NWA Wildside TV
Date: 9/23/2000
From: Cornelia, GA
MATCH #1: MR. HAPPY VS. WHITE TRASH
FINISH: Trash pins Happy following a stop sign strike.
Bob’s Take: Mr. Happy is a large guy and started off delivering a dropkick, which is not something I expected to see. Happy is a bit limited, but he’s very focused on using his legs for offense despite his limited agility. Happy delivered a scissors kick at one point. The crowd liked the stop sign spot, but there wasn’t much to this one.
Match Rating: 1/2*
MATCH #2: SAMIR & ZANE MORRIS VS. JOEY CORMAN & KEVIN DOUGLAS
FINISH: Samir hit a frog splash onto Corman allowing Morris to pickup the pin.
Bob’s Take: These guys are based out of the Houston NWA promotion, and I have absolutely zero idea who they are. It’s a tough spot to be in when you’re working in front of people who have no idea who you are nor care about them. Despite not knowing who they are, they clearly have some ability and have had some good training. Samir hit a nice tornado DDT and dove to the floor. The action was fine, but I simply just didn’t care because of lack of connection to the wrestlers.
Match Rating: **1/4
Cole Brothers cut a promo about Total Destruction and say they have had enough with their sneak attacks. They want a tag match to prove who the baddest tag team truly is. There’s no ass whoopin’ like a Cole Brothers ass whoopin’.
Bill Behrens talks about where fans can watch Wildside on TV. Behrens announces the new channel where fans can watch the program. Behrens is trying to get on in Athens. Behrens wants to give back to the fans and there are going to be red tickets where fans will get into free on Friday. Steve Martin and Jeff G. Bailey make their way out to confront Behrens. Bailey thought Behrens would have learned from the beating last week. Bailey tells Behrens he’s a nobody and needs to go home and answer questions on the internet. Bailey says the only thing that matters is the NWA Elite. Bailey tells Behrens that they are the people running the show. Bailey tells Behrens that he’s not giving away tickets to fans and assures the fans they will be paying for tickets. Martin chimes in and brags about a vacation to Cancun. Martin says they make the show. Martin says they don’t need any fans to cheer for them. Martin says Behrens has two choices and that’s either leave, or get his butt kicked. Behrens says he needs bodyguards and reveals that the Boogaloo Crew and Joe Harley are his bodyguards to run off Martin and Bailey. Behrens promises free wrestling on Friday.
Backstage, NWA Tag Team Champions Bad Attitude cut a promo. Rick Michaels says he’s heard people ask who they have beaten. Michaels says that doesn’t matter. They’ve been in the business combined eighteen years and they’ve climbed the ladder to the top. Michaels says people don’t need to like them, but they gotta respect them. David Young chimes in and says it’s easier to climb to the top than stay at the top. Young declares they will remain the tag champions when they are in the ring.
MATCH #3: DEATH SQUAD ( JOHNNY BLAST & SPYDER CROWLEY) VS. ULTIMATE CREATION (JASON ULTIMA & PERFECT CREATION)
FINISH: Referee determines this a double disqualification and both teams continued to brawl to end the segment.
Bob’s Take: The match is joined in progress. I don’t recall having seen the Death Squad before in Wildside. The match is thrown out fairly quickly, and I didn’t care about any of this.
Match Rating: 1/2*
WOW Magazine segment hosted by Bill Apter. Apter was on vacation for a few weeks and he found out someone had died in the wrestling business. Apter talks about Taz in ECW, but now in the WWF he’s not the same wrestler and that’s how he classifies him as dead. This whole segment is Apter talking about Tazz in the WWF and why he’s not working against better competition. Apter announces WOW Extra as a sister publication coming out every two week.
Total Destruction cut a promo from their truck and they talk about kicking the Cole Brothers ass everyday. Next week, they want the Cole Brothers in the ring and they want to settle their issues once and for all.
Jeff G. Bailey has acquired the services of Timber for the match against Wildside Heavyweight Champion Stone Mountain.
MATCH #4: WILDSIDE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION STONE MOUNTAIN VS. TIMBER
FINISH: Timber uses his barbed wire bat to cause a disqualification. Mountain retains the title.
Bob’s Take: Timber walks the top rope before hitting an impressive crossbody to the floor in the early moments of the match. I was not expecting that from Timber. However, Mountain gains control quickly by sending Timber into the ring post. Timber battles back with a spinebuster in the ring and hit a top rope twisting senton splash for a one count. Mountain delivered the Landslide, but Timber kicked out. That’s the first time I’ve seen someone kick out of that. Timber used his barbed wire bat to cause the DQ. Timber impressed me here with his move set considering his size. Timber kicking out the Landslide seemed to be a secondary thing and should have been highlighted a little more.
Match Rating: *1/2
NWA Tag Team Champions Bad Attitude come out to the ring. Michaels says they have decided that the great fans deserve to see them compete tonight. Michaels issues a challenge to any team to wrestle them, but it’s a non-title match. Wildside Tag Team Champions Boogaloo Crew come out to accept the challenge.
MAIN EVENT: NWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS BAD ATTITUDE VS. WILDSIDE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS BOOGALOO CREW
FINISH: Dazz is pinned following a top rope splash by Michaels. After the match, NWA Elite attack Boogaloo Crew while Bad Attitude simply leave the ring. Cole Brothers attack Boogaloo Crew. Total Destruction eventually arrive to make the save.
Bob’s Take: This is happening with about five minutes left in the show. Commentary is angling Bad Attitude as being a heel team now for declaring they would be wrestling in a non-title match. At one point, NWA Elite are on the aisle to distract Wrenn allowing Bad Attitude to pin Dazz. This is all just an angle. Sure, Dazz took a pin, but that’s forgotten about quickly. I can’t rate this higher because it’s very short. I’m a bit indifferent about Bad Attitude seemingly turning heel, but I do like Michaels better as a heel especially.
Match Rating: *
Final Thoughts:
I feel like there’s not much going on here this week aside from Bad Attitude turning heel by all accounts. Timber was fun in his match with Stone Mountain, but there’s not much development this week on TV that I cared about.
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