RassleResults: SUW McKenzie, TN 12.01.06

----Wildman beat JR Rich; Bonecrusher w/Little Hippie beat Wildman by hit a legdrop on a sign over Wildmans face; The Big Boys beat Jason Koresh & Twiztid- very hardcore match - The BOB powerbombed Twiztid thru a road sign set up on two chairs for the win and in the Main Event: RL Brimstone w/Tara St.Cloud beat Extreme Neal Dream-Brimstone hit Neal with a piledriver then Tara come off the top rope with a leg drop and Brimstone pinned Neal. ----Crowd was around 65 with a gate of over $300 with all proceeds going to the Lions Club of McKenzie…I was told it was real cold, but the crowd was loud and rowdy…This group does mainly a hardcore show [as you can see], but it seems to get over with the people that are there.

RassleResults TIWF Brownsville, TN 12.01.06

----Overkill def Exodus/AC Havoc/Blaze in a four corners match to become the new #1 contender to the TIWF TV TITLE; Wildside & Steven Rampage def. The Crime & Encore; PK Ripper over Weasel to win the TIWF Regional Heavyweight Title;Chris Lexx /Kaut!on over Maxx Corbin/Albino Rhino to become the new #1 Contenders to the TIWF Tag Team Titles and in the Main Event: Team Jawbreaker Jesse Dee [Jesse Dee, Lawman, & Hardknocks Hooligan[pic to left]] over Team Randy [ Ravishing Randy, Bodacious Brent, Blonde Bomber, Haywood Hustler, & Luscious Llana].

RassleBits: "OPP", RassleTalk, Awards, Starr/Psycho and first DVD release

----Just to let everyone know the “Original Picture Perfect” article was a total parody of not only this area of wrestling fandom, but wrestling as a whole. I thought it was so funny that Billy Gunn/Road Dogg [who I actually like] try to hold on to the past so much, just like the WWE. I thought up this parody at 2:30 AM in the morning and it was all written by me. Brian Thompson didn’t even know I was posting it until it was posted. For those that have written about it – thanks for all the good comments. I am glad I got you to laugh. The original fanzine [Rasslin Riot] probably had more comedy in one issue than the site for the last 6 months.

----As you probably noticed we have not had a “RassleTalk” segment the last two Fridays. My bad for not posting anything, but Axeman wrote “I regret that I cannot get another segment out of what I have. There is simply too much background noise to get anything of substance off the rest of the tape. I have done all I can to filter out the noise, but it's just no use. I am sorry.” I do plan to wrap up the interview with a few things that Jason Koresh and I commented on via myspace.com. I will post that sometime this week.

----Next Friday on December 8, 2006, I will start the countdown to the first annual RassleRiot Awards. I will give out at least 11 major awards voted on by the visitors of this site and a few fandom awards also. I also will be posting a “Yearbook” on January 14th, 2007 weekend with all the winners along with the top 10 grossing shows, and few other things.

----The parody feature had a stab at Starr/Psycho at the current controversy that came out of the LAW Thanksgiving show. Is that all that Kelly Warner is good for or what?? The Psycho’s match was supposed to be hardcore [vs Big Steve – no show] and then with Starr/Tatt2 coming in late, everything was thrown together as a 3 Way Dance. As I wrote in the Arena Report of the show, the match was bad. Starr had a few comments on his site.

----I am working final details for the release of the first rasslinriotonline.com DVD release of Seth Knight. If all goes well, we will be releasing in on December 12, 2006 and it will be available on this site for purchase. I have also been contacted by 3 or 4 more guys, so hopefully 2007 will be a good year for DVD releases.

Memphis Wrestling Spoilers For Next Two Weeks...

---Not sure what show these matches are unless I note it.

----There is finally a house show as they announced December 30, 2006 at the Mid-South Coliseum as this will be the last show there, since they are tearing the Coliseum down…Fire/Flame vs Starr/Kevin White burn Dustin Starr on first show; PP/Tatt2 vs Flash/Cowboys – Flash pinned Tatt2. PP/Ramsey Cahill vs Jethro/Fire/Flame—Starr/White came out with chairs, but then the Cowboys came out doing a possible face turn and screwing all the heat that they had on Starr/White…Simon Reed vs Derrick King [photo above with a mark]…Flash vs Bill Dundee…Johnny Dotson did a phone interview about his return and then everyone is praising the King interview on the second show on Dotson…Lots of yelling and screaming backstage over the Cowboys...These two shows were booked and written by Cory Maclin as Jerry Lawler was not there.

