----Was it a work or a shoot?? This business is based on a big time façade and if I was a betting man, then I would say if you were at attendance at MAW last night, then you got worked!! Not a bad thing – actually I think it came off real well from all the reports that I got. Everyone is talking about it, which means it worked on that level. If it helps with attendance for the next show, and then it was a hell of angle.
Gabriel Stalker w/Pimpin’ Antoin Smooth def. Dell Tucker to retain the MAW Jr. Heavyweight Title.
Dre Black comes to the ring with Showstopper to call out Commissioner K.C. Gold and demand his belt. KC comes out with TFO and says that he has heard Black complaining for the past two months. He opens his jacket to reveal the MAW Championship belt, and makes an offer. He says that if Black can defeat his lackey Showstopper, as well as TFO member Johnny Morton, he will give him the belt around his waist.
“Punisher” Dre Black def. Showstopper. Showstopper immediately dropped to the mat, allowing Black the easy pin. KC says that Showstopper shouldn’t be such a punk, so he makes him the same offer. If Showstopper can beat Black and Morton, he gets the belt. Showstopper made a valiant effort to actually beat Black, but was pinned after a Black Out from Punisher.
“Punisher” Dre Black def. “Juicy” Johnny Morton. Morton started the match with a sneak attacked as Black was being distracted by K.C., but was also pinned after a Black Out. Gold looked disappointed, but says he made a deal. He takes off the title, and throws the belt from his pants to Dre. Gold says that the deal was for the belt on his waist, but he’d have to earn a shot at the title.
In a surprise appearance, Memphis Wrestling’s Derrick King, Pokerface, and Craven Moorehead came into the ring to berate the organization, calling the company WCW, USWA, and KAW before getting the name right. King says hello to the “capacity crowd of tens of thousands”, and talks about the lack of talent in MAW before K.C. Gold comes back out. King says that MAW is nothing but a roster of misfits, and that without himself, Poker and Craven, there would be no MAW. K.C. says he has two things to tell King, the first being that when you come to MAW, be careful because things tend to fall from the sky. As the Memphis Wrestling crew looks around, Tatt2 emerges from the back and dropkicks King from the top rope. K.C. says the second thing is “MAW spelled backwards is WAM motherfucker!” He says that if King wants to stick around, he’ll put him in a match with Tatt2 tonight.
Precious def. “New Blood” Dave Anthony w/Antoin Smooth. As the MW crew made their way to the back, Southern Extreme Wrestling’s Lamarrus Brooks, AKA The Kid comes out to join the announce table and further berate MAW, specifically Precious. After winning with a piledriver, TFO joins Precious as he knocks out New Blood with a vicious chairshot. Precious says that he’s the best thing going in MAW, and to hell with Memphis Wrestling. He also tells The Kid that the next time he calls him to work on a show, he’s going to tell him to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
"24/7" vs. "Genocide" [Maxx Corbin/Albino Rhino] vs. 201 Express ended in a No Contest. 24/7 made an open tag team challenge, which was answered by Genocide and 201 Express. After all hell broke loose in the match, 24/7 were thrown out of the ring and run to the back.
Big Country gets on the mic and says that they are the biggest team in the South, and if Memphis Wrestling wants to send someone down to face them, they are up for the challenge.
Tatt2 def. Derrick King w/Craven Moorehead and Pokerface. Before the match, King says that this is a homecoming of sorts for Tatt2, having “wobbled from obscurity” in MAW. Derrick also notices that Carnage Antwane is in the crowd. The Memphis Wrestling crew laughs at Carnage, until he emerges from the crowd and steps into the ring. Derrick runs out to the security guard and berates him for letting “just anybody” into the ring, saying (on a shoot) that he would never hire him to work security at any of his shows. The match finally starts after King reminds the ref that his “coveted Memphis Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship” is not on the line. TFO stands at ringside to watch the match, but doesn’t interfere, despite constant interference from Pokerface and Craven. Tatt2 gets the pin with a flying sunset flip, then continues to brawl with the MW crew. As the three men start to beat him down, the Black Out Squad comes out to make the save. K.C. says welcome home to the BOS, and makes a 6-man challenge to the MW crew. He says that these three men made it and can compete with Memphis Wrestling. Derrick tells K.C. that he bit off more than he could chew, and this was now real. He says that Memphis is his hometown, and that poor white trash and freeloaders like the MAW fans don’t deserve to be here. He then throws the mic into the ring and storms out of the arena. K.C. tells Carnage Antwane that if he wants back in, he’ll let him. CA says that he doesn’t want to wrestle, he wants to fight. The challenge is opened for the next MAW show, but as this is going on a fight breaks out between Craven and a member of the crowd.
As the locker room empties to break up the fight, Derrick King escapes to the balcony. He says that K.C. has started a war he can’t finish, and berates the “nobodies” of MAW again. As he goes down the list, naming Chris Lexx and The Crime, Johnny Morton storms from the back when he hears his name. He attempts to climb the balcony to get to Derrick, but security and other wrestlers hold him back. K.C. attempts to order his boys to the back, but Morton has to be pulled away from Craven. K.C. waits for an answer from Derrick, but is pulled to the back to break up more fighting between the MAW and MW rosters. He apologizes for having to cancel the rest of the show, but all control has been lost in the New Daisy. The show ends with King saying he’ll be back at the next MAW event with more of his friends. The majority of the MAW roster, especially Big Country, Crime, Chris Lexx and Johnny Morton all want to shut Derrick King’s big mouth.
----Here is my take on it – DK and crew were suppose to be there and an angle was suppose to be shot, but I am not sure if everyone was expecting DK to do some of the things he did. DK, the heel, can sometimes go OVER BOARD, which I have said in the past I am not a big fan of…but...it really sounds like it got everyone going. I have actually seen friends of DK get mad at him and try to go after him before from the crowd. I was told there were about 50 people [$250 gate] in attendance and if DK & the guys return, and the gate is larger, then it worked.
**Credit to Clinton Boyland for Arena Report. Statements with "----" are my comments.
