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EWA CHAMPIONSHIPS
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DATELINE: CHARLOTTE NC OCTOBER 3, 2006
THE CLOCK IS TICKING
Time is getting short for the Masked Superstar to eliminate George South from the EWA title picture. His $10,000 bounty has been on the head of George South since this spring. Many of the top names in wrestling have tried to collect that bounty, even including his own flesh and blood, George Jr.
Recently in Mooresville, however, it was George Jr. who came to the aid of his father when being double teamed by Beautiful Bobby Eaton of the Midnight Express and his manager that night, Ty Dillenger. Dillenger had busted South wide open, Eaton prepared to move in for the kill when Junior hit the ring. Fans didn't know if perhaps Junior was getting ready to swerve his Dad again; it had happened before. But this time they hugged and it appears that they have reconciled their differences, at least for the time being. That relationship continues to be tested by forces in and out of the ring.
The Masked Superstar has even tried to get the job done himself. He failed to do so in Lancaster this summer, as reported earlier. In September, he tried again in a Cobra vs. Claw match in Statesville. South however, remains intent on getting his title back, a title he lost in July of 2005.
Double trouble: The Superstar applies his cobra hold while George South applies the Mulligan claw. Photo by Blake Arledge/RingsidePhotos.net
Time is running out. The EWA Board has approved a cage match for November 20 in Mooresville, an event to be billed as "Starrcage 2006." The Masked Superstar will be forced to defend the title in a no DQ, no time limit event inside a steel cage. Rumors are the EWA board is trying to secure the services of legendary NWA referee Tommy Young for that match. As of yet, no contract has been signed, and South has asked the EWA to get a court order to force the match. We'll see how it all plays out.
Meanwhile, the bounty chase isn't over yet. Rumor has it that the big Barbarian is next to step up the plate to collect the Superstar's bounty on South. Stay tuned.
EWA HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE UPDATE
The EWA championship was briefly held up following the debacle in Statesville in September. The title match between Superstar and South was to have been Cobra vs. Claw and you could only win in that manner. When South prevented the Superstar from loading the mask and knocking him out as he did earlier in Lancaster SC, and then loaded the Mulligan glove and knocked Superstar out, it was a bit of poetic justice. But rather than applying the claw for the win, in his excitement, South covered Superstar for a pin, and the referee in his apparent excitement made a three count. But CWA commissioner Mike Cline (who had authority over the match that night as it was on a CWA sanctioned event) made the decision null and void, and days later the EWA board returned the title to the Superstar. What a mess. Fans were left confused, almost as if they had witnessed a WCW event in it's dying days. The Superstar had the last laugh; he had left the ring again after a match with South and the title was still his.
The Superstar has had to worry about other challenges as well. Former EWA champ Brad Armstrong recently received a shot at the title in Athens, GA. The Superstar has proven to be adept and getting his own stipulations added to title matches, and the stip he wanted here was that if he defeated Armstrong, Armstrong would have to leave the EWA altogether.
EWA Champion Masked Superstar pins Brad Armstrong with the aide of his feet on the ropes as legendary Georgia referee Charlie Smith makes the three count. Photo by Blake Arledge/RingsidePhoros.net
Brad reluctantly agreed, and may regret doing so now, as the Superstar pinned him using the ropes as leverage which referee Charlie Smith failed to see. By contract, Armstrong has now been forced to leave, and has reportedly now signed with the WWE as a result of the loss and no longer being allowed to compete in the EWA. But something tells me Brad Armstrong will be back in the EWA one day down the road and will have that EWA title around his waist once again.
EWA JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE UPDATE
Congratulations are in order for Brad Thomas, one of the rising mat Superstars on the independent scene, who stormed in the EWA and defeated Mike Lee for the EWA Jr. title last month in Mooresville NC.
Mike Lee and brad Thomas battle in Mooresville. Thomas won the title that night. Photos by Dick Bourne/Mid-Atlantic Gateway
The two technicians had an outstanding match and I personally look forward to seeing the rematch down the road.
DATELINE: COLUMBIA SC AT THE OFFICES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC COMMISSION JUNE 1, 2006
I smell something
fishy.
DATELINE: LANCASTER SC MAY 5, 2006
THE EWA HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Another sad chapter in the growing saga of friends and family to turn on George South took place Friday night May 5th in Lancaster, South Carolina. The result was EWA Heavyweight Champion Masked Superstar keeping his title.
Frustrated that no one had been able or willing to collect his $10,000 bounty on George South, the Masked Superstar decided to take matters into his own hands and take South out himself. The contract was signed for the American Legion Arena in Lancaster SC. The Superstar originally wanted a non-title match, his sole purpose to eliminate South from the title picture in the EWA. But South insisted the title be on the line, and an appeal to the EWA Board of Directors in April resulted in promoter Donnie Birchfield securing the match for his May event in Lancaster, co-headlined by TNA superstars The Naturals.
