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Sunday, October 30, 2011

NWA Pro South:Wicked Havoc Review

  This was touted as NWA Pro South's biggest show of the year. 124 paid were attendance.It was cold, drizzly, and the hometown Piedmont Bulldogs are doing extremely well in football, which usually means a small house, but not tonight. EVERY chair, with the exception of the ones directly beside me, as everyone didn't know if I was friend or foe since I've worked this town for years, was occupied. Since it was Enochtober 28th and Halloween right around the corner, there was a costume contest announced. The children, and some adults, took the chance to dress up and vie for whatever prize was to be given out. There ghouls, ghosts, witches, pirates, and zombies everywhere, and that was most of the ones without costumes. The chairs were close together to get maximum capacity, very old school as it should be.

     Pro South has one of the best set ups in the South East. Terry Batey went all out with a Heel and Face entrance, and, as Kevin Moncus will reaffirm, lighting is a great additive to the mood of the show, and Pro South does this very well. Lights change colors, are turned off when necessary, and, most importantly, spotlights the wrestlers in the ring and darkens the crowd during matches.

   There were only four matches announced for the event. Two title defenses, a Texas Bull Rope Match, and a Career-vs-Career Match. Seemed like this would make for an interesting night and boy did it ever! Now, full disclosure, I worked a few events for this promotion last year and am not a fan of the 'Golden Child' of the promotion Ace Haven. Also, Brian Alexander 'The Great' was one of my trainers when I got in the business in 2007, so this review was to in NO WAY effect my review. At least that's what I kept telling myself, but I was determined to practice journalistic integrity tonight. And so it goes....



Right before the first match Terry Batey and the new General Manager Gene Jackson came out. Terry has assumed a strictly owners' role, while Gene is handling weekly authoritarian role. Gene announced that he had wanted to strip 'Mean' Mike Posey of the Pro South All Out Title but was unable for reasons I'm not sure, BUT he said he fined Posey $1,000 for his actions against Frankie Valentine. AND he was putting Posey in a Six Way match and his title was on the line. Then Bryce Anderson was introduced as the NWA Representative and he had not ONE but TWO huge announcements for Piedmont. First it was announced that on November 11th, the NWA North American Champion, 'The Temptation' Shaun Tempers, would be defending his title that night against the dreaded To Be Determined; always a formidable opponent. Secondly it was announced that the NWA Heavyweight Champion, 'Scrap Iron' Adam Pearce, would be defending HIS title on December 19th in Piedmont as well. This two HUGE announcements barely got a smattering of applause. My immediate thought was, "These people have NO idea how huge this is for this promotion." And I'm pretty sure they won't until those nights come. Then the announcement by Mark Grason that DID register with the fans: Are you guys ready for some rasslin'?! The place went bonkers....


1st Match:
                      Pro South All Out Title

'Mean' Mike Posey, Jed Johnson, Frankie Valentine, 'Stinger' Shawn Seagle, and Southern Stud Enterprise's own 'Awesome' Scott Spade and 'Epic' Grant Mitchell being accompanied by Big Tomb.
Ring Announcer Mark Grason announced that the match was going to be under tag rules, that being only two men in the ring at a time and you can tag ANY person. This put Posey at a huge disadvantage because he wouldn't even have to be pinned to lose the title. With only two REAL vets in the ring, this had cluster written ALL over it; luckily there were TWO ring generals in this match. 
                      
Valentine and Posey started the match off, but Posey quickly tagged in 'Epic' Grant Mitchell. Now Grant pulls a vet move and starts ducking under top rope to bide a little time against the wily vet Valentine. This INSTANTLY draws the ire of the blood thirsty, sugar infused, costumed (and uncostumed) monsters at ringside. They wanted violence and they wanted it now. So what does Epic do? He takes at least a minute to even lock up with Frankie. Finally, having enough, first chance Epic gives Frankie, Valentine delivers three rapid kicks to Grant's backside. After a few failed counters by Epic, Posey and Spade hit the ring only to be beaten into opposite corners to receive a triple ten count punch. All three heels powder to the outside. It becomes apparent that the heels and faces have decided to work together. Valentine puts on a wrestling clinic against Spade. After the face get some shots in on heels, the heels finally take over with a manager trip. Now let's stop right there. As you, the reader can see, to the right is Big Tomb. As a manager I'm all for manager interference, but NOT IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE. Guy only has ONE thing to do, and he messes it up... I was NOT amused. Mike Posey instantly jumps on Seagle like a rabid animal. Grinding on his face and kicking the kid while he was down. First pinfall attempt of match 8 minutes in.