World AIDS Day

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RassleBits: McKenzie Tonight!!, ECW and Raven

----Shows for The Weekend add: Tonight Friday night!! In McKenzie, TN for SUW at the square in McKenzie with RL Brimstone, Buckwild Bill, “Hostile” Brian Michaels, The BIG BOYS, Twiztid, Jason Koresh [aka Void], Extreme Neal Dream, Bonecrusher, Tara St Cloud, JR Rich [yes he still wrestles] and more.

----This has been a slow news week, so I watched some ECW from 11.21.06, because I am a Hardys mark. Jeff looks a lot better than he did with TNA. Powerbomb neckbreaker from turnbuckle looked nasty!! Rob Van Dam still sucks on the mic and his acting is horrible. CM Punk has done something that no one thought he could do – make an impact in the WWE. Kevin Thorn vs Punk was ok. I have always liked Thorn. Kelly Kelly is hot and I like Ariel[pic to the left taken by Brian Graddis]. For shoot, Kelly Kelly is dating Test and Punk is dating Maria. One of my guilty pleasures has always been the Big Show. I loved it when he was smoking in WCW. The ECW crowd doing “What??” was stupid. Big Show was hilarious, “Leave it to Nassau being 5 years behind.” Lashley looked so small against Big Show. Holly really comes off as a total prick – which he is – but he is a damn good worker. Has been for a long time. Van Dam vs Holly was good.

----Raven was on “Between The Ropes” ESPN 720 AM this past Wednesday to promote MAW. Very strange interview. Raven in the end said, “A free click in the hang up game.” And hung up on them. I could not listen to the whole show as the hosts acted like a couple of high school kids that still think wrestling is a shoot. Raven was making fun of them and I am not even sure they knew it or not. I hate to say bad things about a site that actually plugs my site, but if you are on EPSN radio, why would you treat wrestling like a shoot?? KC Gold did get some air time, but I am not even
sure if it helped him or not.

"Original Picture Perfect" Answer Open Challenge by Brian Thompson

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Shows for The Weekend 12.01 to 12.03.06

ATTENTION: If you are a promoter, please send me the address of the wrestling building. I will then be able to Google map your show, just like I have done to a few of the shows below. I have fans that write this site wanting to know directions to different buildings every week. If I get a street address, then may apply it to Google Maps.

IF I MISSED YOUR SHOW, THEN PLEASE DROP ME A LINE. I WILL ADD IT IN A LATE FRIDAY EDITION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWS.

Shows for the Weekend

----Friday night in Brownsville, TN for TIWF @ the old National Guard Armory 7:30 PM bell time with Team Jawbreaker Jesse Dee vs Team Ravishing Randy, PK Ripper vs Weasel, Maxx Corbin vs Chris Lexx, Tank Tuner, Hotrod, Hardknocks Hooligan, Carnage Antwone and more.

----Friday night in Humboldt, TN for NWA Mid-South with “Picture Perfect” V2 [Jon Michael/Chris O’Neal], “The Cowboys” [Ricky Murdoch/Big Bill Nasty], Christian Jacobs [maybe], Gaylon Ray, Pat McGuinness, Eric Hayes, Jazz and more.

----Friday night in Osceola, AR for MCW includes The Hambones, Loose Cannon, Chris Hollywood, Big Daddy LaFonce, Derrick King, Flash Flanagan, “The Posse” [Simon Reed/’Lil Chris] and more.

----Friday night in Tupelo, MS for TFW has Tony Dabbs, “Pure Destruction” [Brody & Cody Hawk],The Gold Diggers, POPULAR [Shawn Reed/Ryan Williams]with Anita Page, Scott Porteau and more.

----Saturday night New Blood Wrestling @ Country Nights 1901 Saint John Ave - Bell time 7:30 PM in Dyersburg, TN – QuikSilver,Jeremy Moore, Sir MO, Tim Alfonzo, Tank, “All That” Alan Steele and more.

----Saturday night in Jumpertown, MS for JWS with Chris Styles, Little Stevie Davis, Homeless Joe, Mario, Devon Raynes, Dalton Storm, Kage, Cyrus, Chaz, “Cruzin’ 4 Pain” and more.

----Saturday night in New Albany, MS 107 McGill ST [right off the square] with XWO will have Storm, Scott Porteau, "Pure Destruction"[Brody & Cody Hawk],Thomas Knox, "Asylum" [Psycho/Wraith],Danny B, and more.

