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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of GCW Amerika's Most Wanted, streaming live on TrillerTV+ from Los Angeles, CA at the Ukrainian Culture Center.
They showed footage of Hook in Cincinnati, Ohio declaring that he was coming for GCW Champion Atticus Cogar in Los Angeles and a pull-apart between them.
We go live to the City of Angels.
KJ Orso & Sam Stackhouse vs Cowboy Way, 1 Called Manders & Thomas Shire.
Orso used the ropes to keep Manders from locking up early. They finally did with Manders getting the early advantage. Orso grabbed a headlock but was shot into the ropes and shoulderblocked down. Orso ran over to Stackhouse and tagged out. Shire tagged in and faced off with the behemoth. They exchanged shoulderblocks with neither truly budging. Manders and Shire teamed to drill him out of the ring, then drilled Orso down as well.
They battled on the floor. Orso came off the top and nailed a twisting dive on everyone. He chopped Manders across the chest, but that only appeared to annoy him as Manders sat him in a first row chair and smashed him with a chop. Shire and Stackhouse battled in the crowd. Stackhouse cut off Manders with a big forearm in the ring and followed up with headbutts. Orso drilled Shire with a dropkick to keep him from hitting the ring. He and Stackhouse thumbed Manders in the eyes at the same time. Ouch.
Orso drilled Manders in the back of the head and neck with a dropkick. He went to follow up with a tornado DDT but was caught. Shire tagged in and hit a big Airplane Spin into a slam on Orso for a two count. He went for a powerbomb but Orso caught him with a DDT. Manders and Stackhouse hit the ring and battled. Stackhouse nailed a spinkick. Stackhouse sent Orso flying into the corner, where he hit a rana on Manders, sending him to Stackhouse, who caught and hit a Samoan Drop. All four battled. The crowd loved it and chanted for GCW.
All four faced off and battled. Orso lowblocked Shire. The referee missed it. He and Stackhouse worked over Shire and scored the pin.
Your winners, Sam Stackhouse and KJ Orso!
Orso cut a promo declaring they will be the new Tag Team Champions when they challenge for the belts next month.
They aired highlights of Marko Stunt being confronted by Joey Janela to set up their match in August in Atlantic City, NJ.
Hollyhood Haley J vs. Joey Janela
J is making her GCW debut. Since he's lost to 14 year old Brodie Lee Jr., he's become more embittered and has pretty much turned as heel as you can be in GCW.
J shakes what her momma gave her but Janela snatched her in a German suplex. Janela chopped her in the corner and nailed a right hand. Janela missed a charge in the corner and she kicked and chopped away from her. J snatched him with a rana that sent Janela to the outside. She went for a flip off the apron but was caught and powerbombed on the apron. Janela dumped her into the ring and followed her back in. He snapped her with a leaping forearm for a two count.
J fired back with chops. Janela kicked her down and scored a two count. He placed her on the top and drilled her with a right hand. Janela set up for a superplex but she shoved him down into the ring and hit a flying bodypress off the top for a two count. J nailed a series of forearms and punches. J driled him with a running boot in the corner. She caught him with an STO for a two count. Janela caught her with a punch and hit a DVDR for a two count. Janela, bleeding from the nose, ran her into a ring post.
J, bleeding, fired back with forearms. Janela cut off a charge with a roaring elbow. She came back with a superkick for a two count. Janela nailed a stiff lariat but J caught him with a DDT. J went to the top and hit a dive to the floor on Janela. J went to the top but Janela cut her off on the ropes and elevated, then slammed her down on the outside corner of the apron. He covered J but she pulled her shoulder up. He nailed a brainbuster and a piledriver but she kicked out again, which popped Los Angeles.
Janela kept working over J but she kept kicking out. Janela went to the top but she slapped him. She nailed a superplex into the ring. She slapped and stomped Janela, then pinned him.
Your winner, Hollyhood Haley J!
This was about making her in GCW and they succeeded in that regard.
They aired a music video on Atticus Cogar vs. Hook.
Iron Kid & Resplendor vs. Gringo Loco & Vengador
Iron Kid and Vengador started out with some nice action. Lots of trying to take Kid down but he's land back on his feet. They finally faced off. The crowd chanted for lucha. Gringo tagged in, as did Resplendor. Loco was taken down with an armdrag and then a tejaras. Loco caught him with a kick but missed a charge in the corner. Resplendor went for a springboard kick but was caught. Loco was caught with a rana, sending him to the floor. Resplendor set up for a dive but was snapped with a dropkick by Vengador. He went to the floor but avoided a dive from Kid.
