BILL BEHRENS NWA NEWS & NOTES for 1-26-09

NWA ANARCHY TV TAPING 2-7-09

     NWA ARENA CORNELIA, GA 8PM   

TODD SEXTON   VS   TK CROSS

SETH DELAY    VS     ALAN FUNK w/MELISSA COATES

             YOUNG LIONS TITLE

BILLY BUCK  VS  AZREAL w/THE REV            

ROB ADONIS & JEREMY VAIN VS SHADOW JACKSON & MIKAL JUDAS                                        

TECHNICIANS   VS   TEMPERS & FIELDS                                          

TALENT & MONEY  VS  NEW WAVE                               

JEFF G BAILEY IN RING w/SHATTER & KIMO

LEWIS & MOSLEY   VS   HOLLYWOOD BRUNTEETES

BRODY CHASE    VS    ACE ROCKWELL

BOBBY SHIELDS, GREGORY IRON & AARON DRAVEN

 VS CALEB CONLEY, HAYDEN YOUNG & BO NEWSOME

ADRIAN HAWKINS  VS  MALACHI

Plus: Don Matthews, Skirra Corvus, Jerry Palmer & more

NWA ANARCHY TV EPS #154 ONLINE NOW at www.nwaanarchy.net/online.html  

SHOW #483-154

MATCH #1  16 MAN MEGA RUMBLE FOR TITLE CHOICE

MATCH #2  TRUIIT FIELDS IN RING

MATCH #3  TRUITT FIELDS  VS  AZRAEL

NWA Anarchy TV Report by Ca$hFlowX

Episode 150

December 29, 2008

NWA Anarchy TV Reports will continue to be submitted at a slow pace until the end of middle school basketball season. All I can say that this is an incredible group of gifted players and have a good chance of going undefeated if we do not get too thingyy or complacent. Sixth graders play an intramural season commencing in late February, so I will be busy until early April. However, reports should be submitted once a week.

WRESTLING: (n.) ’res-ling A sport of contest in which two individuals face off in unarmed combat.

ANARCHY: (n.) an-ar-key (1) A state of lawlessness due to absence of authority. (2) A complete lack of order.

What happens when you mix the two together? NWA-Anarchy!

- Welcome to NWA Anarchy, this is PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING~! Last week on NWA Anarchy TV, Slim J uncled Adrian Hawkins to become the inaugural NWA Anarchy Young Lions Champion, and Truitt Fields surprised Shaun Tempers with a rollup with less than a minute remaining to retain the NWA Anarchy TV Title. This week, the New Wave defends the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Titles against Jeremy Vain & Mr. Rob Adonis, and Ace Rockwell accepts Jeff G. Bailey’s Five Minutes of Hell open challenge as he battles Kimo.

- Inquiring minds want to know why Don Matthews is paying an unscheduled visit to Cornelia, Georgia at Fright Night ‘08. Matthews threatens Greg Hunter with immediate harm and commands Jeff Lewis to haul his posterior into the NWA Arena. Lewis’s entrance music plays in grand fashion, but lo and behold, it’s only “Cheap Enhancement Talent” Jay Clinton. Clinton rambles, rambles, and rambles on like Jeff Jarrett. After commercial, Clinton and Matthews have an impromptu match without a referee. Clinton escapes the Lariat of Doom only to perform the Fargo Strut. As any good stooge would do, Clinton turns his back to Matthews. Back in the ring, Matthews laughs off Clinton’s weak offensive efforts. Matthews makes the wise decision by finishing off Clinton with the Lariat of Doom before performing his best Jeff Lewis impersonation.

- Jeremy Vain proclaims himself and Mr. Rob Adonis as the new tag champions and predict they will capture the titles. Mr. Adonis finally tires of Vain’s repetitive proclamations and orders him to the ring.

1. The New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) defeated “Untouchable” Jeremy Vain & “the One Man Insurance Policy” Mr. Rob Adonis.

After commercial, the heels focus on doling out punishment to Driver. Johnson calls Mr. Adonis “dumb as an ox.” Vain selfishly tags himself in and he allows Walters to receive the hot tag. Mr. Adonis comes to the aid of Vain, but eats a double lungblower and a double dropkick to the floor. The New Wave finish off Vain with the Unskinny Bop. Afterwards, Vain holds Mr. Adonis at fault for their loss. Johnson believes that Mr. Adonis needs to take this like a man. Vain shoves Mr. Adonis and the One Man Insurance Policy retaliates by threatening to obliterate him to the crowd’s delight. Vain cowers like a coward. Eventually, Mr. Adonis feels ultimate pity and holds the rope for Vain to exit the ring.

