I woke up this morning here at my "web" after coming from going to see the Alabama Wrestling Federation show that took place just last night (Friday,August 18th) NOT in Semmes,AL but near my neck of the woods (about 40-45 minutes) in Lucedale,MS.
The fans in Lucedale,MS were greeted and graced by the tremendous,great wrestling action provided by the Alabama Wrestling Federation.
In response,the sold-out crowd in Lucedale greeted the AWF with very loud and vociferous cheers!
Certainly this is no knock towards any wrestling fans that reside in the Gulf Coast area,but the wrestling fans in Lucedale,MS was like a different kind of animal when it comes to wrestling fans.
They had a loud roar like a lion with the sheer,brute force of a grizzly bear.
They were very wild and absolutely crazy;although some of them took their wildness a little bit too far,but nonetheless they were pretty much in control without going too overboard.
The building was packed to the rafters,so much in fact that there were people sitting up in the 2nd story rafters!
With that being said,here were the results from the AWF show in Lucedale,MS (Friday,August 18th):
MATCH #1:
It was a great match between 2 very popular and outstanding cruiserweights as "Cowboy" Billy Wayne took on 2 Quik (pictured on the right).
The match was very,very good as both men matched each other move for move,hold for hold and counter for counter with an awesome array of high flying aerial maneuvers.
During the match "Lil' Shooter" Kory Jackson made his way to ringside.I couldn't figure out for the life of me what businees he had doing there,but nevertheless he was at ringside.
"Cowboy" Billy hit 2 Quik with his finishing move,a corkscrew powerbomb and had him pinned for the 1-2-3,but Jackson climbed up on the ring apron and began arguing with the referee.
Being distraught,Wayne got up to confront Jackson.
Little did Wayne know that 2 Quik got up and caught Wayne from behind with a rolling reverse and pinned him for the 1-2-3 victory. ( 7:49)
MATCH #2:
It was the team of The Rainbow Warrior (pictured right)
and the so-called,self proclaimed "World's Sexiest Man"
Rikki Idol
taking on "Lil' Shooter"Kory Jackson and Richtor Rhinehart,.
Idol and Warrior,
as ordered previously at another AWF show by the very lovely and EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, ring announcer,Vice-President and Commissioner of the Alabama Wrestling Federation DESTINY (pictured below) and the AWF,must remain a tag team for 90 days.
About 25% of those 90 days have subsided;much to the dismay and displeasure of Rikki Idol and much to the delight of The Rainbow Warrior.
With the "androngynous" and extremely bizarre ways of The Warrior,he has made
Idol's life as a tag team partner 100% miserable.
This was a wild back and forth match-up,but in the end it was an unexpected,surprising turn of events as Jackson turned on his partner,Richtor Rhinehart.
Near the end of the match as Jackson was cleaning house,he gave his own tag team partner a sidewalk slam.
Then Idol,who was the legal man at the time being the ever so opportunist like he is,covered Rhinehart and hooked his leg for the 1-2-3.
It seems to me that "Lil' Shooter" has reverted back to his old ways once again.After then match,Rikki Idol turned on The Rainbow Warrior.
Because of the wild melee and actions by both Idol and Jackson upon their respective tag team partners,the referee reversed his decision and ruled the match a NO-CONTEST.No winner. (11:00)
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There was an intermission where the AWF Heavyweight Champion Buff Bagwell (picture right) took Polaroid pictures with the fans.He was very proud to be with the Lucedale fans at a place that he has never been before.He absolutely enjoyed himself in Lucedale,MS and the hundreds of fans that greeted him.
Following the intermission,the AWF recognized wrestling legend 'Playboy' Pat Patera,when all of a sudden it was interrupted by Wiggins,MS native,"The True Franchise" Wade Garrett.
The fans absolutely couldn't stand Garrett(pictured on the right) as he had some very unkind and disparaging comments to say about the city and fans of Lucedale and George County in general.
He also had some very unflattering comments to say to Mr. Patera.
Then Garrett brutally mauled and viciously attacking him,then repreately hitting him several times with a steel chair.
After several minutes,Patera slowly got up and walked back to the locker room under his own power.
MATCH #3:
It was the Battle of the Big Men as Minotaur took on "DA MAN" known as Big Nasty (pictured right).
Hard to believe but The Nasty One,who has been known mostly throughout his career as a heel,was finally greeted with an adoration of cheers though the crowd in Lucedale!
However,let me say that Big Nasty has NOT changed one bit.He is still the same nasty as he wants to be individual as he's ALWAYS have been.
These two very big behemoths totally went back and forth slugging it out with each other.They were slugging it out so much,they took their fight outside.
Nasty rammed Minotaur's head outside the ring with one of the chairs at ringside.
Both men did not realize that they were being counted out and that was the end result of this match. (11:59).
However,a match has been signed between these two men when the AWF returns to Semmes,AL on Friday night,August 25th as both men will wrestle each other in a tables match.
The winner is determined when one man put his opponent through a table.
What a wild match this one is going to be!
MATCH #4
Semi Main Event for the AWF Tag Team Championship:
The challengers,General Payne and Wade Garrett (with Canadian symphathizer,Dr. Love) as they took on the AWF Tag Team Champions,"THE NOTORIOUS B.S.C.""Big"Steve Cheetum and,BELIEVE IT OR NOT,Doink The Clown.