----Saturday night in Ripley, TN 207 Washington Street with TLCW – Christian Jacobs, Derrick King, Stan Lee, Flash Flanagan, Chris O’Neal, Jon Michael , Dustin Starr, Oz, Bishop, Kevin White, Pokerface. Bill Dundee and more.

---- Saturday night Batesville, AR at the Old Miller Gym for Main Event Wrestling. Admission is free Crazy Luke Graham Jr. & Gerry "Chubby" Graham Casino Kid, Scott Fury, Austin Lane, Ray Ray, Tommy Lane, The Danger Zone ( Hotrod Ellison & Danger Dave Foxx) and many more.

----Sunday afternoon @ 3:00 PM in Memphis, TN at the New Daisy Theatre with MAW with RAVEN vs Big Country, Reno Diamond, Big Ace, The Crime, Chris Lexx, High Society, Precious, Gabrial Stalker, Johnny Morton, Jason Skyler, New Blood, KC Gold, Scotty C and more.

HIGH FIVE FOR TLCW!!!

November 2006 may be the month remembered as when TLCW became the breakthrough promotion in the area. The shows have seen a slow increase from the first week of November drawing about 80 fans in the building to last Saturday night with 180 in the building. There was close to 500 people seeing the show in November. If the streak continues, then they could put close to 800 in the seats in the month of December. I have been told that TCLW puts on a real good show and the building has been re-done. “You got to come see the show!!” is what I have been hearing for the last few weeks. I said in the results earlier this week, “This group’s success can be contributed to a few factors with DCWF shutting down, some good booking [a lot of the boys are giving Flash’s help as props here] and some improvements of the building. Take a look at the roster – best local talent in the area” I ask the question “Why is Ripley drawing??” to the workers and fans of TLCW. I got the following, as I give TLCW a HIGH FIVE!!

“We do have the best cast of characters and gimmicks from the fun guys like me and “Lil” Chris, the assholes like Flash and Dustin Starr, the young guys that can bump like Tucker and Rockin Randy, the traditional baby faces like Girl Candy, Jon and Chris, extreme aerial artists like Stan, Tatt2 and Reno, the two best black wrestlers in the area hands down in PKO and Rude, the best refs in Bill Rush and Will Gibson and the best manager in Rashard. Something for everyone’s taste. Kevin White and Bill Dundee it can only help us as a company. I personally have put in a ton of work on the building not to mention Derrick, Tim Cummings, Tucker, Big Jerry, the boys themselves, the security guards, the families and people of the community have helped in getting the building ready. The owner, JC White, has been a great help in our transformation from a outlaw wrestling show into a business. He wants everything right no matter what costs. This is the best group of wrestlers and talent. I don’t care what anyone says we have always drawn and we always will. You know what I’m talkin about. We made the entertainment center, everyone wanted to work there. Now we just changed locations, dropped the dead weight and drama queens. The core of guys are solid more than any other I would even say WWE because we build it once and they took it away, we built it again and we lost it, now we did everything right. It’s our time and no one can stop us.” Simon Reed of “The Posse” [photo above posed with a mark]

“One of wrestling's oldest sayings.. right place, right time. A town that hasn't been ran into the ground plus the best roster in the area. Flash, Dk, Stan, Jon Michael, CJ, Chris, Seth.” “The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony

"The TLCW fans have an energy about them that make the boys work harder, week in and week out. You've got Flash Flanagan, Derrick King, Stan Lee, Picture Perfect, Chris O'Neal, The Posse, Tatt2, The Black Out Squad, Kevin White, Bill Dundee and of course me (Dustin Starr). Who has a better group of talent working for them every week? No one. It's an amazing roster." Dustin “Five” Starr [pic to right]

“Ripley,Tennessee is drawing because Derrick King works hard to keep continuing storylines and because this young man loves the wrestling business so much he goes the extra mile to make sure he keeps his fanbase satisfied. The owners of the promotion have given Derrick King a free hand to run the company. Bottom line is there is not many guys in the business like Derrick, this promotion would not be as successful with anyone else. I have been there for the past 3 weeks and I see the hard work that goes into making this show work, plus the talent isn't bad either.” Garry White

“I think the reason Ripley has become such a good show is the passion everyone has for wrestling from the workers to security to the owners, top to bottom it has been a group effort. Countless hours have been spent improving the building. It is the hard work and dedication shown by so many that has helped our show become as successful as it has become. We are not yet where we want to be, but if we keep workin, our goal is attainable.” “Lil” Chris of “The Posse” [pic to the left with the same mark]

----Thanks to everyone that responded to this question. I apologize for not using everyone’s comments, but I picked the top 5 – I didn’t want to mess up the HIGH FIVE gimmick. LOL

RassleChronicle: 11.25.06

----RassleChronicle covers the results of RAW/Nitro 10 years ago. This week is posted.I have also added a Herb Kunze Wrestling Tidbits column that was published at this time. This week's Kunze Tidbits has some interesting comments from Dave Meltzer about the 11/18/96 ECW November to Remember show.

