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A.C. MACK VS. ALAN ANGELS, DAVID FINLAY, LUKE & PJ HAWX & MORE: 5/21 ACTION WRESTLING IN NEWNAN, GA REPORT

ACTION Wrestling “Right on the Money”

5/21/22 - Newnan, GA

Streaming on IWTV.live

ACTION is back in…action! Oh boy, what a great start. It’s all uphill from here! XD This  show is streaming live from Newnan High School in Newnan, GA where several folks on this card graduated, included NJPW’s David Finlay! It’s also where the Starz series “Heels” was filmed! The card looks great. We’re live on IWTV! Dylan Hales and his longtime close personal friend, Jumpin’ Johnny Moseley, are on commentary tonight! Scott Hensley is your announcer! Let’s goooooo!

Match 1: “Mr IWTV” Marcus Mathers vs “The Mat Scientist” Damyan Tangra

Mathers makes sure the crowd knows he’s from the Northeast, which absolutely fires up some of those Southeast First chants. This is a hell of a opening match for these rising indie stars. Mathers threatens to leave if they chant Southeast First again, they do, he doesn’t. Early graps, Mathers makes space but eats a hard shoulder block. Tangra with a body scissor rollup for two! Mathers with his own rollup! They trade pins to a stalemate! Mathers feeling indignant and landing chop after chop to Tangra. Damyan unloads with elbows and sends Mathers to the floor. Hard chop puts this kid in the front row. Mathers reverses back with a head kick off the apron. High cross body off the top but he decides to POSE?!? Tangra endures the storm and snags the leg into a STF. Mathers escapes, the lights gets killed briefly but they come back up? Marcus was glad to not see the crowd for a moment. Tangra finally starts to unload but Mathers is ready to counter. Tangra is ready for That! Trading big boots! Tangra tries the Bulgarian gutbuster but his arm is clearly not up to snuff. Butterfly suplex for two! Mathers hits a suplex and a cutter for two! Mathers fights off the buckles, traps Tangra’s hand into the buckle metal and kicks it. Tangra is hurting bad and Mathers hits the 450 for the finish! 

Winner: Marcus Mathers

Match 2: Kavron Kanyon vs Spectre vs Ashton Starr vs King Garuda vs Rico Gonzalez (Action Scramble Match)

“Scrambles are difficult to call” says Dylan Hales. I feel that! Spectre and Rico spill right to the floor. Spectre with a cool pop up dropkick. He catches Rico out of the air  but gets suplexed. Rico with a springboard elbow drop. Backbreaker from Garuda. Spectre catches Garuda but can’t get him up, short drop powerbomb for two. Big Kav in and hits a package knee to the face. Sick move. Rico trying work over Starr but he gets dropped and thrown in a sharpshooter. Rico taps!

Winner: Ashton Starr

Match 3: Jaden Newman (w/ Pete Youngblood, Carson Dilbeck & Erron Wade) vs “Space Jesus” Billie Starkz

Newman doesn’t want to fight and instead tries to recruit Billie to the TWE Performance Center. She wants nothing to do with that and Newman is sent right to the floor. Billie gives chase, Newman uses Wade as a decoy and slams her to the apron. Billie escapes an early attempt at the hangman’s clutch. Spills back to the floor, head kick by Jaden! He tries to go round the world but runs into a rana! She goes for a swanton but the goons pull Jaden out of the way! Starkz rammed into the buckles. Billie escapes a German but Jaden just grabs her hair into a backbreaker. Jaden pushes the pace but Billie won’t say die. She unloads a flurry but eats a boot to the face. She slaps the taste out of his mouth, German bridge! Kick out! Knee to the face! Gory bomb! Swanton connects! Kickout! Jaden rolls to the apron but Billie hits a dropkick that sends him the rest of the way! Suicide dive! Dilbeck grabs Billie’s leg, Jaden uses the distract to hit a dragon screw off the ropes. Jaden drags her down, unloads some fists to the knee and applies the hangman’s clutch for the immediate tap out! Great match!

