Memphis Wrestling & Redbirds Special 7.25.08
----Show opened with Corey Maclin and Jerry Lawler at a desk set up at the Memphis Redbirds' home Autozone Park. They start going over the stars that will be at the show the next night in Memphis.
----Joey Mercury match airs from OVW TV. The announcers call him Matthews. He then sends in an interview talking about being in Memphis. Nothing special on the interview.
----Match aired from Summerslam 1999 of the "Steet Fight" with Test vs Shane McMahon. "Mean Street Posse" was involved. Maclin/Lawler talk about Test dating Kelly Kelly. Lawler says they should have stip that if Test beats him, then Test gets a WWE contract, but if Lawler wins he gets Kelly Kelly. During one point Lawler is talking about Stacy Kibler and Maclin is laughing saying, "when you first said Stacy" [refering to Stacy Carter]. Maclin is just so unprofessional and does not know how to even stick with the storyline. Lawler
would even put him over.
----Match aired from last year's Autozone Park show with Johnny Rotten vs Jerry Lawler.
----Video airs of Memphis Wrestling stars that were to appear at Autozone Park. "Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy video featuring Derrick King, Kevin White, Johnny Dotson, "Too Kool 2" [Tim Grind/Flex] and Koko Ware.
----Lawler & Corey show the "Memphis Sport" magazine with Lawler on the cover.
NOTES
----Lawler & Corey did a good job to promote the show. But, as I said, Maclin is a just embarrassing sometimes. I really think he has a crush on Lawler.
RATINGS
----This show did a 2.9 [47,067 viewers]
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Memphis Wrestling & Redbirds Special 8.02.08 - CW Finale Show!!
----Corey Maclin opens the show alone talking about the death of Brian Teigland. Maclin says that the whole hour will be decicated to him. They then air a clip fo Teigland's first appearance on Memphis Wrestling. Nice touch.
----Show starts from Autozone Park with Maclin interviewing Derrick King and Johnny Dotson interview. "Too Kool 2" [Tim Grind/Flex] interview. Heat started on Flex after Flex was thrown out of the ring by DK. Flex came out of heat with "What'a Move" with hot tag to Grind. It turned into a fustercluck after that with Grind pinning DK.
----Joey Mercury comes out with Rockey The Redbird and Redbird cheerleaders. Mercury came off as a star. Barbarian vs Joery Mercury. Barbarian jumps Mercury before the bell rings. Good quick bout with Rockey distracting Barbarian and Mercury rolling him up for the pin.
----Kid Kash, Kevin White, Su Yung and "Big Stuff" Garry White come out. What a group!! They came off as big time stars and Yung looked fantastic. Rockey the Redbird and family comes out. I hate that crap. Koko Ware and Pat Tanaka interview backstage. Ware says he fell in love with Tanaka when he was in Florida, but he was not gay. Yes, he said that. LOL Tanaka talked a bit.
----Pat Tanaka/Koko Ware vs Kevin White/Kid Kash. Tanaka was wearing a t-shirt, long shorts and no shoes. That looked bad, but he still worked hard in the ring. Heat on Koko. White missed a Lawler fist drop from the second rope and Koko got the hot tag.
They cut Tanaka off to start a double heat..but Tanaka got a quick hot tag to Koko and everyone in the ring. Koko knocked Garry off the ring apron. Kash hit White with superkick on mistake and Koko pinned him.
----Test interview backstage. Test calls Jerry Lawler an old fossil. LOL I guess he seen the front cover of "Memphis Sport"?? Test vs Jerry Lawler. Typical old school Lawler bout. Lawler actually bodyslammed Test. Test got caught with a boot coming
off the second rope with Lawler making the comeback. Lawler pulls down the strap and goes at it. Buff Bagwell jumps in and they beat up Lawler. Bagwell not in as good of shape as expected.
----Lawler interview.
----Maclin ends show and talks about Teigland again. They show a news piece on him.
NOTES
----They advertised a show on August 30, 2008 at Shelby Farms on Walnut Grove [right down the street from Lawler's house] at the Delta Fair with Lawler, Eugene, Corey Maclin and Buff "the Stuff" Bagwell...Maclin announces that starting next week
at 11:00 AM on Channel 50 will be Memphis Wrestling. I enjoyed the show, but it might be because I haven't seen Memphis Wrestling for so long.
