GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7 Results (3/31): Joey Janela Vs. Kota Ibushi, El Hijo Del Vikingo Vs. Mike Bailey, More
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Game Changer Wrestling presents Joey Janela's Spring Break 7 from the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, as part of The Collective. Five matches are currently penciled in, including Kota Ibushi taking on Joey Janela. Yesterday, the former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion defeated Mike Bailey at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 in his first in-ring bout since October 2021.
Reigning AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo, who recently faced Kenny Omega on "AEW Dynamite," is set to step into the ring with Bailey for the first time this evening. Also, the GCW Tag Team Championship will be on the line when Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin of the Motor City Machine Guns defend the gold against East West Express' Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne.
Announced card prior to the show
* Joey Janela vs. Kota Ibushi
* El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Mike Bailey
* The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) for the GCW Tag Team Championship
* Nick Gage and Maki Itoh vs. BUSSY (Allie Katch and EFFY)
* Komander vs. Gringo Loco vs. Billie Starkz vs. Blake Christian vs. Alec Price vs. Tony Deppen vs. Cole Radrick vs. Jack Cartwheel in a Grab the Brass Ring Doors, Ladders, Chairs match
Grab the brass ring DLC match
Komander vs. Gringo Loco vs. Billie Starkz vs. Alec Price vs. Tony Deppen vs. Shane Mercer vs. Cole Radrick vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Blake Christian in a Grab the Brass Ring Doors, Ladders, Chairs match
The winner will receive a title opportunity of their choosing in GCW. Christian and Deppen formed an alliance in the opening moments of the match. Loco took both Christian and Deppen off their feet. Komander and Loco fought. Komander sent Loco out of the ring with a hurricanrana. Mercer delivered a backbreaker to Komander. Cartwheel took out Mercer and leaped over the ropes to wipe out several opponents.
Price took control inside the ring and delivered several knee strikes. Mercer lifted Price and launched him to the floor. Loco laid out Mercer with a Destroyer. Deppen attempted a pin on Radrick. Christian sent a ladder into the ring and placed it in the corner. Christian stood on the top turnbuckle and sent the ladder down onto Deppen. Loco spiked Christian with a piledriver. Loco dived to the floor.
Loco set up a ladder in the middle of the ring. Price delivered a double stomp to Starkz in the corner. Price did it a second time to break the door underneath Starkz. Loco connected with a cutter on Price. Radrick set up a chair in the corner. Radrick sent Loco into the chair. Another ladder was connected to the ladder set up in the center of the ring. Loco sent Deppen and Cartwheel down from the ladder. Cartwheel launched himself over the ropes and put Radrick through a door on the floor.
Mercer walked up the ladder with Cartwheel in his arms. Mercer performed a moonsault and battery from the ladder. Loco broke up the pin attempt that followed. A door bridge collapsed when Loco placed Mercer on it. Loco changed the door and placed Mercer on it. Price and Komander dived to the floor. Loco put Mercer through the door with a senton bomb from the ladder.
Starkz removed the ladders from the ring. Starkz and Radrick collided. Starkz slammed Radrick down and attempted a pin. Christian picked up the win by stomping Starkz into the mat after she drove Radrick into the canvas.
Winner: Blake Christian via pinfall
GCW Tag Team Championship Encounter
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) for the GCW Tag Team Championship
Shelley and Sabin immediately took the fight to Oliver and Wayne. Sabin targeted the bandaged eyebrow of Wayne at ringside. Oliver and Wayne turned the tables and soared through the ropes to take out the Motor City Machine Guns. Wayne's eyebrow began to bleed again after being busted open earlier in the day. Oliver and Wayne accidentally collided with each other, allowing Sabin and Shelley to take control of the bout.
Shelley and Sabin worked over Oliver and Wayne in the corner of the ring. Shelley and Sabin locked in a double submission. Oliver fought back and took Sabin down with a running clothesline. Wayne sent Shelley into the corner with a dropkick. Wayne landed a standing Spanish Fly on Sabin.
