Post by Ringside Junkie on Feb 10, 2007 21:24:25 GMT -5
NWA WRESTLE BIRMINGHAM WITH JAKE ROBERTS VS COWBOY JAMES STORM
By: Larry Goodman
2/10/2007 12:30:49 PM
B. G. James became the new Alabama Heavyweight Champion, as NWA Wrestle Birmingham returned to the Zamora Shrine Temple in Irondale, Alabama Friday night for another dose of Southern wrestling nostalgia.
It was clearly one of Wrestle Birmingham’s better shows. The top three matches all worked and exceeded expectations in the process. It ran a little long (over 3 hours) but they kept the breaks short, which has been a problem here in the past, and the crowd was hot for the main matches. The house was somewhere between 400 and 500, slightly more than their last show here in September, and less than half of what TNA drew here three weeks ago.
Cowboy opened with a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem.
(1) El Mexicano (with Gina) beat Joe Hogan with the Tijuana Tortilla in 7:07. He was blessed with the physique and the natural ability, and now with added experience, Mexicano is ready for a push. Match was hurt by a lack of role clarity. It’s tough when the heel is clearly a better athlete than the babyface. Hogan took over with a wheelbarrow sitout facebuster. He hit a twisting crossbody that was beyond his reach. Mexicano have him a beating. The aerial highlight of the evening was Mexicano running up the ropes for a plancha to the outside. Hogan made an aerial comeback, but the crowd wasn’t buying it. Mexicano got the pin after a top rope backflip to his feet and a Latino version of the Samoan drop. His style would fit right in on WSX. They got a tight shot of Mexicano trash talking in Spanish for the TV show.
(2) “Exotic” Adrian Street (with Miss Linda) beat Aeon Flexx (with Marcel Pringle and Ricky Roberts) to retain the European Title in 9:41. Flexx had gained weight to where I barely recognized him. His Canadian heritage notwithstanding, there’s something that’s just wrong with a guy in that shape wearing Bret Hart’s colors. Still, he works very well with Street. Flexx and his cohorts are known as the Dog River Boys (Gulf South Wrestling). Street his amazing for his age. The spot where Linda removes the wig always gets a pop. It was their typical comedy match. Street made Flexx a member of the kiss-my-ass club and kissed him. When Flexx went to consult with cowboy-looking Roberts, Street said there was something strange about it and made the Brokeback Mountain reference. Street mounted Flexx like he was a bull rider. Pringle interfered set up the heat. Street made the comeback with European uppercuts. Finish saw Roberts up on the apron for the double team. Street moved. Flexx ran into Roberts, who tumbled onto Pringle. Street gave Flexx a piledriver to score the pinfall.
Pringle said Street had done a wrong thing by messing with the DRB. Pringle said he would beat the freak and take his belt. Street said he would rip Pringle’s throat out and make him eat it, and the thing was, you had no doubt that at age , he was fully capable of doing so.
Special Enforcer Bill Franklin presented Cowboy with a special appreciation trophy. Legit. No angle. Cowboy said he believed in Wrestle Birmingham and talked about it in terms of being an alternative to the WWE stuff on television.
(3) “Maddog” Dan Sawyer pinned Henry Hoss with a bulldog at 3:42. The Maddog is a tribute to the legendary Buzz Sawyer, but he looks more like a smaller version of Crusher Blackwell. Sawyer is local, so he had pretty strong crowd support. Hoss is a big ol’ Tennessee boy that had a run with NWA Wildside. Not a bad match. Let’s just say they made a wise choice by keeping it short. Hoss heeled. Hoss missed with a middle rope splash, and Sawyer wasted no time going to the finish.
(4) Diamonds in the Rough (Elix Skipper & David Young with Robert Fuller & Gina) beat The Fire & The Flame (with “Mr. Motivation” Jimmy Powell) to retain the NWA Wrestle Birmingham tag titles in 13:55. The great David Boone was the referee. Fire and Flame were built along the lines of the Assassins and worked an old school style. Young had an ugly welt on his back from the belt shot he took from Johnny Swinger Wednesday night in Phenix City. Solid match but not much heat because it was two heel teams, although Fire and Flame didn’t do any cheating to speak of. The masked men worked on Skipper’s arm. Young did awesome job selling and bumping for their corner splashes. Young escaped from splash number three and Skipper flew with a spinkick. They beat on the smaller of the two flammable guys. “Hey Powell, I think it’s time to motivate ‘em, don’t you?” said Fuller. Young hit a moonsault. Skipper kicked the crap out of the guy’s chest. They went right to four-way action off the hot tag. Powell hit Skipper with knucks. Then he used the briefcase but hit his own guy instead. Skipper got the pin.
