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Showtime All-Star Wrestling – Episode 132
Airing on April 24, 2010 in Nashville on CW58
Taped April 17, 2010 in Nashville at Buffalo Billiards</B>
LAST WEEK…Owner/matchmaker Reno Riggins ruined Paul Adams’ vacation plans by informing him that due to his felony record (arrested on a trumped up solicitation charge two weeks earlier on SAW TV), he was taking a page out of Mr. Trump’s book and firing his ass…Kid Kash refused to let up on Lani Kealoha, prompting Riggins to intervene. Kash clocked Reno and put him in the ankle lock. Reno was tapping to beat the band when Arrick Andrews hit the ring and started walloping Kash.
EARLIER TONIGHT…Pouty face Drew Haskins was once again unable to gain entrance to Buffalo Billiards due to his underage status. Sista O’Feelyah was on her cell phone giving Derrick King the bad news, and he wasn’t taking it well. Haskins told O’Feelyah he would call his boy, Johnny Bandana.
Cut to ringside, where Steve Hall was with SAW’s answer to an AAA relevos atomicos de locura team, Derrick King Enterprises consisting of King, O’Feelyah, the midget Half Dolla and Bandana, a vaguely Chris Jericho lookalike who introduced himself as Haskins #1 friend. They were surrounded by onlookers sucking down alcoholic beverages. King called out PG-13. Wolfie D came out and he was pissed about what that little pipsqueak Half Dolla did to him at the Fairgrounds. Wolfie said he lived just up the street and was just at Billiards hanging out, but if DKE wanted a piece of him, King just needed to let him know. King suggested Wolfie vs. Bandana and a title shot for DKE if Bandana beat him. Wolfie said bring it, and they started to mix it up in the midst of the inebriates. Hall said we had a new main event…and SAW starts NOW!
Michael Graham on solo commentary. He said Reno wasn’t there as a result what went down with Kash last week.
<B>1 – JON MICHAEL WORTHINGTON vs. RYAN GENESIS</b>
“The blue blood” Worthington absorbed one shot from Genesis and they went straight to a commercial break. Genesis took except to Worthington’s hair takedowns. Worthington played matador and Genesis went shoulder first into the ringpost. Worthington pounded the shoulder and cranked on it with a Fujiwara armbar. Big clothesline by Worthington for a two count. Worthington tried to rearrange the facial features of Genesis. Worthington bowed before hitting a corner splash, then followed with a short arm clothesline. When Genesis kicked out of the pin attempt, Worthington slapped the mat in frustration. Genesis stepped out of the path of a second corner splash. He made the standard high impact comeback and pinned Worthington with a TKO.
WINNER: Genesis in 4:40. Geez, has Worthington’s stock ever dropped. Genesis has a good physique, but that’s about it at this point. He doesn’t sell well and his offense looks mechanical.
They cut to a crowd shot, and look who’s there. It’s Reno, having the time of his life talking up some hot chick in the crowd.
Clips of SAW stars participating in Big Bubba’s Softball Bash to benefit the Make-A;Wish Foundation aired. In view were Worthington, Genesis, Wolfie D, Graham, Riggins, Natalie Van Eron and Chris Sanders of the Tennessee Titans.
“Two weeks ago, I heard Kid Kash come out and say Reno Riggins and Chase Stevens you had better watch your backs. Never once, not once did he mention that Arrick Andrews, you better watch yours. Well Kid Kash, I really hope you hadn’t forgotten about me.”
Andrews said the stars were lined up that night at the Fairgrounds, and everyone knew he was walking out as the SAW International Champion (before Kash beat his ass to a pulp in the back). Andrews said the title was still his ultimate goal, but his current objective was to get his hands on Kash, and last week was just a taste of what was in store for him.
<B>2 – J-ROD vs. CODY MELTON</B>
Handshake to start the match. Some smooth trading of armbars and such led to a couple of stand off situations. Melton finally seized control with an armbar. J-Rod caught Melton with his head down and punted his face for a near fall. J-Rod stayed with the striking attack. Melton returned fire, but ran smack into a high boot, and J-Rod covered for a two count. (commercial break) J-Rod applied a cobra clutch. Melton fought up and reversed J-Rod with an O’Connor Roll for a near fall. J-Rod cut Melton off with a hard lariat and hooked the leg for a two count. J-Rod with a basement dropkick for another near fall, and frustration was really starting to show. Melton fired up – backdrop, standing dropkick, monkey flip, corner clothesline -- Melton hopped onto the second rope and missed with an awkward forearm drop. J-Rod went up and over for a back cracker, but Melton was grasping the ropes. It looked weird. With both men down and hurting, Kash entered the ring, and Joe Williams called for the bell.
WINNER: Ruled a no contest at 7:25 when Kid Kash attacked both men. Solid babyface vs. babyface action until it went south on the last couple of moves.
