Post by nwawildside on Jun 11, 2012 6:42:46 GMT -5
The roller coaster ride continues at the NWA Arena in Cornelia, GA. This has gone beyond being on roll. NWA Anarchy has caught lightning in a bottle.
The NWA Elite, led by Jeff G. Bailey and former Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer, are out to seize control of the company by any means necessary. They’re taking all the titles, taking out the top babyfaces, evidently taking control of the officiating…and another deadly weapon has been added to their arsenal.
It is the best thing Anarchy has done since Franklin Dove took over ownership, and it might be the juiciest story Anarchy ever gets to tell. But that’s not all. Up and down the card, every story is clicking. Anarchy’s best stuff came when Todd Sexton and Bill Behrens were collaborating on the creative process, and lightning appears to be striking twice.
This show had something for everyone. Emotions are being pulled in all directions. The intensity of the wrestling has picked up dramatically, which is no surprise with the locker room morale approaching an all time high.
There is no way to properly appreciate this product without seeing it live. Due to Anarchy’s ongoing technical limitations, their television shows and DVDs cannot do it justice.
Attendance was 135. That’s a good number in an up trend and somewhat of relief after Anarchy drew poorly on Memorial Day weekend.
(1) Brandon Parker defeated Dustin Knight in 9:04. The returning Knight received an oddly cool reception considering that he and Anthony Henry were popular tag team champions less than a year ago. Parker was in control most of the way. He started taunting the “little fella” to fight back. Knight did but fell victim to Parker’s backpack stunner in the end. Match was OK. Not much crowd reaction and what little there was favored Parker.
On the Wrestlevision, special enforcer Brodie Chase apologized to his referees for overreacting last time (Chase had been provoked into using Palmer’s axhandle on NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Shaun Tempers). Chase assigned senior official Dee Byers to the upcoming Anarchy tag title match. Fellow official Brent Wiley, growing more heelish with each passing moment, was not a happy camper.
(2) Bobby Moore & Tommy Daniels & CB Gibson defeated Billy Buck & Skirra Corvus & Jacob Ashworth in 9:50. Things have gone from bad to worse for Moore. If the Barney chants and dolls weren’t enough, Moore was tormented by a fan dressed in a full Barney costume. Moore went nuts trying to get at the guy, then stormed to the locker room and had to be dragged back to the ring by his partners. The drama was Moore running away from Buck, the man whose career he bragged about ending. Buck did his signature fiery house cleaning until Moore clubbed him from behind. Buck pulled Moore out and they brawled to the back. Ashworth was ready to finish off Gibson, but former friend Tommy pulled his leg out from under, and fellow backstabber Gibson landed on top. The heat was off the hook for this highly entertaining match.
Young Lion’s Champion Henry was interviewed by Tim E. D. on big screen. Henry said he could handle the pressure of being the only good guy with a title. Adrian Hawkins showed up displaying major jerk-like tendencies. Hawkins said he was going to take some kid and show Henry a real submission hold. Henry said he was taking on all comers.
(3) NWA RPW Heavyweight Champion Kyle Matthews defeated Corey Hollis in 12:36. This was an unadvertised addition to the card. Matthews came out to “Bad Company” and had a Nightmare star on his tights. His taped up shoulder never figured into the match. Hollis got ticked off about being outwrestled. He gave Matthews a rude powerbomb onto the ring frame, and did that ever turn the momentum. Hollis zeroed in on Matthews’ back to set up a Boston crab. They were trading ridiculously stiff chops. Matthews fought off the crab hold and went for a tope. It was scary because Matthews’ foot got snagged by the ropes, but he managed to connect. Hollis rolled through on a flying body press to get the crab hold. Matthews made the ropes. Hollis used a butterfly suplex flipped into a backcracker but Matthews kicked out. They battled on the ropes. Matthews got the better it, using a spot on huracanrana to set up the Slurpee Kick. This match was technical excellence the likes of which is rarely seen in the NWA Arena. Matthews tried to get the crowd going. It worked to some degree, but they’re not in the mix at Anarchy, so fans had no emotional stake in the outcome.