Let me state for the record that the official AWF Tag Team Champions of record are "Big" Steve Cheetum and Randy Riggins.Riggins,who was at the building in Lucedale,unbeknowst to the crowd left unexpectedly left for reasons unknown.Therefore,substituting in his place was Doink The Clown.
The very hilarious prankster (pictured on the right) had everybody in Lucedale laughing in stitches as all of them were "down with the clown"!
Before the match started,General Payne had absolutely nothing nice to say about the AWF crowd in Lucedale,nor did he have anything nice to say about the U.S.A.'s war in Iraq or both President Bushes,George or George W.
General Payne went so far as idolozing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a hero,putting him in a class above Cuban President Fidel Castro and slightly below the late WWII German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Believe me,I have my issues AND many with George W. and the current war in Iraq.While I am NO fan of General Payne (pictured on the right) whatsoever,some of the stuff that he said during his "schtick",despite him being VERY UNPOPULAR over in the AWF,made a lot of sense to me in a lot of things he said about the current President George W. Bush and his father who was President also.
Furthermore,I'm no Republican nor a Democrat,not even an independent for that matter.As an American-born citizen,I am only exercising my God Given 1st Amendment Right,that's all!
For example,Gen. Payne said that the current President Bush sent our troops to Iraq to find weapons of mass destrucution based on some preconceived notion that there were some WMDS that Saddam Hussein was supposedly hiding,only to find out after when Bush sent our troops to Iraq .....ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?!!?
These are the types of things that make you go.....HMMM!
However,at the same time,when you're talking about people in the no-good class the likes of Fidel Castro,Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler,now that's another different story and issue entirely!All of those leaders/dictators have one thing in common....ALL OF THEM ARE MAD AND CRAZY!
WELL,ENOUGH OF MY POLITICAL RANTING AND RAVING ALREADY!!!
Wade Garrett was no better either,still berating the fans in Lucedale.
But,on a funnier and lighter note,both BSC and Doink grabbed Dr. Love's Canadian flag stomping on it and rubbing/wiping it up on their backsides.Even Doink blew his nose on the Maple Leaf.The crowd in Lucedale got a hoot out of that!
Anyway,the match started and,as you expected,it went back and forth.The match ended as a very angry Pat Patera ran in thr ring with a steel chair attempting to hit Wade Garrett upside the head.
However Garrett,in a move reminiscent of the late,Eddie Guerrero,"played possum" like if Pat Patera hit him with a steel chair.
Garrett laid down unconscious and when the referee turned around and saw Patera with steel chair in hand,he disqualified BSC and Doink for outside interference and awarded the match to General Payne and Wade Garrett.
BSC & Doink are still the tag team champions because,as many of you know that have watched wrestling through the years,the titles CANNOT change hands on a disqualification;only by either a pinfall or a submisison. (7:17)
But,Patera was not finished with Wade Garrett as Garrett ran for his life out of the ring as Patera still tried hitting him with that steel chair that he brought with him to the ring.
At the next AWF show in Semmes on Friday August 25th,Commissioner Destiny and the AWF has made the match official as "The True Franchise" Wade Garrett will go one-on-one with "Playboy" Pat Patera.
Batten down the hatches for this encounter!
MATCH #6
THE MAIN EVENT for the AWF Heavyweight Championship:
The challenger,Tony "The Xtinguisher" Sweatt took on the AWF Heavyweight Champion,former WCW/nWo/WWE superstar,Buff Bagwell.
The crowd was evenly split as to which of the two combatants they were rooting for.
50% of the crowd liked Sweatt while the other 50% liked Buff "The Stuff".
MAN,DON'T YOU LOVE DEMOCRACY AT A WRESTLING ARENA?LOL!
As expected,both men gave it 110% in trying to pin his opponent,but in the end,Buff "The Stuff" prevailed as he finished off "The Xtinguisher" putting out his flames,if you will,with his move,the off the 2nd rope Buff Blockbuster.
Bagwell covered and hooked the leg of Tony Sweatt for the 1-2-3 (9:45)
The battle may have won by Bagwell,but the war with Tony Sweatt and Buff Bagwell is far,far,far from over because after the match,Tony Sweatt attacked Buff from behind,even picking up Buff's belt and hitting him upside the head with his AWF Championship belt.
A re-match for the AWF Heavyweight Championship will take place next week in Semmes,AL as it will be Buff Bagwell defending his AWF Heavyweight Championship against Tony "The Xtinguisher" Sweatt.
I certainly had a great time at the AWF show in Lucedale as well as the fans that were in attendance.
It's something about having a wrestling show taking place near where you live that makes you feel very good about yourself as a wrestling fan and life in general that gives you enough motivation and incentive to scream and holler just a little bit louder.
I can certainly relate to the fans that live in Semmes,Theodore and in the surrounding area within those particular cities in Alabama when they go to an AWF show in Semmes.They are just as wild and enthusiastic at those shows just as the fans that were at the show over in Lucedale!
All in all,it was truly a great show!
THANK YOU,DWAINE HENDERSON (promoter of the AWF)!
VERY SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO MY FRIEND,"LADY D" DESTINY!!!
THANK YOU EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE AWF!
SEE YOU IN SEMMES ON FRIDAY,AUGUST 25TH!!!
When the show was over,it was announced that the AWF WILL RETURN to Lucedale,MS sometime on the month of September.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS and I am so much looking forward to them returning to Lucedale.
Since I live in Moss Point,MS,if only the AWF could somehow bring their show to the city of Pascagoula.....if only.....?
UNTIL NEXT TIME,WEBHEADS......
