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2008 SHOW REPORTS

March 1, 2008

NWA Anarchy made it two in a row with another outstanding television taping last night in Cornelia. The product could not be much hotter as the company heads into Hardcore Hell on March 22.

The building was packed – 240. The mega heat and awesome atmosphere were back full force.

Los Luchas no showed, thus depriving the NWA Arena of hosting its first NWA world tag team title match since Heavenly Bodies defended against Bad Attitude (David Young & Rick Michaels) in 2001. It mattered not. Let’s just say that match was not heavily promoted.

The draw was the familiar cast of characters in a series of fresh match ups. It’s a tribute to the creative process at Anarchy that they managed to fit 37 pieces of talent into two hours of television, and have virtually all of them play meaningful roles. What’s more, the story of the three big men – Shatter, Judas and Iceberg - battling for the heavyweight prize has been one of their best ever.

This was an economical show. None of the matches went over more than 10 minutes. Going longer would have only diluted the stories they were telling.

Bill Behrens opened the show with a 10 bell salute honoring Johnny Weaver and long-time television sponsor Paul C. Parker. Behrens said the building would be renamed in his honor through Hardcore Hell.

(1) Todd Sexton made Chip Day tap with a single leg crab at 5:22. The match was fine except the crowd wasn’t excited about Day as a babyface. Most of the people wanted to see Sexton kick his ass, and he pretty much did. The crowd popped when Sexton superkicked Day through the ropes. Sexton countered a flying crucifix with a Finlay Roll. Day used Whisper in the Wind for the double down spot and hit a top rope huracanrana for a good near fall. Sexton applied the submission and really sat down on that sucker.

Wes Grissom hit the ring when Sexton refused to break the hold. Sexton slapped the single leg crab on Grissom. Regular Guys made the save, or so it appeared. Sexton signaled Guys to sick ‘em, and they laid Day and Grissom to waste.

Nemesis disrupted the announcement about NWA tag team title match. He had tear painted on his mask for Shadow. Nemesis called out Slim J. He didn’t have to ask twice. Slimmy jumped down his b**** ass throat. Nemesis bumped to the outside. They brawled around the ring with the crowd going nuts. It’s simply amazing how these pull aparts involving Nemesis work time and time again. Nemesis reversed a whip and sent J flying into the ringsteps. They were windmilling each other with punches when Behrens called for security. Behrens told them to stop or else. Behrens said if they so much as touched before Hardcore Hell, the offender would be banished from Anarchy FOREVER.

Behrens said NWA Executive Director Bob Trobich took full responsibility for Los Luchas failure to appear (for whatever that was worth). David Young and Adam Jacobs received a warm welcome back to the NWA Arena. David said when he was a world champion he always showed up. Hollywood Brunettes came out. Alexander said Young and Jacobs were has beens and Brunettes were the superstars. That lead to…

(2) David Young & Adam Jacobs beat Hollywood Brunettes (Andrew Alexander & Kyle Matthews) in 10:09 after interference by Talent & Money. Brunettes were bumping like mad. Jacobs did a basement dropkick with Alexander hung in the tree of woe, and Brunettes ended up in a very gay north-south position. Jacobs’ offense was good but David’s stuff looked great. He did a one against two sequence that was killer. Brunettes took over with a Codebreaker/Backstabber combo on David. J. T. Talent and Andrew Pendleton came to ringside. Alexander got distracted and David schoolboyed him for two. Morton Roll and David hot-tagged Jacobs. Finish saw Brunettes go for a double lariat, but T & M pulled Alexander out. David drilled Matthews with his patented spinebuster and Jacobs pinned him after the Bulldog Jam (guillotine legdrop).

