BILL BEHRENS NWA NOTES for 5-1-06

4/29 NWA Anarchy Report By: Larry Goodman 

Jeff Lewis emerged as the winner of an 8 man tournament to determine the number one contender for the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title last night in Cornelia, Georgia.

Fan Appreciation Night drew a crowd of 150 to the NWA Arena for a show that proved to be quite the rebound from a mediocre taping two weeks ago. Every match (and finish) played a part in the overall scheme of things. Every match gave the crowd an appealing babyface to pull for. Give this crowd a reason to invest some emotion and you’ve got guaranteed mega heat. The Poodle Attack Squad was in full effect, screaming their pubescent lungs out during virtually every segment of the show.

The owner of NWA Anarchy, Jerry Palmer opened the show by thanking the fans for the card and emails. Palmer said he was healing up (from Iceberg’s attack four weeks ago).

(1) Jeremy V beat Seth Delay in 11:04 to advance to the semifinals. Delay got the first of many rousing babyface entrance pops. Delay applied a punishing headlock for the better part of 5 minutes. It lead to a cranking headlock made for comedy. When Delay let loose, V’s head was still swirling around on its own. V sent Delay’s head into the turnbuckle and took the wind out his sails with a sock in the gut. V cut off Delay’s comeback and slowed the pace. V used a quebradora for a near fall. The action was stiff and crisp coming out of the double down spot. Delay tagged V with a series of rights and connected with a flying forearm to the jaw for a near fall. Delay mounted the ropes to do the 10 punches, but V cut him off after seven with a hotshot on the top buckle. They traded big near falls, Delay with the Kool Krusher and V with the VKO. Finish saw V shove referee Harold James into the ropes to crotch Delay. V followed up with the DDT to score the pinfall.

The Wrestlevision aired a tape of Palmer training to defend himself. The footage showed Todd Sexton doing submission work with Palmer and repeatedly forcing him to tap out. Sexton told Palmer that if pro wrestling was easy, then anyone could do it. Eventually, Palmer was overcome with frustration to where he left the ring and stormed out the front door.

(2) Ace Rockwell beat Azrael (with Dan Wilson & Dominous & Shaun Tempers) in 6:07 to advance to the semifinals.The pop for Rockwell was insane. The Poodles held up cardboard crosses to ward off the vile spiritual forces emanating from the Rejects. Rockwell got off to hot tart with a victory roll and a corner spear. But Azrael was playing possum. He dumped Rockwell to the outside so the rest of the Rejects could do damage. Dominous lifted Rockwell back into the ring with a chokeslam. Rockwell was fading fast in the face of the onslaught by Rejects. Azrael hit a devastating Ted Bundy (vertical suplex dropped into an STO. Matt Morgan used this in WWE but Azrael was the originator of the move). Out of nowhere, Rockwell hit Aces HIgh for the three count and another monster pop.

Postmatch, Rockwell was waylaid by the other Rejects. Wilson pulled out a hammer. Dominous held Rockwell’s wrist against the rail with a chair over it, and Tempers whacked the chair with the hammer. That drew an immediate “Rejects suck” chant. John Johnson came down from the announcers booth to join a core of referees tending to Rockwell. Rockwell got up clutching his wrist. He was irate. But this was just the beginning of Rockwell’s night of pain, blues and agony.

(3) Jeff Lewis beat Slim J via DQ in 8:17 to advance to the semifinals. This match opened with a warp speed exchange. Sloppy as hell but the crowd could have cared less. Things settled down. J caught Lewis with a swank flying armbar. Lewis hit a spinning back suplex and went to work on J’s neck. They did a sunset flip/lariat cutoff sequence with some real flair to it. Lewis did his obnoxious bowing kneedrop. J slid through Lewis’ legs and landed a haymaker from the bottom. The crowd got behind J, who went for the 360 Ace crusher, but Lewis countered with a sitout facebuster for a near fall. Lewis pulled ref Justin Bradley into the path of J’s flying forearm. Lewis pulled a chain out of his trunks. J ducked the chain and connected with a leg lariat. J wrapped the chain around his fist, but decided to apply an inverted STF. Bradley came around to see Lewis tapping and called for the bell. The crowd popped for the apparent babyface victory. Bradley, meanwhile, informed ring announcer Eddie Rich that he was disqualifying J for having a chain.

Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) cut a promo that whipped the crowd into a honky hating frenzy. The two-time NWA Anarchy tag team champions were greeted by an explosive pop. Nemesis ripped Rejects for stealing the title belts. Nemesis said he wouldn’t let no Negro in the street do something like that. Nemesis said Palmer had offered to buy new belts but that wasn’t happening. Jackson took over on the mic, and his interaction with the crowd was off the hook. Jackson said UAS were OK with Rejects underhanded tactics. UAS had used most of them themselves. But when Rejects talked ugly to “our gorillas,” they crossed the line. Jackson asked the fans for their opinion. The crowd vetoed new belt and voted in favor of some ass whipping. Jackson said the ring would run red with Rejects’ blood. Jackson said UAS were the two baddest black men to ever set foot in the building (Blackout might have something to say about that). The segment ended with the crowd chanting “Kill the Rejects.”

(4) Salvatore Rinauro beat Shaun Tempers (with Wilson & Dominous) in 12:08 to advance to the semifinals. This was by no means a work of art and at it had some style clash moments. Nevertheless, it got the job done in the end. Rinauro landed a trio of dropkicks and Tempers bailed. Rinauro pursued and Wilson BLASTED him with the Staff of Righteousness. A really sick shot. Tempers brutalized Rinauro with more help from Wilson. Rinauro launched a comeback while still showing the effects of the beating. Rinauro boosted off the ropes into a bicycle kick. and hit a springboard crossbody for a near fall. The timing and/or ring positioning were off on both. Wilson interfered and Tempers capitalized with a Tiger Driver for a great false finish. Rinauro used a hammerlock/headscissors pinning combination, but Tempers was in the ropes. Rinauro called for Sliced Bread Number Two. Tempers blocked it, hit the Temperpedic, and locked in the grounded cobra clutch. It looked like curtains, but Rinauro made the ropes. Rockwell appeared on the ramp. The Rejects’ attention was totally drawn to Rockwell, as was the crowd’s. Rinauro caught Tempers with some type of springboard kick to the face (I heard it more than saw it) for the win. The crowd went nuts for Rockwell putting on over on Rejects.

NWA Anarchy Television Champion, Hayden Young was introduced to the crowd. Lots of high pitched screams. Young helped out with announcement of the fan appreciation door prize winners. The top prize was a dinner date for two with Young, won by a woman about 40 years his senior.

The second half opened with a Chad Parham promo on the Wrestlevision to set up his title defense against Tony Mamaluke. Parham said that at the last show, he invited Mamaluke into his home, and Mamaluke spit in his face.

(5) Ace Rockwell beat Jeremy V in 6:42 to advance to the tournament final. Rockwell came out with his wrist heavily bandaged. V was all over the injury, using a single arm DDT and pumphandle over the top rope to do further damage. Rockwell was writhing in agony. Rockwell came back with his trademark double A spinebuster, but he couldn’t get much on it with the injured wrist. The Rejects came to ringside to distract. V did a reverse roll up with a handful of tights, but Rockwell kicked out and used a backslide for a two count. V hit a sideslam for a very near fall. Then, V plastered Rockwell with the VKO to set up his VDT finisher. Rockwell once again came from left field with Aces High. 1-2-3. The place went nuts. V gave the crowd a classic mean face on the his way out.

(6) Jeff Lewis beat Salvatore Rinauro in 8:04 to advance to the tournament final. Rinauro reached deep into his bottomless bag of babyface tricks in this one. The guy has learned how to get over. A combination of old school techniques and natural charisma are allowing Rinauro to work a style that’s not as likely to break his body down like the crazy stuff he used to do. They did a lot of comedy, which played to their strengths, and was a nice change of pace from the rest of the show. Rinauro outwitted Lewis throughout the match, and “The Feature Presentation” was the perfect foil for it. But it was Lewis that had the last laugh. When Rinauro tried to end it with another fancy springboard maneuver, Lewis was waiting with a fistful of chain. Great looking finish.

