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GPW return to the Monaco Ballroom for the first show of 2008 and the first show of our 5th Anniversary Year. Do not miss this explosive start to the new season and find out why last year was Globally critically acclaimed as one of the best!

Heresy has committed some heinous acts in his time. But nothing may ever compare to the manner in which he defeated Joseph Hayes in the ‘Supercharged’ ‘I Quit’ main event at the Monaco Ballroom, where the winner left with the GPW British Championship and the loser had to leave town. Not only did the former leader of S.I.N align himself with GPW returnee T.J. Cain who promised to be by Hayes’ side in the winner takes all battle, he dragged Hayes’ brother in to the ring, threatened to strike the youngster with a brick and demanded Hayes chose between him and victory. Unsurprisingly, Hayes screamed ‘I Quit’ several times over. The events at the conclusion of the year end show meant eleven months of many feel-good moments in GPW ended horribly. It’s hard to imagine how before the match, Cain, who drew the infamous GPW Raffle and announced Hayes to the ring, reflected on beating Heresy in a Winner Takes All match in May 2005.

He told Hayes: “You get to do something I started years ago, you get to finish Heresy! I did it but he came back. This is for you!”
“I’m asking you as a friend. Heresy goes round brainwashing people, he will have brainwashed people backstage. Will you stay at ringside with me tonight?” Hayes requested.
Cain accepted Hayes’ proposition and the pair hugged in what looked like an emotional moment, before Heresy entered the fray.
“Who do you think you are? You don’t go changing rules!
“Here are two people that I hate in the same building, in the same ring at the same time! You TJ, you can see Joey say the words ‘I Quit’ and end up on the permanent injury list! You just stay out of my way and you’ll walk out of the ring tonight!” he yelled.

The vicious brawl began after announcer Luke Marsden told the pair there were no rules in the contest. Heresy had hardly had time to remove his leather jackets when this back and forth, exciting brawl began. Hayes immediately forced Heresy in to the corner and punched away at his adversary. Heresy, however, battled back and flung his jacket at Hayes before the fan favourite elbowed Heresy and shunned him to the outside. Taking an early risk, Hayes dove on top of his opponent from the top rope but Heresy soon recovered to pound away at his former friend. Following several exchanges, Heresy threw Hayes back in to the ring and ‘confronted’ Cain with supposed verbal taunts and threats for the first time during the contest. It looked like the match was about to get more vicious however, as Heresy grabbed a chair on the outside. In an effort to avoid the steel, Hayes kicked away at Heresy and took him down. Capitalising on the advantage, he stomped on Heresy’s knee on the ropes before demanding Heresy quit.
“Ask him ref, ask him ref” Hayes yelled.

“No!” screamed Heresy, before trying to fight back. Hayes immediately began to work on Heresy’s hurt knee and soon put in a second request for him to quit. Heresy, as resistant as they come, once again told his opponent “No!”. Hayes then grabbed the chair Heresy had brought in to the ring but Heresy quickly ducked through the ropes to the outside before he could strike. It was here that Heresy began to build momentum. He grabbed Hayes and strangled him on the ring barrier before forcing him back inside the ring. There, he took the chair and rammed Hayes’ neck against the top of it.“You’re gonna quit! Everybody in this building wants you to quit!” Heresy yelled down the in house mike. Hayes, also resistant to Heresy’s demands, shouted “No!”. Heresy then slammed Hayes to the canvas before the two brawled to the outside. Comfortable in what is no doubt his playground, Heresy hurled Hayes in to the barriers before landing a hard backbreaker against one of the ring blockades. After striking Hayes several times, Heresy threw him back in the ring before slamming him to the canvas and ordering him to quit.
“Say the words or I’ll break your neck!” the former stable leader bellowed.

After Hayes once again refused, Heresy, with the chair for leverage, caught him in a neck breaker. Unsurprisingly, he was soon greeted with loud “Heresy sucks!” chants. But as Heresy once more ‘confronted’ Cain, Hayes went for his weakened leg and took him down. In a measure of revenge for the neck breaker, he then grasped the steel chair and slammed Heresy’s leg against it several times. With the loud ‘Joey’ chants spurring him on, he kicked away at Heresy before insisting he quit.
“No, ahh!” yelped Heresy.

But despite the ‘Joey!’ chants, Heresy quickly recovered and landed a huge super plex from the top on Hayes that left both men lying on the mat. The referee immediately asked them if they wanted to quit but they were determined to go on. Heresy, first to recover from the death defying manoeuvre, kicked and chopped Hayes before throwing him in to the corner of the ring. Snatching a crutch from seemingly nowhere, Heresy strangled Hayes on the ropes with the unorthodox weapon and struck him with it head first.
“Do you quit?” Heresy shouted.
“No!” replied Hayes.