Jeff G. Bailey addressed the crowd in advance of the NWA Elite’s title defense. Bailey put his delusional spin on the events at previous taping as only he can do it. Bailey said Chase had callled Byers out to make a fraudulent pin count, and Wiley called it right down the middle when he awoke. Bailey accused Chase of bullying Wiley, and said picking Byers to ref the tag title match wasn’t going to change a thing.
(4) NWA Elite (Se7en & Jacoby Boykins with Jeff G. Bailey & Jerry Palmer) defeated Hate Junkies (Dany Only & Stryknyn with Reverend Dan Wilson) in 12:34. Only’s trademark beard was a thing of the past. What the hell is up with that? The Junkies wailed on Boykins (standing in for Bryan Casanova). Se7en tagged in. Only tried to choke slam Se7en onto Stryknyn’s knees. Not one of his brighter moves. Se7en chokeslammed Only onto Stryk, and the Elite gave Only a wicked beating. Se7en was getting way, way up there on his flying elbow drops. Damn impressive for such a huge guy. Only was in exquisite agony. Se7en hit the bullseye three time, but four was pushing it. Tags were made. Boykins went for a press slam. Stryknyn reversed it into a DDT for a close near fall. Bailey was sweating bullets on that one. Stryknyn accidentally hit Byers. The Elite messed up, and the Junkies leveled Boykins with a lariat/spear combo. Wiley hit the ring…hesitated… and DQed the Junkies for Stryknyn’s inadvertent blow to the ref.
(5) Andrew Pendleton III defeated Zach Daniels in 7 minutes. Crowd was still settling in from the intermission when the match got underway. Zach has gotten a whole lot better since he started working PCW and Anarchy. Finish saw Zach try to come off the top rope and Pendleton caught him with the Stock Market Crash (variation on the STO).
Nemesis said he felt naked without his home boy, Shadow Jackson, and told them to roll the film for an update on Jackson’s condition (after the backstage beatdown he suffered at the hands of Palmer and his Elite thugs). Nemesis was telling Jackson they needed him at Anarchy. Jackson said he was messed up bad. Jackson said he almost dropped his son because he lost his balance, and he couldn’t come back until he was ready. Nemesis said they needed him at 100%. Back to the now, Nemesis told the fans to give it up for his boy. Thunderous applause ensued.
(6) Adrian Hawkins defeated Joey Rhymer via submission in 3:20. AH smacked Rhymer’s face and had his way with him. Rhymer’s swanton bomb missed by a mile, and Hawkins locked in the sharpshooter.
Hawkins refused to break the hold until Henry hit the ring for the save. The instant Henry turned to tend to Rhymer, Hawkins jumped back in and clipped his knee. Hawkins tried for the sharpshooter. Henry escaped and went for the Texas Cloverleaf, but Hawkins scrambled to safety. A simple and effective way to set up the submission vs. submission scenario. Rhymer was the perfect opponent for this situation because the fans adore the kid.
(7) Seth Delay defeated John Skyler in 11:35 to qualify for the Gold Rush match at Hostile Environment. Cautious start. They worked a nice luchaesque sequence based on knuckle locks and monkey flips. Nice isn’t part of Skyler vocabulary.. He decked Delay with a closed fist. Delay returned the favor as soon as he got the chance. Skyler upped the ante with a whip into the post, and grounded Delay with a sleeper. The crowd love for Delay was strong here. Skyler crotched himself on the turnbuckle. Gluttony will get you nowhere. Delay added insult to injury with a dropkick from behind. Delay’s missile dropkick found its mark, but nobody home for his top rope elbow drop. Skyler flapjacked Delay and motioned that this was over. Delay escaped Sliced Bread #2 and hit the Overnite Sensation. The crowd seemed to like it just fine. I have the sneaking suspicion that they have a better match in them.
Aftewards, Delay was celebrating with the sexy swivel hips dance. Pendleton ran in, laid Delay out with the Stock Market Crash and did his own stupendously ugly version of the swivel hips.
