Fight Club was a two-day

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(PPV) event promoted by

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(GCW) that was held on October 8 and 9, 2022. Both nights of the event were held in

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; night 1 of the event took place at the Garden Pier at the Showboat while night 2 was held inside Showboat Hotel itself. The event aired on PPV via the

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. The card comprised 18 matches which were divided evenly between the two nights. In the main event of night 1,

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defeated

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in a Championship vs. Career match to win the

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following interference from

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and

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, who were making their GCW debuts. In other prominent matches on night 1, the returning

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won a six-man scramble match,

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and

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defeated Alex Colon and

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in a

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death match, and Effy defeated the debuting Shota. In the main event of night 2, Rina Yamashita defeated Ciclope in a death match to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. In other prominent matches on night 2,

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defeated Cole Radrick in a Title vs. Title match to retain the

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and win Radrick's GCW Extreme Championship, Drew Parker defeated Miedo Extremo in a death match to retain the

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, and

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defeated "Speedball" Mike Bailey.

Production

Background

On August 30, 2022, Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) announced that they would hold their annual Fight Club event on October 8 and 9 at the Showboat Hotel in

. On October 4, GCW announced that night 1 of the event would move from inside the Showboat Hotel to the Garden Pier located outside the venue. The event was the sixth in GCW's Fight Club chronology. As part of Fight Club weekend, Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW), GCW's developmental promotion, held their JCW vs. The World event. In addition to GCW wrestlers, wrestlers from

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, and Japanese promotions

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, Dragon Gate, and

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were scheduled to appear at the event. The

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song " Ultraviolence" was featured in advertisements for the event.

Storylines

Fight Club featured 18 matches

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across the two nights, with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed either

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as they engaged in a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match. The rivalry between

and

dates back to the late 2000s during the two wrestlers' tenures in

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(CZW); in their final encounter before Moxley signed with

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, Moxley defeated Gage in a no ropes barbed wire match in October 2010 to retain the

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. Eleven years later, on April 9, 2021, Moxley made a surprise return to GCW, confronting and attacking Gage after he had successfully retained the

at the promotion's rSpring Break event. On October 9, at Fight Club: Mox vs. Gage, Moxley, who had defeated

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to win the GCW World Championship the previous month, defeated Gage in a death match to retain his championship. On August 13, 2022, at Homecoming Weekend, Gage challenged Moxley to rematch for the GCW World Championship, which Moxley said he would only grant if Gage agreed to risk his career in a Championship vs. Career match. Gage accepted the stipulation. The match was officially announced for Fight Club on August 30.

Results

Night 1

Night 2

References

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