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  • Global Force Wrestling sees one of its titles change hands

    While we await the debut of GFW Amped and an announcement of new Global Force Wrestling shows, the promotion already has a new titleholder as Sonjay Dutt defeated P.J. Black (the former Justin Gabriel) to become the Nex*Gen champion Friday night, their version of the X Division or cruiserweight champion.

    Black had won a tournament for the title on 10/23 in Las Vegas in a four-way final match with TJP, Jigsaw, and Virgil Flynn. On that same night, Nick “Magnus” Aldis beat Bobby Roode for the GFW title while Christina Von Eerie downed Amber Gallows for their women’s title.

    A former mainstay in TNA and plenty of indies, the 33-year-old Dutt has been part of the promotion’s roster since May.

    The match was part of WrestleCade, a weekend event in Winston-Salem, NC, that is built around the Thanksgiving wrestling tradition that existed for so long in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem metropolitan area. Another show is scheduled for Saturday, headlined by Jeff Jarrett vs. Matt Hardy.

  • GFW results 10/28 Lincolnshire, England: First international show

    Global Force Wrestling held their first international show on Wednesday 28th October at the Auditorium in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.

    The event featured GFW founder Jeff Jarrett, as well as a reunion from the British Invasion tag team of Nick Aldis(TNA’s Magnus) and Doug Williams.Traffic caused by a serious accident on the main road into the town caused the event to be delayed by 15-20 minutes and there were still people coming into the venue at bell time.

    Merchandise was selling well, particularly the GFW Amped t-shirts but the most interesting point was the use of a four-sided ring (for the evening.

    The event started with ring announcer SoCalVal geeing up the crowd and introducing Karen Jarrett.

    Karen did an excellent job of noting the historic nature of the show and making it feel like something really special, before turning into a promo on the Nathan Cruz-Jeff Jarrett match, noting that Jeff had not ‘travelled all this way to lose’.

    CHRIS RIDGEWAY v NOAM DOR

    Ridgeway is highly-rated on the British circuit and is from Barrow-on-Furness. Dor is a veteran of TNA’s British Boot Camp II.

    Big things were expected of the opening contest but the participants opted to go for a comedy match centred on funny wristlock and back slide spots, whilst exchanging ‘wrestling’ taunts – it didn’t click with the crowd.

    Dor hit a nice standing drop kick to take control of the match. He worked on the arm before taking the victory with a quick tap out to a leg grapevine submission.

    1/2* – very disappointing match, the two guys didn’t click and what they put on seemed lost on the audience.

    BIG DAMO O’ CONNOR v BRAM – Falls Count Anywhere

    It was announced earlier in the day on social media that Bram would be Damo O’ Connor’s opponent in this open challenge match.

    O’Connor is huge, 6’4″ and around the 350lbs mark, he looks like a cross between Bray Wyatt and Jason Albert. He cut a good promo before the match saying that he was disappointed that Bram was answering the challenge and that it wasn’t the competition he was looking for.

    Bram responded by challenging O’Connor to a falls count anywhere match and the bout started straight away.

    They exchanged shoulderblocks to start with neither guy budging. Bram took charge with a flying tackle that sent Damo to the floor.

    The pair brawled into the first row but O’Connor took control and sent Bram flying back across the barrier.

    Bram hit the post hard and O’Connor got the first near fall with a running senton on the floor.

    Damo overpowered Bram but missed a diving headbuttallowing the Englishman to stage a bit of a comeback with a big bodyslam.

    That was cut off by a huge pump handle kick that elicited ‘oohs’ from the crowd. Damo got a fantastic near fall off a Samoan drop/running senton combination.

    Damo got another two off a Northern Lights Suplex. He went for a second one but it was blocked and Bram turned it around into an Impaler DDT for the win.

    **3/4 – Hard hitting brawl that would have benefited from using more of the falls count anywhere stipulation. First time seeing O’Connor and I was impressed with his movement and presence.

    NIKKI STORM v MICKIE JAMES

    First big pop of the evening for Mickie. Nikki declares herself the ‘Best in the Galaxy’ and never stops talking, constantly berating the audience and her opponent.

    Mickie gets the upper hand early on and Nikki stalls to argue with fans in the front row.

    Nikki cut off the early momentum with a drop kick and took over with the usual heel tactics, hair pulling, choking and slaps to the face.

