Deep South Wrestling TV Report February 11, 2007

Deep South Wrestling TV Report
Airing February 11, 2007 on Comcast Sports South
Taped on January 25, 2007 at the Deep South Arena in McDonough, Ga

“The Voice of Deep South Wrestling” Nigel Sherrod introduced his special co-host, Smackdown Senior Official, Nick Patrick. They showed clips from last week’s main event (Freakin Deacon & G-Rilla vs. Sonny Siaki & Eric Perez). G-Rilla destroyed Perez’s arm. Afa replaced Perez. After a thorough thrashing, Afa and Siaki fed Perez and his mangled arm to the lions and peeked through the curtain as G-Rilla finished Perez with the ICU slam. Patrick wondered what kind of revenge Perez had in store for team now known as the Samoan Fight Club.

Sherrod announced that Bradley Jay would defend the DSW Heavyweight Title in a round robin match vs. Vito and a mystery opponent in tonight’s main event. Patrick said the third man should be Ryan O’Reilly by virtue of his two non-title wins over Jay.

Cutting to the locker room, we saw Derrick Neikirk and Mike Knox, formerly known as Team Elite, my vote for the greatest tag team in DSW history (sorry about yo’ damn luck Gymini and High Impact). Neikirk tossed a Team Elite warm up in Knox’s lap. Knox recalled the last time he wore it, Neikirk turned his back on him because Knox was being cheered. Neikirk said he turned because the Knox he knew was gone. Neikirk said they DOMINATED once before, and if the old Knox came back, they would do it again. Neikirk thought that was a great idea. Knox said he wanted to think it over. Neikirk left. Knox laughed like his former maniacal self.

Henry Godwin and Ray Gordy entered the ring where Rebecca DiPietro was wearing an incredibly short dress. DiPietro asked about the smell. Gordy said that was the smell of sweat and blood that got them where they are in the Deep South. Godwin said they were happier than two pigs in slop, except he almost said something else. “These are ar’ people.” Gordy closed with these immortal words. “All we know about is gettin’ it done. And after it’s over with, we’re gonna say we got ‘er did.”

Neikirk came out alone. He paused at the bottom of the ramp and when Knox burst through the curtain, the DSW fans popped huge.

(1) Team Elite (Mike Knox & Derrick Neikirk) beat Henry Godwin & Ray Gordy in 7:56 pinning Gordy with the Last Breath. Elite worked in harmony, just like the early days of DSW. Knox kicked Gordy in the head when ref John Cone wasn’t looking. But Gordy managed to tag, and Godwin cleaned house to set up that insipid dosey-do spot. Knox posted Godwin’s arm to start the heat, and again, it was behind the ref’s back. Patrick said Gordy’s failure to exit in a timely manner was proving hazardous to his partner’s health. Elite worked over Godwin’s arm. Godwin was able to dump Neikirk, but he pulled Gordy off the apron to prevent the tag. Elite broke out their tilt-a-whirl splash double team for a near fall. Godwin kicked Knox off and made the tag. Gordy got Knox in a headscissors, hammered his head into the mat and mule kicked him for a near fall. Knox did the lawn dart bump on Gordy’s DDT, and Neikirk made the save. Godwin and Gordy tried to whip the members of Team Elite into each other, but Knox went low and Neikirk took Godwin out with a flying forearm. Elite used a tandem Alabama Slam to finish Gordy.

EARLIER THIS WEEK Brooke Adams interviewed the Majors Brothers. She said it must feel amazing to have the tag team titles around their waists again. Brian was amped about the way they defeated Samoan Fight Club and William Regal and David Taylor in Jackson, Georgia to win the title. Cut to footage of the fans congratulating them after the match. Brett said they made history by becoming the first two-time tag champs in DSW history and they were out to prove why they were “the saviors of tag team wrestling.”

They aired a new plug for booking live DSW shows. Contact Joe Hamilton at 678-432-4410.

Rebecca DiPietro reported on the bizarre situation she encountered when she tried to interview GM Krissy Vaine. Cut to footage of Vaine as she disrupted some intense dumpster diving by the Bag Lady. “What do you want, you goofy debutante?” she said as she prepared to dig into a number 10 can of Allen’s baked beans. Vaine had heard that Bag Lady had powerful muscles under the shabs. Bag Lady flexed a very impressive bicep. Vaine enticed Bag Lady into following her with the offer of a lifestyle makeover. DiPietro said it looked trouble for Angel Williams.

Freakin Deacon and G-Rilla did another zany backstage segment. Deacon had Willow, the tarantula, out for play time. G-Rilla put Deacon to relax and put sunglasses on him. G-Rilla was hearing the voice of Willow. G-Rilla paraphrasing lyrics from Lionel Ritchie’s “Hello.”

