Post by nwawildside on Jan 27, 2014 8:12:52 GMT -5
Anarchy Wrestling Report from Cornelia, GA for January 25
From Larry Goodman:
Anarchy wrestling’s second TV taping of 2014 was a solid enough show, but the big story in Cornelia, GA these days is the resurgence in attendance at the Anarchy Arena.
The show drew 140 coming off 130 on January 11 and 250 for the company’s major holiday show, Season’s Beatings that featured an appearance by AJ Styles. It’s the best run at the gate since Franklin Dove took over ownership of the promotion. It may not seem like much but it is a sizeable percentage move. Attendance at TV tapings was averaging 100 at best and 120 was tops. Another encouraging sign was the large number of new faces in the crowd.
The first half of the show was a bit sluggish, but it picked up midway through with Washington Bullets vs. Ace Rockwell & Steven Walters, and finished strong by setting up an unexpected match that split the crowd. A number of interesting directions were set in motion as the booking continues to defy predictability.
Cold venues don’t make for hot crowds and the Anarchy Arena was frigid. The building has no heat. And the outdoor temperature was hovering around 30 at bell time. Where were those portable heaters they used to have when we needed them? The crowd was on the lethargic side all night long. A number of good matches got only so-so reactions. There was more to it than that though. Anarchy is in somewhat of reset mode, and the new fans are not fully acclimated to the stories and characters.
Mike Posey was accompanied to the ring by an uber reluctant Corey Hollis. Posey professed that Alabama Attitude was a united front, and said his best friend Hollis was going to be the next Anarchy TV Champion before the night was over. Fans chanted “leave the munchkin” at Hollis.
(1)Mike Posey defeated Frankie Valentine in 7:20. Good match, paltry heat. Posey rolled through on Valentine’s O’Connor Roll and used the tights to score the pin. I don’t know what it is about Posey. The guy’s a good talker, easy to dislike, talented in the ring, and he’s been placed in some juicy spot at Anarchy, but he just doesn’t get heat. Valentine was making his return after several years of absence, and most fans didn’t have a clue about him.
Miss Rachael came to the ring with BJ Hancock, Anthony Henry and Shane Marx. Rachael said 2014 had been a wonderful year so far. Her guys dismantled Todd Sexton last time. Todd was on a stretcher, his poor wife was crying, and there she was without her camera. Sexton’s music hit and out came Joey Rhymer. The skinny beard and flesh colored skull cap have transformed his look. What a douche. I love it. Rachael said the time wasn’t right for a singles match between “The Five Star King” Henry and her PCW import Marx, because a match over a girl results in high emotions and jealousy and tonight was about mercilessness.
Brodie Chase did some hilarious mic work. He was accompanied by a new blonde girl, Ginger and a makeshift team of babyfaces. Chase said protection was needed because they certainly didn’t want to catch anything so it nice that she was sponsored by “condom head” Rhymer. Chase conduced a poll to determine the loveliest female which was naturally won by Ginger. That lead to a “Ho must go chant” and that led to Rhymer getting in Chase’s face and having the nuts slapped out of him. They got more out of this segment than I could have ever imagined.
(2) BJ Hancock & Anthony Henry & Shane Marx & Joey Rhymer (with Miss Rachael) defeated Lars Manderson & Kameron Kade & Ryan Hunter & Jeremy Foster (with Brodie Chase & Ginger) in 10 minutes even. UIW booker Stan Robinson made his first Anarchy appearance as the referee. Joey mocked Sexton by using the crossface on Foster. Rachael’s team had a rash of selfish, uninvited tags to set up an impressive house cleaning sequence by Manderson. He’s got the height and athletic ability, but looks green and gangly at this stage, and is in desperate need of a name change. Manderson press tossed Rhymer over the top rope onto Marx and Henry, but got dumped out by Hancock. At first, Kade was able to escape from Hancock’s piledriver but the second time was the charm.
Postmatch, Hancock left Ginger laying with a devastating piledriver. Hancock has been unexpectedly awesome as a heel. He was laughing about the dirty deed and it was high fives all around amongst Rachael’s crew. Dove and Bill Behrens came out to check on Ginger, who was carried out by Chase. Ginger sold it like a champ. A stretcher would have really driven home the point with such a slightly built female as the victim.
