Post by nwawildside on Dec 21, 2011 9:32:45 GMT -5
12/18/2011 – NWA Anarchy Report from Cornelia on 12/17
From Larry Goodman:
Season’s Beatings 2011 was the best show NWA Anarchy has presented since
Franklin Dove took ownership of the company in May of this year.
On paper, it was the most compelling lineup Anarchy has put forth during the Dove
era – the first NWA World Heavyweight Title match at the NWA Arena in over a decade,
two gimmick matches based on well developed programs, and a ladder match
thrown in to spice things up. In the ring, it was all that it was cracked up to be and
more. The storytelling was exceptionally good throughout. There were no bad
matches, and the Hangman’s Match between Hate Junkies and Urban Assault
Squad was a classic of the ultra violent variety.
Attendance was 120, more or less the same as Fright Night. None of top matches
had sustained heat, although the crowd popped for key spots and finishes. Booker
Bill Behrens noted that the current fanbase responds differently to violence than
Anarchy crowds of the past. They’re paying close attention but they get quiet.
The problems of note related to the length of the show (started late and ran until 11:
30) and the order of the matches. The second half was three gimmick matches in a
row, all with essentially no DQ rules.
“Gunner” Phil Shatter came out to start the show. Gunner replaced Dove, who took the
show biz adage about breaking a leg too literally, as he severely twisted his ankle
backstage just before bell time and couldn’t go. Gunner thanked the fans for their
support and talked about getting his start in Anarchy in 2006.
(1) Anthony Henry defeated NWA Anarchy Young Lion’s Champion “Bro” Newsom via
countout at 8:04. Henry was off to a hot start until Newsom delivered a devastating
reverse DDT on the ring frame. Newsom worked on Henry’s back. On the comeback,
Henry hit a missile dropkick for two. They traded near falls. Henry kicked out of Bro’s
small package. The crowd, which had relatively quiet, sensed an upset and got
behind Henry huge. Henry tried for his cloverleaf finisher. Bro got to the ropes and
opted to take the 10 count to save his title.
Newly appointed NWA Anarchy Enforcer Brodie Chase told Bro he had done a smart
thing, but in so doing, he made Chase look like an ass. Therefore, Chase said he
was adding some sizzle to the January 14 show – a rematch with the ring surrounded
by fans with leather straps. Chase named timekeeper Bo as the first strapper. Bo
started snapping his belt, so Bro snatched Bo’s hat and stomped it flat. This segment
got over great. Chase’s mic work was tremendous.
John Johnson entered the ring with his Ambassadors (Jacoby Boykins & Chris
Mayne). Johnson is doing the duel role of heel TV commentator and manager, and he
cut an excellent promo – short and to the point - explaining how Anarchy had
disrespected each of them in different ways. The best part was Johnson talking about
how Boykins jeopardized his life in the military. The military part is true, but due to a
medical condition, Boykins wasn’t sent overseas. Johnson vowed that they would
take their opportunities in 2012. There’s something about the Ambassadors that riles
up a certain segment of the crowd beyond belief, and they got it into huge.
Ambassadors came across as a force to be reckoned with.
(2) Slim J & Bryan Casanova defeated Armed & Dangerous (Lane Vasser & Johnny
Dangerous) in 12:25 to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship. The story
of the match was the big guys (Casanova and Vasser) beating on the little guys to set
up the inevitable clash of the titans. Casanova hit a press slam and got in Vasser’s
face. Casanova is starting to look a bit more comfortable in the babyface role. There
was a cool sequence where J fought off a press slam and a fallaway slam before
Vasser clutched him by the throat and planted him. J did a moonsault off of Casanova’
s shoulder and hit it perfectly. They went a couple minutes too long before getting to
the showdown, but once they got there, the stuff between Vasser and Casanova
worked beautifully. In the end, Vasser had J up for his finisher (a variant of the Attitude
Adjustment), while Casanova had Dangerous set up for his finisher (the TKO). They
hit them at the same time. Slim and J were both pinned, but J wasn’t the legal man..
Postmatch, Vasser turned evil, laying out Casanova, J and his partner with belt shots.
