Post by nwawildside on Nov 28, 2011 8:48:14 GMT -5
The November 26 NWA Anarchy event was a cut above the norm of recent TV tapings in Cornelia.
This was a leaner presentation, partly by design and partly out of necessity, and to good effect. Every match served a clear purpose. With only three TV tapings between Fright Night and Season’s Beatings on December 17, it was hardly the time for extraneous material. The necessity part was the subtraction of Mikal Judas vs. Seven, which is one of the two top programs Anarchy has going, along with Urban Assault Squad/Hate Junkies. UAS were off due to what Hate Junkies did to them last time, so that program wasn’t a major focus either. But there plenty of silver lining - Seven/Judas is a feud best served by keeping the amount of physical contact to a minimum unless it really counts. The available talent was well used and produced good matches. The storytelling was clear with the highlight being the developments surrounding Adam Pearce’s defense of the NWA World Heavyweight Title at Season’s Beatings. All in all, it felt like Anarchy built some momentum going into the big show.
Attendance was just shy of 100 – not great but moving in the right direction. The crowd was hot most of the night before inexplicably shriveling towards the end of the second hour. Match quality was still fine and the show wasn’t running that long. Maybe a case of holiday hangover or something.
NWA Anarchy owner Franklin Dove opened the show. The first order of business was the announcement of the NWA Hall of Fame inductees for 2011 via a video put together by David Marquez. Dove went on to talk about bring an NWA World Heavyweight Title match to Cornelia for the first time in over a decade. This was followed by a Pearce promo shot in a swimming pool.
Dove said the NWA North American Champion is the number one contender and therefore, Shaun Tempers would be facing Pearce on December 17 if he was able to hold onto the title until then. Dove brought up the incident in which Mike Posey got physical with him. “You do not touch the boss.” Dove said JT Talent’s replacement as GM would be revealed later.
Dove closed with the announcement that Judas was unable to appear, but was a lock to be there on December 10.
That piece of news prompted an enraged Jeff G. Bailey to come out and cut a scathing promo. “If you’re the boss then I’m the God.” Bailey said he stood above everybody and all things. Bailey said Judas proved his cowardice and alluded to the fireball incident, stating that he left Judas’ face extra crispy. Bailey said Judas would now only slither into the building with the light off. He vowed that Seven would finish him. “Death is imprinted upon you like an invisible birthmark.”
(1) Dustin Knight beat Adrian Hawkins in 11:15. Knight got a pop coming out and a pop for the finish, but not much in between. Knight has great instincts as a babyface. If only he could add some muscle mass. Hawkins isn’t a huge guy by any means, but big enough that it was tough to suspend disbelief for Knight’s offense. His ring apron STO worked though. Hawkins hit a quebradora for a near fall and did the cocky SOB routine. Hawkins channeled Harley Race with a diving headbutt to Knight’s back. Hawkins dished out a beating with very little answer from Knight, so you kind of knew where this going. After Hawkins took the Bret Hart chest bump into the corner, Knight made his full-fledged comeback. Hawkins tried for his signature springboard back elbow, but Knight spilled him over the ropes with a dropkick. When Knight tried for a flying bodypress, Hawkins rolled through into a sharpshooter attempt, but Knight made the ropes. Hawkins softened Knight up with a pair of dragon screws. Knight then got the pin out of nowhere with a slingshot sunset flip.
Postmatch, Hawkins applied the sharpshooter. Zach Daniels tried to make a save, but Hawkins put him in the sharpshooter as well, and left them both laying. Referees Dee Byers and Ken Wallace were waving their hands and getting all excited. It was an effective deal to amp up Hawkins’ heelishness.
Hate Junkies got a babyface pop coming out for their match. They’re so badass, fans are only going to hate them when they go against UAS. The Rev talked about hanging Jackson and making Nemesis watch, and how they only cared about maiming and crippling their opponents. “Diarrhea comes in all different colors, and we hate everyone equally.”
(2) Raymond King & Mike West defeated Hate Junkies (Dany Only & Stryknyn with the Rev) via DQ in 7:15. The jobbers got some early offense. West has a good physique, decent athleticism and great hair. King has good ups on his aerial stuff, but he’s so scrawny. Junkies tortured West. They busted out the boot party on him. Only did the girl spot, puling West’s arms out the sockets while standing on his hair. After the Junkies collided, King and West hit double missile dropkick for their near fall. Stryknyn pinned King with the superbomb. Afterward, Stryk speared West out of his boots and the Junkies hung him over the top rope. The led to more hand waving by the refs and Ken Wallace DQed the Junkies.