- Bill Behrens introduces the latest addition to the NWA Anarchy roster: Alan Funk, aka Kwee Wee, and aka Bruce of the Rainbow Express. (Rainbow Express consisted of Alan Funk and Lenny Lane.) He miraculously survived an in-ring accident with “Not So thingyy” Sonny Siaki. Funk incoherently blathers about his intentions before channeling Hulk Hogan (which he does a good impersonation.) Funk pulls the old Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by accusing Behrens for laughing at his accident. However, Behrens soothes the Funkster down. Again, Funk gets mad at Behrens for laughing and rumbles on about wrestlers needing to save money (which is good advice at any time, especially during a bad economy.) Funk thanks Behrens and the fans before heading out. Sorry, I don’t buy Alan Funk’s gimmick now and didn’t buy it several years ago. In this day in age, no sane employer would hire anyone with multiple personalities.

- “Remember; remember, the first of November,” famous first words from Agent/Attorney Jeff G. Bailey who is accompanied by “the Butcher of Pyongyang” Kimo. It’s the date that Ace Rockwell will surely never forget and will become a martyr. Rockwell will be fed baby food for all eternity after Kimo slaps on the Information Extractor. It will be like putting a little cur to sleep. Bailey leaves Kimo to exercise his vocal cords.

2. “The 7 Figured Deal” Ace Rockwell survives the Five Minutes of Hell with “the Butcher of Pyongyang” Kimo.

Kimo has never been pinned, never been submitted, and never been overmatched. The last description perfectly fits the outset of Rockwell’s early offensive: highly ineffectual against the former bodyguard of Kim Jong-Il. The fans rally behind Ace, but Kimo unleashes a barrage of martial arts shots to the ribs. To the floor, Rockwell scores a major break when he ducks and Kimo chops the ring post. Rockwell seizes the opening by working over Kimo’s bad hand and delivering the Stinger Splash. With two minutes remaining, Kimo shows vulnerability by falling to one knee. Rockwell connects with the Ace’s High, but Kimo kicks out at one! This wasn’t even a one count. Rockwell is left in total disbelief as Kimo easily escapes. With damage done Kimo’s hand, Kimo is unable to fully lock on the Information Extractor. Kimo snaps his hand back into place and applies the Extractor, but Rockwell survives the five minute time limit. Afterwards, Bailey continues to egg on Kimo and refuses to put his mask back on. Security heads out to prevent further damage only to pay the ultimate price.

- Tonight, Shadow knows that blood will be spilt and Judas knows that “may God have mercy on their souls.” Dan Wilson and the Devil’s Rejects have other ideas and deliver the message of total conquering over their foes.

3. “The Common Man” Shadow Jackson & “the Priest of Punishment” Mikael Judas defeated the Devil’s Rejects (“the Son of Satan” Azreal & “the Human Altar of Mutilation” & “Professional Wrestling’s Only Serial Killer” Iceberg) w/”the Reverend” Dan Wilson & the Staff of Righteousness.

The highlights pick up with the almighty Reverend reduced to tears when he finds a trick and I ain’t talking about what you might find in Hardbody Harris’s home, I mean a mousetrap. Other highlights include: Iceberg crashing Shadow through a table, Judas delivering a mighty top rope El Crucifijo, and Shadow pinning Iceberg with the 10-31 to claim the victory. Afterwards, the lights go out, the lights come back on, a masked man reenters, its Phil Shatter standing over his conquered brethren and hauls off the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title to Bailey’s delight.

COMMENTS: Fright Night ’08 is a disappointment compared to previous major shows. Nearly every match was a continuation of ongoing storylines heading toward Season’s Beatings. There was nothing bad about Fright Night, there was just nothing special to make it stand out as a must see show.

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NWA ANARCHY-APW ROYSTON, GA 1-23-09

Skirra Corvus defeated Thunderfoot #3 

The Franchise defeated Anthony Henry & Brandon Parker
North Georgia Champion Chris King wrestled Dustin Michaels to a draw 

JT Talent had Donovan Sweet on the Talent Show 

The Hate Junkies defeated Kareem Abdul Jamar & Bo Newsom 

JT Talent defeated BJ Hancock 

Don Matthews battled John Carnage to a double DQ 

Shadow Jackson & Slim J defeated Jeremy Vain & Southern States Champion Seth Delay 

To see just what happened as the countdown to APW's next big super show "Friday the 13th"  kicked off, check out this week's edition of APW Aftershock here...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTqjKKJvEk&feature=channel_page

3 huge matches were announced and much much more! Don't miss it!!!