(7) Chad Parham defeated Tony Mamaluke to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title in 15:23. The number Mamaluke did on Parham’s shoulder in this match was the most stellar job of working the body part that I’ve seen in some time. WWE will surely be calling on Mamaluke for the ECW thing, if they haven’t already. This bout had way better heat than Parham’s match against Fast Eddie two weeks ago. Sexton joined Greg Hunter as guest commentator. Mamaluke used the theme from “Rocky” for his entrance music. Parham and Mamaluke went nose to nose during the intros. Parham smacked Mamaluke at the opening bell. Mamaluke looked pissed. They did an intense lock up and it was chain wrestling for the first five minutes, with Parham getting the better of it. When Parham ended up on the apron, Mamaluke seized the advantage. Mamaluke clubbed Parham and sent him flying off the apron into the rail. Mamaluke dragged Parham over in front of the Poodles and choked him on the rail. Mamaluke started in on Parham’s arm with a hammerlock back suplex. Then an elevated armbar. Then a sweet hammerlock northern lights suplex with a bridge. Mamaluke started landing roundhouse kicks to ribs. Mamaluke’s striking was razor sharp here. Parham blocked one and countered with a dragon screw. Parham tried for the Texas Cloverleaf, but Mamaluke countered with a Fujiwara armbar into a bridging hammerlock. The momentum turn came when Parham powered out of a short arm scissors with an overhead suplex. Parham nailed Mamaluke flush with an enzuigiri that swelled up the area around his eye. Mamaluke was on dream street legit, but he managed to kick out. Mamaluke shoved the ref into the ropes to crotch Parham on the top. Mamaluke hit a hanging DDT and applied the guillotine choke. Parham broke it with an overhead suplex into the buckles. Parham went for the Texas Cloverleaf. Mamaluke blocked it, but Parham pinned him with a modified small package. The win made it three impressive title defenses in a row for Parham (the others being Milano Collection A. T. and Fast Eddie). Mamaluke shook hands with Parham.

The show of respect was disrupted by Mikal Adryan, who hit the ring with a Mafia kick on Parham. Adryan wrapped a belt around his fist for a first class beatdown on Parham. Attorney Jeff G. Bailey grabbed the mic. Bailey said this was called foreshadowing. Bailey told the fans to take a good look at the real champ. Bailey planted his Gucci loafer in the middle of Parham’s back. Bailey said climbing a ladder isn’t winning a wrestling match (Adryan’s only loss in Anarchy was to Parham in the ladder match at Hardcore Hell). Bailey said Adryan doesn’t climb ladders because he’s already at the top.

(8) Jeff Lewis pinned Ace Rockwell in 15:18 to win the tournament. Rockwell tried to control Lewis while protecting the bad wrist, but he couldn’t hold him off for long. Lewis went after the wrist with a vengeance. Rockwell was in such dire straits that he was unable to mount a comeback. Lewis bit the wrist. Lewis wrapped the wrist around the post. Lewis took the tape off the wrist and choked Rockwell with it. Rockwell looked like was done for. The crowd rallied behind Rockwell, and it was both men down on a double lariat. Rockwell got his first sustained comeback of the match. Rockwell hit the spinebuster for a good near fall. Rockwell climbed to the top, and Lewis ran up the ropes to hit an overhead suplex. Rockwell shocked Lewis by kicking out. Lewis tried for a super back suplex, but Rockwell reversed it in midair. Lewis went to the chain. Rockwell ducked it and hit Aces High. Rejects came to ringside, as Iceberg and Tank made their first appearance of the evening. Tempers tried to sneak in from the other side but Rockwell cut him off. Rockwell went back to his finisher, but this time, Lewis countered with the Final Curtain for the three count.

