From Larry Goodman: The December 13 television taping for Anarchy Wrestling was the “go home” show for Season’s Beatings 2014. I do not be...
The December 13 television taping for Anarchy Wrestling was the “go home” show for Season’s Beatings 2014. I do not believe it was the go home show for wrestling at the Anarchy Arena aka "The Church of Southern Wrestling."
Franklin Dove opened the November 22 show with the announcement that the company was up for sale and Season’s Beatings would be his swan song as the owner of Anarchy Wrestling. If nobody stepped up to buy it, pro wrestling’s 16 year run at the venue would come to an end.
Based on the way things went down last night, that ain't happening. There was no hint of Season’s Beatings being the final Anarchy show. If things looked that grim, surely the powers that be would have been playing it up it big to lure a big turnout for the last hurrah.
Attendance was what it has been for most television tapings lately – right around 80. The crowd liked what they saw and there was a lot to like, first and foremost a fantastic matcb between Slim J and Fred Yehi.
Heading into last night, the only known for Season’s Beatings was the main event - Anarchy Heavyweight Champion BJ Hanock defending against former champion and top babyface Billy Buck The card was filled out with five more matches being set up. This was done old school without any pure talk segments. The story was told in the ring, the mic work mostly in the form of spontaneous postmatch challenges.
Anarchy kicked out the jams at Fright Night with the all cage show. Hancock vs. Buck is the only match built to a peak for Season’s Beatings. Shaun Tempers’ feud with The Elite is just starting to build. Ditto Slim J's program with CB Suave. Todd Sexton vs. Corey Hollis and John Skyler vs. the returning Seth Delay should be good matches devoid of back stories. wouldn't call the Season's Beating card half-baked, but I wouldn't say it was fully marinated either.
(1) Supernatural defeated El Gran Laredo via submission in 4:50 to earn the final spot in the scramble match for the Young Lion’s Championship at Season’s Beatings. Not bad at all. They opened with Lucha style sequence. No threat to CMLL here. Supernatural switched things up with less flying and more submissions. He may be the “Undead Luchador” but he also has MMA experience. Laredo tapped to a crossarmbreaker.
(2) Brodie Chase defeated Trevor Aeon in 4:50. Aeon jumped the bell and dominated for several minutes. Chase won it with the double underhook DDT. This was the one bad match on the show. Chase was really struggling. Nothing he did on offense looked right and I don’t believe Aeon was sandbagging him. Aeon seems to be firmly ensconced at the end of Anarchy’s bench.
(3) William Huckaby & Joe Black defeated Shadow Jackson & Azrael in 5:20. Azrael had issues with Huckaby and Black stemming from the Rumble match two weeks ago. Consequently, we had a four-way brawl before the bell. Huckaby and Black worked on the knee they damaged in the Rumble. Azrael was making a heroic comeback before the knee betrayed him. For the finish, Huckaby got Azrael in the Muta Lock and Black superkicked him in the face. Referee Dee Byers called for the bell when Azrael passed out. This was a logical, believable match and a well-deserved push for Huckaby and Black.
Huckaby said they had been coming to the Church of Southern Wrestling for 4 months. They had prayed at the altar. They had sacrificed. All they asked was for their just due. They were tired of asking so from now on they were taking. Well said. Line of the night was Huckaby to that hotheaded old dude in the front row - “Aren’t you supposed to be dead by now?”
(4) Slim J defeated Fred Yehi in 12 minutes. What do you get when two nominees for Georgia’s Best Technical Wrestler of the Year square off? Answer: the best purely technical wrestling I’ve seen in Georgia this year. Instead of the usual heel/face dynamic, this match had heat based on athletic competition. It helped that Slim wasn’t giving away much size as he does against most opponents. The matwork was terrific. What made it even better was the way they sold the pain inflicted on their joints from WRESTLING HOLDS. What a concept. Yehi’s chops were stiff as usual. His use of rolling trip takedown was unique. Sim broke out a stellar pair of headscissors. Tempers flared. They picked up the pace. Slim hit Screwdriver on the Rocks. Yehi did that fisherman suplex where he flips his opponent over in midair. They did a tremendous sequence of reversals that ended with Yehi reversing the Slim’s inverted STF with the Koji Clutch but Slim made the ropes. Slim won it with the flying reverse DDT.
Postmatch – standing O for both competitors that included Bret Wolverton and Jonathan Feltner in the announcer’s booth.
(5) Iceberg (with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Shaun Tempers via DQ in 4:43. An out and out brawl mainly in the ringside area. Back inside the ring, Iceberg called for a steel chair. Bailey accommodated his request. Iceberg tried to splash Tempers with the chair. Tempers got out from under and cracked Iceberg in the head with the chair for the blatant DQ. They were just setting the table here.
