NWA Wildside TV
Date: 8/19/2000
From: Cornelia, GA
Steven Prazak and Al Getz open the show promoting what’s going to be seen. Getz notes that Bad Attitude aren’t there to compete against NWA Elite. Scottie Wrenn will battle Eddie Golden for the Wildside TV Championship.
Steve Martin and Jeff G. Bailey are in the ring cutting a promo. Bailey wants the fans to shut up. Bailey insults Bad Attitude for not being there. Eddie Golden and Terry Knight need someone to wrestle. Martin scraps the the title match as Golden and Knight will wrestle Bliss and Taylor now. Martin says that Scottie Wrenn hasn’t proven his worth and books him into a match against JC Dazz.
MATCH #1 NWA ELITE (EDDIE GOLDEN & TERRY KNIGHT) VS. ROMEO BLISS & JESSE TAYLOR — NO DISQUALIFICATION, NO COUNT-OUT
FINISH: Taylor pins Golden following a belly to belly suplex.
Bob’s Take: A pet peeve of mine is when a tag match is no disqualification and they start off with traditional tag rules. I feel like that goes completely against the stipulation. Bliss and Taylor had a nice combo powerslam spot on Knight early into the match that goes completely ignored by commentary. Golden and Knight work well as a duo working over Taylor for a good portion of the match. The lack of not using the stipulation kind of made me disinterested in the match, but that’s not to say the action itself is bad by any means. I think they were working a good, solid traditional tag match, but it wasn’t promoted as such. If it was announced as a standard tag match I wouldn’t have been annoyed. It’s a good tag match, and a clean win against the NWA Elite is fine by me. Taylor has been growing on me.
Match Rating: **1/2
Backstage, Steve Martin tells Jeff G. Bailey that they need to drive home the fact that Bad Attitude isn’t there and bailed on them. Scottie Wrenn enters the room and talks about getting a scar on his head for Martin, who rolls his eyes. Wrenn tells them he’s not relighting the flame against JC Dazz. Bailey demands that Wrenn hurt Dazz tonight because this is his last chance. Wrenn tells them that he doesn’t take orders from anyone. Despite that he’s going to still compete.
MATCH #2: JORGE ESTRADA VS. BRAD HUNTER
FINISH: Estrada hits a top rope flying crossbody for the win.
Bob’s Take: Hunter is making his debut and is welcomed to the company with a jobber chant. Estrada is a great pure babyface and brings that energy through the screen very well. Hunter doesn’t do much for me. I think Estrada should absolutely be presented as a main fixture against the NWA Elite. Hunter was not good here and I hope Estrada gets better opponents.
Match Rating: *
MAIN EVENT: JC DAZZ VS. SCOTTIE WRENN
NOTE: Jeff G. Bailey came out during the match and eye raked Dazz at one point from the floor. Bailey throws powder into a second referees face, which is Andrew Thomas. Thomas delivered a stunner to Wrenn while being blinded. Bailey superkicks Dazz at one point, too.
FINISH: Wrenn pins Dazz after a second springboard leg drop. After the match, Eddie Golden and Terry Knight enter the ring and deliver a spike piledriver on Dazz. Wrenn throws Dazz to the floor and the NWA Elite wonder why Wrenn did that. Wrenn walks to the backstage area. Dazz does a stretcher job due to the piledriver.
Bob’s Take: For this being a heated grudge feud they started off with some mat wrestling and not the kind of approach you’d expect from two men that despise each other. I’m glad that the finish was a clean and they appear to be telling a story where Wrenn may not have hate for Dazz unlike the NWA Elite. The action was fine for what it was, but it didn’t have the heat I’d expect to see considering their feud from earlier in the year. I think they are destined to be reunited.
Match Rating: **
Final Thoughts:
There wasn’t much going on here development wise. We got a solid tag team match and a bit of a tease between Wrenn and the NWA Elite to potentially split. It was a fine hour program, though.
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