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| December 16, 2006
For NWA Anarchy’s final show leading to Season’s Beatings, the booking braintrust in Cornelia boldly went where it had never gone before. For some major shows, they have been guilty of peaking too soon or giving the fans too much. Neither was the case this time around. It takes guts to book a show with only three matches. That, and supreme confidence in your storylines and the talking ability of the performers. The risk was richly rewarded, as Anarchy goes into their holiday extravaganza with main event momentum surrounding no less than four matches. The most newsworthy item was the United States and NWA Arena debut of the Mikael Judas character. With 6 months of main-eventing in Puerto Rico under his belt, Judas is on entirely different level from the former Mikal Adryan that left Anarchy. It's an awesome gimmick, a fully-realized monster gothic priest. There was never a question when it came to size and athletic ability, and he’s added defintion and power. Judas is scheduled to return to IWA in January. I won't be surprised if TNA or WWE has him under contract before that ever comes to pass. With the addition of Judas and “International Superstar” Jimmy Rave to A. J. Styles’ first match for NWA Anarchy (his first match in the state of Georgia since March 2005?), Season’s Beatings has the most starpower of any Anarchy show to date. The festivities opened with a Wrestle Vision segment. Mikki Free entered the building without his partner, Jason Justice and asked Jerry Palmer to be the voice of reason in a meeting with Urban Assault Squad. Free told UAS he wanted settle it one-on-one. “I know how they do,” said Free. Nemesis took exception to that comment. Palmer ordered them to stick to the facts. Palmer booked a match with one member of UAS in the ring, while the other member would have to stay in the back. (1) Jeremy Vain won the Bill Behrens Special, a 13 Mega Rumble to determine A. J. Styles’ opponent at Season’s Beatings (30:27) Austin Creed started it out with Shatter. A new wrestler being added to the mix at 2 minute intervals. Creed hit the Monte Fisto (James Brown splits haymaker) as Brodie Chase was introduced as contestant number three. Chase and Shatter beat on Creed, but they couldn’t get along, and Creed mounted a comeback. Creed’s partner, Hayden Young entered the match with an amazing springboard double lariat. The trajectory was such that he almost split his wig on the landing. Shatter was the first to go at 4:45. Creed and Young worked over Chase. Adam Roberts was next. Creed greeted him with a bulldog. The babyface team resumed control, but Roberts and Chase turned the tables on an attempted Irish whip sandwich. Chase drove Creed off the apron with a boot to the face at 7:53. Adrian Hawkins was entrant number six. Jeremy Vain was number seven. The pace slowed here, as they focused solely on trying to dump guys out. Logical but not very entertaining. Chase backdropped a charging Young over the top at 11:44. It was three heels against Hawkins. T. C. Carnage was next in. Carnage hit a fallaway slam on Vain. Roberts begged Carnage for his stinking life and eliminated himself to avoid the wrath of his former partner at 12:36. Jason Blackman was next with Roberts spurring him on. The bleacher dwellers popped when babyface Hawkins was eliminated at 14:43. Carnage held the heels at bay, one against three. A reinforcement came in the form of entrant number seven, T. J. Mack. Vain escaped from Mack’s 619. Vain stayed out of harm’s way at ringside. Brandon Phoenix was next. Vain liked those odds and rejoined the action to make it 4 on 2. Roberts came out to taunt Carnage. Blackman capitalized by dumping Carnage at 19:15. That left T. J. against four heels. Chase tried to light a fire under Phoenix. “Krazy K” Kirby Mack was next. Team Macktion sprung into action with some cool double teams. Patrick Bentley was contestant number 12. Bentley put Blackman over the top with a lariat at 22:30 to even up the odds. Macktion hit a tandem neckbreaker on Phoenix. T. J. saved his brother from elimination. Chad Parham was the final participant. Fans started a “Chad’s a f#ggot” chant. Parham choked K with his shirt. Bentley eliminated Phoenix with a lariat at 25:05 and did that ever look weak. Parham DESTROYED T. J with a jumping piledriver and dumped his limp body over the top rope at 25:28. K hit his springboard snap kick on Vain. Parham landed the chop of the night on Bentley. K went for his headstand on the top turnbuckle, and Parham met him with a dropkick to the face for the most spectacular elimination