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NWA ANARCHY TV TAPING REPORT 10-4-08 by LARRY GOODMAN

NWA Anarchy crept another step closer to Fright Night ’08 with their taping at the NWA Arena in Cornelia Saturday night.

It was definitely a step in the ring direction. Things are coming into focus at precisely the right time for the big show. The crowd was bigger (175) and amped up compared to two weeks ago. This show was what it needed to be - good stories and just enough action in the ring. There won’t be much trimming needed for TV.

NWA Anarchy owner, Jerry Palmer opened the show with the news that Griffin Campbell Palmer was home from the hospital and trying to work his way out of the lightweight division. They put some darling baby pics up on the big screen. The poor kid already looks like Jerry.

(1) Brodie Chase & Melissa Coates beat Bo Newsome & Crystal Rose in 7:59. Crowd was into Bo and Rose as the underdogs. Rose earned a return engagement, being that she was way over in her match at the last taping.Chase used intimidation tactics on young Newsome, and forced a tag to Rose. Chase sat her on the top turnbuckle. The crowd popped when she landed a spinkick to Chase’s face. Coates womanhandled Rose. She used an elevated armbar. There was this revolting spot where Chase caressed Rose’s face with his cheek. Rose headbutted Chase in the groin and hot-tagged Newsome. Nice dropkicks by Bo. Rose came off Bo’s shoulders with a huracanrana on Chase, but Coates planted Rose with The Facelift. Rose was done, but Chase insisted on making the pin.

Post-match: Palmer came out and again told Coates she didn’t have to put up with Chase’s crap. Palmer said his number wasn’t hard to find. Palmer told Chase he was watching him.

On the WrestleVision we saw Talent & Money in a conversation with the Technicians. The audio was difficult to make out. Technicians gave their spot to Talent & Money. They were blown away by the Technicians’ overblown egos.

(2) Talent & Money (JT Talent & Drew Pendleton III) beat Hollywood Brunettes (Kyle Matthews & Andrews Alexander) in 6:42. The Dynamic Duo (Chad Parham & Seth Delay) came out to observe. Parham said they were there to drink their beverages and enjoy some rasslin. Parham was displeased that they had to endure a tag team turmoil match at Fright Night with a bunch of also rans, rather than being in the tag team title match. It was Brunettes double teaming Talent early. The heels started working on Alexander’s taped up shoulder. Chants of “Andrew” here. Talent used a divorce court for a near fall. Off the hot tag, Matthews hiptossed Pendleton over the top and nailed Talent with his signature dropkick. That brought Parham up on the apron with his latte, which ended up all over Delay. But Matthews got distracted by the damage being done to Alexander on the outside. T & M hit a combo guillotine leg drop (Pendleton)/sideslam (Talent) and Talent pinned Matthews.

Parham and Delay were preparing to get revenge on Matthews with a stuff piledriver when New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) made the save.

(3) Truitt Fields beat Chris Mayne to retain the NWA Anarchy Television Title in 7:13. The Reverend came out with Shaun Tempers, who was wearing a black dress shirt and black tie. Reverend said Tempers was there to provide insight to the commentary. He said Tempers might have learned a thing or two from him since (in a previous life) he was the greatest TV announcer to ever grace the building. This was good match when Mayne was selling. That’s definitely his strong suit. He could have been a premier enhancement guy back in the day. It started with power and strength domination by Fields. Mayne hit a hotshot move when Fields attempted to bring him into the ring the hardway. The match flattened out with Mayne on offense. His stuff wasn’t that impressive and he got too much of it. Mayne came off the top onto Fields’ knee for a self-induced reverse atomic drop. Fields hit an overhead suplex in to the buckles, but Mayne got a foot over the ropes. Fields won it with an O’Connor Roll.

Post-match: Mayne clubbed Fields from behind. While Fields was taking care of Mayne, Tempers scooped up the TV title belt and climbed into the ring. Expecting the worst, Fields flinched when he saw Tempers. But Tempers was all sweetness and light. He calmly placed the belt on the champ’s shoulder and departed. Great stuff. Tempers is coming across as the real deal threat to take Fields’ title.

(4) Big Time Playaz (Danny Matthews & Scott McKenzie) beat Texas Hitmen (Big Dogg & Skitzo) in 5:15. Not much heat for this. It reminded me of Wildside, when relative unknowns would come in and try to get over with their work. At the last taping, Tribal Nation had the advantage of working two hated heels (Dynamic Duo). They had a decent match, but not exceptional, and Anarchy is not a workrate crowd to begin with. Dogg has lost a tremendous amount of weight since he last appeared in Cornelia. Playaz were the faces. Matthews took the heat. McKenzie tried to hook the crowd on a “BTP” chant. They didn’t bite. Matthews landed on his feet of a backdrop to set up the hot tag. Finish was a combo (Matthews) Samoan Drop/(McKenzie) top rope corkscrew on Skitzo.

Jeff G. Bailey entered the ring with Kimo and cut one of those dark, disturbing promos that are his specialty. He said Kimo had unleashed the Korean martial art of Sun Kwan Do and the Six Finger Touch of Death on Ace Rockwell. Bailey said that was him being merciful, because if Kimo had used the Seven Pressure Points, Rockwell would be deceased, but that would have deprived them of the everlasting pleasure of seeing Rockwel’s torment as he vomited blood. Bailey said Kimo was bred as a warrior, a super soldier and was his unbeatable monster.

