Deep South Wrestling Television Review
Aired July 30, 2006 on Comcast Sports South
Taped May 4, 2006 in McDonough, Ga at the Deep South Arena
By Larry Goodman
Nigel Sherrod and guest color commentator Ron Niemi gave us the skinny on last week’s episode. Ryan O’Reilly chalked up another victory at the DSW Arena, aka “The Rough House.” The Gymini vs. Bill DeMott and Freakin Deacon ended in a DQ on DeMott for using brass knucks. Sherrod said tonight’s main event was a no DQ – no count out rematch. Niemi said the powers that be must have lost their minds to throw the rulebook out the window with four of the most dangerous men in wrestling involved. Neimi said “his boys” (referring to his past association with Shane Twins in Florida) just might end DeMott’s career.
Cut to Matt Striker backstage with Eric Perez. Perez started en Español. Then it dawned on him that the uneducated people in TV land didn’t speak two languages. Perez said that made him better than “Thomasito” Suede. The “bad chico” of wrestling promised to turn Suede’s dreams of becoming the best of the best into a Puerto Rican nightmare.
Tommy Suede, Trust me when I tell you this. I am the morest bestest wrestler guy wrestling here in Deep South, and unfortunately for you, tonight, you…will…get…MUGGED.
(1) Eric Perez beat Tommy Suede in 5:01 with the Annexation of Puerto Rico. Perez was ruthless aggression right from the opening bell. Suede took a backdrop, flipped to a standing position and dropkicked Perez. A dropkick to the back sent Perez into the turnbuckles. Suede caught him on the rebound with a reverse roll up. Perez kicked out sending Suede’s shoulder into the post. Perez posted the shoulder again for good measure. Perez destroyed Suede’s shoulder, biting, pounding, and twisting it to shreds. The crowd got behind Suede. Perez snuffed out Suede’s comeback with a clubbing blow to the back. Perez applied a keylock. Suede managed to escape. Suede went up and over, slamming the back of Perez’s skull into the mat on the way down. Suede fired a series of rights with his left arm hanging limp, and took out Perez’s knee with a dropkick. Suede hit a basement dropkick to the head for one near fall, scored another with an Oklahoma roll, and a third with a victory roll. Perez gave Suede one swift kick to the shoulder and buried him with the implant DDT.
Ryan O’Reilly promo for his match against MVP at Park Slam on August 11 at Six Flags over Georgia.
“Mr. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” Cru Jones entered the ring, making a bold fashion statement with his choice of tights.
Cut to Tony Santarelli and Tracy Taylor backstage. Tracy explained that Mike Taylor was on hiatus because surfing was good in California, but he would be back next week for the tag team tournament. They struggled to find something nice to say about Jones. They mocked Jones’ catch phrase. Santarelli reminded Jones that he was in High Impact territory.
When our music hits, and you hear the chants of “Tony, Tony, Tony,” you’re not gonna be chanting “yeah, yeah, yeah,” you’re gonna be crying “wahh, wahh, wahh.
(2) Tony Santarelli (with Tracy Taylor) pinned Cru Jones in 5:06 with the Satellite Enzuigiri. Niemi was drooling over Tracy. The fans were chanting for Santarelli as he rolled Jones up for a quick two. They traded reversals on the armbar. Santarelli used a drop toehold and floated over for a two count. Jones was getting pissed. Jones popped Santarelli in the jaw on the break. Santarelli spun Jones around and scored with a flurry of leg kicks and uppercut forearms. Santarelli blocked a backslide counter. Santarelli leapfrogged Jones and landed another kick to the thigh. Jones grabbed Santarelli by his Mohawk and bounced the back of his head off the mat. As Jones was heeling away, the crowd chanted “Tony, Tony, Tony.” Jones hung Santarelli in the tree of woe and choked him with his boot. Santarelli reached up to grab Jones stunner style, flipped over the top, and hit an inverted DDT. Both down. Santarelli tried for a flying crucifix, but Jones countered with a gutbuster. Santarelli answered with spinning wheel kick. Santarelli nipped up ala Shawn Michaels and launched a full-fledged comeback. Santarelli jacked Jones’ jaw with discus forearm. Jones reversed a whip and charged into Santarelli’s finisher. Tracy “leied” Santarelli in the postmatch.
