GCW Tournament Of Survival 8 Results – June 3, 2023
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
Ciclope vs. Miedo Extremo vs. Green Phantom
Los Macizos executed a top rope double stomp on Green Phantom then slams him through a bundle of tubes. The tag partners confronted each other as Miedo Extremo delivered a kick to Ciclope’s stomach. Ciclope retaliated by throwing a bundle at Extremo and taking him out with a dropkick. Phantom reenters the match and attacks Extremo with some chips before delivering a driver onto a bundle.
Ciclope intervened by smashing a bundle onto Phantom’s head follow by a double stomp assisted by a tube. Miedo seized 2 bundles then positioned them in the center of the ring, and slammed Ciclope onto them before applying a cross armbreaker. Phantom re enters the fray with a bundle then strikes Ciclope while Extremo hit Phantom with a chairshot to the head.
Ciclope climbed the top rope and splashes onto a pane of glass that almost got a victory. Phantom gets an actual table before Ciclope drove Phantom through the table with a Death Valley Driver from the apron.
Ciclope positioned a pane on top of Phantom and hits a frog splash to secure the victory.
Winner: Ciclope (8:26)
Rate: 6
Non Title Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Toru Sugiura vs. Tomoya Hirata
Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata sends Joey Janela to the floor and Hirata took them down with a shoulder tackle then they traded standing switches but Janela broke up their exchange by hitting them with a tube on their heads. Janela landed shots on Hirata and refused to be taken down with a lariat, but Hirata wouldn’t budge. He attempted another lariat, but Hirata broke a bundle across Janela’s chest for a near fall.
Sugiura went on a rampage against Hirata by delivering a series of tube shots. Janela return to the ring and struck Sugiura with 2 elbows, attempting to send him through the door, but Toru blocks it. Hirata took Janela out with a spear, followed by a dive to the floor. Sugiura did the same. Janela & Sugiura battle on the apron, with Janela dumping Sugiura onto a bundle of tubes for a near fall.
All 3 men engaged battle in the center of the ring by exchanging chops and elbow strikes then they started breaking tubes over each other’s heads. Janela grabs a chair and struck Sugiura over the head with it. Janela set up a barbed door bridge with a light tube contraption underneath it in the corner. He stacks Sugiura on the top rope and attempted a superplex but Hirata hits the tower of doom spot, causing everyone to crash down.
Janela had barbed wire stuck in his hair, which he place on top of his head. Janela threw a chair at Hirata and hits Sugiura with a Package Piledriver for a two count. Janela placed a tube contraption on Sugiura and hits him with a double stomp for a near fall.
Janela & Hirata exchanged fierce strikes with each other. Hirata hits Janela with a light tube fan follow by a slam into barbed wire. Sugiura jumps on Hirata then hits him with some tubes then connects with a headlock takeover to get the win.
Winner: Toru Sugiura (11:57)
Rate: 7
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
John Wayne Murdoch vs. El Desperado vs. Matt Tremont
They began trading punches then Matt Tremont clears the trunk and ran into John Wayne Murdoch with a bundle of tubes. He attempted the same on El Desperado but Desperado took Tremont off his feet and started exchanging punches with Murdoch. Tremont & Murdoch brawl on the floor and Desperado took them both out with a dive.
Tremont was slam onto a pile of tubes by Desperado & Murdoch attacks him from behind, trying to rip off his mask but Tremont prevented him from doing so. However, they then targeted the opening in Desperado’s mask and struck him with tubes. Tremont broke a tube over Murdoch’s head and they continued brawling on the floor. Murdoch started cutting away at the opening in Desperado’s mask.
Tremont threw a chair at Murdoch then grabs a bundle of tubes, engaging in a tube shot exchange with both opponents in the center of the ring. Tremont was thrown off the apron and lands into a barbed wire net. Murdoch & Desperado traded punches in the center of the ring while Desperado plants Murdoch on a bundle of tubes.
Murdoch delivered a brainbuster on a cut can lid to Desperado and Cut Gun finishes it off by hitting him with a bundle of tubes. Murdoch sets up a pane of glass in the center of the ring while the crew continued trying to free Tremont from the wire. Murdoch connects with Deep South Destroyer off the top rope on Desperado & that sends him crashing through a pane of glass to get the win.
Winner: John Wayne Murdoch (11:30) (He will face Ciclope in the Semi Finals)
Rate: 7
Non Title Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita vs. Kasey Kirk vs. Sawyer Wreck
Match starts off with off with a 3 way lock up, but they all shrug each other off. They attempted another lock up but nothing happened. Sawyer Wreck unloads with a series of forearms but was taken off her feet by both Kasey Kirk & Rina Yamashita. Kirk & Yamashita took turns breaking tubes over Wrecks head.
Wreck locks them into a gory special Walls Of Jericho combo but Yamashita escapes and superkicks Sawyer. Rina and Sawyer broke tubes over each other’s heads and started to carve away. Sawyer fired up and returned the favor to Rina by carving her head open. Kirk hits Yamashita with a piledriver but Yamashita was able to kick out and took Kirk down with an STO.
Yamashita broke a tube over Kasey’s head and took her over. Wreck & Kirk grabs gusset plates and slammed them into their own heads, trading headbutts until they all fell to the canvas. They hit each other over the head with a chair. Wreck slams Kirk but Yamashita broke up the pin with a top rope double stomp then they battle on the apron above a pane of glass.
