9/7 Deep South TV Taping Results
The Deep South heavyweight title changed hands as Bradley Jay defeated Ryan O’Reilly to become the third champion in company history at the weekly television taping at the DSW Arena in McDonough, Georgia.
In addition, the conflict between Bill DeMott and the Gymini heated up again, leading to match being made for this Saturday’s event at Six Flags over Georgia, which is being headlined by Ric Flair.
Matt Striker and Kevin Matthews called the dark matches.
(A)
Tommy Suede beat Francisco Ciatso in 5:53. Decent pop for Suede this week. Suede put on an armdrag clinic. But his dropkick came up short, and Ciatso went to work on his back, including the Cement Shoes (sidewalk slam) for a near fall. Suede’s comeback built to a running shooting star press for a near fall. Ciatso answered with a Polish Hammer. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be a Suede match without one badly screwed up spot. This time it was Suede’s moonsault off the second turnbuckle. Suede hit a great looking brainbuster to score the pinfall.
(B)
Jake Hager beat Antonio Mestre in 3:07. This was the debut match for Hager, a former Oklahoma All-American wrestler. Hager has the long arms that are so advantageous in amateur wrestling. He stuck the basics and totally outwrestled the game gamer Mestre. Mestre knocked Hager on his ass with a forearm and hit Russian legsweep for a near fall. In a flash, Hager pinned Mestre with a three quarter nelson.
(C)
G-Rilla beat Bully Douglas in 30 seconds. Nigel Sherrod wanted to get the scoop on G-Rilla, a huge man rumored to be a former bodyguard of Paris Hilton. Douglas said nobody cared and challenged G-Rilla to a match. G-Rilla stepped over the top rope and made short work of Bully with a big splash. Douglas was in from Nashville for the third week in a row.
(D)
Dan Rodimer beat Heath Miller in 5:12. Likewise, this was Rodimer’s debut in DSW. Quite the physique on Rodimer, like a taller version of Randy Orton. He’s got arrogance to burn and had no problems competently performing a basic five minute match.
(E)
Derrick Niekirk & Danny Gimondo beat Ray Geezy & Damien Steel in 9:18. Geezy and Steele used a headlock to control Neikirk in the early going. At 4 minutes in, Neikirk posted Geezy’s arm, while ref Scrappy McGowan was busy admonishing Steele at the time. The heels proceeded to do a number on Geezy’s arm. At one point, the crowd got behind Geezy with a bit of an “A-T-L” chant. Neikirk tried to knock Steele down to prevent a tag, but Steele smartly jumped off the apron to avoid it. Steele cleaned house with dropkicks. 4 way action ensued. Gimondo wasted Gordy with a divorce court on the arm. Steele went to the top for his finisher and was able to fight off both heels. But Gimondo brought him off the top with a stunner for the pin.
Nigel Sherrod and Bill DeMott came out to handle commentary for the television taping.
Ring announcer Ted Guinness informed the fans that tonight’s merchandise drawing would feature autographed photos of Bill DeMott. Gymini entered through the front door of the Arena (just like last week). They called DeMott ancient history and tore up the photos. Heated words were exchanged before the ref brigade was able to get Gymini out the front door.
A brief promo by Majors Brothers was shown on the big screen.
(1)
Brian Majors (with Brett Majors) beat Lawrence Tyler in 6:06. Fun match. Tyler has the bestest bleached blonde sideburns this side of Superstar Graham. Tyler flipped Majors into the buckles by his hair to start the rough stuff. Tyler worked on Majors’ gut. Majors broke Tyler’s abdominal stretch with a hiptoss. Tyler hit a spinebuster that would have made Double A proud for a near fall. Majors hit a top rope elbow that would have made the Showstoppah proud to get the pin.
Striker came out and rudely interrupted Guinness. Striker was a fountain of dated references here. He told “Joe Pedicino” to hit the buffet table, adding that Lee Marshall wanted his waistline back. Striker said he had gone from being the best kept secret on RAW to “the man that put the ream in Extreme.” Striker called out the Deep South Divas: Tracy Taylor, Shantelle, Luscious, Krissy Vaine and Angel Williams. Striker had the name of an 80’s female wrestling character to match each of them, for example, Misty Blue for Shantelle. “Queen Diva” Williams and Vaine stood apart from the babyface Divas. Striker said Vince had given him the task of assessing the talent and deciding which Deep South Diva would be signed to a major league contract in the coming weeks.
(2)
Freakin Deacon dismantled Biohazard in 1:09. Biohazard didn’t get a thing. Deacon used the Arachnilock to send Biohazard into la la land and pinned him. Deacon exited out the front door, presumably headed over to the manhole for some rest.
Prudius did a backstage promo in English. “Good challenger is dead challenger.”
(3)
Oleg Prudius decimated Onyx in 1:30. Prudius did the Russian national anthem. He glared at the crowd more this time. Whatever he may lack, Prudius brings the intensity and gets heat. Onyx did get a bit of flurry before Prudius started manhandling him. Prudius won it with the Russian rack drop.
(4)
Bradley Jay beat Ryan O’Reilly to win the DSW Heavyweight Title in 7:09. Just OK for a title match.
(5) High Impact (Mike Taylor & Tony Santarelli with Tracy Taylor) versus Urban Assault (Cocky Siaki & Eric Perez) ended as a TV time limit draw (8:59). Good match. Really hot down the stretch and the finish was well done.
NOTES: Tonight’s attendance was 160…The 9/9 Six Flags show starts with an autograph signing at 5pm. Bell time is at 6pm…Simon Dean was backstage…Mike Knox was also backstage. Knox finished up here last week by winning a taped fist match against former partner, Derrick Neikirk. That match will be the main event on the DSW television episode airing this Sunday night at 11pm on Comcast Sports South…Mike Johnson of PWInsider recently reported that Deep South is one of three wrestling promotions that will have a timeslot on the MAV television network starting this fall.
