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UPDATED LIVE REPORTS FROM BOTH NWA LEGENDS WRESTLING CARDS IN CHARLOTTE, NC

Updated live reports from both night's of the NWA Legends Fanfest's live wrestling events.  A special thanks to Tim Noel for his help with corrected names on the first evening as the sound system made it harder to ascertain the correct names.

Saturday 8/16

Quick NWA Legends Wrestling results from last night at the University Place Hilton in Charlotte, NC:

*Nightmare Ted Allen pinned Gluteus Maximus (a gladiator character) with a backslide.  Totally old school.  Allen even entered the building wearing his mask. 

*George South Jr. pinned JC Hendricks after a sequence where Hendricks attempted a superplex and was knocked off, followed by a frog splash.  South Jr. was the babyface.  It was a typical back and forth babyface vs. heel with counter-wrestling.  Really solid.

*Mike Jackson pinned Joel Hogan in a great match with a reverse neckbreaker.  Jackson, at 59 years old, pulled out a plancha and the Hakushi/Undertaker rope walk, walking two sides of the ring.  Crowd absolutely loved him and were blown away by his work.  Hogan did mic work saying he was going to take out a legend to make himself a star.  Jackson wrestled like he was 25.   Jackson gave a speech thanking his family, God and the fans for giving him the ability to still wrestle at his age and said the last few days were the best thing to happen to him in years.

*Zach Salvation pinned Josh Magnum with a TKO.  This was more of your modern independent match with lots of high impact back and forth wrestling moves and a little less on the psychology side.  Salvation looks something like ROH's Chris Hero with a little Chris Jericho mannerisms tossed in.  Magnum had some pretty good intensity and took some cool bumps.  He was whipped into the first row on the floor and ended up bumping over three fans into the second row.  Salvation was whipped into the ring post and took a sweet flying bump off of it.  Magnum hit a moonsault from the top rope to the floor.  He tossed Salvation in, but Salvation got his knees up on an attempted 450 splash to set up the finish.

*Damien Wayne defeated Shawn Denny (with valet Shy) with an combination submission.  Wayne is a regular for FIP as well and Denny has worked some ROH pre-show matches.  Denny was doing a throwback British style entrance with the satin jacket and towel around his neck.  This was OK but probably a little too long as it didn't resonate with the crowd.  They did a mutual showing of respect after.

*The Naturals defeated Joey Silvia and Malachi.  Yes, just a few weeks after announcing they were no longer teaming, here were the former NWA Tag Team champs.  Silvia looks like AJ Styles, circa 2002 and worked really hard.  The Naturals got a lot of heat putting themselves over as TV stars early and acting arrogant.  Chase Stevens was absolutely genius as a heel, mocking his opponents by holding the beaten Silvia's hand out as if he was trying to make a tag and mocking the crowd clapping by using Silvia's own hands.  Malachi, who had Sex Icon tattooed between his shoulders, made the hot tag and the babyfaces hit a flapjack and stereo dropkicks.  Stevens hit the moneymaker on Silvia.  He tried to come off the top but Malachi dropkicked him.  They finally got the Natural Disaster on Joey for the pin.  Naturals got in the faces of fans all the way back.  Chase Stevens has a ton of potential as a heel.

*Ricky Steamboat Jr. pinned George South.  This didn't close the show, but it really was the main event.  South did his usual loud heel antics before the match, ripping on the fans for being "Internet pig farmers."  When Steamboat came out, I was blown away by how much he looks like a younger version of his dad.  He said that every time they wrestle, South cheats to beat him, so he had a surprise.  Space Mountain played and out came legendary NWA official Tommy Young.  Young was reportedly upset they played Ric Flair's music for his entrance, but it worked perfectly.  South then said he was mad but said he had a surprise too.  He said he called Tully Blanchard and asked him to be in his corner but Tully didn't want to be around "you people in Charlotte" either, so he sent Baby Doll.  For only two months of training, Steamboat Jr. has a hell of a lot of natural talent and potential.  South did a great job laying out the match with lots of heel psychology to give Steamboat heat to mount his comeback.  Baby Doll did a lot of messing with Young as well.  South used the claw, which popped me because when are you going to see that anywhere else these days?  Steamboat was tossed over the top but skinned the cat and made a comeback with some karate chops.  South put his feet on the ropes in a pin attempt but Young caught it.  When South argued, Steamboat rolled him up for the pin.  Great old school rassling.  South did some funny mic work telling all the fans laughing at him to get a DVD from prior to 1970 and study it to wrestle him next year if they think they are so tough.  "Learn something," he told the crowd.  Baby Doll took the mic and said she'd learned he was a loser.  South was off the charts awesome here, carrying Steamboat Jr. through the bout perfectly.