After a few quick tags by the heels. This situation arises that you see on the left of these words. Posey climbs to the top only to jump down and kick Seagle's arm. I laughed. Posey goes for the vaulting leg drop into the ring and misses. Tags to Epic and Valentine. Frankie cleans house and hits a side Russian leg sweep and goes for a cover. Spade breaks up attempt at two. Spades after getting tag starts beating down Valentine. After pinfall attempt on Valentine, in which he kicks out at two, Valentine battles back and hits a side back breaker and goes for cover. Two count. Epic hits his finish Epic Failure but there's NO pinfall attempt. Spade hits a huge back drop.... NO pinfall attempt. Finally Spade kicks Jed while he's down and gets a two count. Spades goes for something, not sure, but he called for the Razor's Edge it seems, but it's countered by a well executed hurricanrana by Johnson. Then all hell breaks loose. As everyone hits their big moves, Seagle hits a spinning corkscrew senton off top rope onto Posey. As he rises, The Pro South Tag Team Champions, who I am sure have had SEVERAL matches together, have "Stinger" (I can't believe I even just typed that for someone NOT Sting) lined for a double super kick. So what happens???????? Naturally they mistime the move and only Epic actually connects, while "Awesome" Scott's misses by about, now I'm not a carpenter by any means, but by about a mile. Then both are taken out. Frankie hits finish on Jed and goes for cover. The ENTIRE time all this has been unfolding, Posey has went undetected by everyone. As SOON as ref's hand hits mat for two count, Posey hits his version of the Alabama Jam on both Jed and Frankie. Posey makes the cover on Johnson 1,2,3. Winner in 18 minutes and 42 seconds: "Mean' Mike Posey.

Notes: This match could've went sooooo bad. Having Valentine and Posey in this helped out a ton. Several times the young guys would start getting lost, Valentine and Posey both slowed down the tempo when needed. Also Big Tomb, if you only have one thing to do in the match: Do it right. It makes the ref look bad when it happens RIGHT in front of him. As a manager, it made my blood boil seeing this. Also, as tag champs, there shouldn't be any mistiming like what happened. And for Shawn Seagle.... Stinger. And you wrestle in the NWA.... The crowd was hot after the finish that saw Posey steal a win from Frankie and retain his title, so, naturally, it was time for... a 20 minute costume contest.... and for those wondering, Zombie Girl won it for kids' division and Father of the End of Times won for adults. Funny tidbit, the kid that wore the John Cena outfit, got booed to the point of tearing up.



2nd Match:
                                   Texas Bullrope Match

    This was scheduled as 'The Southern Stud' Waylon Rhodes vs Rick Freeman's Mystery Replacement. Ton of speculation as to who Waylon's opponent would be. Waylon was dressed and ready to rock-n-roll, against who? He had no idea. 
    Rick Freeman came out and said he was to have surgery but had a suitable replacement to face Waylon. Then Who Let the Dogs Out blared over the speakers: it was Bulldog Raines. The last time he was at Pro South, Waylon beat Bulldog down and almost cost Raines an eye. Bulldog was only to happy to take Freeman's place. Waylon had already wrapped the rope around his hand, so as he tried to head back to the locker room, Bulldog gave a HUGE tug and about yanked Rhodes instantly back into the ring. Bulldog dominates the first few minutes of the match, but this is OBVIOUSLY not Waylon's first rodeo cowboy. Waylon seems to have been born with a rope in his hand because I swear it was an extension of his arm. There was, as ANY TX Bullrope Match rope would have, a bell in the middle and Waylon used this bell to hit Bulldog in the head, clothesline him with it, hit him in the jaw with it, he USED the rope as a weapon which is sometimes over looked in these matches except when done on TV. Waylon also used the rope, choking Bulldog with it, using it as a clothesline, and even using it as a muzzle on Raines.

