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GCW makes its debut in Hillsboro at the Jefferson County Fair on July 19. A large GCW contingent brave suspect weather conditions and were treated to a 10-match card filled with surprises. A mysetrious duo, Delirious and Ms. Chif, made their GCW debuts at the event and were victorious. Delirious gets the pinfall win over Billy McNeil and Ms. Chif bests Christine in GCW's first female vs. female match. The Team of The All-Americans, Johnny Jett and new partner Bad Brad Elliot, make their entrance to the ring in the back of a monster truck in a match against the Old School Warriors. Matt wins the GCW Light-Heavyweight Championship in suprise fashion over Diamondback Dingo, but quick accepts Dingo's immediate challenge of a best of 3 fall match-up. Matt loses two straight falls and the belt back to the Aussie. The eevening ends with a 20-man battle royal, in which wrestlers brawled throughout the Fairgrounds complex. Nikki Strychnine survives the battle royal and becomes the new #1 Heavyweight contender for Kevin Sharp.

GCW TV celebrates its one year anniversary with "The Gateway Gauntlet," a 25-minute ironman challenge which started with Light-Heavyweight Champion Diamondback Dingo. All the GCW Light-Heavyweights were selected at random to face the winner of the previous fall. At the end of the 25-minute time limit, the person recording the last win in the gauntlet would be the Light-Heavyweight Champion. Dingo survived two opponents before losing to Billy McNeil, who lost to Ratboy after two wins, who lost to Nikki Strychnine after one win, who lost to the returning Mike Sharona (hiding under a Super Castaldi mask.) Nikki pulled Sharona out of the ring during Sharona's gauntlet match with Matt, causing Matt to advance via countout. The Ninja pinned Matt at 24:59 to win the gauntlet and the championship. The Ninja unmasked to reveal Diamondback Dingo. The Aussie had outwitted them all to retain the title.

New to GCW: Delirious, Ms. Chif, Bad Brad Elliot

Sugar comes back to the fold of Sex, Charms and Rock-n-Roll after Billy McNeil defeats Jack Adonis in a "Falls Count Anywhere" match on GCW TV. McNeil hits the Pac-Man Attack on Adonis through a table at ringside to win Sugar back.

After four weeks worth of brainwashing, Nikki Strychnine coerces the OutTkasT to join his cult of hate.

Sam Bacardi wins a 4-on-1 tug-of-war on GCW TV, pulling over The Castaldis, Ninja and Ratboy. Sam accomplishes this by passing out and falling through the ropes and out of the ring, thus pulling the opposition over the line.

GCW presents "Wrestlefest 2" at the Desoto KC Hall on August 16th. Delirious & Ms. Chif defeat Matt and Christine in the first-ever GCW intergender tag match. Kevin Sharp defeats Nikki Strychnine to retain the Heavyweight belt. Ryan Ash & Billy McNeil defeat Jack Adonis and Diamondback Dingo in best-of-five tables match. Big Bad Ben debuts the
"Van Ben-a-nator" en route to a victory over D'Mon G. in a exploding barbed wire match.

Sugar didn't take long to change her mind. She goes back to the camp of Jack Adonis by helping the Alaskan Hearthrob win an over-the-top battle royal to decide and new #1 contender for the Heavyweight Strap at GCW's signature card at Aggie's. Sugar helped Adonis gain the win by helping him eliminate Ryan Ash and Billy McNeil from the battle royal. Also at "Challenge of Champions," Heavyweight Champion Kevin Sharp retains his title by defeating Light-Heavyweight Champion Diamondback Dingo in GCW's first "Champion vs. Champion" contest.
Also, D'Mon G. defeats Big Bad Ben and Killer Keith Smith in a 3-way street fight. Earlier in the card, Ben physically assaulted "Stranglehold" host Brian Stull in the ring, which prompted Stull to contact former-ECW star Balls Mahoney and help set-up a match between the two in November.

A drunken Sam Bacardi loses to Tree on GCW TV. Coach Chuck Farley is not pleased.

In a shocking surprise, Nikki Strychnine wins a 3-way title dance over Kevin Sharp and Jack Adonis to win the GCW Heavyweight Championship at Aggie's on October 26th. The new era of hatred in GCW begins as Nikki continually screams "The World Is Mine!" post-match. Also in another shocking development, Coach Chuck Farley abandons Sam Bacardi, and becomes the new manager of the Old School Warriors. Farley blames Bacardi's unwillingness to his instructions as the reason behind the break-up. Also at "Wrestletober," Matt defeats Mike Sharona in a "Tables Match," Diamondback Dingo defeats Billy McNeil to retain the GCW Light-Heavyweight crown, and Delirious defeats Deno Blade and OuTTkasT in a 3-way match.

The heated exhanges continue for Brian Stull and Big Bad Ben continue in October as their verbal threats spill from GCW TV to Stull's "Stranglehold" radio program.

On GCW TV, Ryan Ash imitates Nikki Strychnine, completed with trashcan, a crown of barbed-wire and leather jacket. Nikki is not amused, and the following week, nails Ash win a pumpkin pinata on television. Also on the same show, Nikki, OutTkasT and Ratboy plant razorblades in apples, intended to harm children on Halloween.

