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SHOWTIME ALL STAR WRESTLING TV REPORT

By Larry Goodman on 2012-01-19 07:39:00

Showtime All-Star Wrestling – Episode 199
Airing December 30, 2011 on the America One Network
Taped October 8, 2011 at the Old Hickory Community Center


SAW has opened a video-on-demand service at www.twnworldwide.com. Episodes 181-194 are currently available for 99 cents per episode. SAW streams via America One at wvvh.com - 9pm Fridays.

Last week on SAW…The incredibly arrogant Derrick King was pinned by his former protégé Drew Haskins…Jeremiah Plunkett and Derrick Neal brawled to a double count out…David Young guilt-tripped Paul Adams into missing the main event to go out with him…With Adams absent from his corner, Jesse Emerson was pinned by Chris Michaels.

SAW Owner and new SAW International Champion Reno Riggins announced his retirement.  Riggins said that after talking it over with his family, he had decided to go out on top. The top   contenders, Chase Stevens and Chris Michaels, would meet in Old Hickory next week to determine the new champion.  

Michael Graham plugged the Old Hickory event also featuring TNA’s Crimson vs. Josephus, and ran down the card for tonight’s show.

The crowd popped for the entrance of Chase Stevens. His opponent, a platinum blonde from Venice Beach, bailed out and paced around ringside.  

1 – CHASE STEVENS vs. “High Tide” BODIE WILLIAMS

Williams was Stevens’ equal in terms of size and power, but the beach bum got frustrated and commenced with the rule breaking. Stevens rolled out from under Williams’ standing moonsault and both men were slow to rise. Williams stunned Stevens with a jawbreaker. Stevens rocked Williams with punches, but ate a boot charging in. Williams taunted Stevens as he stomped away. Stevens back with punches and the scissors kick for a close near fall. Williams came up firing, but enough was enough, as Stevens hoisted him into Death From Above.

WINNER: Stevens in 5:15 with the DFA.   

Jon Michael Worthington interview. Worthington said he had been with the company for three and half years and it was the one place he felt at home. Worthington said he wasn’t proud of his past actions in SAW. It was his way of creating controversy and making a name for himself. “I lied. I cheated. I stole. I did everything I could to progress in SAW.” Worthington said his goal of being a tag team champion didn’t pan out because after the Brotherhood took out his partner (Christian Jacobs), he put the titles on the line without him. Worthington admitted that he let his anger get the best of him and made a bad decision. Worthington said his moment of truth came when he was sitting at home with a half drunken whiskey bottle on one side and his grandmother’s black bible on the other. Worthington said he had been a pro wrestler for 12 years, and it was time to man up in SAW. He gave the fans credit for helping him pull him through. Worthington said he was gunning for the winner of the Michaels/Stevens title match.     

2 – JON MICHAEL WORTHINGTON vs. ROBBIE PAGE

Worthington was in command of the chain wrestling, so Page (a John Rambo trainee) punched him in the face. Not as smart move, as Page was soon bumping like a pinball. Worthington followed with a Stinger splash and the ten punches of doom. Worthington set up for his finisher, but Page escaped and nailed him in the back of the head with an enzuigiri. A second head shot put Worthington on his back for a two count. Page got a second near fall with a sweep kick. Page gave Worthington six punches of doom and bit his forehead. That fired Worthington up. He hit a Rockbottom for a two count, then finished Page with a fine version of the Brentwood Breaker (Jackhammer).

WINNER: Worthington in 3:20 with the Brentwood Breaker

Michael Graham interviewed the leader of the A-Team, Paul Adams about the match between David Young and Vordell Walker next week in Old Hickory -- if Walker wins he gets 5 minutes with Adams, if Young wins, Walker becomes A-Team’s servant for a day. Adams said the manservant stipulation was his idea, but he had no idea who came up with the five minute stipulation and it wasn’t going to happen. There would be no uranages or STO’s for him, despite what the fans wanted to see. Adams said he could use a manicure and a pedicure, and he had a large lawn that needed mowing in upstate New York.

