John Pollock & Wai Ting kick off Mania Week bonus coverage with reviews of two Game Changer Wrestling events: Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 8 & Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6 Part 1.
GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 8 March 31, 2022 Dallas, TX Fair Park
Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson
Jon Moxley vs. Biff Busick
Josh Barnett vs. JONAH
Mike Bailey vs. Yuya Uemura
Timothy Thatcher vs. JR Kratos
Zeda Zhang vs. Marina Shafir
Simon Gotch vs. John Hennigan
Alex Coughlin vs. SLADE
Bad Dude Tito vs. Royce Isaacs
Ninja Mack vs. Yoya
Masha Slamovich vs. Janai Kai
GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6 Part 1 March 31, 2022 Dallas, TX Fair Park
GCW Ultraviolent Title Match: Alex Colon (c) vs. John Wayne Murdoch
GCW World Title Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. AJ Gray
X-Pac vs. Joey Janela
Spring Break Scramble Match: Jordan Oliver vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Gringo Loco vs. Ninja Mack vs. Nick Wayne vs. The Prize Alec Price
Mickie James vs. Allie Katch
AR Fox vs. Blake Christian
GCW Tag Team Title Three Way Match: The H8 Club (Matt Tremont & Nick Gage) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice)
From home (nowhere near Dallas), I watched Bloodsport as intended, and I agree the fight between Moxley vs. Busick was incredible. Enjoyable show.
Later, I originally wasn’t planning on ordering anything else besides ROH, but I was still up for more wrestling yesterday, so I ordered the Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show.
I guess because of that actual prize of $5000 for the crowd’s favorite match, every match received more than enough time. A benefit for most of the matches, but two matches really dragged for me: Athena vs. Mia Yim, and John Hennigan vs. Taya Valkyrie in the Dirty Dishes Match (Taya had the dirty dishes and cleaning supplies “brought in from home” for this, but I started to wish they would take this match home).
Bandido vs. Speedball Mike Bailey opened the card and was so much fun. My definite match of the show. The six-man tag was fast-paced and exciting. I thought Timothy Thatcher vs. Tomohiro Ishii was pretty good, and Minoru Suzuki vs. Biff Busick very good (Biff’s cut from Bloodsport opened up).
The Briscoes vs. Homicide & Low Ki was the main event, and I thought it came together well after an awkward start, following some bullshit before the match between Low Ki and a front row fan.
I probably shouldn’t give away the entrants of Team PCO vs. Team Onita here, as the reveals were among the biggest highlights of the match to me. All I’ll say is that PCO’s partners were all WWE alumni, and Onita’s partners were… also WWE alumni technically, but not identifiable as such. Very light-hearted match.