GCW
Holy Smokes
Atlantic City, New Jersey
March 4th, 2023
Its a scramble and its a GCW show. Its fine, Reefer had the best spots even if I can’t stand his gimmick.
2.5 / 5
Coughlin here looked really good. Oliver was fine, still not a big fan. Some really good spots and moments here. Just dragged a bit in parts and could have been a few minutes shorter.
3.25 / 5
This felt quicker than 9 minutes even. Good match with a solid final spot. More of a match to built Blake vs Masha.
2.5 / 5
Veny looked great here and Janela always works well with the GCW crowd. This had its moments but again could have been cut a few minutes and done a lot better.
3 / 5
A brawl that never got going to anything extreme. Slade is cool and Effy is fine but this wasn’t anything great.
2 / 5
Another match that was solid but nothing special. This had its moments with a few good spots but outside of that was just fine.
2.5 / 5
Vikingo just makes everything seem so effortless. The man pulls major spots and unique moves out of nowhere and from the simplest thing. Zayne here was fine but Vikingo was the star here.
3.5 / 5
Two of the best women deathmatch wrestlers in the word here. Great to see Kasey in a GCW ring facing someone like Rina. There were tons of great spots and moments here. Kaseys face during moments sells just how much pain and heart goes into a deathmatch. Kirk also came out of here looking like a massive star, though she is one, but she looked great to this GCW crowd.
4 / 5
Itoh is super over in GCW and Lufisto is a legend. Both women put on a good match with fine spots but it just wasn’t a super exciting match. It didn’t help they followed both womens match back to back and followed a deathmatch.
2.5 / 5
Drew Parkers final deathmatch before retirement from them. It was a good match with a lot of tubes, blood, and big spots. The panes of glass didn’t always wanna break and had to be used numerous times for it. My big issue was the end felt sudden and out of nowhere sort of. Ending this in a submission felt a little odd, almost as if this was cut short. Still a good match though and nice send off for Drew.
3.75 / 5
