Post by nwawildside on Jun 27, 2011 7:09:49 GMT -5
06/26/2011 – NWA Anarchy TV Taping Live Report for 6/25
From Larry Goodman:
Shaun Tempers defeated Ace Rockwell to become the new NWA North American
Heavyweight Champion in the tournament final at the NWA Anarchy television taping
last night in Cornelia.
It was the finest match I’ve seen live out of any independent promotion in 2011.
To say things are moving in the right direction in Cornelia, creatively as well as in the
ring, would be a massive understatement. Last night’s show was also the best
Anarchy television taping I have attended this year.
Attendance is another story – 75. Such a shame for such an outstanding show. They
were the hottest 75 in the history of the building. It sounded like twice that many.
(1) C.B. Gibson vs. Tommy Daniels was declared a no contest at when Mikal Judas
(with Attorney Jeff G. Bailey) destroyed the both of them. Judas gave Daniels a
chokeslam and then launched Gibson with El Crucifijo landing him on top of Daniels.
Impressive carnage.
Bailey put his men over as only he can with a classic promo. “Before him you all
rightly tremble, born anew in my genius.” I’ve experienced a ton of Bailey promos over
the last 12 years. This instantly became one of my favorites - vivid imagery, funny clear
message and his delivery was flowing. Bailey said the NWA Elite, the greatest brand
name in pro wrestling was back. He said Seven left Shadow Jackson’s bloated
carcass laying like rotten roadkill. He said he could reach inside a man’s soul and
unravel it with just one tug (ala Pierce from Community College). He said Jackson’
courage was matched by his stupidity and his (first hour main event) match with
Seven would be his last. Bailey and Judas tortured some hapless mark on their way
out. What a great segment this was. The return of Judas has brought back some
badly needed star power.
NWA Anarchy TV Champion Brodie Chase said he had been around the block a few
times and mentioned his previous experience in WCW, Crockett NWA and WWE.
Chase said he was a fighting champion, unlike whiner Seth Delay, and he was going
to give a man with potential an opportunity. Johnny Dangerously came out to a so-so
response. Chase said he though the world of Dangerous but would cut him no slack.
(2) Brodie Chase defeated Johnny Dangerous to retain the NWA Anarchy TV
Championship in 9:44. If the idea was to elevate Dangerous via a competitive match
with the champion, in the eyes of the Anarchy fans, this was an epic fail. It wasn’t a
bad match, but at no point did they see Dangerous as a threat, and they got impatient
waiting for Chase to beat him, which he finally did with the implant DDT.
(3) Jacob Ashworth beat Bryan Cassanova to retain the NWA Anarchy Young Lion’
s Championship in 7:17. Crowd heated up here. They were dying for a semblance of
heel/face dynamic. Cassanova is Bryan Casey from Nashville. A couple of years ago,
NWA Main Event brought Cassanova in as the re-creation of Rick Rude, even hinting
that they were related. The look was right, but Cassanova wasn’t ready to handle it.
This was a totally different Cassanova. He’s upped the arrogance factor and he’s got
the smooth ring work to back it up. His offense looked terrific. Cassanova’s stuff was
connecting and Ashworth’s not so much. He has become a huge fan favorite in
Cornelia, but he was starting to lose the crowd a bit. Ashworth got them back with a
stiff lariat to spark his comeback. Nicely done finish as Ashworth slipped out of
Cassanova’s TKO into a partial sunset flip.
Casanova was a sore loser and gave Ashworth the TKO. He was about deliver a
second one when Billy Buck made the save.
(4) Youth Gone Wild (Anthony Henry & Dustin Knight) defeated The Ambassadors
(Jacoby Boykins & Chris Mayne with John Johnson) via DQ to retain the NWA
Anarchy Tag Team Championship in 9:44. Henry came out as a solo act. Johnson
told Henry he could either hand the belts over or be John Wayne and do it the hard
way. Knight came limping down the ramp. The guy has awesome instincts as a
babyface. If he had any size at all, he could go places. Knight was selling the injury
big the moment he came through the curtain and never let up. YWG rid the ring of the
Ambassadors. They took turns kicking the crap out of Boykins, who did the logical
whiny thing and yelled, “Stop kicking me!” They promptly nailed him with stereo kicks.
