Saturday, January 27, 2007
Arena Report: LAW Rector, AR 1.27.07
TWO BIG SHOWS!!!
----TONIGHT!! ASWF is having a benefit show for the Erika Greenwood family this Saturday, January 27, at the National Guard Armory in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Bell time is 7:00 p.m. ALL proceeds from the door and from concessions will go to the family. Tickets are $5.00. Appearing on the show are Family of Pain, Hollywood Jimmy, Austin Lane, Brandon Baxter, Booger, Nikki Lane, Chris Rocker, Anton Leveigh and many more.
----MAW returns to action on Sunday, January 28th, at the New Daisy Theatre Beale Street in Memphis. Bell time is 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10. The show will feature Raven taking on Dre Black, Carnage Antwane, & Big Country in a 4-way match for the MAW Heavyweight Championship. Chris Lexx challenges MAW Southern Champion Big Ace in a match with any stipulation Lexx chooses. The Front Office (Crime, Jason Skyler, & "Juicy" Johnny Morton, will face High Society and "New Blood" Dave Anthony in a 6-man match. Also MAW Commissioner K.C. Gold battles Antoin Smooth. Plus more matches to be added later. Card is subject to change. [Note: that has to be the strangest photo of Raven I have ever seen?? If you bring in a superstar, shouldn't you be able to see his face on the poster???]
**Credit help from Axeman Speaks, which also included more comments about the awards.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Scott Starr signs with WWE
----Scott Starr sign WWE development deal this past week. I have only seen Starr work a few times, so it would be hard for me to judge his work. But, as Dustin Starr says on his site, this gives everyone the HOPE of getting to the WWE. William Gibson also posted an article on Starr’s site about the awards from this site. CHECK IT OUT!!
LAW Tonight!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Blalok & The Fireball!!!
----You know I am usually not one to put anybody over, but when I report something incorrect then I like to correct it. So, my sincerest apologies to people when I screw up the fact. Case in point – I reported that Blalok the Blazer had been goofing off and threw a fireball backstage. Blalok [listed as Dion Bowman in his e-mail] said that he was not goofing off. He said that Krisis had hit him low, so he threw a fireball at him. Krisis had thought it was Criminyle [I had reported he thought it was Crime] and he went after Criminyle. Blalok says he “got him [Krisis] off” of Criminyle and then Krisis/him went toe to toe. WTF?? I think that was almost the same story I told except for Criminyle. The main deal is this – you threw a fireball. Stop doing stupid shit in the dressing rooms and I will quit reporting it.
Shows for the Weekend 1.26 to 1.27.07
----Friday night in Osceola, AR for MCW includes The Hambones, Loose Cannon, Chris Hollywood, Big Daddy LaFonce, Austin Lane, and more.
----Fright night in Rector, AR with LAW with “The Posse” [Simon/Lil Chris], “Black Out Squad” [Oz/Bishop], Eric Hayes, Psycho, Matt Boyce, Seth Knight, Stan Lee and the Main Event is: LAW Title Match – Dustin Starr defends vs Brian Christopher.
----Friday night in Tupelo, MS for TFW has Tony Dabbs, The Gold Diggers, POPULAR [Shawn Reed/Ryan Williams] with Anita Page, and more.
----Saturday night @ True Force Arena 256 Gill Street Jackson, TN at 7:30 PM for a TV tapings for a Pilot episode. It is “Fan Appreciation Night” and you can see a whole night of wrestling action for only $1. Wildside vs Void, Overkill vs Razor, Lawman Williams vs Dazzlin Dixie, PK Ripper vs Kaut!on, Genocide vs Carnage Antwone/Reno Diamond and more.
----Saturday night New Blood Wrestling @ Country Nights 1901 Saint John Ave - Bell time 8:00 PM in Dyersburg, TN – Tank, “Real Deal” Tim Edwards, “Kountry Homeboyz” [Gunner & Weezy], Kilo, Jeremy Moore, Slim Pickens and they are billing Dustin Starr doing double duty vs Sir Mo and a No DQ Match vs Allen Steele.
----Saturday night in Jumpertown, MS for JWS with Chris Styles, Little Stevie Davis, Homeless Joe, Mario, Devon Raynes, Dalton Storm, Kage, Cyrus, Chaz, and more.
----Saturday night in New Albany, MS 107 McGill ST [right off the square] with XWO will have Storm, "Pure Destruction"[Brody & Cody Hawk],Thomas Knox, Danny B, Psycho, Brett Michaels, Pappy, Izzy Rotten, Nick Grymes and more.
----Saturday night in Ripley, TN with TLCW 207 Washington Street – with “The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony, Stan Lee [if he is not at the casino],Rockin Randy,Motley Cruz, 187,Tasha Simone, Dell Tucker, Black Out Squad” [Oz/Bishop], Brian Steele, Buckwheat, Tim Alfonzo, Seth Knight. “Jawbreaker” Jones and more.
