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2008 SHOW REPORTS

May 31, 2008

NWA Anarchy ran a special fanfest/fan appreciation show Saturday at the NWA Arena. A good time was had by all during an afternoon of fun and frolic that included a heel dunk tank, barbecue, and a series of fan Q & A sessions.

Then, it was time for the main attraction, as a packed NWA Arena with 275 in attendance (at half-price) provided ear-splitting pops and killer heat throughout the evening.

Anarchy successfully walked a fine line last night – they gave the fans an excellent show, and they gave them just enough. The Anarchy creative team has really outdone themselves of late. The crew continues to make strides with their professionalism and overall execution in the ring.

NWA Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer opened the show. He noted that Ace Rockwell’s brother, Jordan was in attendance. Palmer informed the crowd that Katie Stephens, the seven year-old girl for whom the Fanfest raised money, was no longer in a coma. Palmer congratulated the crowd for beating the stereotype of pro wrestling fans by making a difference in someone’s life. When all is said and done, a minimum of $2500 was raised for the Stephens family. Angie Roach was introduced. Roach is a Hall County Firefighter who suffered burns on 35% of her body when she fell through a floor into a burning basement while fighting a house fire last August. NWA Anarchy raised money for her family last fall. Roach thanks the Anarchy fans for their financial and emotional support, and presented Palmer with a check for $250 for the Stephens family. They don’t call it the Church of Southern Wrestling for nothing With that, Palmer told the fan to fasten their seatbelts because they were in for one crazy ride.

(1) Bo Newsom beat Andrew Pendleton and Jay Clinton in a triple threat match by pinning Clinton at 4:22. For a teenage rookie yet to win his first match in Anarchy, Newsom got a very healthy pop. He reminds me of Bobby Eaton’s son, Dylan. He’s got enough height to where he can fill out to be a pretty good sized guy. The heels attacked Newsom, who made a fiery one- on-two comeback before succumbing to the odds. The crowd was right there with the “let’s go Bo” chant. It quickly degenerated into a game of one up-manship between the heels. Newsom hit a tornado DDT on Pendleton, but Clinton broke up the pin and hit an exploder suplex on Bo. Pendleton then hit a hammerlock something or other to lay Clinton out. Finish saw Newsom dump Pendleton off the top and hit a corkscrew moonsault on Clinton. Good opener. It worked as far as elevating Newsom’s stature. He showed good fire and his big finisher was right on the money.

Kimo destroyed all three guys after the match. Bailey said "welcome to reality." The refs surrounded the ring. Bailey was finally able to get Kimo under control by putting he mask back on him.

(2) Jeff Lewis & Brodie Chase & Melissa Coates & Hollywood Brunettes (Andrew Alexander & Kyle Matthews) & The Technicians (Bob E & Tyler Smith) beat Don Matthews & Wild Bunch (Billy Buck & Chris King) & Wes Grissom & Chip Day & Adrian Hawkins & T.K. Cross in 14:24. Technicians eliminated Cross at just 1:35 into the match with a Hart Attack. Hawkins and his new Mohawk were eliminated with a facebuster at 2:31, so the face side was down two in a hurry. A tornado kick by Day followed by Grissom’s top rope splash took care of Smith at 4:53. But Bob E eliminated Grissom with a Northern Lights Bomb less than a minute later. King pinned Bob E with a rocker dropper at 7:22.Kyle nailed King with a wicked corner dropkick and got the three with a small package at 7:45, giving the heels had a 5-3 manpower advantage. Alexander pinned Day with a gutbuster at 8:17. Buck ran wild on the heels, but wouldn’t punch Coates. He did give her sore ass with an atomic drop, but Lewis, ever the wily opportunist, pinned Buck using the tights at 8:38. That left Don as the lone babyface against five heels. Don made short work of both of the Brunettes, Kyle with the Lariat at 10:40 and Alexander with a short-arm lariat at 10:56. Lewis pounced on Don. Chase made a blind tag to set Don up for a clubbering, but Don came back with the BFK on Lewis. Don cleaned house. Coates got DQed for kicking Don in the man region at 14 minutes. Chase pinned Don after a spinebuster/neckbreaker combo with Lewis. Mission accomplished. Don fought the good fight against insurmountable odds. The finish advanced the Chase/Melissa/Don story without playing it for comedy and kept Lewis strong.

(3) Iceberg (with The Reverend) beat Shatter (with Attorney Jeff G. Bailey) to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title in 12:43 after the Reverend interfered. Devil’s Rejects and Kimo were barred from ringside. The action quickly spilled to the outside. Crowd was split here. The first big move was Shatter giving Iceberg a hangman neckbreaker across the rail. Iceberg caught Shatter coming off the apron after he rolled back in the ring to break the count, but Shatter came right back with spinebuster on the hardwood floor. Iceberg crushed Shatter with a TKO onto the ringsteps. That drew a cackle of glee from the Reverend. At 5:45, the action moved back in the ring with Iceberg doing major damage. Shatter pulled a stick out of his boot and jabbed it into Iceberg’s neck. Why no DQ? Ref Brent Wiley must have been blind not to see it. A wrestling thing I guess. Iceberg applied a Crippler Crossface. Shatter was dire straits, so Bailey raked Berg’s eyes to break the hold. Shatter tried to put the 400+ pound Iceberg on his back. That wasn’t happening. They bill him at 450. He’s lost weight and gotten in better shape to where that’s nowhere close to the truth. Shatter hit a German suplex for a close near fall. Crowd thought that might have been it. Shatter went for the PTSD. No go. Iceberg hit the Air Raid Crash, but Shatter kicked out of his back cover. Shatter blocked a Ground Zero off the middle ropes and went for superplex. The Reverend grabbed Shatter’s leg and Iceberg landed on top for the three count. A good match. Not at the level of the Hardcore Hell match, but that one was a classic.

