We get a foul mouthed tirade from what appears to be Nick\nGage\u2019s daughter before the show began, which nicely sets the tone for what I\ncan only assume I am about to enjoy. It is Spring Break \u2013 one of the hottest\ntickets of the weekend without question!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joey Janela versus\nMarko Stunt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>I\u2019ve\nwatched all the Spring Break shows, so that has been my exposure to both of\nthese guys. It is good to see them both return from injury and feels very\ntimely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>This is\nthe best audience for both of them to return in front of as they are both\ntreated like returning heroes. Both popular, they don\u2019t care about taking the\nlow road and attacking the other\u2019s injury. As expected with a guy like Stunt,\nJanela ragdolled him around to begin with with multiple German suplexes, before\nStunt got sent into the crowd like Bam Bam Bigelow did to Spike Dudley. A crowd\nsurfing brawl began as Janela got involved as well, whilst the wildness\ncontinued with some Stunt dives into the chairs. Penelope Ford became very\ninvolved as the match progressed as Stunt stole a kiss from her and Janela wiped\nher out (by mistake) with a running forearm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stunt\u2019s resilience kept him in the match as he kicked out of\na package piledriver, though an apron rana saw both men hit the edge of the\napron hard legitimately (busting Stunt open in the process). Stunt continued to\nkick out of more ridiculous moves such as a top rope cradleshock and grabbed a\nflash pinfall win with a small package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Crazy,\nsloppy, ridiculous, engaging \u2013 it was like both men tried to clearly prove they\nwere good to go following their injuries. Stunt looked legitimately out of it at\npoints in the post-match though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tony Deppen versus \u2018No\nLegs\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>Tony\nDeppen is a dick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Deppen is\nangry that he was left off of the card, so uses some choice language,\nchallenges the fans to a match and attacks a man with no legs who is in a wheelchair.\nAs a chant of \u2018Let\u2019s Go, No Legs\u2019 begins, a rear naked choke briefly has Deppen\nin trouble. Things go from bad to worse for Deppen as \u2018No Legs\u2019 hit a 619, a\nspringboard crossbody and nailed a rolling senton to ringside! Deppen briefly\nregained control with a superplex, only for \u2018No Legs\u2019 to almost grab the win\nwith a variation on a 450 splash! I guess Deppen had to win in the end, but his\nknockout knee and three count is greeted with a chorus of boos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict:<\/strong> This was\nlike KTB versus Marko Stunt from last year, though multiplied by a hundred! Just\ncompletely mindblowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scramble: Jake Atlas\nversus A-Kid versus Australian Suicide versus Slim J versus Shane Mercer versus\nJungleboy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> As\npart of Team Whitewolf, have had the pleasure of seeing A-Kid around. It is\ngreat to see Jungleboy in action following the untimely passing of his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Stereo\nsuperkicks from all five opponents to Mercer started this off and things were wild\nfrom the opening seconds as the scramble rules saw the pace remain high at all\ntimes as initial exchanges gave each wrestler a chance to shine. Mercer, the\nstrongest man in the contest, managed to hold Jungleboy up in a press slam\nwhilst fighting off several attacks in a neat spot. Atlas and Kid formed a\nunion of sorts, only to be quickly disbanded by the offense of Suicide. The\nexchanges between Jungleboy and Atlas were fun as they matched strikes and\nmoves until Atlas hit a second rope Angle slam variation. Mercer, using Atlas\u2019\nhand for balance, dumped J with a ropewalk DVD in an amazing spot, almost\ntopped by Suicide breaking the pin with a shooting star press. Mercer wasn\u2019t\nfinished though, as he nailed a moonsault fallaway slam on Kid moments later.\nHowever, it was Jungleboy who picked up the win after turning a rear naked\nchoke by Kid into a unique stretch for the submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict:<\/strong> A\nscramble like this gives the guys in it a chance to show off what they can do.