NWA PRIME TIME WRESTLING NEWS by Larry Goodman

Columbus: A Wrestling Free Zone Again

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Columbus, Georgia, a city rich in wrestling history is once again without pro wrestling.

Earlier this week, NWA Prime Time Pro Wrestling owner Billy Roper announced the company was going on hiatus due to the loss of their venue at 5000 Burnham Boulevard.

PTPW had been running the venue weekly since August based on a verbal agreement Roper worked out with the owner of the property, The Gill Companies. Roper paid a set amount for each date he ran with the understanding that Gill would continue its effort to lease the building at a full price. Roper said Gill honored the terms of their agreement, which called for 30 days notice to vacate. Roper could have continued to operate through February 9, but opted to shut down and seek another venue.

Sources unsympathetic to Roper’s cause suggest that he was not keeping up on his payments to Gill, a rumor Roper categorically denied.

The building served as the home of Georgia/Great Championship Wrestling from its inception in April 2004 through late 2006. For indie wrestling, it was a state-of-the art facility. Wrestlers made their entrances by descending a spot lit ramp from high above the arena floor. The lighting and sound were both first rate. GCW’s decision to leave Columbus was related to issues with the owner of the property.

The Gill Companies LLC, which has significant real estate holdings in and around Columbus, is owned by John A. Gill, Jr.

Gill obtained a level of notoriety as a major player in the payday loan industry. He ran afoul of regulators in eleven different states through the use of a variety of schemes, including Internet “rebates” to disguise illegal lending practices. In October 2006, Gill was sent to prison after a Florida jury convicted him of violating Florida’s racketeering statute. He was also ordered to pay up to 3 million in criminal restitution. In June 2007, the Texas attorney secured a judgment against Gill’s Advance Internet, prohibiting the company from continuing its predatory lending practices. The company tricked consumers into schemes with interest rates as high as 782 percent for short-term cash advance loans.

Gill’s conviction in Florida was the premise for GCW’s decision to move their operation to Phenix City at the end of 2006. The company feared expensive equipment would be lost in a seizure of Gill’s assets.

Finding another venue in Columbus would have been problematic for GCW, as it is for Roper now, due to zoning restrictions that require an entertainment zoning for enterprises like pro wrestling shows. The Burnham Boulevard building had been grandfathered in when new zoning ordinances were enacted.

The way things played out, Gill served his prison time and the building was never seized.

Wrestling returned to Columbus in April 2008 when Dwayne Bell started using the Burnham Boulevard space as the base of operations for Independent Wrestling Network. It was literally a stripped down version of the GCW Arena. GCW took all the things that made it special with them. IWN’s run was short lived and ended with Bell being kicked out of the facility due to his inability to meet his financial obligations.

Initially, Roper was working with IWN, but ended up parting ways with Bell. He and Eddie Philips started running shows in Manchester as Prime Time Pro, and then worked out the agreement with Gill after Bell folded.

At present, Gill Companies is negotiating a lease on the property with an unidentified party that plans to use the building for a business other than pro wrestling.

1/24 NWA Charlotte Debut Show Report by Larry Goodman

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You don’t get a second chance a first impression. NWA Charlotte stepped up to the plate in the heart of the old NWA Mid-Atlantic territory Saturday night and knocked the ball out of the park.

Their debut show exceeded the expectations of just about everyone involved. This was, in my experience, a rare thing – a new promotion in a new facility, and promoter J. D. Costello and company had all their ducks in a row.

Over 400 fans filled the newly constructed NWA Coliseum. A very hot crowd. I got the sense that a lot of these fans were not used to attending live shows, and were seeing pro wrestling through relatively fresh eyes.

The Coliseum is a warehouse space built to the specifications of a wrestling arena – intimate and big league at the same time. On three sides, it has floor seating to accommodate 500 plus bleachers. The fourth side has the entrance ramp and a stage for interviews. There’s a big screen for video. The lighting and sound are both excellent. With a tad more lighting, it would be perfect for shooting TV. Mad props to Brady Parker, the man responsible for building it out from scratch.

Right from the start, this show clearly defined the major players and stories, and made the titles feel important. The ringwork was generally quite good. It had the kind of atmosphere that brings people back for more, and they made sure to give them reasons to come back by with angles to set up matches for the follow up shows.

