Team Wright is victorious

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

By ANDY FLORA - Special to The Frankin News-Post

Mr. Jamie Wright and teammates of Jeff (Big Yella) Holland and American Championship Wrestling (ACW) heavyweight champion Sgt. Jim Nelson won the feature bout of Saturday night's professional wrestling card at the Rocky Mount National Guard Armory.


In doing so, Team Wright finally put an end to the destruction Eclipso and his comrades had been laying down all summer.

In the main event, sponsored by "We Care" of Rocky Mount. Wright's team challenged the trio of Eclipso, Ken Steel, and Eclipso's manager Douglas J. Wentworth .III Esq.

Wright, who was competing in his first pro match, showed many great in-ring moves that caught the competition off guard.

Holland provided the power game while Nelson used his many years of experience to control most of the match.

Eclipso's team distracted the referee on many occasions to finally gain the upper hand.

It was easy to see that their strategy was to punish Wright ,who was thrown over the top rope twice, hit with an aluminum bat twice, and took a suplex on the concrete floor.

Wright appeared to be finished when Wentworth went for a pin.

Somehow Wright had enough intestinal fortitude to reverse Wentworth's attempt with a roll up of his own to capture the victory.

Eclipso was shocked by the result -- he could not believe the rookie got the victory.

"Wright, you got lucky! We will see how you feel in the morning," Eclipso shouted after the match.

Nelson, with the help of the crowd, convinced Eclipso to face Wright one-on-one in a bonus match.

But after a couple quick moves that went Wright's way, Eclipso retreated to the dressing room.

Eclipso continued to challenge Nelson for a title shot, but he might to have to go through Wright and Holland to get that wish.

In other matches:

"Franklin County's own Hillbilly Helbert captured the ACW television championship by defeating Scotty Blaze in controversial fashion.

Blaze injured his hand at the beginning of the match when he delivered a chop to Hillbilly, who forgot to take his lucky horseshoe out of his bibs before the match.

Blaze favored the hand the whole match, but gained control for a pin attempt using the ropes.

The referee counted to three for an apparent win for Blaze.

However Col Spud Wade, who was scouting at ringside, informed the referee of the illegal pin attempt.

The referee restarted the match and Helbert took advantage with a quick pin to capture the championship.

Wade took the opportunity to challenge Helbert after the match feeling that Helbert did not show him any respect.

Look for these two to clash in the future.

"Eddie Loco and Robbie Lynn retained the ACW tag team championship even though they lost to Team USA, Foxy Roxy and Scott Weddle.

Weddle went for a pin on Lynn when Loco kicked the referee to force the disqualification.

According the ACW rules, the title can not change hands on a disqualification.

"Wade defeated Rolling Thunder when he dodged a splash in the corner and reversed it to a diamond cutter to get the pin.

"Eclipso defeated Damian James by disqualification in the Silver Dollar Challenge when James used a skull he brought to the ring to smash Eclipso in the back of the head.

"Ace England defeated Darius Mackleford when England rolled Mackleford up in a small package.