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The stage was set for Fright Night in fine fashion. NWA Anarchy owner Jerry Palmer announced that the New Wave/Talent & Money showdown would be in a cage, as Anarchy attempts to blot out the memory of the subpar War Games at Hostile Environment, and with serious consequences – the losing team must disband. Shadow Jackson will get another shot at Phil Shatter’s NWA National Title. A violent angle raised the ante in the previously announced heavyweight title defense by Mikal Judas. And we have a new Young Lion’s champion along with three other matches added to Fright Night.
There were 100 in attendance at the NWA Arena in Cornelia, Ga. They were hot at times. Not so much at others.
(1) Matt Sells pinned Johnny Dangerous with All Sells Final in 4:31. Nothing really wrong with the match except for an extremely disinterested crowd that gave them the silent treatment.
(2) Nation beat Jacob Ashworth in 4:09. Crowd was a little more up because they like Ashworth. Nation is a powerhouse with potential. He looks a lot like Onyx only taller. He’s currently the GCW (Phenix City, Al) champion as a babyface, but was cast in the unfamiliar role of a cocky heel here. At this stage of his development, he would be better off with a manager. Lord knows, Anarchy has plenty of them. Nation won it with a jackhammer.
(3) The TV Title match between Champion Seth Delay and Slim J went to a time limit draw. Greg Hunter introduced Brodie Chase as guest color analyst. John Johnson bailed out of the announcer’s booth and stayed at ringside fro the match. Slim got the first big pop of the night. J outwrestled Delay. A cartwheel headscissors sent Delay out of the ring. Delay’s move for an early exit halted when he saw Chase stand up in the announcer’s booth. J was all over him. But Delay made J crash and burn on a missile dropkick. Delay then used a brainbuster on J’s bad neck. J caught Delay in a Fujiwara armbar and went to town on him again. Delay ducked J’s step up kick to regain the advantage. Out of the blue, Kevin Marx gave a 10 seconds to go call. J managed to drop Delay on his head as the time limited expired. Marx accidentally cut the time by 2 minutes. Too bad. It was the best action thus far. They were just kicking into high gear, and the crowd was really starting to cook.
Afterwards, Johnson hid behind the security guys, then ran away when Chase came towards him.
(4) Tank submitted Aaron Lee with the Anaconda Vise at 2:50. A typically brutal squash by the Strong Style Psycho.
Afterwards, Cid Istic appeared on the ramp to chants of “bozoâ€. Istic said nobody could save Anarchy from the “Priest of Punishmentâ€. With that, Judas hit the ring from behind Tank and kicked him in the back of the head. Istic ordered Judas to beat Tank’s bloody skull in. Judas punched and stomped a chair into Tank’s face, then delivered an unprotected chairshot to the head. Tank was left laying in a pool of his own blood.
(5) Bo Newsom (with Shaun Tempers) defeated Anthony Henry to win the NWA Anarchy Young Lion’s Championship in 10:37. Newsom was sporting new gear and a fohawk. Before the bell, Tempers perfumed him ala Gorgeous George. They were given time and it resulted in a good match. Newsom showed more than he has at any time in recent memory. The strength of Henry’s wrestling separates him from the other up and comers on the roster. Henry was on fire right form the opening bell. Newsom eventually went down face first. When Newsom took over, fans chanted “traitor†at him. Newsom used a senton backsplash for a near fall. Henry skinned the cat and headscissored Newsom out of the ring. Henry followed with a flying knee off the apron. Back inside, Henry tried for the Texas Cloverleaf but Newsom had it scouted. Henry applied a guillotine choke but Newsom made the ropes. Henry hit a Chaos Theory suplex for a near fall. Newsom came back with a spinning uranage for a near fall. Henry got the Cloverleaf again. As Tempers distracted referee Ian Buchanan, Hate Junkies appeared and Dany Only clocked Henry with the Rev’s cane. 1-2-3. Bo’s the new champion.
Junkies added insult to injury by firing snot rockets on Henry.
Tempers cut a promo talking about how Newsom’s three year alliance with J yielded nada, and in a mere three months with the Temptation and he was a champion. Tempers told Newsom the ladies would be flocking to him when they went out to party if he was wearing the strap. Tempers referenced J’s partner, Lane Vasser being out with an arm injury. J came out and said the contract was signed for a handicap match at Fright Night.