\nJungleboy may have won, but I came away very impressed with Mercer, even if it\nis only clear at the moment that he can deliver in terms of big spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GCW Championship\nMatch: Shinjiro Ohtani versus Nick Gage \u00a9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong>\nOhtani is a wrestler I\u2019ve always admired, yet never seen as much as the other\nwrestlers who were big during his era. Gage did his bit in the Boner Jam Lego\nDeathmatch, so I look forward to what he offers up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Gage began\nby showing a level of respect to Ohtani, one that wasn\u2019t reciprocated as Ohtani\ndidn\u2019t give a clean break from a submission that saw Gage grab the ropes. This\nangered Gage; the weaponry came out. A door sat in the corner as Ohtani\ncontinued to show limited respect for Gage during his submission assault,\nbefore Ohtani dumped Gage with a German suplex through the wood after feeling\ndisrespected by Gage using a facewash. This set up for Ohtani masterfully\nriling up the crowd before his own facewash, though he seemingly wiped out his\nown ring second all three times. The whole time, Gage felt like he was\nstruggling to match Ohtani, yet a trip and a schoolboy (with a handful of\ntights) earned Gage the win. Post-match, Gage thanked Ohtani, a man he\nidolised, for stepping into the ring with him as it is the best thing that has\never happened to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>A fun\ncontest that told a good story of Gage being outmatched but digging deep in the\nplaybook to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invisible Man versus\nInvisible Stan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Two invisible men fighting \u2013 this was great work by Bryce\nRemsburg. It played into some tropes of wrestling to help tell a story, such as\ngloves being put on to \u2018check a cut\u2019 and Remsburg almost throwing up the X for\nan injury. One of the invisible men got chucked off of the balcony, wiping out\na bunch of officials in the process. Kikutaro even came down after Remsburg was\nbumped, \u2018hitting\u2019 Stan, but that wasn\u2019t enough for the win. A door in the\ncorner then broke in half, Remsburg counted to three and the Invisible Man was\ndeclared the winner. Amazing work from Remsburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taka Michinoku versus\nOrange Cassidy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> It\nis great, considering Taka had said he wouldn\u2019t take bookings in America not\ntoo long ago, that Janela managed to convince him otherwise. Cassidy is\nCassidy. Should be good fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Michinoku,\na man who can mix straight and comic stylings, is a great foil for Cassidy. A\nmisguided decision to try and poke Cassidy in the eyes failed due to the\nsunglasses, before another poor choice had Michinoku take them off to spark a \u2018brutal\u2019\ncombination of strikes\u2026but also allowed Michinoku to land an eye poke. A\nmethodical Michinoku took the fight to Cassidy, a running knee to the face a\nparticular highlight. Cassidy\u2019s comeback included a poorly judged splash off the\ntop rope that missed Michinoku by a mile. Distracted by the chance to drink\nsome sweet OJ, Cassidy was superkicked and eventually Michinoku Drivered for\nthe loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>The\nnovelty was all about seeing Michinoku in the US more so than whether the match\nwas any good. Perfectly decent contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fight For Ethan\nPage\u2019s Soul And Dignity As A Professional Wrestler and Human Being: Ethan Page\nversus Starman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026Starman snuck up on Page and beat him with a schoolboy in\nthree seconds\u2026Starman was Virgil. Ermm\u2026interesting. From the post-match, Page\nis in the Clusterfuck at Part 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jimmy Lloyd versus Masashi\nTakeda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong>\nJimmy Lloyd was pretty crazy last year; I can only imagine what will happen\nagainst Masashi Takeda based on what I have heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>I love\nthat the opening exchanges were standard wrestling\u2026and then Takeda elbowdropped\na lightbulb before they both began to go to town on each other with weapons. A\ngusset plate was a new weapon for me when it came to deathmatch wrestling, but\nit did a really good job of busting both guys open. Some novel ways to use\nlightbulbs included a Russian legsweep (with the lightbulb in the mouth) and a\nbulldog. Then\u2026Takeda brought out a board with open scissors on it. In one of\nthe most horrific spots I\u2019ve ever seen, he then kneed the board into Lloyd\u2026and\none of the scissors briefly stuck in the chest\/neck area of Lloyd. A\nweedwhacker, a German suplex across a door with lightubes, and a\nlighttube-asssisted knee\u2026and Lloyd kicked out at one! Finally, a reverse DDT\ninto a brainbuster by Takeda ended the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>\u2026I hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I now know: <\/strong>Spring\nBreak 3 Part 1 was a great show, though the main event was very much not for\nthe squeamish. I may not recover from what I saw, especially the scissor spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best match: <\/strong>I\nreally liked Nick Gage versus Shinjiro Ohtani for the simple story it told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less good: <\/strong>Ethan\nPage versus Starmaker wins. 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