Rejects surrounded Lewis and the fallen Rockwell. Lewis stepped aside, as if to hand Rockwell over on a silver platter. Iceberg and Tank hit their pet moves on Rockwell. Dominous was ready to chokeslam Rockwell when J came flying from the top rope. The disfigured freak made the catch and gave Rockwell and J a devastating double chokeslam. (One of the advantage of Anarchy being basically a junior heavyweight league, is that a big dude like Dominous comes across like a real monster.) UAS hit the ring for the save. Jackson hit a spinebuster on Iceberg. Iceberg bumped like crazy and the crowd was on fire. Rejects had the babyfaces outnumbered, but they looked confused and were unable to retake the high ground. Jackson challenged Rejects to an 8 man match next week.

The babyface wrestlers filled up the ring. Todd Sexton led the wrestlers in issuing a thank you to the fans to close out the show.

NOTES: Tony Santarelli from Deep South (Tony Stradlin in NWA Wildside) paid a visit to the locker room…Deep South Wrestling television debuts on CSS tonight exactly one year from the date Bill Behrens ran his final Wildside show in Cornelia. At that point Behrens was already under contract to WWE. Behrens went to Deep South with a television show as his primary responsibility. According to Behrens, Deep South wasn’t interested in using Wildside’s old syndication or in making a deal with CSS. Things did not go smoothly, to say the least, and Behrens was gone from DSW before the end of 2005…Anarchy returns to action with a television taping on 5/6 and their next supercard “Excessive Force” on 5/20...Mikal Adryan was one of this week's guest on Wrestling Informer Weekly, along with David Young and James Storm.

NWA Midwest presented No Limits Wrestling on Friday Night, April 28th in
Muscatine, Iowa.  Attendance was about 185-190.  For more information, go
to www.nlwrestling.com
- NWA No Limits Promoters Doug and Matt Ritter opened the show by thanking
all the fans for being in attendance both tonight and for their 2 year run
in the area.  They also had a moment of silence in observance of the 1
year anniversary of Chris Candido's passing.  The evening's show was
dedicated to Chris Candido's memory.
- In their NWA:NL debut, The LadyThrillers defeated Shane Hollister and
Jaysin Strife, with Danny Daniels at ringside. Danny spent the majority of
this match on the apron or interfering in some other way, and with the
referee's back turned The LadyThrillers hit Strife with a brutal
double-team move to get the win.
- Tyler Cook defeated Zach McGuire
- Jeremy Wyatt defeated Juan Fourneau when Steve Girthy held Fourneau's
feet down, ala Bobby Heenan at WMV, as he was suplexing Wyatt back into
the ring.
- Darrien Sanders defeated Michael Strider by pinfall via rollup
- "The Product" Marek Brave defeated "Showtime" Eric Young by pinfall to
retain the NWA: Iowa State Title by reversing a high cross body.  Eric
Young did the Chris Candido spot with his trunks pulled down in the back
as a tribute.
- The Mississippi Madman and "The World's Sexiest Midget" Short Stack
defeated Team Underground (Eric Priest & Chandler McClure), with Stack
getting the pinfall. This was Team Underground's first defeat in Muscatine.
- Ryan Boz defeated Danny Daniels by pinfall to win the NWA Heartland
Title. After the match, NWA Midwest President Ed Chuman came to the ring
with what appeared to be a set of the NWA rules. He then stated that the
Heartland title could not be officially defended in Iowa without the
proper paperwork filed allowing it to happen.......which Matt and Doug
Ritter failed to do. Therefore, Chuman asked for the title and gave it to
Danny Daniels, stating "I have no choice".
- AJ Styles defeated Tyler Black with the Styles Clash in what was easily
one of the most entertaining matches in NWA No Limits Wrestling's 2 year
run

NWA Central States had their second year anniversary show Saturday 4/29  in
Lawrence, Kansas.  About 341 fans showed up to see the main event of AJ
Styles vs. “Showtime” Darrien Sanders.  That’s the largest crowd in CSW
history so far.  Here are the results of the show…

In the debut match for both men, Corwin Star beat Domino Rivera with a TKO. 
Solid opener, and the TKO looked a lot better than most.

CSW owner Joe MacDonald came out to thank the crowd and put over the
anniversary.  He also said that he would no longer be putting up with
“shenanigans” from the wrestlers.  This would come into play in the next
match.