Slimmy bled. There had been undertones of dissension in the partnership, as this
wasn’t the first time Dangerous had let Vasser down.
(3) Jacob Ashworth & Skirra Corvus & Dustin Knight beat Andrew Pendleton III & John
Skyler & Bobby Moore in 15:48. This match had great heat primarily due to Moore. The
crowd delights in giving him hell, and his hilarious reactions bring on even more. One
fan brought a “Barney” doll to add to the torture. Moore was going to punt it, but Skyler
pulled it away at the last instant and Moore took a pratfall. Presuming that Henry takes
the Young Lion’s title from Newsom at some point, Skyler would make an ideal
opponent for him. Knight was the babyface in peril. There’s nobody on the roster
better suited for the role. They did a six way tower of doom spot that showcased the
freaky flexibility of Corvus. While four guys crashed to the mat, Corvus managed to
hang in a tree of woe position and give Skyler a german suplex from there. The action
was solid all the way through, but they did more than necessary for this spot on the
show. The finish saw Skyler spear Moore when Corvus used a Matrix move to duck
out of the way. Corvus and Knight teamed up on an electric chair/flying bodypress and
Knight pinned Skyler.
(4) Adam Pearce retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating
NWA North American Champion Shaun Tempers and NWA Anarchy Heavyweight
Champion Azrael in an elimination match at 14:57. The title shot was originally
granted to Tempers, but the now suspended Reverend Dan Wilson lobbied that as
Anarchy champion, his guy deserved a shot. Dove made it a three way and this
pissed Tempers off no end. At the start, Pearce ordered Azrael and Tempers to
wrestle. Just when it looked like they were going to comply, they started beating
Peace’s ass instead. It didn’t take long for the cooperation to break down though.
Tempers got a two count on Azrael with a sneaky roll up, and their rivalry became the
real story. Azrael’s flurry of offense against Pearce was the hottest point of the match. I
was waiting for Azrael to unleash those hellacious chops of his but it never
happened, and Pearce managed to roll out from under Azrael’s frogsplash elbow.
The action moved to ringside. Azrael whipped Pearce hard into the rail and rolled him
back into the ring, where Tempers covered the champion for a two count. They did a
three way sleeper spot. With all three battling on the ropes, Tempers brought Azrael
off with a Russian legsweep and went back after Pearce. But Azrael recovered and hit
the Ted Bundy to pin Tempers at 12:26. Moments later, Azrael connected with the
frogsplash elbow, but Tempers spitefully put Pearce’s foot on the bottom rope.
Tempers was screaming at Azrael for screwing him as he headed to the back.
Pearce blocked a roll up and kicked out of an inside cradle at one. Azrael nailed
Pearce with a running forearm. Pearce immediately leveled Azrael with a lariat for the
three count. The match worked as far as advancing the story between Azrael and
Tempers, but it was disappointing as a world title match, and it didn’t feel like either
Anarchy guy was elevated in that regard.
Afterward, Pearce stayed down in the ring for a solid 10 minutes like he had been
knocked out. They had referees and security tending to him and the whole nine yards.
After all that, Pearce jumped up good as new and gave some poor security guy two
piledrivers.
To start the second half, Dove made an appearance on crutches to thank the fans
and all of the Anarchy personnel.
(5) Seth Delay won the NWA Anarchy TV Title by defeating champion Steven Walters &
Mike Posey & Corey Hollis in a ladder match at 12:30. This was thrown together at the
last TV taping. Delay and Walters have issues, but there was no logical reason to put
these four into a ladder match for the title except as a stunt show. Hollis and Posey
were introduced as Rave Approved. They worked together until they didn’t. Hollis
ambushed Walters on the ramp and it was on. The first big spot was Delay doing a
flip dive off of the announcer’s booth. A 10 foot ladder and two 6 foot ladders were
brought into play. Delay dove off the top rung off the 10 foot ladder, which was set up
at ringside, over the top rope and into the ring with a double lariat. Delay was taking
his life into his hands on that spot. I have no idea what got into him in this match,
because he had stopped all the the crazy stuff he did when was young and stupid.
