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| July 23, 2006
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. |
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