Sabin and Shelley managed to regain control. Shelley drove Oliver's face into the turnbuckle. Oliver landed on his feet after Sabin attempted a sunset bomb. Sabin and Oliver exchanged blows in the center of the ring. Sabin turned Oliver inside out with a clothesline and drove him into the canvas. Shelley hit a Shellshock on Wayne. Sabin and Shelley locked in a double submission.
Wayne wiped out Shelley on the floor. Oliver landed a Clout Cutter in the ring. Wayne and Oliver connected with a double Clout Cutter but were unsuccessful with their pin attempts. Oliver and Wayne won the tag titles after delivering a Clout Cutter to Sabin at the same time.
Winners and NEW GCW Tag Team Champions: East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) via pinfall
Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko Appears
- Emil Jay interviewed Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko in the ring. Jay asked the champion about Spring Break and putting the title on the line earlier today at GCW vs. DDT. Yoshihiko agreed to stay with GCW for a little longer. Charles Mason and Parrow made their way down to the ring. Mason sent Yoshihiko down with a kick. Mason said Yoshihiko was not real. Mason says the fans are morons for eating up the Yoshihiko character. Mason pulled out a knife to damage Yoshihiko. Parrow took out Yoshihiko's minder. Mason pulled off the mask, and it was Jimmy Lloyd. Parrow lifted Yoshihiko. However, the champion put Parrow in a waistlock and delivered a German suplex. Mason looked shocked and exited the ring.
El Hijo del Vikingo against Mike Bailey
El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Mike Bailey
The match began with Vikingo and Bailey dodging each other's offense. Bailey attempted a shoulder tackle, but Vikingo held his ground. Bailey eventually sent Vikingo down with a kick. Vikingo responded with a kick to the head. Bailey ended up on the floor, and Vikingo leaped through the ropes to wipe him out. Bailey took advantage of Vikingo's rough landing and performed a moonsault from the ring.
Back inside the ring, Bailey targeted Vikingo's leg. Bailey applied a leg submission on the canvas. Bailey and Vikingo exchanged chops to the chest. Bailey delivered a combination of kicks and landed a running shooting star press. Vikingo responded and sent Bailey to the outside. Vikingo performed a shooting star press from the apron.
In the ring, Vikingo performed a Phoenix splash from the ropes. Bailey headed back to the floor. Bailey connected with a moonsault after Vikingo slid outside of the ring. Bailey took control upon returning to the ring, but could not finish Vikingo off. Vikingo sent Bailey crashing down from the turnbuckles with a Dragonrana.
Vikingo and Bailey fought on the apron. Bailey missed with double knees. Vikingo leaped from the ring post and landed a Destroyer on the edge of the ring frame. Vikingo sent Bailey back into the ring. Bailey got his knees up to counter Vikingo's shooting star press. Bailey sent Vikingo down from the top turnbuckle. Vikingo recovered and connected with a spinning side slam from the top before landing a 630 to win.
Winner: El Hijo del Vikingo via pinfall
Tag Team Action and Impromptu GCW World Title Match
Nick Gage and Maki Itoh vs. BUSSY (Allie Katch and EFFY)
Katch and Itoh started the bout posing for the fans. Katch had seen enough and locked in a headlock. Itoh replied with a falling headbutt. EFFY and Gage tagged in. Gage delivered two bodyslams and followed up with a running elbow drop.
BUSSY worked together to wear down Gage. Katch and EFFY traded tags as they kept Gage in their corner. Gage sent Katch off the apron with a forearm. Gage delivered a delayed vertical suplex. Gage tagged in Itoh. Itoh charged into EEFY in the corner and fired away with shots to the head. Itoh planted EFFY into the mat with a DDT. Katch pulled Gage off the apron as he pulled out the pizza cutter.
Katch pulled out a steel chair from underneath the ring. Katch wrapped the chair around Gage's neck and sent him into the ring post. EFFY and Katch used the pizza cutter on Itoh's forehead. Gage returned and delivered a DDT to Katch and a spinebuster to EFFY. Gage pulled out a special Maki Itoh pizza cutter. Itoh used her pizza cutter on Katch, while Gage used his pizza cutter on EFFY.
