Game Changer Wrestling 4/16/2025 WWE ID Championship Tournament

Game Changer Wrestling 4/16/2025 WWE ID Championship Tournament

This is a pretty big deal as WWE is basically lending it's name to an indy. This oddly aired at the same time as WWE Evolve and four people on this show were actually on the Evolve show.

WWE ID Men's Title Tournament First Round Match - Freedom Ramsey vs. Jordan Oasis

Free side headlocks JO. JO hits an armdrag then does another and keeps the armlock on. Free atomic drops him and running euros him. Free hiptosses JO then facebusters him for 2. JO slams him and sentons him for 2.

JO suplexes him for 2. JO hits some forearms. Free sunset flips him for 2. JO is pulled out. Free forearms JO out on the floor. JO then topes him and goes hard into a fan's leg. JO chinlocks him.

JO chops him and euros him. Free hits a nice clothesline. Free flying knees him then spinebusters him. Free falcon arrows him for 2. JO backbreakers him and suplexes him. Jo cannonballs him on the ropes and langs on his feet for 2. Free enzugiri's him then germans him. JO lariats him from behind and wins.

Thoughts: The crowd didn't care at all and sadly hurt this one. It wasn't great or anything and went a bit long with what they were doing.

They hug after and Jordan gets on the mic. He says it was a hell of a GCW debut. He welcomes everyone to the first round of the ID Tournament. He says people will make history and become ID champs. Jordan says the titles will be defended across various indies including GCW. Jordan says he thrives on being on the road. He thanks everyone and hopes they enjoy the show.

Izzy Moreno vs. Zara Zakher

They lock up and Zara headscissors her. They get back up. They try pin attempts. Izzy armdrags her into a pin attempt. Izzy then northern lights suplexes her and does an armbar.

Izzi forearms Zara and bangs her head off the buckles. Zara corner euros her. Zara snapmares her then basemnet dropkicks her. Zara hits slams. Izzy hits lariats then corner spears her. Izzy corner back elbows her then 2nd rope crossbodies her for 2. 

Izzi misses a corner charge then Zara spinebusters her for 2. Swipe Right and Zayda Steel come out. Smokes talks to Zara and Zay hits Izzy with a shoe. Zara backflips into a cutter on Izzy and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and fine. Zara won as expected here. It wasn't great or anything but they kept things moving and I had no issues with it. Hopefully Swipe Right getting involved leads to something.

Zara has words for Zayda after. All of Swipe Right gets in and Zay hits Zara from behind. Zay hits an unprettier on Zara. Izzy and Zara are both sent out of the ring.

Smoks gets on the mic after. He says remember when Jordan Oasis had a banger match and got everyone on their feet? He says me neither. He says Jordan and Izzy suck and don't deserve to be ID'd. Smokes says you gotta surround yourself with successful people to be successful.

Brad says just to look at them to know all about WWE ID. Brad says they do whatever they want. They say they will prove they aren't all talk when they win tonight. They say they will make sure someone becomes the first WWE ID champ.

They clarify that the WWE ID Tournament is double elimination.

WWE ID Men's Title Tournament First Round Match - Aaron Rourke vs. It's GAL

AR is doing some Adrian Street thing. They say Gal is in "perfectly mint condition".

Gal and AR lock up. AR is pushed back. AR slaps him on the butt and poses. AR side headlocks him. AR takes him over. Gal headscissors him and does push-ups. AR armdrags him then single leg dropkicks him. AR goes up and over, flips and dropkicks him.

Gal pulls AR out. AR flying headscissors him. Gal throws AR then facekicks him. Gal then germans him for 2. Gal slams him. Gal chinlocks him. Things slow down and Gal clubs and double chops him.

AR hits shots to the gut and Gal throws him. Gal slaps him in the back of the head and laughs. AR hits chops. AR facekicks him out of the corner. Gal catches his crossbody and fallaway slams him.

Gal hits corner shots then spinning lariats him for 2. Gal legdrops him. Gal misses a legdrop. AR is pulled off the ropes but hits a codebreaker. AR hits a ddt and corner facekicks him. AR corner hip attacks him for 2. AR hits a molly go round for 2. 