   Waylon makes the mistake of taunting the crowd which is the opening Raines needs. After 4+ minutes of  being beaten, well, like a dog, Bulldog fires back and starts manhandling Waylon. Now, this is a Texas Bullrope Match so the object is to touch all four corners, in succession. 8 minutes in, and NOT a turnbuckle had been touched. You could tell these men just wanted to beat each other. Waylon takes back control of match with a and eye rake to the same eye that Bulldog almost lost because of Waylon. Got to love a heel that doesn't forget the damage he has caused prior. Waylon goes to touch first turnbuckle but Bulldog attacks and starts hammering on Waylon with the rope wrapped around his fist. Bulldog touches first turnbuckle 9 minutes 27 seconds into the match.  Waylon takes Raines' knees out and ties Bulldog's legs together. Waylon gets first three turnbuckles but right as he goes for fourth, Bulldog breaks free of rope and slams Waylon breaking the succession. As Bulldog goes for turnbuckle, Waylon pops up and slams Bulldog. Then wraps rope around his arm and hits the Southern Stud Elbow. Waylon jumps to his feet like a lion and roars!! Waylon sees the turnbuckle, but instead of touching it, he goes up top. Waylon isn't a small man, so when he attempts a Waylonsault, it is something of beauty. Vader IS impressed. But Bulldog moves out of the way. Bulldog fires up with rights and lefts to Waylon as soon as both men stand to their feet. Then follows it up with a bell-shot to the head for good measure. As Bulldog goes for third turnbuckle, Southern Stud Enterprises hits the ring. Strength in numbers works MOST of the time, but Bulldog is NOT having this. He wants revenge. While S.S. Enterprises is trying to keep Bulldog down,. Waylon grabs a handful of powder he had strategically hidden earlier in the day. Right as Waylon raises back to throw the powder, Bulldog kicks his hand a powder goes EVERYWHERE! Waylon is choked by the powder and immediately falls to his knees. This allows Bulldog to touch all four corners.
                                Winner: Bulldog Raines in 16 minutes 45 seconds. 
Note: The Powder hung around for at least an hour. It just set in the air and everyone near the door of the building was covered in powder. I've said this several times before and I'll say it again: The ONLY thing holding 'The Southern Stud' Waylon Rhodes back, is him using the Rhodes name. Calling yourself  'Stinger' is one thing, but Waylon is a whole other thing. This kid moves like a lion, and definitely fast for his size. Bulldog is one of the best Babyface 'Monsters' in the South and he got his revenge, but this match was Waylon Rhodes' breaking out party. Welcome to the stage kid. 


