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----Memphis Wrestling opens with Corey Maclin and a jam packed TV crowd. Maclin puts over Scott Bowden's "Kentucky Fried Rasslin". Scott Bowden came out for an interview talking about how Lawler use to hit him "way too hard". Bowden said he got a call from the Big Cheese and he has arranged some lawyers to help him. Bowden said that the Big Cheese sent him to deliver a message. Lawler says why not give the Big Cheese a message for me and slugs Bowden. He then takes Bowden into the ring and hits him a couple more times, and then does the fist drop on him.

----Kevin White comes out with the Spellbinder's skull with Mr. White and The Agents. He says, "I sent Bill Dundee back to Australia" and now I got Spell's skull. White over Chris Lexx. White started heat when K.Hill held the top rope and he went over the top rope. Lexx started comeback, but he cut him off. He draped Lexx over the ropes in the middle of the ring and then jumped from the second turnbuckle with an elbow smash sending Lexx over the ropes into the ring. White then used his tights to pin him.

----Corey wanted to know what White had done to Spellbinder. They said they had him tied up in the back. When they got back there, it was Mr. White with a Spell mask tied up and holding a sign saying "See You At Sam's Town". A very good skit.

----"Hollywood" Jimmy brought out three painting [by David Burcham – a writer for Jimmy’s web site]. One was him being arrested and him crying. Jimmy started talking about special treatment in jails in Memphis - he had Lawler with "jailrats" and Lawler sitting on his throne. LOL The third painting was Lawler with "Big Bubba". This was real funny. Lawler comes out and starts punching Blaylock. Johnny Rotten walks out and jumps Lawler. Corey sells it hard - "that is Johnny Rotten!!" Lawler pulls down his strap and makes his comeback. Sid Vicious comes up behind him and then chokes him and slams him down with a leg sweep. Vicious then makes Hollywood Jimmy leave the ring. Rotten takes photos of Sid with a beaten Lawler with his cell phone. Security comes out to help Lawler. Maclin sold this so good!! Great freakin angle!! Crowd was hot!!

----Sam's Town show: "Hot Summer Nights" 8:00 PM bell time 1st 500 recceive free concession voucher..MIB vs NBN...Southern TT: TC2 vs Tatt2/Starr..White vs Spellbinder..TLC: Dotson vs DK...15 Man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner…Jerry Lawler vs Sid Vicious

----Sid Vicious does interview backstage with a red light on him and Rotten standing behind him. It was a strange interview. Not good, not bad. He was just very quite telling Lawler that after their bout, Lawler will say he is the Master.

----Mr. Hughes came out to talk about the battle Royal. He said, "I would slapped my momma for $5,000"..LOL Mr. Hughes beat Charlie Lear in a squash.

----"Too Cool 2" [Tim Grind/Flex] comes out for interview. Great interview - both guys are in great shape!! Tatt2/Dustin Starr come out and jumped them. Starr hits Grind with a chair and Tatt2 with a wet floor sign. Crowd was hot for this. Starr told him that they were serious and Tatt2 said, "Smooooooooooth Turkey!!!" LOL Another good angle.

----Lawler comes out for an interview. He talks about Sid wanting to make a WWE comeback and trying to walk over him on his way going. I am going to show up at "Sam's Town". Good interview.

----Johnny Dotson interview. Dotson beat Shawn Shultz by DQ when Derrick King interfered and superkicked Shultz. Another real good match between these two guys. I have no idea what direction these guys are going in, but it should be Shultz vs Dotson for the JR Title.

----Sam Shaw/Cameron Valentine were in the middle of the ring waiting to start a bout when Rotten/Vicious jumped them. Corey Maclin left as Rotten/Vicious take over the show.

----Notes: Scott Bowden is so good on the mic. I wished he would have been able to make a living doing wrestling. He is just so entertaining…You know only in wrestling do you turn a real situation into an angle??  The new promo for the Sam's Town show has the headlines of "Lawler gets arrested”...Ironic that I was talking with a friend right before wrestling aired and said, "It would be funny if they showed the Agents putting Spell in the trunk of the car, but when the car stopped, he had disappeared."...Jimmy’s paintings were so funny. Good stuff...Mr. Hughes was originally scheduled to wrestle Lawler in the main again...It has been a long time since Lear has been on Memphis Wrestling...Maclin mentions that the Boys and Girls Club was with them for the day in the crowd - very hot crowd!! He needs to invite them every week…This was easily the best Memphis Wrestling show this year.  Action packed with angles and surprises.  Corey Maclin was on the “top of his game” also and did a great job presenting everything and putting over Sid.

-----Brian Tramel @ www.rasslinriotonline.com.  Check out the site!!  I will have an exclusive interview with Sal Corrente coming this Wednesday, which should shed some light on the Lawler/Corrente story.