Many familiar faces turned up at GCW’s Dream On show this afternoon.
The event had a very interesting look as it was coming from a “retail and entertainment” complex in New Jersey called American Dream this afternoon. In my day we called it a shopping mall. The ring was set up in an open area of the mall with really small pads barely covering the floor. That shows you how hardcore their talent is. They don’t need no stinking mats.
Hall of Famer Kurt Angle kicked off the show. Angle said that New Jersey has some of the greatest wrestling fans in the entire world. Angle got the crowd revved up for the show…until Mick Foley’s music played. Foley entered from the crowd. Angle bowed to him and handed him the microphone. The two legends hugged in the middle of the ring.
Kurt Angle and Mick Foley. Courtesy: GCW and Triller TV.
Mick Foley cut one of Dusty Rhodes’ most famous promos about “doing hard times”.
Blue Pain decided to make an appearance. Foley and Angle didn’t know what to make of him.
“Dude, you’ve got some explaining to do,” said Foley.
Pain did Kane’s firework cue but nothing happened.
Foley called Pain a “loser” and said he should be playing for The Giants.
“I don’t know what you are doing here but you are way out of your league. Why don’t you go out with the fans and sit with them?” Angle asked Pain.
Pain grabbed Angle by the throat. Foley gave him a shot to the head. Foley treated Pain to Mr. Socco and Angle put him in the ankle lock.
Broski Jimmy LLoyd came to the ring calling himself the “Deathmatch Prince”. He demanded respect from the audience. He called American Dream a dump.
Ricky Starks’ music begins to play. Casually leaning on the railing, Starks came down on an escalator holding a Louis Vuitton shopping bag. On the way down, he slaps a kids’ hand who is going up on the opposite side of the escalator.
Ricky Starks is back in GCW. Courtesy: GCW and Triller TV.
The crowd chants…Holy s–t! Holy s–t!
“What the hell are YOU doing here? Shouldn’t you be up the street and in catering? If you know what’s best for you, you’d get the hell out of here and go back to The Prudential Center,” bellows Lloyd referring to AEW’s Full Gear show tonight.
Starks DDTs LLoyd without saying a word.
The crowd starts cheering for Starks.
“I think everyone wants a statement from Ricky Starks. Well, the statement is I am standing right here in the middle of GCW ring and I’ve got a lot of things I want to get off of my chest,” he said.
Starks said fans have proven him wrong. They have accepted ‘Absolute’ Ricky Starks.
“Passion runs through my blood and I will be damned if I sit at home and I get frozen out! I will be damned if I sit at home and let my career dwindle at 34 years-old! I am healthy. I am god damn good looking and best of all I am a generational superstar! I do what I want! I say what I want! I dress how I want. If you don’t like that you can kiss my black ass!” declared Starks.
He said that he is returning to where he began his career, the very beginning: GCW.
“Here is a gentle reminder, Jimmy. I am the man! I am always going to be the man! And most importantly, I am ‘Absolute’ f—–g Ricky Starks!” he said tossing the microphone.
Jimmy tried to sideswipe Starks. Starks speared him before leaving through the crowd.
After Ricky Starks’ appearance. Matt Cardona came down to the ring. He is pissed that fans wanted to see Ricky Starks over him. The crowd starts rudely telling him to shut his trap. Cardona called Starks a coward for coming out when Cardona was in the back and leaving before Cardona came to the ring. Cardona says he has no sympathy for Starks because he got paid to sit home for months and months.
“I have been working my ass off for five years!” says Cardona calling himself “The Gatekeeper”.
Matt Cardona goes to leave but Manders comes out. JBL showed up during their match taking Manders out with a Clothesline From Hell after Broski pulled the official to the floor and punched him in the face.
Another Clothesline From Hell from JBL. Courtesy: GCW and Triller TV.
In the main event it was Mance Warner defending his GCW World Championship against Effy. It was Effy’s last time he could challenge Warner for the title. It didn’t take long for the plunder to become involved. Warner leapt off a chair to DDT Effy through a door propped up in a corner breaking it in half. Warner then smashed a steel chair over Effy’s back. Warner put a door between two steel chairs. Warner choked out Effy with his wrist tape. Effy though gave Warner a Razor’s Edge through that bridged table and then speared him for a two count. Effy sets up the chairs back to back but it was Effy himself who got chokeslammed onto the chairs.
Warner places four chairs facing one another. He cannot hoist Effy up though. Effy slams Warner through the chairs for a two count. Effy kicks out of a piledriver. Effy absorbs a running clothesline and a knee strike kicking out at just one. Sack Rider. Spear. Warner kicks out at two. The crowd begins cheering for Effy. Effy spears him again for yet another two count.
A frustrated Effy begins piling chairs and broken doors in the middle of the ring. As he is set to slam Warner on the plunder Allie Katch hits Effy with a steel chair. Effy stands up to her ripping the chair out of her hands. Effy takes her by the hair slapping her face. Warner punches Effy in the “lower abdomen” from behind. Warner DDTs Effy.
Allie Katch declares herself champ. Courtesy: GCW and Triller TV.
Katch then labels Warner with the steel chair. Katch piledrives the official. She stands with the GCW World Heavyweight Championship as show ends.