(3) Slim J & Bryan Casanova & Seth Delay defeated NWA Young Lion’s Champion Bo Newsom & Bobby Moore & Andrew Pendleton III in 13:35. Moore is getting massive “Barney” heat. Fun stuff. The verbal and facial aspects of Moore’s game are really strong, and he gets SO upset about it. Casanova did a ring clearing deal. The physical part was fine. His overhead suplex on Newsom looked awesome, but he’s still a fish out of water when it comes to babyface fire. A Newsom spinebuster started heat on J. The fans have such conviction regarding Slim that his matches always have good heat. He used a lateral guillotine for a hope spot, which was wonderfully different for Cornelia. Double tags made to Pendleton and Casanova. Pendleton took some big bumps and wanted no more. Moore impersonated a sack of garbage as Casonova tossed him out. Delay pinned Pendleton with a frogsplash.
Postmatch, Anthony Henry threw Newsom back into the ring and Casanova gave him a TKO. Henry placed the title belt on Newsom’s comatose body. Delay goaded Casanova into doing the Rick Rude hip swivel in stereo for a big pop. J and Henry followed suit. Very entertaining and a nice, warm, fuzzy, babyface unity thing.
(4) Skirra Corvus defeated Tommy Daniels & CB Gibson & Jordan O’Neal in a fatal four-way to become the number one contender for the NWA Anarchy Young Lion’s Championship (7:40). Anarchy fans love Corvus. Turning him babyface was clearly the right thing to do. Corvus is so unorthodox. It would be interesting to see how well he could get over outside the North Georgia area. The fans didn’t see the other guys in the match as having any chance of winning, so there was no heat. Daniels and Gibson worked together throughout the match. O’Neil is really green. He and Gibson did a trainwreck of a spot. Corvus intervened before somebody got seriously injured. Finish saw Daniels hit a fishermanbuster on Corvus, but Gibson broke up the pin. While they argued, Corvus pinned O’Neil with a frogsplash.
Daniels was hot at Gibson. He ended up shaking Gibson’s hand, albeit with great reluctance.
(5) Azrael (with the Rev) defeated Donnie Steamboat to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship in 7:45. Steamboat has the Polynesian thing going for him and a measure of charisma, but there was something missing once the bell rang. Azrael threw those hellacious chops of his. Steamboat’s reply was lacking, so Azrael offered him free shots at his back. Azrael then delivered one of the most awesomely executed moves ever – a superman punch off the middle rope. Azrael was dismantling Steamboat until he surprised Azrael with a cool leglock submission, but the Rev interfered. A tornado kick to the shoulder blade decked Azrael for a double down. Steamboat’s comeback included a tomahawk chop. Azrael pinned Steamboat with the Ted Bundy. Steamboat didn’t go up for it all that well so it didn’t look as devastating as usual.
The Rev said the thought of the Angel of Death being deprived of a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Champion turned his stomach. Rev said Azrael had given up every ounce of his soul in Cornelia for almost 15 years. Tempers entered the ring. He said no disrespect, and while Azrael was a fine piece of local talent, it was simply geography that the North American champion should get the title shot. The Rev said he was the one that transformed Tempers from being a fat little sausage punk into a member of Devil’s Rejects, and Tempers owed him a solid. Tempers admitted there was no way he could repay the Rev, but he had won the North American title on his own. The Rev called Dove out to make a decision before things got out of hand. Rev assumed the worst. He began hurling insults at Dove, then dumped him on his ass.
That brought Brodie Chase out as Anarchy’s new GM/enforcer. Chase said the Rev had a point because the Anarchy champion rules in Cornelia and is known everywhere. Chase ordered a three way elimination style match for December 17 – Pearce vs. Tempers vs. Azarel. Tempers left in a huff. Chase then told the Rev that since he had been behaving so badly by hanging people, putting his hands on the owner and such, he was ordering an indefinite suspension. Wilson got uppity. Chase shoved him down. He said there would be no more bullying allowed. Azrael went nose-to-nose with Chase. Fans sang goodbye to the Rev. This was a great segment. The setup for the three-way was well done all the way around. Rev’s suspension made sense. Installing Chase as the enforcer is the perfect way to take advantage of his talking ability and popularity with the fans.