“#1” Brett Young and Hype Gotti w/ Steve Girthy defeated Derek Stone and
Mason Hunter by DQ.  Hunter and Stone were announced to face the NWA Midwest
tag champs Black and Brave, but Girthy pulled some strings and made this #1
contender’s match first.  Stone and Hunter had the match in their control
for a while.  The finish saw the babyfaces tie Young and Gotti to the ring
posts, then get a Twister game and start playing in the ring. 
Unfortunately, Joe came out and had the ref disqualify Stone and Hunter for
using foreign objects.  That meant Young and Gotti got a tag title shot
later on the show

Michael Strider w/ Steve Fender pinned Dingo with a cradle backdrop driver. 
Good, stiff match.  Strider is pretty much a babyface now, since everyone
cheers him anyway.  He and Dingo shook hands after the match.

Jeremy Wyatt w/ Steve Girthy pinned both Paul Diamond and Tony Morales in a
Triple Threat Match.  Instead of the traditional psychology of the babyface,
Diamond, being double teamed by the heels for most of the match, they pretty
much switched alliances for a little while, then went every man for himself.
  Once it got to that point, there were a lot of cool spots.  They did the
obligatory sunset flip superlex spot, for instance.  Diamond went for a
front-flip piledriver on Morales, but Wyatt caught him and hit an Angel’s
Wings.  He later pinned Morales with Angel’s Wings, then pinned Diamond with
a double arm DDT.  After the match, Girthy announced that Wyatt would face
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels on June 2.

NWA Midwest Tag Team Champions Tyler Black and Marek Brave beat Brett Young
and Hype Gotti w/ Steve Girthy by DQ to retain.  Black did a moonsault into
the crowd.  Black and Brave did a powerbomb/Blockbuster combo.  Young and
Gotti did regular heel stuff to slow down the match.  The finish was a
“Dusty” one: Young used “knucks” to KO one of the champions and Gotti pinned
him for the victory.  Hunter and Stone came out and got the ref to reverse
the decision because of a foreign object.  I believe Tyler Black also
punched Girthy during the match, which got a big pop.

In a Double Title match, NWA Midwest X Champion Jaysin Strife and NWA Kansas
Champion Mark Sterling w/ Tyler Cook went to a no contest.  Sterling didn’t
seem to fit the X mold very well, but he was the “lesser babyface” of the
match.  The match had some good spots and Sterling kept going for the

Sharpshooter.  I forget how it ended, but both men retained their belts. 
The real purpose of the match came afterwards, when Sterling turned on Tyler
and viciously beat him with a chair.  Sterling said that Tyler was the
reason he’d lost.  He played a good psycho.

“The Phenomenal” AJ Styles defeated “Showtime” Darrien Sanders with the
Spiral Tap.  Sanders came out and got the crowd behind him with “CSW”
chants.  He said that Styles was the best wrestler in the world today, but
that he wasn’t going to let him come into the house that Sanders and CSW
built and “make a name for himself”.  Sanders controlled a lot of the match
by keeping Styles grounded.  Styles hit a few of his trademark spots: the
tope con hilo, the backflip reverse DDT, the Pele kick.  Sanders biggest
spot was a superkick followed by a double stomp from the second rope.  Both
men fought for positioning on the top rope, before Sanders got kocked off
and Styles hit the Spiral Tap for the pinfall.  After the match, the fans
chanted “Thank You, AJ”.  Styles got the microphone and said that he should
be thanking them, because they were the reason he was there.  He said that
what they just saw was a wrestling match and brought Sanders back out to
give him props.  Sanders thanked the crowd as well.

Overall, another good showing by CSW.  They did a good job of getting the
new fans into the show, as well as satisfying us die-hard fans.  Hopefully
for CSW, a lot of the new fans will come back on June 2 to see Christopher
Daniels.  To keep up to date on that, visit http://www.cswwrestling.com/.

NWA MAIN EVENT results 4-22-04

Match 1     If Norte Wins He Gets 5 Minutes in the Ring With THE BOSS!

