Wednesday, Week 1, August 2021
LIVE! From the Dodge City Civic Center
Dodge City, Kansas
Attendance: 2,112
Hello everyone and welcome to the first-ever edition of GWC Firefight, only on Wednesday nights! Our announce team of Christopher Cunningham and Johnny Tsunami welcomes us to the program and gives us a rundown of all the major matches coming your way! Such exciting matchups like Brian Murphy vs. Tony Nese, Jacob Fatu from Major League Wrestling making an appearance tonight, and the main event of Bryan Daniels facing off against third-generation wrestler Curtis Hennig! It's all here on GWC FIREFIGHT!
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Brian Murphy vs. Tony Nese
It's our first match of the night with Brian Murphy going up against Tony Nese! Johnny Tsunami hypes up Brian Murphy as the future of Global Wrestling Championship, and Christopher Cunningham admits that he sees a lot of potential in Murphy, but Tony Nese shouldn't be discounted; the two are seasoned veterans, Nese being 36 and Murphy being 32. Murphy and Nese have a solid back and forth match before Brian hits Murphy's Law to pick up the victory in 9:05. The first match in GWC Firefight goes to Brian Murphy, much to Christopher and Johnny's delight.
Rating: 50 |
We go backstage where Duke Butters, GWC's grifter car salesman awaits to introduce his subject of an interview- Who comes in and cuts him off almost immediately. It's Enzo of course, and he asks Butters one simple question, "Do you know who you're talking to?" Enzo is here and he's ready to retake the world by storm. He was held down and kept from being a real G in other places, but here he's gonna make something of himself and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. "Bada boom, realest guy in the room."
Rating: 61 |
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Jacob Fatu vs. Colby Corino
Our second matchup of the evening sees two multi-generational talents facing off against one another. It's Jacob Fatu, the current MLW World Heavyweight Champion and fourth-generation Anoai taking on Colby Corino, the son of the legendary Steve Corino. Corino is still a young lad, and it shows in this match as his inexperience leaves him to be assaulted on all sides by the savage Fatu. It's a quick mop-up for Fatu as he decimates Corino with a massive Samoan Drop in 5:05, giving him his first victory here in GWC. Cunningham and Tsunami both agree that Fatu is a bad, bad man.
Rating: 20 |
Backstage we see Brandon Blaze, true to his name, blazing it up with a big cigar. He stands beside the massive monster Adam Scherr, who stares him down. Blaze asks Scherr how it feels to be in GWC, or whether he's excited to wrestle with some big names here. Scherr doesn't say anything. He just grabs Blaze's cigar and puts it out against his hand. Only then does Adam speak, "Pain doesn't mean anything to me, son. Whoever steps in the ring with me is going to get these hands." He walks away as Blaze could be seen terrified of that monstrous man.
Rating: 43 |
We return from commercial break to see Duke Butters next to Jay Lethal, the "Franchise" of Ring of Honor. Butters welcomes him to Global Wrestling Championship and asks him how it feels to be a part of something special. Lethal responds that he's been a part of Impact when he was a member of the X-Division, and he's been a franchise player in Ring of Honor, but he's got a good feeling about Global Wrestling Championship. He knows he can prove he's the best here against some of the toughest competition there is. All he wants is the opportunity to prove himself.
Rating: 47 |
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The Wild Ones vs. The Thespian Alliance
Our third matchup of the evening is a tag competition between two dynamically similar teams, but with very different attitudes. On one side we have Johnny Curtis and Matt Wilde, formerly Breezango in the WWE, now The Wild Ones. Christopher Cunningham talks about how much he enjoys these two being together and hopes they take GWC by storm. On the other side, there's The Thespian Alliance: Aaron Stevens and his partner Matt Marquee. Cunningham mentions that these two seem like an odd pairing but their personalities seem to mesh so well together. During the match, the idea of a television time limit comes up repeatedly, reminding the viewers that GWC has 15-minute time limits for television matches, so as not to go overtime. The time limit plays a factor in the match as Matt Wilde hits the Wilde Ride (Spinning Heel Kick) on Stevens just as time expires, leaving this match to a very sketchy conclusion.
Rating: 42 |
Following the match, Matt Marquee grabs Aaron Stevens and pulls him out of the ring, as Wilde and Curtis argue with the ref, they grab a microphone and beg the crowd and the ref for five more minutes with the Thespian Alliance. Aaron Stevens, who has recovered from the Wilde Ride, grabs a microphone himself and tells the Wild Ones that they got lucky they even lasted fifteen minutes. He then mentions that there's no way in hell that the Thespian Alliance will ever lose to such plebian troglodytes such as the Wild Ones.
