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November 29, 2008
– Larry Goodman
Opening with a rundown of the card for December 2 at the Nick Gulas Arena: The new Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Scott Hayes
makes his first title defense against former champion Jeff Daniels and the new NWA Mid-American TV Champion Shane Smalls vs.
Aiden Scott.
Jason James was joined on color commentary by NWA Top Rope promoter Mike Sircy.
1 – BRYAN CASEY vs. “The Internet’s Favorite Wrestler� WHITE TIGER
Tiger’s monkey flip and the arm drags that followed looked amazingly fine. Sircy made a dated reference to the “put a tiger in your
tank� slogan from the 60s Esso commercials. Casey put Tiger in a Canadian backbreaker. Sircy called it a “perdiculous�
situation. From there, Casey slammed Tiger on his belly ala Ron Simmons’ Dominator. Casey also hit a nice gutwrench suplex.
James talked about the fans getting behind Tiger – in their prayers I guess, because they sure weren’t making any noise. Casey
did the swivel hips. James said Casey was a descendant of a famous wrestler, but Charmin’ Charles was keeping it a secret.
Casey took a flying bump onto the ropes. A fan yelled something about Casey’s “dingleberries,� which was the only time the
fans were heard from during the match. Casey hooked the ropes to thwart Tiger’s comeback and hit the Rude Awakening.
Winner: Casey in 6:50 with the Rude Awakening. Better than expected. Casey’s a good athlete with some decent offense, although
he’s devoid of the facial expressions that were a big part of Rude’s gimmick. Tiger wasn’t his usual atrocious self. In fact, it
was probably the best performance I’ve seen from Tiger.
2 – BIG BULLY DOUGLAS vs. SEVEN
Seven attacked Bully’s injured knee before the bell and continued to beat on it. James said the injury occurred at Tennessee
Homecoming and maybe it was too soon for Bully to be back in the ring. They brought up the broken leg Douglas suffered on Main Event
TV some month ago. In the midst of the brawling, Jamie Ferrari got tossed and called for the bell. The dressing room, meager though it
may be, emptied out to separate the combatants. Was that Steve-O wearing face paint?
Winner: Nobody. A double DQ in 3:23. At least it had a story. Seven was exposed here. Douglas was selling for everything he was worth
while this big, muscled up dude landing blows that my grandmother could take.
3 – STEVE-O vs. LARRY COOTER
Typical opening with O outwrestling Cooter. James acknowledged that O loss of the TV title on Thanksgiving. At point, James was crying
out for help in the booth from Tyler Clemmons or Scott Barry. Cooter gave O a hotshot and went to work on his neck making insulting
covers after his big moves. The dreaded hopping enzuigiri by O and it was both men down. Cooter kicked out of O’s neckbreaker
combo. O did an atrocious cartwheel back elbow, then went for a monkey flip on the opposite corner. Cooter blocked it and got the pin
with his feet on the ropes.
Winner: Cooter in 7:40. NWA ME appears to be doing the unthinkable – giving Cooter a major push. He’s now on a three match
winning streak. And just what did Steve-O do to deserve this? He loses the TV title and instead of rehab win his next time out, he loses to
this guy.
Promo by Cooter screaming about how he was tired of being overlooked in the NWA and was going back to the top (he’s been there
before?) and would break necks if necessary. I just can’t take Cooter seriously as a heel.
4 – NWA Mid-America Television Title Match: Champion SHANE SMALLS vs. NWA Mid-America X Division Champion AIDEN SCOTT
James said Scott had failed to win the X Division Title at Tennessee Homecoming. Oops. Scott took exception to Smalls shenanigans
and unleashed a barrage of offense. Smalls hit a backbreaker/gutbuster combo to turn the match completely around. Smalls worked the
back with a cavalcade of suplexes. Smalls nailed Scott with a pair of double ax blows off the ropes. He went for three, and Scott socked
him in the gut for the flip bump spot. Scott’s house-of-fire comeback was short-circuited by a botched spot. Smalls landed right on
Scott’s head when Scott was late ducking under an up and over. Scott got right up and they went to the finish. Scott missed a
springboard crossbody, and Smalls pinned him with an Oklahoma Roll and a handful of tights.