Postmatch, Tempers called it a preview of what was in store for The Elite and Jeff G. Bailey at Season’s Beatings, and welcomed someone to join his side of the fight. “The Temptation doesn’t need The Elite. The Elite need The Temptation.”
(6) Tommy Penirelli defeated Anthony Henry in 8:30. Nobody could follow Slim and Yehi on technique, but this was a solid technical match, albeit with heel/babyface overtones. Henry jetted to the outside to escape an early ankle lock attempt by Penirelli. Henry went for the frogsplash, but made a swift adjustment when he saw Penirelli get his knees up and applied the Texas Cloverleaf. Penirelli reversed to the ankle lock. Henry powered out but fell victim to Penirelli’s fishermanbuster.
(7) Kevin Blue defeated Mike Posey in 7:37. Blue always gets a good reaction in this building and this match was no exception. Chase came out as guest commentator. Posey kept losing his focus and yelling at Chase to take a hike because it was Posey that was truly “old school”. In the end, Posey was done in by his obsession as Blue caught him with a backslide.
Postmatch, Posey blamed Chase for the loss. “I’m old school. You’re just old.” Posey challenged Chase to a match at Season’s Beatings with the stipulation that if he lost, the building would never see him again. Chase gladly accepted.
(8) The Anarchy Tag Team Title Match, Champions Big F’N Deal (Geter & Brian Blaze) vs. Washington Bullets (Jon & Trey Williams) was ruled a no contest at 6:10. A frenetic match. Blaze looked better here than in his debut. Bullets attacked before bell, brought Blaze in the hardway and gave him a beating. Geter cleaned house and chokeslammed Jon, but Trey saved his brother. Trey tried to use one of the title belts on Blaze, but Geter pulled Trey out of the ring. Trey escaped from a near death experience at the hands of Geter and used the big man's momentum to send him into the post. Blaze had Jon in trouble, so Trey interfered. The equally illegal Geter got involved. At that point, referee Ken Wallace ran out of patience.
Postmatch, Huckaby and Black attacked the Big F’N Deal. The champions cleared them out of the ring. A title match vs. Huckaby & Black was announced for Season’s Beatings. Major trash talking ensued.
(9) Todd Sexton defeated Stryknyn to retain the Anarchy TV Title in 13:23. Sexton said John Johnson couldn’t be there but he had brought Sexton’s family back together. Sexton brought out brother Brent Wiley to call it down the middle. Haha. Sexton said he wasn’t proud about training Stryknyn and tonight he had an antidote for “The Lethal Dose”.
Stryknyn was bouncing Sexton around but good in the early going. Sexton did a cheesy collapse onto his face that was pretty humorous. The momentum reversed when Sexton hit Stryknyn in the face with his own belt right in front on Brent. The Anarchy crowd got behind Stryknyn like they do few others. Spot of the match was Sexton countering Stryknyn’s FFD (F5) with a DDT. Perfectly done. They traded false finishes which was effective because it was the only match with that pattern. Stryknyn speared Sexton but Wiley hesitated on the three count allowing Sexton to kick out. Sexton locked in the crossface, but Stryk reversed into the Tourniquet. Sexton “accidentally” poked Wiley in the eye. With Wiley acting like he was blind as a bat, Sexton gave Stryk a low blow and put him away with a top rope elbow. Good match. They trotted out the heel ref deal because Johnson canceled on his way to the building due to a family emergency. It worked out fine for booking on the fly.
Much to Sexton's dismay, a title defense against Hollis was announced for Season’s Beatings.
(10) BJ Hancock & Joey Rhymer & Lars Manderson (with Miss Rachael) Billy Buck & Jacob Ashworth & Jeremy Foster when Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Hancock pinned #1 contender Buck at 13 minutes. Pier 6 brawl at the outset. I have to hand it to Rhymer. The kid doesn’t shy away from taking physical punishment. His chest was a nice shade of crimson from Buck’s blistering chops. The heels cornered Foster and applied the pressure. The match broke down after the hot tag. Foster did a plancha onto the entire mess and all six were down on the floor. Manderson and Ashworth brawled up the ramp. In the midst of the confusion, Rachael grabbed Buck's leg to thwart a superkick and Hancock surprised Buck with a roll up using the tights.
Dove entered the ring to weigh in the outcome. Rachael said she was tired of the promotion trying to do Hancock in. She said Dove was just fan with some money and should learn his place. Then she slapped Franklin across the face. Dove said Byers was a quality ref so the decision would stand. However, Rachael was barred from the building for Season’s Beatings. The crowd popped at the idea that Buck would be in a fair fight for a change.