After delivering piledrivers at the same time, Gage and Katch exchanged forearm strikes. Gage connected with a backbreaker. EFFY set up two chairs in the middle of the ring. Itoh sent EFFY onto the chairs with a chokeslam. Itoh began to cry. Katch attempted to comfort her, but Itoh stuck up her middle finger. Katch began to cry. Effy rolled Itoh up with a pin attempt. Gage launched a steel chair at EFFY. Itoh planted EFFY with a DDT while Gage drove Katch into the canvas. Gage and Itoh picked up the victory with simultaneous pinfalls.
Winners: Nick Gage and Maki Itoh via pinfall
- After the match, Matt Cardona and Steph De Lander appeared with steel chairs and attacked Gage and Itoh. Cardona told everyone to show him some respect. Cardona said it was wrong that he and De Lander were not booked for Spring Break and WrestleMania. Cardona declared that his friend Cody Rhodes would win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on Sunday. De Lander said the GCW locker room was embarrassing and that she and Cardona are the most over wrestlers. GCW World Champion Masha Slamovich made her way out to the ring. Gage took out Cardona. Slamovich and De Lander wanted to fight.
Masha Slamovich vs. Steph De Lander for the GCW World Championship
Slamovich immediately took De Lander down. De Lander managed to turn the tables and took control of the match. De Lander delivered two suplexes and attempted a cover. Slamovich eventually knocked De Lander down with a kick.
Slamovich pulled out a door from underneath the ring. De Lander sent Slamovich down with a kick. De Lander slammed the champion onto two chairs. Slamovich sent De Lander through the door in the corner of the ring with an Air Raid Crash. Cardona returned and grabbed a steel chair. Gage and Itoh returned to take out Cardona. De Lander tapped out after Slamovich locked in a sleeper hold.
Winner and STILL GCW World Champion: Masha Slamovich via submission
Main Event Battle Between Joey Janela and Kota Ibushi
Joey Janela vs. Kota Ibushi
Janela and Ibushi traded holds on the canvas as the match got underway. Ibushi stuck Janela with a forearm shot and locked in a headlock. Janela dodged Ibushi's kick. Ibushi sent Janela out of the ring with a dropkick. Janela knocked Ibushi down with an elbow. Janela delivered multiple chops to Ibushi in the corner. Ibushi landed a hard kick to the head after dodging out of the way of Janela's offense.
Ibushi and Janela traded forearm shots in the center of the ring. Janela took Ibushi off his feet with an elbow after he hit the ropes. Janela sent Ibushi into the turnbuckles as he continued to control the bout. Ibushi leaped up and spiked Janela on his head with a hurricanrana. Janela rolled out to the ringside area. Ibushi springboarded off the top rope and performed a moonsault to wipe out Janela on the floor.
Back inside the ring, Ibushi used his strength to send Janela over his head with a German suplex. Ibushi headed to the top turnbuckle. Janela joined Ibushi and landed a brainbuster from the top before attempting a cover. Ibushi and Janela fought on the apron. Janela was busted open after colliding with the ring post.
Janela planted Ibushi with a DDT on the apron. Janela set up a bridge with two doors on the floor. Janela sent Ibushi into the ring post. Janela placed Ibushi on the door bridges. Ibushi got up and joined Janela on the turnbuckles. Ibushi attempted a German suplex, but he and Janela fell through the doors.
Janela delivered two Death Valley drivers in the center of the ring. Ibushi kicked out of the pin attempt that followed. Janela and Ibushi went back and forth with forearm strikes. Janela landed a brainbuster, but Ibushi immediately replied with a suplex. Ibushi and Janela attempted a clothesline at the same time.
Ibushi and Janela traded blows again. Ibushi took Janela off his feet with a kick. Janela stopped Ibushi in his tracks and connected with a lariat and a package piledriver. Janela struck Ibushi with three superkicks. Ibushi took down his knee pad after recovering and bashed Janela in the face to win.
Winner: Kota Ibushi via pinfall
- After the match, Janela spoke on the microphone. Janela said he lost himself a while ago. Janela got emotional about Ibushi deciding to work for GCW. "The Bad Boy" thanked Ibushi and welcomed him back to the business.
- That's all for GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7!