{"id":140439,"date":"2022-05-30T20:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T01:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=140439"},"modified":"2022-05-30T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T01:21:59","slug":"gcw-downward-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/30\/gcw-downward-spiral\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/28 GCW DOWNWARD SPIRAL SHOW REPORT: Joey Janela vs. Johnny Gamechanger, Cardona in action, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3149751670\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>GCW DOWNWARD SPIRAL 2022 SHOW REPORT<br \/>\nMAY 28, 2022<br \/>\nAIRED ON FITE.TV<br \/>\nREPORT BY CHRISTOPHER MAITLAND, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>GCW Announcers:\u00a0<i>Kevin Gill, Veda Scott, Emil Jay, Jake Black, Drew Parker<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) JIMMY LLOYD vs THE ROTATION vs MARCUS MATHERS vs MATT VANDAGRIFF vs TITUS ALEXANDER vs EARLY MORNING GUY STEELE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steele won after pinning Mathers with the Twist of Fate neckbreaker in 10:54.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: Typical GCW scramble with a lot of moves. Steele was the only competitor to get a separate entrance so it was no surprise he was the winner.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) SECOND GEAR CREW (AJ GRAY, MANCE WARNER, &amp; MATTHEW JUSTICE) vs ALLIE KATCH, SANDRA MOONE &amp; BILLIE STARKZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allie Katch won for her team after pinning Warner with a piledriver in 16:17.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of this match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) MIKE BAILEY vs CHRIS BEY<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2471042417\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Bailey won with the Ultimate Weapon in 10:57.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: This was my favorite match of the show. Both wrestlers showcased top notch athleticism. I have seen them wrestle twice in the last two weeks and I look forward to seeing them wrestle again.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) BLAKE CHRISTIAN vs MATT CARDONA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cardona won by holding the tights on a pinfall in 7:28.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: Before the match, Christian called out Alex Shelley, Kushida, Johnny Gargano, and Jon Moxley. Cardona looked like he was injured which may have led to the short match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) GRINGO LOCO &amp; ASF vs JORDAN OLIVER &amp; NICK WAYNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oliver and Wayne won when Wayne pinned ASF after Wayne hit him with the Clout Cutter in 15:46.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: A lot of action as would be expected with these two teams. Not sure if Oliver &amp; Wayne\u2019s team name of Young, Dumb, and Broke is one they should continue to use.)<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4155803568\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(6) EFFY vs KEVIN BLACKWOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Effy won with a Sunset Flip in 11:12.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: Effy\u2019s win came out of nowhere but this match told a good story with Effy and Blackwood surprising each other in the match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) JAI VIDAL vs DARK SHEIK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dark Shiek won with the Go Ahead and Die in 8:52.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: Dark Shiek started off slow but was able to come through in the end. After the match, the competitors raised each other\u2019s hands to show mutual respect.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(8) JOHNNY GAMECHANGER with DAD vs JOEY JANELA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gamechanger won with the Starship Pain through a door in 18:20.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: It was unique seeing Johnny Gamechanger, better known as John Morrison in GCW. I have no idea why he was managed by Dad.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(9) RINA YAMASHITA &amp; COLE RADRICK vs ALEX COLON &amp; JOHN WAYNE MURDOCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yamashita and Radrick won in 15:52 when Murdoch suplexed Colon and put Radrick on top for the pin.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Maitland\u2019s Thoughts: I am not a huge deathmatch fan personally, but the crowd enjoyed it. The match furthered the Murdoch and Colon feud.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:<\/strong> I did not enjoy this show as much as I enjoyed last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GCW<\/a> show. GCW has a rabid fanbase but their shows can be hit or miss for me and this was a miss.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/gcw-accused-of-faking-covid-19-test-results-for-talent-lauderdale-advised-not-to-speak-on-the-accusations\/\">GCW accused of faking COVID-19 test results for talent, Lauderdale advised not to speak on the accusations<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3073229236\"><div id=\"pwtor-694295650\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>GCW DOWNWARD SPIRAL 2022 SHOW REPORT MAY 28, 2022 AIRED ON FITE.TV REPORT BY CHRISTOPHER MAITLAND, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR GCW Announcers:\u00a0Kevin Gill, Veda Scott, Emil Jay, Jake Black, Drew Parker (1) JIMMY LLOYD vs THE ROTATION <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/30\/gcw-downward-spiral\/\" title=\"5\/28 GCW DOWNWARD SPIRAL SHOW REPORT: Joey Janela vs. Johnny Gamechanger, Cardona in action, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":140440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,622],"tags":[6762,6460,5941],"class_list":["post-140439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-indy-ppv-reports","tag-downward-spiral","tag-game-changer-wrestling","tag-gcw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/05\/GCW-Downward-Spiral.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140441,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140439\/revisions\/140441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}