Gan Radge

Gan Radge is a Supercard event produced by World Championship CAWs. The event aired March 20th 2020 on YouTube and was the first Supercard show produced by WCC that year. It was also the first show not to take place in London, moving to Newcastle. The main event match pitted Thornton le Clay against Austin Jones for the WCC World Title. Austin Jones managed to win the match following interference from Iestyn Roberts and became World Champion for the first time.

The undercard featured several other title matches, including; Jessica Saint versus Cherry π in a tables match for the Women's Championship, The Bombay Bad Boyz vs The Empire for the Tag Team titles in a steel cage and Raze vs Rex Bundy in a First Blood match for the vacant Commonwealth Championship.

## Storylines

The main rivalry heading into the event was between Austin Jones and Thornton le Clay over the WCC World Championship. At Seasons Beatings Thornton le Clay beat Iestyn Roberts for the World title. On the episode following the Supercard le Clay was interviewed by Flashy Freddie Armani on The Salon. le Clay issued a challenge for his first title defence that night and revealed The Empire's executioner Jack Ketch was debuting the following episode to "put [Roberts] out to pasture." Later that night le Clay beat Diamond Donnie Drescher in his first title defence in quick fashion. Following the match the other members of The Empire attacked Drescher, leaving him injured. On the February 8th episode of World Championship CAWs Iestyn Roberts faced the debuting Ketch. Following a distraction the large masked wrestler easily beat Roberts, hitting 4 Gallows Drops and leaving Roberts knocked out. The referee called for the EMTs who attempted to take Roberts from the ring on a stretcher, Ketch followed however and continued to attack Roberts while he was strapped to the stretcher. On the following episode a suited Thornton le Clay came to the ring to gloat that with Roberts out of the picture there was nobody left to challenge for his World title. He was cut off by General Manager Walter Church who came to the ring to announce there would be a ten man royal rumble that night for the number one contendership. Entering at the tenth and final position Austin Jones eliminated Power, Starbuck and the surprise entrant Al Snow before lastly eliminating Warmachine to go on and win the rumble. On the go home show before Gan Radge le Clay once again came to the ring with a microphone and called out Jones in an attempt to trap him and have Ketch attack him. Jones responded by giving le Clay a Sweet Chin Music before a Suicide Dive through the ropes knocked Ketch off his feet allowing Austin to escape through the crowd.

Following the manner in which Jessica Saint retained her title at Seasons Beatings, teaming with her sister to beat Britney Beth in a handicap match, Cherry π and Akiko Tanahashi of the After School Club issued them a challenge. On the following episode Jessica and her sister Sara teamed against Cherry and Britney Beth (substituting for Akiko who suffered a concussion during the DWF Super Tag League). The Saint sisters won and following the match a melee ensued allowing Jessica to put Britney through a table while Cherry gave Sara a Fibonacci Spiral on the concrete. The next episode, Jessica issued Cherry a challenge of her own - if she could pin Sara quicker than Jessica could pin Akiko she'd put the women's title on the line at Gan Radge - knowing full well Akiko was still not at 100% following her recent injury. On the February 21st episode Jessica beat Akiko in 3 minutes and 39 seconds, setting a difficult time for Cherry to beat. Cherry however went on to beat Sara with a clothesline and quick roll up in just 20 seconds ensuring a title match at Gan Radge. On the March 6th episode the two met in the ring to sign a contract for the upcoming title match, during proceedings Jessica spat poison mist in Cherry's eyes, temporarily blinding her and allowing Jessica to put Cherry through a table.

During Seasons Beatings Walter Church, clad in Santa Claus costume announced a second title - the WCC Commonwealth Championship. A tournament to crown the champion was announced with a Fatal Four Way match at Gan Radge set to be the championship final. After being attacked by The Empire on episode 11 Diamond Donnie Drescher was removed from the final due to injury - the title match would then become a triple threat. On episode 12 two other potential finalists, Warmachine and Fujimoko fought to a draw. The former Extreme CAW Wrestling superstar wrestled with Warmachine outside the ring, locking in a Dragon Sleeper whilst the referee counted to 10, Warmachine however fought out of the submission move and delivered an F5 but was unable to return to the ring in time with both men being counted out. The two crossed paths again on episode 13 during the royal rumble with Fujimoko eliminated by Davey Joe Wolfe as Warmachine was making his entrance. The two brawled to the backstage area and kept fighting whilst the royal rumble continued. On the 14th episode of World Championship CAWs a vengeful Fujimoko came to the ring following the conclusion of the Warmachine/Davey Joe Wolfe match and threw the Wolverine into the steel steps before climbing into the ring to hit Warmachine with a Dragon's Breath.

