NWA Wildside TV
Date: 9/18/1999
From: Cornelia, GA
The show starts off with a continuation of the Styles/Michaels match from last week. Michaels sends Styles into the corner and taunts the crowd. Styles avoids a charging attack and goes to the top rope, but is held by Mark Michaels and Styles is beaten down. The match lasted an additional ten seconds from last week and Styles wins by disqualification. Bart Sawyer slides into the ring to make the save. Sawyer checks on Styles to end the segment.
Opening Contest: NCW United States Champion Jesse Taylor vs. Donovan Cruze: Taylor shoulder blocks Cruze and hits an overhead suplex. Cruze gains wrist control, but Taylor quickly counters. Taylor kicks Cruze and hits a double under hook suplex. Cruze low blows Taylor and follows up with a strike and a leg drop. Cruze snapmares Taylor and keeps control with a chin lock. Taylor elbows free, but is yanked down by Cruze. Cruze stomps on Taylor several times to keep control. Taylor delivers a swinging neckbreaker and continues with an elbow drop. Taylor hits a belly to belly suplex for the clean win. (1/2*. There wasn’t much to the match, but Taylor looks good in there with some fun offense centered around suplexs.) After the match, Taylor celebrates his win with the crowd.
A video of “the New American Dream” Dusty Dotson outside the NCW Arena is aired. Dotson is trying to do a Dusty Rhodes impersonation. Dotson is coming to NCW and he’s going to bring it to NCW. Dotson is picking up trash.
Second Contest: Stone Mountain vs. Ed Swimmer: Mountain is the security guard for Jeff G. Bailey. As expected, Mountain dominates the match hitting a chokeslam to win the match. (NR. I like Stone Mountain. He’s being presented as a dominate force and I’m apparently a sucker for that kind of presentation. Jeff G. Bailey seems attached to any heel that has substance in NCW.)
Third Contest: K-Krush vs. Damien Steel: Krush starts the match with a scoop slam and taunts the fans. Krush slams Steel again, but misses an elbow drop. Steel gains control with a slam and a few right hands. Steel comes off the ropes with a clothesline. Steel continues with right hands in the corner, but Krush fights back and hits a scissors kick. Krush misses a clothesline, but hits a spinning forearm smash. Krush argues with the referee for a bit. Krush lays Steel over the top turnbuckle and hits a middle rope fallaway slam. Steel connects with a swinging neckbreaker. Steel sends Krush through the ropes to the floor, but Krush delivers a strike. Steel sends Krush over the railing into the crowd and they continue to brawl. Steel gets decked by one of the guys in Krush’s group. Steel breaks free from a double team and leaps off the announcers table to hit a dive onto Krush and his buddy. They return to the ring where Ruckus comes out with a trash can and whacks Steel with it as Krush bails to the floor. Well, Krush wins by disqualification anyway. (*1/2. That wasn’t too bad and the crowd went nuts for Ruckus coming out with a trash can. I’m interested in seeing Ruckus against Bailey’s crew and I’m wondering if the money match is between Ruckus and Stone Mountain.)
Fourth Contest: Fast Track vs. Romeo Bliss: While Romeo is suppose to be a disgusting heel, the fans are chanting for him in a positive manner. Track gets control with an arm drag and knee lifts Bliss followed by a hip toss. Bliss complains of a hair pull, but that never happened. Bliss nearly wins with a rollup and Track complains of some cheating. Track controls Bliss with a headlock on the mat and takes Bliss over with an arm drag. Bliss begs off in the corner, but sends Track into the corner. Bliss rams Track into the ring post face first and they trade a few blows. Bliss gets back in the ring and stomps Track in the corner followed by a hip toss. Bliss lifts Track up and hits a vertical suplex. Bliss taunts the crowd before working over the left arm. Bliss almost wins with another rollup attempt. Track tries to fight back, but Bliss stops Track with an eye rake and goes back to arm control. Bliss drives Track down with an arm breaker. Track decks Bliss with a right hand, but misses a springboard crossbody from the top. Bliss spikes Track with a piledriver for the win. (*. Not too bad of a match and I like Romeo Bliss’s persona. Track didn’t do much for me, but had a couple of nice high flying moves.)
