Nick Gage closed the Death Vegas Invitacional declaring himself the “greatest deathmatch wrestler on the planet” following a bloodbath.
Results
- The World’s Best Technical Wrestler vs. The First-Class Third-Rate (Hand-picked by Hikaru Sato): Zack Sabre Jr. over Fuminori Abe in 16:48 (Recommended)
- Cute? Sexy? Hardcore. 3-Way Match: ISHIN over Effy and Jimmy Lloyd in 8:22
- Runway Rush & Crash: A Drop-Dead Gorgeous 3-Way Tag Match: KUSHIDA & Yamato over Mansoor & Mason Madden and Alec Price & Jordan Oliver in 10:08
- Deadly” Air-Time & Cutie Crime： High-Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Match: El Phantasmo & Maika over Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid in 12:29
- The Rigged Roulette: House Rules Hardcore Match: Joey Janela & Gringo Loco over Daisuke Sasaki & Gedo in 18:44 (Recommended)
- LOVE & PIECES 3-Way Deathmatch — At Journey’s End: Nick Gage & Matt Tremont over El Desperado & Jun Kasai and Masashi Takeda & Rina Yamashita (Recommended)
The El Desperado-produced event packed the Horseshoe in Las Vegas with all eyes set on the “Love & Pieces 3-Way Deathmatch – A Journey’s End” main event.
It was the “loosest” of tag matches where the six combatants technically had pairings, but it was a blood-soaked, weapon-infused parade of violence with a captivated audience.
Nick Gage and Matt Tremont outlasted Jun Kasai & El Desperado, and Rina Yamashita & Masashi Takeda.
The ring was surrounded by light tubes and panes of glass, and additional weapons, ranging from forks, skewers, and scissors.
Some of the more graphic elements included a fork lodged into Tremont’s forehead, Takeda stabbing Tremont with scissors, and an insane powerbomb by Tremont putting Yamashita through a pane of glass onto Takeda.
Desperado worked most of the match unmasked after it was cut off with scissors, but was covered in crimson.
Yamashita was incredible in this match, not only for the violent elements, but also showcased so much heart and fire in the closing stretch, standing up to her foes and leaving everything.
The attention was divided among the six in various installments, but the spotlight ended on Gage, who pinned Desperado after a choke breaker, a pair of spike piledrivers, and a powerbomb to keep the show’s visionary down.
After, Gage got on the microphone to declare himself the best on the planet, GCW reviving this match type, and cut a promo on Jun Kasai, indicating a future showdown.
The match capped off a well-received show featuring a wide range of performers under the El Desperado-themed banner.
Joey Janela and Gringo Loco defeated Daisuke Sasaki and Gedo in a match that revolved around a fork introduced by Gedo. It was slowly building, and by the final minutes, they peaked it perfectly, and it was among the best matches Gedo has been involved with in years. Janela looked great in the match and took one of the wildest body-contorting bumps through a door in the corner. Sasaki survived a one-man Spanish Fly by Gringo Loco through glass, and Gedo was finished after being buried under a door and chairs and double-stomped.
Maika was the mystery partner of El Phantasmo, replacing Maki Itoh, against Starlight Kid and Dragon Kid. It felt like it was a match designed for Itoh’s involvement. There was plenty of comedy mixed with ELP playing heel and bullying Starlight Kid. Dragon Kid is incredible at the age of fifty and performed a Poisonrana off the top turnbuckle on ELP among his big spots. Dragon Kid used a Dragon ‘rana on ELP, but Maika kicked him for the reversal as ELP hooked the legs to win.
The opening match saw another surprise as Fuminori Abe was revealed as Zack Sabre Jr’s opponent and started the show off with a tremendous technical affair that escalated into blistering strikes and loads of submission attempts and reversals. Abe used the Octopus on Zack. He had a reversal for the European Clutch but fired up to his feet and walked into a Zack Driver to end it.
