Airdate March 15, 2008 on Comcast 74 in Nashville
Taped on February 29, 2008 at the SAW Arena in Millersville, Tn
Showtime All-star Wrestling is now available on the internet at thesuperstation.tv/saw.html.
Dramatic music. No voiceover. The video speaks for itself---Southern All-star Wrestling promoter T. J. Weatherby presents Showtime All-star Wrestling.
LAST WEEK! Miss Boogie thwarts interference by “Towel Boy” Paul Adams. Boogie Boy then pins Rick Santel with Boogie Blaster…Paul says something needs to be done around here to settle things between him and her…Chrisjen Hayme makes a spectacular debut winning with a 450 splash…The Tennessee Violence Authority hits the ring on Arrick Andrews. Boogie made the save with a one on two shellacking of TVA. Santel joined the party and it was Boogie beatdown…Rookie Drew Haskins upsets Big Rig Bully with a roll up…Tatsu nails TV Champion Nore Havoc with bicycle kick. He pulls off the mask to reveal your new SAW Television Champion, Damian Adams.
Michael St. John and Jack Johnson did the opening with a gigantic new Showtime All-star Wrestling logo as the background. The tag line now has St. John saying “It’s Showtime” before Johnson’s “SAW starts now!”
...Tto the ring with a new look - Bleachers on the hard camera side. A new entrance ramp. Softer lighting.
(1) Damian Adams beat Big Rig Bully to retain the SAW TV Title in 5:45. St. John referred to Bully as “an 0 for.” Damian kicked off the ropes for a flashy side headlock takeover, Damian went for it again and Bully countered with a back suplex. As Bully worked over Damian’s back, St. John said he wasn’t making his pin attempts quickly enough. Johnson once again pointed out that Bully has all the tools but is in need of some managerial guidance. Bully executed a painful looking double leg drop to Damian’s lower back followed by stiff kicks. Johnson called it the chiropractic combo. Surfboard submission attempt by Bully. Blistering chop by Damian. Bully cut Damian short with a high leg lariat, but paused to showboat before making the cover. Bully planted Damian with a pretty hanging vertical suplex. Lazy back cover and Damian kicked out again. Bully came up empty on a middle rope double ax where he took waaaayyyy too much time, then managed to duck Damian’s bicycle kick and set up a piledriver. Damian backdropped out of it and hit the bicycle kick. Bully sold it like he was paralyzed. 1-2-3.
March 21 at the SAW Arena in Millersville featuring 6 big matches! Already signed J-5 (c) (with Cocky Cody) vs. Chris Bomb for the Southern Heavyweight Title, Big Rig Bully vs. T. J. Harley and in your main event the TVA (with Paul Adams) takes on Boogie Woogie Boy & Arrick Andrews.
(2) Mason Raige beat Larry Cooter via submission with the Rack of Rage (5:26). Cooter acted like a jerk. Raige dominated with the power game until the 2:30 mark when he miscalculated on an elbow drop. St. John and Johnson made fun of the fact Cooter was losing his tights.
The one thing you have to learn in wrestling early on. Keep your pants up. I don’t know what level you learn that on, or whatever but you have to keep you clothes on in the ring.
Cooter used basic choke and gouge offense. Raige caught an airborne Cooter with a body slam. He followed with a clubbing lariat, a high boot and a missile dropkick before ending it with the torture rack.
(3) Rob Roy McCoy beat Tatsu via submission in 5:53. Johnson called it an international match: Scotland vs. the Orient. St. John said the difference between a Scottish accent and a British accent was “Scottish accents are watered down with a better grade of whiskey.” They compared Tatsu to a Pekinese that got caught in a blender with a pack of 64 crayons. McCoy capitalized on Tatsu’s aggressiveness with a hotshot. McCoy used the ropes for leverage on the pin attempt but ref Kurt Herron caught him. McCoy hit a swinging neckbreaker and applied a variation of the camel clutch. McCoy nutted himself on Tatsu’s knees. Tatsu hit a spinning heel kick for a two count, and got blindsided by McCoy when he complained about the count. Another dumb move by a babyface. McCoy hit a hangman neckbreaker. McCoy was laying in wait as Tatsu was slow to rise. McCoy locked in a choke/bodyscissors combo for the tap.
Johnson interviewed McCoy, who said he was superior to the toothless heathens in the audience. McCoy claimed his bloodline could be traced to the last King of Scotland. Said the Highlander and Braveheart types were pretenders to his throne - “I’m Rob Roy McCoy, the real McCoy, and the only one.”