Winner: Smalls in 6:32. Good except for the goof right before the finish. Scott should have sold it instead of getting right up. He’s
going to be good once he gets more seasoning. Smalls’ manic workrate is fun to watch. Yeah, he gets sloppy at times, but he’s
got such a varied moveset that he doesn’t fall into doing the same stuff in every match, and it makes his matches stand out from the
rest of the show.
Scott promo. Scott thanked the fans for their support and said he was going to be a fighting X Division Champion.
Smalls promo.
�Nashville, I’m still here. Where’s Steve-O? Doesn’t matter. He doesn’t have this any more. I do.�
Smalls said he proved his point about being the greatest NWA Mid-America Television Champion in history and anybody that crossed his
path was fair game.
Cain claimed Scott got away with his title because he had a messed up ankle. Ankle or not, he was leaving with the title Tuesday night at
the Fairgrounds (a monumental task since Cain was scheduled to face Steve-O.)
5 – NWA Mid-America “Playboy� SCOTT HAYES vs. JEFF “The Crippler� DANIELS (with Dominique)
Daniels blindsided Hayes before the bell and gave him a relentless beating. Dominique interfered liberally throughout the body of the
match. James talked about reviving the tag titles and giving them to Daniels and Dominique. Daniels snuffed out the rallies before Hayes
could gain any momentum. Hayes got a visual fall with a sunset flip while Dominique was distracting the ref. That spot has been in every
Daniels match for the last month. Hayes made his full-fledged comeback and tried for the tornado DDT. Daniels managed to block it, so
Hayes shot him chest first into the turnbuckles and rolled him for the three count.
Post-match, Daniels attacked Hayes and locked in the Dominator. The other wrestlers ran out from the dressing room to pry them apart.
Winner: Hayes in 8:48. As a logical way to continue their feud as the top program, this match worked fine. Learn to love it, because you're
going to be seeing a lot more of it.
Hayes promo sporting his newly won title belt. Hayes said what Daniels did today was uncalled for because he was trying to take away
his livelihood. Hayes said he wouldn’t be hard to find, and Daniels could have a shot any time, any place.
Daniels promo. This was Daniels at his sinister best. He said Hayes stole the title from him on Thanksgiving. “They should get a
warrant and arrest you, Scott Hayes.�
�Today on this TV, you got a taste of what’s coming in your future…I’m the hunter, Scott Hayes, and what I’m hunting is
my Mid-America Championship that’s around your waist. So what you better remember, my friend, is that now you’ve got the
Crippler breathing down your neck. I’m comin’ Scott. I’m coming with everything I got. I won’t hold back, I’m gonna
hurt you, Scott.�
Random Thoughts: This was the fourth and final Sunday taping in LaVergne, a venture that was an abject failure any way you look at it. It
was bad TV and I can’t see why anybody watching would want to attend the house shows. Presumably, turning viewers into ticket
buyers is the main objective, but a new viewer would likely ask why, if Main Event wrestling is such an entertaining live event, are there
only 20 people in the crowd? And why do those 20 people look bored out of their minds? I can’t recall even one really good match
from LaVergne, but in fairness to the talent, the atmosphere there was death for having good matches...Main Event might be able to get
away with such a small roster if they had more guys involved in interesting programs. The rosters were small in the days of the territories,
but there was an abundance of experienced talent with the know how to build programs that sold tickets, and they had the ability to rotate
talent in and out of the territory…Daniels cut another great promo, and it’s a good thing. Realistically, unless they turn Woods, there
isn’t another main event caliber heel to go to as title contender on top…This was tricky episode to do, because it was portrayed as if
Tennessee Homecoming had already taken place. The only obvious glitch was James saying Scott didn’t win the title, and then five
minutes later, Scott cuts a promo announcing that he’s the champion. Airing Cain’s promo for a match that wasn’t
happening this week made no sense…Sircy was a major improvement over the rotating color commentators on last week’s show,
but where's Clemmons?. The combination of James and Clemmons can make a bad show listenable…They’ve spent a good bit of
time and energy on Steve-0’s push, so I have wonder where the booking is headed with him losing to Cooter…Daniels and Smalls
stood out on what was otherwise another extremely mediocre episode.