RassleTube is Up and Running..TWO FREAKIN DAYS LATE!!!

----I am still having problems with www.youtube.com. It is ok when I add videos, but when I go and try the playlists, then I have problems. I am in the process of doing things a bit different with RassleTube, so just hang in there.

----RassleTube this week features one of my favorite bouts of all time along with Memphis Wrestling. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto–look at how many people were there!! I was around 20 years old when I first saw this match and I fell in love with Japanese wrestling. The girls juiced!! The scissors come into play with both women getting some hair cut. And, this is a perfect example of how you push the underdog. Chigusa gets very little in this bout. Watch the girls cry after the finish!! Freakin crazy stuff!!

----From 11.18.06 Memphis Wrestling: Grind/Flex take over Memphis Wrestling; Battle Royal for Southern Tag Team Titles; “Opening The Vault” with Lance Rusell – Jackie Fargo – please watch the second part as Corey talks to Fargo – so funny!!; Lawler vs Flash Flanagan; Lawler/White/Starr interview to promote next week.

Get My Point by Randy Cresswell

No break down this week, just calling it like I see it. I am in a very pissed off mood at the moment, so don’t look for to much for what is right with the “Sports Entertainment” world. Survivor Series was a JOKE this year. They officially made their Cruiserweight and Tag Team Champions look like jokes. Hell, the savage beatdown of Ric Flair couldn’t even get their heat back they had going into the PPV. The ECW PPV this weekend will more than likely be a joke as well and if they keep running ECW the way they are, a lot of people will be out of work and soon. The only reason you see an ECW is the fact that McMahon wants to keep Heyman around and OVW Booker wasn’t going to stretch that far.

By the way, end the damn draft now please, it no longer makes sense. For those tuning back in for the Hardy Boyz reunion have no clue what brand they are for now. Matt Hardy is a Smackdown guy on RAW and ECW, even going for a RAW Tag Team Title. They need to take the IC Title from Jeff now that they are together, just making it look like nothing after making it look awesome in the ladder match. When you don’t even have the talent or interest to spread through a 3 hour PPV, you need to re-think PPV’s until your TV show is decent.

I read somewhere they Vince wants better ratings…that’s all I can say, no line or comeback can amount to the line itself.

If TNA has the chance to make a statement and move up in the world, no is the time to do it. Will they? I cannot say that to be so. Let’s face it, they NEED two hours every week and they NEED to get some more angles in order that doesn’t involve who they have signed this week or next week. Build with who has been loyal to you, I can give Russo that much credit, loyalty is a big thing to him and he has an eye for what works…most times.

I can honestly say, with major hurt in my heart, that ECW was about the only good program I watched this entire week (might I add, I didn’t watch TNA), but for what I have seen this week, ECW was the only thing decent. 4 decent to great matches yet I think that it is sad this PPV is only being sold on two matches. I said it before and I say it again, re-tool your TV before you bother with a PPV.

Thanks and email me when you can,
ransting@gmail.com

The Ratings Are In!! Lawler continues streak!! A Closer Look at the Lawler Streak...

----Jerry Lawler continues his streak of losing viewers and the show does a horrible holiday number of 2.8 [45,777 viewers] overall. I try not to bring up any other show numbers, because I believe that wrestling is a niche program, so wrestling fans watch wrestling. But, with it being the holiday and one of the biggest football games of the year on TV, I would believe that the ratings were affected because of it.

----The show actually started strong at a 3.5 [57,595 viewers] with the Derrick King vs Foley bout and ended in the middle of the 10-Man tag. 10,986 viewers turned off the show after the first quarter and the next two quarters both scored a 2.8 [46,609 viewers] as the viewers watched for 30 minutes. Those two quarters featured the finish of the 10-man tag, the horrible Jethro bout and “Opening the Vault” on Lawler. The 4th quarter scored a 1.9 [32,127 viewers] with the Lawler/White/Starr vs Flanagan/Flex/Grind dropping 14,482 viewers. The 6th week in a row that Lawler’s live match has lost viewers and they also lost a disturbing 25,468 viewers total turning off the show from start to finish.