Intermission. The second half opened with a deal where Cody, the rescue dog, picked the winner of the drawing for Anarchy merchandise.

(4) Mikal Judas & Ace Rockwell & New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) beat Todd Sexton & Chad Parham & Jeremy Vain & Rob Adonis (with Seth Delay) in 14:42 when Rockwell pinned Sexton. Rockwell high-fived his brother before the match. The babyface side cleared the ring, and heels looked none too anxious to mix it up with them. The babyface shine built to the tag to Judas. Vain cowered. Sexton tagged Parham, who in turned tagged Adonis. Judas dispatched Adonis with a Saito suplex and a Mafia kick. Parham and Sexton escaped from Judas’ double goozle, but not his double suplex. Delay interfered to start bigtime heat on Driver. Adonis hit Vain with an enzuigiri when Driver ducked. Judas shoved Rockwell aside to take the hot tag. Judas no sold Sexton’s superkick and hit the double chokeslam on Parham and Sexton. Judas spit the red mist at Adonis. Vain ran out the front door with Judas in hot pursuit. Rockwell hit a bulldog on Sexton. Parham tried to break it up with a senton backsplash and landed on Sexton when Rockwell moved. Delay tried to interfere, and Palmer pulled him off the apron. Delay and Parham had evil intentions for Palmer. New Wave hit stereo pescados to take them out. Inside the ring, Rockwell blocked Sexton’s flying front kick and hit the Aces High for the pin and the monster pop. Another very good match. Judas looked indestructible. New Wave

Postmatch, Ace’s brother, Jordan was giving Sexton a hard time on his way out. Sexton hiptossed Jordan over the rail, dragged him into the ring, and applied the Sexton Stretch. Rockwell and Palmer made the save. Sexton came across as a lowlife, scumbag, sore loser of the highest order.

(5) Shadow Jackson & Slim J beat Devil’s Rejects (Azrael & Shaun Tempers with the Reverend) via DQ in 11:55 when Concrete Gorilla interfered. The crowd went absolutely berserk at the chance to have Jackson and J’s dorags as souvenirs. “Shadowmania” chants abound. Amazing. J and Azrael started with what was probably the best wrestling segment of the show. They simultaneously connected with high kicks for a double knockdown. J ended up taking the heat. There was a killer spot where Tempers countered a huracanrana with a big time powerbomb. Rejects pulled the no tag switch on ref D. L. Norris and then prevented Norris from seeing Jackson’s tag. They’ve avoided over using those spots in Anarchy, so they worked quite well. J hit a one-on-two 360 Ace crusher on Tempers. Not good, but good enough to get by with the crowd on fire. Jackson dumped Rejects and J flew from the top with a corkscrew plancha. Nemesis and Jay Fury came out of the shadows to attack J for the DQ.

They pulled off one hell of a roller coaster postmatch to send the fans home with a thrill. Jackson and J battled to the back with the Gorillas. Shatter and Kimo showed up and cleared Rejects out of the ring. The Reverend panicked and ran. Bailey stole the belts. Iceberg came out. Bailey’s guys confronted Rejects and security intervened. Shadow and J battled their way back into the ring, leaving Concrete Gorillas on the outside with Devil’s Rejects and NWA Elite. The heels punked out the security force. Just when it looked like curtains for Shadow and J, the entire babyface side of the locker room filled the ring. Lights out-lights on- and poof! Judas was front and center towering over all the other babyfaces. Judas draped the tag title belts over the shoulders of Shadow and J. They hit Shadow’s “Ironman” music on the PA to close the show.

NOTES: NWA Anarchy returns to the NWA Arena in one week- 6/7 with Lewis & Chase vs. Don Matthews & Hayden Young, Sexton vs. Newsome, Big Time Playaz vs. Texas Treats, Vain & Adonis vs. Grissom & Day, Devil’s Rejects vs. New Wave, Hollywood Brunettes & Andrew Pendleton III vs. Malachi & Cross & Yoshi Hiroshima, Parham vs. Sal Rinauro and Fury vs. Jackson with Nemesis and Slim J handcuffed to the top turnbuckle…As part of the NWA Showcase/60th Anniversary show at Philips Arena on 6/7, it will be Shatter (with Bailey) vs. Iceberg (with Reverend vs. Judas for the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title...Ref Brent Wiley is booked for Philips…Congratulations to Chip Day and Kyle Matthews, who have been selected for the CHIKARA’s Young Lion’s Cup VI tournament to be held June 13-15 in Hellertown, Pa. The tournament is limited to wrestlers under the age of 25. Past winners include Larry Sweeney, Hallowicked, Arik Cannon and Chuck Taylor. …Adonis and Glacier (Ray Lloyd) just completed filming of a movie in Atlanta titled “Kerebos.” It is scheduled to open in January 2009…Matthews and J were playing horseshoes during the fanfest. Definitely not their forte…Heel commentator John Johnson was quite a site at the dunk tank in his purple bodysuit, bathing cap and water wings. Alexander complained that I never put him over, so I will: his stint at the dunk tank was highly entertaining.