Matt Cardona Beats Nick Gage To Become GCW Champion

Hell freezes over, as the Broski beats Nick F'N Gage to become the new GCW World Champ.

by Andrew Pollard
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Amidst a barrage of beer bottles being thrown in his direction, Matt Cardona walked out of last night's GCW Homecoming Night 1 as the new GCW World Champion.

Yes, much to the dismay and disbelief of many a wrestling fan, Cardona managed to beat Nick Gage to take home GCW's biggest prize.

In a match that saw the King of Ultra Violence use light tubes, glass, his patented pizza cutter and more on his opponent, Cardona landed the Radio Silence on Gage to pick up the victory.

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It wasn't quite as clean-cut as that, mind, for the match featured a run-in from Ricky Shane Page's 44OH! group, Fozzy's Judas playing to tease an appearance from Chris Jericho, and former GCW World Champ RSP turning on Gage - hitting a low blow that allowed Cardona to nail his Radio Silence finisher.

All of this resulted in a pissed off Atlantic City crowd reigning down beer bottles, general trash and plenty of middle fingers as the bloodied former Zack Ryder celebrated his win.

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Elsewhere at Homecoming Night 1, Marko Stunt defeated Starboy Charlie, Tony Deppen defeated Ninja Mack, AJ Gray defeated Nolan Edward, 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Grimm Reefer, Drew Parker defeated Alex Colon to become the new GCW Ultraviolent Champion, Atticus Cogar won the six-way scramble match, the Second Gear Crew tandem of Matthew Justice and Mance Warner defeated Jimmy Lloyd and G-Raver to become the new GCW Tag Team Champions, and Effy defeated Frontman Jah-C.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.