Bandido no-shows GCW Devil In A New Dress, issues statement
Bandido did not appear as scheduled at tonight’s GCW Devil In A New Dress event in San Francisco, one of several no-shows.
GCW tweeted about an hour before the show was set to begin that the 26 year-old star had apparently not gotten on his scheduled flight for the show, that they had not heard from him, and that he was not returning calls or messages. Bandido had been scheduled to face Nick Wayne on the show. Instead, Wayne wrestled Effy in the opener. Effy had issued an open challenge to Jeff Jarrett for the show.
It appears as though @bandidowrestler did not get on his flight to San Francisco today for tonight's GCW event. We haven't heard from him and he hasn't replied to any of our messages.
We apologize and will do our best to come up with a suitable replacement.
— GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) April 10, 2022
Bandido tweeted during the show that the no-show was his mistake.
Hello to all @GCWrestling_ fans, I just wanna say sorry for not be there tonight in San Francisco! Thank you for all the people to take care about me, Im fine! It was my fault and I hope make up those things as soon as possible see you soon amigos!! 🔫🌵
— Bandido🔫🌵 (@bandidowrestler) April 11, 2022
Bandido wrestled five times over WrestleMania weekend in the Dallas area, including a AAA show, MLW show, two WrestleCon shows, and in the main event of ROH’s Supercard of Honor, where he lost to Jonathan Gresham in the main event.
Devil In A New Dress was headlined by Minoru Suzuki taking on “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
It was announced during the show that Jacob Fatu had experienced travel problems in getting to the show, and was replaced in his scheduled six-man tag by D-Rogue.
Biff Busick and Gringo Loco also did not appear as advertised. No explanation was given. Busick had been set to face Masha Slamovich, while Loco was set to take on Jimmy Lloyd. Instead, Lloyd and Slamovich wrestled each other.
Our report and full results from the show can be found here.