[2001-02-10-NWA Wildside-TV] Jimmy Rave & Lazz vs Caprice Coleman & William Wealth III

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The match is joined in progress with Coleman in control of Rave.  Twisting axe kick followed by a high leg drop to the back of the head, and Lazz is in to break up the cover.  Combination suplex/leg drop off the middle and this time Rave kicks out.  My first time on seeing William Wealth III and he looks like he got lost on the way to the library, accidentally ended up in a wrestling ring instead!  Spinning headscissors by Rave.  A miscommunication sees both men duck under non-existent clotheslines (someone clearly forgot their spot) and as Rave hits the ropes, Coleman pulls down the top one and he goes tumbling over it to the floor.  Caprice measures the superkick, catching Rave flush in the jaw.  Jeez, the ref then gets in the way as Rave goes to bounce off the ropes and he collides with him.  Wealth distracts the official allowing Coleman to choke Rave from the apron in their corner, although when he turns around he makes out as if he was just doing Jimmy’s hair, not trying to half kill him!  Desperation spinning neckbreaker on Wealth and this is the perfect time for Rave to make that tag.  Which he does, and as Lazz takes it to WW3 he’s stopped by referee Speedy Nelson who’d been distracted by Coleman and didn’t see the tag.  ‘Death Valley Driver’ by Wealth and Coleman with a big splash off the top rope.  Nelson is still trying to explain things to Lazz and by the time he finally sees the lateral press, Rave has mustered up enough energy to kick out.  He ducks the spin kick and a double clothesline sees both men go down.  Coleman tags Wealth and at the same time Rave with the tag to Lazz.  He’s like Ronnie Garvin in there the way he’s dropping them with single rights!  Leg drop/headbutt to the groin combination on Caprice, Lazz with the ‘Britney Spear’ on Wealth and Rave makes the cover for the win.

I thought this was a fair bit better than the Coleman/Rave singles bout with Rave doing a good job taking, and selling, the beating.  Wealth is up there as one of the most ‘unwrestler’ looking wrestlers of all time.  One thing that I do like about Wildside is we’ve a mixed bag of performers; all shapes, all ages, a wide variety of looks, there’s no cookie cutting going on here.  The screw up was bad, but this is a definite step in the right direction for Rave.