(6) Armed & Dangerous (Lane Vasser & Johnny Dangerous) defeated The Ambassadors (Jacoby Boykins & Chris Mayne with John Johnson) in 10 minutes. The best thing about this match is that their was suspense about the outcome. Vasser came out on top in the big man power showdown with Boykins. Vasser capped it off with by gorilla-pressing Dangerous into a splash on Boykins. Ambassadors destroyed Dangerous with the 300 pound Boykins doing the heavy lifting. His power moves look like finishers against smaller guys. With his incredible brute strength, Boykins would be well suited for a tour of Japan, if such a thing still exists. At one point, Dangerous made it to the corner, but Vasser was busy going after Johnson. When the tag was finally made, it was too abrupt to have any heat behind it. Vasser pinned Mayne with variation on the Attitude Adjustment.
By virtue of the victory, A & D earned a shot at the tag titles held by Slim & Casanova at Season’s Beatings. Slim & Casanova came out to shake hands with the winners. Casanova and Vasser were none too happy with each other.
(7) Billy Buck beat NWA North American Champion Shaun Tempers via DQ in 14:50. Given the story they were telling, I don’t know how this match could have been much better than it was. Buck is undersized. Nobody is going to accuse him of being a great athlete or a wrestler. What he has going for him, though, are key qualities of a great babyface - an undying heart and willingness to sell his ass off. The crowd was fairly lifeless at this point of the night, but the compelling nature of the match got them going. Simple story – Tempers delighted in the utter destruction of Buck’s knee. It was a flawless strategy that took away Buck’s prime weapon, the superkick. Buck’s selling never wavered. There were no holes. At 8 minutes in, Buck collapsed in a heap on a superkick attempt. Tempers went to a spinning toe hold and kept the pressure on the knee. Buck later tried a Samoan Drop and his knee buckled instantly. Tempers got a single leg crab and a stepover cobra clutch, but Buck made the ropes both times. With a final burst, Buck got the Samoan drop and tried for the superkick. Tempers blocked it, and Buck switched to a stunner for a close near fall. Buck was fighting off his hangman neckbreaker, so Tempers kicked him in the groin. Tempers got the cobra clutch again, but Buck hung on by a thread to stave off submitting. Tempers charged and Buck nailed him flush with the superkick. One...two…referee Byers disappeared from the ring having been pulled out by Tempers’ lackey, Bo Newsom.
Afterward, Tempers gave Buck the hangman neckbreaker. Henry hit the ring and was beaten down. Newsom started strapping Henry with his belt. Corvus may have earned the number 1 contender spot, but Henry is the thorn in Newsom’s side. It was surprising that this situation didn’t sound Chase’s bully alert. Oh well. Buck brought a chair into the ring to drive Tempers and Newsom off.
This was a leaner presentation, partly by design and partly out of necessity, and to good effect. Every match served a clear purpose. With only three TV tapings between Fright Night and Season’s Beatings on December 17, it was hardly the time for extraneous material. The necessity part was the subtraction of Mikal Judas vs. Seven, which is one of the two top programs Anarchy has going, along with Urban Assault Squad/Hate Junkies. UAS were off due to what Hate Junkies did to them last time, so that program wasn’t a major focus either. But there plenty of silver lining - Seven/Judas is a feud best served by keeping the amount of physical contact to a minimum unless it really counts. The available talent was well used and produced good matches. The storytelling was clear with the highlight being the developments surrounding Adam Pearce’s defense of the NWA World Heavyweight Title at Season’s Beatings. All in all, it felt like Anarchy built some momentum going into the big show.
Attendance was just shy of 100 – not great but moving in the right direction. The crowd was hot most of the night before inexplicably shriveling towards the end of the second hour. Match quality was still fine and the show wasn’t running that long. Maybe a case of holiday hangover or something.
NWA Anarchy owner Franklin Dove opened the show. The first order of business was the announcement of the NWA Hall of Fame inductees for 2011 via a video put together by David Marquez. Dove went on to talk about bring an NWA World Heavyweight Title match to Cornelia for the first time in over a decade. This was followed by a Pearce promo shot in a swimming pool.
Dove said the NWA North American Champion is the number one contender and therefore, Shaun Tempers would be facing Pearce on December 17 if he was able to hold onto the title until then. Dove brought up the incident in which Mike Posey got physical with him. “You do not touch the boss.” Dove said JT Talent’s replacement as GM would be revealed later.
Dove closed with the announcement that Judas was unable to appear, but was a lock to be there on December 10.
That piece of news prompted an enraged Jeff G. Bailey to come out and cut a scathing promo. “If you’re the boss then I’m the God.” Bailey said he stood above everybody and all things. Bailey said Judas proved his cowardice and alluded to the fireball incident, stating that he left Judas’ face extra crispy. Bailey said Judas would now only slither into the building with the light off. He vowed that Seven would finish him. “Death is imprinted upon you like an invisible birthmark.”