New York Ganster beat Chris Norte in 6:43 when Jason James ran in and gave NYG a chain.

Match 2     Psyco Medic & Karnage went to a NO CONTEST with LA Player & Blue Flame w/YT & Broadway Rose because Stunning Stacey, Broadway Rose and Heavy Maddle jumping in the match.

Match 3     Steve O beat "The Internet Terrorist" Jason James by DQ in 10:39 when NYG and The Boss jump Steve O. Chris Norte in for the save.

Match 4     Larry Cooter beat Matt Catalono in 8:12

Match 5     NWA Mid-American X Division Title Match  

                 Billy Merciless beat Shaun Fatal in 6:47

Match 6     NWA Mid-American Heavyweight Champion"Mr Impact" J.T. Quest w/Xstacy beat Heavy Maddle in 7:21.

Match 7     This Match turned into a Handicap Match when Anime did not show up.  Before the bell rang, Manga jumped Cody Whitehead & Antonio with a chair.  Cody was taken back to the lockerroom with an injured leg.  This made the match a one on one with Antonio and Manga.  At the 7 minute mark, Cody returned.  They went to work double teaming Manga. 

                 The winner in 7:44 was "Extreme Brother Team" Cody Whitehead & Antonio.

Match 8     #1 Contender Match for the NWA Mid-American Heavyweight Title

                 After a very bloody match.  Larry Cooter beat Mr Mean Mike Woods in 3:49.

NWA Wisconsin 4/22 brought some intense action to the night owls of Baba
Louie's in De Pere, WI!  Even though the show started at 9:00 PM, not
one person had a chance to yawn all night long...

Shane Hills def. Busty Loads
The "Wisconsin Dream" Busty Loads was knocked silly by a giant forearm
from the former ACW Champ, Shane Hills, and it all down hill from
there. Shane Hills wins by a landslide.

Mickey McCoy and Katie McCormick def. Dredd and Miss Anne
The young Irish folk snuck a victory out from under Dredd and Anne
when Katie rolled up Anne for the 1-2-3. McCoy and McCormick win by
pin fall.

Silas Young def. Scotty Pride w/ Matt Byron
Even under the tutelage of Matt Byron, the rookie's luck ran out
against the crafty veteran. Silas Young wins by pin fall.

-------------------NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Title---------------------
Dinn T. Moore def. J-Cash
NWA Midwest liaison, C. Martin McClure, didn't give J-Cash the shot he
so desperately wanted against Shane Hills, but they did give him one
at the NWA Wisconsin Title. After putting Dinn T. down with the
CashFlow, C. Martin McClure distracted the referee. But after a much
deserved shot to McClure's jaw, Dinn T. rolled up Cash with a hand
full of tights and retained his title. Dinn T. Moore wins by pin fall.

Esteban Molina def. Bobby V.
After an intense dance off between the Flamboyant One, Bobby V., and
the Latin Sensation a high flying, fast paced, death defying match
ensued between these two competitors. After Bobby missed on a shooting
star press, Esteban hit his One Night Stand for the victory. Esteban
Molina wins by pin fall.

"Metal Head" Steve Stone def. "Cadillac" Nick Colucci
This rematch from Battleground was definitely one of the hardest
hitting of the night. After alot of back and forth action Stone came
out ahead. Steve Stone by pin fall

Shortstack def. Kuba Andrews
This fun match pitted the returning Englishman, Kuba Andrews, against
the "Worlds Sexiest Midget". Once again, Shortstack's heart out
matched his stature for the win. Shortstack wins by pin fall.

--------------NWA Wisconsin X-Division Title--------------------------
Dysfunction def. Diego Corleone w/ "Greaseball" Paulie Palermo
This highly anticipated match did not disappoint. Leaving the former
champ red and sore, Dysfunction picks up his first X-Division title.
Dysfunction wins by pin fall.

