

Spoiler

The show was from the American Dream Shopping Mall.

Kurt Angle and Mick Foley were a special guests. Blue Pain aka Blue Kane came out, Foley called him a loser, Angle told him to be a fan and sit in the crowd. Pain went to chokeslam Angle, but Foley gave Pain a Mr Socko finisher, then Angle gave Pain the Ankle Lock.

Sidney Akeem beat Speedball. Post-match it was announced that at the Hammerstein Ballroom Jan 19th it will be Akeem vs Vikingo.


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Matt Cardona beat Manders due to JBL giving Manders a Clothesline From Hell.

Little Guido vs Ricky Morton turned into a tag match due to Kerry Morton walking in talking trash about both of them. Guido and Ricky Morton beat Kerry Morton and Griffin McCoy.

Masha Slamovich retained the JCW Title vs Santana Jackson. Very entertaining match. Post-match Blake Christian attacked Jackson.

Mance Warner retained the GCW Title vs Effy in a match that got thrown out, due to Allie Katch wiping both wrestlers and the ref out, in the main event.

GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XII notes:

Spoiler

NXT's Karmen Petrovic beat Sumie Sakai.

NXT's Charlie Dempsey beat Tracy Williams.

AEW's Marina Shafir (w/Jon Moxley) beat TNA's Jody Threat.

Masha Slamovich retained the TNA Knockouts Title vs Lei Ying Lee in a Bloodsport style match.

Royce Isaacs beat NXT's Myles Borne.

Josh Alexander beat Speedball.

Josh Barnett beat MVP in the main event. Post-match Josh Barnett put out an open challenge in a Bloodsport match for the Hammerstein Ballroom show Jan 19th.

I watched Bloodsport last night/this morning, it was a really good show again. Hurt Syndicate's music is a meme already. Although it doesn't sound like he'll be back in anything GCW affiliated any time soon.

I think TK is the one who looks shitty in that situation, pulling your talent cos some GCW wrestler said something mean about you and your daddy is pretty thin-skinned when they've always spoken about working with, not against the independent scene.

That said, the reverse was true with the Hammerstein thing, which just made Lauderdale sound much more naive to wrestling than he really is.

 

[Ry009]

Agree on the whole playing hardball with GCW.

As for Ricky himself - from a business perspective, understand why they are holding onto him, but he clearly isn't happy - and has no intention of staying by the sounds of it - just let him go. Hate when WWE (especially Vince) did it - with the size of their roster cost and top level talent available - not exactly going to be huge blow to them. Don't get it.

 

[Cleavy]

it will be interesting to see if Starks is the only one pulled. presumably Danhausen and Megan Bayne might still be under AEW contracts?

 

[RossFC]

it will be interesting to see if Starks is the only one pulled. presumably Danhausen and Megan Bayne might still be under AEW contracts?

I don't think Megan Bayne would be.

 

[Cleavy]

I don't think Megan Bayne would be.

It has never been made clear what her situation is. The rumour was she was signed to AEW and wanted to go to Marigold, but because TK doesn’t like Rossy (hence the improved relationship between AEW & Stardom these days) he wouldn’t let her out out her contract, so letting her work elsewhere was the compromise.

 

[RossFC]

It has never been made clear what her situation is. The rumour was she was signed to AEW and wanted to go to Marigold, but because TK doesn’t like Rossy (hence the improved relationship between AEW & Stardom these days) he wouldn’t let her out out her contract, so letting her work elsewhere was the compromise.

Did some digging on twitter, can't find some proper sources, but apparently she was under contract last year up until midway through this year.

 

[Cleavy]

Did some digging on twitter, can't find some proper sources, but apparently she was under contract last year up until midway through this year.

She would be better in the bodyguard role than Kamille. The story was when Marigold was formed, they had planned for 5 international competitors but only ended up with 3 at launch.

 

[RossFC]

CMLL Presser with Deonna Purrazzo at 56:30

 

[Cleavy]

I guess the change to the match there implies the return of Toni Storm...

 

[RossFC]

VxS (Violence x Suffering Wrestling) has rebranded to Arrival Wrestling.

 

[RossFC]

GCW Say You Will notes:

Spoiler

Sidney Akeem beat Zachary Wentz.

Gringo Loco beat Microman via a spear off the top of a step ladder through a door lol.

Mance Warner retained the GCW World Title vs Kylie Rae in the main event. Post-match Effy and Kylie Rae beat up Warner and Jimmy Lloyd. Then Warner made this match.

 

[Cleavy]

MLW show "produced" by Bischoff

 

[RossFC]

GCW Mastermind notes:

Spoiler

Jack Cartwheel beat Fuego Del Sol.

Joey Janela beat Jimmy Wang Yang.

Effy beat Jimmy Lloyd, despite Mance Warner trying to interfere.

 

[RossFC]

XPW at it again apparently, not going to post the clip, but it involves a guys arm getting cut really, really deep.

 

[RossFC]

CMLL Presser with Claudio

 

[Cleavy]

obviously now that Tessa is in TNA, the CMLL Womens Tag Titles are now vacant.

 

[RossFC]

Some CMLL highlights

 

[Cleavy]

according to lucha expert 'cubfans', show wasn't that good.

 

[Cleavy]

Chris Jericho appears at GCW event, attacks Matt Cardona and Effy

AEW’s Chris Jericho made a surprise appearance at GCW Highest in the Room 3 Saturday in Los Angeles, attacking both Matt Cardona and Effy. Cardona was taking on Effy in a singles match and after a low…

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just to build to final battle or something else?

 

[RossFC]

Chris Jericho appears at GCW event, attacks Matt Cardona and Effy

AEW’s Chris Jericho made a surprise appearance at GCW Highest in the Room 3 Saturday in Los Angeles, attacking both Matt Cardona and Effy. Cardona was taking on Effy in a singles match and after a low…

www.f4wonline.com

just to build to final battle or something else?

So AEW and GCW talked it out and are cool again after what happened the other week?

 

[Cleavy]

So AEW and GCW talked it out and are cool again after what happened the other week?

I guess??

 

[nobbyiscool]

Poor Ricky... I hope he gets his bookings back.

 

[RossFC]

Poor Ricky... I hope he gets his bookings back.

Seen he was still able to do Glory Pro, and House of Glory, despite H.O.G's commentator being a massive Tony Khan hater (JDfromNY).