Kash stomped Melton’s groin and put him in the ankle lock. Kash then put J-Rod in the ankle. It ended up with four refs in there to pry Kash off. Kash slugged Marcus Pastorious and sent an unidentified ref flying out of the ring. The guy appeared to take a nose dive straight into the floor. On his way out, Kash grabbed a beer and poured it over J-Rod’s head. Some girl got in his face, so Kash splashed her with some beer, and she took a swing at him.
SIX WEEKS AGO AT THE NASHVILLE FAIRGROUNDS…footage of Hammerjack and Hot Rod Biggs being carried back to the locker room as a result of the carnage inflicted by “Maniac” Marc Anthony.
Back at Buffalo Billiard’s, we saw a replay of Kash’s sadistic attack from moments ago. As order was being restored, Graham informed us that SAW was now airing in New York, Los Angeles and his hometown of Marquette, Michigan. My condolences to Mr. Graham.
EARLIER THIS WEEK…SAW sent a crew out to get comments from Hammerjack, but all they got was a shot of his front door.
Graham said SAW had received the following video mail from Marc Anthony. It was his signature black and white footage. His army gear was replaced by a Metallica t-shirt. Anthony was in a wooded area. He was cradling a baby bird that had fallen from its nest.
<I>I know your father neglected you, and failed to teach you how to fly. And now poor bird, your future is as dark as Hammerjack’s…Hammerjack, oh Hammerjack, you thought you could stand and fight. Now you lay in a bed all alone, as your daughter cries “daddy, daddy, please come play with me,” as she listens to you gargle. Your wife says “he can’t sweetheart, Marc Anthony slapped him in the teeth. (Anthony giggled) The world has seen it. What I did to you. So Hammerjack, I ask you now, when it’s time for your daughter to take flight, too. What are you gonna do? Where are you going to be? In that bed, if you continue this fight with me.</I>
Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Bail Jumper of the Week was 62 year-old James Thrower, and did he ever look pitiful. Bond Girl Leah said Thrower had documented mental problems and through Grumpy’s intervention, the court was willing to give him a new court date if he would just turn himself in.
<B>3 – BIG BULLY DOUGLAS vs. FLASH FLANAGAN</B>
Flanagan had a full head of hair and a kendo stick in the corner. They brawled with Bully getting far the better of it, until Flanagan came off the top with a flying shoulder block to spark his comeback. Flanagan scored the pin with a springboard leg drop.
WINNER: Flanagan in 2 minutes. Incredibly rushed.
FIVE WEEKS AGO AT THE NASHVILLE FAIRGROUNDS (somebody subtracted a week during the commercial break)…Dolla and King used a broom stick on Wolfie in route to a double count out between DKE and PG-13.
<B>4 – WOLFIE D vs. JOHNNY BANDANA (with Derrick King & Sista O’Feelyah & Half Dolla)</b>
Bandana jumped Wolfie from behind. He was mauling him pretty good and got a near fall off a back elbow. We returned from a commercial break to find O’Feelyah choking Wolfie over the ropes. Bandana clotheslined Wolfie over the top. King posted Wolfie and rolled him back inside. Wolfie had Bandana pinned with a sunset flip, but King was diverting the ref’s attention. Bandana clotheslined Wolfie for another two count. Bandana showed great form on a moonsault attempt, but Wolfie rolled out from under it. Wolfie revved up the crowd, then rocked Bandana with a series of jabs and put him down with the wind up haymaker. Wolfie hit a bulldog but Bandana kicked out of the pin. Wolfie hit the reverse DDT driving elbow for the three count.
WINNERS: Wolfie D in 3:40. Bandana did great for a first match. Somebody (Wolfie?) did a smart job of laying it out, but making it the main event was asking for disappointment.
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THOUGHTS: A fair amount of smoke and mirror this week. The opening vignette got things off to promising start, but it was mainly downhill from there. There was little in the way of storyline advancement. Kash kept his promise to wreak havoc. Wolfie foiled King’s ploy to gain a title shot. None of the matches amounted to much. Chase Stevens trained Bandana, and did a fine job of getting him ready for the match, and if it was anywhere on the show other than the main event, I would have no complaints. But as a main event, it was
embarrassingly weak. It’s telling when the most memorable moments are a ref flying out of the ring onto his head and some bimbo taking a swing at Kash. Admittedly, those were two priceless moments. The talking segments weren't that great either.I'm not sure it was a good idea for Andrews to point out that he wasn't even on Kash's radar. And why would he be with the way he has been booked? Andrews comes across like he's too nice of a guy for this stuff. The interview with Hammerjack was a bait and switch. As always,
Anthony's stuff was interesting, although it didn’t have quite the gripping, haunting quality of his best collaborations with producer Paul Adams. The editing didn't help. A strange choice indeed to use the the shot of Reno hobnobbing with the crowd? Still, this episode wasn't outright bad. There just wasn’t much substance to it.