Back in the ring, he was caught with a spinkick. Loco clotheslined Resplendor and then slammed his own partner atop of him. Vengador nailed a delayed brainbuster. Loco came off with a swanton bomb from the top but Iron Kid broke up the pinfall. Resplendor was worked over in the corner, drilled with hard chops. Loco charged him with a leaping forearm. Resplendor was nailed with a bucklebomb. Loco hit a split-legged moonsault for a two count as Iron Kid again broke up the pinfall.
They attacked Kid and worked him over as well. They sent Kid into the ropes but he rebounded and hit a rana on Loco. Resplendor hit a springboard move on his opponents. Kid dove off the top witj a tejaras on the floor. Resplendor did the same on Vengador. Resplendor drilled Loco with a big rana but was kicked hard in the mush by Vengador. Loco killed Kid with a Michinoku Driver. Resplendor drilled Loco. They upped the craziness with lots of ranas and flying splashes. Resplendor hit a shooting star press. Kid hit a crazy springboard torneo to the floor on Loco. Vengador hit a dive to the floor.
Resplendor hit a 630 press to the floor on everyone. Loco stacked up his opponents and hit double decker powerbomb. Vengador drilled Resplendor with a driver and scored the pin.
Your winners, Gringo Loco & Vengador!
They aired a promo from Atticus Cogar and said Hook is trying to get out of the shadow that follows him. Hook looks at the belt as an opportunity. To Cogar, it's a symbol that he's survived everything he's endured. He said he was going to introduce Hook to who he really was. "Survive if I let you, stupid motherf***er."
GCW Champion Atticus Cogar vs. Hook
They faced off and circled the other before locking up. They exchanged holds until Hook took Cogar down. Cogar went to the floor to slow the momentum. Hook took him down and nailed a gut wrench suplex, then clotheslined him over the top to the floor. Cogar cut him off on the floor and threw him into the front row. He smashed Hook with a chair. Hook reversed the momentum, sending Cogar into the chairs. They battled around ringside but Cogar cut him off with a stomp to the head, then dove over the ropes to drill Hook on the floor.
Hook was choked against the ropes as his face and eyes were raked. He stomped away at Hook in the corner. He drilled Hook and scored a two count. Cogar nailed a slingshot, snapping Hook under the bottom rope. Cogar grabbed a steel chair and set it up in the corner. He hit a droptoehold on Hook into the corner. Hook was whipped hard into the buckles. He used his wrist tape to choke Hook. Hook avoided a charge in the corner and nailed a head and arms Tazplex. He continued to work over the champ, hitting a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.
Cogar went for a DVDR and nailed an Air Raid Crash through the chair in the corner for a two count. Cogar went to the floor and pulled a door under the ring. Hook caught him and nailed a suplex onto the door, which didn't break. Ouch. The fans called for another, so Hook nailed a T-Bone Tazplex through the door. Hook covered him for a close two count. Cogar caught him with a thrust kick to the face and then slammed Hook for a two count.
Cogar pulled out skewers from his pocket and came off the ropes with them but Hook walked out of the way, like Samoa Joe would. Hook grabbed them and drilled them into Cogar's head. Hook drilled another T-Bone Tazplex. He locked in Redrum but was kicked low. Cogar pulled out a TAZER and charged Hook but Hook moved, so he Tazed the referee instead. The ref went down. Hook locked in the Redrum and Cogar tapped but there was no referee.
Hook grabbed the Tazer but KJ Orso ran out and hit him from behind in a chopblock. Cogar walked off. Orso grabbed the Tazer but GCW Tag Team Champions Busta and The Brain hit the ring and made the save.
They said the match has been thrown out.
Butcher and The Blade came out for their tag team title bout.
GCW Tag Team Champs Alec Price & Jordan Oliver vs. The Butcher & The Blade
The champs were in control early. Frustrated, the challengers tossed some chairs into the ring. Oliver caught Blade with a backslide but Butcher made the save. Blade caught him with a powerslam coming out of the corner. Butcher held him with a camel clutch, leaving it open for Blade to nail a dropkick. The challengers worked over Oliver for some time but he kept kicking out. Price finally made the hot tag and nailed a hard clothesline rebounding off the ropes. He nailed a running dropkick in the corner and nailed a Blockbuster. Blade broke up the pinfall attempt.
The champs nail some double-team offense on Blade but he escapes the pinfall. They battle to the floor, where the challengers used chairs to work over the champs. Oliver was sent crashing through a door. Price was double teamed but kicked out of the pinfall attempt. Oliver tackled Blade through the ropes, allowing Price to score the pinfall with a forward roll on Butcher.
Your winners and still GCW Tag Team Champs Alec Price & Jordan Oliver!
Lio Rush vs. Shotzi Blackheart.
