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2008 SHOW REPORTS

September 6, 2008

Here’s what went down at the NWA Anarchy show Saturday night at NWA Television Arena in Cornelia.

Long story short – lots of content, excellent promos, several good to very good matches, but a couple of bad ones in key spots. Overall, it was one of Anarchy’s more average television tapings, not that it’s a problem at this point. They’re still in the transition from Hostile Environment, which put the wraps on several major storylines, to the set up for Fright Night and beyond. There are new people, people in new roles, and people being elevated.

The crowd of 175 was treated to a bit of preshow “Shadowmania,” as Shadow Jackson was the special guest for the Top Ropes Kids Club. Jackson hyped his heavyweight title challenge against Iceberg in the main event.

Bill Behrens opened with the announcement that Shatter would soon be in WWE. He mentioned the NWA Anarchy footage that recently aired on TNA.

They did a 10 bell salute to Killer Kowalski. Behrens educated the fans about Kowalski including the story about Kowalski accidentally tearing an ear off of Yukon Eric in a match.

Behrens introduced the father of NWA Anarchy, owner Jerry Palmer. His theme music is more appropriate than ever – “Riding the Storm Out.” Palmer said things were going much better on the home front with baby Griffin. He told the fans the most helpful thing they could do at this point would be to support Anarchy. Palmer introduced a man that lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and had evacuated New Orleans due to Gustav, Luke Hawx. He got the “welcome back” treatment. The feel good moment was disrupted by the arrival at ringside of Chad Parham and Seth Delay. Good back and for the mic work here. Parham said Hawx had a rep for hopping in his piece of crap car hoping for a no show so he could get a spot. Hawx said he had traveled the world and been on MTV and WWE. “What have you been doing?” Hawx said he was there to kick Parham’s ass and offered to be Ace Rockwell’s partner against Delay & Parham. Hawx said let’s do it now. Parham loosened his tie before chickening out.

(1) T.K. Cross beat Anthony Henry and Kareem Abdul Jamar and Chris Mayne and in 3:28.

The Royston (APW) roster was out in force tonight with Jamar, Henry and Mayne in this match and more to come. The crowd enjoyed the fast paced action. Jamar’s basketball came into play, as he used to block a blow by Henry. Round robin of big moves building to the finish. Jamar hit a reverse stunner on Cross. Mayne hit a flying knee on Jamar. Henry used a fishermanbuster on Mayne. Cross broke up the pin and hit a tiger suplex on Henry for the win. Big pop from the Bleacher Bums for Cross.

(2) Jeff Lewis & Jay Clinton beat Don Matthews & Bo Newsome in 7:06.

The flamboyant coupling of Lewis and Clinton made for highly entertaining ring entrance. Next to the main, this had the best heat of the first hour. Lots of love for Matthews and Newsome. Matthews drilled Clinton with the BFK early. Lewis dumped Newsome off the ropes as he was delivering the 10 punches on Clinton to start the heat. The heels did a number on Newsome’s leg. Newsome hit neckbreaker to set up a real deal hot tag. As Matthews was doing major house cleaning on Clinton, Lewis made a blind tag and rolled up the unsuspecting Matthews. This has become Lewis’ MO – using guile to win and take as little punishment as possible in the process.

The postmatch was well staged. Matthews smoked Clinton with the Lariat (third show in a row and Clinton still didn’t see it coming) and stormed up the ramp. Newsome got to do a solo exit selling his leg for babyface sympathy.

(3) Malachi beat Caleb Konley.

Lost my notes on this one. They had a solid match. Malachi got a good pop coming out, but the crowd wasn’t into this like they were the first two matches. There was this great timing spot, where Konley moved at the last split second to avoid a top rope move by Malachi. The finish was nice. Malachi had Konley mounted on his shoulder. Konley tried to spin into a huracanrana, and Malachi countered with a powerbomb.

Postmatch: Talent & Money (J. T. Talent & Drew Pendleton) got in Konley’s face for losing twice in a row. They ended up beating him down until Malachi made the save. So much for the sex in Talent & Money.

Greg Hunter interviewed the new NWA Anarchy Tag Team Champions, New Wave (Steven Walters & Derrick Driver). This was fine. You had two shy guys in the role of the humble babyfaces. Driver said they were ready to take on all comers. And there were plenty of them. Talent & Money, The Technicians, The Franchise, Big Time Playaz and Hollywood Brunettes all came to ringside. Behrens announced a tag team battle royal to thin the ranks. The winner would earn a title shot later in the show. Coming off of Devil’s Rejects and NWA Elite holding the tag titles, this cast of title challengers was sorely lacking for a top tier team.