----The show was not good this week and then combined with this horrible numbers probably does not set well with the Memphis crew. I believe the fans turned on the show and watch the first quarter and said, “I am tired of watching TV and they are not putting anything on I want to see..”, so they turned it off. Numbers do not lie and the Lawler streak continuing along with them just losing viewers overall is not good. I think the overall number will bounce back next week, but it will be interesting to see if Lawler continues his streak.

A closer look at the Lawler streak…..

*9.30. 06 –“The third quarter dropped to 4.2 [70,579 viewers] decreasing 13,317 viewers. That quarter had the finish of the “Opening the Vault” segment and ended with the Brown/White/Lawler vs Cowboys/Foley bout.”

*10.07.06 – “The final quarter lost 22,639 viewers dropping to a 4.4 rating [73,575 viewers], which included the Derrick King interview and King vs Lawler.”

----Lawler was gone from 10.14.06 to 10.28.06 - a total of three shows. The biggest drop of any of those shows was from the 10.14.06 show – “The 4th quarter dropped 4660 viewers with a 4.4 [73,076 viewers] rating. That last quarter featured the “Opening the Vault” segment and the tag team title match.[ “Too Cool 2” [Tim Grind/Flex] interview. $5,000 vs Southern Tag Team Titles: Kevin White/Brickhouse Brown vs Flex/Grind ended No Contest.]”

*11.04.06 – “In the final quarter, which started with the finish of the Ford interview and ended with the 6 man tag featuring Jerry Lawler [Lawler/White/Starr beat by DQ Grind/Flex/Flash] dropped a whopping 11,153 viewers to a 3.9 [64,919 viewers].”

*11.11.06 – “The final quarter then dropped to 3.7 [61,091 viewers] for the Flex/Grind/Flash vs Lawler/Dustin Starr/Kevin White bout. That quarter dropped a surprising 18,507 viewers…..”

*11.18.06 – “The last quarter scored a 3.5 [58,427 viewers] dropping 23,138 viewers for rest of the King vs Tatt2 bout and Lawler vs Flanagan.”

----103,236 viewers have turned off the show for the last 6 times that Lawler has stepped in the ring LIVE on TV. That is an average of 17,206 viewers turning off the show. The sad thing is that the matches and storylines that they have turned off have been good. They have tried to get over some of the younger guys, but if the numbers drop like this it does not help them. Those most affected by these numbers along with Lawler have been Flex, Tim Grind, Flash Flanagan, Dustin Starr and Kevin White. Lawler could say that the fans do not want to see these guys, but as noted when he was gone for three weeks none of the matches dropped that many viewers. I have also been saying to put Lawler in another quarter [which I was reminded is not the thing to do with your #1 star], but Lawler did wrestle in the 3rd quarter on 9.30.06 when this streak started.

RassleResults TLCW Ripley, TN 11.25.06

----Pokerface beat Reno Diamond; Kevin White over Rude; Dustin Starr over Tucker by DQ, when Chris O’Neal jumped in; Derrick King beat Tatt2; Matt Foley over Seth Knight with Foley’s foot on the rope; Stan Lee by DQ over Flash Flanagan when Flash used a kendo stick. “The Posse” [‘Lil Chris/Simon Reed] beat “Cruzin 4 Pain” [187/Motley Cruz] with Tasha Simone in a “Graffiti Match” and “Picture Perfect” V1 [Jon Michael/Christian Jacobs] beat “Black Out Squad” [Oz/Bishop] [photo to the right] in a non-title match.

----These matches are probably not in any order as they happened, because I just wrote them down as I was given the results…Gate was in the $900 range with close to 180 people in the crowd. My gate from last week with this group was a bit off also, as I was told there were 150 paid last week -- $750 gate. This group’s success can be contributed to a few factors with DCWF shutting down, some good booking [a lot of the boys are giving Flash’s help as props here] and some improvements of the building. Take a look at the roster – best local talent in the area…”Graffiti Match” has four poles in all four corners. One pole has a paint can and the others do not. If you get the paint can, you win and can paint your opponent. Love that idea…Starr/O’Neal had another heated pull-a-part. Crowd was hot for this. Looks like they might be trying to build for Starr/O’Neal Cage match…PP got beat up and handcuffed by BO Squad after match.