Powell and Fuller did some awesome mic work. They made it clear that the fix had been in. Fuller said he gone from being a doubter to a believer in Powell’s motivational skills. “I know I’m terribly motivated,” said Fuller. Powell referred to Fuller as “Robbie.” Powell said he had been feeling rejected by the people. Powell said Fuller was the brains of the family, said he was THE MAN and really pumped him up huge. Fuller said he had never like Powell, but he sure had started to like him now. Powell said he had a book and a DVD for sale. Powell said Diamonds were motivated by titles, the fans were motivated by cold beer and fried chicken or whatever, but the biggest motivator was money. Powell pulled out a wad of 100 dollar bills. Fuller made a futile grab for the dough. Meanwhile, Powell picked Fuller’s pocket. NWA official Roy Lee Welch came out. Powell said the last time he had something significant to say, Nixon was president.
Michael St. John interviewed Welch about the status of Loser Leaves Town matches in Wrestle Birmingham (at a previous show, Welch had announced that they were putting an end to them). Welch said the despite the scolding he received from owner Linda Marx, the promotion would continue to have loser leaves matches and the stipulation would be enforced for the upcoming Tommy Rich/Bullet match.
(5) Tommy Rich defeated The Bullet in a Loser’s Leaves Town Match in 1:56. Rich wrestled without a shirt, and when he took off the leather vest, it wasn’t a pretty picture. Rich punched Bullet while the ref was checking him for foreign objects. Bullet got the sleeper on. Rich initiated a ref bump with Roy George. Robert Fuller ran in, slugged Armstrong and revived George to make the three count.
Fuller blamed Bullet for breaking up his 30 year team with Jimmy Golden and claimed they don’t talk anymore because of Bullet. Fuller gloated about Bullet being gone forever.
(6) The NWA Wrestle Birmingham TV Title match between Dennis Condrey and Brad Armstrong ended as a no contest after Condrey wasted five referees (9:14). Condrey retained the title. They did a routine with a battle of top wristlocks where Condrey appeared to convince referee Roy George that Armstrong was using hair. But George was onto him, and it ended up with George taking Condrey down by the hair for a big pop. Condrey used a blatant short cut to “win” a test of strength. Condrey popped Armstrong right between the eyes with the heel of his hand for a near fall. They started trading. Condrey slugged George. A second ref that looked like Jack Black hit the ring and got the same treatment. Condrey ran through five refs, and finished up by slinging Boone through a row of ringside seats. George said he was sick of the abuse, and threatened to permanently suspend Condrey if he touched one more ref. George started a ten count. Condrey left, but not before attacking Boone out of George’s sight. Nice pop for Armstrong’s work.
(7) Mike Jackson beat Daffney (with Robert Fuller) via DQ at 12:09. Daffney retained the NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Title. Super heat for this match. It’s been a great program. Jackson and Daffney are both way over, but with different segments of the crowd. The Daffney lovers think their “Million Dollar Baby” can do no wrong, and detest Jackson for being willing to get physical with her. On the other hand, you have Jackson as the beloved local hero, justified in his actions because Fuller has screwed him beyond belief. Jackson hit the ring with a miniature baseball bat. Fuller said the people didn’t come to see Jackson take a bat to a lady. Jackson said they had been getting on his nerves for month, and if Fuller got involved, Jackson was going to put the bat “where it ain’t very comfortable.” Jackson referred to them as Tennessee Dud and Douche Bag Daffney. Jackson said Fuller had called him a drunk, put him in a ditch and almost put him in jail, and he was taking the belt. Daffney stuck her chest out. Jackson backed off at first. Jackson then locked lips with Daffney and spit it out. Fuller had a long conversation with the ref. Daffney slapped Jackson in the face and ran. The ref cautioned Jackson about using the fists. Daffney slapped Jackson to break an armbar and used the ref as a shield. Jackson teased a spanking and Daffney ran again. Jackson finally nailed Daffney with a lariat, but the ref made a super slow count. Jackson hit a hangman neckbreaker, and the ref wouldn’t even start the count. Jackson locked knuckles with Daffney and did the old school ropes walk. Then he did it again using Daffney’s ponytail. The ref upended Jackson. Daffney did a double stomp to Jackson’s gut. The ref fast counted. Daffney hit an impressive bridging northern lights suplex for another fast count. Daffney dumped Jackson out to Fuller. He gave Jackson a beating and choked him with a chain. The ref tried to intervene. Fuller clocked the ref. Back inside the ring, the ref announced that the deal was over and started a 10 count on Fuller. Jackson spanked Daffney. Fuller grabbed Jackson’s leg and posted him. Fuller went for a piledriver. The ref blocked it. Fuller beat the hell out of the ref. Jackson punched Fuller and went for a reverse roll up on Daffney. Fuller got involved again. Jackson grabbed the baseball bat. Fuller and Daffney ran away. Senior official Mike Pedey (the seventh ref to appear) declared Jackson the winner.