Sawyer shoved them off and double chokeslams them off the apron through the pane of glass. Kirk responded with a light tube chair crossbody on Wreck. Yamashita hits Dead Eye on Wreck but she kicked out. Yamashita hits Wreck with the Splash Mountain but Kirk broke up the pin. Yamashita places a bundle on Wreck and hits Kirk with Splash Mountain on top of them for the victory.
Winner: Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita (14:06) (She will face Sugiura in the Semi Finals)
Rate: 7
Fatal 4 Way Match
Blake Christian vs. Alec Price vs. Gringo Loco vs. Jack Cartwheel
Alec Price, Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel did cartwheels, and the crowd chanted for Blake Christian to join in, but he instead flip them off. Cartwheel attempted another cartwheel, but Christian kicks him in the outgoing. Loco flips out of Price’s offensive move but was taken off his feet with a crossbody.
Cartwheel returned to the ring and kicked Price in the head & he flips out of Loco’s offense but was then taken down with a headscissors as everyone took turns flipping out of each other’s moves, that ends in a stalemate.
Christian took everyone out and executed a Fosbury Flop, followed by a double stomp to Price’s chest. Christian tunes up the band and went to stomp Price, but Price moves and launched himself over the top rope. He tried to return to the ring, but Christian nails him with a forearm.
Cartwheel was hit by Price with a crucifix bomb followed by a Sasuke Special to the floor. Loco planted Cartwheel on his head with a driver for a near fall, and Loco hits a double jump Denton followed by a tope con hilo to the floor. Price & Christian traded fists in the center of the ring with Christian hitting him with a forearm and 3 Amigos on Cartwheel.
Christian then went for the frog splash but Price cuts him off, and they all hit their finishers. Loco hits Cartwheel with a top rope powerbomb, Christian Curb Stomps Loco to get the win.
Winner: Blake Christian (14:13)
Rate: 7
Semi Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
John Wayne Murdoch vs. Ciclope
They both tossed tubes at each other, trading near falls then John Wayne Murdoch busted a bunch of tubes over Ciclope and started carving away at his head & back. Ciclope still had his headphones around his neck as Murdoch set a pane of glass in the corner and attempted to hit him with a weed waxier.
Ciclope wrestled it out of his hands and struck Murdoch a couple of times with it before taking him out with a tube assisted running crossbody, sending them both crashing to the floor. Murdoch then hit Ciclope with a Deep South Destroyer, but Ciclope quickly got back up. Murdoch follows up with a running knee through a pane of glass to get the win.
Winner: John Wayne Murdoch (5:33)
Rate: 7
Non Title Semi Final Match Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita vs. Toru Sugiura
Rina Yamashita & Toru Sugiura collided with each other with tubes and started trading fists. Yamashita broke a tube over Sugiura’s head and followed it up with a running tube assisted crossbody. Yamashita shattered another tube over her knees and began carving away at Sugiura’s head. Sugiura retaliated by throwing Yamashita through a door covered in barbed wire tubes.
Sugiura then proceeded to carve away at Yamashita’s head using the broken glass. Sugiura broke a series of tubes over Yamashita but it only fueled her determination. Sugiura attempted Splash Mountain but Yamashita muscled out of it and countered with an air raid crash driving Sugiura through the tubes in the corner. She strategically placed tubes across his crotch and shattered them with a steel chair then goes for a cover but it got a near fall.
Yamashita climbs to the top rope but was intercepted with a strike to the face, followed by a superplex off the top rope for another near fall. Yamashita retaliated by striking him with a bundle of tubes and then delivers Dead Eye but Sugiura kicks out. Sugiura went for a lariat but she caught him off guard and executed a German suplex into a bridging pinfall.
Yamashita sprinted towards Sugiura’s back with another bundle of tubes, positioned a door covered in tubes, and hoisted Sugiura up for the Splash Mountain & hits it for the win.
Winner: Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita (10:37)
Rate: 7
Non Title Finals Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival
Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita vs. John Wayne Murdoch
Match starts off with a Greco Roman knuckle lock then hey both dropkick each other into the tubes suspended on the ropes. John Wayne Murdoch utilized the broken ends of the tubes to open a cut on Rina Yamashita’s head. He forcefully sent her crashing into the tubes on the ropes and continued to carve away at her.
Yamashita fought back but Murdoch stomped on her hand and hurled a barrage of tubes at her head, signaling for a brainbuster but Yamashita managed to block it and retaliated with a suplex for a near fall.
Murdoch ensnared Yamashita in a submission hold and broke a tube over his own leg then uses the other end to cut Yamashita, forcing her to release the hold. Murdoch executed a tube assisted brainbuster for a another near fall. He persisted in breaking tubes over Yamashita’s head.
Big Vin enters & he unveiled a colossal pane of glass, aiding Murdoch in setting it up at the center of the ring. Murdoch ascended to the top of the scaffolding, but Yamashita pushes him off, causing him to crash through the glass.
Yamashita follows it up with a splash then goes for the cover but Murdoch kicks out at the count of one before Yamashita caught him off guard with Splash Mountain for the win.
Winner Of The 2023 Tournament Of Survival: Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita (11:13)
Rate: 7
After the match Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura celebrated with Ya in the ring, they help Murdoch but quickly started to beat him down. Yamashita made the save for Murdoch as Soul Meat beg off and eventually attacked Yamashita. A man in a mask ran down to save Yamashita but he to turn on Yamashita, went to the top rope, and took off his mask to reveal, Jun Kasai & as he hits her with a splash before Nick Gage and the rest of the GCW locker room ran out as FREEDOMs beg off.