Ronnie Spence Responds to Loose Cannon

This is a response to Loose Cannon’s attack on me. I talked to him and told him that I had called Pedro of the Hambones about the ring. He said he had heard that my show was cancelled and I told him it was not. On Saturday, November 11, Cannon leaves me a note telling me to call him at 8:30 PM. When I got the note, I called Tony Stone and Aaron Polston and ask them both if they knew why Cannon wanted me to call. Well a few days later Aaron Polston called me and told me that he thought that the reason Cannon wanted me to call is that they were going to tell me that I had no ring for the 11.18.06 show. I called Hambone and he said that he would rent the ring to me, but the more I thought about it the more I knew I had to get another ring.

Speaking of paying for the ring, I have always paid Hambones the amount we agreed on and if a show was cancelled it was because of a conflict in schedule – one show was cancelled and rescheduled because the ring didn’t show up. Yes, Cannon did help promote with NWF, but he did more damage than good. I would have a sponsor and he would say something like “we can get Jeff Jarrett in here” so far and so on – not for a $25 sponsor. I don’t think he meant to do damage. Cannon loves wrestling so much he wanted whatever promotion he was working for to be big. Funny thing I am so bad about paying workers, but yet I can get workers to work for me. So, I don’t guess I am too bad about paying workers. Workers know when they come to my shows there is no guarantee of pay. I wish there was.

I plan on doing 4 shows a year. When NWF was packing out Armories and Community Centers drawing crowds in attendance of 150 to 400 it was done because we put on good quality shows and didn’t run a town to death. We ran a circuit of about 6 to 7 towns and we had a good following that would follow us from one show to the next. We hit each town about every 2 to 3 months. That is what I plan to do later, but about 4 shows a year is all that can be a success. I am not here to get into any federation wars, but I am going to promote to the best of my ability and to bring good quality shows to the area. It really does not matter what other promoters do, because I don’t care. The fans will decide.

Ronnie Spence
NWF Wrestling

----This is will be all that is said about the NWF vs Cannon thing. I thought it was only fair to let Spence to reply since things had been said about him here. A few things I would like to add and don’t think I am taking sides here. I know that promoting is a very hard job and I will write stories on the actually events & such. The Hambones took the date with Spence before they were running regular ACW shows. I feel the ACW promotion was upset that they were working the NWF show and put pressure on them. Or made Spence think that Hambones were not bringing the ring. I was told as of Tuesday of that week, by Leroy Hambone – “I have not heard from Spence.” When someone leaves you a message – call them, not other people. The deal where Cannon may have told people about Jarrett. Well, that is normal for promoters to say that and is the truth if you can get enough sponsors. I am not telling Spence or anybody else probably reading this anything – but no matter what your pay record is – you will get people to work for you. And, finally, if the NWF runs another show with legends are guys like Austin Lane, they will get my ticket money.

RassleResults Arkansas Championship Wrestling Paragould, AR 11.25.06 New Champion!!

----Mini “Round Robin” Tournament for a chance at “Next Division” title – Deadly Dale beat Cody Daniels – Cujo beat Idol Bane –Dale beat Cujo to get title shot; Arnez beat Masked Menace; Hambones beat Blakster in a handicap match; Next Division Title Match: Big Indian by DQ over Deadly Dale and in the Main Event: Loose Cannon [photo to the right] won a Three Way Dance over Buster Johnson and Ed Love to win the ACW Title.

-----Crowd was around 60 with a $400 gate. A little down from previous shows, but can be contributed to the fact they had a show in Paragould last weekend and Thanksgiving weekend...Next show is December 9, 2006 with a can drive for the local Mission Outreach. If you bring a can of food, you will get a $1 off your ticket. They are suppose to be doing a bit with the local TV station, so this should draw a good crowd…Cannon has won the Next Division Title and the Heavyweight Title now with this group – what makes you think he is part of the booking??

RassleResults NBW Dyersburg, TN 11.25.06 New Champion!!!

----Real Deal Tim Edwards def. Gunner Thompson; Battle royal 2 crown new High Risk Champ - Last 2 were Phoenix X and Gaylon Ray both eliminated at the same time, match set for later on; ‘Lil Tim Alfonzo over AW James; Tank def. Kilo to win the vacant heavyweight title, but Kilo lasted more than 5 minutes meaning he beat the triple 5 challenge; Sir Mo vs. “All That” Allen Steele - ended in a time limit draw and in the Main Event: Gaylon Ray def. Phoenix X to win the NBW High Risk title.

