Results: Empire Pro Wrestling, 11/05/11, from Rossville, GA
- from EPW
1. In the opener, Chris Ganz squared off against "The Best" Lamar
Phillips. Great match with equal offense on the part of both of these
veterans, including a hurricanrana on the floor by Ganz on Lamar Phillips.
After Phillips had a few near pinfalls on Chris Ganz, Ganz wins with a
powerful Missile Drop Kick on Lamar Phillips.
2. XTreme Generation, Jason Hampton and Jerry Anderson faced a well liked
tag team making their Empire debut, The Mixed Kid Mafia, consisting of
Aaron G and D'Andre Jackson. As we have seen over the last few weeks,
Jason Hampton and Jerry Anderson are clearly not on the same page any
longer. Before the match starts, Jason is trying to keep Jerry focused
and Jerry keeps interrupting the ring announcer Buzz as Jerry isn't
satisfied with the introduction for XTreme Gen. During the match, XTreme
Gen clearly controlled the match by keeping D'Andre Jackson from making a
tag. D'Andre finally made the tag to Aaron G and it was pure bedlam! The
referee lost control and both teams were brawling, ending with Jason
holding D'Andre Jackson while Jerry wrapped a chain around his hand and
loaded up to hit D'Andre. Then as occurred 2 weeks ago, the lights went
out and there was a masked man in the ring and he grabbed Jerry Anderson,
and the lights went out again and the masked man and Jerry were gone.
Jason Hampton then rolled up D'Andre Jackson with a schoolboy for the win.
After the match was over, Jason Hampton showed his respect for the Mixed
Kid Mafia, garnering cheers from the fans for both Jason Hampton and the
Mixed Kid Mafia.
3. Veteran Chip Hazard from Houston TX returned with Jessica Wetmore, to
face off with up and coming Empire Superstar Logan Alvey from Chattanooga,
TN. After a good solid exchange and offense back and forth, with Logan
Alvey gaining momentum, Chip Hazard used his powerful Belly To Belly
Suplex and got the pinfall.
4. In a highly anticipated match, veteran Kyle Matthews returned to the
Empire to face Keith "The Chunky Dragon" Hamill. What a match this was!
"The Chunky Dragon" is refocused and came out strong, exchanging powerful
chops with Matthews. Matthews and "The Chunky Dragon" grappled the entire
match, executing submission holds with Matthews hitting his powerful
Slurpee Kick on "The Chunky Dragon". In the end, it was Kyle using the
O'Connor Roll on "The Chunky Dragon" to win the pinfall. After the match
was over, Matthews showed his respect for "The Chunky Dragon" by leading
the fans in a "Chunky" chant and saluting "The Chunky Dragon" for his ring
talents. The fans loved this match and both wrestlers left the arena to
rousing cheers.
5. Making his Empire debut was the "Connecticut Cowboy" Chris Silvers.
At the Empire, a debuting wrestler's 1st night isn't a "freebie".....as
Silvers was pitted against Ft. Oglethorpe's Rush! Rush gave "no quarter"
as he showed Silvers what it was like to enter the Empire. Rush defeated
the "Connecticut Cowboy" with the Stunner.
6. This of course was the Main Event and for the Empire Tag Team
Championship. Going in to the match, we knew it was going to be a
combination of The Devil's Rejects challenging Champions Ben Thrasher and
Jessco Blue. The only member confirmed to be wrestling for the Devil's
Rejects was Andrew Alexander, but we didn't know who his Rejects partner
would be, only that it would be the most sadistic and sickest member ever
of the Devil's Rejects....and Alexander was correct. His partner was "The
Strong Style Psycho" Tank. Both teams showed decisive momentum at
different points in this grueling match, and seemingly Jessco Blue & Ben
Thrasher were on their way to another successful title defense when Ben
Thrasher hit a monster Spine Splitta on Andrew Alexander. He then
tagged in Jessco Blue. Jessco tried to Shoulder Tackle Tank twice to no
avail, then Thrasher and Blue used a Double Shoulder Tackle to get "The
Strong Style Psycho" off his feet to clear the ring. Ben Thrasher was
clearly getting his "second wind" and his partner Jessco Blue was circling
the ring, with Ben Thrasher in the center, after they had the Devil's
Rejects "on the ropes". Then in a stunning move, Jessco Blue loaded up
his "5 Arm" and nailed his partner Ben Thrasher! The Empire Arena went
silent in disbelief. Alexander then slowly and methodically entered the
ring attempted to pin the downed Thrasher, but Big Ben kicked out, clearly
getting his "third wind". After a vicious foot to the head Andrew
Alexander got the pinfall on Ben Thrasher, giving the victory to new
Empire Tag Team Champions "The Devil's Rejects".
BUT the carnage wasn't over. "The Devil's Rejects" Tank and Alexander,
along with Jessco Blue, then continued punishing Ben Thrasher just to add
insult to injury. Finally, Rush stormed the ring to a thunderous ovation,
but the 3 of them worked over Rush, leaving him laying in the ring.
Alexander then called in ring announcer Buzz Parker to the ring. Buzz
showed his displeasure over what had just happened to Chickamauga GA's
favorite son Ben Thrasher, telling Jessco Blue he should be ashamed,
reminding Blue of the fact that the VERY first time they (Blue & Thrasher)
teamed, they won the Empire Tag Team Championship. Alexander warned Buzz
Parker to lower his voice and change his tone in addressing "The Devil's
Rejects". Tank pulled Buzz's eyeglasses off, and broke them into pieces.
Buzz then told "The Devil's Rejects" that Halloween was over and that he
was tired of "The Devil's Rejects" hocus pocus. Tank then slugged the
defenseless ring announcer and then picked him back up after he'd downed
him. As Buzz was squirming to get out of Tank's grip, Tank gave Buzz, the
ring announcer, his devastating Chokebreaker. Ben Thrasher, Rush, and
Buzz were left laying in the ring as a stunned Empire Arena looked on.
"The Devil's Rejects" showed no mercy and showed how ruthless they are as
a cohesive unit. How will Ben Thrasher react to the actions of the
"Devil's Rejects"? I can say this "Devil's Rejects", don't get too secure, Ben
Thrasher will recover and this will not be forgotten!