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| 6/29 DEEP SOUTH WRESTLING TV REPORT by Larry Goodman @ 5:20:00 PM on 7/1/2006 Ryan O’Reilly retained the Deep South Wrestling title Thursday night with a victory of ECW’s Mike Knox in the main event of the weekly television taping at the DSW Arena. O’Reilly’s first title defense proved to be one of the better singles matches in the history of DSW. A packed house of 250 then saw O’Reilly absorb a heated postmatch beating at the hands of Knox and his tag team partner and former champion, Derrick Neikirk. The slickster duo of Montel Vontavious Porter and his Attorney/Agent Quentin Michaels handled the commentary for the dark matches. (A) Bradley Jay pinned Heath Miller with the Regal Roll at 7:40. Fast-paced brawling in the opening minutes. Jay posted Miller’s shoulder and worked the body part. Miller went for a headscissors and took a rude bump for his trouble. Jay locked in a Fujiwara armbar. Miller went for the Heath Bar Crunch. It wasn’t pretty but they sold it as a double down spot. Miller made the comeback. Jay caught Miller with head down and hit his finisher. Good opener. The crowd applauded Miller for his effort. (B) Urban Assault (Eric Perez & Sonny Siaki) beat Onyx & Kenny Omega in 6:24 when Perez pinned Onyx with the Boriqua Bomb. Urban Assault equals instant heat. Perez attacked Omega before the bell. Perez worked his ass off throughout this match. The babyface team used quick tags to work the arm. Perez blasted Onyx with the stiffest, loudest chop of the night. Onyx stepped aside to avoid Perez’s mad charge and walked into a lefty lariat from Siaki. Assault went to the usual shenanigans of pulling Omega off the apron to foil a tag and distracting the ref so he missed a legit tag. Onyx managed to backdrop Siaki. Hot tag and Omega was on fire. Omega hit a jumping bulldog on Perez for a long two count. Onyx hit a top rope shoulder block and Siaki made the save. Onyx ate the turnbuckle on a flying shoulderblock and Perez wasted him with the implant DDT. © Derrick Niekirk (with Angel Williams) beat Damien Steele in 4:44. Neikirk marched into the ring and immediately started pounding lumps on Steele. Steele dropkicked Neikirk for a one count only. Williams came to ringside. If Neikirk needed any additional inspiration, the sight of Angel busting out her low cut halter top certainly did the trick. Neikirk blinded Steele with a good old-fashoined mauling. Steele came back to score a series of knockdowns, but Neikirk caught Steele with a swinging neckbreaker for a decisive win. Neikirk accepted Williams generous offer of assistance and signaled that the belt would be back around his waist. (D) Danny Gimondo beat Ray Geezy in 5:59. This match appeared to foreshadow a heel turn by Gimondo, who never got over all that well as babyface. The pop for Geezy is on the rise. Gimondo tired of getting tossed around and decided to go with high impact brawling. Gordy roared back to stagger Gimondo with a corner clothesline and put him on the canvas with a running forearm smash. Gimondo blocked Gordy’s spinning fireman’s carry slam. Gordy went for a rolling reverse cradle and Gimondo used the momentum to roll though for the pin. Gimondo didn’t stick around to shake Gordy’s hand. Bill DeMott summoned referee Mike Posey out to the ring to give him a proper send off. DeMott announced that this was Posey’s last night in DSW due to his full time commitment with ECW. Nicely done. DeMott was in a jovial mood this evening. Luscious, the newest Deep South Diva, joined ring announcer Ted Guinness for the merchandise drawing. There were loads of kids in the crowd and the pop for giveaway of a John Cena gimmick was off the chain. The television taping got underway with DeMott and Nigel Sherrod on commentary. The taping opened with a funny backstage promo by Matt Striker and Krissy Vaine. Striker read from the rule book (in an effort to justify his fast count on Tracy Taylor last week). Striker said a RAW superstar didn’t belong in a mixed tag in podunk DSW. Vaine liked her outfit but was afraid that it clashed with Striker’s colors. “Let’s just be beautiful.” Tracy Taylor introduced Mike Taylor as her tag partner. Mike also had issues with Striker from last week. Mike said neither Striker’s ref stripes nor “that tiny bikini you call tights” could save him from the wrath of High Impact. (1) Mike Taylor & Tracy Taylor beat Matt Striker & Krissy Vaine in 4:30. Not much of a wrestling match but very entertaining. Vaine was using a mirror to check out her hair AND her derriere as she entered the ring. Impact got their usual insane pop. Tracy scored quick two counts on Vaine, who got the hell out of there. Striker wanted no part of Mike and tagged Vaine back in. Striker tripped up Tracy. Vaine seized the opportunity by choking Tracy and slamming her face into the mat. Mike chased Striker to the back. Striker suddenly reappeared and Tony Santarelli was the reason. That popped the