PREVIEW: The Show kicks off with a 10 bell salute for Scott Hall. Rest in Peace Bad Guy. A fair few stinkers but some great ringwork on display throughout the entire show featuring a fantastic match from Yoya & Alec Price.
BELOW AVERAGE YDNB VS Steve Scott & Archadia: Our opening match of the night is YDNB VS Steve Scott & Archadia. A solid fast-paced start ending with a head-scissors from Archadia. Charlie puts Scott’s phone in his shorts after they try taking a selfie mid-match. Guys Austin Theory and Prince Pretty want their gimmicks back. Charlie tiger hits a very nice blue thunder bomb but only manages a two-count. Plenty of exciting offensive from both sides so far. YDNB appear to be very over with this New York crowd. Steve Scotts manages to get Charlie Tiger to the top rope and uses his tag partner as a weapon hitting a head-scissors from the top turnbuckle.
duel big splash and swanton from YDNB for a close call two count, A beautiful spear from tiger and a fireman carry slam from Taylor for the 1. 2.. 3! and YDNB are your winners. A decent match overall some solid work from both teams and that blue thunder bomb was just spectacular. The right team goes over for what I feel to be a solid start to JCW March Madnezz.
Results: YDNB win by pinfall after Blue Thunder Bomb.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 2.25
BAD Shazza Mckenzie VS Edith Surreal: The match begins with some good ol’ technical mat-based wrestling with plenty of submission and pin attempts from both ladies, Shazza balances on her neck at one point to avoid a pin which looked great. I must admit Edith looks fairly clunky and rigid in ring making a few of the moves look a bit sloppy but Shazza still looked solid for her first time on US Soil for a while. The ladies exchange rocking horse submissions and again this match is just counter for counter. By this point, the match has begun to slow down and the moves have started looking even more rough to watch. Disappointing to see from both Edith & Shazza. Shazza hits a nice-looking split stunner. But is having some trouble with her hamstring. Edith capitalizes on this and gets Shazza into a leg lock for the submission victory. This match felt like its went on for way too long with almost no aggression.
Results: Edith taps out Shazza with a Leg Lock.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 1.5
GOOD Steve Maclin Vs Cole Radrick: The two start off fighting for the armbar. Raderick is very over with this crowd as they chant his name for the first minute of the match. Maclin sends Radrick to the outside sitting him on fans lap and the two men begin exchanging blows. Radrick reverses a power-bombed into a back body drop and capitalizes with a running attack on the apron but Maclin reverses it sending Radrick flying into empty chairs in the crowd. Despite this, he only manages a two count before Cole gets his shoulders up. The crowd erupt into chants of “Cole Radricks my favourite wrestler”. The two exchange blows back and forth with Radrick hitting a tasty-looking drop-kick from the top rope kipping up and taking Maclin out with a lariat garnished with a top rope moonsault for the 2 count. Maclin hangs Radrick up in a tree of woe and hits a devastating-looking spear into the turnbuckles and still only manages a two count. Cole hits three very nice-looking cutters off the ropes and secures himself one of the biggest wins in his career so far. A fantastic display from these two beasts they kept up a great pace and managed to hold my attention throughout the entire match. Looking forward to seeing where Radrick ends up in the future the man has buckets of talent in the ring.
Results: Radrick wins by pinfall after hitting 3 Cutters.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 3.25
GREAT Yoya VS Alec Price: A head-spinning start to this matchup as price picks Yoya up spins him around a throws him across the ring. Yoya attempts a head-scissors but Price manages to reverse into a handstand and hits a nice-looking crossbody. Yoya hits a Satellite head-scissors which was nice to see a very underutilized bit of offence. Price gets in a drop-kick to the back of a seated Yoya got a two count. Yoya attempts a cross-body but Price rolls through it and surprisingly manages to lift yoya and hit a power-slam. Price gets Yoya up into a torture rack and almost takes his head off with a heavy-looking slam into the turnbuckle. The two exchange blows and Yoya gets the advantage, hitting two vertical suplexes for a two count. Price drops Yoya face-first to the stage on the outside and Yoya flips off of it into price below. He misses a two count but gets a Boston crab locked in. price luckily manages to get to the ropes. Alec price hits a painful-looking buckle bomb on Yoya followed by a heel kick to the spin for the three count! Wow, what a match! This was extremely exciting to watch Alec Price’s offence was brutal throughout and Yoya sold for him like a champ. Both guys looked fantastic and if you only watch one match from this card I suggest this one as my match of the night.
Results: Alec Price wins via pinfall after a heavy Buckle Bomb.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 3.75
BELOW AVERAGE Bam Sullivan VS Slade: Slade’s entrance is cut short by Bam as he takes him down and begins a heavy offence against him. He rolls out to find some doors under the ring. He sets one up in the corner of the ring a slams Slade through it with brutal aggression. Slade manages to cut Bam’s attack short hitting him in the head with a piece of the broken door and again repeatedly over the back. Bam retaliates getting a bin involved but Slade tries choking him out with a tee-shirt, flipping merch tables onto him. Slade choke-slams Bam through a door and starts beating him with a kendo stick, pieces of door, pretty much whatever he can get his hands on, and then hits an audience member with a trash can causing a DQ. Bam chases him down before he can attack the commentary team and the locker rooms empties to try and separate them. Bam wins by DQ and a rematch is scheduled for Planet Death. That match felt like it should have been filmed on a shaky phone camera on Worldstar. It was quite concerning watching the two men attack each other that stiffly and made me think that the two may have some genuine beef? Either that or Slade is a fantastic Psychopath.