Bailey and Palmer led their team out for the main event. Bailey issued a challenge for a special six on six elimination match at Hostile Environment, the question being were their six idiots stupid enough to accept it? Palmer said this was one of one of those times when real life crosses into pro wrestling. He demanded to have the GM duties. A stipulation perhaps?
(8) Azrael & Slim J & Nemesis with Reverend Dan Wilson) defeated NWA Elite (Shaun Tempers & Bo Newsom & Jacoby Boykins with Jeff G. Bailey & Jerry Palmer) in 10:40. The crowd was on fire for this match. Azrael had his hair styled into devil’s horns. Former enemies Slim and Azrael befuddled the Elite with their creative combos. The spot of the night was an elaborate sequence of insanely stiff chops that left Tempers totally abused. The Elite set out to destroy Slim’s back, and they damn near succeeded. At the crucial moment, Azrael launched Slim over the top rope to take out Newsom and Boykins, then pinned Tempers clean with a springboard Superman punch. The finish looked great, and the people went nuts for the visual of the uncrowned champion pinning Tempers clean. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Chaos reigned. Se7en hit the ring. Hate Junkies ran out to help the good guys. They were brawling all over the place, and this thing was out of control.
The lights went out…
Lights on. A perfect moment for the return of Mikal Judas. Triumph turned to tragedy. An unidentifed badass black wrestler was standing in the ring. It was PCW star Jagged Edge. decimated Team Anarchy until all five bodies were strewn about the ring. The Elite rejoiced amidst the carnage. Chase came out on the ramp wearing a sad face. His guys got crushed again.
What a debut. What a way to finish the show.
NOTES: The date for Hostile Environment is June 30…Anarchy star Steven Walters is currently on a three month tour of England…Skyler appeared on the episode of Smackdown that aired on June 8 as one of Skip Sheffield’s squashes…Among those in attendance were Rachael Freeman from PCW, Team All You Can Eat and Jonathan Williams and Matt Hankins, the hosts of “Georgia Wrestling Now” on GWH radio…Only said he was just tired of having the beard. Too bad that he acted impulsively, as PCW and Anarchy fans were deprived of the opportunity to see it shaved off in the ring.
The NWA Elite, led by Jeff G. Bailey and former Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer, are out to seize control of the company by any means necessary. They’re taking all the titles, taking out the top babyfaces, evidently taking control of the officiating…and another deadly weapon has been added to their arsenal.
It is the best thing Anarchy has done since Franklin Dove took over ownership, and it might be the juiciest story Anarchy ever gets to tell. But that’s not all. Up and down the card, every story is clicking. Anarchy’s best stuff came when Todd Sexton and Bill Behrens were collaborating on the creative process, and lightning appears to be striking twice.
This show had something for everyone. Emotions are being pulled in all directions. The intensity of the wrestling has picked up dramatically, which is no surprise with the locker room morale approaching an all time high.
There is no way to properly appreciate this product without seeing it live. Due to Anarchy’s ongoing technical limitations, their television shows and DVDs cannot do it justice.
Attendance was 135. That’s a good number in an up trend and somewhat of relief after Anarchy drew poorly on Memorial Day weekend.
(1) Brandon Parker defeated Dustin Knight in 9:04. The returning Knight received an oddly cool reception considering that he and Anthony Henry were popular tag team champions less than a year ago. Parker was in control most of the way. He started taunting the “little fella” to fight back. Knight did but fell victim to Parker’s backpack stunner in the end. Match was OK. Not much crowd reaction and what little there was favored Parker.
On the Wrestlevision, special enforcer Brodie Chase apologized to his referees for overreacting last time (Chase had been provoked into using Palmer’s axhandle on NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Shaun Tempers). Chase assigned senior official Dee Byers to the upcoming Anarchy tag title match. Fellow official Brent Wiley, growing more heelish with each passing moment, was not a happy camper.
