(1) Bo Newsome won a Young Lions Turmoil Match in 12:47. A sequence of singles matches each with a five minutes time limit. Todd Sexton came out to do color commentator. It opened with Clinton rolled out the red carpet for his own entrance, then rolled it back up and hustled back to the ring to await his opponent. Freaking hilarious. It set up an explosive pop for Kareem Abdul Jamar. After a bit of light hearted entertainment and nice build to a bridging northern lights suplex,
Sexton was irate that Newsome won merely by showing up. He challenged Newsome to a match where all Bo had to do was survive the five minutes. As soon as Newsome accepted, Sexton superkicked him.
(2) Bo Newsome beat Todd Sexton by lasting the five minute time limit. Sexton ordered Wes Grissom to call for the bell and made the cover, but Newsome kicked out just before the three. Newsome gathered his wits for an impressive flurry of aerial offense that had Sexton in trouble. Sexton turned it on with a minute to go. He locked in the crossface, but Newsome refused to tap.
Being the spoil sport a-hole that he is, Sexton blindsided Newsome with cheap shot and knocked him out with the running knee.
(3) Talent & Money (JT Talent & Drew Pendleton III) beat Dustin Knight & Anthony Henry in 6 minutes. Knight and Henry were opponents in a singles match two weeks ago. A fan picked up Knight’s vague resemblance to Pocahontas. The Royston boys early advantage came to an abrupt and painful halt when Talent hit a uranage backbreaker. T & M played the cool heels. Talent cut off Knight’s valiant effort to make the tag with a killer release German suplex. Pendleton taunted Henry into trying to interfere and punked him out with a hotshot. Sweet. Pendleton then pinned Knight after a devastating combo move – an inverted Killswitch by Pendleton into a jumping Flatliner by Talent. T & M have some ardent supporters among the fans, although its still a minority.
(4) Champion Phil Shatter (with Jeff G. Bailey) and Truitt Fields went to a 15 minute draw in a match for the NWA National Heavyweight Title. It was interesting to note that Fields’ physique is now as thick as Shatter’s. This match had a slow, simmering build. Shatter started out by taking a page out of Larry Zbyszko’s book. Shatter caught Fields with a power slam and went to work on his back bigtime. Shatter used a camel clutch and a
The taping moved into hour number two without an intermission.
(5)Rowdy Friends (Don Matthews & Billy Buck & Chris King with Jessco Blue) beat Entourage (Jeff Lewis & Mike Mosley & Andrew Alexander with Jay Clinton) in 10:42. This match had heat. A few highlights of the shine: a) Alexander selling fear of Buck’s bionic elbows, b) Matthews’ channeling Stan Hansen on his elbow drops c) Buck needing for elbow to take Mosley off his feet. Alexander played his usual role as the master of outside interference to set up the heat on King, the babyface-in-peril par excellence. Mosley hit a nasty buckle bomb. Alexander gave King an even nastier slice ‘n dice stomp off the ropes. Matthews took the hot tag and wasted Lewis’ minions -Alexander with a gutbuster and Mosley with the BFK. Matthews had Lewis collared when Mosley and Alexander surprised him with a back suplex. Wild Bunch took out Mosley and King. It looked too choreographed. That left Matthews and Lewis. Ballet it was not. Matthews pinned Lewis with a vicious lariat. Crowd loved it. Blue removed
(6) Ace Rockwell pinned Rob Adonis in 7:51. Rockwell had Adonis befuddled and bamboozled in the early going. Adonis super sold a dropkick with a bump over the top rope. Adonis tried for the claw, and Rockwell kicked him in the jewels. The tide turned when Rockwell tried for a Stinger splash, and Adonis turned it into an overhead suplex. Adonis zeroed in on Rockwell’s back. He used a spinebuster and an electric chair for near falls. The crowd would typically be behind Rockwell huge for a comeback. However, at this point they began to wilt in the heat. A lot of listless looking folks in the crowd. Rockwell came back with a trio of Stinger splashes to set up a bulldog off the ropes. Adonis kicked out and caught Rockwell with the claw. Finish looked cool, as Rockwell escaped from the claw and hit his finisher right over the top of referee Brent Wiley.
