| July 1, 2006
Chad Parham and Jimmy Rave tore the house down last night in Cornelia. Parham retained the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight belt in one of the best singles matches in the history of the building, let alone Anarchy. It was an old school classic that lasted 40 minutes, the longest singles match ever held in Cornelia. Parham and Rave took fans on a roller coaster ride of emotions with a beautifully constructed match that saw the champion overcome one hurtle after another to emerge victorious. The show drew a hot crowd (in more ways than one) of 140 to the NWA Arena. The decibel level in the vicinity of the Poodle Attack Squad was in the danger zone. Temperatures had soared into the 90s earlier in the day, so the conditions were close to sweltering, but it would be so wrong to have AC in that place. What a difference a year makes. It was exactly one year ago to the day that Jerry Palmer bought Anarchy. Palmer noted that the paid attendance at his first show as owner was less than 50. (1) Skitzo & Hector Navarro (with Rudy Boy Gonzalez) defeated Urban Assault Squad in 7:04 The crowd was have a rollicking good time, as the concrete gorillas beat the hell out of the Texans for the entire match. Among the highlights was a Harley Race knee by Jackson and an improbable missile dropkick by Nemesis. UAS then had an elbow drop festival on Skitzo’s chest. Suddenly, Dan Wilson appeared on the Wrestlevision screen, bigger than life. UAS stopped what they were doing and stared at the screen. Wilson said Devil’s Rejects were watching every move UAS made, so they better have eyes in the backs of their baboon heads. Wilson said with Ace Rockwell and Slim J out of action, UAS had moved to the top of Rejects hit list. Navarro caused UAS to collide and rolled Jackson up. I saw the same finish on an NFWA show a couple of months ago. I hated it then and I despised it here. Nothing like having your top babyface tag team become feeble-minded in the middle of a match. Tank and Iceberg came to ringside to divert the attention of UAS. That set up a blindside attack by Azrael and Sean Tempers, who clobbered them with the belts. Dominous chokeslammed Jackson. Rejects dished out a five-on-two beatdown to leave UAS laying, which got a ton of heat. Anarchy official Bill Behrens and his brigade of referees came to their aid. Where were they when UAS needed them? The crowd chanted “UAS” as their heroes were helped to the back. (2) Brett Thunder beat Big Dogg (with Rudy Boy Gonzalez) in 7:18 This match was way better than expected. Crowd wasn’t especially hot for it, but that was no fault of the work. It had a really good layout to tell the story, and Dogg executed like he never has in an NWA Anarchy ring. Try as he might, Thunder couldn’t knock the powerful Dogg of his feet. Thunder finally managed a Dogg blocked a monkey flip and clotheslined Thunder out of his boots. Dogg hit a sidewalk slam and pulled Thunder up at two. Dogg applied a bow and arrow, and Thunder flipped over to score a one count. Dogg racked Thunder, deposited him in a tree of woe on the apron and wrenched his neck from inside the ring like a vertical bow and arrow. Cool spot that appeared to hurt like hell. Thunder went for a tornado DDT. Dogg tried to block it, but Thunder planted him. Both down. Thunder came up firing stiff chops. Thunder hit a twisting flying bodypress for a near fall. Gonzalez threw a chair into the ring and distracted the ref. Thunder ducked the chairshot, and it rebounded off the ropes to hit Dogg right between the eyes. The chair flew a good 10 feet in the air after it ricocheted off Dogg’s face. 1-2-3. It’s usually a lame finish, but Dogg really put some mustard on the chair swing. Eddie Rich introduced the newly crowned NWA Anarchy Television Champion, Brandon Phoenix. Phoenix was dressed in all black. Phoenix said NWA Anarchy showed no gratitude for all he had done for the company, and to add insult to injury, he was barred from building upon his return. The man formerly known as Brandon P, was now Phoenix, risen from the ashes, a real TV champion, not some skinny, punk kid that needed to go back to wrestling school. Enter Adrian Hawkins to an amazing pop. Phoenix said Hawkins fit the description of a skinny punk and told him to get out of his ring. Hawkins was feeling froggy. That did a pull apart that ended up with three refs holding Hawkins back. “That kid’s crazy. If you wanted a title match, all you had to do was ask.” Phoenix said he would take Hawkins out right now if the refs weren’t holding him back. (3) Onyx (with Jeff G. Bailey) submitted Salvatore Rinauro with a full nelson at 8:05 Rinauro is way over now that he’s been