of the match at 27:27. It was down to Parham, Vain, and Bentley. The heels doubled on Bentley. Fans chanted “Chad’s my hero”, when Parham hit a 15 count stalling suplex. Bentley came back with a tornado DDT on Parham, clipping Vain with a kick in the process. Bentley laid out both heels, Parham with the spring action kick and Vain with the Full Articulation (wheelbarrow snap victory roll), so it looks like they have big plans for him. Match had a great swerve finish. The timing was spot on. Based on previous events, most fans (including me) expected Parham to win. Parham tried to toss Bentley out. Bentley skinned the cat. Parham moved in for the kill, but Bentley ducked and clotheslined Parham over the top. Vain immediately snuck up behind Bentley and dumped him over. Parham was fixing to throw a fit. He called out Palmer. As the video package played, Parham complained that he had already seen it 100 times. Parham demanded to be put in the main event at Season’s Beatings. Palmer asked Parham what more did he want? After all, he drew the last number in the Rumble. Palmer offered Parham the main event slot at Season’s Beatings and a and sweetened the pot with a guaranteed title shot. Parham was still whining but he accepted. Todd Sexton hit the ring. Sexton teased a piledriver on Parham. Parham ran like hell. The crowd popped for the announcement of Parham vs. Sexton at Season’s Beatings. Sexton’s first appearance in front of the fans since taking a sick piledriver from Parham at Fright Night got a great response. Slim J came out and cut the promo of his life to open the second hour. Knocked it out of the freaking park. It made me want to see the match, and that’s what it’s all about, right? His promo was doubly impressive because he hasn’t done much live mic work. J said that after Salvatore Rinauro busted him open with a champagne bottle and made him bleed, it was on at Season’s Beatings. A video from Rinauro was shown on the big screen. This was Rinauro at his egomaniacal best. Rinauro said it was nothing personal against J. Rinauro gave his version of Anarchy history. Rinauro said all hope was lost for wrestling in Cornelia when the doors closed on NWA Wildside, and he was the one man that did something. Rinauro said it was he that reopened the building so guys could train. He was the one that found Jerry Palmer and said, “Here’s pro wrestling, now you can do something with your life.” Rinauro said Anarchy was all because of him and yet, he gets no respect. Rinauro said there would be no more BS, because he deserved respect. Rinauro said if wasn’t at ROH (FIP actually) he would beat J down. J said Rinauro was just jealous. A fan yelled something about ROH. J fired back that he got to ROH before Rinauro (true). Said that Sal was in his shadows. J promised to break Rinauro. “You’re going to get an example of what I am, and what I’ve been through.” J said it became personal to him when Rinauro when he hit him with the bottle and came for his NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title belt. “What you did is commit career suicide, BUHHH-STER.” (2) Ace Rockwell beat Truitt Fields to retain the NWA Anarchy TV Title in 10:48 Rockwell got his usual phenomenal pop. Rockwell smacked Fields in the head to make him lose his cool and caught him with a pair of arm drags. Rockwell sent Fields over the top with a lariat and threw in a little lucha sizzle. Fields responded with his power gam, a double underhook suplex for two and a snap suplex into a guillotine choke. Fans wasted no time getting behind Ace. Fields dedicated a basement dropkick to an “old lady” Rockwell rooter in the first row. Fields was getting a “steroid freak” chant. It’s been a while (WCW days?) since that one was used in Cornelia. Fields felled Rockwell with a Stinger splash of sorts. Both men down on mid air collision of high crossbodies. Rockwell did his mean face and made the comeback. But Rockwell missed on a Stinger splash of his own. Fields hit a Tazzplex for a long two count. The finish saw Rockwell fly from the top. Fields moved but Rockwell was able to land on his feet and catch his unsuspecting opponent with the Aces High. Eddie Rich announced Rockwell vs. Jimmy Rave for Season’s Beatings. (3) Mikki Free beat Shadow Jackson in 6:18 It was the first time I had seen Free in a singles match, and it was better than expected. The crowd treated it as babyface vs. babyface, with cheers for both men and not much negativity towards either one. Clean breaks to open. Free tried to use strength to make Jackson his b#tch. Jackson answered with a powerslam for a two count. Free ran away from Jackson’s