3rd Match:
                     NWA Pro South Heavyweight Championship 
    Brian Alexander 'The Great'  vs 'The Future Classic' Tyler Gauge. This is where the little line you see on wrestling posters and flyers everywhere comes into play. The line says *CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE* and it did.                                                                                  
          Tyler Gauge's music hits. No Tyler Gauge. After 30 to 45 seconds, the music changes to Metallica, a sure sign that it's about to get Great. Brian Alexander comes out and asks, 'Where's Tyler?' And then answers himself and breaks the news to everyone in attendance: Tyler Gauge isn't there. He is at the hospital for the birth of his first child. Brian then demands the ref to count Gauge. Ref strats 10 count. Brian yells hold on. Ref continues count, as Alexander emerges from behind the curtain with a stool. He then proceeds to sat down and listen as ref makes 10 count. Bell rings, Brian goes to leave and the music hits. Gene the GM comes out and says there WILL be a match, but since this opponent isn't on the regular Pro South roster, it WILL NOT be a title match. But Brian will be wrestling....  'Pretty Boy' Doug Somers! Immediate reaction from fans is, 'Who the hell is that?' Older fans cheer, but one lady says aloud, 'I didn't even know he was still alive, much less rasslin.' Doug could BARELY get his leg over the middle rope. Brian had already started to leave when it was announced he would still have a match. As Alexander tries to get in the ring, Somers slowly walks to the rope and kicks at it and throws some air punches. Brian screams for ref to get Doug back, the ref, not a SINGLE time, attempts to get Doug back so Brian can enter the ring. Finally after almost a minute, Brian gets in and is met with an overhand chop. Then another. Then another. Then another. Then a punch to the jaw. Alexander Irish whips Doug, who reverses it and throws Brian into the corner. Somers takes a 1/2 a step and charges at Brian. Alexander moves and Doug smacks his shoulder into the ringpost. Alexander grabs the injured arm and starts working it. As Brian arm wrenches Doug and hammers him in the back, Doug, bot once, falls to his knees, he just stands there. Finally Brian jumps to the outside and yanks Doug's arm across top rope. As Brian gets in, Doug pushes Brian to the corner and starts chopping him down. Ref doesn't even get in the middle to back Doug off or attempt a five count. Doug Somers is Judge Dredd, he IS the law. Brian goes to outside and trips Doug's legs. Finally Doug goes to the canvas. Alexander gets in the ring and starts jawing with the ref. Doug its a low blow in front of the ref who just stands there. Doug goes for the first pinfall of the match.  Only a two count. Brian stands up, Doug throws straight right cross, Alexander ducks it and hits a school boy on Doug for the 1,2,3, which is weird seeing how Doug BARELY had one shoulder down and his arm was under the ropes.                                                               
                             Winner: NWA Pro South Heavyweight Champion Brian Alexander 'The Great'
Notes: This was hard to watch. Doug's best years are WAAAAAAAAY behind him. And while I respect the man, he's too 'seasoned' to be in the ring anymore. I was told later that this weekend was probably his last weekend to do anything in ring wise, BUT with that being said, you can't replace a 19 year old called 'The Future Classic' with a man who made his debut in 1971. And this was, obviously, a match given to him out of respect, BUT you CAN NOT have this happen against your champion. You want to feed him a greenhorn, that's one thing, but you can NOT put your champ in a predicament like this. Not on your BIGGEST show anyways. When you have fans screaming for the heel to 'put him (Doug) out of his misery' the match has gone bad. This actually went 7 minutes and 9 seconds.
       Then came a MUCH needed intermission before the main event of the evening.


Main Event:
                        Career-vs-Career Match

 There was a certain energy in the air. Everyone knew what was about to happen: Two real life former friends now turned enemies. These two trained together and fought together, but now their rivalry was coming to this: a career-vs-career match.  Both men's careers have been short but one was ending tonight. Here in Piedmont, AL. 


