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2012 - CW broadcast WWE Saturday Morning Slam. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:

Welcome to the second episode of WWE Saturday Morning Slam.

This week’s show takes a look at the autographs of the WWE Superstars. Brodus Clay will be wrestling this week. Rey Mysterio will be in the Superstar Spotlight.

The first thing on this week’s show is a look at the catchphrases of the WWE Superstars. We start with the Rock’s ‘If You Smell’.

We see the Top Five Catchphrases of the WWE.

Number Five is ‘If You Smell what the Rock is cooking’ from The Rock. We see some of Rock’s past uses of the catchphrase.

Number Four is ‘Woooooooooooo’ from Ric Flair.

Number Three is ‘I’m the Miz . . . and I’m Awesome’ from the Miz.

Number Two is ‘You Can’t See Me’ from John Cena.

The Number One catchphrase is ‘And that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so’ from Steve Austin. We even hear Steve Austin singing Kumbaya to Vince McMahon. We even get a few ‘whats’ from Austin.



It is time to talk about signatures. They mention John Hancock’s signature on the Declaration of Independence and how John Hancock is a part of the lexicon today.

Dolph Ziggler says that asking for his autograph is part of the dream come true about becoming a WWE Superstar. Kofi Kingston mentions that he was told that his cursive was chicken scratch, but now people are asking for his autograph. Miz says that people have asked him whose autograph he would want, but he says that he wouldn’t want any because he is satisfied seeing himself in the mirror every day.

The next topic in autographs is the strangest thing that someone has had to sign. Derrick Bateman says that he has signed a man’s prosthetic leg. Kofi says that he had to sign a dirty shoe. Dolph says that he has signed a kid. Layla says that he has signed cellphone covers.

We go to the WWE Pop Quiz, hosted this week by Alex Riley. This week’s question is ‘On March 26, 2001, who beat Vince McMahon to the punch and signed on the dotted line to become the new owner of WCW?’ A. Stephanie McMahon, B. Shane McMahon, or C. Triple H.

We go to commercial.



We are back and it is time for our match of the week. Your announcers are Josh Mathews and Santino Marella.



Brodus Clay (with the Funkadactyls) versus Curt Hawkins



They lock up and Clay sends Hawkins to the mat. Hawkins with a waist lock but Clay uses his rear end to escape the hold. Clay dances a little while Hawkins gets back to his feet. Hawkins with another waist lock and Clay shimmies and Hawkins releases the hold.

Hawkins wants some music so he can show his dance skills, but without music, it will not stop Hawkins from dancing. Clay laughs at the performance and the referee has some trouble keeping a straight face. Clay with a shoulder tackle and Hawkins goes to the floor. Santino scares Hawkins back to the apron by teasing the Cobra.

Clay slingshots Hawkins back into the ring from the apron. Clay with an airplane spin and Hawkins falls through the ropes and to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Clay has Hawkins in a bear hug. Hawkins claps his hands to get out of the hold. Hawkins goes for the knee and he clips him and he starts to work on the leg. Hawkins with a step over toe hold but Clay uses his other leg to kick Hawkins away. Hawkins returns to the let and he puts it on the rope and he drops his weight on the leg.

Hawkins does some dancing while Clay struggles to get back to his feet. Hawkins with another take down and elbow to the leg. Hawkins returns to the step over toe hold and Clay kicks Hawkins away one more time. Hawkins keeps Clay on the mat and he continues to work on the leg with some help from the ropes. Clay sends Hawkins over the top rope with his good leg when Hawkins tries to use the ropes too many times.

Clay with two slams followed by an Irish whip. Hawkins floats over but he tries a second time but Clay does not bite. Clay with the t-bone suplex and he hits the splash for the three count.



Winner: Brodus Clay



After the match, Brodus, Cameron, and Naomi bring some of the younger members of the WWE Universe into the ring to dance. Santino Marella joins the dance party.

We go to commercial.

We are back and it is time for the answer to the WWE Pop Quiz. The correct answer is Shane McMahon.

On next week’s Saturday Morning Slam, we will be graced by Damien Sandow’s presence.

