Sunday, December 03, 2006

Memphis Wrestling TV Report 12.02.06

----Nate the Rat comes out after Corey Maclin goes over the show. Nate was wearing a new “Fire & Flame” suit. Nate says he is joining Maclin on commentary.

----King Cobra comes out. Nate starts ringing the bell. Maclin calls Cobra a “legend”. Nate pushes Cobra. Cobra goes after Nate – “Hillbilly Assassin” Jethro comes out to save Nate. Grady Watson comes out and tries to grab Nate. Later in the show the match is signed – Cobra vs Jethro. Alright!!!!

----Flash Flanagan/”The Cowboys” [Bill Nasty/Ricky Murdoch] beat Tatt2/”Picture Perfect” [Chris O’Neal/Jon Michael], when Flash pinned Tatt2. A good match when Nasty was not in the ring. I think Murdoch also missed something as he did a bearhug to a belly to belly that didn’t look good. Heat on O’Neal with a hot tag to Michael. Flash and Tatt2 left in the ring as PP battled ‘Boys on floor. Tatt2 got ready to do a moonsault and Flash cut him off ending with Tatt2 in a tree of woe. Flash jumped from the top turnbuckle with a face stomp from the same corner Tatt2 was hanging. Clean pin.

----Kevin White/Dustin Starr interview. Southern Tag Team Title Match: Starr/White beat Fire/Flame[pic below] by DQ when Flame threw a big fireball on Starr. Heat was on White with hot tag to Starr. Ref was trying to get White out of the ring, when Nate handed Flame something. Starr was punching Fire, when he turned around Flame hit him on the shoulder and side of face with fireball. It looked good. Good match.

----Derrick King interview. “New Era” Johnny Dotson [pic to left] was on the phone challenging King. Dotson has been out with a broken leg and looks like he will come in as a baby. Derrick King beat “The Posse” member Simon Reed when he superkicked ‘Lil Chris to win. Yes, you read that right. Short match with the “Insane Clowns” [Bobo/Giggles] interfering and pulling Reed out of the ring, then Chris got to get pinned.

----Maclin talks with Jimmy Hart on the phone to talk about the Mid-South Coliseum. They are in talks to do one more big show at the Coliseum. I have been told they are trying to get in on December 30. Hart also said that Hulk Hogan is going to be a local Walmart in Memphis next Saturday with Brooke Hogan & him.

----“Opening the Vault” with Lance Russell. Jerry Lawler clips again this week. Lawler/Austin Idol vs Pink Panther/Black Panther. Pink was horrible. Lawler vs Kerry Von Erich air next. The crowd had so much heat for that bout. Horrible finish.

----“Too Cool 2” [Tim Grind/Flex] interview. Bill Dundee comes out with them. They call him “00G”. Dundee says, that they are just like his son “you want to be brothers”. I know. Grind/Flex beat up Dundee. Cobra/White made the save.

----Cobra beat Jethro by DQ when Nate jumped in. Watson also jumped in and the show ended with them all in the ring. I felt sorry for Jethro in there with Cobra. Cobra had some good punches, but after that it was horrible. Watson has no business being on TV!!

RassleNotes: Maclin actually called Kerry Von Erich’s title the WCW title during the opening of the show…Jethro had a new suit on that was a black jumpsuit with gloves. Why do you still call him a Hillbilly!!!...Corey called Jon Michael “Chris Michaels” this week. This makes him look soooooooo stupid!! How many weeks could Jim Ross call someone by the wrong name?? Or think about this – Corey is the owner of the company and can’t get the name right!! ...Tag title match was a good fast bout. They air a slow-mo of the fireball and it looked real good!!! White/Starr were wearing matching gear and looked good...King called Dotson an “egg sucking dog” and said, “I am Derrick”By God” King”. Funny…Looks like they are programming “Posse” vs “Clowns”, but they will probably forget they even did that…It will interesting to see how many people show up at Walmart to see Hogan. Probably out draw the last Southaven show. LOL….This was a horrible show. Good tag title match and a good interview from DK/Dotson, but rest of the show was bad. No Lawler live this week, so it will be interesting to see if the final quarter goes down in the ratings. I am saying it will – because it was Jethro vs Cobra!! Question?? Why use Cobra when you have so many young guys in this area that you could use vs Jethro??...White/Lawler/Starr were left in the ring last week by Flex/Grind/Flash?? No mention of this!! Maclin wrote this TV show and you could tell – he acts like he doesn’t even watch his own product.

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