(4) T. J. Harley beat “Sharp Dressed Man” Lawrence Lane in 2:45. The commentators ridiculed Lane’s yesterday’s news outfit. Fast-paced start. Harley came out on top. Lane wanted none of it. Harley in hot pursuit. Lane jumped back inside and Harley fell into his trap. Not a smart move for the babyface. Lane connected with a razor sharp back elbow and applied a rear chinlock. Harley fought his way free. Big right hands by Harley. Lane with an Edgecution for a near fall~! Lane took waaaayyy too much coming off the ropes and landed nuts first on Harley’s knee. Harley got the pin with a fisherman suplex dropped into a shoulderbreaker. Sweet.
(5) “Sexy “Sean Casey (with nameless hot blonde) pinned Jeff Jameson at 5:49. The commentary and camera focused on Casey’s “near nekkid” blonde at ringside.
Johnson: She can make two outfits out of my underwear.
St. John: She can have my underwear.
Jameson missed a slingshot dive so badly he fortunate not to crack his skull. Back inside, Casey let Jameson shoot his wad. The abuse started with a diamond cutter off the ropes. Casey used a slingshot brainbuster suplex, a powerbomb, and was beyond toying with his stick boy opponent. Johnson referred to f Casey’s dancing fist drop as the Cincinnati Chili Shuffle. It missed. “I think that was only a two-way and meant to be a three way. (pausing for two beats) Let’s not say three-way during this match,” said St. John. Jameson got his comeback, and a pretty good lengthy one at that, before Casey smoked him with a superkick. Johnson said he wanted to interview the girl.
(6) Indian Nation (Lennox Lightfoot & Indian Outlaw) beat Tennessee Violence Authority (Hammerjack & Matt Dillinger with Paul Adams) via DQ in 9:52 . Nation cut the ring in half on TVA and worked over their knees using quick tags. Outlaw shook off Dillinger’s chops and returned fire. The big spot was an awesome double chop by Outlaw that sent Dillinger over the top rope. But Outlaw ventured too close to the ropes and got kicked in the head by Hammerjack. TVA gave Outlaw a beating. Paul passed Hammerjack taped rod of some kind, and TVA took turns jabbing it into Outlaw’s throat. Snap suplex and a leg drop for near falls by Dillinger. Outlaw was looking so bad Johnson said he was about to fade away. Out of nowhere, a Saman Drop by Outlaw and the hot tag. Lightfoot laid out TVA one against two. Lightfoot broke out the war dance and hit a springboard chop on Hammerjack. Paul got on the apron to distract the ref, but Miss Boogie pulled Paul down to the floor. Cut to a close up of Miss Boogie pummeling Paul. Lightfoot leapfrogged Dillinger, and Outlaw simultaneously dropkicked him out of the ring. Lightfoot hit an assisted flying elbow drop on Hammerjack, but no ref. Ricky Bell was still busy with Miss Boogie. Dillinger hit Lightfoot with the pool cue. Well, at least that was idea. Bell saw that and signaled for the DQ. Outlaw chased TVA out with a chair.
Closing Thoughts: This was the second half of the taping Jerry Jarrett attended. I haven’t gotten a chance to see episode 35, so this was my first viewing of the new look. I still love the show but I hate the new name. Southern All-star had a nostalgic appeal. Showtime All-star sounds like a rinky dink indie getting pretentious. This episode was more about showcasing talent and less about storyline advancement. SAW can usually be counted on for at least one goofy, offbeat promo segment. This show was lacking in that department. Good heat for the first match and the main and not much in between. Damian/Bully featured two of SAW’s most athletic performers in a fast-paced match and an impressive first title defense for Damian. Bully’s winless record born of arrogance and stupidity has about run its course. At this point, I believe he’s jobbed to every babyface on the roster. They obviously recognize his appeal as evidenced by listing him in one of the feature matches for the house show next week. Raige had another solid match. His power moves were on the money. I didn’t get much feel for Cooter one way or another. McCoy is a prospect. I like the character, and he’s got the best physique in the company with a bit of resemblance to Paul Orndorff. McCoy’s offense looked fine, but his selling needs work. For a change, Harley's match didn't go any longer than necessary, and that finisher looked tons better than what he used any of his recent wins. Casey’s female friend made that match bearable. Nobody was buying Jameson’s weak offense and it looked ridiculous having Casey sell for it. I don’t get SAW’s reluctance to book a squash when the situation clearly calls for it. Indian Nation does some things really well every time out, but they never seem to put together a solid match from start to finish. I liked the crisp teamwork to open the match. Outlaw was good selling for TVA. The finish, however, was no masterpiece of timing and execution. Miss Boogie’s pummeling looked better than last time, but that’s not saying much. Dillinger’s shot on Lightfoot with the pool cue appeared to be a complete miss. As for the announcing, Johnson and St. John continue to gel as a team. They got off some hilarious lines, especially during the Casey match.
