[2001-01-13-NWA Wildside-TV] Boogalou Crew (J.C. Dazz & Scotty Wrenn) vs Suicidal Tendencies (Adam Jacobs & John Phoenix)

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An NWA Wildside tag team title match with the Boogalou Crew putting the straps on the line against the number one contenders, Suicidal Tendencies, who tonight consist of Adam Jacobs and John Phoenix. The commentator states that that these are the two finest teams in the country bar none, which are some lofty words to live up to. The first move of the match is the ‘Boogalou bounce’ and Phoenix is alert enough to break up the pin otherwise this one could well have been over before it got started. High leg lariat by Dazz on Phoenix and this time its Jacobs doing the saving. Wrenn is in to help his partner and they have the ST backed up against the ropes. The Crew run at them, but while J.C. clotheslines Phoenix over the top rope to the floor, Jacobs ducks under Wrenn’s attempt and backdrops him to the outside. Huge stereo planchas by Dazz and Jacobs moments before a commercial break. We return just in time to see J.C. snatch Jacobs as he comes off the top, taking him down and applying ‘the Rings of Saturn’. He sees Phoenix coming to make the save, so let’s go of the hold and puts him in it instead. Jacobs isn’t getting away with it that easy as here’s Wrenn and its double ‘Rings of Saturn’. Combination drop toe hold/springboard leg drop to the back of the head by the Crew. Phoenix keeps hold of the arm after reversing an Irish whip, boot to the mid-section and a step up ‘Rocker dropper’. I’m not sure what he had planned next but Wrenn catches and launches him with an exploder suplex. Tag to Dazz, another Irish whip is reversed and this time Jacobs knees J.C. in the back from the apron as he hits the ropes. The shot doesn’t have much effect, but distracts him sufficiently for Phoenix to land a spin kick to the head. Double superkick for a near fall. Jeez another commercial break, are they for real? Spin around ‘X-Factor’ by Phoenix after a back kick low blow put a stop to the backslide. Dazz avoids the running Shooting Star, but Jacobs is busy once more from the apron, dropping him with a lariat as he tries to get back to his feet. Flying elbow off the top by Jacobs isn’t enough to put J.C. away. Bodyslam, but he goes to the well once too often, as this time Dazz crotches him on the turnbuckle before hitting a top rope frankensteiner. Jacobs makes the tag to Phoenix, but so does J.C. to Wrenn. ‘Blackhole slam’ on Phoenix. Wrenn clotheslines him to the outside and then turns his attention to Jacobs. Huge gorilla press slam into a facebuster. Sunset flip powerbomb to the hard wooden floor by Dazz (he tried a very adventurous leap off the back of Wrenn as he was on all fours but didn’t pull it off, so ended up executing it the conventional way). As the referee checks on both, Jacobs throws powder in the face of Wrenn. J.C. with a DDT on Jacobs, but then bumps into Scotty and the still blinded Wrenn powerbombs his own partner. ‘Cactus clothesline’ by Phoenix, although he doesn’t take Wrenn over with him and he has to roll under the bottom rope to the floor. Great near fall as Dazz kicks out of that powerbomb at the last moment. Desperation ‘Sky High’ on Jacobs. Wrenn has recovered from the temporary blinding and holds a chair in front of Jacobs’ face which J.C. dropkicks. They slingshot Phoenix into the ring, ‘Boogalou bounce’, but at the count of two Jacobs pulls the official out the ring to the floor. Dazz with a baseball slide to Jacobs, they then sit Phoenix on Wrenn’s shoulder and he’s got another chair which he’s holding in front of his face. J.C. climbs the turnbuckles for their top rope ‘Van Daminator’, but is pushed off the top by the Cole brothers and goes flying head first into the chair. ‘Bulldog jam’ by Jacobs and we have new tag team champions. Air Paris joins his Suicidal Tendencies buddies and the three of them celebrate their win together.

 

I don’t know if I would go as far as to say these are the best teams in the country, although based on this they are both very good and I liked this one an awful lot. There was some messy looking stuff in there (the spin around X-Factor, the initial sunset flip powerbomb), but it was all action and the effort was top draw from everyone involved. I was super impressed by Wrenn who is big, has the power moves, but also the agility and is a strong hot tag. How on earth did this guy go nowhere or at least not get a look at by the WWF? They didn’t have the mullets and we didn’t get a close up, but pretty certain this was the Cole brothers of WCW fame.

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Fun tag match. JC Dazz doesn’t seem very sympathetic but he played his role well and won me over by the end. Tag formula mixed with some more indie maneuvers. Wildside tv is easily the best quality that we get for any wrestling promotion besides WWF right now. ***