After knocking Hayes’ head against the top turnbuckle several times, Heresy took him to the outside where he viciously whipped him in to the ring post.
“I’m gonna batter him until he’s got no brains! You want him to quit!” Heresy roared to the crowd.
An exhausted Hayes again refused to give up following a slam by Heresy, before Heresy reached for his Bible and looked set to strike Hayes with it.
Cain immediately entered the ring and battled with Heresy over the foreign object. It looked like the first Briton to ever hold the GPW Heavyweight Championship had saved another Briton from defeat, the loss of his British Championship and having to leave GPW for good. That was before Cain grabbed Hayes, slammed him and sent him down with the weapon we all thought he’d stopped Heresy using: the Bible. It was sickening to watch Heresy strut round the ring and tap his head as if to say he’d outsmarted the GPW fans.
“You sold out!” the Monaco Ballroom faithful howled.
Heresy forced the referee in to the corner, grabbed the belt from around his waist, whipped Hayes with it and bawled: “You quit now?”
“No!” Hayes screamed.
“What did you say Joey?”
“No!”Referring to when Hayes turned his back on him to join S.I.N at ‘Last Order’s At The Legion’ in January 2005, the now hated Cain then uttered: “You turned your back on me, you remember that?” before he looked to strike Hayes with the referee’s belt.
“I’ve got a better idea!” Heresy announced.
It was hard enough to watch Cain turn his back on Hayes. But what was to follow was simply vile. Cain and Heresy dragged Hayes’ younger brother in to the ring and threatened to strike him with a brick.
“What do you think about that Joey Hayes? What’s your answer now then?” the demonic Heresy shouted.
“I quit, I quit, I quit!” Hayes blurted.
The pair then hugged in the ring to loud boos and jeers from the stunned crowd.

“Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” Heresy told the fans as he exited the arena.
A host of GPW fan favourites soon surrounded the ring. Dangerous Damon Leigh, who himself lost a Grudge match to Johnny Phere earlier in the evening, grabbed the house mike.
“On behalf of everybody here, what I’ve just seen is the biggest injustice ever!
“I don’t know what to say, but Joey Hayes, if it’s the last thing I do I will make it my life’s work to get you back in GPW!“

This is the best prospect to ever come out of GPW and it’s not right that these people don’t get to see him wrestle again!” he yelled.
New GPW British Champion Heresy, however, was glad to see the back of his former stable mate. He also saw nothing wrong with the manner of his victory.
“This is a new lease of life for GPW. One of the most evil people in GPW is gone.
“Joey knew the rules of the match were no disqualifications. If he thought his brother was going to be attacked he shouldn’t have brought him.

“Joseph Hayes turned on TJ Cain in 2005. He broke Cain’s heart, it’s something he’s never forgotten. All TJ needed was to be pointed in the right direction,” he told me afterwards.

Perhaps a pair of wrestlers who will also feel hard done to are Hubba Bubba Lucha, Bubblegum and El Ligero, who came up just short in their quest to wrest the GPW Tag Team Championship from the Mil-Anfield Connection, Jiggy Walker and Danny Hope in a Tornado Tag match. The battle was chaotic what with tornado rules stating wrestlers can stay in the squared circle as long as they want. Walker brought his notorious hubcap in to the ring late in the match, but Bubblegum grabbed the weapon from him and despite aiming for the ‘Scouse Ninja’, accidently struck the official. The high flying combination who donned matching ring attire soon took advantage of the confusing situation and nailed Walker with their electric Banana Split from the top rope. With the referee down, a new official dashed to the ring and made the three count, seemingly crowning new tag team champions. However, it wasn’t to be. The old official soon rose to his feet and spoke to announcer Luke Marsden.
“Due to Bubblegum hitting the referee with a weapon, Hubba Bubba Lucha has been disqualified! Jiggy Walker and Danny Hope are still tag team champions!” Marsden told the crowd.

Ligero and Bubblegum were left to rue the referee’s call while Hope and Walker walked out with their tag team trophy intact. But it wasn’t the last offence we’d see from the fan favourites that evening. In what may only be described as an act of frustration, Bubblegum punched the referee down before the official himself felt the wrath of the Banana Split they had taken Walker down with.