crowd. Striker took shelter in the ring. Tracy decked Striker with a hard slap and clocked Vaine, who fell backwards over Striker. Tracy used a jackknife pin and apparently suffered an injury in the process. Big pop for the finish. Tracy gutted it out, but she was clearly in pain and in no mood to celebrate after the match. A Mike Knox highlight video that will air on ECW this week was premiered on the big screen. Johnny Parisi cut a promo on Tommy Suede to set up their taped fist match. Parisi said he was going to knock Suede out. After he tortured him and made him squirm that is. Parisi said there was no way Suede he was going to allow his face to be defaced. Parisi guaranteed that if he didn’t win, he was quitting DSW. Suede said Parisi crawled away with a victory the last time, but only after getting a taste of his own medicine. “Your reign of terror comes to an end, tonight.” (2) Tommy Suede beat Johnny Parisi in a taped fist match to end Parisi’s career in DSW (5:28). Parisi attacked. When that didn’t work, Parisi covered up that pretty face and waited for an opening. Parisi ripped at Suede’s face and punched him in the jaw. Parisi gave Suede a gutshot with the taped fist. Parisi applied a sleeper. Suede broke it with a jawbreaker. Suede made a fiery comeback. Parisi got his knees up on Suede’s splash. But when Suede kicked out of the Shaft, it was clear that the final grains of sand were running through Parisi’s hourglass. In desperation, Parisi went for the ring announcer’s chair. Guinness gave it up without taking a bump this week. Posey grabbed the chair away. Parisi ducked under Suedes leap off the top, but Suede landed safely. It only took one well-placed punch to send Parisi to la la land. Fans serenaded Parisi with the goodbye song. Backstage promo by Majors Brothers. They had a message for Francisco Ciatso. He could “fughedaboudit” if he thought he was beating them a second time —“Capiche?” (3) Majors Brothers (Brian & Brett) beat Francisco Ciatso & Cru Jones in 6:18. Majors are way over for a team that has only been in DSW for a month. Majors were in control until Jones suckered Brian into position to snap his throat across the top rope. Jones gets the most heat of any non-contact heel guy (and more than a lot of the contract talent) and his offense looked really crisp here. Ciatso threatened to break Brian’s neck. Brian then hit a neckbreaker and hot-tagged Brett. The heels tried to make a Majors sandwich, but the brothers did the dosey-do to set up stereo dropkicks. Majors pinned Ciatso with a middle rope rolling neckbreaker/Samoan drop combo. Good match. The crowd popped when O’Reilly appeared on the big screen holding the title belt. O’Reilly credited the Ruffians with helping him win the title. “We did this.” O’Reilly said he was facing the craziest, most sadistic man in DSW in his first defense. O’Reilly vowed that the gold was staying in the Rough House. (4) “Roughouse” Ryan O’Reilly defeated “Outlaw” Mike Knox to retain the DSW Heavyweight Title in 9:20. They had an impressive match at the Six Flags show, and I liked this one even better. O’Reilly’s entrance got the loudest pop of the night. O’Reilly has come such a long way. It’s hard to believe he’s the same performer that stepped into the ring at the first DSW show last September, whereas Knox looked like a major league prospect right from the beginning. Fans chanted ECW at Knox. With the dark hair and cleaned up appearance, Knox looks like just another guy and a very un-ECW like guy, at least the ECW I knew and loved. WWE moves in mysterious ways. They opened with a snug lockup and some crisp chain wrestling. O’Reilly emerged with keylock. O’Relly hiptossed Knox FIVE TIMES for a near fall. With O’Reilly on the apron, Knox delivered a dropkick that sent O’Reilly flying into a wicked back bump on the rail. Knox buried O’Reilly’s head under the apron and gave him a beating. The kids chanted “O-RI-LEE.” Knox used a bicycle kick for a near fall. Knox applied a kneeling cravate. O’Reilly launched a comeback that built to a backdrop for a near fall. O’Reilly roared at the top of his lungs and climbed to the top. Knox cut him off. Knox was looking for a superplex. O’Reilly sent Knox to the canvas. O’Reilly crashed and burned on a diving headbutt that would have made Chris Benoit sit up and take notice. Posey’s count reached eight before Knox managed a one arm cover. O’Reilly rolled a shoulder. They each blocked the other guy’s finisher. O’Reilly ducked the clothesline from Hell. The momentum carried Knox into the ropes and O’Reilly rolled him up on the rebound. Neikirk was all over O’Reilly in a heartbeat. The heat for Team Elite’s postmatch decimation of O’Reilly was terrific. Knox stood O’Reilly up so Neikirk could spear his limp body. Neikirk applied a single leg crab, and Knox hit a massive guillotine legdrop to the back of O’Reilly’s neck. Elite taunted their victim. O’Reilly was face down on the mat for a very long time. That didn’t deter fans from chanting his name. DeMott got in the ring to check O’Reilly’s condition and was joined by some of the babyface wrestlers. Fans refused to leave until O’Reilly came around and slowly made his way to the dressing room. NOTES: The release of Parisi was puzzling. His work in DSW has been fine and he was an obvious candidate for the ECW brand…Mikal Adryan, the former NWA Anarchy champion who has become a regular here in recent months, is headed into IWA Puerto Rico…Neirkirk and O’Reilly are scheduled to wrestle as a tag team on the 7/23 ECW show in Saginaw, Michigan vs. FBI. |
