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Originally this post was going to be about what happened at NWA Charlotte this past Saturday night…things have changed since then, so I’m not going to go into it.  What I will say is that I’m glad JD & Jay are still running…they have both put a lot into the promotion and I’m looking forward to getting back there in May!

I know you are all wondering – where are the pics from the show…don’t worry, I will be starting on them tomorrow (Friday) and will hopefully have them up by the weekend…We’ve been a little busy this week so they have been delayed…

Check out the update at WrestlingSuperstarsLive.com – where our friend Kirby Makc visited Australia to defend his World’s Light Heavyweight Championship…

Check out the new poster at NWA Anarchy…

My fifth Hardcore Hell this past weekend (read Larry Goodman’s report)…here’s one of the pics from the first one I attended: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakearledge/1496079307/in/set-72157602272869466/

The show was LONG!  It wasn’t over until about a quarter to midnight…nine matches total…I was wiped out by the main event, almost to the point of just sitting down somewhere and hoping I could get some good shots that way…

The Georgia Street Fight between the teams of New Wave (Derrick Driver & Steven Walters) and Talent/Money (JT Talent & Drew Pendleton) will go down as one of the bloodiest matches I have shot since maybe the cage match between Jake Manning & Bobby Houston in 2007…there were pools of blood everywhere…in the ring…on the floor…the steps…brutal! 

Congrats to new Young Lion’s Champ Malachi…new TV champ Shaun Tempers…and kudos to Phill Shatter and Ace Rockwell on a great 28 minute match…

I’m hoping to start working on the photos tonight…this coming Saturday-NWA Charlotte!

Check out the DVD cover here!

Photos from the 10 April show in Charlotte will be up soon…I among several people who was disappointed with the turn out at the show…the return of Roddy Piper to Charlotte after 20 years and the return of wrestling to the Grady Cole Center (the Charlotte Park Center as Mr Florida pointed out) after possibly the same amount of years really warranted a huge turn out…not sure what this means or where blame should be placed…the close to 300 people that were there had a good time regardless and I did as well…one of my long time friends came on the road trip with ER and I…I was afraid that he wouldn’t have a good time as he is not the biggest wrestling fan and was only going on the hopes of getting a picture with Piper…turns out he had a great time, got his picture and a couple of autographs too.

I cannot say enough about how much of a gentleman Roddy Piper was…completely laid back…cordial to everyone in the VIP line on stage…he would ask where they were from, and get a little information about them before doing the picture…a class act!

I told my friend who accompanied me that going to certain shows is like attending a homecoming, you see people that soemtimes you haven’t seen in a long time…great to see the Mid-Atlantic Mafia who were out in full-force…our friend Graham Cawthon from The History of the WWE site was there…Deon Davis (he played Barack Obama on WWE)…two lovely ladies-Elaine & Nola from The Gillespie Agency…the NWA Charlotte bosses-JD Costello & Jay Joyce…the Masked Superstar!

Next week is Hardcore Hell at NWA Anarchy…

Well sort of…a handful of my pictures are now being used in some Wikipedia entries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Anarchy (pic of Bill Behrens)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerbomb (a photo of Mikael Judas’ Crucifix powerbomb)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Mack (photo of our friend Kirby in his “Big K mark” shirt)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Coates (entrance photo of Melissa)