PeteF3
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Where do you get the AU-DA-SATAY to think you can wear the gold??!
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Double-ugh. It was a routine promo before that needless bit of horseshit.
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Tatum dodges a dropkick in the corner by Todd Overbow who crotches himself on the turnbuckle. Tatum profusely apologizes for this and rather guiltily pins him. He gives him an apologetic hug after the match, then superkicks him when he turns his back. Then he takes exception to a ringside fan calling him a jerk and fucking HEAVES Overbow directly at the fans. And he didn't throw him "into the crowd," he threw him AT people--presumably honest-to-God paying fans. Then Tatum apologizes again and runs to the back. Now I'm really wishing we could see what Jerry Jarrett could do on a national stage, at least when he still had some zip on his booking fastball. The Memphis and Texas promotions are putting out what are easily the two most fascinating angles of the moment.
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Fritz Von Erich's horsefaced son was carried out last night with a bad neck. Kerry's last match for the promotion was 7/7, as I remember reading the other day--Pringle hypes up another Kerry/Borne match, then declares that Chris Von Erich can have his debut match against him and produces a set of Chris' first wrestling trunks which is basically a thong. Pringle's bug-eyed act is so much better now that he's playing a nutcase for a rather low-rent promotion than trying to act as the dignified manager of a "World Champion." IT'S YOUR FAULT OLD WOMAN, IT'S YOUR FAULT PUNK, IT'S YOUR FAULT FRITZ, IT'S YOUR FAULT DORIS.
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The Wrestling Fan's Hotline is YOUR hotline.
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Austin is getting better on the mic, though he's not really comfortable when it comes to spinning a yarn--he's better interacting with the crowd or abusing Craig Johnson. Jeannie reminds the women watching that she doesn't get her dresses from Kmart or Target, and asks how they feel when they look in the mirror and see what they ate for breakfast hanging off of them.
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A whole lot to digest here. Akbar doesn't exactly aim high if he's "dreamed at night" that Jeff Jarrett & Jeff Gaylord is the greatest tag team of all-time. Jarrett suckers Akbar into doubling his signing bonus to become the newest member of Devastation Inc. Jarrett is immediately swapped in for Sheik Braddock in a tag match later on, against Billy Joe Travis and somebody named Usher. I've heard stories but it really is indescribable how awful Jeff Gaylord is. Jarrett talks him into posing for everyone and gets him open for a shot to the jaw, which leads to an alleged Travis pin, even though Travis hops up and starts celebrating after Bronko Lubich has barely counted one. Then later Brickhouse Brown revealed that he got Akbar to pay him $15,000 because he's the leader of the Uptown Posse, and Reggie B. Fine and Sweet Daddy Falcone work for him. That doesn't go well for Brickhouse as the beatdown is on, and yeah, I had trouble figuring who the heel was supposed to be also. The two-on-one and Akbar's attempted burning of the cigar I guess clarifies that, as Jeff Jarrett makes the save. Akbar and Brazelle negotiate for the upcoming Sportatorium card: Jarrett and Brickhouse will put up $5,000 apiece in a tag match if Akbar puts up $10,000 of his own, winner take all. Then a Craig Johnson insert to tell us that Brickhouse Brown will not make the card due to the death of his father. Jeff Jarrett is then facing somebody in Devastation Inc. and I guess Johnson had another assignment because Percy Pringle is back doing the announcing and is doing it as a babyface(!) again. Jarrett gets the pin but all of Devastation Inc. swarms him afterward. Chico Torres comes into the ring and RUBS HOT SAUCE into Jarrett's eyes. They sell this about as well as they can as a fan provides Billy Travis with water to soak a towel with, and I know the pain of getting habanero pepper residue in the vicinity of the eye, but...yeah. Kind of a weak-sauce angle (ducks tomatoes).
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The Tatum/Tessa feud has made its way to Memphis! Tony Anthony failed to collect the $10,000 bounty on Bill Dundee as a result of kicking the referee, but he gets another chance Monday night. A confrontation between Tessa and the Dirty White Girl is teased.
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Very quick video, with Jarrett wrestling the Dirty White Boy and teaming with Bigelow against Fuller & Lee, climaxing with a spanking of Sylvia.
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There are definitely worse options to deliver this particular message than Lawler.
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Lawler promises to expose the Snowman as a bum again, and for good measure says he'll knock what's left of Leon Spinks' teeth down his throat if he gets in his way. Spinks milked that "Man Who Beat Ali" rep for all it was worth. "You couldn't beat me if you had a knife and a gun, which you probably do." That gets the crowd going, and Snowman produces a hubcap to class this segment up some more. Snowman is a lurking threat outside the ring for Lawler's subsequent match, and eventually hops in and another shoot-looking brawl erupts. Eddie Marlin and security break it up and Lawler is escorted to the back. The action is still awesome but I liked this feud a lot more when Lawler and Snowman were two guys with a fundamental disagreement instead of Lawler being an arrogant heel and Snowman being whatever he's supposed to be now.