(2) Bobby Moore & Tommy Daniels & CB Gibson defeated Billy Buck & Skirra Corvus & Jacob Ashworth in 9:50. Things have gone from bad to worse for Moore. If the Barney chants and dolls weren’t enough, Moore was tormented by a fan dressed in a full Barney costume. Moore went nuts trying to get at the guy, then stormed to the locker room and had to be dragged back to the ring by his partners. The drama was Moore running away from Buck, the man whose career he bragged about ending. Buck did his signature fiery house cleaning until Moore clubbed him from behind. Buck pulled Moore out and they brawled to the back. Ashworth was ready to finish off Gibson, but former friend Tommy pulled his leg out from under, and fellow backstabber Gibson landed on top. The heat was off the hook for this highly entertaining match.
Young Lion’s Champion Henry was interviewed by Tim E. D. on big screen. Henry said he could handle the pressure of being the only good guy with a title. Adrian Hawkins showed up displaying major jerk-like tendencies. Hawkins said he was going to take some kid and show Henry a real submission hold. Henry said he was taking on all comers.
(3) NWA RPW Heavyweight Champion Kyle Matthews defeated Corey Hollis in 12:36. This was an unadvertised addition to the card. Matthews came out to “Bad Company” and had a Nightmare star on his tights. His taped up shoulder never figured into the match. Hollis got ticked off about being outwrestled. He gave Matthews a rude powerbomb onto the ring frame, and did that ever turn the momentum. Hollis zeroed in on Matthews’ back to set up a Boston crab. They were trading ridiculously stiff chops. Matthews fought off the crab hold and went for a tope. It was scary because Matthews’ foot got snagged by the ropes, but he managed to connect. Hollis rolled through on a flying body press to get the crab hold. Matthews made the ropes. Hollis used a butterfly suplex flipped into a backcracker but Matthews kicked out. They battled on the ropes. Matthews got the better it, using a spot on huracanrana to set up the Slurpee Kick. This match was technical excellence the likes of which is rarely seen in the NWA Arena. Matthews tried to get the crowd going. It worked to some degree, but they’re not in the mix at Anarchy, so fans had no emotional stake in the outcome.
Jeff G. Bailey addressed the crowd in advance of the NWA Elite’s title defense. Bailey put his delusional spin on the events at previous taping as only he can do it. Bailey said Chase had callled Byers out to make a fraudulent pin count, and Wiley called it right down the middle when he awoke. Bailey accused Chase of bullying Wiley, and said picking Byers to ref the tag title match wasn’t going to change a thing.
(4) NWA Elite (Se7en & Jacoby Boykins with Jeff G. Bailey & Jerry Palmer) defeated Hate Junkies (Dany Only & Stryknyn with Reverend Dan Wilson) in 12:34. Only’s trademark beard was a thing of the past. What the hell is up with that? The Junkies wailed on Boykins (standing in for Bryan Casanova). Se7en tagged in. Only tried to choke slam Se7en onto Stryknyn’s knees. Not one of his brighter moves. Se7en chokeslammed Only onto Stryk, and the Elite gave Only a wicked beating. Se7en was getting way, way up there on his flying elbow drops. Damn impressive for such a huge guy. Only was in exquisite agony. Se7en hit the bullseye three time, but four was pushing it. Tags were made. Boykins went for a press slam. Stryknyn reversed it into a DDT for a close near fall. Bailey was sweating bullets on that one. Stryknyn accidentally hit Byers. The Elite messed up, and the Junkies leveled Boykins with a lariat/spear combo. Wiley hit the ring…hesitated… and DQed the Junkies for Stryknyn’s inadvertent blow to the ref.
(5) Andrew Pendleton III defeated Zach Daniels in 7 minutes. Crowd was still settling in from the intermission when the match got underway. Zach has gotten a whole lot better since he started working PCW and Anarchy. Finish saw Zach try to come off the top rope and Pendleton caught him with the Stock Market Crash (variation on the STO).
Nemesis said he felt naked without his home boy, Shadow Jackson, and told them to roll the film for an update on Jackson’s condition (after the backstage beatdown he suffered at the hands of Palmer and his Elite thugs). Nemesis was telling Jackson they needed him at Anarchy. Jackson said he was messed up bad. Jackson said he almost dropped his son because he lost his balance, and he couldn’t come back until he was ready. Nemesis said they needed him at 100%. Back to the now, Nemesis told the fans to give it up for his boy. Thunderous applause ensued.