(3)Iceberg (with Reverend Dan Wilson) beat Hayden Young in 6:54. Terrific job by both men in telling the story and playing their respective roles. Try as he might, Hayden couldn’t make a dent in Iceberg standing. He tried to go aerial and paid dearly for it. Iceberg gave Hayden the heave ho over the top rope with a fallaway slam. Insane bump but he was semi-Ok. Iceberg destroyed what was left of Young’s back. He hit a belly to belly suplex and made a reclining cover. Hayden avoided Iceberg’s massive cannonball splash corner splash and got a ray of hope. Hayden finally put Iceberg down with an enzuigiri. Iceberg went down like a giant redwood. Hayden went to the top. Wilson upended him and Iceberg squashed him with the Ground Zero Splash. Hayden sold the finish like he was breathing his last breaths.

“The Feature Presentation” Jeff Lewis addressed the crowd about his future. He was wearing this drab, ratty looking overcoat and drinking out of a Styrofoam cup, so he better be going heel. Lewis mentioned his credentials (former NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion and two-time TV champ) and said this was going to be a sequel. Maybe not the best choice of words. A fan pointed out that sequels usually suck.

(4) Shatter (with Jeff G. Bailey) beat Austin Creed in a non-title match (9:26). It was advertised as a title match but Greg Hunter said otherwise during the introductions. Shatter looks amazing. That’s a WWE body if I ever saw one. He’s also honed his offense to where every move looks big league. Creed held his own against the champ with chain wrestling. Creed took a bump into the rail after distraction by Bailey. Shatter went to work on Creed’s shoulder starting with a hammerlock slam. Shatter slugged Creed right in the face for a near fall. Russian legsweep for another near fall. A missile dropkick by Creed left both men down. HUGE backdrop by Creed. He connected with the Montefisto, but Bailey Shatter’s foot on the ropes. Moments later, Shatter crushed Creed with the PTSD powerbomb for the pinfall.

Bailey said Hardcore Hell would be just another search and destroy mission for “the man with a heart of napalm.” Bailey accused NWA Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer of setting Shatter up for failure with another three-way match. Bailey said been there, done that, wasn’t happening. Shatter would face only one opponent at Hardcore Hell. Bailey then issued a challenge to the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Adam Pearce. Bailey called Shatter a hero, a god, and a legend and said the fans were the luckiest people in the world to be in his presence.

(5) Jeremy Vain & Rob Adonis beat Sal Rinauro & Seth Delay in 9:21. Vain was showing off the cowboy boot he used to bust Palmer up two weeks ago. Terrific pop for the reuniting of G-Rated. They busted out one of the old G-Rated combo moves. The babyface shine built to a display of swivel hips that popped the crowd and aggravated the hell out of Vain. Rinauro assisted Delay with a vault over the top onto Vain and Adonis. But Adonis rammed Delay’s face into the apron to get heat on him. Delay did that amazing 360 bump off an Adonis backdrop. Adonis used the claw. Vain crotched himself on a missed VKO. Great spot. Rinauro ran wild. Rinauro and Delay hit a Russian legsweep/blockbuster combo for old time’s sake. Delay went up for his finisher. While the ref was chasing Rinauro out, Adonis clocked Delay with the cowboy boot and Vain pinned him. Another very good match.

Palmer addressed Vain and Adonis via the WrestleVision. Palmer tried to temper his rage. Palmer said he had used the wrong approach by asking others for help, although he never claimed to be a wrestler. “That’s for d**n sure,” said Vain. Palmer said on 3/15, it would be Adonis vs. an opponent of Palmer’s choosing. If Adonis won, Palmer would have face Vain with Adonis in his corner. But if Palmer’s guy won, Adonis would be handcuffed to the ringpost, and Palmer would get Vain IN A BUNKHOUSE MATCH. Palmer went crazy. He got within inches of the camera and bashed himself in the head with a cowbell. Palmer said he didn’t care about the GAEC or the NWA, he was going to leave Vain bloody.

