Flair Country
07-16-2007, 01:58 PM
Georgia Wrestling Promotions returned to Waleska Park Saturday night.
They drew 90 for an average show. That was only slightly down from their big “Rage in the Cage” show last weekend, but this crowd wasn't nearly as lively.
Slim J retained the heavyweight title over Caleb Konley in a match that stood head and shoulder above the rest of card, the success of which rested largely on the ability of the more talented and experienced wrestlers to carry lesser opponents. The booking did a good job of making the most of what it had to work with.
Promoter Roger Cantrell is leading a charmed life where the weather is concerned. He dodged a bullet for third show in a row, as the rain and lightning storms that plagued the surrounding area never touched Waleska.
(1) Chris Lightning beat Shaun Tempers (with Reverend Dan Wilson & Kayla KAOS) via DQ in 6:27. Lightning is a cruiserweight flyer from nearby Canton. He felt the wrath of Tempers, who lost the heavyweight title last Sunday night in the cage. Wilson groused about having to face a snot rag puke in an opening match. Lightning showed life with a spinkick. Tempers went to the eyes and stomped a mudhole in him. Lightning got dumped and jumped by Wilson and KAOS. Lightning came back with a barrel roll dive to the outside. But KAOS was there to rake his back. Tempers quickly ended it with a devastating Tiger Bomb. Tempers continued to beat Lightning to a pulp until referee Marshall Law reversed the decision. Law is a very good ref. He acts like he means business.
Wilson blamed the outcome on biased officiating. Tempers said he was guaranteed a rematch with Slim J. He said it took J multiple title shots to win the belt, but he would need just one.
As Jay Clinton and J. T. Talent entered for the next match, the met up with Lightning, who was being helped to the back. They beat him down some more. Nothing like a two-on-one beat down on a beaten down guy to get heat. Regular Guys ran out to save Lightning for a great lead into…
(2) The Regular Guys (Bobby Hill & Tyler Smith) beat Jay Clinton & J. T. Talent in 8:15. This match had about the best heat of any of them. Guys are over. What they lack in ring polish, they make up for with passionate all out effort, Hill especially. Hill cut a promo talking about how Brunettes had once again cheated them in the cage match, and how they deserved another title shot. Mic work is not his strong suit. Guys cleared the ring and went to town on the heels. Hill did a sunset flip where both of the opponents’ shoulders weren’t on the mat. Ref Chris Ganz made the two count anyway. I hate that s***. The heels got heat on Hill. Meanwhile, Smith bled from the forehead after taking several shots into the post. Blood in the second match usually isn’t such a great idea, but it worked here. Talent missed a top rope elbow to set up the hot tag. Guys ran wild. Smith hit a Samoan drop on Talent and Clinton saved. Hill hit a flying middle kick for a near fall. Hill pinned Clinton after a Hart Attack.
Attorney Jeff G. Bailey came out with Hollywood Brunettes. Bailey claimed they didn’t have the belts because the airline lost their luggage. He mocked Hill about the fact that his partner’s head was split open like an overripe melon. “The Wizard of Oz” Andrew Alexander then cut a great promo designed to create mistrust between Hill and Smith. Alexander said Hill gave Brunettes the fight of his life last week, while Smith was a glory hog. Alexander claimed Smith blamed Hill for losing the match and so did GWP, which was why they didn’t get the title match. Alexander’s ploy may have worked its magic, as Guys didn’t appear to be on the same page as they left the ring.
(3) Melissa Coates beat Brandy Scotch Baker in 6:34. Baker has next to nothing going for her as a babyface, and she was too heavy a load for Coates to carry. As usual, Coates was great with the facial expressions and verbal aspects, but the wrestling end was brutal. They tried keeping it simple, but Baker’s offense looked terrible. Baker used a drop toehold and Coates got up selling her nose. Baker said the problem was Coates had too much plastic surgery. Coates clubbed Baker with stiff shots and made liberal use of the five count. “I know the rules,” she told Law. Coates hit a spinebuster slam and complained about a slow count. Baker appeared to get lost during her comeback. She did a Thesz Press of sorts. Coates won it with a sitout facebuster.
