BILL BEHRENS NWA NOTES for 8-1-05

Ernie Todd Resigns from NWA Board - Danny McLain and Bob Trobich Rejoin

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - July 28, 2005 - Ernie Todd submitted his resignation Wednesday as President and Director on the Board for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) effective immediately.  Todd, who has been President since October 2004, submitted his letter of resignation to the NWA Board of Directors and issued additional statements on the NWA Message Board, his personal website and releases to the online media.  Todd remains a Member with the NWA.

Danny McLain returns to the Board where he served as Treasurer from October 2003 to October 2004.  The other Board Members - Rich Arpin, Ed Chuman, Mike Porter and Dave Republic - look forward to working again with McLain who has proven himself to be a hardworking, productive, effective and selfless Board Member.

In addition, long time NWA lawyer and advisor, Robert (Bob) K. Trobich, has returned today to the organization after he resigned in December 2004.

At this time, there is no word on who will replace Todd as President for the two months leading up to the October Annual General Meeting and Elections.

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BILL BEHRENS NOTE:  I know the addition of Danny McLain to the Board of Directors will help move the organization forward.   Danny served as Treasurer last year when I was on the Board as President and did a great job getting NWA finances in order.   His return is great news.  He’s a guy who will work hard.  The return of Bob Trobich to the organization is also great news, and his decision to return reinforces that there will be a positive, new direction taken by the organization.

Wildside TV Classics -303- Styles vs. Young

By: Larry Goodman

John Johnson opened the show with the only two-time back-to-back rookie of the year in professional wrestling history, Salvatore Rinauro.

Johnson pimped this week's Wildside classics, A. J. Styles vs. David Young and Jay Briscoe vs. Mark Briscoe. Neither match had ever been shown on television.

Rinauro said the Briscoe Brothers bout was one of his favorite "non-me" matches. "It was exciting. It was thrilling. It was breathtaking. I almost cried. I'm not gonna lie to you people at home. If you move out of your seat (wap~! wap~! Sal paintbrushes the camera), your fist meets my face."