Gal germans him and bangs AR's head off the buckles. AR sunset bombs Gal from the buckles. Gal grabs his medals. They fight over them. The ref takes the medal and Gal low blows AR. Gal spinning blue thunders AR and wins.

Thoughts: The crowd this one as well by not really reacting to anything. To their defense, there weren't any real clear faces or heels here and the match wasn't too great. I don't know what Rourke is doing or who it's for, but I'm not it.

WWE ID Men's Title Tournament First Round Triple Threat Match - Atticus Cogar vs. Ice Williams vs. Aaron Roberts

Ice is hit to start. AR and AC go at it. AR misses a corner charge. AC misses a skewer shot on AR and AR crossbodies him.  Ice dropkicks AR then corner forearms him.

Ice hits corner punches on AR. Ice does a springboard neckbreaker on AR. AC bites Ice's head.  Ice rolls up AC then ddt's him for 2. AR splashes AC then is dropkicked by Ice. AR splashes Ice.

AC comes in and chairs AR. AR no sells it. AR spinebusters him. AR sits on a chair and poses. AC PK's a chair into AR's chest for 2. AC and Ice shove each other. They trade forearms. AR hits a double lariat then facekicks AC. AR charges Ice in the corner against the buckles then overhead belly to belly suplexes him.

AC germans Ice then 2nd rope moonsaults AR while he's on the 2nd rope. Ice 2nd rope elbow drops AC in the back of the head. AR world's strongest slams Ice. AR misses a vader bomb on Ice. Ice superkicks him.

AC rakes AR's eyes. AC headlock drivers AR. Fuego del Sol then comes in and beats up AC. Sol throws AC out and fights him in the crowd. Ice hits a nice top rope elbow drop on AR and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. There was nothing too great in it though. AR doesn't move bad for being such a big guy. I'm not sure why this was a 3-way match and other matches weren't. That's kind of unfair since some people only have to beat 1 person to advance.

Swipe Right attacks Ice after. Ice takes a pendulum slam from Brad. Zayda gets on the mic and says Ice sure does look like a winner right now. She says that's what will happen to Ice on Friday. Zay says Kylie Rae is an idiot if she thinks she will be the ID Women's champ. She says her name is already on the belt.

WWE ID Women's Title Tournament First Round Match - Kylie Rae vs. Zayda Steel

KR comes out while all of Swipe Right is still in the ring.

KR offers a handshake and her hand is kicked away. They lock up and KR wristlocks her. Zay pulls the hair and is armlocked. KR la magistral's her for 2. KR rolls into a jackknife on her.

KR shoulders Zay over for 2 then Smokes trips KR from the outside. All of Swipe Right is then ejected. KR's arm is pulled over the 2nd rope. Zay pounds and stomps on KR. KR is codebreakered over the 2nd rope.

KR hits lariats. KR armdrags her out of the hiptoss then is rolled up for 2. Zay hits boots in the corner. Zay knee chokes her on the ropes. Zay hanging triangles her over the top rope. Zay pulls KR's arm down over the top.

Zay stomps KR's arm into the mat then armbars her. KR armdrags her and rolls her into a superkick for 2. KR hits boots to the gut. Zay spinning forearms her for 2.

Zay slaps her. KR blocks a codebreaker then superkicks her. KR russian legsweeps her then crossfaces her. Zay then taps out.

Thoughts: It wasn't that interesting. The work was pretty average here and there wasn't much of a story. I think people assume Kylie is great because she has a name and has been around for so long, but I've never really seen that. Zay's probably a better personality than a wrestler at this point.

WWE ID Men's Title Tournament First Round Match - Marcus Mathers vs. Sam Holloway

Sam hits a nice running dropkick to start. Sam then sitout powerbombs him for 2. Sam throws chairs in. MM dropkicks a chair through Sam's face through the ropes. MM then hits mounted shots on Sam.

MM hits forearms then hits headbutts. Sam knees and clubs him. Sam is pushed into the post. MM then cannonballs off the stage onto Sam outside. MM top rope twisting crossbodies Sam for 2. Sam double underhook suplexes MM into a chair in the corner. 

