GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break X live results: The Sandman’s final match

Joey Janela’s Spring Break X is live tonight. Eight matches are advertised for the show, which will take place at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas beginning at 7 p.m. local time / 10 p.m. Eastern. The Sandman will have his final match on the show, wrestling against the Invisible Man. Brodie Lee Jr. will have his first-ever singles match, facing Joey Janela. A Loser Leaves GCW match will pit Effy against Allie Katch. In the GCW World Championship match, Atticus Cogar will defend against the new Hayabusa. Jack Perry and Marko Stunt will team against KJ Orso and Stackhouse. Mance Warner and Steph De Lander will team against Megan Bayne and a mystery partner. The Rascalz will take on Marcus Mathers, Alec Price, and Jordan Oliver. There will also be a Grab the Brass Ring Doors, Ladders and Chairs match with advertised participants including Gringo Loco, Shotzi Blackheart, Bear Bronson, 1 Called Manders, Sydney Akeem, Vipress, Charles Mason, and Terry Yaki. Our live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern. ************************************************ – Our show begins at 10 p.m. sharp with a countdown timer for 15 minutes, which feels like a rib given how late it’s starting. They have added ten minutes to the clock, so we’re looking at a 10:30 start time roughly. At 10:31, we get a recap of the history of Joey Janela’s Spring Break set to “Forever Young”, with some questionable audio mixing – which is kind of perfect given the indie rock spirit of the shows. We get another video package on GCW being The Last Outlaws of wrestling. – The opening contest will be the Grab the Brass Ring Ladder match – it’s first pinfall to a finish for a shot at a GCW title of the winner’s choosing. Grab the Brass Ring Ladder Match – Vipress. Bear Bronson, Terry Yaki, Shotzi Blackheart, Vengador, Sidney Akeem, 1 Called Manders, Gringo Loco, Charles Mason, a Man Like DeReiss, and Masato Tanaka Loco starts off with a moonsault to a pile of folks on the floor before DeReiss eats a Spanish Fly off the top to the floor to the pile. Mason beats down Yaki and then Masato Tanaka comes out as the final entrant. Tanaka nails Mason with a forearm shiver and a sliding D mid-ring before squaring off with DeReiss with more forearm shots before Tanaka lands a big forearm shot to send DeReiss down. Akeem gets a tornillo on DeReiss before squaring off with Vengador and he goes for a handspring elbow and breaks the top rope. Shotzi just keeps going with Vengador with a run-up tornado DDT before Tanaka hits a second-rope avalanche rana! Mason hits Sister Abigail to Shotzi before Bronson puts a giant door in the corner before squaring off with Tanaka for a chairshot to the head battle. I’m going to assume that Christopher Nowinski won’t be endorsing these shows anytime soon. Bronson gets 2 off a black hole slam to Tanaka before a Tanaka lariat sends them to the floor. They walk and brawl so the ring crew can try to fix the ring to a “thank you, ring crew!” chant and then a “safety first” chant right after chairshots to the head. Shotzi and Vipress kiss on the ladder before a ladder dive and DeReiss gets thrown off the ladder for 2. Akeem lands a double-backflip cutter to DeReiss before Yaki eats a no-hands suplex from Vengador before Vengador sets up two ladders to dive onto Yaki, but he gets stopped by Loco, who hits a Base Drop through a door bridge!  Vipress avoids a tombstone off the apron by Mason and lands a piledriver through a door on the floor! Christian Napier hits Vipress with the DM and Matt Tremont jumps him while his theme music barely plays. They’d better get that fixed by the time of The Sandman’s last match. Vengador lands a poison rana to Manders before hitting a splash off the tippy-top of the ladder for 2.5! Manders lands two lariats back to back and wins it! Winner – 1 Called Manders by Pinfall – A tribute to the fallen wrestlers on Spring Break shows airs, capping off with Sabu last year mere weeks after his final match with Janela. Atticus Coger cuts a promo on Hayabusa and talks about being stabbed as a kid and realizing how quickly things can disappear and the blessing this Hayabusa got means nothing because he doesn’t have the experience of the original. The Rascalz vs. Alec Price, Jordan Oliver and Marcus Mathers  Mathers and Reed start off with fast action off headlocks and kip ups before Reed wins the exchange with a dropkick. Wentz lands a bronco buster on Mathers to set up a Dez double stomp on the arm. Price tags in and goes for the leg of Xavier. Price gets a swinging armdrag before slinging his body at him and bringing Oliver in. Mathers comes in quickly and takes down Xavier in the corner before they hit a triple tree of woe dropkick for 2. Wentz takes Mathers to Chinlock City before a corner knee by Wentz and a PK gets 2. Reed chinlocks Mathers and mocks Oliver on the apron before a flash cradle gets 2 on Reed. Xavier jumps in after a tag and Oliver tags in and runs wild. Wentz eats a double-team blockbuster from Price for 2. Mathers and Reed come back in for some fast action before Reed and Xavier double superkick Mathers for 2. Mathers lands a hook kick on Xavier before Wentz lands a handspring knee on Price. Doomsday Double Stomp by the Rascalz, but a 450 hits and Wentz saves for 2. Reed lands a mid-ring cutter and a UFO cutter to the floor! Reed hits a 450 and Xavier wins with a Spinal Tap! Winners – The Rascalz by pinfall Coverage is currently delayed… Ian Carey subbing in for Jeremy Peeples for the remainder of the show on a few hour delay.