(1) From Freedom Fight '02: Jay Briscoe beat Mark Briscoe in 20:30. They locked up. Jay threw Mark to the mat but Mark rolled right to his feet. Dan "The Dragon" Wilson said Mark had never beaten his older brother. He listed their ages as 18 and 19. Wilson mentioned that there were places (Pennsylvania) where Mark had been barred from pro wrestling due to being under age. They ran the ropes. Jay caught Mark with a drop toehold and floated over to a pinning combination. When Mark kicked out, Jay clamped on a reverse headlock. Mark escaped. Mark took Jay down for a little riding time. Back standing, they pulled out some dazzling chain wrestling here, a rapid-fire series of fluid reversals. Some idiot yelled "boring." Mark got a spinning toe hold. Jay countered with an inside cradle. Mark kicked out and Jay trapped him in an STF before he could get to his feet. Mark grabbed the ropes. They battled for control, Jay with the cravate and Mark with the headlock. Jay grounded Mark with headscissors and blocked the headstand escape by pounding his head into the mat. An extended exchange of greased-like-Lucha-Libre chain wrestling ensued. Jay used a keylock takedown. Back from commercial, Mark reversed a standing hammerlock. Jay ran his way out of it. Mark got an Indian deathlock and took back bumps for extra torque. Jay reached over and grabbed a headlock. They battled for control of the leg with a unique series of back and forth maneuvers, the type that most assuredly won't appear on your TV screens Monday or Thursday nights. Wilson said they knew each other better than any two wrestlers in the profession. Mark shoved Jay. Mark got a single leg and applied a Trailer Hitch type submission forcing Jay to the ropes. Jay shoved Mark. Mark kicked Jay in the gut. Jay scored a shoulder knockdown. Mark with a nip up, a leapfrog and a pair of armdrags. Jay countered with a headscissors and Mark nipped up to escape. They squared off again. The crowd showed their appreciation. Jay slapped the mat in frustration. Jay went to the rough stuff. Jay tried for a monkey flip. Mark landed on his feet and walked into a lariat. Jay hit a snap suplex. Mark reversed a whip and backdropped Jay. Jay tried a mirror image but when he lowered his head, Mark vaulted him. Mark set for another backdrop, but Jay dropped to the mat and fired a punch up into Mark's jaw. Jay brawled. Mark decked Jay in the corner and connected on a baseball slide to the mush. Mark hit a gutwrench, ran the ropes for a pair of double stomps to the solar plexus, and finished with a flying kneedrop for a near fall. Jay elbowed his way out of Mark's chinlock and shot him into the ropes. Mark ducked a lariat and grabbed a waistlock. Jay twisted around to fire back elbows and Mark countered with a bridging northern lights suplex for a two count. Mark lit his brother up in the corner. But Mark walked into a back elbow and got spiked with a DDT. Jay hit a sitout front suplex. Mark staggered Jay with a spinning heel kick. Jay fired right back with a knockdown forearm. Jay used a high speed spinning neckbreaker for a near fall. Jay stunned Mark with a flying elbow into the corner. Jay hung Mark in the tree of woe for a vicious face washing. Mark rallied with an octopus and used a Russian legsweep to take it to the mat. Back to chain wrestling, as both men were showing signs of fatigue. Mark knocked Jay down with a shoulder block and dropped into a side headlock. Jay hit a back suplex but Mark refused to relinquish his grip. Jay sent Mark chest-first into the buckles. Jay used Mark's momentum out of the corner to drop him on his neck with a high angle back suplex. Jay turned Mark's flying headscissors into a sitout facebuster for a near fall. Mark used a sunset flip for two, ducked the usual lariat cutoff move and stung Jay with chops. Jay blasted Mark with a full swing short arm clothesline that popped the crowd. Jay hit a legdrop off the middle rope. Mark kicked out of Jay's lateral press. Jay wearily punched Mark in the head. Mark chopped Jay and planted him on top of turnbuckles. Mark climbed to the top. Jay brought him off with a huge sitout facebuster. Both down for a four count. Mark sold it like he was out cold. But Mark was playing possum, as he nailed Jay right between the eyes with an overhead kick. Mark hit a shining wizard that carried him over the top rope. Mark went to the top. Jay backed into the ropes to knock Mark off is perch on the top rope. Jay hit a musclebuster. Back cover with a hook of the leg and Mark managed to roll a shoulder. They swapped open hand slaps. Jay did a triple german suplex. He released on the third one. Mark fell through the ropes and collapsed on the floor. Jay was all over Mark as he came through the ropes. Jay hit a Falcon Arrow but Mark kicked out again. Mark escaped Jay's vertical suplex attempt and caught him with a dragon suplex for a close near fall. Jay hung onto the ropes to block a second one. Mark hit a head and arm suplex instead. Just as Jay was coming to his feet, Mark connected with a springboard dropkick to score another near fall. Jay slithered out of a Mark's powerbomb attempt. They rocked each other with forearm shots. Mark dropped Jay on his head with the Cutthroat Suplex. Both men lay stunned as ref Andrew Thomas' count reached three. Mark finally made the cover and Jay got a foot on the ropes at two. Mark went back to his finisher, but Jay escaped and dropped Mark on his head with the J Driller. Mark kicked out at 2.9. Jay immediately hit a second J Driller to put Mark away. The fans gave the Briscoes a long standing ovation. Jay raised Mark's hand.

COMMENTS: This match epitomized Wildside's efforts to incorporate the ROH pure wrestling influence that was all the rage at the time. The Wildside faithful were hot for this match. They had never seen anything quite like it. Technically sound by any measure, much less for a match by two teenagers. Brutally fast paced for a 20-minute match, it had slick chain wrestling, big near falls with head drops galore, and lots of creative sequences where each move built logically to the next. It also screamed of detailed choreography where very little, if any of it, was called in the ring. As devastating as the offense looked, they didn't sell big enough or long enough in a number of spots.