Earlier this year, longtime fans of the EWA had been heartened that George South and son George Jr. had reconciled after a period of estrangement that resulted in South Jr.'s two year absence from the EWA. His big return to the EWA in February at the Anderson Brothers Classic tournament in Mooresville NC was a title match for Masked Superstar's title belt. The title match took place early on the card, with Masked Superstar winning the match with his infamous cobra hold, refusing to break the hold after match was over. Junior's dad came to the ring to help his son. Not long after, the Masked Superstar placed the $10,000 bounty on South Sr. In the finals of the Anderson Brothers Classic tournament, Junior turned, pulling his hand away from his bloody and battered father who was desperately seeking to tag out. Junior donned a Masked Superstar t-shirt. The message was clear: Junior was now in the Superstar's camp, and openly told his father and the Mooresville crowd that he just might collect the bounty himself.
A man's own son trying to eliminate his father from the sport they both love.
Senior decided to bring back an NWA legend that his son once idolized, the one and only Nature Boy Buddy Landel. He hoped Landel might talk some since into his son. But on the night of the next show in Mooresville, Junior failed to show, and Landel told Senior he would make an effort to contact Junior and talk some sense into him. As South and Landel hugged in the ring, out of nowhere, Landel decked him and applied the figure-four leg lock. Leaving South prone in the ring, Landel took the house mic: "That's a little gift from your son and the Masked Superstar".
But George South Sr. would not be dissuaded from his quest to regain the EWA title, a title many people consider his title, a title he had been without since Jason Jones defeated him for it in July of 2005 in Winston-Salem NC. Jones is one of South's protégés, one of his top trainees, a young lion he has faced in the ring many times, and has teamed with many times as well. They have traveled thousands of miles together over the last four years. No one was happier for Jones when he recently earned a try-out with the WWE on a recent visit to Charlotte. Jason Jones is coming into his own. A fact which makes the events of last Friday all the more tragic.
The Masked Superstar and George South had a brutal, old-school battle in that ring in Lancaster Friday night. George doesn't like the term old-school, but no term better describes it. Battling, bruising, brawling, and some solid wrestling made this one of the most memorable EWA title matches in recent years. Neither man held anything back, and both tanks were near empty. After wearing the Superstar down with the claw hold (complete with Blackjack Mulligan's glove on South's right hand), South applied a sleeper hold and the EWA title appeared to be nearly within his grasp.
But suddenly Jason Jones was on the ring apron, eyes locked on South, who dropped the sleeper hold, stunned at what he now saw. Jason Jones was wearing a Masked Superstar t-shirt, the same shirt that his son wore three months earlier in Mooresville when he left his father to be brutalized by Ethan Cage and Bobby Houston in the finals of the Anderson tournament.
As South and special referee Jimmy Valiant confronted Jones, the Superstar reached in his trunks and pulled out a foreign object, loaded the mask, and as South turned back to the ring, nailed him with a head-butt. Moments later, Valiant counted three, and the Superstar left with his title intact. His obligatory title defense against South now behind him, he cryptically told cameras at ringside that he was headed for Japan. He will defend the title there, and South may well wonder now if he will be able to secure another title shot anytime in the foreseeable future.
As far as we know, the bounty is still available to any wrestler who can completely eliminate South from the EWA title picture. George South Jr., Buddy Landel, and now Jason Jones have all shown that they are in the camp of the Superstar, although none of the three have made a concerted effort to actually eliminate South. Junior may hope simply to collect the bounty by causing his father to lose so many matches that he won't be able to secure future title shots. The Masked Superstar's goal is simply to eliminate South Sr. from title contention. I'm sure he isn't particular about how he gets there.
EWA JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Mike Lee has been on a roll defending the EWA Jr. title since he captured the gold at the Anderson Brothers Classic in February. Top contenders include Little Stinger Jessie Morris, Brad Thomas, and the masked luchadore El Reyo Jr., who is thought to also be one half of the luchadore team Los Medio Atlanticos.
ANDERSON BROTHERS CLASSIC 3
Rumor has it that fans may not have to wait a full year for the next Anderson Brothers Classic tournament. The ABC3 could be held as early as this September. Stay tuned.
EWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS? Plans are underway to crown EWA tag team champions before the end of 2006. EWA Board members are discussing options of a tournament, a point system to establish two top teams to meet for the title, or perhaps the winners of ABC3 would also be awarded the tag titles. Stay tuned.
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