This electrifying battle began as it ended: in chaos. All four grapplers went at it as soon as the bell rang. Whilst Bubblegum kicked away at Hope, Ligero dropkicked Walker and the latter found themselves fighting on the outside. In the ring, Bubblegum clothes lined and arm dragged Hope before dragging him to the corner. In the opposite corner, Ligero had gained the advantage over Walker and it wasn’t long before both men dragged their respective adversaries in to the ring posts crown jewels first. The Hubba Bubba Ville native and Hope exchanged manoeuvres on the outside while Ligero kicked Walker several times in the ring. But Danny Hope soon ventured back inside and clothes lined and slammed Ligero for the contest’s first two count. Building on their momentum, Walker kicked Ligero in the guts before Hope flipped on top of him for a second two count. Ligero tried to battle back with his partner still down on the outside but Walker and Hope took him down with a bulldog variation and scored another near fall. As quickly minded as he is paced, Ligero ducked away to avoid another double team assault and the recovered Bubblegum dove on the pair before nailing Walker with a face plant for a close two count. But all four men were down after Ligero knocked Hope on his back and Bubblegum hit Walker with a fierce kick. The referee reached a six count before Hope rose and threw Bubblegum to the canvas face first. Ligero broke up the pin at two and power bombed Hope but Walker came to his partner’s rescue by breaking up that fall. Hope then struck Ligero in the head and Walker clocked the Mexican with a knee to head shot before Bubblegum broke the resulting pinfall. With Ligero down, Walker called for him and Hope to hit a brain buster from the top rope but the pair hit Hope with a huge double team slam from the top, provoking “This is awesome!” chants. The move only got a two count and somehow Hope recovered to super kick Bubblegum and hit a huge bulldog on Ligero for a near fall. It was at this point that Walker, looking to end the contest, brought in the hubcap.
Jiggy was defiant over the manner in which the Mil-Anfield Connection kept the gold.
“You can’t top it can you? We walked away with the trophy and that’s what we planned to do and we did it successfully. I’m all right with that.
“We beat them two months ago and we beat them again tonight. I’m a natural born champion.
“In no way was that result tainted. We walked away with the belts and that’s what we intended to do.” he said afterwards.
Bubblegum noted his motive for using the hubcap during the match.

“Jiggy brought the hubcap in and I didn’t want him to hit Ligero because he’s my best friend so I tried to hit him and he ducked and I hit the ref by accident. I wouldn’t hit a ref on purpose. Unfortunately we got disqualified. We had him pinned for three with the Banana Split so I’m gutted.
He did, however, admit he was wrong for striking the official at the end of the bout.
“I have to hold my hands up and say it was a heat of the moment thing, I felt like we got screwed out of the title. I shouldn’t have hit him but the best of people do stupid things. I apologised to the referee and he was fine with it."
There’s no doubt Hubba Bubba Lucha will be wondering just what they have to see off the Mil-Anfield Connection and win the GPW Tag Team Championship having faced the duo several times recently.

Dirk Feelgood will also be wondering just what he has to do to have a fair match with Darkside, the GPW Heavyweight Champion. At ‘Back To School’ in September, Darkside pinned a fake Dirk Feelgood to win the championship after the Scot had seen off the real Dirk to the back. Then, at Friday Night Thriller II the next month, he involved two fake Dirk’s in the match after Feelgood had chased away a fake Dirk, to retain the title. This month, Darkside was unable to compete due to a family crisis. Feelgood spoke to the crowd about his own recent troubles and demanded a two on one handicap match with the fake Dirks.
“People of GPW, Dirk ain’t feeling too good!” he began.
“Not only was Supercharged supposed to be the night when we finally got rid of Heresy, it was also supposed to be when I regained the heavyweight belt but Darkside ain’t here!

“Someone else is gonna get decked by Dirk. I’ve seen these fake Dirk’s backstage.