– Larry Goodman
Opening with a rundown of the card for December 2 at the Nick Gulas Arena: The new Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Scott Hayes
makes his first title defense against former champion Jeff Daniels and the new NWA Mid-American TV Champion Shane Smalls vs.
Aiden Scott.
Jason James was joined on color commentary by NWA Top Rope promoter Mike Sircy.
1 – BRYAN CASEY vs. “The Internet’s Favorite Wrestler� WHITE TIGER
Tiger’s monkey flip and the arm drags that followed looked amazingly fine. Sircy made a dated reference to the “put a tiger in your
tank� slogan from the 60s Esso commercials. Casey put Tiger in a Canadian backbreaker. Sircy called it a “perdiculous�
situation. From there, Casey slammed Tiger on his belly ala Ron Simmons’ Dominator. Casey also hit a nice gutwrench suplex.
James talked about the fans getting behind Tiger – in their prayers I guess, because they sure weren’t making any noise. Casey
did the swivel hips. James said Casey was a descendant of a famous wrestler, but Charmin’ Charles was keeping it a secret.
Casey took a flying bump onto the ropes. A fan yelled something about Casey’s “dingleberries,� which was the only time the
fans were heard from during the match. Casey hooked the ropes to thwart Tiger’s comeback and hit the Rude Awakening.
Winner: Casey in 6:50 with the Rude Awakening. Better than expected. Casey’s a good athlete with some decent offense, although
he’s devoid of the facial expressions that were a big part of Rude’s gimmick. Tiger wasn’t his usual atrocious self. In fact, it
was probably the best performance I’ve seen from Tiger.
2 – BIG BULLY DOUGLAS vs. SEVEN
Seven attacked Bully’s injured knee before the bell and continued to beat on it. James said the injury occurred at Tennessee
Homecoming and maybe it was too soon for Bully to be back in the ring. They brought up the broken leg Douglas suffered on Main Event
TV some month ago. In the midst of the brawling, Jamie Ferrari got tossed and called for the bell. The dressing room, meager though it
may be, emptied out to separate the combatants. Was that Steve-O wearing face paint?
Winner: Nobody. A double DQ in 3:23. At least it had a story. Seven was exposed here. Douglas was selling for everything he was worth
while this big, muscled up dude landing blows that my grandmother could take.
3 – STEVE-O vs. LARRY COOTER
Typical opening with O outwrestling Cooter. James acknowledged that O loss of the TV title on Thanksgiving. At point, James was crying
out for help in the booth from Tyler Clemmons or Scott Barry. Cooter gave O a hotshot and went to work on his neck making insulting
covers after his big moves. The dreaded hopping enzuigiri by O and it was both men down. Cooter kicked out of O’s neckbreaker
combo. O did an atrocious cartwheel back elbow, then went for a monkey flip on the opposite corner. Cooter blocked it and got the pin
with his feet on the ropes.
Winner: Cooter in 7:40. NWA ME appears to be doing the unthinkable – giving Cooter a major push. He’s now on a three match
winning streak. And just what did Steve-O do to deserve this? He loses the TV title and instead of rehab win his next time out, he loses to
this guy.
Promo by Cooter screaming about how he was tired of being overlooked in the NWA and was going back to the top (he’s been there
before?) and would break necks if necessary. I just can’t take Cooter seriously as a heel.
4 – NWA Mid-America Television Title Match: Champion SHANE SMALLS vs. NWA Mid-America X Division Champion AIDEN SCOTT
James said Scott had failed to win the X Division Title at Tennessee Homecoming. Oops. Scott took exception to Smalls shenanigans
and unleashed a barrage of offense. Smalls hit a backbreaker/gutbuster combo to turn the match completely around. Smalls worked the
back with a cavalcade of suplexes. Smalls nailed Scott with a pair of double ax blows off the ropes. He went for three, and Scott socked
him in the gut for the flip bump spot. Scott’s house-of-fire comeback was short-circuited by a botched spot. Smalls landed right on
Scott’s head when Scott was late ducking under an up and over. Scott got right up and they went to the finish. Scott missed a
springboard crossbody, and Smalls pinned him with an Oklahoma Roll and a handful of tights.