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| The television taping got underway with Bill DeMott joining Sherrod on commentary. On the big screen, we saw Assassin enter the locker room to announce a match to determine the number one contender for the DSW tag titles. Assassin said the folks who usually decide such things based on rankings don’t know a padlock from a wristlock. Assassin said he put his faith in performance, and announced a four-way match with the first time to take a fall would become the number one contenders. Backstage promo by Freakin Deacon. This was difficult to hear, but I believe he was mourning the loss of his beloved tarantula, Willow. Deacon said his opponent was going to feel the wrath of sneakin Deacon. The crowd popped for the punch line. (1) Freakin Deacon decimated Onyx in a minute and a half. Deacon is the number two babyface in DSW right behind Ryan O’Reilly. Deacon has cut off the curly hair that was part of his distinctively freaky look. Onyx attacked before the bell. Deacon leveled Onyx with a big boot and strangled him. But Onyx wasn’t going down without a fight. Onyx took to the air, and Deacon caught him with a devastating powerbomb for the pinfall. Angel Williams asked Danny Gimundo to shed light on his recent actions concerning Tommy Suede (Gimundo threw a towel in causing Suede to lose his match last week). Gimundo said he didn’t need Suede’s help (against Johnny Parisi) and claimed to be the best thing going in DSW. Gimundo said he would be the number one contender if not for breaking his wrist. Gimundo said he was going to take Suede to school. (2) Danny Gimundo beat Tommy Suede in 5:16. This match was a struggle and not in a good way. Gimundo walked into a stiff lariat for a near fall. Suede missed badly with a dropkick. Gimundo didn’t sell it and pounded on Suede. Gimundo choked Suede with his wrist tape. Gimundo used a kneedrop and a kneelift for near falls. Gimundo smacked Suede across the face. That got Suede fired up. Gimundo delivered a series of wicked stomps to the head. Suede countered a hangman neckbreaker with a backslide. Suede hit an STO for a near fall. Gimundo went for a bulldog and Suede countered with a huracanrana for a near fall. Gimundo clocked Suede while standing on the apron and got the pin with his feet on the ropes. Attorney Quentin Michaels was backstage with his favorite client, Montel Vontavious Porter. MVP was anxious about the big announcement. Michaels wanted to hold off. Michaels said MVP had a non-title match against Ryan O’Reilly. MVP was pissed that O’Reilly didn’t have the testicular fortitude to put the title up so he could add it to his collection of platinum. MVP said the fans didn’t have to like him, but they would have to respect him. Ryan O’Reilly said the obstacle to his dream of success in pro wrestling was his knee surgery. O’Reilly said the doctors told him he would be out for 12 weeks and he was back in six. O’Reilly said he had two things: his heart and the DSW gold. (3) Ryan O’Reilly beat MVP (with Quentin Michaels) via DQ in 4:54. The opening minutes of this match had the best (only?) mat wrestling of the night. Good stuff. MVP lowered a shoulder into O’Reilly’s gut on the break. MVP hit a neckbreaker and worked the body part. MVP gave O’Reilly a two foot face wash in the corner. O’Reilly used the ropes to spring to his feet and hit a flying forearm. The crowed chanted “O-Ri-lee, O-Ri-lee, O-Ri-lee.” Michaels grabbed O’Reilly’s leg to distract. But O’Reilly saw MVP coming and decked him. Michaels got on the apron and O’Reilly backhanded him. O’Reilly hit a Thesz press on MVP. Michaels jumped on O’Reilly’s back for the DQ. O’Reilly had Michaels collared when MVP nailed him from behind. O’Reilly recovered and posed with the belt as the fans chanted his name. We saw brief backstage promos by all four teams involved in the main event. (4) Urban Assault (Eric Perez & Sonny Siaki) beat Ebony & Ivory (Ray Geezy & Damien Steel) and Major Brothers (Brett & Brian) and Team Elite (Derrick Neikirk & Mike Knox) in 12:50 to become the number one contenders for the DSW tag titles. Knox got a decent “ECW” chant. Urban Assault easily got the best heel heat of the night. Backstage coin flips determined that Majors and Elite would start it out. Brian looked strong in the early going. But Elite blasted Brett’s chest with a double chop. It