NWA Pro at the Inoki dojo on Sunday 4/23: Sexy Chino b Thunder Wolf, Louie Logic b American Balloon, Reptil & Kid Escandalo & Ultimo Samurai b Vertiz & Colossal Chris & Cadaver, Massive Fabuloso b Profeta Jr., Bino Gambino & Iceman b Jack & Tim Manly, Alex Koslov won three-way over Plague and Chilango

Sugar Grove 4/29 , Virginia-NWA Virginia at Sugar Grove Combined School: Mike Vaughn beat Big Tony by submission...NWA Virginia Junior Heavyweight Champion 'The Unholy One' Grail pinned Rex Sterling...Sexy Kevina pinned Doink the Clown...Chris Dramin pinned Sean Callaway in a Loser Leaves Wrestling Match...Stan 'The Man' Lee & Scott Sterling defeated Midnight Mauler & Donnie Dallas to win the vacant MECW tag team titles...Xtreme Outlaws (Mikkie McMasters & DP Holliday) defeated NWA North American Tag Team Champions UNOD (Drake Tungsten & BadNews Johnson) in a non title match...NWA Virginia Heavyweight Champion Damian Wayne and Scotty Blaze battled to a no-decision in a Canadian Lumberjack Match. 

NWA MOUNTAIN STATE

The show in Mullens @ the Mullens Opportunity Center on May 5, 2006
will be a live T.V. taping with a 7:30 Bell Time.  Come out and see
your favorite NWA-MS wrestler in action. 

NWA SW title defenses at the NAWA event in
Gladewater Tx on May 28th

  NWA SW Jr Champion Joseph of Hallowmass will defend
his title against Justin Sane and the NWA SW Tag
Champions The Regex will defend against the NAWA tag
champions, the 903 BOYZ

NWA Virginia's "Action Zone" Update

Saluda RUMBLE, Kozina versus Denny

Highlight Latest Edition

(Chesterfield, Va) NWA Virginia's critically acclaimed internet downloadable show, 'The Action Zone', has exploded back on the scene.  With a fantastic number of downloads that the promotion hopes translates into ticket purchases, the latest episode features the 24 man Rumble match from Middlesex County HS in Saluda, Va.

    With a special guest, former WWF/E referee Dave Hebner, in attendance, the wrestlers were working even harder to not only win the match but to impress a man with contacts in both TNA and the WWF/E.  The 24 wrestlers include Tony Kozina, The Platinum Icons, Old School Empire, Attitude Inc, Pharoah, Prince Malik, Grail, Big and Smallz, Sean Denny, Brandon Day, Horrorshow, Adrian Blaze, Fighty McIrish and more. The action is non-stop. The winner is surprising, and the action outstanding.

    The second match of the show has the former NWA World Jr. Champion 'Tornado' Tony Kozina return to NWA Virginia to face 'The Dynasty' Sean Denny. This marks the second appearance of Kozina in singles competition on The Action Zone.  The first was a few episodes ago when Kozina defeated Chris Escobar.  Denny wrestled Mike Vaughn in Chilhowie in a brutal match that has not aired on The Action Zone.

    With the number of downloads, and the amount of interest generated by The Action Zone, increasing, every wrestling fan who enjoys southern style wrestling should download this episode.  The episode runs approximately 51 minutes, and is worth every minute of it.

    Go to the Multimedia page at http://www.nwavirginia.com/ and choose your speed.  Then relax and enjoy.

Interview with DAVID YOUNG, former NWA World Tag Team  Champion, currently ½ of TNA’s DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH with ELIX SKIPPER, managed by SIMON DIAMOND

1)     Name the pro wrestler that impressed you most when you were young?

A) I was always a huge fan of tag team wrestling the Rock-N-Roll Express and Midnight Express were my hero's and in singles wrestling it was Mr. Wrestling II, and Arn Anderson.

2)     Did this impression of your favorite wrestler influence you in becoming a pro wrestler yourself?

A) I would think so I can remember being a little kid telling my Mom I wanted to be a pro Wrestler so I guess you could say all I have ever really wanted to be is a wrestler everything I did in my life from working out, martial arts or anything I had wrestling in mind.

3)     How was it in the ring as a wrestler, for the first time? Was it exciting or
was it hard for you to wrestle in front of a live crowd?