(8) James Storm pinned Jake Roberts at 15:32. If you would have told me five years ago that I would be seeing Roberts and Rich wrestling on the same show in 2007, I would have said no way. The crowd was psyched for this. Storm’s mic work got great heat. Storm was mad about being back in “Hellhole, Alabama.” He said he had heard guinea pigs that talked better than the heckler in the first row. The crowd popped when Jake came down the aisle with the snake bag. Jake was clearly up for this match, and Storm was fantastic at carrying the action. Storm refused to get back in the ring until the bag was removed from the ring. Jake made the ref take the beer bottle out of Storm’s corner. This was Jake in a gentle, comedic babyface persona. Storm sold like crazy for Jake’s offense including an elevated wristlock. Jake used a full nelson and tried for the DDT, but Storm slipped away. The picked up on it with a “DDT” chant. Roberts ate a knee at the 6 minute mark. Storm took over with Dick Murdoch style elbows from the floor, as Jake was laying on the apron. Jake tied himself up in the ropes and took punishment. When Storm went for the pin, Roberts pulled him off by the trunks and exposed his buttocks. Storm applied a very lengthy sleeper hold. Roberts was able to keep the crowd into it just by the way he was waving his arm to show life. A Roberts jawbreaker left both men down. Jake hit the short arm clothesline and went for the DDT. Storm hooked the ropes to block it and got the pin with his feet on the ropes. Not a stellar match. There was no way it could be. But it sure was some fine theater.
Roberts DDTed ref Roy George and took out the snake. It was a good eight feet long. Roberts put the snake on Storm. Storm got the hell out of there. Robert let the snake crawl over George’s face and then put it down his pants. Ring announcer Chase Dee ran for his life. It ended with the crowd chanting “Jake the Snake.”
(9) B. G. James (with Eddie G) beat McNasty (with Robert Fuller) in an Alabama Street Fight to win the Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Title in 12:22. A fun brawl. Tons of weapons. With McNasty involved, it was going to be stiff. The previous match had taken the edge of the crowd, but they got into it as it went along. McNasty said if James’ father and brother couldn’t help him, that tapeworm guy sure couldn’t. James brought McNasty in the hardway to start the match. McNasty took an upside down bump through the ropes, and a bump over the top rope on an Irish whip. They brawled to the back of the arena and used a lot of trash barrels. McNasty fired a plastic trash barrel into James’ face. James dented the wall with McNasty’s head. McNasty was busted open. McNasty used a chair and a metal trash can lid on James. James exploded a cork bulletin board on McNasty’s head. That was different. McNasty took a nasty hiptoss onto a section of the ring barricade that had been propped up against the ring. Bent the hell out of it. James sprayed a fire extinguisher all over McNasty. Back inside the ring, McNasty put a metal trash can on top of James and went for a flying kneedrop. Bad idea. A 10 foot ladder found its way into the ring. With James laid out below, McNasty climbed to the second rung from the top, but Eddie shoved him off. Fuller hit the ring to help McNasty. But an unmasked Bob Armstrong came to the rescue with a foreign object. He decked Fuller and McNasty with it, and James covered for the three count.
Postmatch, Fuller confronted Welch about Armstrong’s involvement. Fuller was furious because Bullet was supposed to be banished from Birmingham. Welch said he didn’t see any Bullet, he saw Bob Armstrong. James said he was the new daddy of the Alabama Heavyweight Title for a show closing pop.
NOTES: The return date for Zamora Shrine Temples is 5/19. The next Wrestle Birmingham show is in Graysville on 4/10…St. John was joined by Ronnie P. Gossett on color commentary. Mike Porter from NWA Main Event also helped out on color…NWA Main Event has a new television slot on Charter 6 serving Columbia and the surrounding areas starting up soon at 1pm every Saturday,..Caleb Conley from AWA Main Event/PWE (Georgia) was in the house. Conley recently worked a shot for Hermie Sadler’s UWF…Brickhouse Brown did not appear as listed on the original card.