    She went for a leglock submission but Mickie made the ropes. Nikki went up top but got caught and slammed off.

    Mickie scored two with a cross body from the top rope. She went for a sunset flip but Nikki grabbed the ropes and got two off that before the referee swiped her hands away.

    Nikki went for a suplex but it was reversed and Mickie was able to hit a kick to the midsection and a leaping DDT for the win.

    **1/2 – Better than the majority of the Diva matches you see on RAW. Mickie looked in great shape and you can see why there’s been some interest in Nikki.

    The interval took place after this with the opportunity to meet Mickie James and receive a signed photo for £10.

    ‘THE PRIMATE’ JASON PRIME v ROBBIE X

    These two young British wrestlers got a chance to shine but unfortunately much of the audience was still coming back from intermission.

    The match was fairly flat and lacked any heat. They went for a technical, ground based bout, which didn’t allow the fans to really get a feel for either man.

    Robbie got the win when he blocked a Prime charge in the corner and grabbed the ropes for a cheap three.

    * – hard to gauge this one as the match was solid enough from a technical standpoint but did little to get the crowd involved.

    NATHAN CRUZ v JEFF JARRETT w/ KAREN JARRETT

    Nathan Cruz is perhaps the biggest star of New Generation Wrestling (NGW) based out of Hull (around 30 miles from Grimsby). This meant he was familiar to many in the audience from local TV coverage and various other shows.

    Jeff cut a great promo before the bout stating that Cruz wasn’t strong enough competition and that the match would end up being like the NFL going up against the English Premier League (soccer) – the superior athlete would prevail.

    Jarrett took control with an armdrag and riled up the audience with the Fargo strut and then laid across the top rope.

    Cruz hit a nice dropkick to send Jarrett to the floor. He hid behind Karen but Nathan kept chasing them until he forced Jeff back into the ring.

    Nathan was in charge with some high-flying offence but Karen kept interfering to halt his momentum.

    Jeff went for a suplex but it was reversed into a slingshot suplex for a fantastic near fall.

    Cruz went back up top but Karen again interfered. This time Nathan dragged her into the ring but the referee pulled the pair apart. The distraction allowed Jeff to hit a low blow and the Stroke for the three.

    ***  This was an entertaining match that benefited from the constant interference from Karen, which made sure they got the right reaction.

    RAMPAGE BROWN & MARTY SCURLL v THE BRITISH INVASION (Nick Aldis & Doug Williams)

    Rampage Brown is again one of the top stars in NGW, so he received a good heel reaction.

    Marty Scurll is from the first TNA British Bootcamp and is now working a Clockwork Orange-inspired gimmick.

    Doug Williams got a nice pop and has wrestled in the area many times before. Nick Aldis is the former Magnus and had the GFW World Title with him.

    Scurll cut a promo before the match saying that Aldis wasn’t a good representation of a British world champion.

    The British Invasion guys bounced Scurll around to start but he eventually made the tag to Brown, who took over on Williams.

    It was old-school tag action with the heels cutting off the ring and using several illegal double teams to remain in control.

    Doug reversed a waistlock and went for the Chaos Theory on Scurll but Brown broke it up. Aldis got knocked to the floor and the heels took over again on Williams.

    They set him up for a double superplex but Aldis came back in to turn it into the Tower of Doom.

    This took Rampage out of the action and allowed Williams to hit an exploder suplex on Scurll, with Aldis coming off the top with a beautiful elbow drop for the win.

    ***1/4 – this was a really entertaining tag match that had the fans involved from the start and sent them home happy.

    SoCalVal then invited fans into the ring for a £10 photo opportunity with Aldis and the GFW Title belt.

    Overall it was an entertaining old-school show with plenty of fan interaction and some solid action.

    BIGGEST POPS

    1. Nick Aldis

    2. Mickie James

    3. Doug Williams

    4. The Jarretts (entrance)

    5. Nathan Cruz

    BIGGEST HEAT

    1. Jeff Jarrett

    2. Karen Jarrett

    3. Damo O’ Connor

    4. Nikki Storm

    5. Rampage Brown & Marty Scurll

  • Observer Radio 10/24: WWE Hell in a Cell preview, UFC Dublin report, Jon Jones returns, all the weekend news

    Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer and Filthy Tom Lawlor returns today with our first of many shows this weekend talking WWE Hell in a Cell, ROH and GFW crowning new champions, New Japan’s latest show, UFC Fight Night Dublin, the return of Jon Jones and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • New champions crowned at Global Force Wrestling TV tapings

    By Eric Walker

    Show started with a promo with Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett and Chael Sonnen where Sonnen made fun of Karen leaving Kurt Angle for Jeff.  She slapped him and screamed he wouldn’t be in GFW if not for her husband. This promo went absolutely nowhere and no one believed for a minute that Chael Sonnen couldn’t wipe the ring up with both Jarretts in seconds.