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Lawler has Downtown Bruno, Ronnie P. Gossett, *and* Reggie B. Fine in his corner. That's enough to distract Kerry long enough for Lawler to torch Snowman with a fireball and get the eventual 3-count. More redneck UWFI and they actually manage to work a freaking fireball spot into this seamlessly! Lawler's really tight cradle still gives off the shoot vibe.
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Pretty much the same ad as before.
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COME BACK HULK. Brother Love will be in the corner of the Kingdom of the Madness for upcoming house shows, to counteract Elizabeth.
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"These guys can notes higher than Ella Fitzgerald sitting on a tack!" The Freebirds blather about their tour of Europe and make threats towards the Southern Boys--then switch gears and call out both Doom and the Midnight Express. Cornette freaks out and tries to make nice until they leave, then gets all pouty about how he tried to be nice to them, but the Midnights can beat them anyway.
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THE SUPERHEROES ARE HERE! Seriously? Arn Anderson fails to defeat Rocky King.
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Oh, sweet Jesus, just the man to bring some youthful pep and workrate back to this promotion, Thunderbolt Patterson. At least there's some history between him and Ole. T-bolt cuts his standard "Ooh, I'm about to swear--no I'm not" promo and amusingly uses the same simile Kerry used in the previous segment about stink on...OOOOOH. 1990's Worst Angle continues. If this is the New Era beginning, then let's go back to the old one.
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"Percy Pringle...Chris is gonna be on you like stink on shit!" Cool opening promo aside, this is the least of the Kerry/Borne matches as most of the focus is on Chris and Percy, to the point where Kerry and Borne are actively fighting outside of camera range so we can see what the seconds are doing. Percy tries to handcuff Chris to the ropes and gets cuffed himself, and then Tony Borne--where'd HE come from??--gets knocked down somehow. DCOR and this peters out rather quickly.
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Good finish with both guys getting airtime on their top-rope moves before Adams hits a top-rope clothesline for the pin. Jeannie runs down and tosses a chair to Austin after the match, but as she makes her way to the back, Toni is blocking her path with a kendo stick. Jeannie gets a few shots before heading to the safety of the ring, where Austin cuts Toni off, takes the stick, and has Jeannie beat her down with it! Then she gets in a few shots on Adams for good measure. Toni and Chris are left laying yet again. A true "holy shit" angle that takes this feud to another level--I really wish Lowrance had been around to call it.
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Tatum tearfully offers to top Bill Dundee's marriage proposal with a diamond ring of his own. Before the match, he reveals he has been reading self-help books and is, yes, a CHANGED MAN. "Bill Dundee, I really have nothing against you, except you stole the woman I love and you're really not a good person." Suddenly the match starts and after a few handshakes, Tatum is in fact a CHANGED MAN--suddenly channelling Jimmy Valiant and hugging everything that moves. His goofy smile after Bronko Lubich avoids him is right out of a Mentos commercial (or Dave Grohl parodying one). Tatum overdoes this past the point where you think he's merely setting Dundee up...then as soon as Dundee accidentally knocks Tessa over he blasts him with a chain for the pin and the Southern title, and immediately takes off with the belt with no regard for Tessa at all. Absolutely glorious.
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Atlantis-Dandy is the big focus here, or rather Dandy running from Atlantis as much as he can. The LONG Azteca/Dandy sequence is so fucking gorgeous without looking overly rehearsed, and Dandy just saying, "Screw this" was an unexpected capper.
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No race-baiting in the pre-match promo, mercifully. JYD's entrance would have had a lot more effect if the jazz band had come out with him live. Actually the match starts fairly hot, and JYD certainly knows how to draw in a crowd, but...yeah. He's not interested in selling anything and despite some smoke-and-mirrors spots like the chairshot, Flair can't save this. A Horsemen beatdown is broken up by the Dudes With Attitudes, both here and again in Sting's post-match promo. -
Not the Horsemen's night at all.
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Luger doesn't get a promo nor does he even bother to bring his U.S. belt to ringside. He does jump around pretty well for a guy with a bum knee. Horsemen sneak attack, clothesline, thank you, drive through.
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Green screen promos and wrestler logos--the SNME-ization of the Clashes continues. I think Cornette and both teams are selling this match short if that's how they felt. There were a few moments where the execution was noticeably off, but nothing too bad. The Morton-in-peril segment was a little short (but boy, what a fucking awesome transition to get there, with the huracanrana attempt countered by Eaton off the top) and the finish kinda blew. Otherwise I don't think this was at ALL far behind the WrestleWar match--the new shit was pretty awesome shit and Eaton was an absolute monster here, between his offense and getting thrown from the apron to the guardrail again. A more-than-worthy additional chapter between these two teams.