On Saturday, August 23rd, Game Changer Wrestling returned to the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ, for it’s big event, “Homecoming 2025 Part 1.” The event streamed live on TrillerTV+.

The main event of the show saw SLADE face off with Masashi Takeda in a bloody and brutal deathmatch.

We also saw EFFY put the GCW World Championship on the line against KJ Orso, YDNP put their GCW World Tag Team Championship on the line against Los Desperados, Shotzi Blackheart go one-on-one with Matt Cardona for the vacant Garage Beer Championship, Drew Parker go to war with Marcus Mathers, an all-star deathmatch scramble, and so much more. Check out the full results for Night 1 of one of the biggest shows of the year for GCW.

1. Garage Beer Championship: Shotzi Blackheart def. Matt Cardona to win the Garage Beer Championship
2. Drew Parker def. Marcus Mathers
3. Deathmatch: Dr. Redacted def. Ultramantis Black
4. Joey Janela, Masha Slamovich, & Matt Tremont def. VNDL48 (Atticus Cogar, Otis Cogar, & Christian Napier)
5. GCW World Tag Team Championships: YDNP (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) (c) def. Los Desperados (Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel) to retain the GCW World Tag Team Championships
6. Deathmatch Scramble: Bear Bronson def. Bam Sullivan, Mr. Danger, Lil Sicko, Ciclope, & John Wayne Murdoch
7. AJ Gray def. Austin Luke
8. GCW World Championship: EFFY (c) def. KJ Orso to retain the GCW World Championship
9. Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda def. SLADE