Southern States Pro -- Atlanta on June 23

From Larry Goodman: Southern States Pro might have found a new home. Their debut show at Steady Hand Beer Company was a whole lot of fun.  M...

From Larry Goodman:

Southern States Pro might have found a new home. Their debut show at Steady Hand Beer Company was a whole lot of fun. 

Match quality was good to great with a tad of offbeat weirdness thrown in. A diverse mix of 80 attendees enjoyed. 

Twin man events delivered the goods. Chip Day vs. number one contender Aaron Dallas put on a championship level match. Ivelisse vs. ROAR favorite Ashton Starr kicked ass. 

Murder One and Josh Wheeler have been at this for a long time. The legacy of their  collaboration is a treasure trove of some of Georgia's best wrestling over the last 20 years. It boggles the mind to consider the matches AWE has put on.

Ivelisse was back for the first time since Opera Nightclub, which was hands down my  favorite AWE venue. 

       

Ivelisse vs. Isla Dawn -- 8/28/17

             

White Mike returned to a WheelerMurder production in all his glory for the first time since AWE's run at The District.

(1) Kenway (with 3MP) defeated KJ Impala in 10 minutes. A rock solid professional wrestling match. Impala's had a lot them lately. Kenway has nothing but. Kenway kicked out of a major league Deep Six and snagged the three count with an inside cradle.

(2) AJ Black defeated Alexander Lev (with Pastor Donald Jaykes & Jaden Vain) via DQ in 2:23. AJ got pick his opponent. Jaykes was fit to be tied. AJ chose Lev to get a shot at avenging his loss to the Faithful One at Savage 16 and said he kick would Vain's ass next week. 

Vain attacked Black to cause the DQ. Trever Aeon intervened to help AJ. The heels took a powder and tag match was made. 

(3) Alexander Lev & Jaden Vain (with Donald Jaykes) defeated Trever Aeon & AJ Black in 7:29. Jaykes interfered behind the ref's back. Taliaferro appeared, and pulled Aeon off the apron, daring him to "Do it!" Aeon chased him through the curtain. AJ was by his lonesome. Vain's spinning backfist and Lev's pedigree did the trick to finish him off.

Wheeler's interviewed Aaron Dallas. He asked for AD's thoughts on the request by former Duncan Avecilla's to being reinstated. Dallas said  Avecilla needed to apologize to his brother (referee Gavin). The interview was JIP by Chip Day when the topic of AD's match with SSP Champion Danny Briggs came up. As they were setting up for tonight's main event. Aeon chased Taliaferro through the ringside area. 

(4) All Antarctica Champion Eric Walker defeated Grayson Pierce via submission with the Iceberg Slim in a non-title match (7:40). Pierce had to withdraw from the Savage 16 due to injury (surgery for a broken wrist) Wheeler offered a Pierce a shot at getting back into the tournament if he won. Pierce made a good showing but came up short.

(5) Sal Rinauro defeated Dylan Lesynd (with 3MP & videographer Quinn) in 10:20. Lesynd had some supporters but not the mob he had at Savage 16. 3MP interfered that allowed Lesynd to put Rinauro down with his signature flying clothesline. Cornelius Pepperbottom came from nowhere in the nick of time to put Sal's foot on the ropes. Rinauro pinned Lesynd with a short flatliner. 

Afterward -- Pepperbottom extracted a little more revenge for how Lesynd screwed him at Savage 16 Night One. 

Wheeler announced Kylie Alexxa would miss the show due to travel problems from Pittsburgh but a more than suitable replacement had been found...

(6) Dark City Violence Connection (Murder One & Joe Black) defeated Nawfside Heroes (Jose Manuel & Shoota Gabe) to win the SSP Tag Team Championship in 8 minutes. The way  casual fans reacted to the authenticity of Joe Black made my night. They had a good give and take match. Joe spoiled Nawfside's combo finisher and laid Gabe out for Murder on a silver platter with a falcon arrow.

(7) Frankie Filto (with 3MP) defeated White Mike in 11:12. This was most entertaining match of the show thanks to the delightfully idiosyncratic behavior of White Mike. MIke was pitch perfect for this crowd. Filto made a great fall guy. Best titty twister spot I've seen in a long time. In the end, 3MP tripped up MIke and held onto his legs while Filto covered for the three count. The Route (D.I.K.s no more) went 1-1 on the night. 

(8) ROAR Division: Ivelisse defeated Ashton Starr in 14:14. Starr was the best last minute substitute imaginable. It was 10 years ago Ashton burst onto the scene as the star of the ROAR division.  I can't say enough good things about his performance in this match. Ivelisse was taking no prisoners. ROAR rules (there are no god damn rules!) in effect. This was a fucking fight.  Ivelisse got all up in Starr's hair. She put Ashton in a chair and kicked the shit out of him. They scrapped on the floor where Ashton put a wet floor sign to good use. Starr popped the crowd with a quebradora and almost pinned Ivelisse with a Michinoku driver. Ivelisse won it with a rolling snap mare and a kick in the head. 

Wheeler said yesterday would have been the 10th anniversary of AWE and listed off the venues that served as home along the way.  Wheeler announced SSP would return to Steady Hand Beer Company on July 21. 

(9) Aaron Dallas defeated Chip Day in 14:39 to retain the number contendership for the SSP Championship. Not often I have the pleasure of watching Chip Day wrestle on back to back nights. The kids in the crowd got on Day for being a chicken. Move of the match was a tie between Day's avalanche back suplex and AD's electric chair dropped into a german suplex. Dallas stunned Day with a Steel Toe as he was perched on the top rope and sent them both crashing to the match with an avalanche fallaway slam. Both men slow to rise. Day tried for the tornado kick. Dallas ducked and pinned Day after a Steel Toe.

Dallas closed the show talking about how sweet this victory was.  Day beat him at El Galaxy two years ago the first time they wrestled and turned on him when they teamed up. 

NOTES: The return date for is Sunday July 21 at 6 pm...Carmen Michael and Rob Weather were the commentary team...The officials were Darryl Hall, Stan Robinson and just Gavin...Dee Munny was in charge of production. Tyreke Robinson was helping out...Spectre, Chayn Male and AWOL were there supporting their WWA4 brethren...Long time AWE/SSP fan Bigo Smith was in the audience giving 3MP hell...Chris C-dub Wright was also in the house...Rick Michaels was backstage.