I’ll take them on for stealing my outfits!” he shouted.
Dirk Feelbad and Dirk Feelworse, dressed in yellow and green and green and red attire respectively, made their way to the ring and immediately clothes lined Feelgood. It didn’t take long for Dirk to recover from the initial setback as he clothes lined the pair and threw them each to the canvas before slamming their heads together. But just when Feelgood looked to be gathering momentum, a third imposter Dirk, dressed in all yellow, hit the ring and super kicked Feelgood. After slamming Feelgood to the mat all three fake Dirks piled on top of Feelgood in an effort to end the contest early but Feelgood powered out of the pin attempt at two. All three Dirks took turns in punching their opponent, before one scoop slammed and leg dropped him. Feelgood tried to fight back but was double and treble teamed before a couple of near falls. He was successful in his fight back moments later, however, when he nailed two of the Dirks with a DDT variation. The numbers game played a vital part though and Feelgood was once again pounced upon by all the Dirks. A double clothes line sent him to the ground again but the formidable doctor recovered to roll up one of the Dirks for a near fall and spine buster the yellow Dirk. Feeling the momentum, he face planted two of the imposters simultaneously before hitting his signature Anaesthetic on the yellow Dirk to claim the victory.
One of the fake Dirks, who also competes as K. Noir, told me afterwards that though he was disappointed with the defeat, he looked up to the master of the Anaesthetic.
“The old saying goes ‘three Dirk’s are better than one’ but tonight, for some reason, the original one just came out on top.
“What can you say? The guy’s a class talent, he’s one of my heroes. There’s no guy in GPW you can look up to more than Dirk Feelgood.”


It’s doubtful, though, that Dangerous Damon Leigh will feel that way about Johnny Phere. The pair’s Grudge match could easily have gone either way. In the end it was Phere, who competed with broken ribs that picked up the win with his devastating Ram Slam.
The pride and passion of these two behemoths was felt straight away as the pair ferociously circled the ring starring each other down. Phere gained an early advantage by forcing Leigh to the corner, but Leigh struck him with a clothes line and began to build more momentum. The powerful former GPW British Champion arm dragged and scoop slammed the intense Phere who wandered to the outside to regroup. On this return to the ring, however, Leigh clothes lined him and Phere once again went to the outside to gather his thoughts.
“Get back in here Johnny!” the fired up Leigh screamed.
Phere, however, had other ideas.

“You don’t deserve to see me!” Phere told the GPW crowd, before seemingly looking to leave via the entranceway.
His dastardly plan worked perfectly as just as Leigh opened the curtains below the GPW Tron, Phere launched himself at Leigh from behind them. Now willing to compete in the ring with a somewhat unfair advantage, Phere scoop slammed and clothes lined the fan favourite. Leigh soon returned the clothes line favour to Phere but missed an elbow from the top rope to leave Phere strutting in delight in the ring. A huge suplex got Phere a two count as the fans began to chant “Johnny Sucks!”. Undeterred by the outcry, Phere nailed DDL with a vicious vertical suplex and pounded away at his opponent. Despite missing with a shot on DDL in the corner, he quickly charged at DDL to stop any brief fight back the Lancastrian might have had at this time. He slammed Leigh to the canvas to gain another near fall and quickly locked in a neck vice type submission hold in an effort to dictate the pace of the match. Spurred on by the increasingly loud “DDL, DDL, DDL!” chants, Leigh fought out of the excruciating manoeuvre to gain several two counts with roll ups. Though he was taken aback by the offensive flurry, Phere managed to take down Leigh for a near fall.
The pair soon brawled on the top rope but Leigh won out to cross body his rival. With both men down the referee administered his 10 count and the two rose at 7. It was at this point that the match became even more tightly contested as the pair looked to finish their titanic battle. Phere slammed DDL to the canvas with his fierce spear for a two count, before DDL took down Phere with a fireman’s carry for his own near fall. An irate Phere then countered DDL in to a DDT for a very close two count. DDL adhered to Phere’s loud request for ‘more!’ by catching Phere in a neck breaker and heading to the top in an effort to hit his signature Split Leg Moonsault. Unfortunately for the GPW veteran the risk would not pay off. Phere rolled out of the way of the high flying manoeuvre and nailed DDL with the Ram Slam for the victory.
Afterwards, Phere told me how is looking forward to a bright future both as a result of the win and the end of S.I.N at ‘Back To School’ in September.m/f

“S.I.N has gone, I’m here and I’m winning now. Next year, nothing’s going to stop me, it’s as simple as that. I don’t even need to call it The Year of Phere anymore.
“S.I.N was what was holding me back all this year. They were constantly in the back of my mind. Now I can think about my matches and what I’m going to do and tonight I proved it.
“DDL is not a walkover but I beat the living crap out of him tonight. I wrestled with broken ribs so it wasn’t easy but even with that injury I still beat him.”