By: Larry Goodman
2/10/2007 12:30:49 PM
B. G. James became the new Alabama Heavyweight Champion, as NWA Wrestle Birmingham returned to the Zamora Shrine Temple in Irondale, Alabama Friday night for another dose of Southern wrestling nostalgia.
It was clearly one of Wrestle Birmingham’s better shows. The top three matches all worked and exceeded expectations in the process. It ran a little long (over 3 hours) but they kept the breaks short, which has been a problem here in the past, and the crowd was hot for the main matches. The house was somewhere between 400 and 500, slightly more than their last show here in September, and less than half of what TNA drew here three weeks ago.
Cowboy opened with a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem.
(1) El Mexicano (with Gina) beat Joe Hogan with the Tijuana Tortilla in 7:07. He was blessed with the physique and the natural ability, and now with added experience, Mexicano is ready for a push. Match was hurt by a lack of role clarity. It’s tough when the heel is clearly a better athlete than the babyface. Hogan took over with a wheelbarrow sitout facebuster. He hit a twisting crossbody that was beyond his reach. Mexicano have him a beating. The aerial highlight of the evening was Mexicano running up the ropes for a plancha to the outside. Hogan made an aerial comeback, but the crowd wasn’t buying it. Mexicano got the pin after a top rope backflip to his feet and a Latino version of the Samoan drop. His style would fit right in on WSX. They got a tight shot of Mexicano trash talking in Spanish for the TV show.
(2) “Exotic” Adrian Street (with Miss Linda) beat Aeon Flexx (with Marcel Pringle and Ricky Roberts) to retain the European Title in 9:41. Flexx had gained weight to where I barely recognized him. His Canadian heritage notwithstanding, there’s something that’s just wrong with a guy in that shape wearing Bret Hart’s colors. Still, he works very well with Street. Flexx and his cohorts are known as the Dog River Boys (Gulf South Wrestling). Street his amazing for his age. The spot where Linda removes the wig always gets a pop. It was their typical comedy match. Street made Flexx a member of the kiss-my-ass club and kissed him. When Flexx went to consult with cowboy-looking Roberts, Street said there was something strange about it and made the Brokeback Mountain reference. Street mounted Flexx like he was a bull rider. Pringle interfered set up the heat. Street made the comeback with European uppercuts. Finish saw Roberts up on the apron for the double team. Street moved. Flexx ran into Roberts, who tumbled onto Pringle. Street gave Flexx a piledriver to score the pinfall.
Pringle said Street had done a wrong thing by messing with the DRB. Pringle said he would beat the freak and take his belt. Street said he would rip Pringle’s throat out and make him eat it, and the thing was, you had no doubt that at age , he was fully capable of doing so.
Special Enforcer Bill Franklin presented Cowboy with a special appreciation trophy. Legit. No angle. Cowboy said he believed in Wrestle Birmingham and talked about it in terms of being an alternative to the WWE stuff on television.
(3) “Maddog” Dan Sawyer pinned Henry Hoss with a bulldog at 3:42. The Maddog is a tribute to the legendary Buzz Sawyer, but he looks more like a smaller version of Crusher Blackwell. Sawyer is local, so he had pretty strong crowd support. Hoss is a big ol’ Tennessee boy that had a run with NWA Wildside. Not a bad match. Let’s just say they made a wise choice by keeping it short. Hoss heeled. Hoss missed with a middle rope splash, and Sawyer wasted no time going to the finish.
(4) Diamonds in the Rough (Elix Skipper & David Young with Robert Fuller & Gina) beat The Fire & The Flame (with “Mr. Motivation” Jimmy Powell) to retain the NWA Wrestle Birmingham tag titles in 13:55. The great David Boone was the referee. Fire and Flame were built along the lines of the Assassins and worked an old school style. Young had an ugly welt on his back from the belt shot he took from Johnny Swinger Wednesday night in Phenix City. Solid match but not much heat because it was two heel teams, although Fire and Flame didn’t do any cheating to speak of. The masked men worked on Skipper’s arm. Young did awesome job selling and bumping for their corner splashes. Young escaped from splash number three and Skipper flew with a spinkick. They beat on the smaller of the two flammable guys. “Hey Powell, I think it’s time to motivate ‘em, don’t you?” said Fuller. Young hit a moonsault. Skipper kicked the crap out of the guy’s chest. They went right to four-way action off the hot tag. Powell hit Skipper with knucks. Then he used the briefcase but hit his own guy instead. Skipper got the pin.