GCW Champion Atticus Cogar defeated Hayabusa to retain

Cogar tried to use the skewers early but Hayabusa avoided. He hit a springboard Moonsault to the outside, which led the crowd to chant for him. Atticus ended up gaining control and began to fill the ring with chairs, and a door. Cogar continued to work on Hayabusa as Hayabusa sold his leg. Cogar started to take the skewers to him. Hayabusa hit a missile dropkick and both guys are down. He got a two count of the springboard Moonsault. Then locked in a figure four but Cogar got to the ropes. Cogar regained the advantage and set up six chairs in the ring before hitting Hayabusa with another chair. He set Haybusa up on the chairs but then missed a moonsault stomp and went crashing into the chairs himself. Hayabusa hit a 450 splash for a near fall. Cogar regained control and tried to hit Hayabusa with the skewers but Haybusa fought back and stuck a bunch of them in Cogar’s head, hit a poisonrana and falcon arrow for a near fall. Hayabusa missed a top rope splash, Cogar hit a forward-falling DDT for the win.

Jack Perry & Marko Stunt defeated KJ Orso & Stackhouse

Marko Stunt entered first. Luchasaurus then drove the Jurassic Express bus up to the entrance for Jack Perry to make his entrance. Stunt wanted to tag in early so he could go up against the much larger Stackhouse. After Orso tagged in, Stackhouse blind tagged himself back in without Stunt noticing and the heels gained the advantage after. Perry finally tagged in and took out both Stackhouse and Orso. He hit a double-underhook power bomb for a two count. Orso fought back and hit a suplex of sorts on Perry. Shortly later, Stackhouse and Orso went to hit combo strikes in the corner on Stunt but Orso hit Stackhouse instead. Orso regained the advantage with a rake of the eyes on Stunt but Stunt fought back, Perry hit a poisonrana and the babyfaces are back in control. Perry and Stunt hit a series of double team moves on Orso. Perry got a near fall on Orso after a codebreaker, but Stackhouse broke it up. Perry hit a Canadian Destroyer on Stackhouse, Stunt then hit a 450 splash. Stackhouse gained control and hit a piledriver on Stunt as commentary spoke about Stunt’s history of injuries that led to him retiring. But Stunt kicked out at one! Orso went to get his title belt from ringside but Emil Jay attempted to stop him. Stackhouse picked Emil Jay up but Perry came to the rescue and sent Stackhouse to the outside. Jay hit a tornado DDT on Orso moments later. Perry held Orso up, Stunt came off the top with a neck breaker, and Jurassic Express pick up the win. Stunt remained in the ring after the match. After soaking it in for a bit, he said “I’m f—-ing back.”

