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2007 SHOW REPORTS

September 25, 2007

All-Star Championship Wrestling returned to the VFW Fairgrounds in Carrollton, Georgia, Tuesday night with the third in their series of nostalgia-based shows.

Attendance was around 300 after drawing 500 in May and 700 in July, a drop that could be attributed to several factors. The advertising for this show came out late. Promoter Rock Parsons believed that the problems with the Ricky Morton/Bobby Eaton cage match (a last-minute makeshift cage) played a role in it.

The ASCW fans love their legends. They've got damn good stamina as well, as they stayed amazingly hot throughout a show than ran three and a half hours long.

Parsons addressed the crowd to open the show. He apologized for the problems with the cage match at the July show and ran down the list of legends that would be appearing. Tommy Rich got by far the loudest pop. Parsons announced that ASCW would have a 30 minute show on local television in the near future.

The show was taped for television with Parsons and Bobby Simmons doing most of the commentary. They were joined by various wrestlers for color commentary during the course of the evening.

Brad Armstrong beat Frankie Valentine in 4:35. Armstrong got a huge response and was in great shape as always. Armstrong won it with his signature Russian legsweep.

Armstrong was interviewed by Rock Parsons. They did the promo segments on the stage. Armstrong said Ricky Morton was scheduled to be his tag partner later in the show but he hadn’t seen him.

Chick Donovan submitted Billy Knight with the figure four leglock in 7:52. The crowd was very entertained by Donovan, although I’m not sure in the intended manner. Donovan worked heel but they cheered him anyway. Knight is a jobber type without babyface appeal. The Chickster took a flat back bump when Knight kicked him off his first attempt at the figure four. Donovan used thumb thrusts to the throat to set up the submission.

Masked Superstar cut a promo to set up the rubber match with Tommy Rich for the title. It was called the Southern Heavyweight Title here but later referred to as the National title. Superstar said it was his last chance, so Rich better be at 150%.

Parsons interviewed Jimmy Golden, who was in the role of the humble babyface. Parsons noted that Golden was dressed in his gear even though he wasn’t scheduled to wrestle. Golden said a carpenter never goes to work without his tools.

The introduction of Brad Thomas got a pop. Thomas, who is undefeated in ASCW, said it was the people that made him a winner.

Brad Thomas beat Dillon Eaton in 6:32. Thomas is the real deal as a throwback southern style babyface. He’s trained by Ricky Morton and cut from the same cloth. In great shape, very athletic and very over. I hadn’t seen Dillon (son of Bobby) since a Les Thatcher show about 18 months ago. His work looked about the same. Dillon missed with the Alabama Jam. Thomas got the pin with springboard flying bodypress. Dillon was a sore loser. Thomas was making his save until he got jumped by Beautiful Bobby and Scotty McKeever. They raised Dillon’s hand. Ken Timbs Jr. and Billy Knight made the save.

Intermission with Armstrong and Thomas out doing autographs.

Tommy Rich beat Pretty Boy Floyd in 4:50. I don’t make a habit of dogging legends, but Rich’s gut was obscene. He badly needs some different gear. This crowd loved him anyway. Rich rolled Floyd up after a missed charging elbow.

Doug Somers beat Ken Timbs Jr. in 12:22. Indeed, this was the same Doug Somers that held the AWA tag titles with Buddy Rose back in 1986. He didn’t look all that different except for being so much bigger around the middle, but he never had the chiseled physique to begin with. And the guy can still work. Timbs worked for GCW in Columbus among others. He’s got good size. Timbs dominated the bulk of the match until Somers rammed him into the post and pinned him with a piledriver.

Greg Valentine promo. He talked about his undying passion for wrestling.

Rich promo. He referred to Superstar as “Superstar Bill Eadie.” Rich said he had the home field advantage. No doubt about that. Rich used the same line about Georgia peaches that goes back to at least 1978.

Scotty McKeever (w/ Dillon Eaton) beat Frankie Valentine in 5:19. There was heat on McKeever after what happened to Thomas. McKeever started here under a hood as The Arsenal but was unmasked on the July show. Valentine was the babyface by default after working heel in the opener. Dillon punched Valentine behind the ref’s back to set up him for McKeever’s swinging neckbreaker.

Tommy Rich beat Superstar via DQ in 7:19 to retain the National Heavyweight Title. Superstar wasn’t having much success, so he loaded up the mask. But Rich moved and Superstar headbutted the turnbuckle. Bobby Eaton jumped Rich to make it two on one. Thomas hit the ring and got tossed out. Armstrong evened the odds. Greg Valentine hit the ring to make it 3 on 2. Jake Roberts joined Armstrong and Rich to clear the ring. The crowd was really hot for the post match.

They announced a six man Bar Room Brawl for the return date on November 8: Rich & Armstrong & Roberts vs. Superstar & Valentine & Eaton. Superstar said he was going to stuff the snake down Roberts’ throat. Roberts got heated. Rich said Roberts didn’t even like his own daddy.

Greg Valentine beat Chick Donovan in 5:30. This wasn’t as bad as I feared after seeing Valentine’s “run-in.” They traded roll ups before Valentine pinned Donovan using the tights.

Doug Somers beat Billy Knight in 2:50. Timbs came to ringside. He complained to the ref about Somers’ tactics. Somers capitalized on the distraction by using a foreign object to get the pin. The finish made Timbs look like a dummy.

Brad Thomas beat Pretty Boy Floyd in 6:10. From an athletic standpoint, this was probably the most competitive match of the evening. Floyd has been a regular at Deep South since Joe Hamilton started running shows again. Thomas scored the pin with a James Brown splits into a haymaker.

Golden did another interview stating that he was available to wrestle. Roberts came for an interview, and Golden accused of horning in on his time and morphed into Bunkhouse Buck. Roberts was perplexed by Golden’s attitude. Golden said what happens wasn’t his fault.

Jake Roberts vs. Bunkhouse Buck ended as a double DQ at 9:15. Golden is in incredible shape for a guy that started wrestling in 1969. Fans chanted for the snake. Roberts went for the DDT but Buck slipped away. Jake ate a knee and got knocked for a loop. Buck took over with a long sleeper hold. Jake made the comeback with a short arm clothesline and went for the DDT, but Buck hooked the ropes to block it. Buck then pinned Roberts with his feet on the ropes. Ref Spanky Emerson hit the ring to tell the first ref Buck cheated. Roberts pulled out the snake. Spanky got decked and the snake ended up slithering over his body.

Armstrong came out alone at first and then brought out The Bullet as his partner.

Bobby Eaton & Scotty McKeever (w/ Dillon Eaton) beat Brad Armstrong & The Bullet in 10:07. Bobby teased a foreign object at the start. Brad took the heat. Bullet made the comeback. Dillon got involved, and Bobby used a loaded kneepad on Bullet to get the 1-2-3.

Notables in the house included Ted Allen, legendary referee Charlie Smith, Juanita Timbs, Scrappy McGowan, and his son Jeff. Another of Ken Timbs’ sons is wrestling at Ohio State University.