Powell and Fuller did some awesome mic work. They made it clear that the fix had been in. Fuller said he gone from being a doubter to a believer in Powell’s motivational skills. “I know I’m terribly motivated,” said Fuller. Powell referred to Fuller as “Robbie.” Powell said he had been feeling rejected by the people. Powell said Fuller was the brains of the family, said he was THE MAN and really pumped him up huge. Fuller said he had never like Powell, but he sure had started to like him now. Powell said he had a book and a DVD for sale. Powell said Diamonds were motivated by titles, the fans were motivated by cold beer and fried chicken or whatever, but the biggest motivator was money. Powell pulled out a wad of 100 dollar bills. Fuller made a futile grab for the dough. Meanwhile, Powell picked Fuller’s pocket. NWA official Roy Lee Welch came out. Powell said the last time he had something significant to say, Nixon was president.
Michael St. John interviewed Welch about the status of Loser Leaves Town matches in Wrestle Birmingham (at a previous show, Welch had announced that they were putting an end to them). Welch said the despite the scolding he received from owner Linda Marx, the promotion would continue to have loser leaves matches and the stipulation would be enforced for the upcoming Tommy Rich/Bullet match.
(5) Tommy Rich defeated The Bullet in a Loser’s Leaves Town Match in 1:56. Rich wrestled without a shirt, and when he took off the leather vest, it wasn’t a pretty picture. Rich punched Bullet while the ref was checking him for foreign objects. Bullet got the sleeper on. Rich initiated a ref bump with Roy George. Robert Fuller ran in, slugged Armstrong and revived George to make the three count.
Fuller blamed Bullet for breaking up his 30 year team with Jimmy Golden and claimed they don’t talk anymore because of Bullet. Fuller gloated about Bullet being gone forever.
(6) The NWA Wrestle Birmingham TV Title match between Dennis Condrey and Brad Armstrong ended as a no contest after Condrey wasted five referees (9:14). Condrey retained the title. They did a routine with a battle of top wristlocks where Condrey appeared to convince referee Roy George that Armstrong was using hair. But George was onto him, and it ended up with George taking Condrey down by the hair for a big pop. Condrey used a blatant short cut to “win” a test of strength. Condrey popped Armstrong right between the eyes with the heel of his hand for a near fall. They started trading. Condrey slugged George. A second ref that looked like Jack Black hit the ring and got the same treatment. Condrey ran through five refs, and finished up by slinging Boone through a row of ringside seats. George said he was sick of the abuse, and threatened to permanently suspend Condrey if he touched one more ref. George started a ten count. Condrey left, but not before attacking Boone out of George’s sight. Nice pop for Armstrong’s work.
(7) Mike Jackson beat Daffney (with Robert Fuller) via DQ at 12:09. Daffney retained the NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Title. Super heat for this match. It’s been a great program. Jackson and Daffney are both way over, but with different segments of the crowd. The Daffney lovers think their “Million Dollar Baby” can do no wrong, and detest Jackson for being willing to get physical with her. On the other hand, you have Jackson as the beloved local hero, justified in his actions because Fuller has screwed him beyond belief. Jackson hit the ring with a miniature baseball bat. Fuller said the people didn’t come to see Jackson take a bat to a lady. Jackson said they had been getting on his nerves for month, and if Fuller got involved, Jackson was going to put the bat “where it ain’t very comfortable.” Jackson referred to them as Tennessee Dud and Douche Bag Daffney. Jackson said Fuller had called him a drunk, put him in a ditch and almost put him in jail, and he was taking the belt. Daffney stuck her chest out. Jackson backed off at first. Jackson then locked lips with Daffney and spit it out. Fuller had a long conversation with the ref. Daffney slapped Jackson in the face and ran. The ref cautioned Jackson about using the fists. Daffney slapped Jackson to break an armbar and used the ref as a shield. Jackson teased a spanking and Daffney ran again. Jackson finally nailed Daffney with a lariat, but the ref made a super slow count. Jackson hit a hangman neckbreaker, and the ref wouldn’t even start the count. Jackson locked knuckles with Daffney and did the old school ropes walk. Then he did it again using Daffney’s ponytail. The ref upended Jackson. Daffney did a double stomp to Jackson’s gut. The ref fast counted. Daffney hit an impressive bridging northern lights suplex for another fast count. Daffney dumped Jackson out to Fuller. He gave Jackson a beating and choked him with a chain. The ref tried to intervene. Fuller clocked the ref. Back inside the ring, the ref announced that the deal was over and started a 10 count on Fuller. Jackson spanked Daffney. Fuller grabbed Jackson’s leg and posted him. Fuller went for a piledriver. The ref blocked it. Fuller beat the hell out of the ref. Jackson punched Fuller and went for a reverse roll up on Daffney. Fuller got involved again. Jackson grabbed the baseball bat. Fuller and Daffney ran away. Senior official Mike Pedey (the seventh ref to appear) declared Jackson the winner.