(5) Kimo (with Attorney Jeff G. Bailey) beat Slim J in 3:33. Outstanding stuff. Gutsy booking. They were willing to sacrifice a top babyface to take the new monster to a higher and more invincible level. J is so over it won't hurt him, particularly given the current direction for his character. Both guys were awesome here. J’s entrance got the biggest pop of the first hour. J’s offense was totally ineffective. Kimo blocked and no sold his kicks. J tried for a huracanrana, but Kimo turned it into a hotshot. Kimo waved off J’s missile dropkick attempt and pounded the bejeezus out of him. J locked in a triangle, but Kimo broke it with a running powerbomb in to the turnbuckles. J collapsed in a heap. Kimo propped J up and delivered the karate blow to the face for the pin. The crowd was in stunned silence.

Postmatch: Bailey took off his tie and it looked like a repeat of last week’s Six Finger Touch of Death bloodbath was coming up. Ref Brent Wiley tried to stop it, and Kimo was ready to give him the Touch when Palmer came out surrounded by referees. Palmer said he didn’t want to get in Bailey’s business, but he drew the line at physical attacks on referees. Palmer threatened fines and suspensions. Bailey got Kimo under control. As the refs were dragging J’s carcass out, Adrian Hawkins met them on the ramp. Hawkins knocked J to the floor and got in his face.

(6) Adrian Hawkins beat T.K. Cross in 9:13. I though this match helped both guys tremendously. Cross won the entire crowd over, not just the Bleacher Bums. Hawkins has become a despicable prick of a heel. Cross jumped out on top to score several near falls. Hawkins shook his head “no!” as he was taking a body slam. Funny stuff. From the outside, Hawkins swept Cross’ feet off the middle rope to drop him on his face. Hawkins was talking trash, addressing Cross like he was Slim J. To cap off a well-built comeback, Cross did this psychotic plunge over the top rope where he appeared to nose dive straight into the floor. A scary close call. When Cross got up from it, the crowd was 100% behind him. Finish saw Hawkins sling Cross of the apron into the ringsteps. That also looked brutal as hell. Hawkins rolled Cross back into the ring for the pin.

(7) Rob Adonis (with Jeremy Vain) beat Derrick Driver (with Steven Walters) in 7:55. Vain let Adonis take his place in the match, a move that got Vain all kinds of heat. Adonis appeared to have no answer to Driver’s aerial attack in the early going, but he managed to upend Driver and turn on the power game. Driver kicked out of a spinebuster. Surprising fire from Driver on the comeback. A flying bodypress by Driver brought Vain up to apron, but Walters was there to deck Vain. Adonis caught Driver coming off the top and hit his spinning suplex for the pin. After the match, Vain tried to jump Walters, but Walters beat him to the punch. Adonis intervened with his finisher on Walters. Vain made the ref raise their hands while they were standing over the champions holding the title belts.

“The Feature Presentation” Jeff Lewis returned from a one month hiatus. He pulled an Obama by agreeing with Don Matthews that they had different styles. Lewis said that was OK with him and he wanted to bury the hatchet. Matthews came out. Jay Clinton tried to jump Matthews. This ended up just like all the others times – with Clinton eating The Lariat from Hell. But Lewis gave Matthews a shot to the throat with one of those telescoping police batons. Matthews was out cold. Lewis posed over the body. I wasn’t big on this program when it first got off the ground, but after Matthews’ promo the last time and this segment, I’m ready.

(8) Azrael (with The Reverend) beat Chip Day in 3:56. Match was almost exclusively striking, which worked really well because it was so different that the rest of the show. This was another good showing for Day, and any time Azrael is in a striking contest, that's a good thing. Azrael, in basic black gear, took off his glove and lit up Day’s chest bigtime. Day put Azrael down with a roundhouse kick to the head. Azrael put Day’s lights out with a flying kick to the face.

The Reverend said the only thing that goes bump in the night around Anarchy is Devil’s Rejects. He said they exposed the fable of Mikal Judas as Mikal Adryan the last time.

Judas hit the ring - no makeup, no cloak and one hell of an impressive physique – the Reverend hit him with his staff. Judas goozled the Reverend and was attacked by Azrael and Iceberg. He was taking it to them 1 on 2, but eventually the odds were too much. Rejects gave Judas a stacked Ground Zero Splash. Shadow Jackson hit the ring and the place went up for grabs. Just as the Rejects were gaining the upper hand on Jackson, Judas popped up and the faces started cleaning house. The crowd was on fire, clearly ready to see Jackson and Judas combine forces. Two gibronis tried to break up the fight and took a double chokeslam from Judas. Jackson sent Iceberg out of the ring with a shoulder block. The pop was an earsplitter. The entire dressing room came out to separate the combatants.

A terrific way to end the show – with the crowd peaked and wanting more.

NOTES: Matches set for Fright Night on 11/1 include: Vain & Adonis vs. New Wave for the Anarchy Tag Team Titles, Tempers challenges Fields for the Anarchy TV Title, Slim J vs. Hawkins for the Young Lion’s Title, Coates (with Chase) vs. Daffney (with Palmer) and a Tag Team Turmoil with 6 teams to determine the number one contenders for the tag titles…NWA Anarchy returns on 10/18 for their final pre-Fright Night show with Fields & Judas & Jackson vs. Azrael & Tempers & Iceberg and Parham & Delay vs. Hollywood Brunettes…Kimo, Bailey, Judas and Lewis all worked the Champions With Attitude show in Columbia on 10/3 with Ric Flair doing a VIP appearance. Bailey debuted by enticing Kimo to convert from the “Hawaiian Assassin” to the “Butcher of Pyongyang” that Anarchy fans know and love…APW, which is something of a AAA farm club for Anarchy, has their big show, “Nightmare on Cherry Street” set for October 24 in Royston.