Jonathan Feltner urged the fans to fire up because the next match was being shot for a movie (by Funk Productions). Dory Funk was introduced as the special referee and received a much better reaction than I expected. He thanked Anarchy Wrestling and the fans in Cornelia for helping out. Marti Funk was at ringside shooting the footage.
(3) Jessica “Powerhouse” Hill defeated Hollywood Heather in 6:31 with special referee Dory Funk. Heather is a legit six footer. They did a few very good things in the context of a truly horrible match. The fans saw it for what it was and tuned it out. Heather had Hill beaten after an elevated double chicken wing face plant that looked tremendous, but she decided to parade around the ring and make a nonchalant cover that Hill reversed with a crucifix pin.
The postmatch was comedy gold of the unintentional variety. Hill and Heather continued to fight at ringside. Behrens sorta broke it up and took his first bump in five years. Funk and Heather argued.
(4) Hot Commodity (CB Suave & Tommy Penirelli) defeated Brandon Parker & Joey Romano in 8:07. Penirelli has added some new wrinkles to his offense. Romano communicates well with facial expressions and has good instincts in the ring, but looks like he’s never seen the inside of a gym. There’s no way to take a guy with such a terrible physique seriously as a pro wrestler. Romano instigated a Hot Commodity collision to set up the hot tag. Parker’s babyface fire has never been better. He was killing them with Kawada kicks, but made an ill-advised tag to Romano, who flew from the top. Penirelli rolled through and submitted Romano with an ankle lock.
Postmatch, Penirelli was not happy about Suave celebrating and stealing his thunder.
(5) Bobby Moore defeated Alex Averignos in 4:12. Averignos is a work in progress. This was a competitive match while it lasted. They sold generously for each other. The importance of that as a key ingredient to a goo match cannot be overstated. Averignos missed a hammerlock clothesline and got obliterated by Moore’s discus forearm. Moore won it with the sick kick that he usually uses for a near fall.
(6) Ace Rockwell & Steven Walters defeated Washington Bullets (Jon & Trey Williams) in 14 minutes. A fine blend of comedy and action. The Bullets were entertaining as always. Fans gave them grief for their chicken ways. Ace said to quit yelling chicken or the Bullets would get hungry. Jon took a Hall of Fame bump for Walter’s European uppercut. Bullets used chicanery to get heat on Rockwell. Rockwell got a clear path for the tag, but Walters had been knocked off the apron. Rockwell hit a super backdrop suplex on Trey. Both down. Tags made. A roller coaster back and forth followed. Walters had Jon in a leglock submission and got nailed by Trey to break it up. Jon celebrated like a fool and paid for it. Rockwell hit Aces High when the ref wasn’t looking and Walters covered for the 1-2-3.
Bullets faked dissension after the match.
(7) Leon Saver defeated Ethan Case and Laredo Kid and Eli Daniels in a fatal four way match in 4:08. For ring presence and skill, Case blew away the other guys in the match. Case dominated but couldn’t convert on his finisher, and in the end, Saver reversed it for the pin.
(8) Shaun Tempers (with Jeff G. Bailey) pinned Kevin Blue to become the new Young Lion’s Champion at 10:11. Blue got one of the better babyface entrance pops of the night. This was more compelling than their first match at Season’s Beatings. Blue nailed Tempers with high boot to the mush that looked absolutely wicked. Tempers rolled to the floor for some TLC from Bailey. Blue tried to follow up with a tope and got cut off by a Tempers forearm. Back inside, Tempers hit a Tiger Bomb for two. Blue had Tempers’ cobra clutch backbreaker scouted. Likewise, Tempers had Blue’s Air Raid Crash scouted. Tempers then kicked out of an O’Connor Roll sending Blue into a face full of the Temptation Spray from Bailey. Blue was easy pickings for the Tempers neckbreaker. Blue’s run with the title was constructive and there was certainly no shame in losing it to Tempers. It feels to me like the fans now see him on a higher level. Tempers is hardly a young lion so it will be interesting to see what he direction he takes with the title.
