Finally catching up with GCW Lifestyle, which aired live from Las Vegas. It had a somewhat raucous crowd, and it started fast. There were already people in the ring at the time of the show beginning, and away we go with the action and my thoughts on it. This event happened on 5/26/23 and it was from the Silver Nugget Casino.
Alec Price defeated Billie Starkz, Damian Drake, Jimmy
Lloyd, Matt Vandergriff, and Sam Stackhouse in a Six way scramble match
From what I gathered, this was a match where anyone can be
in the ring at any time, and the majority of the back and forth was one on one
with different talent in the ring fighting. That being said, this was fun, with
a lot of brawling, and some great moves overall. Sam Stackhouse stood out to me
as a huge wrestler, and Billie Starkz was rad with her move set. The rest were
good too, and everyone had turns with their specific offense, making this a fun
romp under 10 minutes. Alec Price got the pinfall victory with what looked like
a mule kick off of someone’s knee. They called it a surprise kick, good stuff
for sure.
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Jordan Oliver
I’m a fan of Zack Sabre Jr. as he’s one of the most complete
technical wrestlers I’ve seen. He faced off against Jordan Oliver, whom I’ve
seen in MLW before. Oliver surprised me with his offense against Zack Sabre Jr.
I was astonished that Zack didn’t just bulldoze Oliver in this one. Of course,
I would type something like that and recall Zack focusing on Oliver’s shoulder
and arm with some stellar technical wrestling. Despite some great offense from
Oliver, it was Zack Sabre that pulled this one out with one hell of a
submission, with an armbar backwards that jus pretzeled Oliver. Great back and
forth, and another Zack Sabre Jr. win.
Maki Itoh defeated Sandra Moone
Maki Itoh impresses me again. Sandra Moone is no slouch, but
Itoh is just so fun to watch. Moone put up a good battle against a fast Itoh.
The crowd was firmly behind Maki Itoh, and it was interesting to hear them
riled up. Moone hit some nice offense, and Itoh would get her shots in,
including an interesting falling headbutt that I marked out for. Maki Itoh gets
the win here, but not without having to take on some Sandra Moone’s offense. A
good women’s match for sure.
After the match Itoh got beat up by Steph De Lander and Matt
Cardona, until out came Nick Gage. This is going to lead to a match, I’m sure.
It just hasn’t happened.
Joey Janela and Sawyer Wreck defeated Matt Cardona and
Steph De Lander in a tag team match
With mixed tag matches you often don’t see the men fighting
women, but not the case here. They are all fair game, and it’s not half bad.
Janela and Wreck started this one fast, hitting a lot of chops, and good
offense overall. The tables would turn a bit, though, and things would be tough
for both teams. Cardona and De Lander had some serious heat, and the two had a
good amount of offense. De Lander speared Janela through a door at one point,
which was rad! Another door was set up, and the two teams fought to stay from
getting through it, but out came Maki Itoh and Nick Gage and helped Wreck and
Janela, which let Sawyer Wreck chokeslam Matt Cardona threw a door! Then she
picked up the pinfall victory, which was fun to see. Fun match!
Blake Christian defeated Dark Sheik
I’ve never seen Dark Sheik but wow, what a performer. She
really put on a show against Christian. Blake was able to thwart some of her
offense, but it wasn’t easy. Some good back and forth offense was found in this
one, and I found it to be fun overall. Sheik’s top rope spinning heel kick was
rad, as well as some of her other offense. Christian’s reversals, and moves
were cool too, but he didn’t have an easy time with this match. Blake would hit
a curb stomp and then choked out Dark Sheik, and that was that. Good match, fun
stuff, about 17 minutes of action, fun!
Bussy and Mance Warner defeated Los Macizos and John
Wayne Murdoch, Jack Cartwheel, Starboy Charlie and Titus Alexander in a six man
tag team three way match
I admit, I was falling asleep at my desk when watching this
one. It’s not a terrible match, but it’s overbooked so it can be rough around
he edges. Everyone should get a Mancer t-shirt. In the end, it felt like a fast
one, and it had some good innovative offense, lucha style, and modern style mixed. An ok match overall.
El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Gringo Loco, and Komander
The trio here put on an amazing display of lucha libre. This
was a purely lucha libre match with everything out the window Each person threw
down some amazing moves, and it was incredible to see the wrestling style that
each one had. At one point , even though they were high flying, Vikingo ran
Komander through a door. Vikingo would hit a 630, I kid you not, a 630, on
Gringo Loco for the win. I was impressed, you should be too.
Rina Yamashita defeated Cole Radrick in the GCW
Ultraviolent Title Match
Fans of death match wrestling will enjoy this one. This was
a back and forth hardcore match with light tubes, doors, glass windows, chairs,
and brawling to boot. This was steady, paced well, and had a lot of blood for
those that like that. Modern wrestling fans may not be big on this one, as it
is brutal to say the least, but if you’re a fan of hardcore wrestling and
independent wrestling too, this is a good match to check out. There were some
nice moves, and action, so it wasn’t just punch kick, fun match to end the
night.
Overall Thoughts
I love GCW and am looking forward to seeing them in person.
Until then, I have to watch them on FITE and I suggest everyone get a
subscription to it. This was a lot of fun, good pacing, fast matches, slow
matches, and some hardcore action too. I definitely recommend this one, so
check it out on FITE and see GCW wherever they go, they put on fun times.
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