Haven came out first and some Japanese streamers that were Zebra designed had been handed out to a few hardcore Ace Haven fans. Problem is those kids are under the age of 8 so the streamers just pelted Haven in the face as some kids got rambunctious and threw theirs as Ace was getting in the ring. For what it's worth, a few actually made it in streaming at the right moment, problem is there were only six or seven that made it. I keep wanting to call Brandon Collum, Columbine. A name he used for much of his time in the ring. This kid knows how to play heel. No playing to fans. No signing autographs. And, Joey Image would love this, the kid works a crowd. Yes, an actual heel that is a bad guy. Now his William Schmitkesque beard needs a trimming, but that's okay. As Collum makes it around first turnpost, Ace climbs to turnbuckle and leaps onto an unsuspecting Collum. Ace then throws six or seven punches straight to Brandon's jaw. Ace whips Brandon into guardrail. Ace charges up is flipped into the audience by Collum. Some fans try to catch Ace but he crashes into them sending people flying. Ace tries to check on the fans by Collum wastes little time in attacking Ace with repeated rights. Ace reverses Collum and throws him head first into the Sheetrock wall. Brandon's head goes all the way throw the wall so you can see light into the next room, which was the bathroom. As the battle around every corner of the building, Amy Haven, Ace's fiance and sometimes valet, hits Brandon in the back screaming, 'You can't do that! Get off of him Brandon!' Collum turns to punch Amy but stops. Ace throws a punch at Brandon who moves and the right cross connects dead on the side of Amy's face. Amy drops to the hard, cold concrete like a sock of rocks. As she lay there in the spilled Crunk juice, Cokes, and probably God knows what, Ace tries to check on her only to catch a boot straight to the face. The lights eventually had cut on during the mayhem and you could the faces of the fans change with each punch. The ardent Ace haters and Collum fans were cheering at everything Brandon did, even cheering when Amy was carried out of the building and sent to be attended to. The hardcore Ace fans just looked as if they just wanted the kid to survive. Collum throws Ace in the ring, as Collum gets up on apron, Terry Batey runs out and hits him from behind. As Brandon staggers to the middle of ring, Ace hits a cutter on him. 1, 2.... Brandon kicks out. Brandon and Ace start throwing punches to each other's jaws. Brandon Irish whips Ace and goes for spear. Ace moves and ref takes the spear. Another ref comes out. As Ace turns to ref, Collum grabs his leg and school boys him for the fastest three count in sometime. As ref tries to leave, Ace grabs him and beats him down. His career is over, what does he care.
                                                   Winner: Brandon Collum in 9 minutes 27 seconds

The locker room empties and blocks Brandon's exit. Brice Anderson came from the back, and stated 'This match WILL not end this way,' and ordered the match to restart. 

The match is restarted as a lumberjack match. Ace takes advantage and starts knocking Collum down. Brandon just keeps popping up only to be knocked back down. Collum finally hits his falling arm breaker finisher. 1,2, and Ace kicks out and 2 and 15/16. Both men down. Both men rise to their feet, exchanging chops and punches the whole way. Brandon is flipped to the outside. Ace goes for baseball slide to the outside and Brandon moves and DDTs Ace on outside. Both men down again. Brandon gets to his feet and throws Ace into the ring. NOW he finally covers him. Only a two count. Brandon gets Ace up and applies the Cobra Clutch submission. Ace fights and tries to wiggle free. Crowd is going crazy for Ace to get free. Ace finds the tiniest hole he can, and breaks free. Hits the Cutter out of nowhere, with both men down, Ace gets enough of senses back to throw his arm over Brandon for the 1,2,3. 
                                            Winner: Ace Haven in 9 Minutes and 18 seconds AFTER restart. 


Ace leaves to a standing ovation. His career intact. Brandon comes to his feet with Sheetrock in his hair still and to the ringing tune of NA NA NA HEY HEY HEY GOOD BYE. 



Overall a decent event. I give it a 84 because I felt they misused their Heavyweight Champion on their biggest show. If you wan the promotion to be taken seriously outside of the area, you CAN NOT have that happen. Main event was better than expected. No blood in the TX Bullrope match isn't as good either, and yes I understand 'family friendly' but you are taking kids to see people get beat up anyways, and you can't have your tag champs mistime a finish THAT bad. Terry Batey's a smart guy, so I'm sure he'll be able to build on this success for November 11th event when NWA North American Champion Shaun Tempers comes to town. Anyone in Calhoun County and surrounding areas check this show out. 

NWA Pro South Wrestling
  

Sunday, October 23, 2011

AWA Munford Madness Review

Crowd was pretty good seeing how NASCAR was in town, and Alabama Crimson Tide Football was on. 80 to 85 spectators on hand for event which took place in the old Munford Hugh School gym. Very kid friendly atmosphere with kids running all the place.

'Action' Mike Jackson came out about 30 mins before show to do the infamous 'Mike Jackson Raffle'. Of course since Jackson is a KING of the AL indy scene, he made sure to have XXXL Shirts. (Smarkrage would approve.) This man would sell anything and everything at an event, and probably already has.