Hilarious. Once the bell rang, Henry was going it alone. Reverend Dan Wilson and
Dany Only came out to observe at ringside. The numbers game was getting to Henry
bigtime, but he was reluctant to tag in a partner who was damaged goods, but finally
he was forced to tag. Ambassadors fed Knight so he could chop them with limited
movement until Mayne clipped his bum knee. Ambassadors isolated Knight and gave
him a beating. He made one tag that the referee Dee Byers failed to see.
Ambassadors took Henry out and hit their finishing move from hell, Done Deal, which
is a powerbomb/backcracker combo. Knight was toast, and at the count of two, Only
pulled the Byers out of the ring to force a DQ. Another good match that the crowd was
heavily invested in. Ambassadors and YWG clicked really well here.
Ambassadors got into a heated argument with Only. Henry put an end to it with flip
dive onto the entire bunch.
(5) Seven (with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Shadow Jackson to win the NWA Anarchy
Heavyweight Championship in 6:33. This was just what it needed to be. Jackson was
in bad shape. His Achilles tendon (playing off a legit injury several years back) was
stomped to smithereens by Judas two weeks ago. Bailey immediately got a cheap
shot in on Jackson’s leg. Seven’s offense has never looked better in an Anarchy ring.
For such a huge guy, he was getting way up for his flying elbow drops. Jackson
crumbled in pain when tried to mount a comeback. The “Shadowmania” chant went
for naught. Seven put Jackson out of his misery with a wicked gutwrench powerbomb.
Commissioner JT Talent presented Seven with the title belt. Judas came out to
congratulate Seven. Judas took possession of the belt for closer examination. Then
he raised the belt over his head and said, “It’s your time, (expletive deleted)!” and
attacked Seven. It’s interesting to note that there hadn’t been any foul language used
in Anarchy ring in quite a while, so it made an impact. Judas clotheslined Seven over
the top, but Seven landed on his feet and was ready for more, but Bailey told him no.
The quick turn was a shocker and the crowd went nuts for it.
What a tremendous way to end the first hour of television.
(6) Billy Buck beat Andrew Pendleton III via DQ in 6:26. The fans were hot for Buck
(no surprise there), who was lighting Pendleton up with stiff chops early on.
Pendleton took over with a clean wrestling move, the STO, and got really mouthy to
bring on the hate. Both men down on a high speed collision of clotheslines, and it
was comeback time. Buck had the straps pulled down when he was attacked by
Cassanova.
Pendleton urged Cassanova to finish Buck with the TKO, but before that could
happen, the returning Adrian Hawkins spoiled their fun with a springboard back
elbow on Cassanova. Lots of finger pointing ensued.
(7) Skirra Corvus beat Dany Only (with Reverend Dan Wilson) in 8:25. An intriguing
match up improvised out what was scheduled as six man tag. It’s doubtful that could
have been as good as this was. I’m digging the macabre Corvus as a babyface. Rev
said he would take no responsibility for what was going to happen to Corvus, an
impudent defector from his Devil’s Rejects. Corvus spit at him. Only adds just the
right amount of exaggeration in his bumps. He makes the babyface shine without
looking fake or silly. Only scrambled out of the Graveyard Shift, but wasn’t so fortunate
on a springboard splash. Only used a low blow followed by a sick backcracker where
he first seated Corvus on the middle turnbuckle. Rev went nuts on Corvus. He was
letting his inner Charles Manson out tonight. Only’s offense included a butt bomb and
the girl’s spot standing on Corvus hair while pulling on his arms. Nice. Finish saw
Corvus reverse Only’s reverse tombstone piledriver with a roll up.