(4) “Soul Assassin” Kory Chavis (with Aaron Voight) beat Big Head Hansen in 10:46. This match was only going to be as good as Chavis could make it. They stuck to brawling, which was a smart decision. Hansen claimed to be from Barry Windham’s birthplace of Sweethingyer, Texas. He got the bigger pop, but Chavis got a respect pop from the folks that know legit talent when they see it. Chavis came out on the short end of the opening exchange and took some big bumps. Hansen pounded Chavis with taped fists. Hansen hit a bulldog and made a nonchalant cover. Hansen ate the turnbuckle on a corner splash attempt. Then he ate a kick in the face. Chavis did an awesome imitation of the fans’ country accents as he dished out punishment to their hero. Hansen hit a nice belly to belly suplex a hope spot. Chavis resumed his attack with a withering barrage of strikes. Hansen staggered Chavis with a corner back elbow and dropped him with a poor excuse for a high boot. Chavis again moved out Hansen’s path and leveled him with the high kick. It's not good when the babyface gets suckered the same way twice in one match. But Hansen rolled out from under a springboard moonsault. Hansen made the big comeback and hit a massive kneedrop, but failed to hook the leg. What’s up with that? Voight got involved to spoil Hansen’s lariat finisher. Hansen gave Voight the lariat instead. Chavis capitalized on the hoopla with a Spinesplitta for the 1-2-3.
Postmatch, Chavis continued to beat on Hansen until GWP Commissioner Jerry Palmer hit the ring. He decked Voight and hit a powerslam on Chavis. With Chavis licking his wounds on the outfield grass, Palmer asked him if he wanted anything else. “I’m good,” said Chavis. Palmer informed Chavis that he had a match against Buff Bagwell on 7/29.
(5) Psycho Man (with decrepit elderly cowboy guy) beat Locomotive (with Ace Heffner) via DQ in 5 minutes of torture. Total amateur hour. For old timers that grumble about how it’s way too easy to get in the business these days, these guys are case-in-point. It wouldn’t surprise me if Psycho was doing his first match. Loco and Heffner are both under masks. Leatherface hit the ring with a choke slam on Psycho to end the misery. The choke slam was actually pretty decent. Loco and Leatherface now share the dubious distinction of being involved in the two worst matches I’ve seen this year.
(6) Slim J beat Caleb Konley to retain the GWP Southern Heavyweight Title in 14:35. Technically superior to the rest of the show. Best match by a wide margin. Sweet build. You would think a guy J’s size as heavyweight champion was a ridiculous idea unless you’ve seen him wrestle lately. Conley is a rising star. Match was billed as non-title. J said anytime he was in the ring, the title was on the line. Conley pimp slapped J, who immediately slapped on a front guillotine, forcing Conley to the ropes. J opened up his attack and continued to dominate. J used the step up kick and a butterfly suplex for near falls. Konley raked the eyes and hit a back suplex, but J kicked out at one. Konley did a corner leg lariat to the outside ala Jason Cross. Konley got a two count with a brainbuster suplex. Konley grounded J with a headscissors. Konley cut off a frisky comeback with a hiptoss into the turnbuckles. This was a hard crowd, but that spot popped them. Konley worked over J’s neck. After a chest bump into the turnbuckles, J got smoked on the rebound by a Konley neckbreaker, but J kicked out. The crowd was feeling J’s comeback. He hit a missile dropkick for a near fall at the 10 minute mark. Konley picked J off the top rope with a jumping spinning roundhouse ala Johnny Jeter. But J fought off a superplex to hit a top rope flying DDT that left both on the canvas. J hit a fisherman buster for a one count only. Konley got two with a rolling leglock cradle. Konley then hit nailed a picture perfect ax kick for a great near fall. J applied the Roach Clip. Konley was in bigtime trouble but managed to make the ropes. J somehow ended up seated on Konley’s shoulders and got dropped into a facebuster. Konley applied a killer variation of the Romero Special (Mexican surfboard). J made the ropes. Konley went for his finisher, the Homewrecker, and J countered with the package piledriver for the three count.
The celebration was cut short when Tempers absconded with J’s title belt.