Walters came off a ladder with a chestcracker on Hollis. Walters and Delay gave
Posey a superplex off the two six foot ladders. All three were destroyed. Delay gave
Hollis the Overnite Sensation onto a ladder. That had to suck. All four simultaneously
scaled the 10 foot ladder to go for the belt. The belt came unhooked. That wasn’t
supposed to happen. Some fast thinking here, as Delay and Hollis fell off the ladder
and hit the ground with both still grasping the belt. Confusion reigned. Behrens called
for a restart and the belt was rehung. Delay and Walters used the ladders as ramps
to launch stereo dives to the outside, a fairly spectacular spot that got zero response.
Weird. Walters climbed the ladder and got one hand on the belt. At that point, Delay
clocked Walters with the brass knucks and got the prize. Delay celebrated by
Tebowing with the knucks still on his hand. Funny how things work out sometimes.
The belt coming down prematurely actually added to the drama of the match.
(6) Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) beat Hate Junkies (Dany
Only & Stryknyn) in a Hangman’s Match at 14:08. In a word, this was psychotic.
Stryknyn took ungodly punishment. The two nooses were hung over the ramp. First
ones to get two them could use them, and the match could only end with both team
members being hung. Nemesis gave Stryknyn a back suplex on the ramp, and
Stryknyn’s head appeared to bounce off the ramp. Jackson sent Stryknyn flying into
the announcer’s booth with a monkey flip. Stryknyn bled. Nemesis tried to hang Only,
but Stryknyn speared him to break it up. Jackson tried to hang Only, and Stryknyn
broke that up with a chairshot. Junkies filled the ring with chairs. Only gave Nemesis
a back suplex onto a chair. Stryknyn tried asphyxiate Jackson with a plastic bag. They
did a close call where the Junkies almost had UAS hung. Nemesis put the noose
around Only’s neck, tossed him over the rail and dragged his limp body across the
floor. Nemesis was taking no prisoners. All four battled on the floor. Nemesis gave
Stryknyn a sick chairshot to the head, busting him open the hardway. Only was now
bleeding like a stuck pig. His face was covered in crimson. UAS did the beast up
pose, signaling that the end was near. They laid the Junkies out with big move
combos, and proceeded with the double hanging over the top rope. A sick match and
a fitting end to the feud.
A short break was needed to allow the blood spill team to disinfect the ring.
(7) Seven (with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Mikal Judas in No DQ- No Holds Barred Match
at 14:20. A much anticipated meeting of the monsters. Unfortunately, there wasn’t
much they could do that the fans hadn’t already seen in the two previous matches.
The action was as much outside the ring as inside. It was all Judas in the early going.
Seven took over. I didn’t see how because I was distracted by Bailey telling fan he
smelled like a monkey that had rolled in his own feces. A knockdown lariat by Judas
got a pop. His comeback built to El Crucifijo, but Seven backdropped his way out of it.
Seven decked Judas with a double ax off the middle rope. Seven connected with the
bicycle kick and tried to come off the ropes again, but Judas caught him with a
gutshot. Back and forth they went. Bailey slid a chair into the ring. They goozled each
other. Judas kicked Seven low (served him right), gave him a drop toe hold onto the
chair and blasted him with a chairshot that sounded like a gunshot. Judas had Seven
up for El Crucifijo when the lights went out…lights on and Vasser was in the ring with
Judas slung across his shoulders. Vasser hit the Attitude Adjustment, and Seven
followed with a flying elbow drop for the pin.
Afterward, Seven, Vasser and Bailey were all putting the boots to Judas. Seven gave
Judas the chokebomb. J and Dangerous tried to make a save and got decimated by
Bailey’s monsters. Chase came out and got into a screaming match with Bailey,
threatening suspension and such. Bailey departed with his twin towers. Judas was
down for awhile, but he did manage to leave under his own power. Awesome way to
end the show. Nobody saw the thing with Vasser coming, and Bailey now having two
big guys to beat on him builds more sympathy for Judas.
