Eclipso and company continue dominance

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

By ANDY FLORA - Special to The Franklin News-Post

The Legendary Eclipso and company continued their "take no prisoners summer tour" by sweeping the 2 out of 3 falls main event of Saturday night's American Championship Wrestling (ACW) card at the Pigg River Community Center


The match started with ACW heavyweight champion Sgt. Jim Nelson and his partner, Col. Spud Wade, running into the ring and catching their opponents, Eclipso and Ken Steel, off guard.

During the melee Nelson, with adrenaline flowing, accidentally tossed Eclipso over the top rope which gave Eclipso and Steel an early, first-fall win.

The second-fall action was fast-paced. Nelson slapped on his finishing hold -- the cobra clutch in an effort to square the score.

However, Eclipso, the former champ, fell backward and took Nelson down with him to the mat.

Both wrestlers had their shoulders pinned as Nelson still had the cobra clutch clamped on tight..

The referee noticed both opponents had their shoulders on the mat.

During the referee's count, Eclipso bridged his shoulders off the mat before the three-count for the win.

A stunned crowd looked on as Eclipso, Steel, and manager Douglas J Wentworth, III Esq. celebrated their victory over the fan favorites.

"The blood is on your hands," Wentworth said. "We will continue to mame and maul every Rocky Mount redneck that crosses our path."

Wentworth challenge was clearly aimed at hometown heroes Jamie Wright and Jeff "Big Yella" Holland, both of whom have preformed on recent ACW cards, but were absent Saturday.

"You knew Jamie and Holland were not going to be here tonight," Nelson said to Wentworth after the match. "But Jamie will have something for you July 5 at Franklin County Speedway."

Wright, the primary target of Eclipso and company, and Holland have been at the receiving end of numerous beatings at the hands trio.

In other matches:

"The tag-team title reign of Franklin County's Hillbilly Helbert and Damien James came to an end after only two weeks.

Saturday, the duo of "Dirty Deeds" Eddie Loco and Robbie Lynn captured the championship when Loco delivered a loaded-boot kick to James for the pin.

""American Made" Scott Weddle accepted a challenge from Eclipso and defeated him by count out.

Weddle controlled so much of the contest that Eclipso and Wentworth both got frustrated and left the ring giving Weddle the count-out victory .

"Ace England continued his winning streak by defeating Rolling Thunder by disqualification.

Thunder toyed with England most of the match, but got caught by fists of fury delivered by England in the corner.

To escape, Thunder used a low blow, which was discovered by the referee, giving the victory to England.

Scotty Blaze dominated Foxy Roxy and defeated him by using an airplane spin to set up a diamond cutter.

"Tone-Up pinned the Universal television champion Daniel Ocean by using the ropes during the pin.

The pin came after the 15-minute time limit placed on the television title.

A frustrated Tone Up, who did not win the title, requested five more minutes to try to capture the belt.

Ocean granted the extended time and preceded to pound on Tone Up.

Tone Up used better judgment and left the ring shortly there after.

Saturday's wrestling event was sponsored by "We Care" of Rocky Mount and special sponsor "Star City Home Improvement" in Roanoke.

The next event sponsored once again by "We Care" will be at Franklin County Speedway Saturday, July 5th.

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