After raffle ended, Jackson shared his testimony to the audience. Only in the South does prayer before a show where guys beat the hell out of each other gets a huge pop from crowd. As soon as prayer ends, music blares throughout the gym. It's The undefeated American Wrestling Elite Heavyweight Champion 'The Prime Minister of Pain' Johnny Slaughter who wastes NO time in reminding Mike Jackson that he has beat me all over the state and that 'Action' Mike is hiding from him BEHIND Joe Hogan and the triple threat match scheduled for later in the night between Hogan, Jackson, and Slaughter. Jackson This leads to Jackson challenging Slaughter and Jackson putting his own Alabama Heavyweight Championship on the line. Slaughter gladly accepts and leaves.
So..... No Triple Threat???

1ST Match:
Brandon Collum vs Nathan Childs




Collum stalked around ring for 2 minutes before match ever started. Brandon was
determined to wrestle at his pace; smart move. Lock up led to hip toss reversal. Collum decided to wrestle and taunt the crowd. Many heels do not understand how to work the crowd, Brandon isn't one of them. Two shoulder tackles for Collum, to no avail. The third shoulder tackle made Brandon powder for second time. During ensuing chase, Collum outsmarted Childs as he slid into ring by dropping elbow on the ribs immediately. 1st pin fall by Collum brings only a 1 count. Childs comes back and slams Brandon hard. Too close to ropes though. Every worker should know where the ropes are, even the ref. Brandon with quick kicks on Childs to break him down. Collum goes for rest hold five minutes into match. Big elbow to Collum as Childs starts to fire up. Big fallaway slam by Childs, but no cover. Instead Nathan goes up top for swanton and finds no one home. Right after Collum hits his signature leg jaw breaker, music hits...... Out comes Pro South's own Ace and Amy Haven. Nathan takes advantage and rolls Collum up for 1-2-3 via school boy. Winner at 7 Minutes 18 seconds Nathan Childs. Ace runs in the ring as Collum powders. Now here's where having a vet to pull you aside helps. It went unnoticed by most BUT Ace Haven proceeds to say, not once but twice, that Pro South is the 'premiere' wrestling around..... wait you just showed up, as a babyface to a show, and put ANOTHER show over as the premiere wrestling show. DEFINITELY a no no, but crowd recognized Ace and Amy and didn't even care.



2nd Match:

Joey Sartain vs 'Doink' the Clown






Sartain is legit scared of clowns which made this a funny combo. Ref starts checking the wrestlers, AFTER the bell. Then calls for second bell 15 seconds after first bell. "Doink" breaks out Flair strut, so what does ref do?? CALLS FOR BELL FOR THIRD TIME!! Sartain wastes no time in screaming, 'How many times you going to ask for bell ref?' "Doink starts with collar and elbow tie up, then stomps Joey's toe. Right before next lock up? Toe stomp. Third lock up attempt for Sartain... toe stomp for your troubles. Follwed up by a HUGE open hand slap across the face from "Doink." as Sartain pops up, "Doink" hits a single leg take down into an air guitar using Joey's leg. Joey jumps to his feet only to have both ears grabbed by "Doink" into a subsequent ear/head lock takeover. Then two quick two count falls are followed up by "Doink" pulling himself off pin then throwing ref on Sartain and counting quick two before Joey kicks out, Crowd goes bananas. Sartain jumps to his feet and uses this opening to take over. Joey wastes too much time on picking up "Doink" which he turns into a quick armdrag hurling Sartain to outside. Then chase around ring ensues as "Doink" goes outside after Joey, who drops huge elbow on "Doink" as he slides back in ring. Finally 6 minutes 49 seconds into match and we have first true heat. Joey relentless with stomps and kicks. As he poses to fans, "Doink" gets near fall with school boy on Joey. "Doink" Irish whips Sartain into corner and hits Clothesline from The Carnival (Hell). Only 2 count. As "Doink" picks Joey up, Sartain hits quick ddt; 2 count. Joey eyes the top rope and takes FOREVER to get up top. Joey goes for splash and "Doink" moves. Punch, punch, followed up by calf kick by "Doink" gets two count. Sartain throws "Doink's" arms off, goes for clothesline, "Doink" ducks and hits Angle Slam for 1-2-3. Winner at 13 minutes 55 seconds: "Doink" the Clown.