NWA ANARCHY 1-14-12 TV TAPING
FAN STRAP MATCH
BO NEWSOME VS ANTHONY HENRY
NWA ANARCHY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
AZRAEL (C) VS SHADOW JACKSON
From Larry Goodman:
Season’s Beatings 2011 was the best show NWA Anarchy has presented since
Franklin Dove took ownership of the company in May of this year.
On paper, it was the most compelling lineup Anarchy has put forth during the Dove
era – the first NWA World Heavyweight Title match at the NWA Arena in over a decade,
two gimmick matches based on well developed programs, and a ladder match
thrown in to spice things up. In the ring, it was all that it was cracked up to be and
more. The storytelling was exceptionally good throughout. There were no bad
matches, and the Hangman’s Match between Hate Junkies and Urban Assault
Squad was a classic of the ultra violent variety.
Attendance was 120, more or less the same as Fright Night. None of top matches
had sustained heat, although the crowd popped for key spots and finishes. Booker
Bill Behrens noted that the current fanbase responds differently to violence than
Anarchy crowds of the past. They’re paying close attention but they get quiet.
The problems of note related to the length of the show (started late and ran until 11:
30) and the order of the matches. The second half was three gimmick matches in a
row, all with essentially no DQ rules.
“Gunner” Phil Shatter came out to start the show. Gunner replaced Dove, who took the
show biz adage about breaking a leg too literally, as he severely twisted his ankle
backstage just before bell time and couldn’t go. Gunner thanked the fans for their
support and talked about getting his start in Anarchy in 2006.
(1) Anthony Henry defeated NWA Anarchy Young Lion’s Champion “Bro” Newsom via
countout at 8:04. Henry was off to a hot start until Newsom delivered a devastating
reverse DDT on the ring frame. Newsom worked on Henry’s back. On the comeback,
Henry hit a missile dropkick for two. They traded near falls. Henry kicked out of Bro’s
small package. The crowd, which had relatively quiet, sensed an upset and got
behind Henry huge. Henry tried for his cloverleaf finisher. Bro got to the ropes and
opted to take the 10 count to save his title.
Newly appointed NWA Anarchy Enforcer Brodie Chase told Bro he had done a smart
thing, but in so doing, he made Chase look like an ass. Therefore, Chase said he
was adding some sizzle to the January 14 show – a rematch with the ring surrounded
by fans with leather straps. Chase named timekeeper Bo as the first strapper. Bo
started snapping his belt, so Bro snatched Bo’s hat and stomped it flat. This segment
got over great. Chase’s mic work was tremendous.
John Johnson entered the ring with his Ambassadors (Jacoby Boykins & Chris
Mayne). Johnson is doing the duel role of heel TV commentator and manager, and he
cut an excellent promo – short and to the point - explaining how Anarchy had
disrespected each of them in different ways. The best part was Johnson talking about
how Boykins jeopardized his life in the military. The military part is true, but due to a
medical condition, Boykins wasn’t sent overseas. Johnson vowed that they would
take their opportunities in 2012. There’s something about the Ambassadors that riles
up a certain segment of the crowd beyond belief, and they got it into huge.
Ambassadors came across as a force to be reckoned with.
(2) Slim J & Bryan Casanova defeated Armed & Dangerous (Lane Vasser & Johnny
Dangerous) in 12:25 to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship. The story
of the match was the big guys (Casanova and Vasser) beating on the little guys to set
up the inevitable clash of the titans. Casanova hit a press slam and got in Vasser’s
face. Casanova is starting to look a bit more comfortable in the babyface role. There
was a cool sequence where J fought off a press slam and a fallaway slam before
Vasser clutched him by the throat and planted him. J did a moonsault off of Casanova’
s shoulder and hit it perfectly. They went a couple minutes too long before getting to
the showdown, but once they got there, the stuff between Vasser and Casanova
worked beautifully. In the end, Vasser had J up for his finisher (a variant of the Attitude
Adjustment), while Casanova had Dangerous set up for his finisher (the TKO). They
hit them at the same time. Slim and J were both pinned, but J wasn’t the legal man..
Postmatch, Vasser turned evil, laying out Casanova, J and his partner with belt shots.
Slimmy bled. There had been undertones of dissension in the partnership, as this
wasn’t the first time Dangerous had let Vasser down.