----Allen Walker is doing the Commish gimmick now and opened the show announcing Seth Knight was stripped of the belt and Tank vs Kilo later for the belt…’Lil Tim Alfonzo, Slim Pickens, Gaylon Ray, The Kid, “Playboy” Jamie Lee, Gryffon X, D. Baron Malklavain and Pheonix X were all in the High Risk battle royal...After Tank beat Kilo, “Cash Flow” was celebrating calling for champagne to be brought 2 them, it was brought by Slim Pickens in a dress – “Cash Flow” claimed it was Jeremy Moore and pulled the wig off – Moore run in from the front door and cleared the ring of Cash Flow, and Jeremy took Bigg Moneys Hat!!!...Rematch with Sir MO vs Allan Steele next week as Steele came out for an interview to say he was best in NBW. [for shoot he is..LOL]…63 paid with around 80 in the building with a gate of around $315…I love the idea of Tank having the belt, but lost no heat for Kilo, since Kilo got a big pop for winning the challenge…I don’t believe Moore in the role of chasing all of “Cash Flow” away. I was told he got a big pop, but him vs Tank – not believeable…I have no idea why Steele vs MO would even happen. They should be wrestling some of the younger guys to help them get over.

Memphis Wrestling TV Report 11.25.06

----Corey Maclin joins with commentary. Maclin commentary was dubbed in from tapings last weekend. They did a very good job making the TV viewers think Corey was there live.

----Derrick King with Reggie B Fine over Matt Foley. This was pretty much a squash. Foley got to do a few moves. Fine/King beat up Foley after the match and Tatt2 made the save with a chair.

----“Picture Perfect”[Jon Michael/Chris O’Neal]/Tatt2/”The Posse”[‘Lil Chris/Simon Reed] over by DQ Fire/Flame/”Cowboys”[Ricky Murdoch/Bill Nasty]/Giggles. Bobo switch in and out with Giggles without Corey saying anything. Everybody looked good for this bout. “Cowboys” didn’t even look bad. ‘Lil Chris is green, but was well protected.

----Jethro wth Nate the Rat beat Drew Donavon. Nate the Rat called Jethro – “the Hillbilly Assassin”. I guess that is his big change in gimmick and name. Jethro uses a chain to beat Drew in a total squash. Not very good. Grady Watson comes out to tell Nate he seen Jethro use the chain. Watson pushes down Nate – Watson runs from Jethro. Horrible!!

----“Opening the Vault” with Lance Russell – Jerry Lawler is featured this week. Lawler clip with Lance telling story of a 15 year old Lawler would send in sketches into Russell of the Memphis matches. They showed some of the sketches. Lawler vs Terry Funk – no DQ match clips aired next. This is one of my all time favorite bouts. Next was video to “I Walk Alone” by Green Day, which I think was just an old video that they put a new song behind it. Next week: More Jerry Lawler.

----Jerry Lawler/Kevin White/Dustin Starr beat Flash Flanagan/”Too Cool 2” [Tim Grind/Flex]. Good match. Heat was on White with hot tag to both Lawler/Starr. Starr went outside the ring with Grind in the crowd. White got hit with a foreign object and Flex had him pinned, but White kicked out. Lawler then rolled Flash up from behind. Heels beat up babys after the match and left them in the ring.

RassleNotes: Tatt2 and ‘Lil Chris did a “Naughty by Nature” trademark double team drop down dropkick move on Bobo …Corey admitted he could not tell Bobo/Giggles apart, but he has been able to for weeks??...He also was calling Jon Michael – “Michaels”…Why does Jethro have to use a chain to win?? Why does he still come out to the Beverly Hillbillies theme, when he doesn’t want to be a Hillbilly?? I am confused???....Well, they finally broke their streak of 8 weeks – this was not a must see show. The 10 man was good, but had no meaning – why not try to start a feud with two of these teams?? The main event was the only thing worth watching on the whole show and maybe the Funk vs Lawler clips.

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Arena Report Thanksgiving Night Rector, AR 11.23.06

----Kevin White beat Chris O’Neal in a face vs face match. Just pretty much hold for hold with very little psychology. One point White started throwing some punches, but the fans really didn’t know who to cheer for. Nothing wrong—nothing special [*1/2]

----Jeff O’Neal announced at the front of the show that the promotion had not had tag team champions since May, 2005, so it was time to crown new ones. “Too Cool 2” [Tim Grind/Flex] were scheduled to wrestle “The Posse” [Simon Reed/’Lil Chris] [photo above with fan] with the winning team being the champs. Flex was not there, so the “Filthy Freaks” [Tim Grind/Matt Foley] from Ripley’s TLCW came out. Grind is real good on the mic and comes off as a total prick heel as opposed to the goofy role he does on TV. Foley is pretty good on the mic and has a good body. Grind does his spill and then “The Posse” come out and gets a huge pop. They are tons over and the match is set up for later that night.