---- Saturday night Batesville, AR at the Old Miller Gym for Main Event Wrestling. Admission is free Crazy Luke Graham Jr. & Gerry "Chubby" Graham Casino Kid, “Righteous Punishment” [Byg Daddy and Jack “Lockdown” Johnson], “Hot Rod” John Ellison, Johnny Harper, Matt Boyce and more.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
www.rasslinriotonline.com reaches 200,000 hits!!!
----Thanks to everyone for helping me reach the 200,000 mark this quickly. It has been just over 8 months since the start of the website. The amazing part is that we reached 150,000 hits on January 1, 2007 and now here on the 24th I have over 200,000!! So, I have had 50,000 hits in less than a month. I contribute this to the Yearbook, which got lots of hits. I have also joined a few more sites with my weekly Memphis Wrestling TV reports. The SEW show that features Sid Vicious has also made people all over the world start talking, so I thank that group for helping.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
RassletBits: Yearbook, Sir Mo, more Awards Aftermath, DVD releases, Starr NBW meeting, RassleTube and Spell/Lawler
----NBW booker Sir Mo is featured on wwe.com in the Royal Rumble feature. It states “The Superstar with the shortest time in the Rumble Match is The Warlord with two seconds in 1989. In 1995, the next shortest times belonged to Mo and Owen Hart who each lasted three seconds.
----Apparently there was a NBW dressing room meeting about the pay rate of Dustin Starr [pictured with his "Horizon" Trophy]. Sir Mo pretty much told everyone to not worry about what Starr was making. Starr received his regular pay and then Mo gave him some extra on his debut night. It was reported that Starr walked in during the middle of the discussion. He sat down and then asked to say something and said, “Yeah I make twice as much as you guys do, AND I ate two hot dogs for free!!!" LOL Now if he said that --- that is funny!!
----It was reported on the Trent Van Drisse’s message board that Spellbinder and Jerry Lawler “kiss and made up” at the Jackson, TN show at the Palace. Lawler seem to be cool with everything, but he probably had to hear Spell saying, “I was just putting you over man.” Have you not read the Spellbinder shoot?? CLICK HERE to read it.
Monday, January 22, 2007
The Ratings Are In!! Lawler Breaks his Streak!!!
----The show opened with a 2.1 [35,622 viewers] with the Bam Bam tribute and Dundee vs King. The next quarter jumped 13,982 viewers scoring a 3.0 [49,605 viewers] for the Jimmy Hart announcement and the start of Lawler vs Jethro/Nate. The third quarter scored the same with 3.0 [49,605 viewers] for finish of Lawler vs Jethro/Nate, the 8-man tag and Tim Grind interview talking about Flex being in jail. The last quarter only dropped 666 viewers scoring a 2.9 [48,939 viewers] for the Starr/White vs Grind/Flash title change and the White turning heel angle. The show finished with 13,317 more viewers than it started with.
----Even though the show is not doing the ratings of last month, there are still positives. The main one is that hardly anyone turned off the show with the only loss being less than 700 viewers. So, that is saying that the people that were watching the show were actually enjoying it. Lawler has to be happy about not losing viewers and breaking his 7th show streak. A negative would be they promoted with a few commercials during “Smackdown” of a big announcement from Jimmy Hart and it looks like it did not affect the ratings.
RassleResults: MEW Batesville, AR 1.13.07 - New Champ!!!
Bam Bam Bigelow Photos Posted!!
----The Bam Bam Bigelow photos have been posted. These photos were taken by me sometime in either 1985 or 86 in a bout vs Jerry Lawler in Blytheville, AR. They are not perfect as they have a tint to them, but I think I was using a small 110 camera when I first started shooting wrestling. The one pic shows him doing the Flair bump, so you can see how agile a guy his size was. CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM!!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
RassleResults: XOW New Albany, MS 1.20.07 - Izzy Rotten wins XOW Title!!!
Our Condolences........
----Our Condolences to Sir Mo and his family. Sir Mo lost his mother-in-law this past Thursday. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and her family.
RassleResults: TLCW Ripley, TN 1.20.07 - Flash Turns Baby!!!
RassleResults: NBW Dyersburg, TN 1.20.07 - First Tag Team Champions Crowned!!!
RassleResults: Arkansas Championship Wrestling Paragould, AR 1.20.07
----Crowd was around 100 with a gate close to $700…Main event had Midnight Cowboy handcuffed to Bate Masterson…Big Indian was there, but couldn’t work due to illness…Blakster was there, but had to leave for an emergency…”Family of Pain” [Sarge/Mickey Ray] are slated to come in on the 2.03.07 show. ..SF Treat is a babyface here and everyone says he is over.
RassleResults: JWS Jumpertown, MS 1.20.07
----Crowd was 54 paid with a gate close to $270…The ref Jeremy pinned Tysin Starr for Ax/Blade/Hitman win.
RassleResults: TIWF Jackson, TN 1.20.07
Memphis Wrestling TV Report 1.20.07
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