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The lovely Beth Paige kicked off the
night by singing her incredible rendition of the National Anthem. KIX 106's
Brian Elder was the special host and ring announcer for the night's festivities.
Elder tried to get the ball rolling, by introducing "Outlaw" Don Bass, but he
didn't do a good enough job, so "Hollywood" Jimmy Blaylock came out to show him
how it's done.
Opening Match-"Outlaw" Don Bass managed by "Hollywood" Jimmy Blaylock vs
King Cobra-
Elder billed Cobra as coming in, "All the way from Memphis". Thought that was
funny, considering they were in Memphis. Bass started the match by wrapping up
one of his trusty chains. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough on this night for
Paw-Paw...I mean, "Outlaw" Don Bass, because as "Hollywood" distracted Cobra,
Bass tried to nail Cobra with a devastating punch, but the speedy Cobra ducked
out of the way, with Bass knocking Jimmy off the apron. Cobra rolled up Bass to
get the win.
"Dangerous" Doug Gilbert made his way out with his baseball bat, kendo stick,
and towel over his head. Doug said he noticed that during his entrance that
there was not too much cheering going on and a lot of stupid people booing. He
gave them a quick history lesson on his family and then said he was tired of
talking to ignorant and stupid people.
Jerry "The King" Lawler walked out and said that I think we all know a lot about
the history of Memphis Wrestling. The crowd erupted with Lawler chants. Jerry
informed Doug that his opponent for his Hardcore Match, "Grandmasta Sexay" Brian
Christopher was on the way and only twenty minutes away. Lawler remembered Doug
and his late brother, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert running him over at Channel 5 to
which Doug replied the only mistake they didn't make is they didn't kill him.
Doug challenged Jerry to come on down to the ring and get him some. Jerry said
that he's already got one big match tonight against "Psycho" Sid Vicious.
Gilbert then told Lawler that he's a lot like these fans, "A big chicken" and
did the chicken dance that was rather amusing. This brought Lawler down to the
ring. Doug was taking it to him until Jerry low blowed him while attempting ten
punches in the corner. Gilbert would abort and claim that as always, Lawler had
to jump him from behind. Gotta a kick out of that considering they were talking
to each other and Doug watched him get in the ring.
Elder announced that Brian Christopher had arrived at the building.
"The New Nature Boy" Kevin White and the ever so beautiful Su Yung made their
way out. Kevin informed everyone that Su Yung's opponent for her Divas Match,
Misty James, was not going to make it and demanded that Referee Jerry Calhoun
raise Yung's hand and declare her the winner. Calhoun did just that. Then, Kevin
and Su called out Jerry Lawler and his stunning girlfriend, Renee. Su Yung took
a cheap shot on Renee and ran into the ring. Renee followed. Oh boy!!! This led
to one wicked, AWESOME catfight.
As Kevin White and Su Yung were trying to leave the ringside area, Kevin was
told not to go anywhere because his opponent is coming out. They announced his
opponent. It was none other than Everybody's Favorite Wrestler, Dustin Starr!
2nd Official Match-"The New Nature Boy" Kevin White with the adorable Su
Yung in his corner vs Dustin Starr-
This was a good match. Dustin got everyone to start calling Kevin a chicken. The
Asian Goddess, Su Yung, made her presence known by choking Dustin in the ring
ropes and while he was in the corner. She also tripped Five Starr up while he
was running the ropes, during an Irish whip. In the end, it was Kevin White
picking up the win after striking Starr with a chain.
During intermission, Grady Watson brought out a ton of weapons for the Hardcore
Match. Coincidentally, it was during this time that we heard from the Founder
and President of F.F.U.N., Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives, and the Stop The
Killing program, Stevie Moore. Probley could have picked out a better time to
talk about this instead of when they were loading the ring with all sorts of
dangerous and barbaric weapons. Just throwing that out there.
3rd Match-Hardcore Match-"Dangerous" Doug Gilbert managed by a Pimpin'
"Mr. Big Stuff" Garry White vs "Grandmasta Sexay" Brian Christopher
Before the match, Brian brought a kid into the ring to help throw out some of
his chains and bandanas. Doug Gilbert asked if this was some kind of an auction
or flea market. Christopher kept right along giving out stuff until Gilbert
jumped him and threw powder in his eyes. Doug was on the attack and grabbed the
mic, telling everyone that nobody was dancing or saying "Grandmasta" now! The
ring was filled with all sorts of goodies, which included: a baseball bat, kendo
stick, tire, light, fan, chain, barbwire bat, and a weed eater. Brian hit Doug
with a low blow using the kendo stick. Doug fought back, piledriving Brian.
Christopher picked up the barbwire bat, but Gilbert hit him with a big boot.