Fifth Contest: Bad, Black & Beautiful (Billy Simmons & Sean Powers) vs. Beach Patrol (TA & KC): This match is joined in progress. TA misses a middle rope forearm attempt and is slammed by Powers. Powers follows up with a dropkick for a two count. KC grabs a metal chair and gets in the ring to go after Simmons. Simmons pummels KC in the corner. TA nails Powers with a high knee. KC bulldogs Simmons. TA puts a head scissors on Powers while KC knocks Simmons to the floor. TA and KC double team Powers for a few moments. Powers is driven down by a double gut buster. TA leaps off the top to hit an elbow drop for a two count. KC returns to the match and clotheslines Powers for a near fall. KC avoids a sunset flip, but Simmons superkicks KC leading to a near fall. TA returns to the match and decks Powers with a forearm strike. TA and Powers collide on stereo crossbody attempts. Simmons gets the tag and cleans house on the Beach Patrol. TA atomic drops Powers and sends Powers to the floor. KC drives Simmons down to the mat with a modified bulldog. KC hip tosses TA onto Simmons with a leg drop leading to the three count. (1/2*. Beach Patrol are a solid team, but this didn’t need to be nearly as long as it was.)
Mark Davis, who is a doctor, plugs their hotline number. You can find out dirt on NCW and the other major promotions.
Jeff G. Bailey is at ringside and says that he knows that Bad, Black and Beautiful don’t know about racism. Bailey says that racism in the south makes the Holocaust look like a practical joke. Bailey wants to them to join their group. Bailey tells them that the crowd is closet klan members. Simmons and Powers appear to decline the offer. Bailey says the next time they leave the arena it will be on a stretcher because they don’t play games. Bailey tells them to get with Ruckus and be part of the Uncle Tom Crew.
Main Event: NCW Heavyweight Champion Bart Sawyer vs. Rick Michaels: Sawyer hammers away on Michaels followed by a backdrop and tackles Michaels to the mat. Sawyer nails Michaels with a back elbow and a dropkick into the corner. Sawyer tosses Michaels through the ropes to the floor. Sawyer climbs to the top rope and dives to the floor onto Michaels. Michaels low blows Sawyer several times on the floor. Michaels continues to gouge Sawyer’s face, but Sawyer recovers and hits a suplex on the floor. Sawyer leaps off the apron to strike Michaels on the floor. Sawyer tries for a cover, but this isn’t a falls count anywhere match. Sawyer leaps off the apron, but misses an elbow drop attempt. Michaels scoop slams Sawyer onto the ramp. Michaels leaps off the announcers table onto Sawyer with a forearm strike. Michaels rolls Sawyer into the ring and hits a middle rope elbow drop for a two count. Michaels eye rakes Sawyer, but Sawyer fights back with strikes. They go to commercial during the match.
Michaels misses a back splash in the corner. Sawyer goes to the top rope and leaps off hitting the referee on accident. Michaels grabs a nightstick and whacks Sawyer with it. Michaels wakes up the referee and covers Sawyer to win the match and win the title. Sawyer is busted wide open. After the match, Michaels celebrates the title win, but AJ Styles comes out to ringside and tells the referee that Michaels cheated. There’s a second referee that comes out and reverses the decision. Michaels attacks Styles to end the program. (**. I was about to be stunned if they did a heavyweight title change on the second episode of TV. I wouldn’t have hated it, but I would have been stunned. Styles getting involved with the finish is going to continue the issues between Styles and Michaels, which is a strong feud to have going on right now. Sawyer is entertaining, but played a secondary role here.)
Final Thoughts:
The racism angle led by Jeff G. Bailey is such a Southern thing to do and I’m a little concerned about the direction they could go with it. Similar to the first episode, I thought this was a solid overall episode and they promoted talents that are hopefully going to be here for a little while.
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