[2000-09-16-MPPW-TV] 'Evening the Odds III'

[soup23]

Evening the odds is essentially a Royal Rumble type match with a new wrestler entering every minute. These are always a good chance to get a survey of all the talent in the promotion at the time. Bill Dundee is returning on the Sept 30^th and Oct 7^th has Lawler back. Corey loves shouting Mr Personality. First pin in the match wins Dave explains to us which does provide a little bit of contrast. It is pretty convenient how this follows a 1 heel enters, 1 face enters structure throughout. Blade is doing double duty and he goes right after Khan. Derrick King has spent most of the time outside the ring which in a one pinfall to the finish match, it doesn’t seem like a sound strategy. After a few more minutes of mundane action with the competitors filing out of the ring, Blade picks up the win. Not an impressive showing for the roster depth of MPPW. *1/4

[GSR]

This is the third ‘Evening the Odds’ match we’ve had and each has been different to the other, with this being a combination of the previous two. The order of entrance for the participants is Myles Long, Bulldog Raines, Big Nasty Bill, Derrick King, Khan, Alan Steel, Jet Logan, Blade Boudreaux, Slash and finally the Spellbinder. Dave and Corey talk about the respective ‘good’ and ‘bad’ teams (ETO I) thus explaining why it’s always heel, face, heel etc., but that only one man can win (like in ETO II). With Long, Raines and BNB (who has totally ripped off Steve Austin with his look, complete with shaven head, goatee, black trunks, kneepads and boots, right down to a black leather waistcoat that he wrestles the entire match in) this came across as a jobber Royal Rumble at first until ‘Mr Personalitieeeeeees’ joins proceedings. DK takes a suplex on the floor at one point which goes above and beyond for a match like this. Slash enters carrying a crutch which he uses on members of the opposition. Steel fails to connect on the elbow where he springs backwards off the middle turnbuckle as Khan ducks out the way. ‘Oriental spike’ but Spellbinder comes to ‘All That’s’ rescue while Slash is digging his fork into King’s forehead on the arena floor. The ring slowly clears and Blade hits the ‘Gator Drop’ on Jet Logan for the win.