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NWA ANARCHY HARDCORE HELL IN CORNELIA, GEORGIA LIVE REPORT

Hardcore Hell ’08 will go down as one of the best shows ever produced in the 9 year history of wrestling in Cornelia.

Anarchy’s most highly anticipated show since Hostile Environment last July turned out to be every bit as good as it appeared to be on paper. Almost across the board, the matches delivered beyond the stories behind them. Mad props to the entire crew. For violent pays off on long-arcing storylines, you couldn’t beat this show. 

The NWA/Paul C. Parker Arena was close to sold out with over 300 in the building, and they were an appropriately hardcore crowd at that – super heat and massive appreciation for the full 3:30.

Bill Behrens welcomed the fans to “our Wrestlemania.”  He had birthday wishes and flowers for Sandy at the concession stand.

(1) Todd Sexton and Team Technician (Bob E. & Tyler Smith) beat Adrian Hawkins & Wes Grissom & Chip Day in 8 minutes.  Grissom injured his knee on the opening double dive spot and had to be helped to the dressing room. Didn’t hurt the match. They handled it so well, I thought it was a work. T&TT got heat on Day. Hot tag. House cleaning on the Technicians lead to a Day 450 to take out Bob E. Sexton got Hawkins in the single leg crab. The Bleacher Bums were chanting for Hawkins to tap. Hawkins tagged Day. They totally ignored the newly installed tag ropes. Day hit a double stomp on Sexton. With referee Brent Wiley busy with Hawkins, Technicians gave Day the Hart Attack and Sexton covered.

(2) Brodie Chase pinned Don Matthews at 11:20 with the help of special referee Melissa Coates. This was the one case where the story was better than the match, which would have been much better being kept down to 6 minutes. Comedy opening with Matthews getting his rocks off as Coates patted him down for foreign objects. Chase ripped off Jacob Ashworth’s ref shirt and covered up Melissa’s revealing ref outfit. Coates blocked closed fists to show she wanted her men to settle it fair and square. Kind of a lumbering quality to the action, and the crowd was not into it. Matthews gave Chase the Lariat. Coates counted two and faked a shoulder injury. The crowd got pissed. Chase poked Matthews in the eyes and hit a sitout powerbomb. Coates fast counted him. Coates pounded Matthews’ face. Really potatoted him, too. She ripped the ref shirt off and left with Chase after a victory pose. Matthews was seething.  

(3) Truitt Fields beat Jeff Lewis to retain the NWA Anarchy Television Title in 7:45.  This match was thrown together at the last show. Fields’ was programmed with Patrick Bentley, but then Bentley disappeared. Lewis was treading water after a disappointing feud with Kory Chavis. The wrestling was way better than the previous match. Dueling chants early. Fields frustrated Lewis. Crowd was all Fields now. The key spot saw Fields do a cat-like slingshot to the floor only to be slammed HARD into the camera stand by Lewis. Fields tried to mount a comeback, and when he did, Lewis bumped huge for it.. Lewis was able to reverse out of the Killing Fields, but Fields then reversed Lewis with an O’Connor roll. Bad looking finish to an otherwise good match.

Postmatch, Lewis left Fields laying with a swinging neckbreaker. Lewis kissed the title belt and deposited it on top of Fields.

(4) Mikal Judas beat Tank (with Reverend Dan Wilson) in 8:24.  Heated brawl right from the opening bell. Judas made a move for Wilson and Tank took over. Judas rammed Tank’s forehead into the post a couple of time. I thought Tank would be busted open hardway but no blood. Wilson used the staff on Judas. A massive double lariat collision left both men on the canvas for a seven count. They went back and forth with like 15 stiff shots. Judas came out on top and hit a corner lariat. Azrael and Shaun Tempers hit the ring right in front of the ref. Judas tossed them out. Tank hit a chokebreaker and a backdrop driver for near falls. Tank brought two chairs into the ring. Judas sprayed Tank with the red mist, then nailed him with the Mafia kick.
Finish was a top rope double stomp with Tank laid out on the two chairs, a killer finish to start a streak of memorable finishes that carried through the end of the show. Thus, Judas got revenge for the vicious double stomp he took from Tank at Season’s Beatings ’06. 