(9) Billy Buck defeated Corey Hollis to retain the Anarchy TV Title in 12:06. Best match of the night. It had the aura of an authentic struggle. The match had dramatic tension instead of outright heat. The crowd didn’t want to root against either one. Buck is as over as it gets and Hollis is in the midst of turning baby. Posey kicked Feltner out of the announce booth and hijacked the color commentator spot. A cautious feeling out process built to each ducking the other guy’s finisher. Buck punched on the break. Hollis returned the favor. Hollis took a full rotation bump on Buck’s german suplex. Buck tried it again. Hollis landed on his feet and lit into Buck with clotheslines. Hollis with a falcon arrow for two. Buck with a spinebuster for two. Hollis with a pair of near falls but a Buck superkick sent him out of the ring. Buck hauled Hollis back into the ring just before the 10 count, but Hollis kicked out. They traded submissions, Hollis with a crossface chickenwing and Buck with the figure four. Hollis tried for the back elbow. It missed and Buck’s superkick was a thing of beauty, right on the button.
Posey challenged Buck and received a title on February 8– with Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Mikael Judas!
(10) Iceberg defeated former Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Geter via DQ at 2:50. It was best to keep this short and they did. Geter jumped the bell and had the better of it until missing a charge into the corner. Iceberg tattooed Geter with punches and kicked him in the nuts. Geter decked Berg with a right hand. The action spilled to ringside where Berg whipped Geter into the post and was attacked by Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis).
Judas came to Berg’s rescue and they were attacked by Se7en & Tempers (with Bailey). Slim J and Hate Junkies (Stryknyn & Dany Only) ran out to even the odds leading to…
(11) Unforgiveable Blackness (Geter & Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) & The Elite (Shaun Tempers & Se7en with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Mikael Judas & Iceberg & Slim J & Stryknyn & Dany Only in 4:51 when former champion Geter pinned current champion Judas. First Only and then Slim were isolated and beaten down. Judas took the tag and had his sights on Se7en when he was Pounced by the 400 pound Geter. WOW. Se7en killed Judas dead with a high boot, but Geter made a blind tag and stole the pin with a running splash. Again, short was the right way to go to maximize the impact.
Geter and Se7en locked eyes in an intense staredown with the crowd split down the middle. Geter vs. Se7en to determine the number one contender for Judas’ title was announced for February 8. Chaos ensued as the two combatants were separated by their teammates to close the show.
From Larry Goodman:
Anarchy wrestling’s second TV taping of 2014 was a solid enough show, but the big story in Cornelia, GA these days is the resurgence in attendance at the Anarchy Arena.
The show drew 140 coming off 130 on January 11 and 250 for the company’s major holiday show, Season’s Beatings that featured an appearance by AJ Styles. It’s the best run at the gate since Franklin Dove took over ownership of the promotion. It may not seem like much but it is a sizeable percentage move. Attendance at TV tapings was averaging 100 at best and 120 was tops. Another encouraging sign was the large number of new faces in the crowd.
The first half of the show was a bit sluggish, but it picked up midway through with Washington Bullets vs. Ace Rockwell & Steven Walters, and finished strong by setting up an unexpected match that split the crowd. A number of interesting directions were set in motion as the booking continues to defy predictability.
Cold venues don’t make for hot crowds and the Anarchy Arena was frigid. The building has no heat. And the outdoor temperature was hovering around 30 at bell time. Where were those portable heaters they used to have when we needed them? The crowd was on the lethargic side all night long. A number of good matches got only so-so reactions. There was more to it than that though. Anarchy is in somewhat of reset mode, and the new fans are not fully acclimated to the stories and characters.
Mike Posey was accompanied to the ring by an uber reluctant Corey Hollis. Posey professed that Alabama Attitude was a united front, and said his best friend Hollis was going to be the next Anarchy TV Champion before the night was over. Fans chanted “leave the munchkin” at Hollis.
(1)Mike Posey defeated Frankie Valentine in 7:20. Good match, paltry heat. Posey rolled through on Valentine’s O’Connor Roll and used the tights to score the pin. I don’t know what it is about Posey. The guy’s a good talker, easy to dislike, talented in the ring, and he’s been placed in some juicy spot at Anarchy, but he just doesn’t get heat. Valentine was making his return after several years of absence, and most fans didn’t have a clue about him.