(7) Hollywood Brunettes (Andrew Alexander & Kyle Matthews with Jeff G. Bailey) beat Hellbillies (JessCo Blue & Timbo Brien) via DQ to retain the GWP Tag Team Titles in 20:25. This was a good match when Blue was in the ring, which was most of the time, and pretty bad when he wasn’t. Brien has some skills, but he’s too green to be in a main event position. Bailey's presence at ringside was huge plus in more ways than one. Match told a good story in which Bailey repeatedly bailed out Brunettes with exquisitely timed chicanery. Hellbillies took command and worked on Alexander’s shoulder. They did a comedy spot where Brien chased Bailey into a head on collision with Alexander. At one point, Blue hung Alexander over the ropes with a wheelbarrow hotshot, and Brien leapfrogged his partner to land on Alexander’s back. At 9:30, Brunettes finally got something going against Brien, but he ducked a double lariat and made a diving tag to Blue. Bailey grabbed Brien’s leg to foil a combo move. That gave Alexander a chance to chop block Blue’s knee. Matthews used a dragon screw legwhip and Tony Mamaluke’s Sicilian Crab on Blue’s knee. Blue was on point with his selling. Blue was able to shake loose sending Alexander out on a very cool bump. But Alexander made a blind tag and dumped Blue, so Bailey could put the Gucci loafers to him. Blue was able to reverse a figure four leglock. Blue then hit a flying bulldog. Both men down. Both men tagging. Brien cleaned house, but wound up hung in the tree of woe via more interference by Bailey. Matthews drove him into the mat with a sick top rope double stomp. Blue made a last split-second save. Alexander tried to use a chain, but Blue bulldogged him. Blue wrapped the chain around his fist. The ref warned him not to use it, but Blue couldn’t help himself. He clubbed Alexander for the DQ.
NOTES: Along with the 7/29 show featuring Buff Bagwell vs. Kory Chavis, GWP also has a show scheduled in Waleska for 8/19 with a rematch of Demolition Ax vs. Iceberg…Shadow Jackson won a 30 man rumble match on the APW show Friday night in Royston to become the number one contender for their heavyweight title. Jackson meets champion Simon Sermon in a steel cage match to headline “Freedom Fight” on July 27…NWA Anarchy has three title matches on 7/21 at their next televison taping in Cornelia: the newly crowned Anarchy Heayweight Champion, Ace Rockwell takes on former champion Chad Parham. Awesome Attraction vs. three-time former tag team champions Urban Assault Squad, and Jeremy Vain faces Truitt Fields for the TV Title.
Gerweck
They drew 90 for an average show. That was only slightly down from their big “Rage in the Cage” show last weekend, but this crowd wasn't nearly as lively.
Slim J retained the heavyweight title over Caleb Konley in a match that stood head and shoulder above the rest of card, the success of which rested largely on the ability of the more talented and experienced wrestlers to carry lesser opponents. The booking did a good job of making the most of what it had to work with.
Promoter Roger Cantrell is leading a charmed life where the weather is concerned. He dodged a bullet for third show in a row, as the rain and lightning storms that plagued the surrounding area never touched Waleska.
(1) Chris Lightning beat Shaun Tempers (with Reverend Dan Wilson & Kayla KAOS) via DQ in 6:27. Lightning is a cruiserweight flyer from nearby Canton. He felt the wrath of Tempers, who lost the heavyweight title last Sunday night in the cage. Wilson groused about having to face a snot rag puke in an opening match. Lightning showed life with a spinkick. Tempers went to the eyes and stomped a mudhole in him. Lightning got dumped and jumped by Wilson and KAOS. Lightning came back with a barrel roll dive to the outside. But KAOS was there to rake his back. Tempers quickly ended it with a devastating Tiger Bomb. Tempers continued to beat Lightning to a pulp until referee Marshall Law reversed the decision. Law is a very good ref. He acts like he means business.
Wilson blamed the outcome on biased officiating. Tempers said he was guaranteed a rematch with Slim J. He said it took J multiple title shots to win the belt, but he would need just one.
