1st Match. Soul Train Jones. VS J.D. Kerry. Soul Train by pin fall.
2nd Match. Asylum. VS Natural Born Playa's and PP3. NBP and PP3 by pin fall.
3rd Match. Chris Steel. VS Big Chief Quixote. No Contest.
4th Match. Chris Steel. VS Ron Rage. No Contest.
5th Match. Fabulous Luke Graham Jr. VS Midnight Cowboy. Cowboy by DQ.
6th Match. RWA Champion Rodney "RED DOGG" Mack. VS Rik Burton. Mack by DQ.
Frank Martin opened the show by telling the crowd that he has brought in a new talent. Soul Train Jones. This man is a big time athlete from Greenwood Mississippi. Mississippi power lifting champion. Mississippi track and field shot put champion. All American football player and the list of credentials goes on. He stands 6' 2" and weights in at 255 lbs. Very impressive debut in the RWA. Martin then introduced the new RWA Heavyweight Champion Rodney "RED DOGG" Mack. Mack came out very humble and told the crowd he was proud to be the RWA Champion and would defend and perform to the best of his ability every week. Martin then told him Rik Burton invoked his rematch clause and Mack would face Burton again tonight. Mack let the crowd know it did not matter who it was they better be ready to get it on Doggy Style.
Soul Train Jones debut in his match with the young and popular J. D. Kerry. It was a mismatch from the beginning. Jones was so powerful and even though Kerry was quicker Jones caught him coming off the ropes and gave him the Soul Train Jam. It is a running power slam. Jones got the 3 count and then like a true competitor that Jones is he helped up Kerry in a good show of sportsmanship.
The NBP came out with Classy Meltin Massy to face the “Asylum” [Psycho/Arnez/Pappy]. Again they were not ready for a 3 man tag. Martin asked Massy if he was going to wrestle and he said no that the Playa's would take on all 3. Martin told them he would not allow that because he knew that Melton would tell everyone that he was unfair and had the Playa's in a 2 on 3 match. Martin went on to apologize to the Playa's for setting them up with PP3 last week. He told them that there was another worker here that was working with Soul Train Jones who was just as impressive. He asked them if they wanted that worker. The Playa's agreed since Jones was so impressive. That's when PP3's music hit. This was another brutal match with the Asylum with the crowd behind them really working over the Playa's. The Playa's used a chain provided by Massy to get the win. That probably was not a good move on their part. The Asylum is not happy about what happened. The Playa's maybe going on a trip to Hale County.
Chris Steel and the Big Chief Match was a good match until Massy got involved. Rottn Randy hit the ring when Massy did. He did not see Massy pass the chain to Steel. At this point the Ref threw out the match. The two managers went at it and then Steel hit the Indian and busted him open bad. Steel then jumped Rottn in the corner as he was beating Massy's Class out of him..Rottn also was busted open. Martin came to the ring and told Massy and Steel that he was tired of seeing them use chains and jumping people from behind. Martin told Steel he would have another match right after intermission and his opponent would be someone who loves to be jumped and busted open.
Intermission ended with, POB Ron Rage and Midnight Cowboy, coming to the ring to remind Rik Burton and the Rat Pack that they have something of his (rage). The Rat Pack have Raven Rage as Rik Burton's personal Valet. They bring her to the ring with a chain around her neck. Midnight Cowboy also let Luke Graham know that tonight would be a brutal match.
The 4th match started with Steel in the ring and Martin came out and told him that he told him he give him a match with someone who likes to be jumped and busted open. Thats when POB's music hit and Ron Rage came out. Rage and Steel went at it with Rage giving Steel a good beating for the fans. Rage hit his finisher the "Rage Driver" and then Massy pulled the Ref out before he could count 3. That's when Rottn Randy and The Big Chief showed up and beat Steel and Massy all the way to the back. Quixote then told Steel that he would have him in a match since he liked to bust people open. The Chief challenged him to an Indian Strap Match. Steel would not do it but Martin told him if he did not then he would fire him and Massy. Steel agreed reluctantly. So next week in an Indian Strap Match Quixote and Steel. It is the match that made Whaoo Mc Daniel famous, the winner must drag his opponent to all four corners.
Fabulous Luke Graham and The Midnight Cowboy gave the fans an old school fight. No technical holds just an old fashion slobber knocker.(sorry JR.) They went out on the floor and that's where Graham got busted open bad. The Cowboy stayed on him back in the ring. The Cowboy put him in a sleeper and as his hand was going down for the 3rd time Graham kicked the Ref in the face. Cowboy won by DQ and as he was celebrating in the ring Graham came out from the back with a cup of stuff and threw it in his face burning his eye's.
The Main Event had Rik Burton challenging for the RWA belt that he lost last week. This match had both of these guy's hitting their moves with great intensity. Mack was up to the challenge as Burton went after Mack's leg and put him in the figure 4. Mack broke the hold and started his come back, he hit the big power slam and that's when the Rat Pack hit the ring. They beat Mack down and Burton took a chair and started to work over Mack. The locker room cleared and came to the aid of their champion. Burton and the Rat Pack powdered and Mack won by DQ to retain his RWA title.
Another great show for the RWA with 170+ in the building for the show. It seems that the RWA is growing in Jonesboro slowly. The RWA is starting to get retired workers to come to the show. This week J.R. Hall came in to watch the show. J.R. worked this area for years and his daughter was Dallas in the Gladiators and the WWF. Ali Stevens makes his return to the RWA this coming Saturday.
Credit: RWA Reporter
----Great to see this group’s attendance going up…”Soul Train” Jones was actually the first gimmick for Virgil in the WWE. I seen him work in Blytheville, AR during those days.