(8) James Storm pinned Jake Roberts at 15:32. If you would have told me five years ago that I would be seeing Roberts and Rich wrestling on the same show in 2007, I would have said no way. The crowd was psyched for this. Storm’s mic work got great heat. Storm was mad about being back in “Hellhole, Alabama.” He said he had heard guinea pigs that talked better than the heckler in the first row. The crowd popped when Jake came down the aisle with the snake bag. Jake was clearly up for this match, and Storm was fantastic at carrying the action. Storm refused to get back in the ring until the bag was removed from the ring. Jake made the ref take the beer bottle out of Storm’s corner. This was Jake in a gentle, comedic babyface persona. Storm sold like crazy for Jake’s offense including an elevated wristlock. Jake used a full nelson and tried for the DDT, but Storm slipped away. The picked up on it with a “DDT” chant. Roberts ate a knee at the 6 minute mark. Storm took over with Dick Murdoch style elbows from the floor, as Jake was laying on the apron. Jake tied himself up in the ropes and took punishment. When Storm went for the pin, Roberts pulled him off by the trunks and exposed his buttocks. Storm applied a very lengthy sleeper hold. Roberts was able to keep the crowd into it just by the way he was waving his arm to show life. A Roberts jawbreaker left both men down. Jake hit the short arm clothesline and went for the DDT. Storm hooked the ropes to block it and got the pin with his feet on the ropes. Not a stellar match. There was no way it could be. But it sure was some fine theater.
Roberts DDTed ref Roy George and took out the snake. It was a good eight feet long. Roberts put the snake on Storm. Storm got the hell out of there. Robert let the snake crawl over George’s face and then put it down his pants. Ring announcer Chase Dee ran for his life. It ended with the crowd chanting “Jake the Snake.”
(9) B. G. James (with Eddie G) beat McNasty (with Robert Fuller) in an Alabama Street Fight to win the Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Title in 12:22. A fun brawl. Tons of weapons. With McNasty involved, it was going to be stiff. The previous match had taken the edge of the crowd, but they got into it as it went along. McNasty said if James’ father and brother couldn’t help him, that tapeworm guy sure couldn’t. James brought McNasty in the hardway to start the match. McNasty took an upside down bump through the ropes, and a bump over the top rope on an Irish whip. They brawled to the back of the arena and used a lot of trash barrels. McNasty fired a plastic trash barrel into James’ face. James dented the wall with McNasty’s head. McNasty was busted open. McNasty used a chair and a metal trash can lid on James. James exploded a cork bulletin board on McNasty’s head. That was different. McNasty took a nasty hiptoss onto a section of the ring barricade that had been propped up against the ring. Bent the hell out of it. James sprayed a fire extinguisher all over McNasty. Back inside the ring, McNasty put a metal trash can on top of James and went for a flying kneedrop. Bad idea. A 10 foot ladder found its way into the ring. With James laid out below, McNasty climbed to the second rung from the top, but Eddie shoved him off. Fuller hit the ring to help McNasty. But an unmasked Bob Armstrong came to the rescue with a foreign object. He decked Fuller and McNasty with it, and James covered for the three count.
Postmatch, Fuller confronted Welch about Armstrong’s involvement. Fuller was furious because Bullet was supposed to be banished from Birmingham. Welch said he didn’t see any Bullet, he saw Bob Armstrong. James said he was the new daddy of the Alabama Heavyweight Title for a show closing pop.
NOTES: The return date for Zamora Shrine Temples is 5/19. The next Wrestle Birmingham show is in Graysville on 4/10…St. John was joined by Ronnie P. Gossett on color commentary. Mike Porter from NWA Main Event also helped out on color…NWA Main Event has a new television slot on Charter 6 serving Columbia and the surrounding areas starting up soon at 1pm every Saturday,..Caleb Conley from AWA Main Event/PWE (Georgia) was in the house. Conley recently worked a shot for Hermie Sadler’s UWF…Brickhouse Brown did not appear as listed on the original card.