From Christmas Chaos '02: David Young beat A. J. Styles in 16:40. Steven Prazak said that the last time they were in a Wildside ring, Styles superkicked Young (instead of saving him from the NWA Elite). Young overpowered Styles out of the collar and elbow. Styles gave a nod of respect. Styles grabbed a waistlock. Young broke the hold and powered Styles to the mat. Styles went for a single leg. They went back and forth with near misses. Styles scored with a nip up huracanrana and a clothesline over the top rope. Styles tried for a pescado and landed on his feet, as Young moved out of range. Young wanted to brawl. When he whipped Styles towards the ring barricade, Styles vaulted over it. Young applauded Styles' athleticism. Styles strutted like he was all that. A "Styles sucks" chant erupted from the crowd. Back inside the ring, Styles was a blur of agility. Young bailed and Styles hit a breathtaking tope con hilo. The rail was so tight to the ring that there was zero margin for error. Styles rolled Young back in and covered for a two count. Styles landed a stinging chop. Styles used a drop toehold to set up a beautiful rolling senton for a near fall. Styles took a killer bump to the floor when Young upended him on a springboard move. Young went for an Asai moonsault, but Styles yanked him to the floor. Styles did a backflip off the apron into a reverse DDT position. But Young picked Styles up and gave him a hotshot on the security rail. Nice sequence. Young hit the Asai moonsault. Both men were stunned by the impact. The action moved back inside the ring where Young leveled Styles with a lariat. Young hooked the leg and Styles was out at two. Young drove Styles' back into the turnbuckles with a shoulder tackle for a two count. Styles hammered Young's head with forearms. Styles charged and Young caught him in a spiral facebuster. Young was slow to cover and Styles kicked out. Styles went up and over Young and landed a flying roundhouse kick to the temple. Both men down for a count of seven. Young applied a figure four headscissors. Styles reversed it into kneeling Muta lock and cranked on Young' neck. Young's arm dropped twice before he showed signs of life. Styles released the hold. Styles pounded Young with strikes. A Styles dropkick barely made contact but Young sold it for a near fall. Styles cinched in a rear chinlock. Styles pummeled Young with forearm shots. Styles had some choice words for the fans. Styles reached back for one of his old favorites, a moonsault off of Young's chest and a follow up corner clothesline. But Young ducked the clothesline and hit a release german suplex with Styles taking a sick bump on his neck. "I swear to God, he broke A. J. Styles' neck," said Wilson. Ref Andrew Thomas' count reached seven. Young came up firing. They went back and forth with a series of eight pinning combinations. Styles ended it with a discus clothesline. Styles was very slow to make a loose back cover. A series of blocks and counters built to another german suplex attempt by Young. But Styles landed on his feet and planted Young with his own finisher, the spinebuster, for a long two count. Styles covered again and Young kicked out. Styles seated Young on the top turnbuckle looking for a top rope huracanrana. Young blocked it. Young dropped Styles but recovered to hit the Clash for a near fall. Both men flat on their back for a count of eight. They traded weary blows. Styles did his springboard moonsault into a reverse DDT for a near fall. Styles stomped Young in the head and climbed to the top. Styles hit a 450 splash. Styles looked at Thomas in amazement when Young kicked out. Styles climbed again. Young met him at the top for super spinebuster. Young threw an arm across Styles, who rolled shoulder just after the three count. They were just starting to get to their feet a full minute later. Young extended his hand. Styles shoved Young and walked out.

COMMENTS: An interesting contrast with the Briscoes Brothers match. Although there were some spectacular spots, the selling made this match much more so than the offense. They wrestled a more deliberate and dramatic style, with the emphasis on building to key spots and selling them huge to get across the grueling nature of the bout. Unfortunately, the match was positioned as a midcard attraction and didn't have main event heat. They've both had far better matches in terms of execution. There was one obviously blown spot and a couple that were pretty iffy. This was the last time Styles appeared in Cornelia as a heel. They were teasing the idea that Styles was once again going to align himself with Jeff G. Bailey and the NWA Elite. However, at this point, Styles was already a two-time NWA-TNA X Division Champion and in tremendous demand on the indie circuit, so his Wildside appearance were too few and far between to be of any value to Wildside storylines.

7/30 Hostile Environment Report

By: Larry Goodman
 

NWA Anarchy came through when the chips were down at “Hostile Environment” last night. It was Anarchy’s first attempt at the type of quarterly big show that has been traditional in Cornelia With no outside talent, they drew a full house and put on a show that more than held its own with its forerunner, NWA Wildside. This was a triumph of wills for a fledgling company beset by adversity since taking the building over when Wildside closed down in April.

A crowd of 250 proved that there was still life in the little old building in Cornelia after all. Lots of new faces and this crowd was hot for wrestling, all 3 and ½ hours of it.