looked like the dude was having an asthma attack. Geezy tagged himself in and was running wild until he ventured into the Assault’s corner and…well, they assaulted him. Siaki clipped Geezy’s knee. Assault made a wish with Geezy’s groin. Knox delivered a series of DDTs to the knee and applied a single leg crab. While Assault and Elite were destroying his knee, Geezy started bleeding from a hardway cut around the right eye. Gordy finally managed to backdrop Siaki and make the hot tag. Steele did his high elevation dropkick. Steele did a reverse DDT on Perez and Knox broke up the pin. Steele hit a flying forearm and Majors made the save. Elite started brawling with Majors. Assault seized on the opportunity with a neckbreaker/powerbomb combo to pin Steele. Great heat. Best match of the night. NOTES: Hamilton had a lot of interesting things to say in an interview conducted on this week’s edition of Wrestling Informer Weekly. Hamilton said that DSW television would be available over the internet in the very near future. Hamilton also said that DSW’s plans for a year down the road included running 3-4 house shows per week in towns within a 200 mile radius of their home base…Hamilton listed O’Reilly, Neikirk, Santarelli, Taylor, MVP and Perez as DSW wrestlers that he expected to move up to the main roster within the next 6 months. Neikirk and O’Reilly start on the road with ECW next week. To hear the entire interview go to Wrestling Informer Weekly. |
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| Deep South Wrestling July 16, 2006 on Comcast Sports South Taped on April 20, 2006 at the DSW Arena in McDonough, Ga By Larry Goodman LAST WEEK…The Gymini brain Bill DeMott, not once, but twice with a VCR, as Nigel Sherrod lost it on commentary. DeMott’s face was digitized to hide the blood. Sherrod introduced Michele McCool as his broadcast partner for the evening. She was a vision of loveliness in white. She probably looks pretty great in just about any color though. LAST WEEK…Palmer Canon defeated Damien Steel with the help of a giant headbutt from Great Kahli. Canon called out Freakin Deacon to make a human sacrifice out of Steel. Once again, Deacon stayed in the office talking to his tarantula…Cut to Deacon’s match. Canon came out with Kahli and kidnapped Willow. Canon said the spider was property of DSW and furthermore, Deacon was fired…Postmatch, Deacon stormed into Canon’s office. Canon warned Deacon about taking Willow. Deacon did it anyway. Kahli had a staredown with Deacon. Sherrod and McCool said Deacon and Kahli were eye-to-eye (eye-to-chin actually). Sherrod said the cameras had caught up to DeMott earlier in the day. Dr. Jekyl had turned into Mr. Hyde. DeMott giggled uncontrollably as he explained that for two months he didn’t answer the Gymini’s challenge, but the DeMott guy had snapped like that VCR. DeMott said the Gymini had called down the thunder, and his partner was the lightning. Gymini, I know who you are. Do you remember who I am? (giggles like a madman) It’s not about revenge, boys. It’s not about household appliances. Who. Who. Who? (turns his back to the camera to show that his t-shirt read “Hugh”) (1) Eric Perez & Montel Vontavious Porter (with Quentin Michaels) beat Ebony and Ivory (Ray Gordy & Damien Steel) in 5:23. When Steele did a dropdown, Perez hooked the ropes and beat him silly with the “Puerto Rican mugging.” MVP pounded Steele’s gut with left and rights and choked him on the mat. Steele kicked out at one. Steele tried to trade but didn’t have enough firepower. MVP choked Steele with his towel. The heels drilled Steele with a double back elbow. Perez dropped an elbow and hooked the leg. Steele kicked out at one again. Perez stayed on the attack with high impact moves, but couldn’t keep Steele’s shoulders on the mat. MVP socked Steele in the ribs. As Steele struggled to an upright position, MVP caught him with a high kneelift. Steele was in a world of hurt. Steele crawled towards his corner. MVP cut off Steele’s escape and cranked away on his neck. Steele fired up, connected with a dropkick, and rolled to his corner for a tag. Gordy cleaned house. Four-way action broke out. Gordy hit the ATL legdrop, while keeping a firm grasp on his groin area. MVP kicked out of it. Cut to a shot of Steele chasing Michaels around at ringside. Perez made a bind tag. Gordy hit the R.G. Spot on MVP, but Perez cut him off with the Annexation of Puerto Rico for the three count. McCool went to ringside to get comments from the winners. Perez spoke Spanish. MVP translated that they didn’t give a rat’s ass about the fans, but the fans were looking at the next DSW tag team champions. Perez propositioned McCool. Tonight, mami, the most bestest tag team in Deep South are going to celebrate. And we want you, mami. Si, you are going to celebrate with us. McCool looked like she had indigestion. MVP said it was OK if she didn’t want to come tonight, because when they won the tag titles, every women in