A) I was scared to death (lol) I wrestled an indy guy by the name of the Georgia Rebel and I couldn't even look at the people around the ring I had to pretend they were not there.

4)     Where did you start your wrestling career and who booked you first?

A) I started wrestling in Dalton Georgia and I trained with a small indy group called MWF Wrestling (Mountain Wrestling Federation) and I trained for 6 months before I had my first match I was going to every class trying to learn everything I could I would go to my class one day then go to another class that week and take the moves from other people just so I could be in the ring more.

5)     What do you think about your partner Elix Skipper and the team of The Diamonds in the Rough? Maybe the greatest Tag Team in the last 10 Years?

A) Elix is one of my best friends we have been riding together ever since TNA first started, the Tag team was actually Simons Idea he felt that Elix was being lost in the shuffle and that we would be really good together being that we were such good friends anyway but thank you very much we are working really hard to be better every time we get in the ring.

6)     Since 2002 you are in TNA, what do you think about the development of your TNA character, from the X-Division competitor to the big losing streak and finally to a member of the Diamonds in the Rough?

A) I'm just Happy to have a job (lol) It has been a long road for me from the beginning I was not ready for PPV when I first started with TNA I had no clue what I was doing. On the INdy's it was easy you just went out there and wrestled but TNA was a different ball game all together the timing is altogether different you have time limits and that time can be cut if someone else goes over there time so you have to be on your toes, the loosing streak was all Dutch Mantell's idea they were actually about to fire me and Dutch liked me so he came up with the loosing streak so he could show the office my personality and putting me with Disco was great because we could feed off each other, and we did some pretty funny stuff. To be honest after the loosing streak was over there was no place to go with me, and I was sent home for 6 months and that was the hardest part of my wrestling career I came off the loosing streak and No promoter would book me on the indys because all they saw me as a jobber and I didn't have TNA to fall back on so I almost lost everything I own. When I came back to TNA in much better shape Dusty was in charge and he didn't want to do anything with me as well for some reason so the future was looking pretty dark for me in wrestling, the Diamonds in the rough was like my chance to show that I can be more that what I was being thrown out there as so I tried to make the most of it and over the last year I think we have come a long way but believe me we still have a lot farther to go before we have the credibility we want. 

7)     Is there a wrestler outside TNA you would like to step into the squared circle with?

A) Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, or Shawn Michael's

8)     How do you prepare yourself for your matches? Are there any rituals or practices you are used to?

A) Not really just a lot of stretching so I don't pull or strain anything while I am in the ring. 

9)     If you wouldn't be a professional wrestler what job do you think you would carry on?

A) That is a good question I have never really wanted to do anything else but be a wrestler, I used to work with Fiber optic cable TV before TNA and made a lot of money doing that so I guess that would be an option.

10) What do you think of the current direction of TNA and the positive progression on Spike TV?

A) I think it is great I just think we need more time one hour is not enough time to get you talent over to the people sitting at home. After commercials you have 45 min. of TV and 40 wrestlers to try to get on there and build for a PPV so I think TNA does a great job with what they have right now and the booking team have there hands full they have a 24-7 job trying to make TNA the great show it is. "Not just Kissing up there either Scott D'Amore (lol)"

11) The six-sided ring is often criticized all over the Internet as many critics perceive it as a handicap. What do you personally prefer, four or six sides?

A) I think critics have way to much time on there hands if that is all they have to complain about, when you can show me one match that was bad because there were 6 sides to the ring and not 4 I would worry but that isn't the case so why worry about it? I love the ring myself. 

12) How is the backstage ambience? By all accounts it is called very familiar do you agree with that? At an event I talked to Steve Corino and he told me that the mood wasn't that good by the time he was in TNA, did you notice a positive change?

A) It has been a couple of years since Steve has been there, TNA is nothing like it was when it first started in Nashville Tennessee we all get along for the most part.

13) What was your greatest match and feud you ever been in?

A) My favorite match would be a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match I had with Air Paris in White Georgia on an Indy show, and my favorite feud would be the series of matches I had with AJ Styles in NWA Wildside, and AAW in Louisiana.