Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Monday, January 28, 2008 at 4:37 PM EST

GEORGIA WRESTLING NEWS, NOTES, AND NOSTALGIA: 01/28/2008

NEWS

Monday Night Mayhem will feature Paul Sarris and the Hart Nation on its show tonight at 8:00 PM ET. Co-host Eric ‘Blade’ Haber is ill and may be taking a leave of absence from the show. The Big Mosh has asked everyone to keep him in your thoughts. Darren Szalanski is expected to join Mosh as co-host during Blade’s absence. (Rich Tate)

Jerkin' the Curtin', hosted by Trent Van Drisse, will feature Krull on its show tonight at 11:00 PM ET. Tommy Stewart will co-host this week. (Rich Tate)

Southern Classic Wrestling results from Sandersville, GA, on January 26: Leatherface destroyed "Kid Carnage" Scotty Carmichael with a chokeslam; DriveBY and Flatline wrestled to a time limit draw; Greg Haze beat Brian Titus w/ Ace Heffner. After the match Heffner, fired Titus from the VIP; In the Georgia Heritage Title match, Loco Motive beat Chaos by reverse decision when the ref spotted a chain that Loco Motive planted in Chaos's tights was spotted. Matt Mercer and Big Bank were responsible for the chain & distracting the ref, they were then recruited to join The VIP; The Freak beat Josh Stone; VIP's Matt Mercer & Big Bank beat TW James and Bobby Joiner; The Nightmare beat Frankie Valentine; Georgia Tag Team Champions Too Bad beat The Stanton Clan to retain the Georgia Tag Titles; Bobby Joiner won a 25 man over the top rope Bunkhouse Stampede battle royal to earn a shot at the SCW Championship, last eliminating Loco Motive with help from ring announcer Tiny "The Mouth" Hughes; and Bobby Joiner beat Tommy Lee to become the new SCW Southern Heavyweight Champion. Refs for this show were: Jerry Nelms, Willie Charles, and A.C. The next SCW event will be on February 23 at Big Dog Billiards in Sandersville, GA. More details to come. (Brian Slack)

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling results from Easley, SC, on January 26: Chris Hamrick (billed from ECW) pinned Donnie Dollars in 12:24 following a legdrop off the top rope; Rock 'n' Roller Ricky Morton pinned Andrue Bane in 8:11; Bobby Eaton upset The Barbarian in 10:38; In a supposedly non-title affair, Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Buff "The Stuff" Bagwell won a reversed decision over Mid-Atlantic Jr Heavyweight Champion Rikki Nelson; and The Barbarian won the imaginary "$1,000" eight-man battle royal, dumping both Eaton and Dollars to win in a whopping 8:15. Click here for a full report. (Larry Goodman)

Trash Talking Radio, hosted by Mike Trash, will feature Rob Feinstein, Kacee Carlisle, and Shatter on its show on January 29 at 7:00 PM ET. (Rich Tate)

Wrestling Weekly, hosted by Doc Young and Les Thatcher, will feature Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch on its show on January 29 at 8:00 PM ET. (Rich Tate)

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame will be honoring several people at its annual events in Amsterdam, NY, on May 23 and May 24. Bret Hart, Bob Backlund, Gene Kiniski, Bobo Brazil, Tom Drake, Giant Baba, Betty Niccoli, Toots Mondt, the Duseks, Ray Steele, and Tom Jenkins are being honored by the PWHF. If you would like to make the trip, click here for more info. (Rich Tate)

The annual reunion of the Cauliflower Alley Club takes place from June 9 to June 11 in Las Vegas, NV, with J.J. Dillon serving as the master of ceremonies. Aside from the usual festivities, several people will be honored for their contributions to the wrestling business. Orville Brown will be honored with the Posthumous Award, which goes to people who, for one reason or another, were not honored by the CAC during their lifetimes. Ron Garvin, Butcher Vachon, Bret Hart, Betty Niccoli, Pat Patterson, Scott Teal, and Steve Williams are also being honored. There are other honorees to be announced soon for the Red Bastien Friendship Award and the Future Legend. If you would like to attend the reunion, click here for more info. (Rich Tate)

The annual events and inductions for the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame at the International Wrestling Institute in Waterloo, IA, are to be held on June 27 and June 28. Being honored this year are Masanori Saito, Abe Jacobs, Roddy Piper, and Penny Banner. Stu Hart, Ray Gunkel, and Leo Nomellini are being awarded posthumously. The winner of the Jim Melby Award is expected to be named soon. Click here for more info if you would like to attend the festivities. (Rich Tate)

NOTES

GWH wishes a happy birthday to Butch Malone (50) and Sharkboy (33) today.