As Jay Clinton and J. T. Talent entered for the next match, the met up with Lightning, who was being helped to the back. They beat him down some more. Nothing like a two-on-one beat down on a beaten down guy to get heat. Regular Guys ran out to save Lightning for a great lead into…
(2) The Regular Guys (Bobby Hill & Tyler Smith) beat Jay Clinton & J. T. Talent in 8:15. This match had about the best heat of any of them. Guys are over. What they lack in ring polish, they make up for with passionate all out effort, Hill especially. Hill cut a promo talking about how Brunettes had once again cheated them in the cage match, and how they deserved another title shot. Mic work is not his strong suit. Guys cleared the ring and went to town on the heels. Hill did a sunset flip where both of the opponents’ shoulders weren’t on the mat. Ref Chris Ganz made the two count anyway. I hate that s***. The heels got heat on Hill. Meanwhile, Smith bled from the forehead after taking several shots into the post. Blood in the second match usually isn’t such a great idea, but it worked here. Talent missed a top rope elbow to set up the hot tag. Guys ran wild. Smith hit a Samoan drop on Talent and Clinton saved. Hill hit a flying middle kick for a near fall. Hill pinned Clinton after a Hart Attack.
Attorney Jeff G. Bailey came out with Hollywood Brunettes. Bailey claimed they didn’t have the belts because the airline lost their luggage. He mocked Hill about the fact that his partner’s head was split open like an overripe melon. “The Wizard of Oz” Andrew Alexander then cut a great promo designed to create mistrust between Hill and Smith. Alexander said Hill gave Brunettes the fight of his life last week, while Smith was a glory hog. Alexander claimed Smith blamed Hill for losing the match and so did GWP, which was why they didn’t get the title match. Alexander’s ploy may have worked its magic, as Guys didn’t appear to be on the same page as they left the ring.
(3) Melissa Coates beat Brandy Scotch Baker in 6:34. Baker has next to nothing going for her as a babyface, and she was too heavy a load for Coates to carry. As usual, Coates was great with the facial expressions and verbal aspects, but the wrestling end was brutal. They tried keeping it simple, but Baker’s offense looked terrible. Baker used a drop toehold and Coates got up selling her nose. Baker said the problem was Coates had too much plastic surgery. Coates clubbed Baker with stiff shots and made liberal use of the five count. “I know the rules,” she told Law. Coates hit a spinebuster slam and complained about a slow count. Baker appeared to get lost during her comeback. She did a Thesz Press of sorts. Coates won it with a sitout facebuster.
(4) “Soul Assassin” Kory Chavis (with Aaron Voight) beat Big Head Hansen in 10:46. This match was only going to be as good as Chavis could make it. They stuck to brawling, which was a smart decision. Hansen claimed to be from Barry Windham’s birthplace of Sweethingyer, Texas. He got the bigger pop, but Chavis got a respect pop from the folks that know legit talent when they see it. Chavis came out on the short end of the opening exchange and took some big bumps. Hansen pounded Chavis with taped fists. Hansen hit a bulldog and made a nonchalant cover. Hansen ate the turnbuckle on a corner splash attempt. Then he ate a kick in the face. Chavis did an awesome imitation of the fans’ country accents as he dished out punishment to their hero. Hansen hit a nice belly to belly suplex a hope spot. Chavis resumed his attack with a withering barrage of strikes. Hansen staggered Chavis with a corner back elbow and dropped him with a poor excuse for a high boot. Chavis again moved out Hansen’s path and leveled him with the high kick. It's not good when the babyface gets suckered the same way twice in one match. But Hansen rolled out from under a springboard moonsault. Hansen made the big comeback and hit a massive kneedrop, but failed to hook the leg. What’s up with that? Voight got involved to spoil Hansen’s lariat finisher. Hansen gave Voight the lariat instead. Chavis capitalized on the hoopla with a Spinesplitta for the 1-2-3.
Postmatch, Chavis continued to beat on Hansen until GWP Commissioner Jerry Palmer hit the ring. He decked Voight and hit a powerslam on Chavis. With Chavis licking his wounds on the outfield grass, Palmer asked him if he wanted anything else. “I’m good,” said Chavis. Palmer informed Chavis that he had a match against Buff Bagwell on 7/29.
(5) Psycho Man (with decrepit elderly cowboy guy) beat Locomotive (with Ace Heffner) via DQ in 5 minutes of torture. Total amateur hour. For old timers that grumble about how it’s way too easy to get in the business these days, these guys are case-in-point. It wouldn’t surprise me if Psycho was doing his first match. Loco and Heffner are both under masks. Leatherface hit the ring with a choke slam on Psycho to end the misery. The choke slam was actually pretty decent. Loco and Leatherface now share the dubious distinction of being involved in the two worst matches I’ve seen this year.