    NEX*GEN Championship Finals
    PJ Black vs. Virgil Flynn vs. Jigsaw vs. TJP.  PJ Black wins the Title in the Main Event of the show. It was good for the spotfest it was.

    NEX*GEN Contenders match
    Sonjay Dutt vs. Seiya Sanada.  Dutt won, but they stole the show. Best match by far.

    Women’s Championship Final
    Christina Von Eerie vs. Amber Gallows.  Von Eerie wins the title cleanly.

    Tag Team Championship semifinal
    Reno Scum vs. Teaze N Sleaze.   Jacob Austin Young substituted for Kenny King. Reno Scum still won.

    Tag Team Championship semifinal
    Bollywood Boyz vs. Whirlwind Gentlemen.  Bollywood Boyz won, and the audience didn’t care much.

    Global Championship contenders match
    Brian Myers vs. Kongo Kong (w/Henry Maxwell) vs. Kevin Kross.  Kongo Kong won with a Top Rope Splash. Myers and Kross worked their asses off to get Kong over.

    Nick Aldis beat Bobby Roode for the GFW Title, then got a beatdown from Chris Morteszky which he got hardway busted open bad from, so bad they stopped the show to replace the canvas bad. Aldis was a bloody mess and they rushed him to the back.

    The Bollywood Boyz beat Reno Scum for the GFW Tag Team Belts which went over like a brick.

    The Masked Saint beat Joey Ryan. The crowd did not care except for the plants. There was an angle where Jeff Jarrett announced the movie was released to rave reviews (it has not been) and brought Brett Grandstaff out who got a beat down from Young and Ryan that got no heat and he basically no sold seconds later. It was bad on many levels.

    A group of very obvious plants were at ringside with posters for “The Masked Saint” and it was very obvious to the point of “Stunt Granny” bad.

    This show had a few good moments, but really looked like any indy show and not a show trying to be the #2 company in America, and right now they’re not even remotely close.