----Chris O’Neal beat Seth Knight in probably the best bout of the show. Perfect psychology with Knight [to the left with fan] coming out to challenge anyone that would fight him as a heel. O’Neal got a good reaction, even though he had just got beat. They work real good versus each other. O’Neal won with a tornado DDT. [**1/2]

----Derrick King came out with Tony Gunn to do a build up for the main event. DK was talking to Gunn as Flash Flanagan jumped him from behind. They beat up Gunn until Bill Dundee made the save to set up Gunn/Dundee vs DK/Flash for the main event. As DK was leaving the ring, he punched some kid at the announcer’s desk as part of an angle. The kid has some kind of loose tooth gimmick and he was suppose to spit out his tooth to put over DK being a bad ass heel. DK, instead stiffed the kid in the nose, busting it and almost breaking it. Not cool. If you are going to set up an angle with someone, even though they might not be trained, then it is your responsibility to take care of that person. I was told DK told the kid he was going to punch him, [you know since wrestling is real] but no one thought that would be the case. If LAW was working with a coach or police chief of a town [as a lot of small promotions use as special refs or whatever], I don’t think DK would have stiffed them.

----“The Posse” beat “Filthy Freaks” to become the new LAW Tag Team Champions. Good psychology here as the heat was on Chris. Fans love these guys and were into the match. Well, they were into it until around the finish and it turned into a total clusterfuck. Chris finally ended up pining Foley with a top rope sunset flip as Foley was checking on Grind. Crowd popped like crazy for the win. [**]

----Psycho [pic to right with fan] beat Dustin Starr and Tatt2 in a 3-way Dance. Psycho got the biggest pop of the night with his entrance. And, that is probably the best thing I can say about this bout. LOL It was the a total clash of styles and was a total clusterfuck. None of the moves in the match looked bad, but it was more like what are they doing?? I think I could have seen a good match here if it was have been just a singles combo of any of three guys [Starr vs Psycho, Psycho vs Tatt2, Starr vs Tatt2], but due to a Big Steve no show and a few workers arriving after bell time, this is the match we got. Finish was good also as Starr had a chair going to hit Psycho with it after a ref bump and Tatt2 shitcanned, LAW’s Kelly Warner grabbed the chair to keep him from hitting Psycho. Starr turned around and Psycho got the roll up for the win as Warner counted Starr for the pin. Last two shows in a row that Warner has counted Starr out, so they are leading to something. [*]

----Derrick King/Flash Flanagan beat Tony Gunn/Bill Dundee[pulling DK's ear in pic below], when Flash pinned Dundee. Match was good with psychology with Flash/King getting heat on Gunn with false tags and just beating the hell out of Gunn. Crowd was into it and DK/Flash are flawless in the ring. Flawless is the key here as the finish was totally screwed and shows just how far behind Gunn is than the other 3 guys. Gunn had been shitcanned. Dundee is being pinned with his foot on the rope. [I am not 100% sure of how the finish was suppose to go, but this is how I THINK it was going.] Gunn was supposed to grab DK off the apron as he "accidentally" knocked Dundee’s foot off the ropes. Dundee gets pinned and mad, then turns on Gunn. BUT, here is what happened – Gunn did not make it to the apron on time, so Dundee just moved his leg and got pinned. Dundee just walked off after the loss with Gunn leaving with no heat whatsoever. [**]

ArenaNotes: I counted around 91 in the crowd with a gate of around $750…Tavian Hart came out and got tons of heel heat – I guess from his shitty job last time. I usually hate refs doing manager gimmicks or such, but Hart would be the perfect one to use doing something here…Good to see Aaron Polston and Del McKie at the show…A few people in this crowd really scared me. A few times during the show, I was sure they were going after Tim Grind and Dustin Starr, who both got great heel heat…’Lil Chris looked better than last time I seen him and will probably turn out to be a good worker. Foley needs lots of help. I have no idea how old he is, but does look older than me in the face. But, he has the body of 25 year old…Tatt2 looked as fast and solid as I have seen him. His talent is catching up with his speed now or maybe he is slowing down a bit….Psycho was set up for a run in for the main, so it looks as if he was making the save for Gunn…As you can tell, nothing great on the show, but there was nothing just real horrible. A good crew of guys – from decent to excellent – but just something did not click for everyone…I had a good time and thanks to LAW crew and cast – even you Bill Dundee. LOL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL VISITORS!!!