(6) Slim J beat Caleb Konley to retain the GWP Southern Heavyweight Title in 14:35. Technically superior to the rest of the show. Best match by a wide margin. Sweet build. You would think a guy J’s size as heavyweight champion was a ridiculous idea unless you’ve seen him wrestle lately. Conley is a rising star. Match was billed as non-title. J said anytime he was in the ring, the title was on the line. Conley pimp slapped J, who immediately slapped on a front guillotine, forcing Conley to the ropes. J opened up his attack and continued to dominate. J used the step up kick and a butterfly suplex for near falls. Konley raked the eyes and hit a back suplex, but J kicked out at one. Konley did a corner leg lariat to the outside ala Jason Cross. Konley got a two count with a brainbuster suplex. Konley grounded J with a headscissors. Konley cut off a frisky comeback with a hiptoss into the turnbuckles. This was a hard crowd, but that spot popped them. Konley worked over J’s neck. After a chest bump into the turnbuckles, J got smoked on the rebound by a Konley neckbreaker, but J kicked out. The crowd was feeling J’s comeback. He hit a missile dropkick for a near fall at the 10 minute mark. Konley picked J off the top rope with a jumping spinning roundhouse ala Johnny Jeter. But J fought off a superplex to hit a top rope flying DDT that left both on the canvas. J hit a fisherman buster for a one count only. Konley got two with a rolling leglock cradle. Konley then hit nailed a picture perfect ax kick for a great near fall. J applied the Roach Clip. Konley was in bigtime trouble but managed to make the ropes. J somehow ended up seated on Konley’s shoulders and got dropped into a facebuster. Konley applied a killer variation of the Romero Special (Mexican surfboard). J made the ropes. Konley went for his finisher, the Homewrecker, and J countered with the package piledriver for the three count.
The celebration was cut short when Tempers absconded with J’s title belt.
(7) Hollywood Brunettes (Andrew Alexander & Kyle Matthews with Jeff G. Bailey) beat Hellbillies (JessCo Blue & Timbo Brien) via DQ to retain the GWP Tag Team Titles in 20:25. This was a good match when Blue was in the ring, which was most of the time, and pretty bad when he wasn’t. Brien has some skills, but he’s too green to be in a main event position. Bailey's presence at ringside was huge plus in more ways than one. Match told a good story in which Bailey repeatedly bailed out Brunettes with exquisitely timed chicanery. Hellbillies took command and worked on Alexander’s shoulder. They did a comedy spot where Brien chased Bailey into a head on collision with Alexander. At one point, Blue hung Alexander over the ropes with a wheelbarrow hotshot, and Brien leapfrogged his partner to land on Alexander’s back. At 9:30, Brunettes finally got something going against Brien, but he ducked a double lariat and made a diving tag to Blue. Bailey grabbed Brien’s leg to foil a combo move. That gave Alexander a chance to chop block Blue’s knee. Matthews used a dragon screw legwhip and Tony Mamaluke’s Sicilian Crab on Blue’s knee. Blue was on point with his selling. Blue was able to shake loose sending Alexander out on a very cool bump. But Alexander made a blind tag and dumped Blue, so Bailey could put the Gucci loafers to him. Blue was able to reverse a figure four leglock. Blue then hit a flying bulldog. Both men down. Both men tagging. Brien cleaned house, but wound up hung in the tree of woe via more interference by Bailey. Matthews drove him into the mat with a sick top rope double stomp. Blue made a last split-second save. Alexander tried to use a chain, but Blue bulldogged him. Blue wrapped the chain around his fist. The ref warned him not to use it, but Blue couldn’t help himself. He clubbed Alexander for the DQ.
NOTES: Along with the 7/29 show featuring Buff Bagwell vs. Kory Chavis, GWP also has a show scheduled in Waleska for 8/19 with a rematch of Demolition Ax vs. Iceberg…Shadow Jackson won a 30 man rumble match on the APW show Friday night in Royston to become the number one contender for their heavyweight title. Jackson meets champion Simon Sermon in a steel cage match to headline “Freedom Fight” on July 27…NWA Anarchy has three title matches on 7/21 at their next televison taping in Cornelia: the newly crowned Anarchy Heayweight Champion, Ace Rockwell takes on former champion Chad Parham. Awesome Attraction vs. three-time former tag team champions Urban Assault Squad, and Jeremy Vain faces Truitt Fields for the TV Title.
Gerweck