GCW Dream On Results
Tony Deppen versus Marcus Mathers
Mathers rushes headlong into a corner. He gets a knee to the face from Deppen. Mathers gives Deppen a stunner. Thinking he has the match won, Mathers leaps off the ropes only get knee to the face from Deppen. Brain buster, running knee strike notches the win for Deppen.
Winner: Tony Deppen
The Gahbage Daddies versus Los Desperados
Arez leaps off the top rope. He is caught mid-air and given a stunner by Cole Radrick. A rebound lariat by Alec Price. Raddick lifts Arez up for the Electric Chair. Price comes off the top rope with the double stomp.
Winners: The Gahbage Daddies
Sidney Akeem versus ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey
Akeem (WWE’s Reggie, Scrypts). A fantastic match, probably the best Akeem has ever been in. Bailey rushes at Akeem. Akeem dodges. Bailey slides out onto the floor. Akeem leaps over the top rope onto Bailey. Akeem hits the 360 Meteora from the top rope. Bailey manages to kick out at two. Akeem almost pins Bailey with a rolling body scissors. Bailey turns Akeem’s Final Act into a back cracker. Moonsault double knees from Bailey. Bailey misses Ultimo Weapon. Akeem takes advantage pinning Bailey with Final Act.
Winner: Sidney Akeem
Akeem addresses the crowd after the match. “Can I get personal for a second? I really want to speak from the heart. In June when I got released from a big company…,” he began.
The crowd booed WWE.
“That is how I felt. Legit,” said Akeem.
Akeem explained that sitting at home he thought about just retiring from wrestling and going back to Cirque du Solei. He found his new home though…in GCW.
“I am done proving myself in a locker room with the best of the best. I have earned the right to sit at the same damn table. I have earned the right to be called one of the best high fliers in the game,” he continued.
Akeem dared management to send out their best against him.
On the monitor was management’s answer. He will face El Hijo Del Vikingo on January 19th at The People Versus GCW.
After Ricky Starks’ appearance. Matt Cardona came down to the ring. He is pissed that fans wanted to see Ricky Starks over him. The crowd starts rudely telling him to shut his trap. Cardona called Starks a coward for coming out when Cardona was in the back and leaving before Cardona came to the ring. Cardona says he has no sympathy for Starks because he got paid to sit home for months and months.
“I have been working my ass off for five years!” says Cardona calling himself “The Gatekeeper”.
Matt Cardona goes to leave but Manders comes out.
Matt Cardona versus Manders
Winner: Matt Cardona
Little Guido and Ricky Morton versus Kerry Morton and Griffin McCoy
Guido and Morton get down to business until Kerry Morton and Griffin McCoy appear. Kerry is disgusted that such oldies are taking his spotlight in his ring. Kerry and Griffin get slapped for their disrespect by Guido and Ricky. It becomes a tag match. Kerry and Griffin get whipped into each other. Ricky dunks Griffin with a Canadian Destroyer. Guido rolls him up for the win.
Winner: Little Guido and Ricky Morton
Violence is Forever (c) versus Joey Janela and Megan Bayne – GCW World Tag Team Championship Match
Kevin Ku is a victim of Janela’s Doomsday Device and Bayne’s flying clothesline from the top rope. They both cover Ku but Dominic Garrini breaks the pin up with a senton splash. Ku moves and Bayne spears the official. As Bayne checks on the official Ku hits Bayne with a steel chair. Janela punches the chair into Ku’s face and DDTs him. Bayne chokeslams Ku. Janela lands the double stomp from the top rope. Janela goes for the cover. The official is still in Dreamland. Garrini whips Bayne into the steel steps. Janela retaliates by diving through the ropes kicking Garrini in the chops. Garrini stops Janela from putting Ku through a chair by punching him in the “lower abdomen”. Janela suffers a Chasing the Dragon on the steel chair for the three count.
Winners: …and still GCW World Tag Team Champions, Violence is Forever.
The Gahbage Daddies arrive. They want to challenge Violence is Forever for the belts on January 19th at The People Versus GCW. Violence is Forever attacks The Daddies from behind before accepting the challenge.
John Wayne Murdoch c0mes down to the ring. He entering himself into the ladder match on January 19th to find a new Ultra Violent Champion as Sawyer Wreck vacated the title upon retiring from the squared circle. Brandon Kirk chews out Murdoch for whining. Kirk enters himself into the match too. Drew Parker is next to throw his hat into the ring. Parker challenges the other two to a three-way match. Matt Tremont’s music hits. It is now a four-way match.
John Wayne Murdoch versus Brandon Kirk versus Brandon Kirk versus Matt Tremont
Tremont pins Murdoch with a Death Valley Driver on all sorts of plunder.
Winner: Matt Tremont
Masha Slamovich versus Satana Jackson – JCW World Championship
Jackson gets thrown into the ring post and disappears under the ring. Michael Jackson’s Thriller starts playing. Jackson crawls out from under the ring wearing a werewolf mask. It doesn’t stop Masha from winning though.
Winner: ….and still JCW World Champion, Masha Slamovich.
Blake Christian attacks Jackson from behind, splashes him on the floor. Officials have to pull Christian off Jackson.
Effy versus Mance Warner (c) – GCW World Championship Match
Winner: Match thrown out.
RELATED LINKS
- Nov. 27, 2024: AEW pulls Starks from GCW events
- Nov. 26, 2024: Starks not sorry for supporting his friends outside AEW
- Nov. 23, 2024: Ricky Starks makes a statement at GCW’s Dream On