(6) Adrian Hawkins defeated Joey Rhymer via submission in 3:20. AH smacked Rhymer’s face and had his way with him. Rhymer’s swanton bomb missed by a mile, and Hawkins locked in the sharpshooter.
Hawkins refused to break the hold until Henry hit the ring for the save. The instant Henry turned to tend to Rhymer, Hawkins jumped back in and clipped his knee. Hawkins tried for the sharpshooter. Henry escaped and went for the Texas Cloverleaf, but Hawkins scrambled to safety. A simple and effective way to set up the submission vs. submission scenario. Rhymer was the perfect opponent for this situation because the fans adore the kid.
(7) Seth Delay defeated John Skyler in 11:35 to qualify for the Gold Rush match at Hostile Environment. Cautious start. They worked a nice luchaesque sequence based on knuckle locks and monkey flips. Nice isn’t part of Skyler vocabulary.. He decked Delay with a closed fist. Delay returned the favor as soon as he got the chance. Skyler upped the ante with a whip into the post, and grounded Delay with a sleeper. The crowd love for Delay was strong here. Skyler crotched himself on the turnbuckle. Gluttony will get you nowhere. Delay added insult to injury with a dropkick from behind. Delay’s missile dropkick found its mark, but nobody home for his top rope elbow drop. Skyler flapjacked Delay and motioned that this was over. Delay escaped Sliced Bread #2 and hit the Overnite Sensation. The crowd seemed to like it just fine. I have the sneaking suspicion that they have a better match in them.
Aftewards, Delay was celebrating with the sexy swivel hips dance. Pendleton ran in, laid Delay out with the Stock Market Crash and did his own stupendously ugly version of the swivel hips.
Bailey and Palmer led their team out for the main event. Bailey issued a challenge for a special six on six elimination match at Hostile Environment, the question being were their six idiots stupid enough to accept it? Palmer said this was one of one of those times when real life crosses into pro wrestling. He demanded to have the GM duties. A stipulation perhaps?
(8) Azrael & Slim J & Nemesis with Reverend Dan Wilson) defeated NWA Elite (Shaun Tempers & Bo Newsom & Jacoby Boykins with Jeff G. Bailey & Jerry Palmer) in 10:40. The crowd was on fire for this match. Azrael had his hair styled into devil’s horns. Former enemies Slim and Azrael befuddled the Elite with their creative combos. The spot of the night was an elaborate sequence of insanely stiff chops that left Tempers totally abused. The Elite set out to destroy Slim’s back, and they damn near succeeded. At the crucial moment, Azrael launched Slim over the top rope to take out Newsom and Boykins, then pinned Tempers clean with a springboard Superman punch. The finish looked great, and the people went nuts for the visual of the uncrowned champion pinning Tempers clean. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Chaos reigned. Se7en hit the ring. Hate Junkies ran out to help the good guys. They were brawling all over the place, and this thing was out of control.
The lights went out…
Lights on. A perfect moment for the return of Mikal Judas. Triumph turned to tragedy. An unidentifed badass black wrestler was standing in the ring. It was PCW star Jagged Edge. decimated Team Anarchy until all five bodies were strewn about the ring. The Elite rejoiced amidst the carnage. Chase came out on the ramp wearing a sad face. His guys got crushed again.
What a debut. What a way to finish the show.
NOTES: The date for Hostile Environment is June 30…Anarchy star Steven Walters is currently on a three month tour of England…Skyler appeared on the episode of Smackdown that aired on June 8 as one of Skip Sheffield’s squashes…Among those in attendance were Rachael Freeman from PCW, Team All You Can Eat and Jonathan Williams and Matt Hankins, the hosts of “Georgia Wrestling Now” on GWH radio…Only said he was just tired of having the beard. Too bad that he acted impulsively, as PCW and Anarchy fans were deprived of the opportunity to see it shaved off in the ring.