Lio tried to carry off Shotzi backstage. The referee had to remind them they had a match.
Rush offered to let her pin him. She instead offered him a free punch. He didn't want to do it. He offered her to do the same. She lightly slapped him. He wanted more. She hit him and he went down but he got upset. They were off to the races with Shotzi nailing a shotgun dropkick. Shotzi nailed a series of forearmsa and some hard chops. She set up for a DDT but he blocked. She kicked him to the floor and nailed a tope suicida to the floor. They battled on the floor. She charged and he avoided her, letting her crash into the first row.
Rush grabbed her but she scampered under the ring and grabbed a chair. She chased Rush around the ring. He returned and nailed a handspring kick sending her to the floor. Rush nailed a tope suicida that took her down. She grabbed a chair after being tossed into the ring but was speared for a two count. Rush controlled the match and he used a chair against her. She kicked him off and suplexed him into the buckles. She came off the chair with a cannonball into the corner. Rush caught her with a stunner. He placed the chair across her and covered her while playing with her hair. He went to the top but she flung the chair in his face.
Rush nailed a powerbomb for a two count. He hit a sit-out powerbomb but only scored a two count. Rush grabbed the referee. He called for a red door to be brought to the ring. They battle around the door and tease putting each other through it. Shotzi locked on a sleeper and his arm dropped twice, but then he came to life. They crashed through the door. Shotzi caught him with a cutter and went to the top. She was going to dive off but suddenly began spewing black liquid from her mouth. She went to the mat. Rush went to touch her but she popped up. He nailed her with several stunners and used a choke for the win. Trapped, she had to tap.
Your winner, Lio Rush!
Nick Gage vs Starboy Charlie
Gage charged at the bell but Charlie leapfrogged him and Gage crashed through a door in the corner. Gage went to the floor, where Charlie nailed a Sasuke Special to the floor. Gage was whipped into the chairs at ringside. Gage fought back and nailed a DDT, then a big running forearm in the corner. Gage went to use a chair but was hit with a Pele Kick. Charlie put the chair across Gage's chest and nailed a standing cosmic swirl for a two count.
Gage took control and used the pizza slicer on Charlie's forehead. He bludgeoned Charlie and worked him over. Gage went for a piledriver but Charlie escaped and used a jackknife pinfall attempt for a two. Charlie hit a Van Terminator for a two count. He set up a door up between two chairs and placed Gage atop of it. Charlie went to the top but Gage cut him off. He teased a piledriver off the ropes but Charlie fought back and nailed a powerbomb off the ropes onto the door, which didn't even budge. Ouch.
Charlie went to the ropes but was nailed again and hit with the chokebreaker for the pin.
Your winner, Nick Gage!
Scramble Match: GCW Ultraviolent Champion Otis Cogar vs. Anakin Murphy vs. JKM vs. Mr. Danger vs. Vipress vs. Slade.
Cogar complained he came all the way here for a Scramble, handed the belt to the ring announcer Emil Jay and walked off.
They said he forfeited the title and this is to crown the new champ.
All violence early on. Murphy got slammed through a door and then atop several chairs by Slade. Vipress drilled him with a chair. Danger hit a springboard kick.. Vipress nailed Danger with a back suplex. JKM nailed Murphy with a kick and a forearm smash. He grabbed a barbed wire chair and drilled JKM with it. Danger hit a rana on JKM. He covered a two count. Slade returned and slammed a ladder into Danger's face. Danger was suplexed onto the ladder, which was laid across the ropes in the corner. Slade hiptossed JKM into the ladder. Vipress and Slade worked over Murphy. Slade drilled him with a gosset plate.
Vipress and Slade went nose to nose. He pressed and slammed her over the top, crashing down onto all the other competitors. Murphy was busted open. Slade went for a dive but Murphy smashed him with a chair. JKM hit a moonsault to the floor on everyone. Danger set up a ladder and hit a swanton to the floor on everyone. Everyone battled. A door was bridged across several chairs on the floor. A barbed wire door was as well. Slade worked over JKM but was hit with a Spanish Fly off the apron through the barbed wire door. Vipress brought a glass pane into the ring. She set it up in the corner. She went to put JKM through it but was superkicked and nailed by Murphy. Murphy and Danger battled in one of the corner atop a door bridged across two chairs. Vipress shoved Danger off the top through a door on the floor.
Vipress attacked Murphy and nailed a piledriver off the ropes through a door. She covered him but Otis returned to pull the referee out. He grabbed Vipress, powerbombed her through the glass pane and pinned her.
Your winner and still GCW Ultraviolent Champion Otis Cogar!
Lots of fans throwing garbage because they were pissed their hometown girl lost.
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