Perez promo for Urban Assault vs. High Impact at Six Flags.
A video aired featuring “24/7” Derrick Niekirk.
Matt Striker was backstage with Bradley Jay for comments about his match against Ryan O’Reilly. Jay said they had a lot of “simularities,” but where they differed was that O’Reilly fought for the fans.
I don’t give a damn what anyone here thinks about me. I do what I want, when I want.
Jay warned O’Reilly to expect no mercy and vowed to silence his critiques.
Cut to O’Reilly. O’Reilly said that like Jay, he was a loner when he got to DSW, but not anymore. He had “The Ruffians” behind him.
You see, Bradley Jay, what your stepping into is not just a ring. No. No. No. That is not just a ring. Bradley Jay, that is something that the fans and O’Reilly built from the ground up with our bare hands. Bradley Jay, it’s real simple. The welcome mat’s down. The front door is open. We welcome you to our house, Bradley Jay. And our house is the Rough House.
(3) “Rough House” Ryan O’Reilly pinned Bradley Jay in 5:58 with a roll up. They sized each other up. The “O-RI-LEE” kicked in. Sherrod said the Ruffians were a deciding factor in many of O’Reilly’s matches. O’Reilly used a side headlock takeover and cinched it in. Jay tried a sucker punch on the break. O’Reilly blocked it and kicked Jay in the midsection. Whip reversal by Jay and O’Reilly went down hard in the corner. Jay locked in a Fujiwara armbar. Jay was all over O’Reilly’s arm. O’Reilly worked Jay into a pinning predicament, forcing him to release the arm. Jay bent O’Reilly’s elbow into a nasty position with a grounded wristlock. O’Reilly tore at Jay’s nose in desperation. O’Reilly was like a wounded animal. Jay applied a hammerlock around the middle rope. The crowd got behind O’Reilly bigtime. O’Reilly clubbed Jay with one…two…three heavy right hands. O’Reilly followed up with a pair of lariats. O’Reilly with a big body slam. But Jay used the ropes to block a vertical suplex and countered with an inverted DDT. O’Reilly immediately put his foot on bottom rope. Jay wanted to know why ref Mike Posey wasn’t raising his hand. O’Reilly surprised Jay with a schoolboy.
(4) Mike Taylor (with Tracy Taylor) pinned Lawrence Tyler at 4:09 with the Wipeout. From July 20, 2006 with Sherrod and Sara on commentary. Tyler showed a low tolerance for frustration, as he used hair to drive the back of Taylor’s head into the mat. Tyler tried to snap Taylor’s neck with a Rude Awakening. Tyler worked on the neck. Tyler applied a grounded headscissors. Mike’s arm came within inches of dropping to the mat for the third time. Mike escaped. Mike came back with three bodyslams. Mike hit a leg lariat for a long two count. Tyler slammed Taylor into the mat by the hair again. Tyler went for a vertical suplex and Mike countered with his double knee ribcracker.
Krissy Vaine pimped the Six Flags show featuring Big Show vs. Rob Van Dam for the ECW title.
Matt Striker was with the greatness that is Team Elite. Derrick Neirkirk was great here. He acted like he had no idea who Omega and Miller were. Mike Knox pulled a hair out of Striker’s head. Knox got the giggles. “Kenny and Keith, tonight’s not really about you kids. Good luck though. We’ll see you out there.”
(5) Team Elite (Derrick Niekirk & Mike Knox) beat Kenny Omega & Keith Miller in 4:58. Neikirk went right for Omega’s arm. Neikirk didn’t care for Omega spirited reversals and pie-faced him. Omega responded with a pair of dropkicks. Neikirk hooked the ropes and hung Omega out to dry. Tag to Knox. Elite delivered a double chop that liked to have stopped Omega’s heart. But Omega somersaulted under a charging Knox and took him down with an armdrag. Tag to Miller. They gave Knox a double Japanese armdrag. Miller took Knox down with an armdrag. Knox backed Miller under the ropes, and Neikirk blasted him from the blindside. Knox pounced on Miller, ramming his back into the apron. Knox hit a slingshot senton back to the inside. Neikirk used a middle rope forearm drop and inverted DDT style neckbreaker for near falls. Knox hit 15 count stalling vertical suplex. Elite did this cool double team where Neikirk did a satellite headscissors on Knox, and Knox powered Neikirk on top of Miller. Miller countered Neikirk’s vertical suplex with a neckbreaker. He hot-tagged Omega, who cleaned house. Neikirk ducked a spinkick but got nailed with a high knee. Omega hit a bridging northern lights suplex on Knox and Neikirk made the save. Omega escaped Neikirk’s back suplex. Miller made a blind tag. Neikirk smoked Omega with a superkick. Elite hit a double Alabama Slam on Miller and Knox covered for the 1-2-3. The crowd popped for Elite’s victory.
