----What makes a promotion good?? Drawing power?? The money that is made?? If you ask anyone that is considered an expert in the wrestling business the bottom line is how many people you get in the building and how much money you make – that is how to measure a good promotion. I have said the same thing many times. Well, the LAW promotion is not successful when it comes to gate, but it has one of the better crews that are over much more than some of the shows that draw double or more. Every match featured the best psychology, because everyone on the roster knows psychology. Some of them are better than others, but the overall crew knows their stuff. All the babyfaces are over with Slim, Redneck and Lee being REALLY over. Posse were over also, but they are not regulars. Slim and Lee are over to a different degree. Lee has got over because the fans have bought him as a wrestler and Slim is over because is the #1 underdog. For those that think Slim is hurting himself by doing this angle in LAW, you need to sit in the crowd while he is in the ring. The crowd is so hot for him. As I will probably say in the report again, the 60 people in this building sounded like 300.
----Jon Michael beat Dell Tucker. This was a good opener. Michael did not get the heat that I expected from the crowd, but as the match went on, they were on him more. At one point during the comeback Tucker was going to backdrop Michael, but Jon caught him with a nice neckbreaker. Great psychology. Tucker jumped from the turnbuckle for a dropkick, but Michael caught him with a sharpshooter for the submission win. [**1/2]
----“The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony with Jeff O’Dell came out with Slim “Bulldog” Pickens on a chain & collar. O’Dell said that he was known as the “Puppy Dog” now. Crowd was loud with “Bulldog” chants. Stan Lee came out to say that his title match tonight vs TGB would have a special stip - O’Dell would not be at ringside. Slim was funny here laughing with TGB telling him to quit laughing.
----Tommy Redneck beat Jerry Weezy with “Rockin” Randy at ringside. Redneck is over big time here. Good match. Some stuff looked a little sloppy at the start, but it smoothed out when Weezy started heat when Randy distracted Redneck. Randy got a lot of the heat beating on Redneck outside the ring with Weezy getting the ref. Crowd was into it all. Redneck pinned Weezy with the Ace crusher. [**1/2]
----O’Dell comes out with Slim Pickens and tells him he has an opponent for him right now. O’Dell brings out “The Original Bluesman” Ike Tucker. Tucker is 3 times as big as Pickens and just beat the crap out of him the whole match. Pickens was coming out of heat when he got on the top rope for a dropkick. O’Dell told him to get down. At this point Tucker got up and as Pickens jumped he caught him with a sidewalk slam for the pin and win. [**] Ike did another sidewalk slam on Slim after the match. Match was pretty much just a squash, but I give a [*] just for the heat. Pickens is so over!!
----“The Posse” [Simon Reed/’Lil Chris] beat “201 Boys” [Crime/Chris Lexx]. Another bout of just great psychology. The shine featured some double team moves from Posse with one leading to them riding Crime/Lexx on the back like skateboards. Heat started when Chris tried a flying press on both Lexx/Crime and Crime dumped him on his head. It looked nasty. Lexx works well as a heel. Simon did nothing else in the match, but wait for the hot tag. LOL Chris took a beating. One hope spot had Chris hit a top rope press after being sit up on the turnbuckle. Double down when Chris DDT’ed Crime. Hot tag to Simon. Chris went to Crime and ended up posting him. Lexx went to the top after cutting off Simon and was going to come off, but Chris pushed Simon into the ropes making Lexx fall. Chris then rolled Lexx up for the pin. [***]
----LAW Title Match: “The Golden Boy” beat Stan Lee. Great match. Everything in the match clicked. Both are such good workers and 99% flawless. Shine started with Lee working on TGB’s hand. Lee climbed the turnbuckle with TGB’s hand and I thought he was going to do “old school”, but he jumped with a leg drop onto TGB’s hand. When Lee went to do it again, then TGB caught him throwing him over the top rope for a big bump. Heat started here with a steady flow of moves from TGB. Everytime it looked like Lane was coming out of heat, TGB would cut him off with a belly to belly suplex once and then just threw him out of the ring once. TGB went for the suplex again, but Lee cut him off with a DDT. At one point for a hope spot Lee hit the AJ Styles spot with moonsault into the Stinger DDT and then picked up and reversed it to do it again. Just awesome!! Crowd was so loud you would think there were 300 people in the building. They love Lee. Lee came out of heat by blocking a move and ended up with TGB straddled on the top turnbuckle. Lee climbed the ropes and hit a back suplex for the double down. Both guys got up and then we had a ref bump. Lee did a frogsplash on TGB, but no ref. Jon Michael then came in and speared him. TGB pinned him and kept the belt. [****] Best singles bout I have seen all year long, aside from maybe the Austin Lane vs Brandon Baxter match in Paragould, AR. This bout was much more wrestling and a better “wrestling” match.
----60 people with a gate close to $300…Randy has a bad shoulder and may be out for up to 4 months…Ike will have to be nominated for “best gimmick” this year. This was the best bout I have seen him in. Just great presence in the ring playing the heel monster…Coco – the ring announcer called Lexx/Crime the “Minority Unit.” Crime said on the mic that he was from Memphis and hated Rector and did not like “people like you.” Lexx then said “White people.” Crowd chanted “Memphis sucks” during the bout…Best singles match I have seen TGB in since his “I Quit” match with Christian Jacobs...Lee becomes the first guy to score a [****] rating for a tag match and a singles match…A real good show. Thanks to LAW cast and crew putting on such a good show. Fun time was had by all.