The facility has taken a turn for the better under the new ownership (more on that below). It’s taken on a more professional feel without sacrificing the hominess. The security guards look like security guards. A new lighting scheme has been added for the entrances with further improvements in that area to come.

(1) Cru Jones beat Heath Miller in 5:40. Pretty even match here. Miller has the size and physique to be a player if he continues to develop his in ring skills. They took it to the mat in the opening minutes. Miller hit a spinebuster. There was no water in the pool for Miller’s top rope splash. Jones speared Miller to spark the comeback. Jones rolled though on a flying bodypress to score the pinfall. Solid opener.

Rick Michaels entered the ring to tell the story of wrestling in Cornelia. Michael said he was one of the people (Steve Martin being the other one) responsible for bringing NCW to Cornelia on November 7, 1998. Bill Behrens bought in the following year and it became NWA Wildside. When the news came that WWE was interested in setting up a development program, Michaels said he told Behrens they should bring it to Cornelia. Tommy Dreamer flew down to look at the facility. The word was that if Vince walked in he would not be happy, so the dream went out the window. WWE gave the development program to Jody Hamilton and hired Behrens to produce their TV. Michaels said he begged Behrens not to let wrestling in Cornelia die. Michaels ran down the list of homegrown talent that had busted their asses in the building. Michaels said that John Lauranitis told him that if he (Michaels) owned a wrestling company in Cornelia, he would be released from his WWE contract. Michaels said he contacted Thomas Simpson (OMEGA) to take ownership of Anarchy, but Simpson backed out before the first show and left Michaels holding the bag. Michaels said there was one man that had the same desire as he did. Michaels called out Al Getz. Michaels said Behrens started booking the talent out to other organizations and wasn’t interested in seeing wrestling continue in Cornelia. Michaels said he risked his job because he didn’t want wrestling to leave. “It’s been 6 ½ years and we’re just getting started. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Getz said it wasn’t the NWA Arena, it was the North Georgia Arena and it belonged to the fans. Michaels introduced the new owner of Anarchy, Jerry Palmer. A story on Anarchy that appeared in the July 24 edition of the Gainesville Times identified Palmer as a Hall County fireman. Michaels said he had a number of options as to who would take ownership, and he had made the right decision. Palmer said that according to the Times, wrestling in Cornelia wasn’t dead. Palmer vowed that they would have to lock the doors to close down wrestling in Cornelia.

(2) Jeremy V beat Slim J in 8:15. These two had been battling for two months without a conclusive finish. V was getting “fat boy” heat. J landed a pair of haymakers and V took a time out. V ran away so J couldn’t dive on top of him. Back inside, V powerbombed J. V used a VKO and a springboard DDT to score two counts. J brought the babyface fire. J hit the 360 Ace crusher. J did a tope suicida. V resorted to a low blow and gave J a vicious VDT on the hardwood floor. J’s body landed with a sickening thud. J barely beat the 10 count back into the ring. Ahh, but in the meantime V had pulled out a set of brass knucks. J got V up for Anger Management and V bopped him with the knucks for the three count. I liked the finish a lot, especially the way it played off their previous count out finishes.

(3) Todd Sexton beat Tony Mamaluke via submission in 12:41. This was an unadvertised bonus match and a rematch from Last Rites. Lots of cool matwork and submissions. Sexton gave Mamaluke the Sicilian salute. Mamaluke got a short arm scissors. Mamaluke slithered out of Sexton’s powerbomb attempt for a sunset flip. Mamaluke applied a cool variation of a surfboard into an ankle lock, forcing Sexton to the ropes. Mamaluke took a short arm scissors into a cross armbreaker. Sexton went for a choke out and Mamaluke scissored Sexton’s ankle to break it. Mamaluke countered a tornado DDT by depositing Sexton over the top rope. Mamaluke busted out a palm strike. At 7:15, Sexton hit a killer of a shoulderbreaker off the middle rope. Mamaluke went to the outside and Sexton followed up with a tope suicida. Sexton applied a crossface chickenwing and Mamaluke dumped him through the ropes. Mamaluke did a rolling senton off the apron. Back inside, Mamaluke got the guillotine choke and Sexton went for the ropes. Sexton broke out the Gamebreaker for a near fall. Sexton hit an STO, said Mamaluke was done, and set up for the superkick. Mamaluke countered with the Spaghetti Bender but Sexton immediately made the ropes. Sexton grounded Mamaluke with the crossface chickenwing in the middle of the ring. Mamaluke fought it hard. There was no escape. Mamaluke tapped. Sexton bumped knuckles with Mamaluke in a show of respect. Excellent.

