First Match of the night was “The Suicide King” Ray Ray taking Tommy Gunn. Before the opening bell could ring Ray jumped Tommy as he entered the ring. Ray tried to use some of his dirty, underhanded tricks like the sucker handshake, and many more. Gunn was not going to go down without a fight; Tommy even went to the 2nd rope and delivered a huge elbow to Ray’s chest. Being The Suicide King, Ray managed to fight back and delivered a Frog splash to Gunn. After 10:55, the power of Tommy Gunn was just too much and his hand was raised in victory.
The Second Match of the night was “California Dream” Christopher Lee taking on Big Al. It didn’t take long for these two men to go straight to throwing fists back and forth. Lee then decided to work Al’s neck by giving him a bulldog and D.D.T causing Big Al’s game plan to be really off course for the night. Al was able to regain his edge by delivering his huge leg drop to Lee. Al really thought he had the match going his way, but Lee used an Illegal Choke to slow Al down again. Both men were pulling out all the stops; they even collided in the center of the ring as each man went to deliver a clothesline to the other. After 8:38 of the match “The Suicide King” Ray Ray came running into the ring and jumped Big Al. Lee and Ray were beating Al down when “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne came to the rescue of Big Al, and that sent Lee and Ray running to the back. Al was declared the winner by D.Q. Big Al then grabbed the mic. And said next week since the Tag Team Tournament is set to begin; Al asked Tommy if he would be his partner in the tournament? Tommy said he would be his partner, but warned Al if he crossed him or screwed him over that Big Al would never be able to get inside the ring again!
Third Match of the night was newcomer “The Prime Time Player” Zane Richards taking on veteran “Hot Rod” John Ellison. This was the first time for Richards to wrestle in M.E.W and was out to be proving himself. Richards was very impressive with his high impact and huge power moves inside the ring. But taking on a true veteran like Ellison is no easy task, as Richards would soon find out. Ellison changed his style from high flying to ground and pound style for this match, keeping Richards on the mat a lot of the match as Ellison worked on Richards left knee. This really shut down Richards Huge Power Moves, allowing “Hot Rod” John Ellison to set “The Prime Time Player” Zane Richards up for his Super Kick. In a time of 8:10, “Hot Rod” John Ellison was able to score the win.
The Semi-Main Event of the night was another newcomer to M.E.W, Sgt. Shakedown taking on “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne. Right after the opening bell the fans started chanting “Barney” to Sgt. Shakedown seeing that he wrestles in a police uniform. This chant enraged Shakedown and he used his night stick behind the Ref’s back to choke Wayne down. Shakedown was out to make a name for himself here in M.E.W by just blowing through and quickly beating “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne. Wayne being a seasoned pro that he is was not going down without a fight. Tommy welcomed Shakedown to M.E.W by delivering some Hard Right Hands to the head of Shakedown. Sgt. decided he needed a brake and went to the outside, but Wayne chased him back inside the ring. Neither man backed up an inch going full force against the other. They even took the match outside the ring where Wayne gave Shakedown a big Suplex on the concrete floor. Once the ref. restored order Wayne had the match in control, but as he went to deliver a running shoulder block to Sgt., Sgt. moved causing Wayne to hit the Steele ring pole. But after 10:58, “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne was able to hit his Frog splash and get the win.
The Main Event of the night was a Battle Royal, and the winner would get a shot at the M.E.W.A World Heavy Weight Title next week. Tommy Gunn was the first man in the ring followed by “The Suicide King” Ray Ray, and then Big Al, “The Prime Time Player” Zane Richards, “Hot Rod” John Ellison, Sgt. Shakedown and the last man in was “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne. With all the great superstar’s inside the ring, the bodies were flying everywhere looking much like a car wreck. There were no friend’s in this match; it was every man for themselves wanting that shot at the gold next week. Sgt. Shakedown was the first man out the battle royal. He was followed by “The Prime Time Player” Zane Richards. With two men out of the ring, the bad blood really came out between some of the M.E.W stars. Ray Ray, Tommy Wayne and Big Al were beating each other with all they had, while John Ellison and Tommy Gunn stood back in the corner’s waiting and watching for there shot to elimanate one of the other men. “Mr. Playboy” Tommy Wayne was the next man to be thrown over the top. The next man out was “Hot Rod” John Ellison, when Ellison hit the floor; it was a very sickening sound. Ellison had to be helped to the back, not being able to stand upright. The next man to hit floor was Tommy Gunn, leaving Big Al and “The Suicide King” Ray Ray to battle for the shot at the gold. These two men picked up from where they left off from earlier in the night when Ray jumped Al. Al started beating Ray down with his huge power moves and tossing Ray around like a rag doll. Big Al had Ray up in a Monkey Slam ready to toss him to the concrete floor below, but Ray managed to catch the top rope and pull Big Al over with him causing Al’s feet to hit the floor first. After 15:05 “The Suicide King” Ray Ray managed to out last and get the victory. So next week it will be “The Suicide King” Ray Ray challenging Kid Nickels for the M.E.W.A World Heavy Weight Title.
As promised an update on the Casino Kid. A statement was released by the M.E.W.A commission Casino is still under Dr.’s care and may be able to return as soon as next week if his ankle continues to heal.
The crowd was down a little this week with 226 people in attendance.
when I first started doing this site in this area. This article was published in March of 1990 and gives you an insight on what the “smark” community was like in the beginning. This was even before the big internet surge that all the promoters blame on killing kayfabe. Memphis are was like 20 years behind when I started my site. CLICK HERE to read Dan Lark's article.
nett of Vince McMahon. I think this was on a cover of one of the issues, but going thru the stack of stuff I have I could not find the actually date. This other piece of the top wrestlers is from early 1990 and as you can see, I didn’t do badly with some of my picks. Lawler was just doing Memphis and Indy work at the time. Funk was doing indy work also. Who would have ever thought he would end up in the WWE?? And, my top guy was a guy that was so talented. I only had the privilege of meeting Eddie Gilbert a couple of times, but this guy was a wrestling genius. He is missed. What ever happened to the Golden Idol and Ricky Rice??