3rd MATCH:

Alabama Heavyweight Championship Bout

'Prime Minister of Pain' Johnny Slaughter vs 'Action' Mike Jackson



Slaughter attacked Jackson AS SOON as bell rang. Jackson blocks punch spins Johnny around and goes to town. Slaps and punches abound. Slaughter throws clothesline, Jackson ducks and hits flying head scissors. Slaughter is a bumping machine. Jackson hits single leg takedown and starts working arm. Clothesline ducked leads to hip toss on Slaughter. Jackson right back to working arm. Jackson doe his signature walk the rope tomahawk chop. Slaughter hits a vicious clothesline to take over. Slaughter sees blood in the water. Snake eyes into the corner followed up by side Russian leg sweep leads to a two count AFTER Jackson rolls to ropes (very good vet move) which causes Slaughter to waste time dragging Jackson back to middle of ring. Undeterred,  Slaughter puts the boots to Mike. Then comes a Camel Clutch that The Iron Sheik would be proud of. Slaughter lets up. Slaughter Irish whips 'Action' Mike. Mike ducks clothesline only to find Johnny waiting on him with the 'kitchen sink' knee lift. Kitchen Sink and Snake Eyes in one match. Beautiful. Jackson fights back, off the ropes, he is met by a spinning side walk slam by Slaughter. Only a two count. Slaughter goes up top and misses the Alabama Jam. Jackson starts hitting snap jabs to the chin of Johnny who ducks the last one only to be hit with a spinning neckbreaker for his troubles. The momentum sends 'Action' Mike to the outside. Jackson gets up to apron at ref's count of seven. Mike goes for sunset flip into ring on Slaughter, but Johnny drops his weight onto Mike's shoulders and grabs middle rope for good measure. 1-2-3. New Alabama Heavyweight Champion 'The Prime Minister of Pain' Johnny Slaughter.  BUT... Joe Hogan comes to the ring, announces Slaughter cheated and reverses the ref's decision. Mike grabs belt and gets out of ring. Slaughter screams he's tired of Joe. Joe responds by saying he'll give Slaughter a match against him since he's so mad. Johnny Slaughter, now has to face two Alabama legends back-to-back. What was promoted as a triple threat has now become two matches. As Hogan leaves the ring from announcing the new match, 'Action' Mike Jackson wastes no time in starting the 2nd raffle of the night.



Intermission

4th Match:

'The Prime Minister of Pain' Johnny Slaughter vs 'New Age Superstar' Joe Hogan 

 

 



Tie up to start match Hogan pushes Slaughter into corner and clean break. Another tie up, Slaughter pushes Hogan into corner ocean break but Hogan ducks and fires up on Johnny. Johnny throws clothesline, Hogan ducks and hits spinning head scissors on Slaughter and sends him to the floor. Slaughter staggers around ring, Hogan gives chase, spins Johnny around and hits a vicious elbow on Slaughter followed by a huge open hand slap that brings a resounding WOOOOOO from the crowd. Slaughter slides into ring with Hogan right on him. Johnny begs that his arm is hurt. Hogan doesn't want to hear it and goes right back to arm. Joe goes for code red armbreaker but Johnny fights it off. Battle to ropes leads to an armdrag from Joe. Slaughter finally powers Hogan to corner. Slaughter fights back, and Irish whips Hogan who grabs Slaughter's arm and hits a picture perfect vaulting armdrag. As he goes to pick up Slaughter, a knee to the gut drops Joe. Slaughter starts headbutting Hogan's ribs and breaks the man down to the ground. Slaughter relentlessly starts working the arm. Side Russian leg sweep takes both men down. Back elbow drops a charging Slaughter by Hogan. Joe goes up top. Flying cross body block! Slaughter rolls through and makes the 1-2-3 on Hogan. Winner in 14 minutes 25 seconds Johnny Slaughter. BUT WAIT!!! Ref says Slaughter grabs the tights of Hogan. Ref restarts match. As soon as bell rings, Slaughter pulls a pair of brass knucks out of one of us many pockets on his military pants and knocks Hogan out for the 1-2-3!! Your winner in 4 seconds of restart: 'The Prime Minister of Pain' Johnny Slaughter.