No show is perfect. Two matches involving legends was one too many. Including the cruiserweight title story with Mike Jackson was overkill. Edit that out and the show ends in under 3 hours and maybe the crowd doesn’t start to fade like they did. The other negative was the repetitive postmatch beatdowns on the babyfaces by sore loser heels. Fixable things for sure.

Pre-show, the new NWA National Champion Phil Shatter was interviewed by Eddie

Rich. Shatter was really impressive on the mic, supremely confident and crystal clear with his delivery.

Three generations of the Young family were introduced as the referees: Tommy Young, his son, Tim and grandson, Ace.

An awesome introductory video was played on the big screen. This was major waving of the NWA flag. It talked about the all-time greats from the Mid-Atlantic territory. Naturally, there was a mega pop for Flair. The cool thing was the way it linked the NWA’s rich heritage to the present by showing all of the current major NWA champions (the only one missing was Mike Quackenbush). The closing line – “Get ready to believe again.”

Costello addressed the crowd. He worked Jim Crockett back in the day. Costello talked about tradition and promised low prices. He introduced NWA Executive Director Bob Trobich. Trobich said NWA Charlotte was going to give the fans pro wrestling not Sports Entertainment.

“The Voice of NWA Charlotte” Jay Joyce introduced the first match. Joyce is a man of mammoth proportions. He’s a got a great voice but they need to keep him away from the wrestlers, because most of them look like dwarfs by comparison.

(1) Chaotic Agony (Joey Agony & Ryan Chaos) beat Jeff Lewis & Kimo (with Attorney Jeff G. Bailey) in 9 minutes. Chaotic Agony were the weakest workers on the show. The crowd was so jazzed to see wrestling it mattered not. They were popping for basic moves. The key thing was Kimo really got over as Bailey’s psychopathic Asian assassin. The mere removal of Kimo’s hood got a reaction. It should. The guy looks like he’s completely out of his skull. But it was Kimo’s devastating offense that really got the crowd going. Chaos took the brunt of it. Finish was Agony pinning Lewis with a roll up, while Kimo was busy destroying Chaos.

Lewis & Kimo gave the faces a beating after the match. This would become a pattern. Kimo applied the Information Extractor to Agony.

(2) Dylan Kage beat Joey Silvia in 8:20. This was spotfest style with the fans reacting bigtime like an ROH crowd. Kind of early on the card, but it was the only match of that type on the show, so I thought it worked fine. Silvia is a little guy that was immediately over with the prototype babyface look. Kage has this Vampiro thing going. It’s interesting. He needs to work on his body some. The work was so smooth that it looked like they’ve worked each other a lot, although apparently that was not the case. Lots of flashy, innovative moves. Kage hit Doug Williams’ Chaos Theory for a near fall. I can guarantee that 99% of these fans had never seen it. Silvia used this amazing back flip suplex deal that I can’t begin to describe. Kage pinned Silvia after taking his head off with a spinkick.

Ivan Koloff was interviewed by Lodi. Koloff started by thanking his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Koloff said he had wrestled all over during his 40 year career, but his heart was in the NWA. He speculated about the condition of Barbarian. Was he still a monster or was he fat from eating too many pineapples? Barbarian came out looking amazingly close to the way he did 20 years ago. Bailey was with him. Bailey said Barbarian was “an uber legend” that was still benching 800 pounds.

I’m glad to hear you’ve got a personal relationship with Jesus, because you’re gonna need him.

Barbarian attacked Koloff from behind and choked him with his chain until security intervened. Costello threatened to fire Barbarian. He added a stipulation to their Legends title match – it was now a Russian Chain Match.

(3) Truitt Fields beat Ryan O’Reilly in 8 minutes. O’Reilly’s body has changed since his days in WWE developmental. He’s beefy – almost like a Mike Knox. He looked gigantic compared to Fields, who has great muscular definition but average height. O’Reilly worked over the knee with Fields selling it great. His knee got hung up in the ropes, and O’Reilly really went to town. O’Reilly gave Fields a wicked body slam into the ropes. When O’Reilly went for a kneebreaker, Fields went over the top with a sunset flip for the pin.

O’Reilly clocked Fields after the match. He said Fields won the battle but not the war and declared his intention to become the NWA Charlotte Heavyweight Champion.