Graham noted Adams more casual look for tonight’s main event – David Young & Jesse Emerson getting a shot at the tag team titles. Adams said this was his new country & western motif because he was heading to Doc Holliday’s. Adams said he had all the confidence in the world in his guys, but there were some serious codependency issues within the organization. Adams went on a rant about people (David Young) not being able to do things on their own (like buy his own underwear) and having issues that even the world’s greatest life coach couldn’t solve. “So it’s time for some tough love around here, Michael, and those guys are finally going to have to do something, tonight, during the main event, ON THEIR OWN.” Graham said Adams seemed worked up and maybe this was something he should be talking to David about. Adams said the mobile app on his Facebook wasn’t working so he couldn’t express himself the way he would like. Adams said he was heading out pronto, because after a dozen Cokes and five cups of coffee, and he really did need to relax.

Grumpy’s Bail Jumper of the Week – “Bond Girl” Leah was outside the Grumpy’s office, and it must have been a cold day in Nashville, because none of her heavenly delights were on display, and that’s not like Leah. This week’s bail jumper was Nicole Lee Rickard. “My message to you is to turn yourself in. That’s always my message to young ladies like you that have a career and a promising future ahead of you.”   

3 – SAW Tag Team Title Match – Champions JOHNNY BANDANA & CODY MELTON vs. DAVID YOUNG & JESSE EMERSON

The champions handed Young his ass in the early going. Young did the old Midnight Express deal running across the ring on his knees so he could Emerson around the waist. The champions proceeded to do a number on Emerson’s arm. A-Team finally maneuvered Melton into their corner, but Melton slipped away and Young’s punch knocked Emerson off the apron. Bickering between the A-Team ensued. Back from the break with A-Team still unable to get anything going. Young took a backdrop and landed right on his tailbone. Not good. Double back elbows put Emerson down for a two count. But Young caught Melton with a shot from the apron, and Emerson leveled him with a lariat. The challengers took over on Melton. Emerson broke out some ferocious high impact offense. Young slowed things down with the dreaded rear chinlock. Melton’s arm dropped twice before he started to fight up from the bottom. Melton had Young reeling, but didn’t go for a tag and Young turned him inside out with a lariat. Bandana had a fit when A-Team pulled the no tag switch. Emerson throttled Melton to his black heart’s content while ref Kurt Herron ushered Bandana out of the ring. Graham said the champions were making tactical errors. A-Team continued to abuse Melton until Emerson tried for a vertical suplex, and Melton countered with a back suplex. Bandana was a house of fire with the hot tag. It soon broke down to four way chaos. Young spinebustered an unsuspecting Bandana, but Melton surprised Young with a flying bodypress for the three count.   

WINNERS: Bandana & Melton retain the SAW tag titles in 14:05 when Melton illegally pinned Young with a flying bodypress.  

Graham said had Adams been at ringside, he would have lodged a protest, and he was anxious to have words with the A-Team’s head honcho.

Afterthoughts: A lot of time and energy was devoted to plugging the Old Hickory show, and to a lesser extent, the Pat Gregory fundraiser in Lebanon. The big news was Reno vacating the title to set up the title match in Old Hickory next week. The segment was one Reno’s smoother segments on the mic. It was probably for the best, because with Kash vanquished, anything he did as champion would be anticlimactic. The focus was the problems within A-Team. When it comes to wrestling storylines, most of the ground has been covered many times over, but codependency issues was a new wrinkle. The Adams interview was the most entertaining thing about the show. Just a tremendous performance. With the way it went down, you just knew Walker was getting him for five minutes, and the codependency stuff was hilarious. The main event a traditional tag match layout and well-worked except the finish, which made referee Kurt Herron look like a moron, and it’s not like he needs any help in that area. How hard is it to make sure that the right guy makes the pin? Graham hinted that the illegal pin would become another bone of contention within A Team. The viewers know it’s not real, but you don’t have to rub their faces in it. The other matches were nothing more than tune up bouts. The work was OK, but it was dismaying to see nobodies getting so much offense against supposed title contenders. The Worthington interview was quite underwhelming. It did nothing to get me interested in him as a babyface. If only it was as simple as choosing grandma’s bible over a whiskey bottle. Not much to recommend this week beyond the Adams interview.

Feedback welcomed – larry@georgiawrestlinghistory.com

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