  • GFW house show report 9-5 Clinton, IA

    By Joel Kolsrud
    Saturday, September 5, 2015Ashford University FieldClinton, Iowa Clinton, Iowa has no real wrestling heritage or history. It’s a town of 26,000 people in eastern Iowa, about forty miles northeast of the Quad Cities, which has had a wrestling heritage and history. It’s no different than any other town of this size, despite the recent downturns in employment with several industries having closed down in the past fifteen years. In fact, they no longer feature “Riverboat Days”, once Iowa’s largest 4th of July festival. It’s just the area Clinton is and everyone is used to it. One thing people aren’t used to, however, is live pro wrestling in Clinton. The AWA came here four times between 1968-1971, usually the night before heading down to Burlington, Iowa, a town with almost the same exact population, a two-hour plus drive. They came back in 1983, the night prior to a Fond du Lac​, WI show as well. Around that same time, Ringside Wrestling Promotions, owned and operated by Randy “Rocky” Brewer of Clinton ran a few shows in the area. Brewer wrestled all over during the mid-to-late 1970s and into the early 1980s before starting up RWP. He was mainly a television enhancement talent, though once held the NWA Mid American Tag Team Titles with Pat Rose in 1980 for the Nick and George Gulas. The fall of 1985 saw the the birth of Midwest Championship Wrestling by Dale “Crybaby” Edwards (the late George Hill). They ran monthly cards in Clinton (and surrounding areas), including using Ox Baker a time or two. In a big surprise, they also got television on the (at the time) brand new Fox affiliate, KLJB-TV in Davenport. The promotion made a go of it, including once having the actual contract to become a legit member of the National Wrestling Alliance, though which never came to fruition. They mainly used area talent but also had some of Eddie Sharkey’s guys like Teijo Kahn and Ricky Rice. The promotion eventually folded in the summer of 1986. The AWA made a return on September 2, 1989 to what was then known as Riverview Stadium, the current Ashford University Field. It was a sold show with about 400 in attendance featuring name guys like Larry Zbyszko, Baron Von Raschke, Colonel DeBeers and Mike George. The non-name talent at the time were the likes of Paul Diamond, Derrick Dukes and The Destruction Crew, Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos. Between 2001-2003, Riverboat Days brought in an indie pro wrestling show. Because it was part of getting into the fair itself, the grandstands at the ballpark were full. Still, the lineups announced never even came close to the card presented. This included one show with the ridiculous billing of the Rock and Roll Express (yes, that Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) by promoter Manny Fernandez (yes, that Raging Bull) claiming their failure to appear was due to having been in an auto accident. Another year had Harley Race become a no-show due to being injured, even though Race had been retired from wrestling by then. So, in 2015, we were fortunate enough to get Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling, the first pro wrestling event in Clinton in 12 years, and only the fifth in the past 30. About 300 fans turned out for a nice evening of old school wrestling, complete with an appearance by both Jarrett himself and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Duggan was out front at his souvenir table prior to the show and was just like I remembered him back in the 1980s and 1990s for the WWF in both Peoria and the Quad Cities (Moline and Davenport) when signing autographs for fans. He seemed real glad to be there and when a few fans mentioned coming out specifically to see him, he quickly added that Jarret was there as well. This crew started in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, drove the hour to Waterloo on Friday and then 2½ hours from there to Clinton. Not quite as bad as the old days. 1. Sonjay Dutt pinned DJZ (the former Xena Ion) at 7:20 after a tornado DDT.The ring was at homeplate of the ballpark and all fans were seated in the grandstands. Like the six matches featured this night, they all worked real hard playing to the crowd and encouraging their participation in the respective matches, but with the whole show itself. Fun match, especially the comedy with Dutt getting ahold of DJZ’ headphones and trying to mess up his hair. 2. Matt Bentley won a Triple Threat Match over Tommaso Ciampa and Kevin Matthews at 9:05, pinning Ciampa after hitting him with The Showstopper.Matt Bentley’s hometown is Clinton, Iowa and this was an unadvertised surprise. Bentley is the former Michael Shane, and is a first cousin with “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels, whose real last name is Hickenbottom, and who has family still living in the Clinton area. Bentley has short hair now and looked pretty good considering he rarely, if ever, wrestles anymore. It was mostly Ciampa and Matthews double-teaming the hometown guy, but they ended up turning on each other and Bentley scored the fall using his famous cousin’s finisher. Special Appearance:  Hacksaw Jim DugganDuggan came out and thanked everyone, Global Force Wrestling, etc. and then in an about-face, started talking about world’s troubles with terrorists. This brought out Ariya Daivari, who then stole Duggan’s 2×4 (the very one he has always brought to the ring with him all these years, or so said Brandon Baxter) and ran off. It was almost more comical that all of the wrestlers were coming out of the same dugout, as opposed to the old days when the heels were in the visiting team side and the faces were on the home team side. 3. ODB pinned Mickie James at 9:56, rolling her up and holding her tights.This got little reaction and the action inside the ring was a little rough, as in, painful to watch. On that note, it was somewhat interesting to see a spot where the referee was breaking them up, and holding them apart from one another. In this attempt at comedy, however, he had one hand on the breast of both women while doing this. After a few minutes more, ODB then gave James a “titty rub”, all in front of the young kids, making up about 20-25% of the crowd. ODB kept drinking from a flask as well, so it was what it was, and what it was, wasn’t real good. Or entertaining. 4. Nick “Magnus” Aldis pinned Chris “the former Chris ‘Masterlock’ Masters” Mordetzky at 11:59 after a flying elbow drop from the top rope.This was pretty solid, much like the opener, and was mainly Mordetzky trying to put Aldis into the Masterlock. He did manage to get him into it twice, but Aldis escaped both times, which led to him winning the match. 5. The New Heavenly Bodies (Desirable Dustin and Gigolo Justin) defeated Zero Gravity (CJ Esparza and Brett Gayika) at 11:30 when Justin pinned Brett.This was a fun match as well, and pretty much all action the entire time. Zero Gravity are really small, but had some of the coolest double tag team moves. All four guys were in the ring at the same time pretty much the entire time, and while not a Texas Tornado Match, made it tons better than it might have been otherwise. Special Appearance:  “Double J” Jeff JarrettJarrett came out and gave a real cool speech about presenting old time wrestling, how they’re just starting and then mentioned possibly returning in 2016. We’ll see, but I’d definitely go. He spoke about the upcoming main event with Colt Cabana, mentioning it would be entertaining and fun and that Cabana would make us laugh and cry and want to slap the person next to each of us lol. MAIN EVENT:6. Colt Cabana pinned Ariya Daivari at 15:37, with revenge interference from Hacksaw Jim DugganI’d never seen Colt Cabana before tonight. In fact, on the way through the parking lot heading towards the ticket window, my brother says, “Is that Colt Cabana?” and I’m like…I have no idea. I’ve only ever heard of him, but have never seen him. Of course, it was. And for anyone who’s never seen him, this was the most entertaining pro wrestling match I’ve seen in decades. Daivari wanted to pray on his rug, so Cabana put his sweat towel right next to him and did the same thing. It was hilarious and Cabana later on put Daivari’s turban-like headwear over Daivari’s face and then tied it with the necklace they played the blind angle for several minutes. Another deal was Cabana grabbing Daivari’s prayer rug and jumping off of the top rope with it and landing onto Daivari. So I’m guessing this was The Magic Carpet Ride? They got down to wrestling with Daivari gaining the upper hand. The finish came down to a ref bump and Daivari grabbing the 2×4 he’d also brought out to the ring with him. Duggan, sitting in the dugout watching the match, came running out (well, running isn’t accurate, but ol’ Hacksaw is 61 years old these days and did the best he could), slid into the ring, grabbed the 2×4, gave a big “Hoooooooooooo!!”, whacked Daivari with the board, slid back out of the ring and the ref revived just in time to see Cabana covering Daivari and counted the fall. LAST NOTES:They allowed anyone who paid $20 to climb into the ring and get a photo taken with both Jarrett and Duggan. There must’ve been at least 50 people lined up (though some of them had photos taken as a group). Still, it was very impressive and everyone seemed to have a great time. Including yours truly, who has finally gone a wrestling show that was enjoyable for a change. Oh, and my brother never did follow through with slapping me, as Jarrett had alluded to earlier would happen watching a Colt Cabana match. Instead, he thanked me. Because we had fun. Joel KolsrudCamanche, IAlakedoorjournals@gmail.com