(6) Jesse Emerson beat Don Matthews (with Brodie Chase) via count out at 6:11. Emerson has the physical tools. He’s also devoid of any semblance of a personality. Melissa Coates came to ringside in a hot dominatrix outfit. All she needed was the whip. Matthews started showing off for Melissa, and she seemed to be appreciating his efforts. Matthew hit the BFK and mocked Chase, who cried gimmick infringement. Matthews then dropped Emerson on his head with a sick Northern Lights Bomb. Meanwhile, Chase started hitting on Melissa. Matthews jumped in the middle of it and got counted out. Chase told Matthews he was just trying to make amends. Chase planted one on Melissa and she smacked his face.

On the WrestleVision, we saw Brunettes cut a deal with Talent and Money. Alexander said they should work together to take care of New Wave and Skater Boy and tell Billy to Buck off, because they were the only two teams worthy of the number one contender spot. T & M agreed to it. Cut to a close up Brunettes exchanging a knowing glance.

(7) New Wave (Derrik Driver & Steven Walters) vs. Billy Buck & Chris King ended as a no contest when all four competitors were attacked by Brunettes and Talent & Money. New Wave got the better pop. Driver’s work looked a cut above the other three. The heels attacked and referee Harold James called for the bell at 2:43. Brunettes brought an 8 foot ladder into ring. They turned on T& M and left all six guys laying with ladder shots. Brunettes posed at the top of the ladder, so it looks like a four way ladder match at Hardcore Hell.

(8)Truitt Fields pinned Shaun Tempers (with Reverend Dan Wilson) with the Killing Fields to retain the NWA Anarchy TV Title (8:48). This was a fight. At 1:30, Wilson interfered and Tempers caught Fields with a hangman neckbreaker. Huge “Truitt” chant as Fields fought up from a cobra camel clutch. Wilson cackled with glee when Tempers took Fields down again. Great backslide hope spot here. Tempers missed a top rope kneedrop. They swapped forearms. Both men tumbled out of the ring after a collision of shoulder tackles. Behrens gave a “two minutes to go” call. They traded excellent back and forth near falls before Fields scored a decisive pin with his version of the Rockbottom.

Azarel attacked Fields. Tempers and Fields set up the Hellhammer. The lights went out and Mikal Judas appeared. He choke slammed Tempers and starting beating on Azrael. Segue to…

(9) Mikal Judas beat Azrael (with Wilson) via DQ when he was attacked by Tempers & Berg (5:19). Stiff s***. Judas in full control until Azrael caused him to miss coming off the top. Azrael went for a choke out. Azrael busted out a corner dropkick. They blasted each other with stiff punches. Judas went down. Azrael moved in for the kill but Judas reached up and goozled him for the chokeslam. Azrael blocked nicely with a back elbow. Judas smoked Azrael with the Mafia Kick. Judas had Azrael up for El Crucifijo when the other Rejects attacked him for the DQ.

Rejects rat packed Judas like mad. Iceberg gave him two Ground Zero splashes and clocked referee Brent Wiley just for the hell out it. Judas started to sit up and Iceberg put him down for good with a third Ground Zero. Lewis and Fields made the save. The lights went off and on. Poof! No Judas. Lewis made the turn with a swinging neckbreaker on Fields. He got the “Lewis sucks” chant to end the show.

NOTES: Along with the aforementioned Adonis vs. Palmer’s choice and Palmer/Vain stipulation match, the 3/15 show has Iceberg vs. Judas for the number one contender heavyweight contender spot…Los Luchas’ no show was attributed to a communication problem between Trobich and Luchas…SB 413, the bill that would substantially revise regulation of pro wrestling in Georgia, is still in the Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee of the Georgia Senate. According to Behrens, the current version is a significant improvement over the original bill. Behrens supports passage as the substitute version contains the rules proposed by the promoters’ advisory board. The objectionable stuff like the 5% tax, the requirement for ambulance and EMTs have been eliminated…Shatter will be the guest on the 3/22 edition of Peach State Pandemonium.