Matt Cardona was showered by bottles and cans following his GCW World Title victory over Nick Gage.
Though Cardona had some fear, he has stated that the moment will live forever.
The reason for the reaction was not only Cardona winning, but the fact that he beat Gage, who is beloved in his home promotion of GCW.
Speaking to Sean Waltman on Pro Wrestling 4 Life, Gage gave his perspective of what happened at GCW Homecoming.
"I'll be honest with you, I was a little out of it. Shit was being thrown in the ring, but [Cardona] hit me with a bundle of tubes and that shit kinda put me out. I was kind of waking up and shit was flying everywhere. What do you want me to do? Control the gang? They are fired up. They don't like this guy trying to come in here and get off doing a deathmatch and trying to get over. I don't know what this guy is going. They don't like this shit. I'll never tell my gang to do whatever. They can do whatever they want as long as I'm there. That was all natural too. Ain't nobody setting that shit up or nobody in the crowd throwing one thing so hopefully, others will throw it. It's all natural. We don't do that corny ass shit. The fans are passionate," he said.
Gregory Iron, who was at ringside just before Cardona's victory, gave his thoughts on the crowd reaction and other incidents with fans in GCW. You can find his comments by clicking here.
Elsewhere during the podcast, Gage discussed his AEW experience. You can find his comments by clicking here.
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