Winner: Smalls in 6:32. Good except for the goof right before the finish. Scott should have sold it instead of getting right up. He’s
going to be good once he gets more seasoning. Smalls’ manic workrate is fun to watch. Yeah, he gets sloppy at times, but he’s
got such a varied moveset that he doesn’t fall into doing the same stuff in every match, and it makes his matches stand out from the
rest of the show.
Scott promo. Scott thanked the fans for their support and said he was going to be a fighting X Division Champion.
Smalls promo.
�Nashville, I’m still here. Where’s Steve-O? Doesn’t matter. He doesn’t have this any more. I do.�
Smalls said he proved his point about being the greatest NWA Mid-America Television Champion in history and anybody that crossed his
path was fair game.
Cain claimed Scott got away with his title because he had a messed up ankle. Ankle or not, he was leaving with the title Tuesday night at
the Fairgrounds (a monumental task since Cain was scheduled to face Steve-O.)
5 – NWA Mid-America “Playboy� SCOTT HAYES vs. JEFF “The Crippler� DANIELS (with Dominique)
Daniels blindsided Hayes before the bell and gave him a relentless beating. Dominique interfered liberally throughout the body of the
match. James talked about reviving the tag titles and giving them to Daniels and Dominique. Daniels snuffed out the rallies before Hayes
could gain any momentum. Hayes got a visual fall with a sunset flip while Dominique was distracting the ref. That spot has been in every
Daniels match for the last month. Hayes made his full-fledged comeback and tried for the tornado DDT. Daniels managed to block it, so
Hayes shot him chest first into the turnbuckles and rolled him for the three count.
Post-match, Daniels attacked Hayes and locked in the Dominator. The other wrestlers ran out from the dressing room to pry them apart.
Winner: Hayes in 8:48. As a logical way to continue their feud as the top program, this match worked fine. Learn to love it, because you're
going to be seeing a lot more of it.
Hayes promo sporting his newly won title belt. Hayes said what Daniels did today was uncalled for because he was trying to take away
his livelihood. Hayes said he wouldn’t be hard to find, and Daniels could have a shot any time, any place.
Daniels promo. This was Daniels at his sinister best. He said Hayes stole the title from him on Thanksgiving. “They should get a
warrant and arrest you, Scott Hayes.�
�Today on this TV, you got a taste of what’s coming in your future…I’m the hunter, Scott Hayes, and what I’m hunting is
my Mid-America Championship that’s around your waist. So what you better remember, my friend, is that now you’ve got the
Crippler breathing down your neck. I’m comin’ Scott. I’m coming with everything I got. I won’t hold back, I’m gonna
hurt you, Scott.�
Random Thoughts: This was the fourth and final Sunday taping in LaVergne, a venture that was an abject failure any way you look at it. It
was bad TV and I can’t see why anybody watching would want to attend the house shows. Presumably, turning viewers into ticket
buyers is the main objective, but a new viewer would likely ask why, if Main Event wrestling is such an entertaining live event, are there
only 20 people in the crowd? And why do those 20 people look bored out of their minds? I can’t recall even one really good match
from LaVergne, but in fairness to the talent, the atmosphere there was death for having good matches...Main Event might be able to get
away with such a small roster if they had more guys involved in interesting programs. The rosters were small in the days of the territories,
but there was an abundance of experienced talent with the know how to build programs that sold tickets, and they had the ability to rotate
talent in and out of the territory…Daniels cut another great promo, and it’s a good thing. Realistically, unless they turn Woods, there
isn’t another main event caliber heel to go to as title contender on top…This was tricky episode to do, because it was portrayed as if
Tennessee Homecoming had already taken place. The only obvious glitch was James saying Scott didn’t win the title, and then five
minutes later, Scott cuts a promo announcing that he’s the champion. Airing Cain’s promo for a match that wasn’t
happening this week made no sense…Sircy was a major improvement over the rotating color commentators on last week’s show,
but where's Clemmons?. The combination of James and Clemmons can make a bad show listenable…They’ve spent a good bit of
time and energy on Steve-0’s push, so I have wonder where the booking is headed with him losing to Cooter…Daniels and Smalls
stood out on what was otherwise another extremely mediocre episode.
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