  • Global Force Wrestling 9/3 Cedar Rapids, IA, house show results: Colt Cabana, Magnus, Sonjay Dutt, Hacksaw Jim Duggan

    Submitted by Adam Martin

    – From Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the first of three Iowa shows this weekend

    Colt Cabana def. Ariya Daivari

    Lots of comedy in this one with Cabana messing with Daivari’s head gear and rug that he brought to the ring. Cabana was very interactive with the small crowd and was one of the more popular acts of the night.

    Tommaso Ciampa def. Kevin Matthews

    Ciampa was quite popular with the snarky wrestling fans in attendance chanting “NXT” his way. Matthews did well working as a heel to try and get the crowd involved throughout the match.

    Mickie James def. ODB

    More comedy spots with the referee in this one. James was very popular with the crowd and later during intermission taking photos and signing autographs. ODB was also very over with the audience including a post-match promo.

    Jeff Jarrett was introduced and thanked everyone for attending. The New Heavenly Bodies interrupted Jarrett’s promo. A tag team called Zero Gravity ran out to make the save.

    Zero Gravity def. The New Heavenly Bodies

    Lots of flips and moves in this one. They set a pretty fast pace and did a good job of keeping the attention of the crowd.

    – Intermission featured people who purchased GFW guitars to take a photo with Jeff Jarrett at ringside. Various talent had tables setup with merchandise in the concourse area as well.

    Sonjay Dutt def. DJ Z

    The crowd was almost deflated by the time the intermission came to a close. Z requested his hair and face not be touched at the start of the match.

    – “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan was introduced and cut a nice promo about Iowa. He was interrupted by Ariya Daivari which prompted “USA!” chants. Duggan chased him off.

    Chris Mordetzky (Chris Masters) def. Nick Aldis (Magnus)

    Both guys worked real hard, but the crowd by this point seemed tired and ready to call it a night. Mordetzky wisely started playing up to the crowd getting in close. Aldis was over as a babyface.