(1) Dustin Knight beat Adrian Hawkins in 11:15. Knight got a pop coming out and a pop for the finish, but not much in between. Knight has great instincts as a babyface. If only he could add some muscle mass. Hawkins isn’t a huge guy by any means, but big enough that it was tough to suspend disbelief for Knight’s offense. His ring apron STO worked though. Hawkins hit a quebradora for a near fall and did the cocky SOB routine. Hawkins channeled Harley Race with a diving headbutt to Knight’s back. Hawkins dished out a beating with very little answer from Knight, so you kind of knew where this going. After Hawkins took the Bret Hart chest bump into the corner, Knight made his full-fledged comeback. Hawkins tried for his signature springboard back elbow, but Knight spilled him over the ropes with a dropkick. When Knight tried for a flying bodypress, Hawkins rolled through into a sharpshooter attempt, but Knight made the ropes. Hawkins softened Knight up with a pair of dragon screws. Knight then got the pin out of nowhere with a slingshot sunset flip.
Postmatch, Hawkins applied the sharpshooter. Zach Daniels tried to make a save, but Hawkins put him in the sharpshooter as well, and left them both laying. Referees Dee Byers and Ken Wallace were waving their hands and getting all excited. It was an effective deal to amp up Hawkins’ heelishness.
Hate Junkies got a babyface pop coming out for their match. They’re so badass, fans are only going to hate them when they go against UAS. The Rev talked about hanging Jackson and making Nemesis watch, and how they only cared about maiming and crippling their opponents. “Diarrhea comes in all different colors, and we hate everyone equally.”
(2) Raymond King & Mike West defeated Hate Junkies (Dany Only & Stryknyn with the Rev) via DQ in 7:15. The jobbers got some early offense. West has a good physique, decent athleticism and great hair. King has good ups on his aerial stuff, but he’s so scrawny. Junkies tortured West. They busted out the boot party on him. Only did the girl spot, puling West’s arms out the sockets while standing on his hair. After the Junkies collided, King and West hit double missile dropkick for their near fall. Stryknyn pinned King with the superbomb. Afterward, Stryk speared West out of his boots and the Junkies hung him over the top rope. The led to more hand waving by the refs and Ken Wallace DQed the Junkies.
(3) Slim J & Bryan Casanova & Seth Delay defeated NWA Young Lion’s Champion Bo Newsom & Bobby Moore & Andrew Pendleton III in 13:35. Moore is getting massive “Barney” heat. Fun stuff. The verbal and facial aspects of Moore’s game are really strong, and he gets SO upset about it. Casanova did a ring clearing deal. The physical part was fine. His overhead suplex on Newsom looked awesome, but he’s still a fish out of water when it comes to babyface fire. A Newsom spinebuster started heat on J. The fans have such conviction regarding Slim that his matches always have good heat. He used a lateral guillotine for a hope spot, which was wonderfully different for Cornelia. Double tags made to Pendleton and Casanova. Pendleton took some big bumps and wanted no more. Moore impersonated a sack of garbage as Casonova tossed him out. Delay pinned Pendleton with a frogsplash.
Postmatch, Anthony Henry threw Newsom back into the ring and Casanova gave him a TKO. Henry placed the title belt on Newsom’s comatose body. Delay goaded Casanova into doing the Rick Rude hip swivel in stereo for a big pop. J and Henry followed suit. Very entertaining and a nice, warm, fuzzy, babyface unity thing.
(4) Skirra Corvus defeated Tommy Daniels & CB Gibson & Jordan O’Neal in a fatal four-way to become the number one contender for the NWA Anarchy Young Lion’s Championship (7:40). Anarchy fans love Corvus. Turning him babyface was clearly the right thing to do. Corvus is so unorthodox. It would be interesting to see how well he could get over outside the North Georgia area. The fans didn’t see the other guys in the match as having any chance of winning, so there was no heat. Daniels and Gibson worked together throughout the match. O’Neil is really green. He and Gibson did a trainwreck of a spot. Corvus intervened before somebody got seriously injured. Finish saw Daniels hit a fishermanbuster on Corvus, but Gibson broke up the pin. While they argued, Corvus pinned O’Neil with a frogsplash.
Daniels was hot at Gibson. He ended up shaking Gibson’s hand, albeit with great reluctance.