Angel Williams was with the Gymini. Jake was still selling the shot in the jaw with the brass knucks from last week. They said the knucks were emblematic of DeMott’s desperation. Jake said the no rules stipulation was right in their backyard.
Bill DeMott told Deacon to keep his mind on what they had talked about. DeMott addressed Gymini. “You keep in mind one thing – no DQ, no count out. Brass knucks paved the way to what we wanted. What WE wanted. Not friends. Not partners. Nothing more than common ground. Gymini, you looked to the tag team tournament. You looked to the Assassin. Now you look to the Deacon.” Deacon did his thing.
(6) Gymini (Jesse & Jake) defeated Bill DeMott & Freakin Deacon in 2:56. The crowd let Gymini have it. They stood their ground when DeMott entered the ring. Monster pop for Deacon. Gymini bailed out. Deacon leveled Jake with a high boot. DeMott hit a corner splash. DeMott went for another splash, but Jesse pulled Jake to safety and DeMott crashed into the turnbuckles. Gymini leveled DeMott with a double lariat. Gymini beat the hell out of DeMott and used a bearhug to keep him away from Deacon. Just when it appeared that DeMott might make a tag, Quentin Michaels entered through the front door with Willow. Michaels used Willow to lure Deacon out of the building. Cut to DeMott reaching into an empty corner. Gymini hit the Crosstrainer on DeMott. Jake made the pin.
Gymini continued to double team DeMott in the postmatch. A parade of lower echelon babyfaces tried to make the save, and Gymini kept putting their lights out. Gymini backed off when Santarelli and O’Reilly hit the ring. The show closed with a shot of DeMott laid out in the middle of the ring surrounded by all the babyfaces. Sherrod said Gymini would have hell to pay.
Closing Thoughts: With Canon gone, Gymini/DeMott became the sole major focus of attention. O’Reilly’s unbeaten streak is getting more play. But miracle of miracles, a revival of the tag team tournament is just around corner…Perez took it another level on his promo. This guy won’t need Armando Alejandro Estrada to the talking for him. There’s a hint of a Latino Nick Bockwinkle in his snobby delivery…The layout and psychology of his match were a cut above the norm…They’re doing a nice job of establishing Jones as a distinctive character, particularly for a non-contract guy that loses every time out. He had a good match with Santarelli. Sherrod mentioned in passing that Tracy was Mike’s wife. There was no explanation given when she showed up with Impact on TV last week…Jay also upped his game to have his best match so far on DSW TV. It’s no accident that it came against O’Reilly. Once the heat starts, O’Reilly sells like crazy and gets very little in the way of a comeback. But then it’s over in a heartbeat. He takes the best the heels have to offer and beats them at will…The bonus match created an obvious continuity problem, since Tracy said Mike wasn’t there and then she’s seconding him in a match a few minutes later…Team Elite’s promo was gold. They clearly got it across that they were a million miles above their opponents. The match worked, as it installed Elite as the favorites in the tag team tournament, while still getting Omega over as a guy with a future. Interesting to hear the pop when Elite won…Crowd was hot for the main, which featured another amazing pop for Deacon. Gymini going over DeMott with the help of Michaels was the right call. Angles this rich don’t come around everyday, and they need to be stretched out, especially when running weekly episodic TV. Besides which, they needed to get heat from somewhere. With the crowd responding to Team Elite as faces and no Canon, DSW was really lacking for strong heels at this point. Siaki was getting heat but wasn’t in a top position, and Perez and MVP were just starting to cook…Niemi was the third in a string of guest color commentators since DeMott has been wrestling. Williams was the best of the bunch.