Winner: Jaden Newman

Jaden grabs the mic and runs her down while his posse lays in some stomps. Jaden says that Pete Youngblood is going to do what Erron Wade failed at, he’s gonna beat Matt Sells. We’re doing this now!

Match 4: Pete Youngblood (w/ Jaden Newman & Carson Dilbeck) vs “The Boozerweight” Matt Sells

Sells takes Youngblood down immediately and humps his face into the mat about 50 times. Youngblood is limp, Sells does 10 more humps and pins him for two. Dilbeck distracts and Youngblood comes off the corner to take advantage. Splash for two. It’s worth noting that Youngblood survived about twice as many mat humps than Jaden Newman did when he got put out cold with this move. Sells tries the humps again, his posse saves him. Matt rocked on the ropes but hitting back elbows. Cutter off the corner for two! Powerbomb out of the corner from Pete who escapes a 10 punch. Youngblood tries coming off the top but Billie Starkz is out here and distracts him! Turnabouts fair play. She fights off Newman and Dilbeck as Sells humps Youngblood in the mat 10 more times, he goes limp again and the ref finally stops the match! Jaden rips the neck brace off of Erron Wade to give it to Youngblood instead.

Winner: Matt Sells

Match 5: Kevin Ku(c) vs “The Suplex Assassin” Alex Kane (for the ACTION Wrestling Championship)

Ku has so much gold right now. He tries to get in Kane’s head but gets wrestled to the mat immediately. Quick one count makes the champ kick out and reevaluate how seriously he’s taking this. Kane showing that he can take Ku down at will but decides to show some power, Ku with a reversal and shoulder block. Kick to the face! Ku to the top, Kane crotches him on the top, fight to the apron! Ku comes running and Kane slams him straight to the corner. Apron splash! Shoulder breaker! Ku looking winded as Kane turns on the suplex engine. Ku takes a lot of big plexes, but he’s back with some heavy kicks. Kane staggered with a stiff one and down for two. Roaring elbow! Ku returns fire with a shot to the gut but walks into a X plex for two! Big Germans! Kick out! Ku slips into a cross armbreaker! Kane stands up and punches free! Kane trying to put the champ to sleep with a flurry of head punches. Ku’s heart still beating and gets to trading chops and strikes! Ku flips out of a suplex, drops Kane with a forearm! Brain buster! Kick out! Ku back to the armbreaker! Kane back up….slams free….Ku slaps on a heel hook! Kane to the ropes! Ku turned inside out on a lariat! Straps are down! Ku fights free, kick to the arm, Kane tries a roll up, Ku slips to a kimura! Kane taps! This was great!

Winner: Kevin Ku

Match 6: Hollywood Heels (Brady Pearce & J Spade) vs Hawx Aerie (Luke & PJ Hawx)

Pearce wants to fight children instead of a Hawx. Spade starts the match for his team and PJ hits a big gutwrench slam to send him for cover early. He tries his luck again but PJ hits a series of arm drags and a dropkick. Pearce in against Luke but he doesn’t want that fight. Luke says “you got Me” and shoves him off. Big powerslam! Double backbreaker to Spade! Spade with a “questionable” shot to PJ and he gets isolated in the Hollywood Heels corner. Big suplex from SLADE for two. PJ almost steals with a crucifix! Pearce in, big lariat for two! PJ escapes a powerbomb, Luke in but the ref missed the tag! PJ left for dead in the corner as the ref pushes Luke back through the ropes. PJ ducks a double team and Pearce big boots Spade. Luke tags in! He goes off on Pearce, neckbreaker for two. Spade cuts it off, Luke slammed to Pearce’s knees. PJ with a blind tag, Pearce slams Luke but turns into a high crossbody that ends the match!

Winners: Hawx Aerie

Luke grabs the mic and thanks everyone for coming to their ACTION debut. They are from New Orleans but came to Newnan to shoot the first season of “Heels” on Starz. They are back to shoot season 2 now! Hawx puts over the cast & crew who are in the crowd and gets the crowd to sing Happy Birthday for their costume designer! Fun little ending to the first half of the show!