Sam chairs MM. Sam shoves the chair edge into MM's neck. Sam forearms MM over then suplexes him. MM is thrown head first into a chair between the buckles. MM is put in a chair in the corner. Sam tries to senton him but jsut goes into the chair. MM throws a chair at him and vandaminator's him.

MM buzzsaw kicks him then pump kicks him. MM germans him for 2. MM chairs Sam's back. Sam uranages MM onto 2 chairs for 2. MM is on the top rope and Sam dropkicks him down. Sam powerbombs MM on the ring apron. Sam hits a top rope splash for 2.

MM is on the buckles and is chaired. MM throws a chair at Sam's face for 2. MM chairs him. MM 2nd rope os cutters him onto two open chairs. MM hits a top rope 450 and wins.

Thoughts: This went too long and wasn't that great. They really focused on chairs here and that only gets you so far. The idea and logic was fine but it just went too long and wasn't super spectacular.

The ref helps Sam up. Sam lariats him after.

Jackson Drake & Swipe Right (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) vs. Cappuccino Jones, Jack Cartwheel & Sean Legacy

Jones and Drake go at it. They go to the mat and Drake ropebreaks. Jones wristlocks him. Jones armdrags him then low crossbodies him. Jones backs him up in the corner. Jack gets in. Drake boots him. Brad clubs on Jack. Jack cartwheels out of a hip throw then hits armdrags and an armlock.

Sean works Brad's arm. Jones armlocks Brad. Brad takes a backbreaker + body springboard splash on Brad. Jack armlocks Smokes. Jones hits punches on Smokes. Brad hits Jones from behind. Jones leapfrogs and dropkicks Brad. 

Jack cartwheel kicks Brad's arm while Jones holds it. Jack splits out of a lariat and headscissors Brad down. He then slams him. Sean kicks and standing moonsaults Brad. Sean double stomps Smokes' back and dropkicks him.

Drake comes in and pounds on Sean. Sean is whipped into a facekick for 2. Drake snapmares Sean and kicks him in the back. Drake russian legsweeps Sean. Drake stomps on Sean's fingers.

Jack comes in and hits lariats on Swipe Right. He step up enzugiri's Smokes. Jack crucifix bombs Brad for 2. Jack cartwheels off the post onto Swipe Right. Jack's team does triple stereo dives outside. Brad elbow drops Jack. Smokes clubs on Jack's chest. Smokes backdrops Jack for 2. Brad and Jack trade. Drake stops Jack from making a tag. Drake facekicks Jack and Jack cartwheels off of it. Jack then lariats him.

Jones hits shots on Smokes. Jones goes up and over with a headscissors on Drake. He half-nelson suplexes him. Smokes misses a dive off the nucklles then Jones does a front rolling ddt on him. Jack neckbreakers Brad then takes a flying knee from Drake. Sean does a dropkick + reverse ddt + flatliner combo. Sean does a springboard 450 on Smokes.

Smokes ushigoroshi's Sean for 2. Jack dropsaults Drake. Jack gets out of a cutter. Drake handspring cutters Jack for 2. Brad takes a rolling death valley driver + spinning forearm. Jones top rope elbow drops Brad for 2. Drake top rope hurricanrana's Jack then dropkicks Jones off the apron. Jack takes a super swipe and is pinned.

Thoughts: This went way too long and the crowd was awful all throughout. They tried and the match made sense and all but it was too long and just never felt like it would end. Jack overdid some of the cartwheels and flips here and made what he was doing look fake.

Sean is beaten up by Swipe Right after. Smokes M. Bison stomps him. Freedom Ramsey comes out to help and gets beaten up. Jordan Oasis comes out to help. Ice Williams then comes out.

Sean says he's still standing and says Ricky Smokes is in trouble if that's the best @ss kicking he can give. He says he will show why legacy is always super on Friday. Ice says he will see the bootleg Brad Baylor at FSW and says he will put him in the freezer. 

Overall thoughts: It was a long show with an awful crowd. The crowd didn't react at all and ruined every single match due to it. The matches also all went long and just weren't that impressive. It was a hard show to sit through that was boring at times. I would not recommend this one at all and would just give it a 4 out of 10, almost all due to the crowd.