On episode twelve former DWF Superstar Raze debuted in the Commonwealth championship tournament. Raze defeated Thirteen to ensure he would progress to the final. On the following episode Raze was interviewed backstage by Freddie Armani on The Salon, during his interview he came face to face with Rex Bundy and the two squared up to one another. With Drescher out injured and Warmachine and Fujimoko fighting to a draw the Commonwealth Championship was now down to a one on one with Raze facing either Rex Bundy and Repo Man 2020 (Starbuck). Bundy would go on to win the match and proceeded to attack Starbuck after the bell, during the attack Starbuck's former partner Power came to the ring, his intentions however were unclear and he received a suplex from Bundy on the outside of the ring. During the commotion Thirteen appeared in the middle of the ring, before disappearing again.

At Seasons Beatings The Empire won the tag team titles following assistance from Thornton le Clay who threw Ali Kazam from the top of the ladder. On episode 14 the Bombay Bad Boyz declared their intentions for a re-match with The Empire in a steel cage to avoid any further interference.

## Event

As the event began Iestyn Roberts returned through the arena's parking garage and was stopped from entering by security, who he proceeded to knock out.

### Preliminary Matches

The first match of the night was a triple threat encounter, pitting Fujimoko against Warmachine and Davey Joe (DJ) Wolfe. The match was a tight back and fourth and spilled out of the ring. Back in the ring Warmachine hit DJ with a Spear and went for a pin. DJ kicked out and the match continued. With Warmachine down DJ hit Fujimoko with a Powerbomb, causing the Dragon King to roll out, it was at this point Warmachine returned to his feet and caught DJ with an F5 and to pin for the win,

Backstage Iestyn Roberts continued to fight his way through security.

The second match of the night was the 6 woman over the top rope battle royal. The winner of the match would be crowned the Queen of the North. The first entrant eliminated was Penny Pounds who was lifted over the ropes trying to clothesline Akiko. Akiko then eliminated Rosa Diablo before Britney Beth eliminated Boadicea. Delilah Black then eliminated Akiko before eliminating Britney Beth to be crowned Queen of the North.

Backstage again Iestyn Roberts has reached the locker rooms and confronts Barton Willows of The Empire, attacking him with a chair.

In the next match Rex Bundy faced Raze for the newly minted Commonwealth Championship in a First Blood match. The two fought hard with neither man dominating and both delivering their finishing move to one another. Neither could make the other one bleed until Raze, in desperation bit Rex Bundy's face and managed to open up a wound to pick up the win.

The fourth match of the night was the steel cage match for the tag team titles. Following the backstage assault by Iestyn Roberts, Barton Willows entered the match injured with taped up ribs. The stipulation for victory was either via pinfall, submission or ***BOTH*** members of the team must escape the cage to be crowned the winners. The match began with frantic action and a quick escape attempt by Ali Kazam thwarted. During the bout Roberts was seen out in the crowd and would climb the barricade following Percy Bolton's successful escape from the cage. Roberts chased Bolton backstage leaving the injured Willows to fight the Bombay Bad Boyz alone. The Bad Boyz quickly took control and picked up the win.

The penultimate match of the night saw Jessica Saint defend her title against Cherry π in a tables match. The match was an even contest with both women getting in offence. Tables were introduced and placed in opposite corners, leaning against the turnbuckles. Once again Jessica hit Cherry with the Poison Mist and looked to have won but Cherry fought away from the table and knocked Jessica out of the ring. Cherry followed Jessica out of the ring and tossed her back in, setting her up against a table she drove her through and celebrated having won, only to be attacked from behind by Jessica Saint who had swapped places with her twin sister outside the ring. Following the deception Jessica Powerbombed Cherry through the other table and retained her title.

### Main Event

The main event saw Newcastle native Austin Jones take on Thornton le Clay for the World title. With le Clay fearing Iestyn Roberts would interfere in the match he came to the ring flanked by security staff. The match was a brutal and bloody affair, with Jones showing incredible resilience, kicking out after three Pedigrees, being beaten with the steel steps and a sledgehammer. After a fourth Pedigree it looked that le Clay would retain his title but Iestyn Roberts music played, distracting referee and le Clay who stood looking towards the entrance ramp. With his back turned however le Clay didn't see Roberts slide into the ring dressed as one of the security guards. Iestyn hit le Clay with a Swansea Swing and Jones crawled over to make the cover.

## Aftermath

On episode 15 an irate Thornton le Clay came to the ring and cut a promo on Iestyn Roberts. He laid down a challenge, to beat Rex Bundy, Fujimoko and Ketch for the opportunity of a rematch between the two at Game Over.

The new champion would become embroiled in a feud with Thirteen who was now working as the mouth piece for the illusive "Supreme Master".

On the special By Popular Demand show over Wrestlemania weekend Akiko won the "Ace with the Case" Ladder match to entitle her to a title match when she chose.