Rating: 40 |
We go backstage to see Brandon Kendrick interviewing IconIc. Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay explain how long it's been since they were taken apart and dissolved as a tag team. It was a stupid decision by a stupid organization that couldn't see their talent for what it was. Now in Global Wrestling Championship, they've got an opportunity to prove just how great they are. Because when you're IconIc once... you always will be... ICONIC.
Rating: 61 |
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IconIc vs. The Midnight Idols w/ Jeff Valley Driver
After the commercial break, we get ourselves a women's tag team match between IconIc, consisting of Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay, going up against the Midnight Idols; the Midnight Idols are Maki Itoh and Mayu Iwatani of Joshi fame, led to the ring by their spokesperson Jeff Valley Driver. To make sure each team shows their alignment, IconIc goes in for cheap shots on the Idols when they fake giving handshakes. From there the Idols dominate the early-going of the match. Jeff Valley directs traffic and gives words of encouragement to the Idols making sure they stay on top of their game. IconIc bounces back though through cheap shots and dirty tactics, culminating in a classic heel finish where Cassie Lee takes Mayu Iwatani by the corner and uses the ropes for leverage on a pin. The ref doesn't see as he counts the three and IconIc have stolen this victory, much to Christopher Cunningham and this crowd's chagrin! Jeff argues with the ref about the cheating while Itoh comforts Iwatani; during this time IconIc celebrates outside the ring.
Rating: 46 |
We go backstage after the commercial break to see Brandon Blaze talking with Tessa Blanchard. She smirks and tells it how it is for herself, having been a world champion in Impact before leaving due to disputes with management. Here in GWC, there is no dispute, everyone is looking at the greatest women's wrestler in the world today and arguably the best overall wrestler in the world. If they don't believe, all she has to do is step out in the ring and prove it.
Rating: 26 |
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Tessa Blanchard vs. Santana Garrett
Christopher Cunningham hypes up Tessa Blanchard's signing with GWC as a major show of force for the company, proving that they're attracting some big-name talent. With that said, Tessa faces off against Santana Garrett, and the two have a match that not even Christopher Cunningham can really salvage on the announcing desk, as the two awkwardly fight out of sync with one another. The crowd at the very least was engaged enough to give it the time of day. Tessa eventually defeats Garrett with a Figure Four Leg Lock in 7:49. Johnny Tsunami quips that it wasn't the worst match he's ever seen, but it was bowling shoe ugly.
Rating: 38 |
After the commercial break, we see Brandon Kendrick interviewing Bryan Daniels. Daniels talks about how he was always treated as a second fiddle in other companies, he was a B+ player to many people, and in his last match at WrestleMania this year, he felt it was time for a change of scenery. He's back to wrestling, and when Scott Anderson and Global Wrestling Championship gave him a call in July, he felt it was time to start anew. With that, he's here to prove he's his own man, someone who can be the best he can be against anyone that steps into that ring.
Rating: 64 |
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Bryan Daniels vs. Curtis Hennig
Our main event of the very first GWC Firefight is a match between two men who have something to prove. Daniel Bryan, who last wrestled at WWE's WrestleMania this year, wants to prove he still belongs in the wrestling business as a true star and one of the undisputed best to ever grace the business. On the other side is a third-generation superstar still seeking to step out of his family's shadow, Curtis Hennig. The two shake hands before the match but still have a tense exchange as the bell rings... and it is on. Christopher Cunningham declares that Bryan Daniels is pound-for-pound the best technical wrestler in the world today. The two actually have a spirited back and forth match that sees Curtis grow more frustrated as Daniels escapes every attempt at the Hennig-Plex. Finally, on the last attempt, Bryan escapes and rushes into the ropes and back for a RUNNING KNEE! Down goes Hennig, but Daniels needs to make sure, so he quickly scrambles to put him in the LeBell Lock, which causes Hennig to tap out shortly after in 10:11, leaving the crowd to an excellent main event match for the first Global Wrestling Championship.
Rating: 72 |
After the match, Bryan Daniels stands up to celebrate, but he's SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY A HOODED FIGURE! This man beats the ever-loving daylights out of Bryan, who tries to fight back with all he can, but he's overwhelmed! He slams him to the mat with a familiar move, knocking out Bryan... he stands over Daniels's prone body and slowly takes off the hood...
OH MY GOD! IT'S HIM! Christopher Cunningham cannot believe what he's seeing, as WWE's Bray Wyatt is standing in the ring in front of this shocked crowd. Johnny Tsunami is at a loss for words as he too cannot believe this man is here. The show goes off the air as the man formerly known as Bray Wyatt laughs maniacally and taunts the crowd.
Rating: 79 |
Show Rating: 62
GWC T.V. Rating: 1.94 (1,456,819 Viewers)
AEW T.V. Rating: 2.20 (1,652,017 Viewers)
Wednesday Night War Score:
AEW - 1
GWC - 0
$20 would be for certain tho