GCW The Collective 2023 Schedule and Announcements

We are about two weeks away from the biggest week in wrestling, WrestleMania week. Game Changer Wrestling will be joining the festivities in Los Angeles, California as part of their fifth annual The Collective.

The entirety of The Collective will be live streamed on FITE+.

The Collective will begin on Thursday March 30th and run through Sunday April 2nd with ten events taking place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. The final event, the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame will place on Sunday, April 2nd in The Crystal Ballroom at The Millenium Biltmore Hotel, which is the site of this year’s Wrestlecon.

New this year to The Collective will be California promotion Santino Bros Wrestling, as well as the Japanese promotion DDT Pro. GCW will host Emo Fight and the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame for the first time at The Collective.

We will also see the returns of Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch, Joey Janela’s Spring Break, Gringo Loco’s The Wrld On Lucha, Jimmy Lloyd’s D-Generation F and For The Culture, with this year’s For The Culture event ran by Billy Dixon.

The entirety of The Collective will be live streamed on FITE+. If you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so now at $7.99/mo or $69.99/yr with a 7-day free trial.

Check out below for the full schedule and match announcements.

Santino Bros Wrestling – California Love

Thursday March 30th – 11AM PST

Match card:

• Santino Bros Championship Match: Che Cabrera (c) vs. Willie Mack
• Santino Bros Inner City Championship Match: Delilah Doom (c) vs. Heather Monroe vs. Johnnie Robbie
• Kidd Bandit vs. Eli Everfly
• Bad Dude Tito vs. Matt Vandagriff
• Raunchy Rico vs. Tyler Bateman
• Dom Kubrick and Lucas Riley vs. The Bomb Squad (The DKC and Cam Gates)

Also competing:

• Koto Hiro
• Big Dick Hoss
• “El Primohenio” Trebecca
• Richie Coy
• Alec Tomas

Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 9

Thursday March 30th – 4PM PST

Match card:

• Kota Ibushi vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
• Jon Moxley vs. Alex Coughlin
• Josh Barnett vs. Timothy Thatcher
• Davey Boy Smith Jr vs. JR Kratos
• Erik Hammer vs. Calvin Tankman
• Marina Shafir vs. Killer Kelly
• Royce Isaacs vs. Johnny Bloodsport
• Yuya Uemura vs. Bad Dude Tito
• Jeff Cobb vs. Calder McColl

DDT Goes Hollywood

Thursday March 30th – 8PM PST

Match card:

• Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuki Ueno
• Shunma Katsumata and MAO vs. Chris Brookes and Yoshihiko
• Tetsuya Endo vs. Joey Janela
• Saki Akai vs. Vert Vixen
• Eddie Kingston and Jun Akiyama vs. Daisuke Sasuki and Kanon
• Pheromones (Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno and Yuki “Sexy” Ino) vs. Takagi Army (Sanshiro Takagi and Michael Nakazawa)
• Takeshi Masada and Kazusada Higuchi vs. Andrew “The Giant” Everett and Nick Wayne

GCW For The Culture

Thursday March 30th – 11:59PM PST

Match card:

• Willie Mack vs. Billy Dixon
• 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Bryan Keith
• Pan Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship Match: Trish Adora (c) vs Calvin Tankman
• Black Wrestlers Matter Championship Match: Myron Reed (c) vs. Man Like Dereiss vs. Kevin Knight
• West Coast (Captain Kenny King, G Sharpe, Mazzerati, and The Conglomerate) vs. The World (Captain Suge D, AC Mack, Joseline Navarro, Lucky Ali, and Jeffrey John)
• Scramble Match: Ashton Starr vs. Ju Dizz vs. Faye Jackson vs. Devon Monroe vs. Darius Carter vs. Keita Murray vs. Terry Yaki vs. Isaiah Broner

Jimmy Lloyd’s D-Generation F

Friday March 31st – 11AM PST

Match card:

• Titus Alexander vs. Cole Radrick
• Starboy Charlie vs. Alec Price
• Kenzie Paige vs. Sandra Moone
• Jack Cartwheel vs. Hunter Drake
• Sawyer Wreck vs. Bobby Orlando
• East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) vs. Best Bros (Baliyan Akki and Mei Suruga) vs. Wasted Youth (Marcus Mathers and Dyln McKay) vs. CPF (Joe Lando and Danny Black)
• Jimmy Lloyd vs. Bodhi Young Prodigy

GCW vs DDT

Friday March 31st – 3PM PST

Match card:

• Joey Janela vs. Yuki Ueno
• Tony Deppen and Homicide vs. Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo
• East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) vs. Moonlight Express (Speedball Mike Bailey and MAO)
• BUSSY (Allie Katch and EFFY) vs. Pheromones (Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno and Yuki “Sexy” Ino)
• Blake Christian vs. Kazusada Higuchi
• Dark Sheik vs. Saki Akai
• Cole Radrick vs. Yoshihiko
• Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice, Mance Warner and Manders) vs. Chris Brookes, Shunma Katsumata and Mizuki Watase
• Alec Price, Gringo Loco and Los Macizos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo) vs Sanshiro Takagi, Daisuke Sasuki, Kanon and Takeshi Masada

Joey Janela’s Spring Break 7

Friday March 31st – 8PM PST

Match card:

• Speedball Mike Bailey vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo
• GCW World Tag Team Championship Match: Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne)
• Joey Janela vs. Kota Ibushi
• Maki Death Kill (Maki Itoh and Nick Gage) vs. BUSSY (Allie Katch and EFFY)
• Grab The Brass Ring DLC Match: Cole Radrick vs. Komander vs. Gringo Loco vs. Blake Christian vs. Alec Price vs. Billie Starkz vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Tony Deppen

Emo Fight

Friday March 31st – 11:59PM PST

Match card:

• Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kevin Blackwood

Also competing:

• Brooke Havok
• Janai Kai

EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch 6: Los Angeles

Saturday April 1st – 11AM PST

Match card:

• Sandra Moone vs. Steph De Lander
• Kidd Bandit vs. Sawyer Wreck
• Carlos Romo vs. Devon Monroe
• East (Ashton Starr, B3CCA, Rico Gonzalez, Aaron Rourke and Dillion McQueen) vs. West (Da Shade, Abigail Warren, Anton Voorhees and Money Power Respect)
• Karam vs. Fred Rosser
• Four Way Match: Jai Vidal vs. Honest Jon vs. AC Mack vs. Keita Murray
• Vipress vs. Max The Impaler
• THRUSSY (Allie Katch, EFFY and Dark Sheik) vs. Mason’s Mercenaries (Charles Mason, Parrow and Billy Dixon)

Gringo Loco’s The Wrld On Lucha

Saturday April 1st – 10PM PST

Match card:

• Gringo Loco vs. Psycho Clown
• El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Laredo Kid
• Negro Casas vs. Tony Deppen
• Los Mazisos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo) vs. La Familia de Tijuana (Bestia 666 and Damian 666)
• Sexy Star vs. Dulce Tormenta
• Black Taurus and Los Vipers (Latigo and Toxin) vs Komander, Arez and Aramis
• Scramble Match: Jack Cartwheel vs. Rey Horus vs. Willie Mack vs. Shane Mercer vs. Mago vs. Drago Kid

GCW’s The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame

Sunday April 2nd – 12PM PST

• Jimmy Jacobs (Inducted by Alex Shelley)
• Christopher Daniels (Inducted by Frankie Kazarian)
• Cheerleader Melissa (Inducted by Dave Prazak)
• Mike Modest (Inducted by Barry Blaustein)
• Excalibur (Inducted by Orange Cassidy)
• Paul London

The entirety of The Collective will be live streamed on FITE+.