bionic elbow. Jackson nailed Free with one, two, make that three bionic elbows. Free bailed out to unscramble his brains. Free mounted a comeback. Free hit a bigtime power move where he blocked a vertical suplex and countered with a body slam. Free worked on Jackson’s back. Free hit the Pounce. Just as Jackson rallied with a spinebuster, Nemesis came crawling down the ramp with blood dripping from his forehead. A fan surmised that Justice was in the building after all. Referee Harold James got distracted. Free clocked Jackson with a chain for the 1-2-3. Jackson was also busted open and left laying. Cool. Justice Served asks for fair and square and double crosses UAS, thus answering the question of who are the true heels in this thing. UAS weren’t about to let a few lumps and little blood get in the way of addressing their fans. Jackson said he had hoped they could settle their difference with Justice Served like men. “That’s what Anarchy is all about, right?” Jackson said he knew Scottie Wrenn was there (that’s what he called him). Jackson said UAS wanted Justice Served in Helen anyway they could get them. Nemesis said that Justice Served had tested their G for the last time. Palmer said the situation called for a special referee that will not and shall not be pushed around, and that referee would be JERRY PALMER at Season’s Beatings. More good stuff. Jeff G. Bailey entered the ring with Jeff Lewis and Onyx. Bailey said that “parasitic punk” Dan Wilson was riding high, because he had done what nobody had ever done by embarrassing the NWA Elite and leaving them laying. Bailey challenged the Rejects to try it again. Wilson lead Tempers and Azrael came out to do battle with the Elite. Tank ran in to swing the odds in the Rejects favor. The lights went out… The crowd popped when Judas appeared on the the big screen. Judas entered the ring. Judas gave Tempers the most devastating chokeslam in Anarchy history and sprayed red mist in Azrael’s face. Bailey said the Elite would destroy every last Reject Wilson could scrape up. Judas gave Azrael the Crucifijo, a Border Toss Caribbean Style that looked every bit as brutal as Hotstuff’s. Judas stabbed Tank’s forehead with a sharp instrument. The blood was flowing like a river. Wilson and the Reject were laid to waste. Bailey said the Rejects were doomed. “Death is imprinted upon you like an invisible birthmark.” Judas blasted Tempers and Azrael with chairshots. “Get Dan!” ordered Bailey. The Poodles were shreeking. It looked like Judas was going to crush Wilson skull legit, when Bailey called it off. “Who’s your God now, boy? I just saved you life.” Bailey told Wilson to kiss his ring. Bailey said that “scum sucking shaved egg” Iceberg would get his the next time. Judas gave Tempers the Crucifijo. Bailey growled about how beautiful the blood was. Bailey said it would be so easy to kill the Rejects here and now, but he wanted them to show up in Helen. Bailey’s parting words pretty well summed it up. “The NWA Elite, the most violent spectacle since the Christians were fed to the lions.” NOTES: Attendance was 125…The lineup for 12/30 Season’s Beatings at the Remember When Theater in Helen stacks up as follows: Sexton vs. Parham with Palmer as special ref, J vs. Rinauro for the heavyweight title, Styles vs. Vain, Wilson’s Rejects vs. Bailey’s Elite, UAS vs. Justice Served for the tag titles, Rockwell vs. Rave for the TV title, and a Tag Team Turmoil featuring Team Macktion, Young & Creed, Chase & Phoenix, Delay & Bentley, Blackman & Roberts and Hawkins & Carnage …Former NWA Wildside star, Jason Cross defeated Vordell Walker and A. J. Steele to become the first Dropkick Pro Wrestling champion on 12/9 in Macon…Steven Prazak subbed for John Johnson on color commentary…Blackman defeated Jackson to retain the APW championship at their Christmas Chaos show on 12/9. The tag match with Palmer & Free vs. Kevin Duncan & Rick Michaels with the ownership of NWA Anarchy and APW at stake ended as a double pin, so the issue won’t be resolved until their next show on 1/12. Rockwell retained the NWA Anarchy TV Title in a three-way over Hawkins and Tempers. Former Anarchy ref, Ryan Michaels defeated Corporal Punishment to claim the vacant Southern States Title...My unoffical 2006 Best Dressed in NWA Anarchy award goes to Team Macktion for their matching pinstriped suits...Best wishes to Onyx's wife Linda on her recovery. She came out of the inring mishap prior to Fright Night with a foot that was dislocated and broken in three places. It didn't even look like a foot in the photos from the hospital. |
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