GROUND ZERO SETS TONE FOR NEW WRESTLING ERA
IN LINCOLN COUNTY
All American, Ruff Ryders win Gold at Supershow

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher


Marwan prepares to go for a ride via "The Alley Rat" Pitt
during a "Needle in a Haystack Match" Saturday night
at the Millennium Wrestling Federation show outdoors at the
Howards Creek Veterans Center.
Photo by Melody Womack/The Carolina Scoop

July 16, 2008

HOWARDS CREEK -- More than 150 fans got a rare treat Saturday night at the twice-per-month Millennium Wrestling Federation Show; they got to witness the show outdoors. It wasn't just any show the fans were a witness to; it was the supershow known as Ground Zero.

By the end of the evening, new alliances would be formed; Belmont's "The All American" Rob Deputy would win his first World Championship; and fans would see the beginning a new era in the MWF.

Fans were surprised at the very beginning of the show when World Champion "Father" David Hayes came out hobbling on a crutch and announced he couldn't defend the World TItle against Deputy due to a non-wrestling related injury. He also vacated the World Title.

Before he could leave the ring, however, fnas were stunned and surprised by the arrival of former commissioner and current MWF owner Timothy Longbottom. Longbottom's announcement also stunned the crowd.

"I know things I've done in the past were pretty bad, but I've changed," said Longbottom. "I'm a different Longbottom, I'm for the fans."

To prove his point, Longbottom ordered the World Title be defended in the main event of Ground Zero. However, he also ordered a battle roayl to determine an opponent for "The All American" in the main event.

Sycho Supastar, a former World and North American Champion and World Tag Team Champion, won the battle royal and faced "The All American" in the main event.


"The All American" Rob Deputy defeated Sycho Supastar in his match for the world title.
Photo by Melody Womack/The Carolina Scoop

After more than 15 minutes of action, Deputy speared Sycho and pinned him to win his first championship in the MWF. A tearful Deputy briefly spoke after his victory.

"All I can say is, it's an honor," said Deputy as he wiped a tear away.

It was also a big night for rookie "The Sensation" Marcus Hayes. While the Long Beach, NC, native lost in his effort to wrestle the North American TItle from Mr. Badd and Badd's manager, Trey Williams, he joined "Outlaw" Keith Matthews in the tag-team title match against Audio Shotgun to wreslte the titles away from the young duo of Chris Solar and The Waco Kid.


Marcus Hayes bashes Mr. Badd in the corner during
their North American title match Saturday night
Photo by Melody Womack/The Carolina Scoop

At the beginning of the match, Outlaw told the crowd he didn't know where his original partner, Hojo Devlin, was; Hojo wasn't at the show.

"I guess I'm going to have to do this myself," said Matthews.

Things weren't looking good for Matthews during the match, as he was being double-teamed by Audio Shotgun for part of the contest. Suddenly, Timothy Longbottom arrived at ringside with "The Sensation." After the odds were evened by the arrival of the young rookie, the Ruff Ryders were able to clinch a victory and the tag team titles.

It's the first championship for Hayes. Both the World and World Tag Team Title matches were held inside a 10-foot-high steel cage.

The next MWF show is at the Howards Creek Veterans Center on July 26. Admission is $5 and kids six and under get in for free. Visit www.mwf-live.com for more information. Doors open at 7 p.m. and wrestling starts at 8 p.m.