TNA Digital Media Champion PCO stole the show at GCW's big Hammerstein Ballroom event this weekend, but not likely in the way the company intended for him to. The 57-year-old appeared in the show's opening kickoff rumble,

TNA were "livid" over their now-former wrestler PCO's destruction of the promotion's Digital Media Title at GCW's The People vs. GCW event on Sunday (19 January).

PCO won the Kickoff Rumble before The People vs. GCW, last eliminating Shane Mercer. However, what he said and did after the match will live on in history. PCO, the current TNA Digital Media Champion, placed his championship belt across the steel chair and smashed it multiple times with a sledgehammer.

Controversy reigned at the start of Game Changer Wrestling's GCW The People vs. GCW 2025 pay-per-view as TNA Digital Media Champion PCO shot hard on the company and proceeded to smash his championship up with a sledgehammer.

The TNA star seemingly went into business for himself by smashing the TNA Digital Media Championship and calling out the promotion in an emotional rant.

PCO destroyed the TNA Digital Media Championship during ‘The People vs. GCW’ event on Sunday night, and he seems to be done with TNA Wrestling. On Sunday night, PCO emerged victorious in the Kick-Off Rumble match at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

PCO was also on the card when GCW ran the Hammerstein Ballroom in January 2022, wrestling in a multi-man ladder match. This is the first time GCW has been back to the Hammerstein since that night. The theme is that GCW has a chance at redemption after its first show at the legendary venue received negative-to-mixed reviews from fans.

PW Insider reports PCO’s deal with TNA came up at the end of the year, and he’s done with the company. They also say his “rant and destruction of a TNA title was legitimate,

PCO smashed the TNA Digital Media Championship at The People vs. GCW. PCO competed in the Kickoff Rumble on the pre-show at GCW‘s Hammerstein Ballroom event on January 19th. He won the bout by last eliminating Shane Mercer.