(4) Skeeter Frost beat Nick Halen in 5:30. Short and stiff. Furious opening between the former training partners (Halen alleged that Frost was stealing his spotlight). A “Skeeter” chant erupted. Frost gave Halen a pair of hard whips into the rail. Halen started the football pre-season by kicking field goals with Frost’s face and spine. He got a “Nick’s a homo” chant. Halen bears a close resemblance to Turtle from Entourage. They traded big near falls, Frost with a push up X factor and Halen with a powerbomb. Halen complained about the count and got rolled up for two. Frost countered the Nitro Driver with a roll up for a lousy looking finish. Halen wasted Frost with a chairshot in the postmatch.

(5) Iceberg beat Scottie Wrenn in the inaugural Anarchy Rulz match (no DQ fans bring the weapons) in 15:43. Senseless, depraved violence in abundance and a good time was had by all. Tank, the special referee, carried a triangle of light tubes in the shape the Anarchy A and set it a ringside. Iceberg came down the ramp toting the front grill off an old Lincoln Continental. The damn thing must have weighed 150 pounds. The heat for this match was off the hook. They actually opened with a sequence of chain wrestling. Wrenn looked amazed when Iceberg took him down. Wrenn tried to return the favor and Iceberg delivered a donkey kick to the nutsack. Iceberg sent Wrenn flying over the rail into the first row. Iceberg stuck the pointy end of an umbrella up Wrenn’s butt. They got into the plunder. Wrenn wanted no part of the bible with nails protruding from it. Wrenn took a trash can lid to Iceberg’s head. Iceberg was busted open. Iceberg wacked Wrenn with a lunch box. Wrenn blasted Iceberg with a barbed wire bat. Iceberg was gushing blood. Wrenn dug the bat into Iceberg’ head. Iceberg screamed in agony. Tank munched on a blueberry pie as he watched the proceedings. Wrenn gave Iceberg a backdrop on the ramp. Iceberg was laid out with blood pooling on the floor beneath him. They battled to the top of the announcer’s booth with a table set up nearby. Precarious footing up there. This was some dangerous #####. Tank tossed Wrenn off the booth. Wrenn went through the table with a brutal butt bump. Iceberg clocked Wrenn with the blueberry pie. Back inside the ring, Iceberg splashed Wrenn for a near fall. Iceberg called for the light tubes. Wrenn gave Iceberg a powerbomb onto the light tubes off the second rope. Quite the explosion. Iceberg kicked out. The grill from the Lincoln made its way into the ring. Tank got bumped. Wrenn hit a Psycho Slam into the car bumper. Totally psychotic spot. Wrenn slapped the mat three times as there was no ref to count. Wrenn started smacking Tank around. Tank responded with a chokebreaker, put Iceberg on top of Wrenn, and made the three count.

In the postmatch, Wrenn used the barbed wire bat to bloody Tank and dug the jagged edge of the light tube into his forehead. Then a Psycho Slam for good measure. Wrenn rubbed his knuckles in a pool of Iceberg’s blood on his way out. Iceberg came to and literally rubbed salt into the wound on his forehead. Really sick stuff.

(6) Alabama Attitude (Adam Roberts & T. C. Carnage) beat Urban Assault Squad (Nemesis & Shadow Jackson) in 6:35. They had set this match up with a Georgia vs. Alabama debate that was said to be the hottest segment of the show on 7/16. This was like some of the matches I’ve seen in Knoxville and Birmingham of late. There wasn’t much to the wrestling but the heat was incredible. UAS are way, way over. Fans were relentless with the “kill the crackers” chant directed at the Alabamians. Jackson took heat for most of the match. Roberts tasted Jackson’s boot and both men were reaching for tags. Nemesis pulled Carnage off the apron and wailed away on his snow white ass. Meanwhile, Roberts took an assbone breaking bump in the ring. In desperation mode, Roberts forced a collision between Jackson and Carnage and pinned Jackson on the rebound.