back on a regular basis. Nice opening spot where Rinauro clotheslined Onyx over the top and hung on for a skin the cat. Onyx called it crap and shoved Rinauro to the mat. While Onyx destroyed Rinauro, Bailey bragged about his $600 Gucci loafers. Onyx hit a stalling suplex and hammered Rinauro with crossface forearms. The crowd chanted “Sal, Sal, Sal.” Rinauro attempted a twisting crossbody. “I got him,” Onyx assured Bailey. Apparently not, as Rinauro turned it into tornado DDT. Rinauro hit a variation of the RKO for a near fall. Rinauro started to climb. Bailey shook the ropes, but Rinauro was wise to it. That was refreshing. Rinauro was ready to clock Bailey when Onyx saved the day with the full nelson. Rinauro had enough in the tank to prevent his arm from dropping the third time. But Onyx kept the pressure on and Rinauro lapsed into unconsciousness. That made it two consecutive submission wins over Rinauro with the full nelson. (4) Alabama Attitude (Adam Roberts & T. C. Carnage) & Jason Blackman beat The Guys (Patrick Bentley & Seth Delay) & Austin Creed in 16:27 The shrieking for Guys’ entrance was intense. Typical opening with each babyface getting a moment in the spotlight. No true heat spot to turn the tide. The heels just started beating on Creed. Blackman totally no sold Creed’s comeback attempt and powerbombed his ass. Then they beat on Delay. Delay took a 450 bump off a double backdrop. Blackman gave Delay the Whirlybird. Delay was great as the face-in-peril. Roberts hit an inverted suplex for a near fall. Blackman used the old Suicidal Tendencies foot tag. Delay and Carnage did a nice sequence to set up the Kool Krusher. Hot tag to Bentley. Or so I thought. Roberts immediately incapacitated Bentley with a fireman’s carry backbreaker. The crowd almost gave up on the face side here, but they rallied with a chant of “let’s go Patrick.” Patrick responded with a push up X factor. Creed got the hot the tag. Blackman went for a bicycle kick and hit Roberts, but Carnage broke up the pin with a guillotine legdrop. It awkwardly broke down to six-way action. Creed went into Apollo mode, but Blackman cut off his splits haymaker and wasted him with a spinebuster from Hell to score the pinfall. Attitude whipped Guys with leather belts in the postmatch until Creed made the save. The babyfaces were made to look pretty impotent in this match. I’m sure some of the heel heat will be edited for TV. 10-12 minutes would have been plenty long enough for the live crowd. The second hour opened with Attorney/Agent Jeff G. Bailey introducing Jeff Lewis as the newest member of the NWA Elite. Bailey explained the absence of Mikal Adryan by saying that he was in Puerto Rico on Elite business. Bailey said that when Lewis pinned Parham clean in the middle with the Final Curtain, the first time Parham had been pinned in 6 months, he knew “The Feature Presentation” was ready for Elite status. Bailey said Lewis was the number one contender and future champion, and Parham was a “syphilitic slit” that had infected Anarchy with his nauseating aura. Bailey said Jimmy Rave had disappointed him in the past but he would make a better champion than Parham. Lewis said that by combining the two most devious minds in Anarchy history (no argument there), no one was going to be able to stop the Elite. Lewis said the Final Curtain would be lowered on the winner or Parham/Rave. (5) Chad Parham beat Jimmy Rave to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight title in 39:13 “The International Superstar” was greeted with a few rolls of toilet paper. It never ceases to amaze me what an awesome old school heel Rave has become. He gets the most out of everything he does, and went it comes time for the key spots, he delivers bigtime. Parham showed that he was Rave’s equal and elevated his stature as champion to a new level. Rave did a marathon Zbysko stall until the crowd was itching to see him take a beating. The chants progressed from “you suck” to “sissy boy” to “chicken####.” Rave bailed out numerous times. I stopped counting after seven. At 13 minutes in, Parham suplexed Rave to the floor. It came out of nowhere and I’ve never that dangerous spot done better. Lewis ran out and rammed Parham’s head into the post. Parham got up with blood streaming down his face. Back inside the ring, Rave seized the opportunity to unleash a vicious attack on Parham. Rave tore off one of the turnbuckle pads to expose the metal. Rave hit a Rude Awakening for a near fall. Parham started tagging Rave with big right hands. The crowd chanted for the champion. Parham hit a back suplex and roundhouse kick the head. Both down. Parham hooked the leg for a two count. Parham went for the