(4) The Technicians (Bob E & Tyler Smith) beat Hollywood Brunettes (Kyle Matthews & Andrew Alexander) and Talent & Money (J.T. Talent & Drew Pendleton III) and The Franchise (Ryan Michaels & Matt Sells) and Big Time Playaz (Scott McKenzie & Danny Matthews) in a tag team Battle Royal to earn a shot at the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship. 6-7 minutes total time.

By definition, it was a cluster, but at least it was a spirited cluster. Franchise went out first. They were soon followed by the Playaz. Konley & Malachi distracted Talent & Money to them up for elimination. The two teams got into a whale of a brawl at ringside. Meanwhile, Brunettes eliminated the Technicians. Amazingly, not one of the four refs saw it because they were all trying to break up the brawl. Technicians threw the Brunettes out and were declared the winners.

(5) Truitt Fields beat Jeremy Vain (with Rob Adonis) to retain the NWA Anarchy TV Title in 7:54.

This was supposed to Adonis/Fields. Vain told Adonis he appreciated all the hard work two weeks ago when he wasn’t feeling to well (and Adonis took his place in the number one contender’s match against Hayden Young), but this was his shot. Vain got an armbar and started talking trash. A stellar offensive flurry by Fields squeezed the last ounce of cockiness out of Vain, but he managed to block the Killing Fields. Moments later, Fields speared the post, and the heat was on. Vain zeroed in on the shoulder with a divorce court. Strong chants for Fields here. Vain took the bump of the night – a 360 onto his face off a monkey flip. Comeback time with a gorilla press slam ala Lex Luger. Fields clutched at his damaged shoulder. Vain kicked out of an O’Connor Roll sending Fields out of the ring. Fields went for a slingshot sunset flip. Vain called for help from Adonis, but he was busy not paying attention, and Vain went down for the count. Vain gave Adonis a piece of his mind. Good match.

The Reverend came to ringside with Shaun Tempers, all jacked up minus the face paint. The Rev said Tempers was one half of the great tag team in Anarchy, but they had done all they could as a team, so it was time for a new agenda, that being Fields TV Title. Rev said Tempers was the best technical wrestler among the Rejects and he was going to do it honest with no crying. Rev said Tempers would work his way through the challengers, absorb all their knowledge, and he would be more than Fields could handle. A highly effective segment.

(6) Chad Parham & Seth Delay beat Ace Rockwell & Luke Hawx in 9:29.

The crowd was keyed up for this. Pairing Hawx and Rockwell was one great idea. Hawx countered Parham’s wrestling expertise with an aerial attack. Rockwell and Hawx pissed Parham off with a gimmick infringing, classic Lost Boyz double team. The faces hoisted Delay over the top into a plancha on Parham. Delay slapped Rockwell. Ace opened up on him. But Delay avoided Rockwell’s Stinger Splash, and Parham nailed him with an enzuigiri from the apron. Rockwell did his usual good work with the hope spots. Delay went for Hawx’ trademark move from his days as Altar Boy Luke – the Halo- and missed. Tag to Hawx, who hit an exploder suplex on Delay, but Parham nailed Hawx from behind. It broke down to four way action. As ref Ken Wallace was chasingRockwell out, Delay clocked Hawx with brass knucks, and Parham followed with a cradle piledriver for the pin. Good match and it sure heaped more heat on Parham and Delay.

Attorney Jeff G. Bailey came out with NWA Elite (Kimo & Shatter) and cut a promo that was a great balancing act. Bailey said a lesser man would scream about the fluke upset two weeks ago that saw the Elite lose the tag titles. He named the NWA Elite members that have gone on to become world champions - R Truth, A. J. Styles and Abyss – and said Shatter was destined to become a WWE world champion. He said Kimo was the future of pro wrestling in the building, and he would make examples out of Fields and Iceberg. Bailey called for anybody from the back willing to face Kimo.

(7) Kimo (with Shatter & Jeff G. Bailey) beat Don Juan via submission in 2:53.

Juan frustrated Kimo with his dodging and dancing. You just knew Juan was going to pay dearly for that and he did. One of the great things about Kimo as that his style looks completely unique to modern fans. Kimo delivered a series of martial arts strikes at lightning speed, the karate chop the neck and locked in the Information Extractor. Juan tapped pronto.