The Sandman vs. The Invisible Man

After a video package recapping the build to this match, Sandman made his entrance to the ring with the whole crowd performing the lyrics to Sandman by Metallica. It really felt like it was absolutely everyone in the building taking part in this. Kendra Lust also came out as part of the entrance with Sandman. ECW chants were heard. Bill Alphonso then came out and it was revealed that Alfonso would be cornering The Invisible Man for the match. Invisible Man came out, I think, and got massive boos. Alfonso sort of guided him to the ring. Invisible Man go the early advantage. He backed Sandman into the corner with punches, or strikes of some sort, anyway. Sandman turned the tables and backed the Invisible one into the corner, beating him down with stomps. “You’ve still go it chants” followed. Sandman grabbed the kendo stick and hit some really stiff looking shots on The Invisible Man. Then Invisible Man hit Sandman with a low blow. Fonzie got in the ring and him but just as Sandman was going to hit him, The Outbreak from JCW came out, as commentary mentioned that they might want revenge for what Sandman did to The ECW Zombie some 20 years ago. Violent J, 2 Tuff Tony, and Vampiro came out and commentary plugged JCW Strangle-Mania. They took out members of The Outbreak. Richard Holliday then came out, returning to GCW. Holliday attacked Sandman, but this brought out Early Morning Guy Steele to even the score on behalf of Sandman. Steele hit a moonsault on Holliday before being attacked by The Invisible Man, who hit him with a destroyer. Lust turned on Sandman, hitting him with a kendo stick and then Invisible Man sent Sandman through a door set up in the corner. Missy Hyatt then came out! She took out Lust with some kendo stick shots. The Invisible Man speared Sandman and the ref through a door. Sandman took out a new ref, with commentary saying maybe Sandman thought that ref was siding with the Invisible Man. Then the Invisible Man took out the next ref who ran in. This kept going for a little while, with Sandman and The Invisible Man taking out each new ref that came in. Sandman and Invisible Man exchanged strikes. Sandman hit a DDT, went for the pin and all the hurt referees regained consciousness to count a two-count. With both wrestlers down, The Invisible Stan – who was The Invisible Man’s brother and one-time opponent – made his entrance to “Holy s–t” chants. But who would Stan side with? Fonzie made it appear as though both Invisible brothers would work together against Sandman. Mick Foley then came out! He got into a fierce battle with the Invisible Man and Stan, and was moving around great! He hit the Invisible brothers with a DDT and Mr. Socko. I don’t know who he hit with what, but you know. Foley gave Sandman Socko and the two hugged, only for both to be double low blowed by the Invisible Stan and Sandman. One of the Invisible brothers got a roll up on Sandman and got the three count. After the match, Foley and Sandman remained in the ring. Foley cut a promo saying that him and Sandman may not like each other, but they’ve meant a lot to each other’s careers, and Foley loves him.

Effy vs. Allie Katch – Loser Leaves GCW

Effy starts a Bussy chant in the early going. Commentary talked about how Bussy was a revered team in GCW, even defending the promotion’s tag titles against The Briscoes. Katch was able to do a dive to the outside, and it looked like she was hesitant after having previously been injured doing a similar move. Katch got a two count off a driver, but Effy took control shortly after. Commentary played up the “Effy is not fine” storyline. Katch got a two count after a Tower of London onto a steel chair. Effy later dared her to throw a chair at his head, which Katch obliged, the shot busting Effy open. Effy hit a TKO into a dragon sleeper after. Effy did a one-person version of a Bussy combo move. Katch got busted open as well somewhere in there. Katch got back into it by reversing a Zack Rider, and locked in a Muta lock shortly after. Effy got out of it by raking the eyes. Katch hit Effy with a Pele kick for a two count. Katch hit a Zack Rider for a two count. Effy hit a spear and they were both down. Effy hit a choke slam onto a chair and Katch grabbed at her elbow after. He grabbed a screwdriver after. 1 Called Manders came out and told Effy not to do it. Effy appeared to re-think it but then attacked Manders, knocking him to the floor. She missed a cannonball in the corner. Effy then went to use the ring bell but Parrow came out and stopped him. Then Effy hit Parrow with the bell and later with the screwdriver. Dark Sheik then came out to stop Effy, who continued to insist he was fine. Sheik gave the metal turnbuckle hook to Katch, who then went to use it on Effy. Effy begged off, saying he was sorry. Katch went to hit him but couldn’t. She fell to her knees and hugged him. She just couldn’t do it. The love between them was just too deep. Only, Effy head butted her and then attacked her with the screwdriver. Katch is screaming/crying through a crimson mask, then got a near fall on a surprise rollup. Effy then hit a lariat and went for a piledriver, but couldn’t do it for a moment perhaps through exhaustion or hesitation to give the move to his former partner. After a moment, he hit the move on Katch and got the three count. Katch is gone from GCW. Katch remained in the ring as the crowd chanted “Thank you, Allie.”

Mance Warner & Steph De Lander vs. Megan Bayne & A Mystery Partner

Coverage for this match is currently delayed. 

Brodie Lee Jr. defeated Joey Janela

Brodie got the early advantage with a drop toehold in the corner. Later hit a penalty kick for a two count. Janela made Brodie chase him around the ring and then punched him in the face when they got back in the ring. This led to Janela going on offense for a period. Janela missed a chop and hit his hand on the ring post, which allowed Brodie to get back into it for a bit. Janela missed a moonsault. Brodie beat him down in the corner. He got a two count off a running knee. Big smiles from Brodie! He’s having fun out there. They fought out among the crowd. He grabbed the papers, shades of his father as the leader of The Dark Order. He hit the papers in the face of Janela. Later, Janela locked Brodie in a figure four. Janela got a two count off a Death Valley Driver. Chris Bey came out to help Brodie, but security kept him from interfering. Brodie was selling his leg after being in the figure four. He hit Janela with a DDT on the apron. Brodie hit a Sister Abigail, a Cross Rhodes, and his father’s discus lariat out of the corner and locked in the sharpshooter to get the tap out win. His mother and little brother, and training partners celebrated with him in the ring as the show closed with a feel good moment.