Sunday, January 07, 2007

Memphis Wrestling TV Report 1.06.07

----Corey Maclin promises that Memphis Wrestling will be hotter than ever for the new year and will be on the road with house shows.

----Nate the Rat comes out with Fire/Flame for interview. Nate challenges Jerry Lawler to a match today!! He says 2007 will be the “Year of the Rat”. LOL

---Fire/Flame beat Johnny Dotson/Tatt2. Everyone looked ok in this bout, but no psychology with Dotson/Tatt2 getting all the shine with no heat or hot tag. The end had Dotson doing a frogsplash on Fire, but Derrick King enter the ring [with ref Bill Rush being distracted by Nate the Rat] hitting Dotson with brass knuckles and Fire getting the pin. At the same time this was happening Tatt2 did a dive over the top rope onto Flame.

----Jimmy Hart interview via phone aired next. Hart talks about “Road to Wrestlemania”. Hart talks about a “big announcement” upcoming. Maclin promotes it as it’s going to be Hulk Hogan vs Jerry Lawler. Hart says he will make it in a few weeks and will call back next week. Lawler comes out. Maclin says that all the negotiations have not been worked out yet. Lawler says bring Nate the Rat out.

----Lawler beats Nate by DQ when Jethro jumps in. Lawler goes to piledrive Nate, when Jethro jumps in. Jethro gets in some good looking punches on Lawler and then attempts to piledrive Lawler. Grady Watson jumps on Jethro’s back and Jethro then slugs Watson. He goes to piledrive him, when Lawler makes the save. Nate was good in this, but I just don’t like Watson. He does not belong on TV.

----Jethro comes out for an interview. He says he doesn’t know if it will be the year of the rat, but it will not be the year of the King. Maclin talks about Memphis Wrestling and it will be on the road for 2007. He promotes the Jackson, TN show coming to The Palace January 18, 2007. Bill Dundee comes out to promote the show to let everyone know that Jethro, Lawler, King, Kevin White and himself will be there.

----Reggie B Fine/Derrick King interview. DK/Fine/Pokerface/K Hill vs “The Posse” [Simon Reed/’Lil Chris]/”Picture Perfect” [Jon Michael/Chris O’Neal] ended in No Contest. They got the heat on ‘Lil Chris and hot tag from O’Neal. After the hot tag everyone got in the ring and after DK hit a superkick on O’Neal – Dotson came out and chased DK to the back.

----Kevin White/Dustin Starr interview. “Too Cool 2” [Flex/Tim Grind] come out. Southern Tag Team Title Match: Starr/White retain beating White/Starr. Good match. Heat on Starr with hot tag to White. After the hot tag with the ref’s back turned, Grind tried to hit White with one of the title belts, but hit Flex. Starr pins Flex. After the bout Grind/Flex argue and it looks like they might be turning one of them, but you know how Memphis Wrestling is.

----When they came back from the last commercial break, Grind/Flex are still arguing. Maclin promises to see what is happening between these two next week. This was a very good way to end the show. Fans may tune in to see what happens next week.

RassleNotes: Nate said while talking to the crowd –“I will wet your lips and stick you to the wall.” to an African American guy. I know. Horrible….Dotson/Tatt2 would make a good babyface tag team… Nate’s wrestling attire is hilarious. It is a singlet with one strap and some work boots with brown socks. I have no idea how Lawler worked him without cracking up…Fine says, “it is 19..I mean 2006..” Yes, he said it was 2006. LOL DK cracks up…Dotson is really small and it was funny seeing DK running from him. DK should say the reason he ran from him is because he has a fear of midgets…Main event was best bout on the show. I don’t know their plans, but Flex would make a super babyface.