(5) Jerry Palmer beat Jeremy Vain in a bunkhouse match in 17:43.  I would have figured an 18 minute match involving a non-wrestler to be a recipe for disaster. Far from it, this was excellent for what it was. The pacing was on the money. Vain made the match by bumping like a freaking madman. Mr. Adonis was handcuffed to the turnbuckle in Vain’s corner. The key was hung around the neck of referee Harold James. Palmer brought out a wheelbarrow full of plunder much to the delight of the crowd. Palmer used a pizza paddle, a cowbell and the infamous White Trash stop sign from Wildside. Vain tried to escape through the curtain, but Palmer hiptossed him on the ramp. Vain took a bump into the wheelbarrow. Palmer brought a trash can into the ring. The turnaround spot was Vain sending the trash can into Palmer’s head with a vicious soccer kick. Vain juiced Palmer with the cowbell and applied a figure four. Palmer repeatedly smashed Vain’s head with the trash can lid to break the hold, bloodying up Vain in the process. Palmer came back with a powerslam, but was very slow to cover and Vain kicked out. Adonis stole the key from James and got out of the handcuffs. Meanwhile, Palmer cut Vain off, crotching him on the top rope. Adonis went to check on Vain and got stunned by Palmer. Vain got crotched again. Palmer laid Adonis out on a table and brought Vain off the top. Vain took the Flair flip bump onto Adonis but the table didn’t break. Palmer splashed Adonis through the table and covered the both of them for the 1-2-3. Crowd chanted “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”

(6) Billy Buck & Chris King beat Hollywood Brunettes (Andrew Alexander & Kyle Matthews) beat New Wave (Derrik Driver & Steven Walters and Talent & Money (J. T. Talent & Andrew Pendleton) in a ladder match to become the number one contenders for the Anarchy tag titles (18:13).  Not only was it way better than expected, it’s a matter of debate as to whether it topped the ladder match at Hostile Environment that won Georgia MOY honors for 2007. Just one psychotic spot after another. Contrived at times but what ladder match isn’t? They had the crowd, so what the hell. All of these guys have to be hurting today. An 8 foot came into play. Walters hit a springboard dive over the ladder. Driver did a reverse huracanrana on Alexander, who was standing on a bridged ladder. It got a “that was awesome” chant, and it truly was. New Wave brought out a 12 foot ladder. Buck backdropped Alexander on a bridged ladder. The ladder bent on impact. Walter did a 450 through the 12 foot ladder. Crazy. Talent gave Walters a full nelson facebuster off a ladder. Driver hit a ladder-loaded moonsault off a bridged ladder on T & M for another “this is awesome” chant. King duplicated Slim J’s suicide slide down a ladder while riding a chair from the final Wildside show. Matthews did a top rope double stomp on Walters, who was laid out on a bridged ladder. The finish was completely nuts. Buck gave Matthews a Samoan Drop on a bridged ladder. Bent the f****** hell out of it. King climbed up and grabbed the contract for the tag title match. Buck & King figured to be the least likely team to win going in.     

Former two-time NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Chad Parham was welcomed back by his suck up lackey, Anarchy color commentator John Johnson. Parham had his Starbuck’s latte, but he was not the picture of sartorial splendor in that wrinkled sweater. Parham said the product had been going down the drain without him, and he could no longer live with his conscience. Parham said was coming back to defend his Certificate of Awesomeness.

