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Gateway Championship Wrestling/Wrestling
Zone for 6/2/01:
The Egobusters, Inc. 2001 GCW tour
kicked off tonight, June 2nd, with a
stop in Peoria, IL. The show was the
Wrestling Zone and the biggest news
of the night was the invasion by GCW.
These fans were treated to their first
look at some of GCW's finest wrestlers,
and I feel that they were not disappointed.
Oh, and of course, there were other
wrestlers on the card too, but thats
neither here nor there. The Egobusters
Van had yours truly Crippler, that Bird,
Nature Boy, Woman, and Cousin Jimmy
to come out and support GCW. The next
stop in the Egosbusters tour 2001 will
be in Butler, Mo. I hope to have photos
from this card up by Monday night so
be sure to check back.
Show introduction: (the ring announcer
was Brian Stull of the Stranglehold,
and he, as always, did an excellent
job. GCW referee CJ McManus also made
the journey and his officiating was
top of the line.) The show opened up
with C.W. Anderson coming to the ring.
He declared that Jerry Lawler was suppose
to wrestle him tonight but was too scared
to show up. He felt that there wasn't
anyone who was man enough to wrestle
him. Tommy Dreamer came down to ringside
accompanied by some lovely Hooters'
girls. Mr. Dreamer made it be known
that he would be glad to wrestle C.W.,
and would do so right away. C.W. Anderson
informed him he was not ready and made
his way to the back. Thus, a main event
is born.
Match 1: The Irish Luchador Billy McNeil
defeated the Alaskan Heartthrob Jack
Adonis who was accompanied by the lovely
Sugar. Sweetest move of the night goes
to Mr. Adonis who did a sharpshooter
on Billy while stretching him on the
ropes, similar to him doing the sharpshooter
to Billy through a chair at the Anniversary
show. However, Billy was on fire on
this night, and finished Jack with his
patented, modified frog splash.
Match 2: The Diamond Back Dingo defeated
Ryan Ash after a Dingo Driver. A great
match that had many close pinning combinations.
In the end, the thunder from down under
got the victory. We never doubted it
Match 3: Chris Chetti pinned Chilly
Willy with a sit down DVD.
Match 4: NEW CHAMP: Beautiful Bobby
(?) defeated Little Kato to become the
NEW midget world champion. Bobby won
with a frog splash. That's about all
I remember about that because it was
a pretty weak match
Match 5: Balls Mahoney got the best
of the Kingpin of GCW, Big Bad Ben.
A brutal, hardcore match that saw both
men bleeding profously. This match was
a Peoria Streetfight (a what?????) and
after a leg drop onto Ben who was laying
on a table, it was enough for Balls
to get the pin. BBB obviously was the
shining star in this match. He took
a beating and kept on coming to return
a beating. The Egobusters chants of
"GCW" echoed through the exhibit hall.
Match 6: After intermission, The Harris
boys lost to Public Enemy. In perhaps
the most shocking and brutal match of
the night, all competitors seemed to
get quite a beating. At one point in
the match, Cousin Jimmy got cut open
after one of the Harris boys threw,
in anger, a piece of cardboard type
wood at his direction. Needless to say,
Jimmy took one for the team. Johnny
Grunge got the pin with a rollup on
one of the Harris boys, while Rocco
Rock was going back-first onto the other
Harris boy through a table on the outside
of the ring. Just a vicious match that
spilled out into the crowd and everywhere
else
Match 7: Nova beats Kid Kash using
some sort of strange roll up to pin
him. A good technical match that saw
many good spots and quick pinning combinations
Match 8: Tommy Dreamer pinned C.W.
Anderson after a DDT. This match saw
a ladder, chair, and other means of
pain being used. C.W. Anderson should
have won because we all saw Dreamer
tap out early in the match. But C.W.
just couldn't find what it took to defeat
Tommy Dreamer.
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