GCW Joey Janela Spring Break 7 Results – March 31, 2023 – Joey Janela vs. Kota Ibushi

Apr 1, 2023

March 31, 2023
Los Angeles, CA – Ukrainian Culture Center
Results via Parker Klyn of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

Grab The Brass Ring DLC match – Blake Christian defeated Gringo Loco, Tony Deppen, Cole Radrick, Komander, Billie Starkz , Alec Price, Jack Cartwheel, and Shane Mercer via Curb Stomp (pinfall)
GCW Tag Team Championship – The East West Express defeated Motor City Machine Guns (c) via Clout Cutters (pinfall)
El Hijo del Vikingo defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey via 630 Splash (pinfall)
Maki Death Kill defeated Bussy via Modified One Winged Angel (pinfall)
GCW World Championship – Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Steph De Lander via Sleeper (submission)
Kota Ibushi defeated Joey Janela via Kamigoye (pinfall)

Grab The Brass Ring DLC Match
Gringo Loco vs. Tony Deppen vs. Cole Radrick vs. Komander vs. Billie Starkz vs. Blake Christian vs. Alec Price vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Shane Mercer

I’m sorry, but the name of this match is so funny. A “Grab the Brass Ring” ladder match in a venue where you literally can’t hang anything from the ceiling, so it’s just pinfall or submission? Anyway, the winner earns a title shot. Blake Christian was an unannounced addition.

Gringo and Komander had an early exchange. Mercer pressed Price over his head and tossed him onto a pile of opponents before Gringo whacked him with chairs and hit a jumping destroyer. Christian smashed Radrick with a ladder-assisted senton.

Price used two attempts to stomp Starkz through a door for two. Gringo was the base on a Cartwheel-Deppen Tower of Doom suplex spot. Cartwheel then put Radrick through a door on the floor. Mercer hit Moonsault & Battery off the ladder. Gringo smashed him over the head with unprotected chair shots.

Gringo set Mercer up on a door bridge, but the door broke before he could do anything with it. A second attempt led to Price jumping off a ladder bridge to the floor, Komander doing his rope-walk dive, and Gringo putting Mercer through the door with a senton bomb. Starkz planted Radrick for two.

Starkz hit the Sugoi Driver on Radrick, but Christian came in and stomped her face-first into the mat for the win.

Winner: Blake Christian via Pinfall.

GCW Tag Team Championship
The East West Express (Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) (c)

The East-West Express gained the upper hand early on, landing simultaneous dives. Back in the ring, they kept it up with tandem offense until the Guns hit Oliver with a Magic Killer to take control. Shelley and Sabin isolated Oliver in the ring as Wayne was busted open.

Oliver fought back with a running clothesline and tagged in Wayne, who ran wild on Sabin. Shelley cut Wayne off with a facebuster into the turnbuckle pad. Oliver backflipped out of a sunset bomb attempt, but Sabin returned fire with a Death Valley bomb for two.

Shelley and Wayne exchanged finisher attempts until Shelley hit Shell Shocked for two. He immediately transitioned into the Border City Stretch as Sabin put Oliver in a cloverleaf. Wayne cradled Shelley to break the submission, but the Guns maintained control.

Bad timing led to Shelley booting Sabin. Wayne took Shelley out with a dive and Oliver hit Shelley with the Clout Cutter for a good near fall. Both of the East West Express hit Clout Cutters for another near fall. They finally hit a double team Clout Cutter for the win.

Winner: The East West Express via Pinfall to become the new GCW Tag Team Champions.

In-Ring: Yoshihiko, Charles Mason, Parrow, Jimmy Llyod

DDT’s Yoshihiko, a human-sized doll (and current Ironman Heavymetalweight champion), came out for a promo. Interviewed by Emil Jay, she said nothing but gestured a lot. She nodded “yes” when asked whether she’d stick around in GCW.

Charles Mason and Parrow interrupted. Mason took Yoshihiko out with a cheap shot and called her “not real.” He took out a knife and was about to cut Yoshihiko open, but Yoshihiko’s handler got in the way. Parrow crushed the handler, and Mason unmasked him as Jimmy Lloyd. Mason made Lloyd look as Parrow was about to spike Yoshihiko, but she fought back and hit Parrow with a German.

El Hijo del Vikingo vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey

They both had each other scouted at the start. Bailey got a brief advantage after some kicks, but Vikingo returned fire with a rope-rebound kick of his own. He stumbled on a double springboard but recovered to land a tope suicida. Back in the ring, Bailey took out Vikingo’s legs and began to dismantle the left. He twisted over into a modified deathlock.

Vikingo fired back with overhand chops. They had a long multiple-minute chop exchange until Bailey surprised Vikingo with a kick combination. A running shooting star press got two. Vikingo came back with a black hole slam and running knees through the ropes before concluding the run with a shooting star press off the apron.