Results: Bam wins by DQ after Slade attacks a fan.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 2
AVERAGE 6 Man Scramble (Big Vin VS Brandon Kirk Vs Deklan Grant VS Marcus Mathers VS Azrieal VS Dyln Mckay): Mathers and Azrieal kick things off with the latter taking the advantage getting Mathers into an octopus hold. But Mathers escapes with a running knee strike on the apron to Azrieal. Mckay hits Mathers with a beautiful poisonrana. Grant Gets in a great sunset flip and Big Vin clears house with a dive to the outside immediately followed by a dive from the turnbuckle from Mckay. He follows that up with a beautiful Canadian Destroyer to Mathers. Grant hits Mathers with a stunner but is stopped in his tracks by Big Vin who powers him up into a power-bomb. Mckay & Mathers team up to take out Vin with stereo Dropkicks but then Mckay turns on his partner leading to Vin stacking both men up on his shoulders and dropping both to the canvas for a two count. Vin tries a choke-slam but Kirk stops him with a chair shot to the back. Big Vin sends him flying over the top rope to the outside. Mathers takes full advantage of this hitting buster to Kirk immediately following up with a perfect 450 splash clutching the win by milliseconds as Azrieal attempts to make the save. Mathers cuts a short promo post-match putting over the upcoming Dallas PPV and his match vs Nick Wayne. This match was just pure chaotic fun. Very few noticeable botches mixed with the fast-paced action and innovative offence which has become a staple of these scramble matches. Not the best ring work you’ll see this year but very enjoyable to watch.
Results: Mathers wins by Pinfall after 450 Splash to Kirk.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 2.5
GOOD Grim Reefer VS Charles Mason: The two share a joint in the middle of the ring but Mason puts it out in Reefer’s eye. He tries to choke Reefer with a plastic bag but the referee takes it off him in time and reefer takes the opportunity and gains the advantage. He hits a cross-body to mason on the outside and throws him headfirst into the ring post. The two go back and forth for while but mason spits water into Reefer’s eyes and hangs on the ropes sending him to the outside with a drop-kick. He continues his attack into the crowd and begins biting him causing Reefer to bleed. Both men look slightly out of shape, particularly reefer but they are working well together overall. Mason tries to choke Reefer out with a rope but the referee confiscates it yet again mason gets distracted jaw-jacking with the fans and Reefer slams him off the ropes. Reefer starts smoking and hits a series of clotheslines capitalising with a swanton bomb for the two count. Reefer locks in a cross-face but Mason escapes by biting Grim’s hand. Mason tries for a Super-plex but Reefer reverses it into a top-rope DDT. Reefer sets up a door across two chairs and takes mason up to the top ropes and tries for another top rope DDT but Mason reveres into a spear through the door for a close 2 count. Mason tosses reefer into the referee taking him out. He covers Reefer with a plastic bag suffocating him but Dark Sheik makes the save returning him the favour wiping Mason out with the plastic bag setting Grim Reefer up for the three count and the win. I love the story this match told through its ring work. The repeated attempts to cheat from mason constantly getting foiled by his opponent. The joint seemingly giving reefer superpowers whenever he smokes it and the overall tone of the match made it very interesting to watch.
Results: Grim Reefer wins by pinfall after interference by Dark Sheik.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 3
AVERAGE Bill Dixon comes out and puts over the first all black hardcore main event match at For The Culture calling out his opponent Hoodfoot. He goes on talk about Effy’s Big Gay Bash and about how he is the number LGBT Wrestler in the world. A decent promo overall.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 2.5
AVERAGE Billie Starkz VS Deonna Purrazzo: The crowd start booing Steve Maclin (Deonnas Husband) Who appears on the stage starting a chant I cat repeat here. The two take to the mat as soon as the bell rings exchanging submission attempts and sharing a lot of rest holds. The action grinds to a snail’s pace almost immediately, Deonna being distracted by the crowd repeatedly. Billie takes Deonna Down with a nice arm drag and the two attempt pins both getting near falls. Deonna nearly snaps Billie’s arm off. Billie gets dropped into the chairs on the outside and Deonna gets a 2 count, she follows up with another armbar which Billie manages to escape but not for long as Deonna hits her with a face-buster for the Win. She celebrates in the ring with her fiance to the dismay of the crowd. Not the best way to end a solid card but not an awful match either. The pacing was slow and the crowd were distracting but there was some nice ring psychology in play with Deonna’s repeated attacks on Billie’s right arm. A bit disappointing overall but not the worst match I’ve ever seen.
Results: Deonna Purrazzo wins via Pinfall.
Kofi Taylor WR Star Rating – 2.5
Overall JCW March Madnezz was a decent show, with a few good matches let down by a lack of good storytelling but still entertaining nevertheless. Yoya vs Alec Price was the standout match of the night for me both men putting on spectacular performances and that buckle bomb from Price is still making me wince. Radrick vs Maclin didn’t disappoint either with a real fun 6 man scramble to mix things up in the middle. The main event left a little more to be desired and they could have done with incorporating a lot more storytelling between matches but let’s be real here, that’s not the reason we watch GCW/JCW. Not a must-watch show but worth a look if you need some high-octane wrestling in your life.
Matches: 0.5/1 Stars
Show Structure: 0.25/1 Stars
Storytelling: 0.25/1 Stars
Atmosphere: 0.75/1 Stars
Production: 0.25/1 Stars
Overall Rating: 2.0/5 Stars
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