(4) New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) beat The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas) in 14 minutes. Solid match. New Wave had a few shaky moments but not a problem with Naturals to steer the ship. Naturals bumped and sold for New Wave’s offense early. Walters went for an ill-advised up & over and Stevens countered with a killer Alabama Slam to start the heat. Douglas hit a big backbreaker, and showed off that new physique with a double biceps pose. Crowd got behind New Wave here. They did a cool double down spot to set up the hot tag – Douglas leveled Walters with a lariat from the apron, then Driver returned the favor by leveling Stevens. New Wave busted out the combo move. It went four way and they did a four man tower of doom spot with Douglas on top taking the superplex. Douglas came back to hit a huge double underhook faceplant on Driver. Finish saw Walters avoid Stevens hard charge into the corner and roll him up on the rebound.

Naturals gave New Wave a massive beatdown after the match and got a lot of heat in the process. They gave Walters a stuff piledriver. Stevens had Driver tapping in a submission.

Intermission.

(5) Mike Jackson pinned Ultimo Dragon to retain the Southeast Cruiserweight Championship in 11:40 with a spinning neckbreaker. Jackson earned the crowd’s respect as being very tough and athletic for 59 years old. He did his ropes walk deal. Bad match. Dragon was lousy. Lots of loose spots and it dragged to the point the crowd wanted Jackson to get it over with, and they popped when he did.

Kage came out. “You, old man, are the past. You’re looking at the future.” Kage said he believed fairies after seeing Jackson do the ropes walk. Kage slapped him. Jackson fired up and clotheslined Kage out of the ring.

Rich announced Awesome Kong vs. MsChif for the NWA Women’s Title for the February 14 return - “Thorns & Roses” - with all ladies admitted free.

(6) Ivan Koloff beat The Barbarian (with Jeff G. Bailey) in a Russian Chain Match to win the NWA Charlotte Legends Title (8:40). Watching Ivan make his way into the ring, I was expecting the worst. He really does not need to be in a wrestling ring at the age of 66. Amazingly, the match worked. Koloff attacked Barbarian before the bell. He beat on Barbarian with the chain. Barbarian bailed and Koloff yanked the chain to post him. Barbarian bled a bit. Barbarian used a low blow to take over. They traded chair shots on the outside. Barbarian missed the diving headbutt. The crowd chanted for Ivan. He crotched Barbarian with the chain and beat him senseless with it. The finish worked great. Koloff touched three corner. As he went for the fourth, Bailey grabbed him by the leg. Tommy Young was distracted by Bailey’s antics and didn’t see Koloff make the touch. While Koloff was fooling with Bailey, Barbarian touched the fourth turnbuckle. Young saw that and signaled for the bell. Koloff had the “what just happened?” look. Fan outrage ensued. Hearing the pleas from the NWA officials and the fans, Young reversed the decision.

Barbarian went berserk. He attacked three generations of the Young family. He gave Tommy Young a headbutt. Tim Young ate a big boot. Ace got tossed out of the ring. Then he nailed a couple of security guys with the chain and beat on Ivan. Costello made a rematch for February 14. Crowd popped huge when Ivan said he would have Nikita Koloff in his corner.

(7) Phil Shatter retained the NWA National Championship going to a double DQ with Mikael Judas (10:20). These guys always have good matches and this was no exception. Shatter has that heavyweight champion aura about him. Judas’ entrance made an impression. On the surface, there’s nothing babyface about it, but the crowd took to him as the babyface. Maybe they just hated Shatter. Judas was destroying Shatter early. Shatter broke free of a choke slam goozle, Judas countered the PTSD, although these fans didn’t recognize it as Shatter’s finisher. The action spilled out of the ring where Shatter gave Judas a suplex on the ramp. Body of the match was Shatter working on the back of Judas and fighting off the occasional choke slam attempt. Shatter used a major league Boston crab and a spinebuster slam. The DQ came when ref Ace Young got tossed by both men as he tried to force a break. That didn’t stop Judas, who thrashed Shatter with a suplex into the turnbuckles.

Costello started talking about the NWA Charlotte Heavyweight Title. Judas was still in the ring holding Shatter’s National belt. Shatter was at ringside. O’Reilly came out and said he wanted a title shot. Fields came out to remind O’Reilly that he beat him, so he should get the shot. Costello told them to lower the testosterone, because he was bringing in “The Insane Lumberjack” Timber as a contender. It wasn’t clear who Timber would be facing or if the National Title and the NWA Charlotte title were one and the same. (After the show, Trobich clarified that the NWA Charlotte Title would be introduced as a new title). Presuming that the National title is going to be defended here, that’s too many singles titles (National, Charlotte, Legends and Cruiserweight).

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