Back inside the ring, Vikingo hit a springboard Phoenix Splash for two. Bailey avoided a dive and hit a top-rope Asai moonsault. He landed moonsault double knees and a buzzsaw kick for two. Bailey kept up the relentless assault with kicks, but Vikingo avoided the Ultimate Weapon. They botched Vikingo’s imploding dragonrana, but Vikingo hit a stalling German for two.

They traded strikes on the apron. Vikingo avoided moonsault knees and landed a crazy diving destroyer on the ring frame. Bailey countered a top-rope shooting star press and hit Meteor Rain, a top-rope fisherman’s buster, for a near fall. Vikingo fought out of the Flamingo Driver.

After jockeying for position on the top rope, Vikingo hit an avalanche spinning side slam followed by the 630 splash for the win.

Winner: El Hijo del Vikingo via Pinfall.

BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy) vs. Maki Death Kill (Maki Itoh & Nick Gage)

Allie and Itoh had a cute-off at the start. Gage and Effy tagged in, with Gage taking control after a running elbow drop. BUSSY cut Gage off and isolated him with double teams. Gage fought off both opponents, and a stalling vertical suplex allowed him to tag in Itoh.

Itoh let us know that she’s the cutest in the world before hitting a swinging DDT on Effy for two. Gage produced a pizza cutter, but Allie cut him off and wrapped a chair around his head. Effy and Allie both used the pizza cutter on Itoh until Gage ran in for the save. Itoh got her payback with the pizza cutter as Gage carved up Effy.

Gage and Allie both took out an opponent, leading to them exchanging forearms in the ring. Gage then hit the Chokebreaker, but Effy broke up the pin. Itoh whacked Effy with a chair, but Effy gained control of the chair and smashed it over Gage’s head. Itoh chokeslammed Effy over some propped-up chairs, but Allie broke up the pin attempt.

Allie made Itoh cry, then mocked her. Effy rolled Itoh up for two. Gage made it back in as Itoh hit a diving DDT and Gage hit almost like a One Winged Angel for the simultaneous pinfall victory.

Winner: Maki Death Kill via Pinfall.

Gage was about to cut a promo post-match, but Matt Cardona showed up with Steph De Lander and attacked Gage with a chair. He complained about not being booked on WrestleMania. GCW World Champion Masha Slamovich then showed up and faced off with De Lander, leading to an impromptu GCW World Championship match.

GCW World Championship
Steph De Lander vs. Masha Slamovich (c)

De Lander somehow maintained control throughout pretty much the entire match despite not being in wrestling gear and wrestling the promotion’s world champion. She eventually chokeslammed Slamovich through chairs for two. Slamovich came back with an air raid crash through a door. She went for the White Knight Driver, but Cardona ran in and broke it up.

Cardona was about to hit Slamovich with a chair, but Gage and Itoh ran out for the save. Slamovich locked on the sleeper for the win.

Winner: Masha Slamovich via Pinfall to retain the GCW World Championship.

Kota Ibushi vs. Joey Janela

Neither man took control for a few minutes. Janela tried to play some mind games to get into Ibushi’s head. He surprised Ibushi with a rolling elbow and laid in chops in the corner, but Ibushi returned fire with a mid kick. Janela cut him off and beat him down until Ibushi popped up with a hurricnrana. Ibushi then landed an Orihara moonsault to the floor.

Ibushi kept up the attack with an arm-trap German, He climbed the ropes again, but Janela popped up and brought Ibushi crashing down with a superplex. They fought on the apron, where Janela charged at Ibushi — but Ibushi moved out of the way, sending Janela face-first into the ring post. Janela was busted open.

Janela caught a running attack from Ibushi and turned it into an apron DDT. He set up a structure of doors and chairs on the outside. They fought each other around the turnbuckles, leading to Ibushi hitting a crazy German suplex from the ring to the floor through the door structure. It wasn’t perfect, but it was definitely insane.

Back inside the ring, Janela hit two Death Valley drivers, but Ibushi kicked out at one. They traded forearms until Ibushi finally stopped the exchange with a suplex. Janela returned fire with a German, but Ibushi hit one of his own. Simultaneous clothesline attempts led to the double down.

Ibushi laid in a flurry of strikes, his classic strike combination. Janela countered a standing moonsault and landed a lariat followed by a package piledriver for two. He laid in repeated thrust kicks, but Ibushi cut him off with a running knee before hitting the Kamigoye for the win.

Winner: Kota Ibushi via Pinfall.

After the match, Janela talked about his career and what led to this point. He thanked Tony Khan before welcoming Ibushi back to the business of pro wrestling. They shook hands and posed before signing off.