(7) New Wave (Steven Walters & Derrick Driver) beat Devil’s Rejects (Azrael & Skirra Corvus and The Reverend Dan Wilson) in 9:06 to retain the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship. New Wave got another monster pop for their ring entrance. They carry themselves like a confident, championship level team. New Wave came out firing on all cylinders. Corvus tried a Matrix move and ate a kneedrop from Walters. New Wave hit this killer looking double team on Corvus – a giant swing by Walters into a low dropkick from Driver. Reject trapped Walters in their corner and gave him a beating. Rejects hit a flashy double team of their own. Azrael took his glove off. The better to blister Walters’ chest with his legendary chops. Azrael unleashed strikes from every angle. He remains one of the must underrated wrestlers around. Corvus did his kneeling Cattle Mutilation variant and that wild looking hold where he hangs upside down in a reverse huracanrana position while snapping Walters’ neck against the top rope. Off the hot tag, New Wave smoked Walters with the double chest cracker. Corvus ate the ringpost charging in (breaking one of his front teeth in the process) and was rolled up by Driver. Good stuff. Action-packed.
Shaun Tempers hit the ring to join Azrael in a beatdown on the champs. Iceberg ran in (yes, he was running) for the save. New Wave recovered to help Berg clear the ring. Normally, you wouldn’t want to babyfaces to have the numbers, but Corvus was in no condition to help out.
Palmer said Rejects liked to play the numbers game, so he was going to help them with their math by evening things up. Palmer said Iceberg was going to take care of Rejects one-by-one starting with Azrael on July 11.
A brief intermission preceded the taping of hour number three.
(8) Mikal Judas defeated the NWA Anarchy TV Champion Shaun Tempers via DQ when Kimo interfered at 5:48. These guys beat the hell out of each other. I’ve said it a zillion times already, but I just cannot get over the fact that Judas hasn’t been signed by TNA or WWE. What more could they want? And for his part, Tempers was able to credibly match Judas in the power department. They traded hammerlocks before Judas exploded. Tempers’ selling of Judas’ punches was stellar. Judas hit four consecutive flying kneedrops for a near fall. He was about to kill Tempers with a Mafia kick when the Reverend interfered with his staff. Tempers seized the opportunity to jump on Judas’ back. Tempers wore Judas down enough to hit a middle rope elbow drop, but Judas reached up and goozled him. Enter Kimo for the DQ.
The Reverend ordered Tempers to brain Judas with the title belt. Kimo put Judas in the nerve hold and delivered the chop of death. Rockwell ran out with a steel chair to clear the ring. Judas eyeballed Rockwell and slid out of the ring.
Rockwell cut a promo for a title match on July 11 with Tempers. The promo was fine, but it got no crowd reaction at all. There was an awkward transition as Judas exited out the front door, and it felt to me like the crowd wanted more of Judas and Tempers.
Prior to the next match, Greg Hunter announced Slim J had not received medical clearance to wrestle, but Orion Bishop had opted to go it alone in a handicap match.
(9) Seth Delay & Brodie Chase beat Slim J & Orion Bishop in 8:41. A bit of a pop for the Rhinoesque one man wrecking crew. Chase received a red rose from his senior age female admirer. Delay made Bishop look like gold the way he was flying around for his offense. Not that he needed the help. Bishop is one of the stronger guys to ever get in an Anarchy ring. Even with the numbers, the heels needed chicanery to get the advantage. At one point, Chase laid down in the ring with the rose in his mouth. Bishop rammed Delay into the turnbuckles to break his sleeper hold. Chase played matador for Bishop’s bull rush and Delay ended up taking the spear. A big collision left Bishop on the mat. J ran in from the front door to take the hot tag. He cleaned up on Delay and Chase with roundhouse kicks. But J suddenly stopped to hold his concussed head and got rolled up by Delay.
(10) Jeremy Vain pinned Shadow Jackson at 21:29 to win the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title. This was high drama, beautifully constructed, and based on an emotionally compelling story. Vain put
NOTES: In the stuff legends are made of department, it seems that Jessco Blue was at the Bonnaroo Music Festival last weekend and needed to take a dump in the port-a-potty, and the next unfortunate soul to use the facilities was none other than Drew Barrymore. Blue made sure to hang around to watch her reaction. A class act.…No show on July 4. The July television tapings will be on July 11 and July 18…Fanfest 2009 takes place prior to the July 18 show. Palmer said it would be a scaled down version compared to 2008. The plan is to tape an hour of television during the first half, and the second hour will be the Reid Clark Rumble. The Rumble will consist of four tag matches with partners drawn at random by the fans. The four winning teams meet in a singles battle royal with 20
Next NWA ANARCHY TV TAPING is July 11 (no show July 4) with ICEBERG VS AZRAEL already announced. Plus Mike Posey makes his singles debut in NWA Anarchy.