(3) Jacob Ashworth & Skirra Corvus & Dustin Knight beat Andrew Pendleton III & John
Skyler & Bobby Moore in 15:48. This match had great heat primarily due to Moore. The
crowd delights in giving him hell, and his hilarious reactions bring on even more. One
fan brought a “Barney” doll to add to the torture. Moore was going to punt it, but Skyler
pulled it away at the last instant and Moore took a pratfall. Presuming that Henry takes
the Young Lion’s title from Newsom at some point, Skyler would make an ideal
opponent for him. Knight was the babyface in peril. There’s nobody on the roster
better suited for the role. They did a six way tower of doom spot that showcased the
freaky flexibility of Corvus. While four guys crashed to the mat, Corvus managed to
hang in a tree of woe position and give Skyler a german suplex from there. The action
was solid all the way through, but they did more than necessary for this spot on the
show. The finish saw Skyler spear Moore when Corvus used a Matrix move to duck
out of the way. Corvus and Knight teamed up on an electric chair/flying bodypress and
Knight pinned Skyler.
(4) Adam Pearce retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating
NWA North American Champion Shaun Tempers and NWA Anarchy Heavyweight
Champion Azrael in an elimination match at 14:57. The title shot was originally
granted to Tempers, but the now suspended Reverend Dan Wilson lobbied that as
Anarchy champion, his guy deserved a shot. Dove made it a three way and this
pissed Tempers off no end. At the start, Pearce ordered Azrael and Tempers to
wrestle. Just when it looked like they were going to comply, they started beating
Peace’s ass instead. It didn’t take long for the cooperation to break down though.
Tempers got a two count on Azrael with a sneaky roll up, and their rivalry became the
real story. Azrael’s flurry of offense against Pearce was the hottest point of the match. I
was waiting for Azrael to unleash those hellacious chops of his but it never
happened, and Pearce managed to roll out from under Azrael’s frogsplash elbow.
The action moved to ringside. Azrael whipped Pearce hard into the rail and rolled him
back into the ring, where Tempers covered the champion for a two count. They did a
three way sleeper spot. With all three battling on the ropes, Tempers brought Azrael
off with a Russian legsweep and went back after Pearce. But Azrael recovered and hit
the Ted Bundy to pin Tempers at 12:26. Moments later, Azrael connected with the
frogsplash elbow, but Tempers spitefully put Pearce’s foot on the bottom rope.
Tempers was screaming at Azrael for screwing him as he headed to the back.
Pearce blocked a roll up and kicked out of an inside cradle at one. Azrael nailed
Pearce with a running forearm. Pearce immediately leveled Azrael with a lariat for the
three count. The match worked as far as advancing the story between Azrael and
Tempers, but it was disappointing as a world title match, and it didn’t feel like either
Anarchy guy was elevated in that regard.
Afterward, Pearce stayed down in the ring for a solid 10 minutes like he had been
knocked out. They had referees and security tending to him and the whole nine yards.
After all that, Pearce jumped up good as new and gave some poor security guy two
piledrivers.
To start the second half, Dove made an appearance on crutches to thank the fans
and all of the Anarchy personnel.
(5) Seth Delay won the NWA Anarchy TV Title by defeating champion Steven Walters &
Mike Posey & Corey Hollis in a ladder match at 12:30. This was thrown together at the
last TV taping. Delay and Walters have issues, but there was no logical reason to put
these four into a ladder match for the title except as a stunt show. Hollis and Posey
were introduced as Rave Approved. They worked together until they didn’t. Hollis
ambushed Walters on the ramp and it was on. The first big spot was Delay doing a
flip dive off of the announcer’s booth. A 10 foot ladder and two 6 foot ladders were
brought into play. Delay dove off the top rung off the 10 foot ladder, which was set up
at ringside, over the top rope and into the ring with a double lariat. Delay was taking
his life into his hands on that spot. I have no idea what got into him in this match,
because he had stopped all the the crazy stuff he did when was young and stupid.