Talent came to introduce the NWA North American Tournament final. He said it was
the type of match he lives for. He talked about the history between Rockwell and
Tempers, both as partners and bitter enemies. Talent introduced former Anarchy
owner Jerry Palmer as the special ringside enforcer for the match. Reverend Wilson
made a surprise appearance with a request. Wilson said nobody knew the history
between Rockwell and Tempers better than he did, so Dan the Dragon wanted to
come out of retirement for one night only to do the play-by-play. Wilson joined
Johnson in the announcer’s booth. An awesome touch.
(8) Shaun Tempers defeated Ace Rockwell via tapout to win the NWA North
American Championship in 29:35. As stated, this is the finest all around match I have
seen live thus far in 2011. Not for pure athleticism, because there are certainly more
athletically talented wrestlers out there, but for putting together and perfectly executing
a match where from beginning to end, everything made sense and built in intensity
and emotion to a peak at the finish. The unsung hero was referee Ken Wallace. A
match like this can only reach a certain level of excellence without top notch officiating
and Wallace was superb. There were multiple amazing false finishes in this match,
and that doesn’t happen unless the ref’s consistency and timing are spot on.
Rockwell got a big pop coming out. He paused on the ramp to let it soak in and
winked at Wilson in the booth. They opened with a long lock up. Tempers cheated on
the break to get the upper hand. Rockwell rallied with Tempers taking one of his
classic hiptoss bumps. Nobody does that bump better. Tempers blocked an armdrag
and grabbed a waistlock, using it a serious hold as opposed to a rest hold. A knee to
the back launched Tempers into a wild and crazy bump to the floor. In turn, Tempers
knocked Rockwell off the apron with a discus forearm. That drew the first of many
“Ace” chants. Tempers tried for his hangman neckbreaker finisher, but Rockwell
countered with a backslide. Tempers used a nasty variation of the Gori Especial to
soften up Rockwell’s neck. Tempers was in full control at the 15 minute mark when
Rockwell ducked a forearm, sending Tempers out of the ring. Back inside, Tempers
countered a Stinger splash, but Rockwell got two with a spinebuster, followed by the
first close near fall with a sunset flip. Tempers answered with a Tiger Bomb for a long
two count. Tempers went back to the ribs that he had worked on earlier with the
waistlock. Rockwell tried for a full mount and Tempers caught him with a triangle.
Rockwell hooked the ropes with his foot but not without a major struggle. Rockwell hit
Aces High for the first big false finish. The crowd bought all of them with big pops the
rest of the way. 20 minutes gone. Tempers used Aces High on Rockwell, and almost
had him. When Rockwell kicked out of the hangman’s neckbreaker, the crowd
escalated, feeling that the match was his for the taking. Rockwell blocked Tempers’
attempt to lock in a cobra clutch. Tempers blocked a tornado DDT, so Rockwell
switched to variation of the Blockbuster for another false finish. More near falls,
Tempers with an exploder suplex and Rockwell with a bulldog. Too many under most
circumstances. In the context of this match, they just kept building. Tempers blasted
Rockwell with forearms and said he was done. Tempers tried for the cobra clutch.
Rockwell fought it off and went for the Aces High. Tempers blocked it and got the
choke cinched in. Rockwell’s arm dropped twice, but he showed life the third time.
Rockwell summoned one last burst of energy in last ditch effort to break the hold.
Tempers took Rockwell down and added a body scissors. Rockwell tapped as he
was about to lapse into unconsciousness. Incredible match. It’s a crying shame that
it wasn’t supported by a much larger audience.
NWA Anarchy owner Franklin Dove entered the ring to present the title to Tempers.
Rockwell grabbed the belt and held on for dear life. It was only right that he would be
the one to place it on Tempers’ shoulder. The crowd gave both men a long standing
ovation. Rockwell was in tears as he looked back from the ramp.