A busy month for GCW kicks off with "Midwestmania," an top-notch card presented at North County Technical School in Florrisant on November 2nd. The main event, feuled by weeks of verbal exchanges by Brain Stull and Big Bad Ben, sees Stull's import Balls Mahoney defeat the Syndicate founder in a match that contained brawling, bloodshed and the return of the Human Wrecking Ball Pete Madden. Ben blames Madden for the loss and asks GCW to re-instate Madden. GCW complies and sets-up a match between the two the following night. The second main event saw former ECW superstars Nova and Kid Kash battle eachother in the continuation of long-running indy feud. Nova defeats Kash at the 15-minute mark. Also on the card, Nikki Strychnine retains the GCW Heavyweight Title over Kevin Sharp via DQ and Billy McNeil defeats Diamondback Dingo 2-1 in an "Irish Tables Dance."

The next night, GCW unveils its newest creation the "Adults F'N Only" show, an event that contained no rules and was designed for mature audiences only. The show, held at GCW training facility, became the talk of the local wrestling scene and was heavily attended. In the main event, Pete Madden lost to Big Bad Ben in his return to GCW in an exploding bardbed wire match. D'Mon G. earned the respect of the wrestling community, going toe-to-toe with Balls Mahoney in a valiant effort. Kid Kash and Nova, opponents the night before, team together to battle Ryan Ash and Billy McNeil. Kash and Nova got the win, but McNeil and Ash put forth a solid effort. Delirious won a four-way dance over Mike Sharona, Matt and Diamondback Dingo in a match some have described as the "Match of the Year" for GCW in 2000. Two wrestlers debut at the show, the disco-dancing Cavana Fantastic, and the.....um............Heart Attack Jack.
The success of the show lead to the future scheduling of the popular format.

GCW returned to Aggie's on November 16th. Nikki Strychnine retained the Heavyweight Championship over Kevin Sharp with the help of Ratboy and OutTkasT. The Old School Warriors put their hair on the line against Johnny Greenpeace and Sam Bacardi. They lost, but escaped before the shears could be applied. Meanwhile, Jack Adonis and Big Bad Ben began a rivalry, as both felt the should be the #1 contender for the Heavyweight Belt.

GCW also returned Thanksgiving weekend the the Desoto KC Hall. Big Bad Ben defeats Jack Adonis in the Heartthrob's specialty, the Alaskan Death Match. Also on the card, Nikki Strychnine retains the GCW Heavyweight Title with a win over Johnny Greenpeace, thanks to the help of OutTkasT and Ratboy, Diamondback Dingo reatins the Light-Heavyweight belt with a win over Matt and Delirious and Ms. Chif continue their winning ways with a victory over Ryan Ash and Billy McNeil, who redub their tag team "Operation Shamrock."

New to GCW: Cavana Fantastic, Heart Attack Jack, Ultra Ninja

A long-time dream is finally fulfilled as "The Irish Luchador" Billy McNeil wins the GCW Light-Heavyweight Championship over the Diamondback Dingo at Aggie's on December14th. The two combatants fought in a greuling "Table, Laddders and Chairs," match, which saw McNeil dive off the balcony of Aggie's onto Dingo. The win for McNeil came at the 20:00 mark after both combatants fought for the belt, which was hung from the ceiling at Aggie's.

Also at "TLC XMAS," Nikki Strychnine defeated Johnny Greenpeace to retain the GCW Heavyweight Championship. Actually, it was Strychnine, OutTkasT and Ratboy defeating Greenpeace in a handicap match to help Nikki retain the gold. Ryan Ash and Cavana Fantastic defeat the Old School Warriors, thanks to the help of Sam Bacardi and Johnny Greenpeace, and Delirious gets a win over Matt in a high-flying match-up.

"Dismember in December," the second installment of the "Adults F'N Only" series was held at the GCW training facility. Diamondback Dingo destroyed Crocodile Kid in an "Aussie Death Match," Ryan Ash defeated OutTkasT in a hair-vs-hair ladder match and the Old School Warriors battled the Syndicate battle in a glass breaking brawl.

On GCW TV, Nikki Strcyhnine ruined XMAS again, as he, OutTkasT and Ratboy destroyed the Super Castaldis, who were at ringside singing "Feliz Navidad" in a musical number. The Toxic Trio maimed the Mexicans with giant metal candy canes
Later in the show, GCW's first ever "XMAS Bonus Battle Royal" was held, with the winner receiving a brand new color television. D'Mon G came out the winner in the battle royal, but Nikki Strychnine came out to ruin the moment by picking up the television and smashing it into a million pieces.

New to GCW: Super Castaldi 4, Crocodile Kid

I'd like to say a special thank you to the hard-working men and women of GCW who continue to give all their time, patience and effort in making this promotion so fun to work with. GCW has been my hobby since May 2000 and I continue to be proud of the achievements this company and its wrestlers earn with every advancing month. In a wrestling world of buyouts, letdowns and snake oil salesman, it's nice to know that a group of individuals still possess the dream to succeed and are willing to give it their all to make that dream a reality.

Also, a special thanks to the fans of GCW who are the most loyal, most dedicated and most understanding fans that I know. Their committment to the product is just as important to those who work within the foundation of the group. Their efforts are always appreciated.

If not for GCW, I'd have no hobby... for I suck at golf.

Here's to a successful 2002,
The Grand Poobah