Sunday, August 12, 2007

Memphis Wrestling TV Report 8.11.07

----Corey Maclin welcomes the viewers in suit and tie, which is unusual, but he did make him look professional. Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten walk out. Rotten tells Maclin to get away that they are taking over the show. Vicious talks about Rotten getting beat at AutoZone. Vicious also messes up and says calls Corey "Johnny". LOL

----Mr. Hughes/Kevin White beat Dustin Starr/Jon Michael. This was almost a squash. Hughes threw Starr over for the tag after heat on Starr, but as soon as Michael got in, Hughes did like two moves on him and pinned him. Why squash two of the better looking guys on the show??

----"The Finale" "Sam's Town's" River Palace Arena - First 500 Fans get Free T-Shirt. Bobo vs Tatt2, Giggles vs Dustin Starr, Street Fight - JR Title Match - Derrick King vs Johnny Dotson - Special Ref - Jimmy Valiant, Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantel vs Mr. Hughes/Kevin White, Southern Tag Team Title: "Too Kool 2" [Tim Grind/Flex] vs "Midnight Express" [Dennis Condrey/Bobby Eaton] with Jimmy Cornette and Jerry Lawler vs Sid Vicious.

----Jerry Lawler interview. Lawler talks about MSG this Monday night with Booker T. Lawler talks about Booker calling him Jerome and he doesn't matter because his dad's name was Jerome. He also talked about Memphis Wrestling being part of a big town event in September. Vicious/Rotten come out. Vicious says he is going to pick Lawler's opponent out of the crowd. But, actually it was picking Lawler a partner, not an opponent. Vicious is way off. He did tell Corey to shut up and if he did anything but hold the mic, then it would be asking him to do too much. LOL Vicious picks someone out of the crowd to be Lawler's partner for later. Lawler agrees.

----Johnny Dotson/Tatt2 by DQ Precious/Gaylon Ray. Match was joined in progress. Dotson hit Precious with a juvi driver after Ray/Tatt2 were fighting outside the ring. Dotson went to the top to hit a frogsplash and Derrick King jumped in for the DQ. He DDT'ed him and left him laying.

----Bill Dundee - interview. He talked about White/Hughes. They then air an old Dutch Mantel video with a new song.

----"Too Kool 2" [Flex/Tim Grind] interview. Jimmy Cornette sent in an interview. They aired some Mid-South footage of Jim Cornette being interviewed by Jim Ross about "Midnight Express" vs Magnum TA/Mr.Wrestling II. They then joined the match in progress. Midnight get DQ'ed for whipping TA/II with straps.

----Derrick King interview. DK comes out with "Tastes Like Chicken" shirt. DK talks about a "Street Fight" with Dotson. Valiant video is played and DK interrupts it. He says if Valiant gets in his way, he will knocked him out. Dotson jumps DK and they fight into the crowd to the curtain.

----Jerry Lawler/Fan [area worker Shawn Williams]vs Sid Vicious/Johnny Rotten. Sid does a few spots with Lawler and then forces him to tag the fan. Vicious destroys the fan with a chokeslam and a powerbomb. Williams did a great job. After the match Lawler challenged Rotten/Vicious to a tag match this Friday night. Lawler said he would find a tag team partner for Friday night.

----Hughes/White came back out for an interview about Dundee.

----Lawler walked back out to end the show promising Rotten/Vicious that he had a lot of friends and he would get on the phone and have a partner by Friday.

----Notes: Sid and Rotten did almost the same interview with both having references to Michael Vick & a bulldog...Although Sid stumbled over his words, the angle with him picking Lawler's partner was done good...Too bad they joined the tag match in progress. Ray/Tatt2 spots looked good. Tatt2 had new tights [which he made] and they looked good...I loved the classic clip of Midnight Express. I loved Mid South Wrestling!! I believe this was from 1984...Shawn needs work, but they could make a 1-2-3 Kid type of star out of this guy with him beating Sid down the road...This was a good show. Not any GREAT wrestling, but it was a great one hour promo for "Sam's Town" on Friday. It reminded me of the old days when they use to promote Monday night at the Coliseum. I am not a big fan of the "mystery partner" thing, especially in this day when you have to announce who is going to be there to help draw. But, it was done real well and even made me want to go to the show Friday night.