Another former S.I.N member who was happy at the end of the night was Juice. The ‘2006 Break Out of the Year’ scored a hard fought victory over the ‘2007 Break Out of the Year’ Si Valour with his patented Frog Splash.
It wasn’t hard to see who the fans wanted to win. While Juice, who walked to the ring with an aggressive demeanour, was loudly booed, Valour received arguably one of the biggest pops of the night. It was Juice, however, who got in the first offence by forcing Valour down to the canvas and slapping him on the back. But Valour, almost constantly encouraged by the loud Monaco Ballroom gathering, knocked Juice’s head off the two top turnbuckle pads multiple times before elbowing him in the head. But Juice caught Valour on the top rope and threw him down for the match’s first near fall. He then suplexed Valour for a second two count before catching him in a cobra clutch like submission. Undeterred, Valour caught Juice with a gut shot and looked to fight back but Juice soon regained control by whipping Valour in to a corner of the ring.

“How’s that shoulder feeling Si? This is for each of you!” Juice shouted at the fans before hurling Valour in to the ring post on the outside. Back in the ring, he suplexed the fan favourite to get a near fall. The cocky tyrant once again berated the crowd by yelling: “I don’t see your boy doing much!”and taking down Valour. He then grabbed his surely injured shoulder and brutally whacked it against the ropes before flipping on top of Valour for another near fall. A suplex variation by the former S.I.N member got him a second near fall over Valour but the time taken for Juice to tell the fans he didn’t suck might have been his undoing at this stage of the contest. Valour countered Juice’s top rope hurricarana attempt and caught him with a cross body before nailing him with a pair of clothes lines for a two count. A shot to Juice’s head got him a second successive near fall and Valour further increased the pressure on Juice with a dive from the top rope for another close count. In a seemingly desperate attempt to fight back, Juice hit away at Valour’s head but Valour exploded with a hard clothes line for two. The pair then exchanged several moves and near falls before Juice looked to end the match with his frog splash. Valour, however, had other ideas and after Juice missed the signature move, he caught him in a small package for another near fall. After catching Juice in a Rock Bottom variation for a near fall, however, Valour seemed to become frustrated with being unable to put Juice away. Possibly losing some concentration, he was caught in a huge DDT for a close two count. Sensing victory, Juice climbed to the top and the pair brawled but it was ultimately Valour who was knocked off the ropes and hit with the Frog Splash to give the loathed competitor the win.
But Juice’s win didn’t put a bad omen on the following match as fan favourite Chris Echo saw off hated rival “Iron” Mike Holmes in a storming One Fall To A Finish contest. At GPW ‘Back To School’, Holmes controversially defeated Echo by using the ropes for leverage after rolling him up. ‘Friday Night Thriller II’ saw Lethal Dose and Holmes pick up a Six Man Tag Team win over WKD. But this time, Echo was victorious after finishing off Holmes with a double springboard moon sault following a dazzling exchange of moves. He also had the satisfaction of embarrassing both Holmes and manager Tasker during the match.
Much like Si Valour, Echo was afforded an amazing reception from a passionate GPW crowd who, in unison, chanted “Echo, Echo, Echo? Oi, Oi, Oi!”. But just as Echo began thanking the fans for the cheers, Holmes attacked the beloved star from behind. Eager to gain control, the quick Echo threw Holmes outside the ring. Once Holmes had seemingly regrouped alongside his manager, the pair engaged in a shoving contest inside the ring but Holmes brought Tasker in to the ring to consult with him. An irate Echo slammed the pair’s heads together and hip tossed Holmes to the canvas and threw him in to the ring corner. Echo further amused the jam packed Monaco crowd by pulling down Holmes’ pants and shoving Tasker’s face in to his backside. Before long Holmes and Echo brawled to the outside where an incensed Holmes caught Echo with a knee to the face. But when Holmes returned to the ring, he distracted the official so Tasker could nail Echo with his infamous briefcase. Back inside, Holmes pierced Echo’s neck against the ropes before bending his leg on them. With Echo screaming in agony, Holmes dropkicked him but the always hard to put away Echo speared his enemy and flipped on top of him.

However, Holmes, perhaps looking to stop Echo once and for all, clocked him with a hard knee to the head for the match’s first near fall. He then hurled the aching Echo in to the corner but Echo dropkicked him and took Holmes down with a spell of clothes lines. When Echo called for the end of the match Tasker attempted to pull Holmes out to safety but Echo power bombed Holmes from the apron to the floor. Tasker tried to grab Echo but Echo dragged him to the ring and embarrassed Tasker for the second time by doing what he had earlier done to Holmes - pulling his pants down. Holmes rushed back in and rolled Echo up but Echo flipped Holmes in to Tasker before going up top and hitting a fabulous double spring board moon sault for the three count.