In the postmach, Jackson and Nemesis looked on in a state of shock as the crowd chanted “UAS, UAS, UAS.”

(7) Jeff Lewis beat Ray Gordy to retain the World TV Title in 9:52. This match might have been titled When Pearls Collide. Lewis succeeded Gordy as “The Pearl of Getz Enterprises.” Gordy is in WWE shape. Heated exchange to open the match. Lewis bailed and Gordy nailed him with a tope. Gordy battered Lewis all around the ringside area. Gordy’s inadvertently posted his own shoulder at the two minute mark. Lewis administered and all around beating. Gordy fired back and ran the ropes ducking clotheslines, but Lewis caught him with an overhead suplex for a near fall. At 6:30, Gordy connected with an enzuigiri that left both men on the canvas for a seven count. Gordy hit the spinning fisherman suplex. When Gordy took too much time climbing to the top, Lewis ran up the ropes for an Angle-style suplex. Gordy rejected that and hit a swanton bomb for a near fall. Lewis came back with the Lewis Driver but failed to hook the leg. Gordy did a rolling reverse into a german suplex with a bridge for a near fall. Gordy went for another reverse roll up. But Lewis hooked the ropes and it was Final Curtain time for Gordy. The last few minutes were really well executed and that’s what people tend to remember.

Ring announcer/play-by-play man Greg Hunter introduced Dan “The Dragon” Wilson as the special guest announcer for the final two matches. Returning to the building for the first time since Wildside’s final show, Dragon got a hero’s welcome. Wilson said Commissioner Tank had added a special stipulation to the tag title match. Tank figured that the 3 Guys would use their man advantage to screw Lost Boys, so he was making it a six man match. In a stroke of genius, the Lost Boys special tag team partner was introduced as none other than Altar Boy Luke.

(8) Three Guys That Totally Rule (Salvatore Rinauro & Seth Delay & Patrick Bentley) beat Lost Boys (Azrael & Gabriel) & Altar Boy Luke to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Titles in 13:36. The designated spotfest for the evening. It was the only match that didn’t work. It was like eating too much rich food and ending up with indigestion. Awesome pop for Luke. The face team got off to a blazing start highlighted by Gabriel’s spectacular tope con hilo. It setted into a regular tag match. 3 Guys used foot tag made famous by Suicidal Tendencies, as they got heat on Gabriel. Speedy Nelson’s lax officiating drew a chant of “fire Speedy.” Gabriel hit a superplex to set up the hot tag. The rest of the match was a blur of big moves. Gabriel bounced Rinauro’s head off the mat with a tombstone piledriver. Gabriel appeared to injure his knee on a top rope huracanrana. The finish saw Luke hit the Halo on Bentley, but Delay saved with a belt shot. Gabriel tried to clock Bentley with the belt but hit Luke instead. Bentley pinned Luke.

(9) Mikal Adryan (with Jeff G. Bailey) beat Rainman to win the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title in a steel cage match (22:50). This was one hell of a main event. Rainman’s entrance got a huge babyface response. Fans chanted “kill the Cracker” at Adryan. Rainman gave Adryan shots into all four sides of the cage. “The One Man Mafia” bled for the first time at the Arena. Rainman mounted Adyan and drilled him with eight consecutive punches. The blood was flowing now. The crowd egged Rainman on as he smushed Adryan’s forehead against the cage. Bailey said the fans were animals. Adryan collapsed in heap for a two count. Rainman rained down blows. At 5:00, Adryan gave Rainman a hotshot into the cage. Rainman was busted open. Adryan taunted Rainman as he made ground sausage out of his forehead. Adyran hit a fallaway slam into the cage. Adyran said Rainman was done. Adryan hit the Mafia Kick but Rainman kicked out. Rainman came back with a sitout powerslam for a near fall at the 10 minute mark. Adryan slung Rainman into the cage. Rainman’s body was like a limp dishrag, but “The Soul Assassin” managed to block a suplex and counter with a Falcon Arrow. Both men down. Adryan tried a backdrop neckbreaker. That’s going to be one awesome move when he hits it right. Rainman kept kicking out. Adyran applied a wicked standing surfboard. Double down on a clash of clotheslines. Rainman hit the SPINESPLITTTAH for a long two count. A clothesline by Adryan caught Rainman right in the chops. They battled while standing on the top rope. Rainman hit a Dark City Street Cutter off the top. Adryan kicked out at 2.9. Rainman applied the Hillside Strangla. The crowd was chanting like mad for Adryan to tap. Speedy Nelson got bumped. Bailey used bolt cutters to cut the chain on the cage door. Bailey entered with an ether rag. Rainman had Bailey up piggyback styles for the Street Cutter before he succumbed to the ether. Bailey left the cage but Adryan wasn’t moving. Bailey reentered and dragged Adryan on top of Rainman. Nelson started to count. When Rainman rolled a shoulder at the last split second, the crowd exploded with a pop that tore the roof off the place. One of the best near falls ever. Rainman kicked out of another pin attempt. Adryan had a helluva time standing Rainman up. Adryan gave Rainman the Assisted Suicide to score the pinfall.

