Rumor (or Rumour for the Highly Refined) Mill

Since late Tuesday night we have been holding our collective breates waiting for any news of the outcome of the highly touted AWA (not THE AWA but the Augusta Wrestling Alliance) debut event held Tuesday night at Coyote's on Peach Orchard Road. If you are in the Augusta Wrestling MySpace mix, you know of which show we speak. If not...refer to below graphic:



This event, called "Breaking Loose" would have it all. Tournaments for the AWA Tag Team Championship, Southern States Championship, Lightning Championship, plus the fledgling organizations first ever World Heavyweight Champion would be crowned.

So we waited...and waited...and waited...until the rumors started flooding in.

In the end rumors were all we could get. But in hopes that SOMEONE from AWA will comment in order for us to get the skinny on the show, we will be more than happy to present these rumors for public consumption, mostly in the hopes that SOMEONE will respond to dispel or confirm the happenings of Tuesday July 8th, 2008.

Let it first be known that TWF was generous enough to provide a newly covered ring for this event. TWF, always generous, has always been a "team player".

From what we have been let to understand...the issues of the night include:

A row between venue and organizors at the end of the night about monies owed. Reportedly attendance was VERY low. Whether AWA had given the venue a guarantee is not known but first what must be considered is this: Whose decision, AWA or venue, was it to have this event on a Tuesday? Secondly, while all reports cite the finger for low attendance being pointed soley at AWA officials, what did the venue as a business do to promote this event itself? Hmmm...

Also in question are the results of the Championship events and the belts attached, not to mention the future ring for AWA. It has been reported, by many more than just a few sources, that the belts were headed for Millen, Georgia before the event even started due to a lack of payment for the creation of said belts. The future of the ring is unknown at this time.

Also rumored, in addition to several Millen wrestlers leaving prematurely, a few area marquee wrestlers also, as one source put it, "bailed out early." We're not here to name names, just to get to the outcome and news of this event.

It is a shame that an event with such promise would become entangled in controversy. We have only to believe that the intended outcome of this event was not achieved hence the lack of information about it. But we hold hope that the rumors are just that, and that Augusta wrestling has a new company to look forward to.

It just doesn't seem so at the moment.