The Terrible Turk, Hassen, Nuhammed, died in an automobile accident at the age of 38 on this day in 1929.

Dick Barkley passed away on this day in 1999. He was 69.

Five years ago today, Buck Forrester died at 54.

On this day in 2004, Don Stansauk, the original Hard Boiled Haggerty, died at the age of 78.

Victor Mar, also known as the Black Cat, suffered a fatal heart attack on this day in 2006. He was 51.

NOSTALGIA

1930: Milo Steinborn defeated Paul Harper in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber.

1936: Dorv Roche defeated Roland Kirchmeyer in the main event at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber. Pat McClary, substituting for George Tragos, defeated Roy Lumpkin in the semi-main event.

1937: It should be noted that some sources report that Mildred Burke defeated Clara Mortensen to win the Women’s World Title in Chattanooga, TN. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s report, which disputes that.

1938: Milo Steinborn defeated Pete Peterson in the main event at the Warren Arena in Atlanta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Frank Speer.

1949: Chief Little Wolf defeated Jim Coffield by disqualification in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Jack LaRue & Red Roberts defeated Lester & Roy Welch in the semi-main event.

1950: We do not have results for this match, but if you are keeping score, Lillian Ellison (Fabulous Moolah) was scheduled to wrestle Celia Blevins at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1955: Don McIntyre & Chief Big Heart defeated Jerry Graham & Tokyo Joe in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1964: Jack Vansky, Johnny Bruce, Billy & Bad Boy Hines defeated George Wolfe, Bob Morrow, Greg Peterson & Little Abner in the main event at the Macon City Auditorium for promoter Fred Ward. Ward was not affiliated with Georgia Championship Wrestling at this time.

1966: A tournament for the vacant World Tag Team Title started at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Al Costello & Louie Tillet defeated Eric & Karl Von Brauner, managed by Saul Weingeroff, and the Mysterious Medics defeated Mario Galento & Chief Little Eagle to advance to the finals on February 4, 1966.

1969: Hans Schmidt defeated Jim Wilson in the main event at the Macon Coliseum for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. Also, Dale Lewis, managed by Jack Crawford, defeated Tim Geohagen in the semi-main event.

1970: Dory Funk, Jr., defeated Nick Bockwinkel by disqualification to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. Joe Scarpa, Doug Gilbert & El Mongol defeated Paul DeMarco, Homer O’Dell & Buddy Colt in the semi-main event.

1972: Dick Steinborn, Bob Armstrong, Bobo Brazil & El Mongol defeated Buddy Colt, Karl Von Stroheim, Bepo Mongol (Nikolai Volkoff) & Mr. X in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Assassin #1 managed Von Stroheim, Bepo Mongol, and Mr. X. Jimmy Dancing Bear, who participated in an autograph session for fans, defeated Oki Shikina in the semi-main event. Charlie Smith was credited as being a referee for this card.

1977: Terry Funk defeated Dusty Rhodes to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Mr. Wrestling #1 & #2 defeated Dick Slater & Harley Race to retain the Georgia Tag Team Title in the semi-main event. Also, Ole & Gene Anderson defeated Raymond Rougeau & Thunderbolt Patterson, and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bob Backlund.

1978: Dusty Rhodes defeated Abdullah the Butcher, managed by Rock Hunter, in the main event at the Cobb County Civic Center for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Bob Armstrong defeated Stan Hansen in the semi-main event, and Dick Slater defeated Ole Anderson.

1980: Kevin Sullivan defeated Austin Idol by countout in the main event at the William Bell Auditorium in Augusta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Charlie Harben. Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated the Masked Superstar, managed by the Great Mephisto, in the semi-main event, and Lars Anderson defeated Alexis Smirnoff by disqualification. Also, Tommy Rich and Bob Backlund wrestled to a draw, and Ray Candy defeated Oki Shikina in the opener.

– GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com

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Devin Cutting sent this in:

Ring Of Honor champion Nigel McGuinness will be wrestling at three events in Canada this week. Here are the times & locations:

New School Wrestling
January 31st, 2008 - 7 PM
Tempo Auditorium @ South Common Community Centre
Mississauga, Ontario

Pure Wrestling Association
February 1st, 2008 - 7 PM
Elements Night Club
Kitchener, Ontario

Pure Wrestling Association
February 2nd, 2008 - 8 PM
Grand River Flea Market
Cambridge, Ontario

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Bradley Grover sent this in:

NECW Snowbrawl-1/26/08-National Guard Armory-Quincy, MA(results courtesy of "maddogms"[former wrestler "Mad Dog" Mat Storm] at www.theburninghammer.com/forum):

New England Championship Wrestling returned to the Quincy National Guard Armory to present “SnowBrawl".

In the opening contest, which was a semi-final in the tournament for the vacant NECW Tag Team Championships, the team of Chris Venom and Paul Lombardi were scheduled to face the Weapons of Masked Destruction, Kreeper and Iraqnid. Bryce Andrews and Vain Valentino came to the ring and Andrews revealed that he had paid off Kreeper and Iraqnid to give him and his partner the shot. Valentino pinned Venom to advance his team to the finals.

In a match for the TV Title, Champion “The Real Deal" Brandon Locke defended against Handsome Johnny. Towards the end of the match Locke inadvertently struck referee JT Franks and was subsequently disqualified giving Handsome Johnny the win.

The team of “The Human Nightmare" Evan Siks and “Nightmare" Nick Steel made short work of Team Awesome (Matt Spectro and “Future Superstar" Ryan Matthews). Siks pinned Spectro after two rolling German Suplexes and a Death Valley Driver. After the match, Michael Sain split “The Human Nightmare" open with a vicious shot to the head with Siks’ chain.

In a rematch from this week’s NECW TV, Scott Osbourne pinned “Sweet" Scott Ashworth. While manager Brian Cairo distracted the referee, Osbourne punched Ashworth below the belt and rolled him up for the pin.

The next match was a World Women’s Wrestling feature championship rematch. Champion Lexxus defended against “The Portuguese Princess" Ariel. Lexxus was able to counter Ariel with an inside cradle to win the match.

In another semifinal tag team match in the NECW Tag Team Title Tournament, third generation star “The Rocket" Fred Curry Jr. and Chase Del Monte bested the Exotic Entertainment combo of “Exotic" Kristian Frost and “Ladies Man" Gregory Edwards following a tandem top rope neck-breaker/Samoan drop move.

Michael Sain battled Jason Blade in the next contest. Late in the match, Sain spilled to the outside of the ring and the bloodied Evan Siks returned attacking him. The match ended with Sain winning by disqualification. Blade stepped aside as Siks battered Sain. The crowd chanted for “The Human Nightmare" to use the chain, which he obliged. Finally the locker room emptied dragging both men apart.

In the main event, an eight-man survival match, the team of NECW Triple Crown champion “Big" Rick Fuller, Antonio “The Promise" Thomas, DC Dillinger, and “Die Hard" Eddie Edwards, with Sean Gorman and Brian Cairo at ringside, faced off with Max Bauer, “Straight Edge" Brian Fury, “The Golden Greek" Alex Arion, and “The Infamous" Bobby Fish. The order of eliminations:

Eddie Edwards eliminated Brian Fury by pin fall after assistance by Antonio Thomas.

“The Golden Greek" Alex Arion was eliminated by Eddie Edwards by pin fall with a handful of tights.

Bobby Fish and Eddie Edwards battled to a double count out. Edwards kicked Fish low and then ran out of the Quincy Armory and jumped into his car, driving away.

Max Bauer pinned DC Dillinger after a gorilla press face-buster.

Brian Fury returned to ringside distracting “The Promise" leading to Max Bauer pinning Antonio Thomas after a gorilla press face-buster.

Max Bauer was able to counter a Rick Fuller choke slam attempt with a diving schoolboy pin to win the match for his team and to remain the sole survivor of the match leading into his Triple Crown title match February 16th with Rick Fuller.