(5) Azrael (with the Rev) defeated Donnie Steamboat to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship in 7:45. Steamboat has the Polynesian thing going for him and a measure of charisma, but there was something missing once the bell rang. Azrael threw those hellacious chops of his. Steamboat’s reply was lacking, so Azrael offered him free shots at his back. Azrael then delivered one of the most awesomely executed moves ever – a superman punch off the middle rope. Azrael was dismantling Steamboat until he surprised Azrael with a cool leglock submission, but the Rev interfered. A tornado kick to the shoulder blade decked Azrael for a double down. Steamboat’s comeback included a tomahawk chop. Azrael pinned Steamboat with the Ted Bundy. Steamboat didn’t go up for it all that well so it didn’t look as devastating as usual.
The Rev said the thought of the Angel of Death being deprived of a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Champion turned his stomach. Rev said Azrael had given up every ounce of his soul in Cornelia for almost 15 years. Tempers entered the ring. He said no disrespect, and while Azrael was a fine piece of local talent, it was simply geography that the North American champion should get the title shot. The Rev said he was the one that transformed Tempers from being a fat little sausage punk into a member of Devil’s Rejects, and Tempers owed him a solid. Tempers admitted there was no way he could repay the Rev, but he had won the North American title on his own. The Rev called Dove out to make a decision before things got out of hand. Rev assumed the worst. He began hurling insults at Dove, then dumped him on his ass.
That brought Brodie Chase out as Anarchy’s new GM/enforcer. Chase said the Rev had a point because the Anarchy champion rules in Cornelia and is known everywhere. Chase ordered a three way elimination style match for December 17 – Pearce vs. Tempers vs. Azarel. Tempers left in a huff. Chase then told the Rev that since he had been behaving so badly by hanging people, putting his hands on the owner and such, he was ordering an indefinite suspension. Wilson got uppity. Chase shoved him down. He said there would be no more bullying allowed. Azrael went nose-to-nose with Chase. Fans sang goodbye to the Rev. This was a great segment. The setup for the three-way was well done all the way around. Rev’s suspension made sense. Installing Chase as the enforcer is the perfect way to take advantage of his talking ability and popularity with the fans.
(6) Armed & Dangerous (Lane Vasser & Johnny Dangerous) defeated The Ambassadors (Jacoby Boykins & Chris Mayne with John Johnson) in 10 minutes. The best thing about this match is that their was suspense about the outcome. Vasser came out on top in the big man power showdown with Boykins. Vasser capped it off with by gorilla-pressing Dangerous into a splash on Boykins. Ambassadors destroyed Dangerous with the 300 pound Boykins doing the heavy lifting. His power moves look like finishers against smaller guys. With his incredible brute strength, Boykins would be well suited for a tour of Japan, if such a thing still exists. At one point, Dangerous made it to the corner, but Vasser was busy going after Johnson. When the tag was finally made, it was too abrupt to have any heat behind it. Vasser pinned Mayne with variation on the Attitude Adjustment.
By virtue of the victory, A & D earned a shot at the tag titles held by Slim & Casanova at Season’s Beatings. Slim & Casanova came out to shake hands with the winners. Casanova and Vasser were none too happy with each other.
(7) Billy Buck beat NWA North American Champion Shaun Tempers via DQ in 14:50. Given the story they were telling, I don’t know how this match could have been much better than it was. Buck is undersized. Nobody is going to accuse him of being a great athlete or a wrestler. What he has going for him, though, are key qualities of a great babyface - an undying heart and willingness to sell his ass off. The crowd was fairly lifeless at this point of the night, but the compelling nature of the match got them going. Simple story – Tempers delighted in the utter destruction of Buck’s knee. It was a flawless strategy that took away Buck’s prime weapon, the superkick. Buck’s selling never wavered. There were no holes. At 8 minutes in, Buck collapsed in a heap on a superkick attempt. Tempers went to a spinning toe hold and kept the pressure on the knee. Buck later tried a Samoan Drop and his knee buckled instantly. Tempers got a single leg crab and a stepover cobra clutch, but Buck made the ropes both times. With a final burst, Buck got the Samoan drop and tried for the superkick. Tempers blocked it, and Buck switched to a stunner for a close near fall. Buck was fighting off his hangman neckbreaker, so Tempers kicked him in the groin. Tempers got the cobra clutch again, but Buck hung on by a thread to stave off submitting. Tempers charged and Buck nailed him flush with the superkick. One...two…referee Byers disappeared from the ring having been pulled out by Tempers’ lackey, Bo Newsom.
Afterward, Tempers gave Buck the hangman neckbreaker. Henry hit the ring and was beaten down. Newsom started strapping Henry with his belt. Corvus may have earned the number 1 contender spot, but Henry is the thorn in Newsom’s side. It was surprising that this situation didn’t sound Chase’s bully alert. Oh well. Buck brought a chair into the ring to drive Tempers and Newsom off.