(7) Devil’s Rejects (Azrael & Shaun Tempers with Reverend Wilson) beat Awesome Attraction (Austin Creed & Hayden Young) to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Titles in 16:19.  As a result, the Attraction must split up forever. The outcome was no surprise to Anarchy fans that watch TNA. A promo video on the 3/20 show announced that Creed’s television debut would be on 4/10. They did a great job in a brutally tough spot on the card. It took a while for the crowd to come around after the ladder match. The babyface shine featured combo moves by the Attraction. Rejects tried to isolate Creed in their corner. He escaped but they got heat on Young. Tempers appeared to kill his foe dead with a hangman neckbreaker, but Young kicked out. Cool sequence here where Azrael blocked and ducked the spinning enzuigiri Young always uses to set up the hot tag before Young connected. Creed on fire. Young hit corkscrew dive ala Jason Cross. Creed spiked Azrael with a DDT, but Tempers nailed him with top rope knee and put Azrael on top. Creed kicked out. Attraction hit their Montefisto/Flying Squirrel finishing combo, but Wilson pulled referee Ken Wallace out of the ring. While this was going on, Rejects hit the Hellhammer on Creed and Azrael pinned him. Attraction said their goodbyes as a team. Huge ovation for them.   

(8) Slim J beat Nemesis via DQ in 8:07 when a masked man interfered.  The wrestling part was stiff and decent enough. The heat was insane. J on fire until Nemesis turned him inside out with a lariat. Nemesis scored a series of near falls and did a nice hotshot combo. Crowd behind J bigtime now. J responsed with a rally but Nemesis shot down his missile dropkick and dished out more punishment. J made the full fledged comeback – flying reverse DDT for a near fall. Time for the Detox Driver but Nemesis countered with the Alabama Slam for a near fall. J hit a Dragonrana and the masked man hit the ring.

Off came the mask. It was JAY f****** FURY!! They were about to hang J in a heinous act of thuggery when “Ironman” blasted over the PA. Shadow Jackson came out. The place came unglued. Jackson gave Fury the 10-31 spinebuster and ripped his t-shirt apart Hulk style. The bums busted out the “Shadowmania” chant. Great stuff.

(9) Iceberg (with Reverend Wilson) beat Shatter (with Jeff G. Bailey) to win the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title in 15:33.  It was a no DQ match with the other Rejects barred from ringside. Shatter looked phenomenal trimmed down to under 240. Incredible heat as they went nose to nose. Iceberg was busted open in the first two minutes after a head first shot into the announcer’s booth. Wilson fed Iceberg a chair but it got used against him. Shatter did a springboard shoulder block off the chair and Iceberg did a Nestea plunge through a table set up at ringside, a sight so horrific that there was no pop whatsoever. Shatter brought a 6 foot ladder in and gave Iceberg a spinebuster on the ladder. Destroyed that sucker but Iceberg got a foot over the ropes. Shatter ordered Bailey to “Get it!” – it being the jagged section of table he used to submit Iceberg at Hostile Environment. Iceberg came back with a powerbomb and a cannonball into the corner for near falls. Shatter speared Berg for a near fall. Iceberg hit a Ground Zero off the middle ropes. Bailey was going nuts at ringside when Shatter kicked out. Shatter went for another spear, but Berg moved and Shatter ran headlong into a wedged chair. Iceberg jabbed the table into Shatter’s head. Shatter hit a gusher and tapped. The blood flow was scary – Shatter was literally covered in blood in a matter of seconds. Amazing match.   

NOTES: Shatter was taken to Habersham Medical Center for stitches…Grissom had his knee on ice and will probably get it checked on Monday…The featured guest for the 3/29 edition of Peach State Pandemonium will be Buff Bagwell. The link is www.blogtalkradio/PSP. Rich Tate and Dan Masters will be the hosts…Former NWA Wildside wrestler White Trash came was at the show. Trash is about to become the assistant program director for the ESPN radio affiliate in Nashville …GCW wrestler Jonathan Davis was also in the house…APW drew 124 for their regular Friday night show in Royston. It was their best house since their big show last July…With the Georgia General Assembly scheduled to adjourn this year’s session in one week, the House of Representatives is yet to taken action on SB 413. According to Behrens, WWE is working to get several provisions in the bill changed…Prior to the show, there were a dozen kids on hand for the first session of the Top Rope Kids Club…Fields and Pendleton are also booked for RAW and Smackdown this week along with Shatter, Judas and Lewis.