Main Event
Daniel Alexander & Nasty McWilliams vs 'Iceman' Rod Storm & Damon Taz

Alexander and Damon start the tag team match that was the main event of the evening. Immediately Daniel sticks upper body through ropes to get ref to back Taz up. Am arm wrench followed by arm breaker when they did finally lock up, lead to Alexander powdering. Next tie up, Alexander tries to bite Damon, but Taz knows better. Taz ties up with Alexander and over powers the rookie. Then headbutts him, then immediately back to the arm. Damon is a machine. Taz then spins Daniel around and does a tango. Daniel breaks free to argue this is illegal. Taz grabs ref and tangoes with ref. Crowd loved it. Then Alexander tries to out wrestle the vet. Not happening. Daniel now decides to overpower Taz. Back-to-back shoulder tackles put Alexander on his back as Damon laughs. Alexander then says he can out run Damon... Both start running ropes. After second crossover Damon yells 'Look up!' Daniel does, and Taz slaps the taste out of his mouth. Nasty comes to aid of his partner. Storm comes in and the babyfaces clear house. Alexander and McWilliams powder but Daniel gets too close and is helped in ring by Taz... by his hair. Quick tag by Storm and double hip toss to Alexander, but no pin attempt. Storm comes in at Daniel and is met with thumb to the eye. McWilliams comes in and starts putting the boots to Storm. Few good tags by Alexander and McWilliams on Storm. Missed clothesline by Nasty leads to multiple jumping clotheslines by Storm. Tag leads to a double back bodydrop on Nasty. a 300 lb man flying 10 feet in air, wow! Alexander finally gets tag after Nasty finally gets opening. Furry of cheating behind ref's back and even a little using of tag rope as a choke. Taz has to make save several times for his partner Storm. Alexander tries for the jumping choke on middle rope but misses. Both men down. Taz comes in as a house on fire. Crowd goes crazy. Taz clotheslines Nasty and flips the 300 lb man in the air. Crowd eats it up! Then out of nowhere as Taz charges Nasty, McWilliams snatches Taz up into a powerslam but no cover. Instead, as most have done tongiht, Nasty wants to fly. He goes up top. 300 lb moonsault on Taz. Nasty decides no pin. He looks around.... and bumps the ref!!! For some reason, with match won, Nasty McWilliams, bumps the ref. Nasty and Daniel then turn attention to Rod Storm. They beat the man all around the gym. Finally "Doink" makes the save with a chair. Crowd doesnt react when it is announced Taz and Storm won by DQ, they're too bust screaming about Nasty and Daniel being in the building still somewhere. Standing ovation as Storm is helped to the back. Weird ending. But winner in 17 minutes 36 seconds: Damon Taz and 'Iceman' Rod Storm.


Pretty good show. I give it an 89%. Better than some Raws, Smackdowns, and Impacts  of recent memory. Some of these guys have to get better gear and ending of show shouldnt get a reaction like that. They should either be happy or pissed off to come back. Fans tonight were little confused. Lot of young talent and potential for the event.

Monday, October 17, 2011

An Experience at Awake and Aware 2011 part 1 of 4

An Experience at Awake and Aware 2011 part 1 of 4




An Experience at Awake and Aware 2011 part 1 of 4 with Jordan Maxwell, Bob Dean, George Noory, Dean Haglund, Richard Hoagland, Aaron McCollum, Josef Dolezal, Jakub Dolezal

Coast to Coast am Richard Hoagland Comet Elenin Update

Coast to Coast am Richard Hoagland Comet Elenin Update


As Comet Elenin made its closest pass to Earth, first hour guest, Richard C. Hoaglandrevisited his theory (based on various hyperdimensional measurements) that the comet is an artificial object, possibly sent toward us as a kind of time capsule by our ancestors. More here.