Miss Rachael came to the ring with BJ Hancock, Anthony Henry and Shane Marx. Rachael said 2014 had been a wonderful year so far. Her guys dismantled Todd Sexton last time. Todd was on a stretcher, his poor wife was crying, and there she was without her camera. Sexton’s music hit and out came Joey Rhymer. The skinny beard and flesh colored skull cap have transformed his look. What a douche. I love it. Rachael said the time wasn’t right for a singles match between “The Five Star King” Henry and her PCW import Marx, because a match over a girl results in high emotions and jealousy and tonight was about mercilessness.
Brodie Chase did some hilarious mic work. He was accompanied by a new blonde girl, Ginger and a makeshift team of babyfaces. Chase said protection was needed because they certainly didn’t want to catch anything so it nice that she was sponsored by “condom head” Rhymer. Chase conduced a poll to determine the loveliest female which was naturally won by Ginger. That lead to a “Ho must go chant” and that led to Rhymer getting in Chase’s face and having the nuts slapped out of him. They got more out of this segment than I could have ever imagined.
(2) BJ Hancock & Anthony Henry & Shane Marx & Joey Rhymer (with Miss Rachael) defeated Lars Manderson & Kameron Kade & Ryan Hunter & Jeremy Foster (with Brodie Chase & Ginger) in 10 minutes even. UIW booker Stan Robinson made his first Anarchy appearance as the referee. Joey mocked Sexton by using the crossface on Foster. Rachael’s team had a rash of selfish, uninvited tags to set up an impressive house cleaning sequence by Manderson. He’s got the height and athletic ability, but looks green and gangly at this stage, and is in desperate need of a name change. Manderson press tossed Rhymer over the top rope onto Marx and Henry, but got dumped out by Hancock. At first, Kade was able to escape from Hancock’s piledriver but the second time was the charm.
Postmatch, Hancock left Ginger laying with a devastating piledriver. Hancock has been unexpectedly awesome as a heel. He was laughing about the dirty deed and it was high fives all around amongst Rachael’s crew. Dove and Bill Behrens came out to check on Ginger, who was carried out by Chase. Ginger sold it like a champ. A stretcher would have really driven home the point with such a slightly built female as the victim.
Jonathan Feltner urged the fans to fire up because the next match was being shot for a movie (by Funk Productions). Dory Funk was introduced as the special referee and received a much better reaction than I expected. He thanked Anarchy Wrestling and the fans in Cornelia for helping out. Marti Funk was at ringside shooting the footage.
(3) Jessica “Powerhouse” Hill defeated Hollywood Heather in 6:31 with special referee Dory Funk. Heather is a legit six footer. They did a few very good things in the context of a truly horrible match. The fans saw it for what it was and tuned it out. Heather had Hill beaten after an elevated double chicken wing face plant that looked tremendous, but she decided to parade around the ring and make a nonchalant cover that Hill reversed with a crucifix pin.
The postmatch was comedy gold of the unintentional variety. Hill and Heather continued to fight at ringside. Behrens sorta broke it up and took his first bump in five years. Funk and Heather argued.
(4) Hot Commodity (CB Suave & Tommy Penirelli) defeated Brandon Parker & Joey Romano in 8:07. Penirelli has added some new wrinkles to his offense. Romano communicates well with facial expressions and has good instincts in the ring, but looks like he’s never seen the inside of a gym. There’s no way to take a guy with such a terrible physique seriously as a pro wrestler. Romano instigated a Hot Commodity collision to set up the hot tag. Parker’s babyface fire has never been better. He was killing them with Kawada kicks, but made an ill-advised tag to Romano, who flew from the top. Penirelli rolled through and submitted Romano with an ankle lock.
Postmatch, Penirelli was not happy about Suave celebrating and stealing his thunder.
(5) Bobby Moore defeated Alex Averignos in 4:12. Averignos is a work in progress. This was a competitive match while it lasted. They sold generously for each other. The importance of that as a key ingredient to a goo match cannot be overstated. Averignos missed a hammerlock clothesline and got obliterated by Moore’s discus forearm. Moore won it with the sick kick that he usually uses for a near fall.