There was several more low blows to Doug's jewels, using barbwire and the weed
eater. Brian Christopher won, after coming down on Doug with a chain from the
top rope. Following the match, a beaten and disappointed Doug Gilbert couldn't
help, but to hear the crowd chanting, "Cry, Baby, Cry!" That didn't help
matters. Garry White took Doug the mic. Doug said, "If you people don't show me
the respect that I deserve, I will leave and never come back to this town! I'm
not a cry baby!" As they were leaving, Garry White was getting into it with
Grady Watson, who was sitting in the crowd. Brian Christopher came back out and
asked these people if they were tired of seeing his ugly face. Brian told Doug
to leave if you want to. The fans chanted, "Go home!" as Doug started walking
through the crowd. Brian jumped Doug and took him back in the ring. As Gilbert
was down in the corner, Christopher went bowling with the tire. Afterwards,
Christopher said that wrestling is here at Minglewood Hall for good.
Jerry "The King" Lawler came out and thanked everyone for coming out and braving
the weather. One of the funniest moments of the night was when Jerry said that,
unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about the weather. One fan yelled out,
"Yes, you can, Jerry!" Hilarious!
Feature Attraction-Jerry "The King" Lawler vs "Psycho" Sid Vicious
"Psycho" Sid Vicious made his way out, talking about how Jackie Fargo and his
girlfriend always helped Lawler beat him. He said Lawler's girlfriend was ugly.
He also covered the fact that he was mad the location had changed and the show
did not take place in his hometown in West Memphis, Arkansas, which was the
original plan. This led to a group of Arkansas chants. Sid brought out Buzz, the
special guy at the gym from Sid's latest promos, and said this could be the next
Jerry "The King" Lawler. A paranoid Sid said Jackie Fargo was in the crowd,
somewhere.
Jerry Lawler brought up that Sid had promised if he lost, he would give everyone
in the arena their money back. Sid said that was back when the match was going
to take place in West Memphis. Lawler kept nudging away at Sid to keep his
promise until, finally, Sid accepted. Sid said, "I'll do it! If I lose I'll give
every stinkin' pig their money back!" He said that Buzz, his number one fan, was
there and he had to accept the offer, in order, to not let him down.
Once the match got underway, Lawler delivered a series of takedowns, telling Sid
he was that close. The crowd was going bananas during this one. Sid took over,
delivering some pain to "The King". Jerry made a comeback, pulled the strap down
and started punching Sid. One of these punches was more of a Shane McMahon
phantom-like punch that saw Sid falling before Jerry even threw it. That was not
pretty. Buzz jumped on the apron to distract and threw in a chain to Sid. Sid
hit Jerry with it and then threw it back to Buzz, behind the back, while Referee
Jerry Calhoun counted to three. That looked cool. So, Sid didn't have to give
anyone their money back.
Brian Elder said it was time to name the Sign of the Night, so we took a look at
all the great signs in the audience. Then, the winner was announced. I believe
his sign said Jerry Lawler is No. 1. It was a fluke! I call shenanigans! XOW's
own Jason "The Brain" was in attendence and agreed that I was indeed robbed. The
Good Call/Bad Call sign should have won.
Main Event-10-Man Over The Top Battle Royal, $10,000 Going To The
Winner-
The partcipants included: Jerry "The King" Lawler, "The New Nature Boy"
Kevin White, "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert, "Psycho" Sid Vicious, Buzz, "Grandmasta
Sexay" Brian Christopher, Dustin Starr, King Cobra, and Chris Williams.
Total number of combatants:9 in a 10-Man Battle Royal....Uh?
Order of Elimination:
Kevin White, Chris Williams, Buzz-Thanks to Jerry Lawler, who dedicated the
elimination to the group of Sid fans, Dustin Starr-Who was eliminated when Brian
Christopher pulled up his thong, delivering a wedgie and hurdling him over the
top rope, and King Cobra
We were down to the final four with Jerry Lawler, Sid Vicious, Brian Christopher
and Doug Gilbert. Sid and Lawler tied up, while Brian and Doug continued their
bitter war with Brian beating Doug with a belt. Gilbert retaliated, grabbing the
belt and choking Brian as "Cry Baby Cry" chants filled the building. Brian
kicked Doug in "the Gilberts" (David Burcham quote copywright 2009) for the 20th
time. Poor Doug. Lawler eliminated Sid by dumping him over the top rope, but
Referee Jerry Calhoun had his back turned watching Brian and Doug, so Sid was
able to sneak back in. After throwing Sid over, Jerry made his way over to Brian
and Doug, who were tied up in the corner. He flipped those two out, and thought
he had won, but Sid tossed Jerry over to win the battle royal and the fat
$10,000 check. The crowd and Lawler pleaded with Referee Jerry Calhoun about the
atrocious series of events that just went down. Calhoun grabbed the check from
Sid and gave it to Lawler. Sid jumped Lawler and took the check back. After
retrieving the check Sid screamed, "Thank you, very much and come again!" On his
way out, Sid stopped on the stage and got on the mic, saying, "I would like to
say special thanks for everyone coming out, tonight." I'm not sure if he really
meant that considering he called everyone pigs earlier in the night.
A few notes:
I was surprised at how large the crowd was, with all the venue changes and the
bad weather conditions. Good show with a good, loud crowd.
Corey Maclin was not at the show.
At one point, I'm pretty sure I seen two ladies on the stage scrapping with each
other behind the curtain. Not sure what this was all about, but I would sure
like to find out.
