[2000-06-17-MPPW-TV] Wolfie D vs Blade Boudreaux

[soup23]

Wolfie and Baxter cut a promo to start. Baxter will give $1,000 to recoup the check from Spellbinder that he hasn’t cashed yet and $5,000 if you put Binder in the hospital. What a goof Spellbinder is for not cashing the check. The match here wasn’t much and really a greatest hits type display for heel Wolfie D. The ref gets bumped and Seven and Baxter both run interference allowing Wolfie to pick up another cheap win. I did really like Corey and Dave on commentary and Dave mentioning that while he is sure Wolfie is really proud to be the champion, he shouldn’t be because of the way he keeps winning. *1/2

[Tim Evans]

Wolfie cuts a good promo on Randy Hales before the match. I'm not sure why he needs Brandon but they work good together. Blade is pretty bad so Wolfie is on his own making this match presentable. Finish is the usual BS with Randy for a second week in a row playing second ref. That's getting tiring on the indies.

[GSR]

Lengthy highlights from last week’s show, and the situation involving Brandon Baxter, Wolfie D and the Spellbinder. Dave Brown thinks it’s a miscarriage of justice that Wolfie is still the Power Pro champion, when he’s interrupted by Baxter who introduces Wolfie. He talks about Randy Hales hating him being the champion of his prized company, and that he’s sent Ali after him, has sent Spellbinder after him and today he’s sending his TV champion after him. It doesn’t matter what he does though because he’ll remain the champion until he decides to retire. Spellbinder must be loaded mind as Baxter then informs us that the $15,000 cheque he paid him hasn’t been deposited yet. He wants it back and offers a $1,000 reward to the person who gets it for him, along with an additional $5,000 if they put Spellbinder in hospital.

 

Blade escapes a side headlock and they trade holds before Wolfie’s had enough of that and drills him with a right. Whip to the turnbuckle, Blade with a tip up over a charging D and he takes him down with a Russian legsweep. Hip toss followed by a dropkick, and Baxter is in there trying to help his man out. Boudreaux has him backed into the corner, but the distraction works as Wolfie hot shots Blade across the top rope (well that’s what was supposed to happen, he never actually made contact with the top rope!). Nice combination of strikes from Wolfie and a DDT for two. He misses the somersault senton off the top and Blade starts to fire back. After he reverses the Irish whip attempt, Wolfie with an airplane spin, however the swinging legs of Blade catch the official in his side, taking him out in a really weak looking bump. Boudreaux escapes the airplane spin, reverse DDT, though no referee. Baxter gestures for Seven to come and help, but that doesn’t go to plan as he accidentally clotheslines Wolfie instead. Blade with a roll up and here comes Randy Hales to play referee again, only to be attacked by Baxter just like last week. Wolfie nails Blade across the back of the head with his shin guard, ‘Rude Awakening’ and the official has recovered to count the three.

 

Although he fudged the clothesline across the top rope, and his dropkick wasn’t the greatest, I didn’t think Blade looked that bad here. What sucked the life out of this for me was that the closing stretch was the same as last week, complete with ref bump, Wolfie being taken out by one of his allies, being pinned twice but no-one to count the fall, Randy Hales interjecting himself into the match and playing referee, Baxter attacking him and finally Wolfie clobbering his opponent with his shinguard. These screwy finishes have long been played to death, but doing the same shit two weeks on the bounce? Oh, and that ref bump looked dreadful!