the building would want to party with them. A new music video featuring Derrick Neikirk aired. Angel Williams was backstage with Danny Gimondo. Williams said Gimondo was in a roll in DSW. Gimondo said he didn’t see eye-to-eye with Frankie Ciatso, because he was from New Jersey and Ciatso was from New York. Gimondo said that one thing they agreed on was the importance of winning matches in DSW, because that meant getting one step closer to the title. Gimondo said Ciatso was all about respect. “ (2) Danny Gimondo pinned Francisco Ciatso with the New Jersey Turnpike at 5:52. Gimondo show more fire and got his best pop so far in DSW. Ciatso pie-faced him. Gimondo issued a receipt. Ciatso went for an up and over, and Gimondo deposited his groin on the top rope. Gimondo reversed a hiptoss. Ciatso worked on the neck of Gimondo. Gimondo fired back with chops. McCool said that would leave a mark. Ciatso tried to cut off Gimondo’s air supply with a Nirvana Strangle. Gimondo rammed Ciatso into the buckles to break it, but Ciatso was able to reapply the hold. Gimondo powered out. Gimondo peppered Ciatso with a left jabs and decked him with a haymaker. Gimondo hit a bulldog, and it was time for the Garvin Stomp. Gimondo hit his finisher, a driving half nelson faceplant. (3) Ryan O’Reilly beat Biohazard in 4:13. Stranding ovation for O’Reilly’s return after a seven week absence. Biohazard attacked before he got his jacket off. Not that it made any difference. O’Reilly flew through the air with the greatest of ease and connected with a flying lariat. O’Reilly’s attack left Biohazard begging for mercy. O’Reilly applied a snug cranking headlock. O’Reilly took Biohazard to the mat and worked the shoulder. O’Reilly applied a hold that twisted Biohazard’s shoulders at a sick angle. Biohazard reversed O’Reilly with a high angle back suplex. O’Reilly appeared to be in a world of hurt. Biohazard went to work on the neck. O’Reilly regained his vertical base, so Biohazard jumped on his back to try for a sleeper. O’Reilly powered out. O’Reilly made the comeback and whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Sherrod said the O’Reilly effects were coming into play. O’Reilly made a mad dash for a corner clothesline. Biohazard ducked out of the way and O’Reilly slammed into the turnbuckles. Biohazard picked O’Reilly up for a powerslam. O’Reilly escaped and hit the Roughshot for the 1-2-3. Michelle McCool did in inring interview with O’Reilly. McCool said the fans had missed the opportunity to chant “O-RYE-LEE.” Right on cue, the fans picked it up. O’Reilly said “the Jody Hamilton Arena” was his home. It had been seven weeks since he got his hands on somebody, and tonight he prevailed. O’Reilly said he and the fans had introduced the viewers to The Rough House. The crowd popped like crazy again. (4) Kenny Omega beat Heath Miller with the Omega Driver at 7:23. A babyface vs. babyface dark match from June 22, 2006 with MVP and Gimondo on commentary. They opened with chain wrestling including some nicely executed mirror image sequences. They squared off and the fans gave them props. A flashy acrobatic exchange ensued. MVP and Gimondo agreed that they preferred to grind it out. MVP said Omega’s dropkick must have been lightweight because Miller popped right up from it. Miller came up lame after a leapfrog. MVP criticized Omega for giving Miller time. Omega went to work on the bum leg. Miller rallied with a one-legged hiptoss. Omega got back on the leg. Miller came back while selling the gimpy leg and hit the Miller’s Crossing neckbreaker. Omega kicked out at two. The crowd got behind Miller, who looked to be in great pain. Miller went for a suplex and the leg went out again. But Miller rolled away from Omega’s moonsault, and caught him with a flying lariat. Miller mounted some gimpy offense. Omega reversed a whip and hit his finisher, which is something like a figure four suplex. Omega helped Miller to the back. MVP was disgusted by the show of good sportsmanship. Angel Williams said she was with two of the baddest men in Deep South, “The Monster of the Midway” Bradley Jay and “Mister Number One” Sonny Siaki. Jay said they were the most lethal combo in DSW --- brutality defined. Siaki kept it short and sweet. “Tonight, we are going to beat you down where you stand, and that’s a message to all of Deep South. So watch out. We. We’re coming atchya. BOO-YAH.” (5) Sonny Siaki & Bradley Jay beat Kevin Matthews & Russell Simpson in 4:49. McCool said Siaki was deluded about being a ladies man. Sherrod speculated on the identity of DeMott’s partner. The heels used their size and power advantage to good effect, as they totally abused Simpson. At four minutes in, Simpson moved and Siaki speared the post. Simpson used the ropes to claw his way to the corner for the tag. Matthews came in firing dropkicks that didn’t fully connect. Jay caught Matthews with the barrel roll, but he was able to make a tag. Siaki made short work of Simpson with