Walters came off a ladder with a chestcracker on Hollis. Walters and Delay gave
Posey a superplex off the two six foot ladders. All three were destroyed. Delay gave
Hollis the Overnite Sensation onto a ladder. That had to suck. All four simultaneously
scaled the 10 foot ladder to go for the belt. The belt came unhooked. That wasn’t
supposed to happen. Some fast thinking here, as Delay and Hollis fell off the ladder
and hit the ground with both still grasping the belt. Confusion reigned. Behrens called
for a restart and the belt was rehung. Delay and Walters used the ladders as ramps
to launch stereo dives to the outside, a fairly spectacular spot that got zero response.
Weird. Walters climbed the ladder and got one hand on the belt. At that point, Delay
clocked Walters with the brass knucks and got the prize. Delay celebrated by
Tebowing with the knucks still on his hand. Funny how things work out sometimes.
The belt coming down prematurely actually added to the drama of the match.
(6) Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) beat Hate Junkies (Dany
Only & Stryknyn) in a Hangman’s Match at 14:08. In a word, this was psychotic.
Stryknyn took ungodly punishment. The two nooses were hung over the ramp. First
ones to get two them could use them, and the match could only end with both team
members being hung. Nemesis gave Stryknyn a back suplex on the ramp, and
Stryknyn’s head appeared to bounce off the ramp. Jackson sent Stryknyn flying into
the announcer’s booth with a monkey flip. Stryknyn bled. Nemesis tried to hang Only,
but Stryknyn speared him to break it up. Jackson tried to hang Only, and Stryknyn
broke that up with a chairshot. Junkies filled the ring with chairs. Only gave Nemesis
a back suplex onto a chair. Stryknyn tried asphyxiate Jackson with a plastic bag. They
did a close call where the Junkies almost had UAS hung. Nemesis put the noose
around Only’s neck, tossed him over the rail and dragged his limp body across the
floor. Nemesis was taking no prisoners. All four battled on the floor. Nemesis gave
Stryknyn a sick chairshot to the head, busting him open the hardway. Only was now
bleeding like a stuck pig. His face was covered in crimson. UAS did the beast up
pose, signaling that the end was near. They laid the Junkies out with big move
combos, and proceeded with the double hanging over the top rope. A sick match and
a fitting end to the feud.
A short break was needed to allow the blood spill team to disinfect the ring.
(7) Seven (with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Mikal Judas in No DQ- No Holds Barred Match
at 14:20. A much anticipated meeting of the monsters. Unfortunately, there wasn’t
much they could do that the fans hadn’t already seen in the two previous matches.
The action was as much outside the ring as inside. It was all Judas in the early going.
Seven took over. I didn’t see how because I was distracted by Bailey telling fan he
smelled like a monkey that had rolled in his own feces. A knockdown lariat by Judas
got a pop. His comeback built to El Crucifijo, but Seven backdropped his way out of it.
Seven decked Judas with a double ax off the middle rope. Seven connected with the
bicycle kick and tried to come off the ropes again, but Judas caught him with a
gutshot. Back and forth they went. Bailey slid a chair into the ring. They goozled each
other. Judas kicked Seven low (served him right), gave him a drop toe hold onto the
chair and blasted him with a chairshot that sounded like a gunshot. Judas had Seven
up for El Crucifijo when the lights went out…lights on and Vasser was in the ring with
Judas slung across his shoulders. Vasser hit the Attitude Adjustment, and Seven
followed with a flying elbow drop for the pin.
Afterward, Seven, Vasser and Bailey were all putting the boots to Judas. Seven gave
Judas the chokebomb. J and Dangerous tried to make a save and got decimated by
Bailey’s monsters. Chase came out and got into a screaming match with Bailey,
threatening suspension and such. Bailey departed with his twin towers. Judas was
down for awhile, but he did manage to leave under his own power. Awesome way to
end the show. Nobody saw the thing with Vasser coming, and Bailey now having two
big guys to beat on him builds more sympathy for Judas.
NWA ANARCHY 1-14-12 TV TAPING
FAN STRAP MATCH
BO NEWSOME VS ANTHONY HENRY
NWA ANARCHY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
AZRAEL (C) VS SHADOW JACKSON