NWA Wildside TV
Date: 2/26/2000
From: Cornelia, GA
Bill Behrens makes his way out to give a major announcement. Behrens says it’s great to see all the fans at the NCW Arena. Behrens is here to give a progress report with NWA. Behrens corrects Tim Dix that Abdullah The Butcher will be there on March 18th and not April 1st. It’s Terry Knight, not Terry Austin. It’s Steve Martin and not Steve Williams. Behrens tells Dix he needs to get these things right. Behrens brings out Jimmy Rivers and Jamie Tucker, the referees for Wildside. Behrens says that Jamie Tucker is the senior referee for Wildside, but not for NWA and strips the badge. Behrens names Jimmy Rivers the senior referee. Behrens announces that Jimmy Rivers will referee the tag match involving Rock n’ Roll Express later on. Behrens says that Steve Martin continues to make minor errors on TV. Behrens is annoyed about the NCW sign being held back up, and thus it’s been removed from the building. Behrens holds up a publication called The Clotheslines and it’s showing the NCW sign, which he calls garbage. Behrens rips up the publication. Behrens forbids the publication being sold during TV tapings. Behrens is excited for TJ Gray to be in the building who will be wrestling Romeo Bliss. Behrens brings up Rick Michaels, who Behrens says embarrassed himself last week. Behrens says Michaels doesn’t know when to shut up. Of course, that brings out Rick Michaels. Michaels grabs the microphone from Behrens. Michaels calls Behrens a yankee ass piece of garbage. Michaels says this is his company. Michaels notes that Behrens is here all alone and the next time he disgraces the company he’ll kick his ass. Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson slide into the ring and attack Michaels hitting a double back elbow and double backdrop. Gibson holds Michaels leg down and Morton smashes Michaels left knee with a chair shot. Morton jabs Michaels a few more times with the chair on the leg. Morton goes to the top with the chair, but David Young slides into the ring with a chair to make the save for his partner. (It’s a little bizarre to see Morton and Gibson presented as heels since the fans love them. Bad Attitude playing the heel role would have a better presentation, but with the pivot to the company war, I guess they had to switch it up.)
David Young grabs the microphone and says that he’ll kick Morton and Gibson’s asses by himself. He’ll show attitude is everything and theirs is bad.
Backstage, Jeff G. Bailey cuts a promo with Ruckus saying that he promised to take control of the company and Ruckus can help achieve that. Bailey says that Ruckus is the most dangerous man in wrestling and he’s the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion. Bailey believes that Ruckus will bring him to control Wildside. Ruckus is going to show the world what he’s going to do to anyone that gets in his way. Ruckus chimes in and says he’ll have victims tonight and wants the bodies to be lined up. Ruckus suggests the police be called because tonight he’ll reign supreme.
Opening Contest: NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion Ruckus vs. Silky Boom-Boom: Silky starts off with a bulldog off the apron onto Ruckus to get the quick advantage. Silky brings the action into the ring and pummels Ruckus with strikes in the corner and hits a springboard moonsault. Ruckus ducks a clothesline and tosses Silky with a suplex. Ruckus throat thrusts Silky and delivers a clothesline. Ruckus tosses Silky through the ropes to the floor. Ruckus drops Silky over the railing groin first and Silky drops to the floor. Ruckus nails Silky with a piece of barbed wire as the show goes to commercial. Ruckus suplexs Silky back into the ring from the apron. Silky is busted wide open as Ruckus hits a top rope diving headbutt for the win. (*1/2. Silky looked good in there for the short time he shined. Ruckus is great, but being a heel when the fans love him can’t last too long.) After the match, Frenchy Rivera comes out to help, but is hit with barbed wire and sent to the floor. Ruckus continues to elbow drop Silky as Frenchy is busted open. Ruckus tosses Eddie Swimmer with a suplex. Chaster McNasty tries to make the save, but is tossed to the floor. Rivera is bleeding badly on the floor. AJ Styles and Jorge Estrada run into the ring to make the save with chairs.
Backstage, Jeff G. Bailey talks with Jesse Taylor tells him to not disappoint him to win the US Championship. Bailey reminds Taylor he hasn’t won a match since October. Taylor has been training and pumping iron to win the match. Bailey researched someone to help Taylor and it’s Eddie Golden. Golden enters the scene and says it’s nice to see Taylor again. Taylor isn’t thrilled about Golden being there. Golden says that Bailey is his new manager and financial advisor. Golden says that Taylor doesn’t have any wrestling ability and Taylor will be following his lead. Golden pictures the TV Championship being around his waist. Golden calls Taylor a loser and he’s dealing with wishful thinking. Golden is confident he’ll be the next TV Champion.