(2) Freakin Deacon & G-Rilla beat Frankie Coverdale & Bobby Hopkins in 4:13. The newly formed babyface monster team got a monster pop. Noting the orange robe with black splotches, Patrick said G-Rilla looked like a giant Flintstone. Coverdale (the former Francisco Ciatso doing a throwback to 70s Mid-South) let Hopkins start it out. G-Rilla was shimmying and shaking. Patrick said G-Rilla was out of his shell. G-Rilla no sold Hopkins’ offense and leveled him. Coverdale tried take out G-Rilla’s knee. G-Rilla goozled Coverdale and handed him over to Deacon, who destroyed one of Frankie’s arms. Coverdale ran like hell the first chance he got. Hopkins tried but had minimal impact on Deacon. Deacon licked G-Rilla’s hand to make the tag. G-Rilla squashed Hopkins with a flying back elbow into the corner and followed with a rolling senton splash. When Coverdale made a half-hearted attempt to save his partner, Deacon and G-Rilla made a Hopkins sandwich. The finish was a Deacon Bomb followed by a G-Rilla splash.

Luscious asked for Vito’s comments on his match against Jay and O’Reilly. Vito said he couldn’t have picked out a better number than the one Luscious was wearing. Vito said that wrestling the champion and the former champion for the DSW title was one of the most prestigious matches of his life. Vito said he planned to buy a new championship dress.

Adams was in the locker room with O’Reilly. “Big Vito says he getting a new dress. Is he going shopping?” O’Reilly said screw the dress, this was all about the DSW championship. O’Reilly dismissed speculation that he got his spot in the match because he was Vaine’s troubleshooter. O’Reilly said he had beaten Jay twice, and he was coming to take what was rightfully his.

Vito got a great pop. Then O’Reilly came to the ring. He was visibly moved by the crowd reaction.

DiPietro stopped Jay on his way to the ring to ask him how he felt about the possibility of losing his title without being pinned. Jay said was a travesty and an injustice, but he would win anyway.

(3) Vito beat Bradley Jay and Ryan O’Reilly in a round robin match to win the DSW Heavyweight Title in 15:14. The coin flip by referee Scrappy McGowan determined that Vito would start it out with Jay. Vito psyched Jay out with the dress. Patrick said the dress wasn’t a gimmick, it was a way of life. Sherrod say the man formerly known as “The Skull” was more comfortable with his new lifestyle. After a few minutes of stalling by Jay, the match sequed to an even steven mat battle and back and forth pin attempts. They both went for the tag, but Vito beat Jay to it. O’Reilly immediately started working for pin attempts. It appeared that Vito and O’Reilly were working together to corner Jay. O’Reilly was having his way with a leg DDT and a Thesz press on Jay. After a stinging exchange of chops, Jay managed to make the tag. Vito opened up on O’Reilly with a flying lariat, but Jay was there to make the save. Coming out of the commercial break, Jay was working on O’Reilly. Patrick said Vito was playing it smart by getting his wind back. Jay hit a snap suplex and Vito was in to break up the pin. Another stiff exchange between Jay and O’Reilly ended with a knockdown chop by O’Reilly for a two count. Jay thumbed O’Reilly in the eye and tagged out. O’Reilly got the upper hand on Vito and signaled for the Roughshot, but Jay made an unwanted tag. Jay was all over Vito. Jay hit a elbow drop, but O’Reilly was there to break up the pin. Vito dumped Jay on his head with flapjack. Vito pounded the mat. Vito made the hot comeback. Jay bailed out and pulled O’Reilly off the apron. But O’Reilly grabbed Jay’s leg, allowing Vito to catch him flush in the face with a kick. Vito then used a fireman’s carry drop to set up a diving headbutt for the pinfall. The crowd popped huge for the title change. Vito celebrated with the fans and climbed to the top of the bleachers where he hoisted the title belt over his head.

The Inside Pulse
This was the first show taped after the talent purge. In one fell swoop, the tag team champions and their enforcer, who also happens to have been part of the broadcast team since day one, were erased from the storyline like they never existed. Not that Deep South had much choice in the matter. This is WWE after all. I’m sure that after Joe Hamilton was “advised,” or however it came down, to change his blog about Bill DeMott’s departure, the last the thing the office wanted to see was a Deep South tape mentioning that name. But it was weird to see new tag team champions introduced with no explanation as to why the former tag team champions, the Gymini, didn’t defend their belts. At least mention that they vacated the titles. So much for storyline continuity. The heavyweight title story had continuity issues of its own. The identity of the third participant was still a mystery at the end of match number two, and the next segment had Luscious matter-of-factly mentioning that O’Reilly was in the match. Be that as it may, putting the belt on Vito was a swervy way to extend O’Reilly’s quest. All three worked hard, and it was a stiff and intense match worked within the confines of the conservative DSW style. The return of Team Elite is a major plus. I love the story and I love their wrestling. The fact that the Elite have never held the DSW tag team titles provides a story waiting to be told. Knox sells really well, but the segment where he was selling for Gordy looked ridiculous due to the size difference. Bag Lady and Vaine were entertaining. It looks like we’re moving towards Bag Lady (Melissa Coates) making her first appearance in a Deep South wrestling match. The outlandish team of Deacon and G-Rilla were an instant success with the DSW fans. It’s the kind of gimmick where you either love it or hate it. The packed house added a lot to the show again this week. All of the matches had good heat. All of the babyface intro got strong pops. This week’s dark matches: Samoan Fight Club (Siaki & Afa) debuted by defeated Robert Anthony & Heath Miller, Kofi Nahaje Kingston & Shantelle beat Brian Cage & Angel Williams, Majors Brothers beat Johnny Curtis & Samson (Keith Walker).