[2000-11-11-MCW-TV] Lance Cade vs Tracy Smothers

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Highlights of another match from the big Jonesboro show on 10/28. Fabulous Rocker (now going by his real name of Chris Rocker) is again the referee which kinda makes you wonder what the MCW officials are playing at considering what happened last time! Rocker gets involved early; tripping Cade up on a criss cross spot, at which point ‘Sexy Boy’ plays to an almighty pop and out walks Shawn Michaels. Although not shown here, before the match got underway Rocker had ejected the rest of the ‘Kliq 2000’ from ringside because they didn’t have a manager’s license. As luck would have it, HBK says that on his way to Jonesboro he stopped off at the Manager’s License store and picked one of those manager’s licenses up! He’s therefore going to take a seat at ringside himself and make sure that Rocker calls this right down the middle. Cade and Smothers have a great little technical wrestling exchange ending with Tracey complaining that Lance pulled his hair and grabbed his tights. It’s a different matter altogether now that HBK has got his eye on him though, as Rocker says that he didn’t see anything and after Smothers shoves him, gives him a shove back. Tracey sucks chant that he starts dancing along to! After a top rope lariat, Rocker stops his count at two clutching his shoulder. Lance confronts him, but with his back turned to his opponent, low blow by Tracey. Rocker goes to give him another superkick, however this time Cade ducks under it and Michaels nail’s Rocker with a cracker of his own. Lance with a chokeslam followed by a leg drop off the top and, with Rocker still KO’d, Shawn Michaels counts the three. The other members of the Kliq are back out and celebrate with Cade before they all thank HBK.

 

No rating from me on this one due to the clipping, but I liked what we saw. The trading of holds at the start was great and we also saw the same intensity on Cade’s comeback (admittedly the exact same stuff) as on the TV match from 10/28 before the chokeslam/leg drop finish. I imagine the unedited version would be pretty good.

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They barely start wrestling when HBK comes down to a big pop and HBK chants. Shawn says he is going to be the enforcer on the outside to ensure no shady business happens. Rocker is now an even steven referee for the most part. Match only lasts a couple of minutes before Rocker gets knocked out and Cade hits a huge legdrop with Shawn counting the pin. Spanky, Dragon and Shooter come in and Cade says they are the first four graduates of the HBK Wrestle Academy and thank him for his support. ¾*