Alan Alan Alan Tasker issued a warning to Echo after the match and said there may be serious consequences for Holmes following the embarrassments he was forced to endure.
“It was very embarrassing, he [Echo] wedgied me. We’ll get him next time. He’d better watch his back in the locker room.
“All I’ve got to say is that Mike Holmes is not going to be getting his Giro this month. Not only did he not win the match, he embarrassed and humiliated me. My head was firmly placed in regions unknown.
“Mike Holmes is not going to get his dole cheque this month. He can go a whole month without it. He can get a job.”
Wedging and backside exploration weren’t the only ‘different’ things to occur at the year end finale.

The thoroughly entertaining Next Generation 4-Way between ‘Super’ Sam Bailey, Voodoo, Dylan Roberts and Jervis Cottonbelly that kicked off the event involved a skull, maggots, an umbrella and a newspaper. In the end, Cottonbelly scored the win after taking down Voodoo with his signature ‘The Knee’ manoeuvre.m/f

Roberts and Voodoo began the match after all four combatants had starred each other down. Voodoo punched away at Roberts’ back and flipped on top of him for the first near fall. All four men were soon brawling as Roberts dropkicked Cottonbelly on the inside while Bailey and Voodoo went at it on the outside. Soon Bailey and Roberts both went to hit each other with dropkicks in the ring and leaped up to a huge ovation from the fired up crowd. But Voodoo dragged Bailey outside and head butted Cottonbelly in to the corner. Cottonbelly reversed Voodoo’s Irish Whip and quickly locked him in a Cobra Clutch type submission hold. But this wasn’t just any Cobra Clutch. Cottonbelly grabbed and read his newspaper while holding down Voodoo. Bailey, as unsure as the rest of us about the move, threw Voodoo out and went after Cottonbelly. The newcomer, who debuted in last month’s Royal Rumble at Friday Night Thriller II, proved a tough nut to crack. Cottonbelly shot down and flipped on top of Bailey before both men battled on the outside.
Inside, Roberts whipped Voodoo in to the corner and took him down with a neck breaker. Much to the joy of the GPW fans, Roberts then dropkicked Voodoo on top of Bailey and Cottonbelly before diving on top of all three men. But upon their recovery from the high flying manoeuvre, Cottonbelly brought out his umbrella and Voodoo attempted to throw maggots on him. The resourceful Cottonbelly defended himself with the umbrella in the centre of the ring but Roberts and Bailey were less fortunate as they ended up with a faceful of the creatures. Bailey, perhaps out of instinct, quickly slammed Cottonbelly for a two count but Roberts took the WKD member down face first for his own two count. Voodoo, as quick as he is scary, hit Roberts with a somersault for a very close two before Voodoo grabbed his the peculiar skull and flashed it in front of Bailey and Roberts. Taken aback by Voodoo’s accessory, the pair fell to their knees. Cottonbelly, unhurt by the foreign object, hit his signature ‘The Knee’ move on Voodoo to gain the three count.
Voodoo made it clear to me afterwards he felt he should have won.
“I used Voodoo! That referee screwed me out of my win! I am very disappointed and so are my millions and millions of maggots!” he said.
Both ‘Super’ Sam Bailey and Dylan Roberts reflected on their unusual experiences when they spoke to me.
“I’ve done four-ways before and that was the most bizarre match I think I’ve ever been in.
“Voodoo? Maggots? Jervis Cottonbelly? It makes an insane combo!
“I’m not sure what happened at the end, I just remember sitting down and not being able to move and then there was a three count,” ‘Super’ Sam said.
“The Four Way was a bit bizarre, I didn’t expect the maggots, they stunk. I almost fainted, the smell was horrendous.
“One minute I’m battling away and the next minute Voodoo put me and Sam under some sort of spell. I’d come round when the bell rang and I didn’t know what was going on,” said Roberts.
Alongside a host of exciting battles and confrontations, three lucky fans received prizes of a box of chocolate, free tickets to the next GPW show on February 1 2008 and a box set of GPW DVDs worth over £100.

Fan Natasha Porter was given a 5th birthday to remember when Bubblegum and El Ligero presented her with a present and tuned the crowd up to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to her.

There have been some amazing shows in GPW in 2007. But it would be hard to argue this wasn’t the best of the year. The event showcased a host of qualities GPW is renowned for: characters, entertainment, superb wrestling and compelling action. In one night, it epitomised what GPW has been about throughout 2007: a rollercoaster ride.

Who knows what 2008 has in store? Come along to the Monaco Ballroom on February 1 for another night of wrestling that will send you home believing!