    Notes:

    – Global Force Wrestling has aways to go in regards to live event presentation. Pro wrestling in a baseball setting just doesn’t seem to work. Marketing around the summer and the popularity of baseball games in smaller markets like this seemed like a good idea. A smaller and much more intimate venue would have done wonders for the overall live event presentation, especially with how poor attendance was.

    – The very humid weather didn’t help matters either. With hardly any local advertising or marketing in the weeks leading up to the show, it just felt like a very lackluster effort on the part of those behind GFW to bring people out to the ballpark. It was one of the most underwhelming pro wrestling events I’ve ever attended.

  • Global Force Wrestling report 8-28 Harrisburg, PA

    By Dave Muscarella

    Pat Buck def Dirty Money via piledriver. Pat Buck was announced as
    being from Harrisburg to get a cheap pop from the crowd.

    Pepper Parks def Kevin Matthews when he hits a lung blower

    Brandon Baxter says GFW’s mission is to present wrestling the way it
    used to be. And out comes Jeff Jarrett for a promo and thanks the
    Harrisburg Senators and the fans.

    Due to travel issues, Karl Anderson is not here. Ali Akbar & Sanada
    cut a heel promo about having their own issues being foreigners and
    say the main event is Doc Gallows vs Akbar & Sanada in a handicap
    match.

    Kimber Lee def Cherry Bomb via alligator clutch after Cherry Bomb
    missed hitting Kimber Lee with her BSE in a good, but way too short
    match given the talent of both ladies.

    Eddie Smooth def BLK Jeez and Sonjay Dutt after he hits an elbow drop
    off the top onto BLK Jeez.

    Chris Mordetzky def Brian Myers with the Masterlock, Modetzky was the
    only heel to win a match all night, but still got cheers from the
    crowd since he was a former WWE guy that the crowd knew.

    Kevin Nash cut a promo in the ring and said “the torch has been passed
    from the nWo to the Bullet Club.”

    Doc Gallows w/ Bullet Babe Amber Gallows def Ali Akbar & Sanada in a
    handicapped match when Doc Gallows used a bat from Jeff Jarrett who
    was at ringside while the ref was down and pinned Ali Akbar.

    After the show Jarrett and Nash posed for photos in the ring.

    Show was 2 hours long including a 30 minute intermission.

    Best match was the 3 way match which
    was also the longest of the matches.

  • Global Force Wrestling 8/21 TV taping spoilers: tournament matches galore

    By Josh Nason, WrestlingObserver.com

    Here’s the full set of Global Force Wrestling Amped TV tapings results and spoilers, taped Friday night at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Orleans Arena. There is still no word on when these will actually come to a TV or screen near you.

    In no particular order:

    – GFW Tag Team titles tourney match: Kenny King and Joey Ryan def. Cielo Misteriosio

    – GFW Tag Team titles tourney match: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows defeated Lance Hoyt and Davey Boy Smith Jr.

    – P.J. Black & The Akbars def. Los Luchas and Sonjay Dutt

    – GFW Global Championship tourney match: Shelton Benjamin def. JR Kratos

    – GFW Global Championship tourney match: Eric Young defeated Bobby Roode

    – GFW NEX-GEN title tourney match: TJ Perkins def. Andrew Everett

    – GFW NEX-GEN title tourney match: Virgil Flynn def. Trevor Lee

    – GFW Women’s title tourney match: Amber Gallows def. Katarina Waters & Laura James. Anderson and Gallows were at ringside and did a pro Gallows promo.

    – Kevin Kross def. Joey Ryan

    Promos and other notes:

    – Pre-show, they paid tribute to Roddy Piper.

    – Chael Sonnen did an in-ring promo, demanding a match.

    – Amber Gallows interrupted a Karen Jarrett promo

    – Eric Young interrupted a Bobby Roode promo, but Roode ended up beating him up. 

    – Sonnen and Chris Masters did a promo which brought Nick (Magnus) Aldis out. Masters beat him down. Former MMA fighter Phil Baroni started jawing at Sonnen from the crowd and jumped the rail, but security held him back. 

    – Jeff Jarrett came out and cut a promo thanking the fans.

  • Jeff Jarrett announces name for his TV show

    Jeff Jarrett announced today that his GFW TV show will be called “Amped” in a video released by the promotion.

    The first taping for the promotion is 7/24 in Las Vegas, but there is no talk of any television deal in place right now.