Texas Cloverleaf. Bailey came to ringside to distract the ref. Onyx hit the ring with the Blackout on Parham. But Rinauro came out and grabbed ref Brent Wiley. Rinauro popped Bailey, who took a great bump off the apron. Rave covered and Parham kicked out just before the three count. Rave sent Parham out of the ring a wicked spear. Rave delivered a series of headbutts. Rave chopped Parham over the rail. They battled in the crowd, something that rarely happens here, and the heat reached another level. Back inside, Parham went down face first and the crowd heaped heat on Rave. Parham fired back with gutshots. Rave bit Parham’s forehead. Parham ducked and Rave ran headlong into the exposed turnbuckle. Alabama Attitude came out ringside, but Guys chased Attitude and Bailey to the back with leather belts. Rave was bleeding heavily as he tried to stagger up the ramp. Parham choked him with a cable. Parham beat the bejeezus out of Rave and popped the crowd with a shot into the rail. Parham hit a slingshot senton to Rave’s back for one near fall and landed two big right hand for another. Parham’s hands were covered in Rave’s blood. Out of nowhere, Rave hit a gutbuster to set up a DDT. Parham kicked out of the delayed cover. 30 minutes gone and both men looked exhausted. It was steaming in that building, which only added to the sizzling hot atmosphere. Rave hit the Last Rites but Parham got a foot on the ropes. Parham landed a series of stiff chops. Rave stood on Parham’s hair and pulled his arms, like it was a women’s match. Parham ducked a high knee and Rave tumbled over the top rope. Parham hit a barrel-roll pescado. Parham went to the top, but Rave cut him off with a major league superplex. Nobody was getting up. Attitude, Lewis and Bailey came back out to second Rave. Todd Sexton and Three Guys came out to support Parham and started pounding on the mat. The crowd was on their feet for the remainder of the match. Rave spit in Parham’s face. Parham potatoed Rave bigtime with a right hand. Parham leveled Rave with an enzuigiri from the apron and hit a cannonball senton. Rave kicked out at the last split second for a great near fall. Parham hit the top rope double stomp. Parham tried for the Cloverleaf, but Rave kicked him off. Rave got an inside cradle for two. Rave hit the Doppler Effect/running knee and Parham kicked out just before the three. Rave hit Ghanarhea and Parham kicked out again for another awesome near fall. Rave rolled Parham up with his feet on the ropes. Parham kicked out and rolled Rave up for the pin. Standing ovation for an awesome match. Guys and Sexton entered the ring to congratulate Parham. The crowd applauded Rave for his efforts as well. There are no losers in a match like this. After giving props to Parham, Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer had a message for the Rejects. Palmer said it looked like Team Anarchy had been dismantled by the Rejects, but they would be ready for the War Games at Hostile Environment. The lights went out. When the lights came on, Palmer found was confronted by the presence of all five of the Rejects. The lights went out again. Lights on and the crowd exploded when they saw Ace Rockwell, Slim J and UAS at Palmer’s side. J had a giant-sized patch over the eye that Azrael “burned beyond recognition” two weeks ago. Team Anarchy cleared the ring of all of the Rejects save Iceberg, who was nose-to-nose with Palmer. Palmer blasted Berg with a Tony Atlas soup bone that sent him out of the ring. The crowd went nuts. Team Anarchy celebrated long and loud to close the show. NOTES: This was the third week that Anarchy has aired on local television. An Anarchy official said the response from viewers has been excellent…Jackson was philosophical about Sonny Siaki and Eric Perez using the Urban Assault name in Deep South. Nemesis not so much…The Azrael/Slim J match from 6/15 was said to have been outstandingly stiff. J came out of it with a concussion while Azrael had a busted nose, typical of what happens anytime those two get together… Manny Fernandez was originally booked against Thunder, but he cancelled a few days prior to the show due to physical problems…The Trampoline Wrestling Association moved in across the street from the NWA Arena. Tank and Iceberg paid them a friendly visit after the show…Mikal Adryan debuted with IWA Puerto Rico this weekend as the monster heel Michael Judas…Rave is one of the ROH contingent headed to Japan for Dragon Gate. Rave will then tour Great Britain for a week…Krazy K and Dexter Poindexter return on 7/15… Tickets are now on sale for Hostile Enviroment ’06 on 7/22 featuring the War Games. |
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