Prior to the start of the first match. XOW owner Billy Russ came to the ring and called out Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee. He announced that he had done a poll to let the fans vote on who should be the King of XOW Wrestling, and that Lawler and Dundee had gotten the most votes. He then announced that Jerry Lawler had won, and presented him with a new crown. Lawler thanked the fans, and then Bill Dundee was given the mic. He said he was unhappy, because the only reason he was there is because he had been told that he was the winner. He went on to say that he was not even on the card, and that he would not even have come to the show except that he was told he would be receiving the award. He accused Billy of rigging the contest. Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock, Sarge O'Reilly, and Tony Watts all came to the ring and stuck their noses into the matter. The situation escalated until finally Hollywood and his entourage had persuaded Dundee to team with Sarge against Lawler and a mystery partner later in the show. Lawler repeatedly tried to make amends with Dundee, to no avail. Hollywood continued to convince Dundee that he had been screwed over by Billy Russ and Lawler. So the match was made.
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Opening match was a hardcore match to crown a new XOW Hardcore Champion. Participants were Syn, Suicide, and DJ Stunner. These guys put on a very good show. They used chairs, barb wire, thumb tacks, and anything else they could find. Now, I was very critical of these guys last time I saw them on a show (several weeks ago in Savannah), buy they were impressive and much improved. Out of the back came Uncle Felton with a chair. Felton got in the ring, did a couple of weak chair shots, and pinned one of the guys to win the hardcore belt. New hardcore Champion is Uncle Felton. I will save my opinion on this finish for my column.
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XOW Tag Team Champions Parental Advisory ("The Studd" Scott Porteau & "Bad Attitude" Tony Dabbs) defeated Wraith & Anton Leveigh w/Iron Man to retain the belts.
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Next was Sue Young vs. Lil' Bit. Young was accompanied to the ring by Kevin White & Mr. White. Prior to the match starting, the referee ordered Kevin White & Mr. White to the back. This was a decent match. Both of these young ladies are gorgeous, which in itself made the match worth watching, but it was also a decent match. Kevin White & Mr. White came back to the ring and interfered. Out of the back came XOW Champion "Prime Time" Nick Grymes to even the score. The match ended up being thrown out. XOW owner Billy Russ ordered a mixed tag team match, with the winner to be crowned XOW Champion. This set up several very interesting possibilities as to who could be XOW Champion. If one of the ladies got the pin, she would be new TFW Champion. In the end, thanks to interference by Mr. White, Kevin White won the match by pin fall and is new XOW Champion.
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Next was Cameron Valentine (nephew of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine) vs. "The Sure Thing" Colton Anderson by DQ. Anderson was accompanied to the ring by Cyn, who was wearing a short, very short, outfit. We saw a lot of Cyn Saturday night, LOL. Valentine was winner by DQ when "Big Daddy" Storm came from the back and interfered in the match.
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Next was a tag team match featuring Midgets Lil'Devil & Kid-J. Lil' Devil teamed with The Grappler, & Kid-J teamed with Brandon Barbwire. The first part of this match was... not very good. Barbwire (who usually does a great job) and Grappler did not do a good job in this match. Crowd was quiet and not into it at all, UNTIL... the midgets got into the ring. They put on a good show, and the crowd came alive. In the end Kid-J & Brandon Barbwire got the win.
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Sarge O'Reilly & "Superstar" Bill Dundee came out for the main event, accompanied by Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock. Hollywood was running his mouth as usual. Jerry "The King" Lawler came to the ring, accompanied by Grady Watson. Hollywood immediately started ridiculing Lawler & Watson, saying, "Is this your partner? Is this all you could find for a partner?" Lawler then introduced his partner, which turned out to be Max Steele. Blaylock was furious, since he considered Steele to be a member of the Hollywood Clique. Steele then pointed out to Blaylock that he had received numerous hot checks, totaling about $18,000.00, from Blaylock, and that he was sick of Hollywood ripping him off. This had Hollywood stuttering like an old Studebaker on a cold winter morning. Dundee mentioned that he had been paid in cash by Hollywood. Special referee for the match was Tony "The Weasel" Watts. Why, I don't know, but XOW owner Billy Russ appointed Watts to be referee for the match, and Tony promised to call it down the middle (yeah, right). The match got underway, and Watts did call it down the middle... for a while. As the match progressed, however, Tony began showing blatant favoritism towards Sarge & Dundee. This went on for several minutes. Lawler & Max were able to gain the upper hand, and it looked like Lawler was going to win the match by pin fall. Tony slowly started the count... slowly one...slowly two... then refused to make the third count. By this time I had seen all I could stand. I went to the ring, pulled Watts out of the ring, and asked him what he was doing. He shoved me. I shoved back. I then "restrained" him (translation: the fight was on). The match continued and we brawled until I heard the bell ring. XOW Owner Billy Russ had run in wearing a referee shirt and had made the three count. Winners were Jerry Lawler and Max Steele by pin fall. After the match, Sarge, Dundee, & Hollywood were angry, and began to beat down Lawler & Steele. Grady Watson was in the ring. He was thrown out by Hollywood and landed on his back (ouch). Dundee had Hollywood's cane, but turned on Sarge and Hollywood, and beat them down. Hollywood got several shots with his own cane, LOL. Tony Watts, who foolishly got in the ring and involved himself, was on the receiving end of a pile driver from Lawler. This was a great match, and a great ending to a very good show.
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My announce partner for the show, by the way, was Al Hall, who gave me hell throughout the show. Al has a "unique" point of view, which I don't agree with very often. This show was no exception.
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The crowd of 325 people were treated to a great show.
Credit: Randall Lewis
----This would be a gate close to $3,000. Good job guys!!
