[2000-10-28-MPPW-TV] Slash & Rob Harlem & Charlie Laird vs Brickhouse Brown & Bill Dundee & Spellbinder

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Power Hour starts with Corey saying we are going to get jiggy with it today. Baxter starts out the show and this is where he tells Dave that he has a big WWF star Tazz there today before their big blowoff in Jonesboro and shows clips of the Power Pro invasion of the MCW house show. Spellbinder and Brickhouse Brown doing a cosplay of Savannah Jack come out and say they are loyal to Power Pro but not Baxter so he better watch himself. Quick promos from Slash and Mo to set up the six man. Free wrestling at 1:00 in West Memphis at the Jeep/Chevy dealer. Match starts with all six duking it out before a short heat sequence. Mo actually pulls off a spinning leg kick which was impressive given his size. They work over Brown and it is good solid stuff. Slash hits the Whirley Bird powerbomb for a nearfall. Spellbinder is able to get the hot tag and all six are in the ring again. Cannonball senton on Laird from Spellbinder gives the faces the win. This was a pretty good representation of the top of MPPW around this time as far as their talent is concerned. Fun tv match. **

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Brandon Baxter is out at the top of the show and he’s the last person that Dave Brown wants to see as he holds him ultimately responsible for everything that’s been happening between MCW and MPPW.  Baxter thinks it’s unfair that he’s getting the blame, are they forgetting about Jerry Lawler or do they let it slide because he’s their almighty King?  He says how after MCW invaded them that they would regroup and turn up at their event later that night to show them how an invasion is done.  The tape then airs (a different angle to the one shown on MCW TV) of the Power Pro wrestlers arriving through the back door and ambushing K-Krush, Jerry Lawler and Tracey Smothers during the three way main event of the Shelby County show on 10/14.  Baxter compares himself to Norman Schwarzkopf, (just like Schwarzkopf put together a bunch of different countries and formed ‘the Allied Powers’ he put a coalition together), and says they might as well call him ‘Stormin’ Brandon Baxter because he put the crew together, all the personalities that don’t get along, they believed every word he said and they got the job done!  Spellbinder and Brickhouse Brown walk out to join them and as Baxter looks for a Hi Five, Binder leaves him hanging.  He explains that what he did that night was for Power Pro Wrestling, was for the people in this studio and was because he is Power Pro champion.  It was not for Brandon Baxter; he’s not his friend now and never will be.  Brickhouse thinks similarly, saying that he’s a “Power Pro player”, had the chance to bust some heads and any time he gets that opportunity he’s going to take it.  After telling Baxter that his involvement had nothing to do with him, the two of them leave.  Dave thinks that the coalition is looking weak but ‘Stormin’ Brandon is adamant that they’ll come around.  Baxter has one final thing to talk about, and that’s Jerry Lawler.  He goes on to say how Jerry Lawler likes to come out here and play Mr Big Shot, talk about being a WWF superstar and all his WWF buddies, but there are just as many guys, if not more, in the WWF who hate his guts and he’s got someone who’ll be in the studio shortly that hates Jerry Lawler just as much as he does, Tazz.  Although Tazz will be in Jonesboro this evening for the ‘Final Battle’, doubting Dave thinks it highly unlikely Tazz has got the time to be here but they’ll find out later.

A quick interview from the two six-man teams either side of the advertisements, Bill Dundee promising to blind Slash in his other eye.

Spellbinder, ‘the Superstar’ and Brickhouse don’t bother to wait for the bell and quickly empty the ring of their opponents.  Slash rushes Brick when he turns his back on him, however it is a Harlem sledge from behind that sees the match swing in their direction.  Dave says how Rob Harlem is “huuuuuuge” and that’s no understatement.  Wow, spinning heel kick out of him.  The heels go to work on Brickhouse who, on more than one occasion, needs the help of his partners to save him and break up a pinfall attempt.  Corey Maclin mentions how they’ve just received a video from WWF champion Kurt Angle who’s got a message for Randy Hales and they’ll be playing that later.  Laird telegraphs a backdrop but rather than make the tag Brickhouse opts to drop an elbow which Laird rolls out the way of.  After Dundee saves Brickhouse following an ‘Alleycopter’ Slash has had enough of his interfering and clubs ‘the Superstar’.  Brick is whipped into the ropes by Harlem, but comes back with a running crossbody at him  That disorientates Harlem and he ends up in the wrong corner as Brickhouse finally makes the tag.  The match quickly breaks down with everyone going at it and the official having lost all control.  Harlem accidentally clotheslines Laird and Binder with a somersault senton that sees the face trio pick up the win.  Before we’re done Dave once again reminds everyone not to go away as Brandon Baxter has promised that Tazz will be here shortly.