(6) Billy Buck & Andrew Alexander retained the NWA Anarchy Tag Titles over Hate Junkies (Dany Only & Stryknyn with Reverend Dan Wilson) via DQ in 11:11. Only was doing this really ugly mean mug. The improbable team of Buck and Alexander had things well in hand in the early going, as they played ping pong with Only’s face and worked on Strykyn’s arm. There was just one brief hint of dissension. The Rev ran distraction to set up heat on Buck. The Junkies were doing all kinds of shenanigans. Alexander let his temper get the best of him, which only added to Buck’s misery. The fans really fired up for a Buck comeback. Buck hit a Samoan drop for a double down. Alexander was cleaning house, when the former champions Orion Bishop & Skirra Corvus (with Enoch Tsarion) ran in and Bishop speared Alexander.
Youth Gone Wild (Henry & Dustin Knight) showed up to take on Junkies. They fought to the back. Meanwhile, Corvus gave Buck the Graveyard Shift, and Bishop gave Alexander the F5 to leave the champions laying. Tsarion was screaming his fool head off about his guys being the real champions.
Hunter announced Buck & Alexander vs. Bishop & Corvus in a tag title rematch at Fright Night. Junkies vs. Youth Gone Wild was also added.
(7) Brodie Chase beat Tommy Daniels in 7:26. Delay returned the favor by doing color commentary. Chase engaged in some creative destruction of Daniels’ arm. Daniels, though, was able to take out Chase’s knee and work it over. Daniels even got the figure four but Chase reversed it. Chase hit a chokebreaker and soon scored the pin with double arm DDT. This should have been a 3-4 minute match. Why Chase would sell for a jobber of Daniels caliber at any time, much less with a title match coming up, is beyond me. Something tells me Daniels’ offense will be edited off the TV version.
Chase had a postmatch staredown with Delay. They meet for the TV title at Fright Night.
Bailey came out with the NWA Elite. He informed the fans that Derrick Driver was a no show but he knew nothing about it. Bailey said Shadow Jackson and Steven Walters were cowards if they didn’t face the Elite 2 against 3. He also said Jackson’s claim of pinning Shatter was a fraud. Of course the fans knew otherwise.
(8) The NWA Elite (Phil Shatter & Andrew Pendleton III & JT Talent with Jeff G. Bailey) and Shadow Jackson & Steven Walters went to a double count out at 23:16. This match had awesome heat owing mainly to a heated confrontation between Bailey and a ringside fan. Epic stuff. The guy ended up ripping his shirt off (his only shirt according to Shatter). Security was on standby in case an ejection became necessary. It was classic Bailey. Once the guy got riled up, Bailey was in his glory, dancing and prancing and dishing out verbal abuse. The Elite kept playing to it throughout the match by beating up the babyfaces right in front of the crazed mark. They went long because there was a lot of TV time to fill in that second hour. Story was Shatter didn’t want to mix up with Jackson unless Elite had the advantage. It was all Jackson and Walters for almost 10 minutes. The Elite got heat on Jackson. Fans busted out the “Shadowmania†chant, and Jackson spinebustered Shatter. After a double Thesz Press on T & M, the Elite huddled up to come up with a plan. Shatter pulled the ropes down to spill Walters out. The Elite beat on Walters for a while. Walters ran up the ropes to hit a superplex on Shatter. The tag was made to Jackson. The action soon spilled out of the ring, and both teams were counted out during a wild brawl.
Talent & Money dragged Walters up into the bleachers and put him in a double single leg crab. It looked quite devastating and the bleacher thing was inspired. Shatter was taunting Jackson something fierce, as Walters was being aided by security. Palmer came out. He assured Jackson that he would indeed get another shot at Shatter’s title at Fright Night. Palmer went on to say that the New Wave/Talent & Money feud was so out of control that it had to come to end – inside a steel cage with the losing team being forced to disband. Walters got the last word. “I’m still walking and you two are done.â€
NOTES: Nation is of Nigerian decent and is first generation born in the United States…Phil Shatter’s match with Davey Richards at the NWA Legends Fanfest will be featured in an upcoming issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated… A.R. Fox, who made his Anarchy debut at the last taping, is a regular with Combat Zone Wrestling. Fox lost a heavyweight title match to champion Adam Cole on CZW’s October 9 show in Philadelphia…Andrew Pendleton suffered a painful freak injury Saturday night when a sensitive portion of his anatomy got caught in the guard rail…Seth Delay, Corey Hollis, Mike Posey and Luke Hawx were among those appearing on the first [url=www.mpwinfo.com]Military Professional Wrestling[url] show in Belle Chase, La on Friday night…Don Matthews is taking a hiatus from wrestling…Former member of the defunct Entourage faction, John Carnage has reportedly left wrestling to pursue a career in law enforcement…Anarchy stars will be wrestling at a fundraiser event on Sunday, November 7 in Cleveland, Tn at the ECN Enterprises Building. Bell time is 6pm. All proceeds go to Christian Hands Ministry for the purchase of Christmas toys and a Christmas dinner for those in need.