Bailey claimed there was nobody in the company that could pin “The One Man Mafia.” Biohazard appeared on the ramp. Bailey informed Biohazard that he was a nobody and he was spoiling Adryan’s moment. Biohazard blew past Bailey and into the cage. Biohazard went nose-to-nose with Adryan. Bailey said that only a coward would attack someone that just wrestled a cage match. Security intervened. Getz announced that Biohazard would get a title shot against Adryan on 8/6.

NOTES: Besides the Adryan/Biohazard title match, the 4/6 show features Slim J vs. Krazy K, 3 Guys vs. Alabama Attitude for the tag titles and the return of Onyx and Brandon P…There was a fair amount of buzz at last night’s show regarding the abrupt dismissal of Bo Oates as booker for Georgia Championship Wrestling. The mind boggling part about it is that since the Anniversary Show on Memorial Day weekend, GCW has been drawing full house crowds of over 400 every week…Jerry Oates booked last night’s GCW show…PWE returns to the National Guard Armory in Canton on 8/13 with a 16 man tournament (the Heritage Invitational) to decide the new Evolution Wrestling Champion…Former Wildside announcer and soon to be Deep South announcer, Steven Prazak. Jason Martin was back handling the ringside announcing duties…”Hostile Environment” will be available on DVD about four weeks with commentary by John Johnson, Hunter and Wilson. The quality should be better than the Wildside DVDs (particularly the audio) due to the improved editing equipment.

NWA MAIN EVENT TV REPORT
by Alex Young

NWA Main Event episode from 7/23/05

Footage from 2 weeks ago in Lebanon, as well as last week, is shown.  Bully Douglas is not showing anybody any respect.  "Click Click Boom" by Saliva plays in the background.  Also from last week, Tommy Potter is talking to Mike Sircy and he promises he can get an interview from Bully Douglas.  Sircy's unsure, but he tells Potter to take the cameraman and get an interview.  Potter attempts to interview Douglas and he gets slammed to the wall, his head bouncing off of it.  Douglas tells him to get out of there and leave him alone.  Potter tries again, but Douglas pie-faces him to the ground.  Potter turns to the camera and tells Sircy that he's sorry, but he can't get the interview.

Match 1: The Syndicate Crew (LA Player & Superfly P) w/ YT vs Shabba Shabaz & Anthony Cain

Shabaz and P are starting out the match.  P nails an elbow drop and attempts another, but there's nobody home.  Shabaz gives him an elbow drop of his own.  A tag is made and LA Player comes in.  Shabaz catches him with two belly-to-belly suplexes and he tags in Cain.  Cain runs the ropes and connects with a dropkick, sends Player to the ropes, and executes another dropkick.  Player pokes him with a thumb to the eye and he makes the tag to Superfly P.  P sends Cain to the ropes and chops him down.  P tags in Player and he smashes Anthony with a back elbow while P gets a legdrop on him.  Player drops another elbow and P lands another legdrop.  LA Player distracts the ref while YT attacks Cain from the outside.  A tag is made and Superfly P comes in with a springboard leg lariat, followed by an elbow drop on AC.  He goes for the pin, but it's only good for two.  The ref gets distracted by Shabaz and Player comes in the ring, sending Cain to the ropes, and the Syndicate Crew hits him with a clothesline/chop double team move.  Player tags in P (even though Player was never the legal man) and Player whips Cain to the ropes, getting him in a fireman's carry and nailing a Samoan Drop.  Meanwhile, P climbs to the top rope and executes a big leg drop, followed by a headbutt to the groin by Player.