Second Contest: Eddie Golden vs. Steve Skyfire (EZ Money): Golden had lost a loser leaves town match in NCW prior to this TV run to Jesse Taylor, according to commentary. Golden controls Skyfire with a head lock, but Skyfire breaks free quickly and catapults Golden across the ring. Skyfire plays to the crowd. Skyfire comes off the ropes to shoulder block Golden and hits an electric chair slam. Skyfire hammers away Golden in the corner. Golden misses a boot and is met with a strike. Skyfire hooks Golden for a suplex and hits a twisting cutter for a near fall. Skyfire plants Golden with a leaping hammerlock flatliner. Skyfire hits a standing moonsault for a two count. Skyfire misses a top rope moonsault attempt. Golden recovers to spike Skyfire with a piledriver. Golden controls Skyfire with a sleeper on the mat. Golden taunts the crowd while keeping Skyfire on the mat. Skyfire fights free with strikes, but Golden hits a hurricanrana. Skyfire dumps Golden to the apron and delivers a strike to the chest. Skyfire dropkicks Golden off the apron to the floor. Golden rams Skyfire into the guard railing. Skyfire sends Golden into the guard railing back first. Skyfire rolls Golden back into the ring. Skyfire drops Golden throat first over the top rope and hits a Buckshot Lariat, but Golden kicks out at two. Skyfire keeps Golden on the mat with a sleeper. Skyfire misses a splash in the corner and crashes to the mat. Golden climbs to the top, but is crotched by Skyfire. Skyire plants Golden with an elevated reverse DDT for a two count. Skyfire slams Golden and heads to the top rope. Skyfire misses a swanton bomb off the top. Skyfire nails Golden with a handspring back elbow. Golden goes to the apron and grabs somethiung out of his trunks. Golden punches Skyfire to counter a back suplex into the ring and his fist was wrapped with a chain. Golden covers and wins the match. (***. Skyfire has quite the unique offense and the action here was quite enjoyable. The finish screams a way that a heel in the 80s would win, but I don’t mind it. Skyfire is a lot of fun in the ring and I feel like I’m going to enjoy Golden in a singles heel role.)
Eddie Golden and Jeff G. Bailey have remained at ringside to be in Taylor’s corner, but they aren’t confident he can win.
Third Contest: NWA Wildside United States Champion Terry Knight vs. Jesse Taylor: Taylor controls Knight with a headlock and shoulder blocks the champ. Taylor catches Knight on a leapfrog to hit an overhead suplex. Knight backs Taylor against the ropes, but Taylor delivers a shoulder block. Knight hip tosses Taylor, but Taylor comes back with an arm drag. Taylor keeps an arm lock on Knight to keep control for a few moments. Knight is met with a kick to the midsection and Taylor hits a swinging neckbreaker. Taylor heads to the top rope hitting an elbow drop for a two count. Taylor kicks Knight in the corner, but misses a running knee stirke and hits the top turnbuckle. Knight slams Taylor’s leg onto the mat a few times. Knight knee drops Taylor’s leg to keep the advantage. Knight chop blocks Taylor’s left knee. Knight splashes onto Taylor’s injured knee and wraps Taylor’s leg around the ring post. Taylor fights back with strikes, but Knight cuts Taylor off. Knight kicks Taylor’s knee. Knight puts a leg lock on Taylor and delivers a leg drop as the show goes to commercial.
Knight continues to work over the left knee of Taylor. Taylor fights back with stomps in the corner. Taylor drops Knight with a Samoan Drop to even the match. They begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Taylor drops Knight with a powerslam. Eddie Golden gets on the apron and accidentally hits Taylor as the referee is distracted. Knight covers and pins Taylor to retain the title. (*1/2. It was rather obvious that Golden was going to screw up and cost Taylor the match since they didn’t believe in him anyway.) After the match, Jeff G. Bailey and Terry Knight embrace revealing that Bailey has bought the US Championship, too. It would appear that Taylor has been kicked out of the group? Bailey needs only the TV Championship to have all the titles in the company.
Main Event: Shank vs. White Trash vs. Damian Steele in a hardcore match: All three men are brawling on the floor using weapons as the show returned from commercial. Steel heel kicks Shank coming off the ropes and Trash delivers a shot to Shank with a keg. Trash hits Shank over the back with a chair shot to a keg. Shank is double teamed with a double suplex leading to a near fall for Trash. Steel heads to the top, but Shank sends Trash into Steel in the corner. Shank hooks Steel and hits a superplex. Scottie Wrenn enters the ring and attacks Shank. The referee calls for the bell. After the match, Wrenn has brought a bodybag to the ring. Trash helps open up the bodybag. Shank is triple teamed. Wrenn plants Shank with a powerbomb. Shank is put in the bodybag. Wrenn grabs a steel chair, but JC Dazz slides into the ring and attacks Wrenn. Dazz and Wrenn brawl on the floor as the show comes to an end.
Final Thoughts:
A good episode this week to continue the shift in storyline. Behrens comes across as a dislikable character, which is the point of his role. I’m wondering if Rick Michaels shift from heel to face is their attempt to make Michaels their Steve Austin, which would be the popular thing to do. Jeff G. Bailey getting a lot of momentum by acquiring titles is fine by me. I’d assume that AJ Styles will be the one thorn in Bailey’s side to prevent complete control. Styles is the top face for the company.
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