(6) Ace Rockwell & Steven Walters defeated Washington Bullets (Jon & Trey Williams) in 14 minutes. A fine blend of comedy and action. The Bullets were entertaining as always. Fans gave them grief for their chicken ways. Ace said to quit yelling chicken or the Bullets would get hungry. Jon took a Hall of Fame bump for Walter’s European uppercut. Bullets used chicanery to get heat on Rockwell. Rockwell got a clear path for the tag, but Walters had been knocked off the apron. Rockwell hit a super backdrop suplex on Trey. Both down. Tags made. A roller coaster back and forth followed. Walters had Jon in a leglock submission and got nailed by Trey to break it up. Jon celebrated like a fool and paid for it. Rockwell hit Aces High when the ref wasn’t looking and Walters covered for the 1-2-3.
Bullets faked dissension after the match.
(7) Leon Saver defeated Ethan Case and Laredo Kid and Eli Daniels in a fatal four way match in 4:08. For ring presence and skill, Case blew away the other guys in the match. Case dominated but couldn’t convert on his finisher, and in the end, Saver reversed it for the pin.
(8) Shaun Tempers (with Jeff G. Bailey) pinned Kevin Blue to become the new Young Lion’s Champion at 10:11. Blue got one of the better babyface entrance pops of the night. This was more compelling than their first match at Season’s Beatings. Blue nailed Tempers with high boot to the mush that looked absolutely wicked. Tempers rolled to the floor for some TLC from Bailey. Blue tried to follow up with a tope and got cut off by a Tempers forearm. Back inside, Tempers hit a Tiger Bomb for two. Blue had Tempers’ cobra clutch backbreaker scouted. Likewise, Tempers had Blue’s Air Raid Crash scouted. Tempers then kicked out of an O’Connor Roll sending Blue into a face full of the Temptation Spray from Bailey. Blue was easy pickings for the Tempers neckbreaker. Blue’s run with the title was constructive and there was certainly no shame in losing it to Tempers. It feels to me like the fans now see him on a higher level. Tempers is hardly a young lion so it will be interesting to see what he direction he takes with the title.
(9) Billy Buck defeated Corey Hollis to retain the Anarchy TV Title in 12:06. Best match of the night. It had the aura of an authentic struggle. The match had dramatic tension instead of outright heat. The crowd didn’t want to root against either one. Buck is as over as it gets and Hollis is in the midst of turning baby. Posey kicked Feltner out of the announce booth and hijacked the color commentator spot. A cautious feeling out process built to each ducking the other guy’s finisher. Buck punched on the break. Hollis returned the favor. Hollis took a full rotation bump on Buck’s german suplex. Buck tried it again. Hollis landed on his feet and lit into Buck with clotheslines. Hollis with a falcon arrow for two. Buck with a spinebuster for two. Hollis with a pair of near falls but a Buck superkick sent him out of the ring. Buck hauled Hollis back into the ring just before the 10 count, but Hollis kicked out. They traded submissions, Hollis with a crossface chickenwing and Buck with the figure four. Hollis tried for the back elbow. It missed and Buck’s superkick was a thing of beauty, right on the button.
Posey challenged Buck and received a title on February 8– with Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Mikael Judas!
(10) Iceberg defeated former Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Geter via DQ at 2:50. It was best to keep this short and they did. Geter jumped the bell and had the better of it until missing a charge into the corner. Iceberg tattooed Geter with punches and kicked him in the nuts. Geter decked Berg with a right hand. The action spilled to ringside where Berg whipped Geter into the post and was attacked by Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis).
Judas came to Berg’s rescue and they were attacked by Se7en & Tempers (with Bailey). Slim J and Hate Junkies (Stryknyn & Dany Only) ran out to even the odds leading to…
(11) Unforgiveable Blackness (Geter & Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) & The Elite (Shaun Tempers & Se7en with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Mikael Judas & Iceberg & Slim J & Stryknyn & Dany Only in 4:51 when former champion Geter pinned current champion Judas. First Only and then Slim were isolated and beaten down. Judas took the tag and had his sights on Se7en when he was Pounced by the 400 pound Geter. WOW. Se7en killed Judas dead with a high boot, but Geter made a blind tag and stole the pin with a running splash. Again, short was the right way to go to maximize the impact.
Geter and Se7en locked eyes in an intense staredown with the crowd split down the middle. Geter vs. Se7en to determine the number one contender for Judas’ title was announced for February 8. Chaos ensued as the two combatants were separated by their teammates to close the show.