Monday, February 25, 2008

Arena Report: NBW Dyersburg, TN 1.23.08

----I would like to first thank the cast & crew of NBW for such a good time and support of “Yearbook 2007”. Big thanks go to Jeremy Moore, Jeff McDonald, Mark Justice and Jimmy Tidwell for everything they did to get the book over and the angle.

----Show started out with an angle to set up the main event. Jimmy Tidwell announced that Rob Justice was not there tonight and he had Sgt. Savage and Jason Matthews with him. Tidwell called out Mark Justice and offered him his hand to just forget about what happened last week. Justice just turned and went to walk away when they jumped him. Justice came off the ropes with a double closeline – got a good pop. Stips were set up for later in the night – Loser Leave NBW & No Longer Use “Riot Squad” name. Justice also had no tag team partner and Matthews didn’t either, so “acting” Commish McDonald said that if Tidwell couldn’t find anyone, then he would have to wrestle.

----Tim Edwards come out with Sicilian Kid. Edwards has Kid’s contract and he went on to say that he was not happy with his performance. Edwards said that he had stole Arenz’ baby doll last week, so they would not see him tonight. Edwards said hit the music for whoever he is working tonight. Arnez hit the ring and they brawled all over the place. Crowd was super hot for this. Arnez took Edwards outside, but then right back in. Finish had Jon Roberts come out and distract Arnez with his baby doll and Arnez ran him to the back. [**1/2]

----Richard Marx interviewed me about “Yearbook 2007”. We brought out Kilo and congratulated him on being RRO Most Underrated of the Year. I also noted that he was ranked in the top 5 of the area. As Kilo left, Jimmy Tidwell made his way to the ring. He talked about how he led the “Riot Squad” to places that I had never done and how they had kicked me to the curb. Tidwell grabbed me and Mark made the save. I did a little mic spill about how I founded the Riot Squad name and all. I also said that Mark had no one to trust here, but I trusted him and I would be in his corner tonight. Some kind of bullshit like that. LOL I even got a pop!! LOL

----Phoenix X beat Jeremy Moore in a pretty good bout. Moore came out and then X’s music didn’t even play and he jumped Moore. X was stiff – just ask Jeremy!! They brawled outside the ring and up to the announcer’s desk, which is about 10 ft above the crowd. The ref should have counted them both out, because they were up there a long time. Finish had Moore go for the Ace crusher, but X sent him into the ref. Not a complete bump just a turnaround. X then used the dreaded Ninja Mist into Moore’s eyes for the pin. [**1/2]

----“Southern Pride” [Kilo/Tommy Redneck] beat Sicilian Kid/John Roberts to retain the NBW Tag Team Titles. Good match. I love the Roberts Rick Rude gimmick. He is hilarious. Pride was “on” here doing some real kewl double team moves and I didn’t even think that they were going to give the heels anything. They did one double team move where Redneck did a backslide and stayed on his hands/knees as Kilo grabbed the top rope and leaped over with a senton. Heat on Redneck. Kid still needs A LOT of work. Roberts started the heat on Redneck’s leg, so where did Kid go as soon as he got in the ring – to Redneck’s head. LOL I think Edwards, who was ringside with them, told him to go back to the leg. Hot tag to Kilo with some hard chops to Kid. Kilo went to superkick Roberts for the win, but Roberts moved and Kid got superkicked & pinned. Edwards and Roberts beat up Kid after match with Arnez making the save. Arnez then used his noose to hang Kid and then took off when he seen his baby doll again. [**3/4]

----Tidwell/Slaughter/Matthews came out and said they had a partner after Tidwell teased he was going to wrestle. Big Red came out to tag with them. They did an angle next as Mark & I stood in the ring as they played Moore’s music, Rocker’s music and “Southern Pride” music with no one coming out to tag with Justice. I then got on the mic to let everyone know that I had made a call earlier tonight and I had Justice a partner. Christian Jacobs came out. Mark Justice/Christian Jacobs with Coach BT beat Big Red/Jason Matthews with Jimmy Tidwell. Good match. They did double heat and lost the crowd into the second one. Matthews has improved a little bit since the last time I seen him, but was dead weight during a couple of spots. Big Red is one of the most underrated in this area. Big boot to CJ was planted deep into his face. Finish had hot tag to Mark with Mark pinning Matthews sending Tidwell out of NBW. [***]

----Crazy Train retained the NBW Title vs Motley Cruz as both got counted out of the ring. Train got a big pop coming out. Match started slow as if it was going to be real long. It really never picked up and was not as good as I expected. Train has to win to stay strong as champ. He can take a beating before, during and after the bout, but he has to get the 1..2…3. After the match, Cruz hit Train with the title belt in front of Train fans and they were ready to kill him. Train had a big mark on his back. [**1/2]

----100 paid with around 120 in the building and a gate close to $600…Edwards is real funny on the mic. Edwards has been credited to getting Train over and if so, he did a great job. Edwards, who has never been great in the ring, but a good brawler seems to be content with getting over the young guys. A very good role for him…Thanks to Richard Marx for holding the mic. I got that “shaky thing” going. LOL…Moore looks and works more like a wrestler now…Why does everyone wear black & red over here??...Arnez beating up Kid after saving him didn’t really make any sense. But, hell, Arnez is suppose to be crazy.LOL…Jacobs looked real good. He was wearing a white jacket and sunglasses with turquoise colored trunks. Mark got a better babyface reaction than expected…Thanks to Big Red for taking a shot from me, even though it missed by a mile. LOL Why would I want to mess up and hit a guy that big??...Thanks again to Tidwell – I marked out for being sort of a cause for him leaving – he was one of their top heels…As you can tell by the match ratings, this show has improved to the point that there is nothing horrible on the show. They have angles and matches very similar to most of the other shows – nothing great, but nothing horrible…Thanks again to everyone for their 1st Class treatment of the book and my family.