an elevated Samoan drop. Sherrod and McCool did a stand up segment in which they played guessing games about the identity of DeMott’s partner. Williams was backstage with Gymini. She said Gymini had earned huge earning brownie points with Palmer Canon last week. Jake said he knew DeMott was stupid, but he might have brain damage from those shots with the VCR. He laughed about the blood. Jesse said they rubbed DeMott’s blood on their face like war paint. Jesse said there was nobody in the dressing room stupid enough to be DeMott’s partner. Jesse promised no mercy. If DeMott stepped in the ring, he was in for the beating of his life. The building exploded when DeMott appeared on the ramp. Sherrod noted that the evil smirk on DeMott’s face had turned into a blank stare. DeMott said to his partner’s music. Deacon entered through the front door to another monster pop. (6) Bill DeMott and Freakin Deacon beat Gymini via countout in 1:28. With Deacon as the sole focus of the Gymini’s attention, DeMott sneaked into the ring behind them. Gymini turned around just in time to eat fists from DeMott. Deacon and DeMott pounded away with punches until Gymini bailed out to lock their wounds. DeMott and Deacon refused to let Gymini back in the ring without taking a beating. Gymini gave up the ghost and got counted out by ref Mike Posey. Fans booed when the bell rang. Sherrod said Gymini didn’t want to lock horns with DeMott on a level playing field, and said this was far from over. DeMott eyeballed Deacon in the ring. Deacon did his ritual of self abuse and stomped out the front door. Cut to a closing shot of DeMott. Closing Thoughts: No Canon on this week show and most likely, never again. At the time of this taping, Canon had embarked on the ill-fated Smackdown tour of Europe that ultimately lead to his decision to ask for his release…DeMott cut a classic Hugh Morrus promo…Perez is showing a lot more of that sleazy Latin charisma. His pitch for McCool’s company was hilarious. She looks great in white. She probably looks pretty great in just about any color though. Steele sold his ass off in that match…The pop for O’Reilly’s return was pretty amazing. The segments on previous episodes where O’Reilly appeared to Canon almost as a vision were a great way to build anticipation for his return. He’s made tremendous strides in his chain wresting and his ability to sell. We will never know where that storyline was going…Gimondo showed more babyface fire this time out. Nice finisher too…Omega and Miller had a really nice match. It was more of a TNA style deal with two smaller guys working a crisp, fast-paced match but they told a story. I liked Gimondo and MVP on commentary here. They were better than McCool and Sherrod, who seemed to be struggling to find interesting things to say… McCool is fine on the stand ups. However, her match commentary was delivered in a flat tone of voice and was mostly clichés…Simpson is an all-star job guy. Made the heels looks invincible. Matthews’ dropkicks looked bad, and they looked even worse after seeing Steele’s earlier in the show…The main event was a hot tease rather than a match. Gyminis looked like total chicken####s. Fans were dying to see DeMott beat their muscle-bound asses. |
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| Deep South Wrestling July 23, 2006 on Comcast Sports South Taped on April 27, 2006 at the DSW Arena in McDonough, Ga By Larry Goodman The show opened with Smackdown General Manager, Theodore R. Long in the ring for a special announcement. Long said he had reviewed the tapes from Deep South and it appeared that Palmer Canon was trying to spoil the people’s fun. Long said Canon was no longer allowed in DSW. The announcement of Canon’s departure got a mix of cheers and boos, as he was clearly a character that DSW fans loved to hate. Long called out the masked Smackdown ref to inform him that he no longer needed to hide his identity. The crowd popped when the hood came off revealing, to nobody’s surprise, that it was, indeed, Nick Patrick. Canon’s “legal representative” Quentin Michaels Esq. entered the ring. Michaels wanted to know what gave Long the right to to tell Canon what to do. Michaels asked for proof. Long presented Michaels with legal documents. “You have no case, so the thing for you to do is get to stepping.” Long danced a little jig, while Patrick spread the ropes for the weasel to make his exit. The opening montage rolled… Angel Williams joined Nigel Sherrod on commentary this week. Neither one uttered a word about what had just taken place. (1) Francisco Ciatso beat Onyx in 4:14 with the Fuhgedabouit. The trash-talking Ciatso tried a cheap shot on the break. Onyx ducked, took Ciatso down with a drop toehold and dropped an elbow to Ciatso’s back. Onyx used his power advantage to good effect. Ciatso brawled his way into control. Ciatso went for a cover and Onyx was out at one. Ciatso went for the Cement Shoes (sidewalk slam). What a mess that was. Ciatso