Bailey wasn’t satisfied. He pulled the hood off Kimo and sicked him on Juan, but Rockwell ran out to pull Juan to safety. Bailey told Rockwell he was next.

(8) Adrian Hawkins beat Chip Day in 9 minutes.

Hawkins final entrance spot in the upcoming (someday, eventually) Young Lion’s Battle Royal was on the line. Technically OK but zero heat. Matwork early, which was nice since there hadn’t been much. Hawkins used this leg lace/face stretcher deal. Day busted out the lucha style flying. He did a tope con giro. Hawkins got his knees up on a standing moonsault and worked over Day’s gut. Turnabout, as Day got his knees up on Hawkins’ quebrada. They traded near falls, a tornado kick by Day and Liger Bomb by Hawkins. Hawkins rolled out from under Day’s 450 splash and got the pin with La Magistral.

The crowd came to life with the arrival of Slim J. J said he might be first in the battle royal but he was going to be there at the end with Hawkins. J gave a much needed explanation as to why he was in the Young Lion’s Division. He said he had held all the belts in the building except for the Young Lion’s Cup, and the Young Lion’s wasn’t about new people, it was about heart. To Hawkins: “I know you don’t have the heart that I have, Buhhhster.” This was another well-delivered promo, and that final line got a huge pop.

(9) New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) beat The Technicians (Bob E & Tyler Smith) to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Titles in 7:24.

New Wave’s title reign got off to an unfortunately mediocre start. Bad night for Bob E, who had been on a roll. Lately, it’s been the other way around. There was badly botched combo move in the opening minute that took the crowd out. Driver pulled on Smith’s wolfman sideburns. It had to happen eventually and got over big. E turned Driver’s springboard move into a crash and burn. E did a brutal looking frogsplash miss to set up the hot tag. Walters ran wild but the crowd was lukewarm. Walters leapfrogged a spear attempt by E and got speared by Smith. That was nice. Walters took Smith out with a release German suplex. Driver pinned E after the Unskinny Bop.

Hunter introduced Brodie Chase and Melissa Coates. They did this touchy feely routine on the ramp that bordered on the obscene and left Chase in a semi-orgasmic state. Chase said the fans were jealous. He saw the unbridled lust in the eye’s of all the men and half the women. Chase bragged about his numerous appearances on national television. Said the fans worshiped him. Said Palmer couldn’t take his eyes off of Melissa. That brought Palmer out. Palmer advised Coates to get away from Chase. “And if you don’t know how, you know where to find me.” Palmer turned his back on Chase and walked out. Chase said it wasn’t over. Melissa left with Chase, but she had this hurt expression on her face.

(10) Shadow Jackson defeated NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Iceberg (with the Reverend) via DQ in 15:16.

Huge chants for Jackson and an electric feel at the start. It didn’t last. They told the story that Jackson could more than handle Iceberg’s strength and power. The Bums brought the “Killer the Cracker” chant out of mothballs. At 6:00, Iceberg took over with a belly to belly suplex. Another 450 impact to Jackson’s back left him convulsing on the mat. Iceberg grounded Jackson with the Thigh Drop of Doom and worked at cutting off his air supply. Jackson hit a release german suplex with a ton of help from Iceberg, but was slow to cover. Iceberg tried to end it with the Ground Zero. Nobody home. Back and forth near falls. Jackson grabbed the Rev by the hair. Iceberg clubbed Jackson from behind. The lights flashed off and on. Jackson did his 1031 slam, which in this looked more like he fell on top of Berg. Azrael hit the ring for the DQ. The length diluted the impact of the match. For that finish, 10 minutes max. Long singles matches do not play to Jackson’s strengths.

The lights went out…lights back on and Mikal Judas was in the ring. He gave Azrael an awesome choke slam – from the heavens straight to hell.

Jackson said he hadn’t spent time hanging around with Judas, but he wanted him as his partner against the Rejects in two weeks. This was not the usual tear-down-the house closing.

NOTES: Shatter will be headed to Tampa to join the roster of Florida Championship Wresting…Coates appears for Big Time Wrestling in San Jose on 9/19, Non Rated Pro Wrestling on 9/20 in Bakersfield, Texas Wrestling Entertainment in San Antonio on 9/26 and Signamania III in Fairless Hills PA on 9/27 (Madness Table)...The appearance by Hawx is at this point, a one shot deal…Day wrestled with broken toes.