Superfly P with a bodyslam, followed by a whip to the turnbuckles and a leg lariat attempt, but Anthony Cain moves out of the way and P crashes and burns.  Cain is able to make the tag and Shabaz comes in, cleaning house.  A kick to P and some clubby blows to the back of Player.  Shabaz sends P to the corner and gives him a splash.  Cain comes back in the ring and connects with a back body drop.  Outside of the ring, Shabaz and Player are brawling.  The ref goes outside to separate them and YT enters the ring with a kendo stick.  Cain catches YT, but YT manages to slide the stick to P.  YT exits the ring and SP cracks Cain over the head with the stick, tossing it away, and going for the cover.  The ref slides back in and makes the three count.

Winner: The Syndicate Crew (pinfall at 5:10)

*** Commercial Break ***

Match 2: Kid Dynamite vs "Hitman" Frankie D

D with a fireman's carry takedown.  He whips Dynamite to the ropes, but gets caught in a head scissors.  Dynamite whips D to the corner and clotheslines him.  He sends him to the opposite corner and rushes him; unfortunately for KD, D reverses with an inverted Atomic Drop.  He shoots KD to the ropes and Dynamite drops him with a clothesline to reverse the momentum.  FD sends Dynamite to the ropes again; this time Dynamite connects with a flying forearm, followed by an enzuigiri and a couple of leg lariats.  After the second leg lariat, D crashes into Referee Tommy Potter, knocking him down with a REF BUMP~!  Dynamite covers D for over three seconds, but there's nobody to make the count.  Dynamite goes over to wake the ref, then walks back towards D, but gets caught with a Northern Lights into a bridge.  Referee Potter wakes up and makes the three count.

Winner: Frankie D (pinfall at 4:35)

*** Commercial Break ***

Match 3: "Big" Bully Douglas w/ Kristiana vs DC Vital

Kristiana is shown sitting on the lap of Paul Adams at the announce booth.  Adams again mentions that she is his apprentice and that there is nothing romantic going on between them.

Douglas whips Vital to the ropes, but Vital reverses with a backslide, getting a one count.  Vital executes a couple of arm drags; meanwhile, Kristiana returns to ringside as Douglas bails out for breather.  Action back in the ring as Douglas connects with a mule kick to the groin of Vital, which the ref, of course, doesn't see.  Douglas clotheslines him over the top rope and follows him outside to continue the attack.  Bully Douglas gives Vital a suplex onto the concrete and rolls him back in the ring.  He goes for a cover and Vital kicks out at two.  BD sends DC to the ropes and executes a backbreaker.  Big Bully whips Vital to the turnbuckles and catches him with a splash.  He sends him to the opposite corner and rushes him, but runs right into Vital's back elbow.  DCV attempts to press the attack; however, Douglas catches him with a pair of boots and hits a pump-handle slam to earn the pinfall.

Winner: Bully Douglas (pinfall at 7:40)

*** Commercial Break ***

Promo-time: Kristiana is feeling generous and will allow a 5-minute interview with Bully Douglas.

Match 4: "Mean" Mike Woods & Billy Lane vs Bo Bo Brazil & Buzz Dupp

Mike Woods is the current NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion.

Woods and Brazil start off the match.  Lane comes in the ring without a tag, which spurs Dupp to attempt to enter, but the ref holds him back...because he's a face, obviously.  Heels can come and go as they please.  Lane attacks Brazil and Woods leaves the ring.  Look Ma, no tag!  Dupp tries to enter in again, the ref turns his back, and Woods comes back in without a tag.  Brazil slams Woods' head into the extended elbow of Dupp and Mike Woods goes down.  Brazil with the cover, and it's only good for two.  Woods executes a jaw breaker to get Bo Bo off of him, then makes the tag to Lane while Brazil tags in Dupp.  Woods never really leaves and helps Lane punch Dupp.  Finally the ref gets Woods to exit the ring while Dupp whips Lane to the ropes and connects with a back body drop.  For some reason, Brazil is still in the ring and Lane