grounded Onyx with a chinlock and fought off his comebacks. Onyx made a full-fledged comeback hitting a pair of shoulder blocks for a near fall. Onyx Irish-whipped Ciatso and charged. Ciatso stepped aside. Onyx slammed chest-first into the turnbuckles. Ciatso hit his finisher, a sitout neckbreaker. Ryan O’Reilly cut a promo on Montel Vontavious Porter for their match at Park Slam, August 11 at Six Flags over Georgia. (2) Danny Gimondo beat Ray Geezy in 5:59. From June 29, 2006 with MVP and his Attorney/Agent Quentin Michaels on commentary. Geezy’s pop is on the rise. They went back and forth working the arm. The running joke was that Michaels didn’t know the names of the holds. When Gimondo applied a grounded wristlock, MVP said that hold was called a Pig’s Foot in England. Gimondo tired of getting tossed around and decided to brawl. Gimondo decked Gordy with a helluva right hand. Gimondo used a kneedrop for a two count. Gimondo stomped Gordy’s head and cranked on his neck. Gimondo used a drop toe hold and followed with a vicious elbow drop to the head for another two count. Gimondo connected on a high kneelift for a near fall. Gimondo applied a submission that MVP dubbed the Gimondo Clutch. Gordy roared back with chops and knockdown punches. Gordy staggered Gimondo with a corner clothesline. MVP said Gordy’s dad made a living with that in Japan. Gordy put Gimondo on the canvas with a running forearm smash. But Gimondo blocked the R.G. Spot (spinning fireman’s carry slam). Gordy went for a rolling reverse cradle, and Gimondo rolled though to hook the legs for the pin. No postmatch handshake. Eric Perez cut a promo to set up Urban Assault vs. High Impact at Six Flags. (3) Roughhouse O’Reilly pinned William Regal at 6:42 with the Roughshot. From May 18, 2006 with Sherrod and Bill DeMott on commentary. Long collar and elbow tie up to start. O’Reilly then went hold for hold with Regal. At one point, Regal used a headlock/top wristlock combo. O’Reilly flattened Regal with a shoulder block. Regal sold it huge. They did the Roman knuckle lock. O’Reilly brought Regal to his knees and stomped his fingers. Regal challenged O’Reilly to put his dukes. O’Reilly did and Regal ducked under the ropes. Regal dumped O’Reilly through the ropes and seized the advantage with a hotshot onto the rail. Back inside, Regal applied a full nelson. The “O-Ri-Lee” was in full effect. O’Reilly worked his way out of it and tried for a sunset flip. Regal managed to get a solid grip on the ropes. Posey kicked the hands, and Regal did one those deals where he flailed at thin air trying to stay upright. Regal cut O’Reily off with a strikes and olds school heel tactics. Regal flexed for the camera and pushed his bicep up with the other hand. Regal appeared to be in full control when he Irish whipped O’Reilly and ate a boot charging in. O’Reilly immediately capitalized with the full nelson slam for the pin. Sherrod and DeMott highlighted the fact that O’Reilly was now up 2-0 on Regal. MVP cut a promo for Six Flags. He said his match against O’Reilly would have title implications. (4) Mike Knox beat Mark Jindrak in 4:09. Jindrak dominated with his athleticism in the early going, throwing some nice armdrags. Knox ducked away from Jindrak’s corner splash and went to work on the midsection. Jindrak tried for a dropkick, but Knox hooked the ropes and hung him out to dry. Knox dropped an elbow for a two count. Knox used an abdominal stretch. Jindrak made the big comeback with a pair of lariats, a reverse atomic drop and his trademark dropkick. Jindrak potatoed Knox with a punch for a long two count. But Jindrak crashed and burned on a springboard crossbody, and Knox quickly moved in for the kill with the Whipit. Eric Perez and MVP were with Angel Williams. MVP shushed Angel like four times. MVP said people were calling it was an upset if they beat High Impact but it was really a setup. Perez said they were going to turn High Impacts dreams of being the “bestest” tag team in the world into a Puerto Rican nightmare. Perez broke into Spanish, while MVP signaled for him to wrap it up. Michelle McCool was with Tony Santarelli, Mike Taylor and Tracy Taylor. Mike said Perez and MVP had been undefeated as a tag team in DSW. Santarelli said that was because they had never faced High Impact. They started raving about it being the fourth quarter for Perez and MVP. Tracy said she something to boost their motivation: If they won, they would both get laid High Impact style. “That’s extreme. Let’s do it,” said Santarelli. (5) High Impact (Tony Santarelli & Mike Taylor with Tracy Taylor) beat Eric Perez & Montel Vontavious Porter (with Quentin Michaels) in 5:54. Williams said that even though MVP shushed her, she liked the heels because they were mean and nasty. MVP couldn’t escape from Santarelli’s waistlock, so he went to the ropes. MVP knocked Santarelli down with a shoulder block and signaled for a first down. Impact used quick tags to work on the arm of