*The Beautiful People defeated ODB and Daffney.  The match was fine but it was weird to see this headlining an "NWA Legends" show.  Daffney did a lot of ODB's mannerisms early in the match, which was funny.  It was the type of work you'd expect from a TNA Knockout tag with Daffney easily slipping in with the other three.  This closed the show due to the belief that the women were current stars on TV and thus, the biggest names. 

Sunday 8/17

The NWA Legends fanfest closed with a Sunday night card of wrestling matches that were nowhere near as populated as the live event the night before.  Part of that was due to Summerslam taking place the same time in Indianapolis, but more likely, a good chunk of convention-goers bolted for home after the Sunday autograph sessions.  So, it was a much smaller, intimate atmosphere where a fan's remarks could easily be heard by anyone in the ballroom.

*Ricky Steamboat Jr. Steamboat defeated Bill White   Yes, the same Bill White from the 70s and early 80s.  He came out without ring music as Steamboat made his way to the ring.  A much slower paced bout than Steamboat vs. George South the night before.  Most of the bout was White working over Steamboat.  Steamboat didn't seem as polished as he had the night before, which only shows what a good worker South is.  There was some sort of miscommunication at the end as Steamboat garnered the pin after a karate chop, and the three count seemed to come out of nowhere.

*George South, Jr. and Rex Sterling defeated The Naturals.  There was good chain wrestling by Chase Stevens, who really shined here, early.  At one point, Chase bumped out of the ring and sought shelter in an empty first row seat as Andy Douglas questioned what was going on.  The Naturals took over with some double-team work but South came back with an Asai Moonsault to the floor.  One of the Naturals hit the Jersey Jam, which led to a "Candido chant."  .South hit a top rope frog splash for a two count, then a 3D led to the win for South and Sterling, even though Douglas obviously had a shoulder up.  The Naturals laid out everyone, including the ref, then gave the Triple Threat sign and put over Candido to the side of the building that was chanting his name.

*"The Natural" Chris Chance defeated Joe Hogan.  Chance looked like Chris "Wildcat" Harris, circa TNA, right down to the wet long hair and long leather jacket.  He brought a loud cheering section with him.  Hogan, who had a fun match the night before with Mike Jackson, brought a rotund manager wearing a purple pimp suit tonight.  The match seemed to be on fast forward as by the time the ring announcer decreed that five minutes had gone by, we had seen a plancha, the manager breaking a cane over Hogan's back and a babyface comeback.  Hogan nailed a fisherman's buster but missed a flying elbow.  His manager got on the apron and promptly lost a fight with gravity, falling off to the floor in an unintentionally funny moment.  When he got back to his place, Hogan had attempted to use brass knucks but Chance escaped, the villains bumped and Chance nailed a TKO for the win.

*Josh Magnum defeated Chrisifix and Malachi in Three-Way.  This was your typical indy three-way with lots of exchanges. Chrisfix nailed a flying headbutt off the top but was too stunned to make the pin on Malachi, so Magnum nailed a 450 splash and got the pin.

*Joey Silvia defeated Dillon Cage.  Cage is a CT transplant now living in the area.  Silvia was the AJ Styles-esque looking wrestler that got over pretty well the night before.  Silvia pushed off top onto rail, similar to the old Brian Pillman bump.  Silvia came back with a flying elbow and attempted a superkick but was caught with a faceplant.  Cage nailed an awesome martial arts kick for a two count.  Cage missed a charged in the corner and ended up catching himself on one of the turnbuckles, giving Silvia a chance to use a backcracker for the pin.  Solid.

*Mike Jackson defeated Zach Salvation.  The crowd was chanting Jackson's name before he came out.  Salvation did a nice heel promo saying he trained for 16 weeks to steal the show last night but instead everyone is chanting an "old man's name."  He challenged Jackson to come out and Jackson hit the ring.  Salvation jumped on him immediately and we were off.  Jackson brought back the rope walk, walking three sides of the ring, including a Ric Flair strut on the last third.  Jackson pulled out another dive as well.  They went about 25 minutes with Jackson finally getting the win with a small package.  He put over Salvation on the mic, saying he's been in the ring with everyone from Ric Flair to Eddie Gilbert and Salvation could be as great as them if he didn't remain a heel.  He also claimed Salvation reminded him of the Fantastics.  He said he never offers his opponents his hand, but is listening to the crowd and does tonight.  They shook and Salvation left the ring.

Overall, solid night of indy wrestling.  You had the chance to see a young name in Steamboat Jr. who's obviously going to have a lot of attention thrown his way, a chance for Mike Jackson to show how talented he still is and a number of indy names trying to find their niche.  Not a bad way to close the weekend at all.

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