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NWA Main Event TV – Episode 8
“What About Will Owens?”
Uploaded April 24, 2010 at nwame.com 

Opening with former NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Will Owens overjoyed that Orion Bishop had won the belt back for “us”. Bishop wasn’t into sharing. Owens said it was all Chad Hyatt’s fault. “What about me? What about Wild Thing. I’m supposed to be the champ.” Chrisjen Hayme chimed in with “What about Raven?” Owens said he was going to kill Hyatt in the ring tonight. Dan O’Manley introduced himself. He was lisping like Dusty. His tropical shirt was unbuttoned to show his chest hair, was visible, and he had both a cigar and a cane. “Aren’t you Rudy Charles?” Owens said. O’Manley said he got that all the time, but he didn’t see the resemblance. O’Manley said he would have Owens’ back and gave Mike Posey as a reference. Owens brought up Posey’s talk about aliens. O’Manley said Posey was right about the aliens, and he wasn’t coming back to Nashville until they were gone. O’Manley patted Owens on the shoulder. “Listen, tonight, you and Chad Hyatt, I got you’re back, baby.” Owens reacted like he had entered the Twilight Zone.      

Aaron Camaro and the hand wringing evilness that is Jeremy Arnold touted two title matches on this week’s show.  

(1) Matt Boyce defeated Chrisjen Hayme to retain the NWA Mid-America TV Title in 8:42. Camaro was on point when he said it was competitive. Hayme had this crazed intensity when he was on offense. Good match because both sold in such a way as to make the other guy look good. Boyce won it with a top rope frogsplash crossbody. Major pop for the finish, which was really well done. 

Check in hand, Reverend Dan Wilson laid out an open challenge to anyone that could take the monster Se7en off his feet. The most impressive thing was the way Rev was able to make himself heard without a mic.  

(2) Se7en (with Reverend Dan Wilson) beat Bad Boy Dixon in 2:18. Horrible match. Seven is so green. He sold a move that missed him by two feet. Worse, he halfway sold weak stuff that he should have shrugged off. You’re supposed to be a freaking monster! Se7en gave Dixon a high boot to the face for the pin. That part looked good.  

Se7en powerbombed Dixon after the match.     

(3) “No Mercy” Tommy Mercer decimated Terry Teague in 3:19. Arnold said Mercer looked agitated. I guess so. He sucker punched Teague before the bell. It was awesome. Arnold said Teague chose the wrong night to grow a heart. Right again! Mercer has this predator energy about him. Coincidentally, he’s built like Randy Orton. Teague bowed up a couple of times. “Not a whole lot of nothing,” Camaro said. Mercer hit The Mercy Killer for the pin.   

DURING THE BREAK…Mercer gave Teague a second Mercy Killer. He got in the cameraman’s face and challenged Boyce, Mercer went for #3 on Teague and Boyce’s attack was right on time. It ended up as a huge pull apart involving the entire locker room. A good one. Only a couple of guys ran out at first, and it built as additional guy kept hitting the ring.  

They came from commercial with the building abuzz in the aftermath. Camaro said they needed a medical update on Teague. How about a legal update? 

(4) Will Owens beat Chad Hyatt in 4:55 after distraction by Dan O’Manley. Hyatt had his back turned when the bell rang. Owens destroyed him and refused to allow the pin. Hyatt got fed up with the humiliation and made a big comeback that had Owens reeling. O’Manley ran out to distract the ref. Owens gave Hyatt a low blow to get the pin. Owens wasn’t sure what to make of O’Manley. 

(5) “The Wrestling Hybrid” Orion Bishop beat Steve-O to retain the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title in 9:56. Camaro ran down a list of former champions including Buddy Rogers and the Blue Yankee. Meanwhile, O was having no luck getting Bishop off his feet. He eventually took him down with an arm drag. Camaro said O wanted Bishop on the mat to neutralize his combination of technique and power. Arnold said not so, because Bishop was a also state champion caliber wrestler. Bishop imposed his will, dismantling O with a belly to belly suplex, a german suplex, and the Katahajamie. O kicked out of Collateral Damage (reverse splash), so Bishop went for the F5, and O countered with a DDT. O’s comeback was missing something. Bishop blocked his finisher, and O got his lone near fall with double knees to the chest. Finish saw O take a flying leap off the middle rope into a midair spear by Bishop.  

Jeff Daniels approached Mercer in the locker room and congratulated him on smartening up. 

I told you from day one. You could do it all. You could have it all in the palm of your hand. You can headline Wrestlemania someday, kid. But now that you’ve smartened up, why don’t you let me finish taking you, where I told you I was taking you? That’s all the way to the top. 

Mercer said he had been doing fine on his own, and he didn’t anybody. “I don’t even need your old ass, Jeff.” “That’s a little disrespectful, don’t you think?” Daniels said. Mercer said Daniels had been trying to kill him for the last year. Tough love Daniels called it. He was just trying to smarten Mercer up to the fact that the people didn’t give a damn about them. They just wanted to be entertained. Daniels again asked Mercer to give him the opportunity to finish what he started. Mercer said he had Boyce right where he wanted him, and he didn’t need Daniels. Daniels said he was the greatest NWA television champion ever. He said Mercer was choosing to do it the hard way, and there would come a time when he would want Daniels’ help.  

Comments: This was the best episode of NWA ME TV since promoter Mike Porter brought Bill Behrens in to head up production. Smart things are happening – like elevating both champions and their respective titles in the same hour. The handling of Bishop in his first defense was crucial, since the heavyweight title had been trivialized by putting it on Hyatt, albeit for only one week. The way he won (focused, aggressive, no bumps, leading to a clean pin) and the way the announce team put him over (Camaro and Arnold are getting better by the week), were just what the doctor ordered. O was the right guy to take the loss. I don’t see him on the same level as Boyce and Rockwell. No shame for either O or Hayme in losing the way they did. The segment with Mercer baiting Boyce made the TV title feel like a hot property. Mercer has the makings of a great heel. Seems like I’ve written that before. It’s amazing how far he’s come in such a short time. Se7en, on other hand, appears to be on the slow path. I popped for the return of Daniels. His interplay with Mercer was good stuff, and it opened a storyline that is rife with possibilities. Ditto the deal between Owens and O’Manley. The opening vignette was lunacy reminiscent of of ECW TV in its heyday, and it produced another great performance from Owens. The production quality was better. Not saying it was good. They actually used a second camera for a change. There was one obvious gaffe – the audio and video were out of synch for a portion of the main event. NWA ME is definitely on the right track, and it’s a good thing, as the company announced an imminent return to broadcast television in Nashville (Fridays 9-10pm and Saturdays 3-4pm on WRTN), as well as the [url=www.atsportstv.com]@ Sports TV network[/url].