MVP. He eventually managed to back Santarelli into the heel corner. Perez wanted to brawl. Santarelli knocked Perez through the ropes with an uppercut forearm, but MVP kicked Santarelli in the face when Nick Patrick wasn’t looking. MVP laid in a forearm to the kidneys. Perez hit a nice double underhook suplex. Santarelli made it to the corner to find that Perez had knocked Taylor off the apron. MVP strangled Santarelli with a towel. Santarelli hit jawbreaker on MVP and went through the legs of Perez to make the tag. The heels fed Mike. He pulled the ropes down to dump MVP. Mike hit his sitout leg lariat. Perez kicked out at two. Mike hit a standing moonsault. His celebration looked like a seizure. MVP kicked Mike in the face. Santarelli dumped MVP and followed with a pescado. Perez went for a sitout facebuster, but Mike rolled through to score the pinfall. Megapop for the finish. Tracy placed the traditional Hawaiian leis around the necks of Santarelli and Mike in the postmatch. Krissy Vaine plugged the Six Flags show where she will face Tracy Taylor. Vaine announced that Rob Van Dam and Big Show would be there, but she wanted top billing. “In this very ring, in this very same spot, Gymini, you had the opportunity to take care of Bill DeMott.” Bill DeMott was sitting on the ringsteps in an empty DSW Arena with the exception of Freakin’ Deacon lurking about. “Gymini, I don’t like him. How do you think I feel about you?” said DeMott. Angel Williams said Gymini were enraged about DeMott selecting Deacon as his partner. Jake called Demott/Morrus an “office stooge and said Deacon was a crazy guy that played with spiders. Jesse admitted that Deacon had thrown them off, but he said (just like last week) that they were in for the beating of their lives. (6) Gymini beat Bill DeMott & Freakin Deacon via DQ in 5:09. Big pop for DeMott and monster pop for Deacon. DeMott and Deacon attacked Gymini before they made it to the ring. A brief but heated brawl ensued with DeMott and Jesse doing the Takayama/Frye spot. Jake clubbed DeMott from behind and Gymini gave him a double hiptoss. The body of the match was Gymini beating on DeMott with the crowd itching for Deacon to make the tag. But Deacon didn’t seem to understand the concept of tag team wrestling and that was only making things worse for DeMott. Finally, DeMott spiked Jake with a DDT. DeMott hot-tagged Deacon, who cleaned house. Gymini resorted to doubling up on Deacon. DeMott then clocked Jake with knucks for the DQ. Jesse bailed. DeMott threatened to bust ref Mike Posey’s melon with the knucks. Posey ran for his life. DeMott squared off with Deacon. Posey raised the hands of Gymini while they licked their wounds at ringside. Deacon ran out the front door. Sherrod said the crowd was giving DeMott a standing O. Cut to a close up of DeMott still wearing the knucks. Closing Thoughts: Canon’s abrupt departure threw a major monkey wrench in the booking. The segment with Long to write Canon out of the storyline was making the best out of miserable situation…This show was somewhat different than what was taped on April 27. Ciatso/Onyx aired out of sequence (replacing O’Reilly vs. Mikal Adryan), which might explain the lack of comment on Canon’s departure…An Ebony & Ivory vs. Siaki & Jay match was also cut…Ciatso/Onyx was rarity for DSW TV in that it featured two wrestlers without WWE contracts…Gimondo/Gordy appeared to foreshadow a return to the dark side by Gimondo. It was also the best match Gimondo has had in DSW…It was interesting to compare O’Reilly’s second win over Regal to the first one that aired on May 7. Regal didn’t have to turn the crowd. They were totally behind O’Reilly from the get go. Regal’s facial expressions were great as always. The improvement in O’Reilly’s work made for a much smoother looking match…Knox got as many cheers as Jindrak, and this was well before the ECW thing. Jindrak hasn’t lost any of the physique or athletic ability that got him to the big leagues, nor has he added any of the charisma or ring presence he needed to stay there…High Impact vs. MVP & Perez was a hot match. MVP and Perez are clearly moving up the ranks. This was Tracy’s debut as part of High Impact. Santarelli’s high-energy comebacks when he’s taking heat are exceptional. The “lei-ing” of High Impact was about as risqué as the family-oriented DSW product gets…Odd that they didn’t open the show with highlights of the Deacon/DeMott vs. Gyminis confrontation from the previous week. DeMott’s promo struck an entirely different tone than the one last week. Heated match because of the angle where Gymini brained DeMott with the VCR, and the crowd went nuts when Deacon got the hot tag. Deacon got the biggest individual pops of the hour, and has cleary moved into the number one babyface position…Williams had better chemistry with Sherrod and seemed tons more comfortable on commentary than Michelle McCool. http://pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=19373&p=1 |