(Intermission)

Match 7: The Skulk (Adrian Alanis & Liam Gray) and Damion Turner vs Newnan’s Finest (AirBnB (Bobby Flaco & Brogan Finlay) & David Finlay)

The Skulk+1 got through their typical long form entrance and irritate the crowd massively. They go long enough that their music restarts. They try to fight a baby. They yell at Matt Griffin. They invade commentary. It’s like a 10 minute entrance.  Flaco & the Finlays are all graduates of Newnan high school and get a hero’s welcome, especially for this rare indie date for NJPW’s David Finlay. David dresses up ref Shiny Shoes in his entrance vest. Good look. Brogan and Liam go hot early. Fast sequence, dropkick to Gray for two. Turner and David in, David gets the head, big shoulder blocks for two. HUGE crack of a chop in the corner. Double hip toss from the Finlays! Senton for two! Flaco in with Alanis and quickly send him to the ropes. Baseball slide over the back to Gray! AYYOOOOOOOOO! Flaco is distracted, Alanis with the clothesline over the top and the Skulk swarms. Flaco taking the heat, Turner hits a double stomp, David makes the save. Alanis with a legdrop for two. Turner shot over the top! Gray tries to intercept…FAIL! Brogan’s in! Big neckbreaker! Double Finlay dropkick to Turner! Stereo Finlay rolls! The skulk kicks out! Gray up in the electric chair, Flaco off the top but collides with Brogan. David decked as Flaco eats a crossbody for a really close two. Flaco fighting off three men but eats a pile of backbreakers. David slides in to save it! Flaco with a rollup, doesn’t work. Tag to brogan! Huge lariat! Alanis interferes in the comeback, Flaco hits a springboard cutter! David hits a neckbreaker to Gray! Blue Thunder Bomb to Turner! brogan hits a diving elbow to get the pin! Such a hot match!

Winners: Newman’s Finest

Main Event: AC Mack(c) vs Alan Angels (for the IWTV World Championship)

Mack and AEW’s Angels have had a long match history and 6-year rivalry all over the South. It’s only fate that they would come to blows over IWTV’s big prize. Angels ensures that everyone knows the Mack is the face here as he runs down both the Northeast and the Southeast and says he’s taking the belt out to California. Mack forgoes his normal entrance and goes right after him. Mack sweeps him off the apron into the crowd. Angels takes a seat, Mack goes around the world, Angels dodges but eats the boot anyways. Flying clothesline from Mack but Angels kicks out! Angels gets the leg and works Mack over while standing on his ankle. Dragon Screw on the second gives Mack a low blow. Mack fights through the pain but he gets dropkicked through his knee. Angels with a modified trailer hitch. Mack to the ropes but Alan holds it as long as he can. Mack throwing hands, clotheslines, back elbow off of one leg! One leg dropkick! Mack is unloading but he’s lost half of his base. Angels cowers on the ropes to frustrate the champ, catches Mack with a big slam for two! Angels to the second…the feed goes dead for a minute..we come back and we’re double down. Mack goes for the Mack 10. Angels escapes but gets ropes back into it! Mack hits it! He can’t make the cover as his knee is shot. Angels recovers and goes right to work on that knee. Splash from the top! Reverse half crab! Mack reverses to the Mack 10…Angels reverses and hits the wing snapper! Discus lariat! Angels tries a rope assisted pin, the ref catches it and breaks the hold on the rope…Mack reverses the hold and keeps Angels down for the three! Yes!

Winner: AC Mack

Angels and Mack exchanged words and exchange a tense handshake. Marcus Mathers immediately hits the ring and ambushes Mack! Angels backs off and lets Marcus do his thing. Is he going to cash in that IWTV title shot now?!? The locker room empties and sends Mathers running from the room as we fade to black. This was a great show! Ku/Kane was an absolute banger but Mathers/Tangra and Newman/Starkz absolutely showed out. The second half was just hot to death. These 8 matches flew by and it didn’t feel like a 2+ hour card at all. Uncharted Territory is in two days and you know the Young Prodigy is coming to Chattanooga. Until then!

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