It is time to take a look at Rey Mysterio in the Saturday Morning Spotlight. Rey says the 619 is a variation on Austin 3:16 and he wanted to represent his home town of San Diego. We see him hitting the 619 the first time against Chavo Guerrero.

We see the way that Rey gets his opponent ready for the 619 from a SummerSlam Axxess event. Rey talks about what he can do after hitting the 619 to finish off his opponent.

2012 - TNA held a Basebrawl event in Bowie, MD. Lee Petry sent the following live report:



TNA Basebrawl 9/1 live report Prince Georges Stadium in Bowie, MD, home of the Bowie Baysox which is a farm team for the Baltimore Orioles, has a great atmosphere for a wrestling show. Not even a 20 minute thunderstorm could keep the crowd down.

A local match featuring current Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) stars featured ECW Alum Christian York and another talent from Bowie, MD started things off. York loses to the home town star...

A Battle Royal to determine who would face TNA Champion, Austin Aries was up next. Mic work by Aries and former champ, Bobby Roode got the crowd going. Since Roode is barred from facing Aries for the belt, he and Aries would watch the action from outside the ring. Dutt, Ion, Magnus, Storm, Styles, Angle, Daniels & Kazarian are the participants. At one point, 'Cowboy' James Storm chased Roode down the first base line to the outfield... Styles and Daniels were the final two in the ring after Kazarian was eliminated. However it quickly turned into a 3 on 1 as Roode and Kazarian joined Daniels, leading to Aries and Angle making the save. Your new main event is now a six-man tag featuring Roode, Kazarian & Daniels vs Aries, Angle & AJ.

Mickie James defeated Gail Kim.

Zema Ion defeated Sonjay Dutt with help from 'Gorgeous' Jimmy Garvin's hairspray can (no sign of Garvin or Precious).

Jeff Hardy was out in the ring addressing the crowd, when he was interrupted by a member of Aces & 8's from the stands (appeared to be Luke Gallows). After a brutal back and forth, Hardy chased off the A&8's member back into the crowd.

'Cowboy' James Storm beat the '60 Second Man' Magnus in a fun match.

The main event featured action all over the ballpark, including battles on top of each dugout, a snap mare from Aries onto Roode out in left field and Angle forcing Kazarian to tap to his ankle lock.

Overall, a fun show that ended just as the next wave of thunderstorms was rolling in. Estimated crowd of 500. Angle looked to be working with a pulled groin or hamstring which limited his mobility and you could see he was walking gingerly.

2012 - Ohio Valley Wrestling celebrated 10 years of running the Davis Arena with a Saturday Night Special event. Trent Van Drisse filed the following live report:

Here's the Ohio Valley Wrestling Saturday Night Special report for September 1st, 2012, a show that marked the 10th anniversary of the Davis Arena at its current location in Louisville, Kentucky. The main things on this show were a 30 man "Nightmare Rumble" to determine a new #1 contender for the OVW Heavyweight title, with the winner getting their title shot at the October SNS, and "Smooth" Johnny Spade defending the OVW title against Jamin Olivencia in a 30 minute Ironman match.

Dean Hill & Gilbert Corsey were the announcers for the upcoming DVD of this show. Ron Hed & Terry Boddie were the ring announcers. The attendance was around 150.

The show opened with Josette Bynum coming to the ring with a cupcake. Bynum asked her boss that she hates, Trailer Park Trash, to come out, and offered him the tasty treat. TPT refused to take a bite, and instead ordered Bynum to take a bite. She finally reluctantly did, and ended up running from the ring holding her tummy while TPT was making announcements.

1. Randy Royal beat VIP

Royal beat the heavily tattooed VIP with his Pedigree/Angels wings type finisher.

2. Rocco Bellagio & Jason Wayne w/Prince Bolin & Joe Coleman beat Nick Dumeyer & Cody Castle

Cody Castle looks like a 12 year old kid, and he took some really scary looking bumps, nearly landing on his head a few times. Bellagio and Jason Wayne got the win after a double choke slam on the much abused Cody Castle. Wayne has put quite a bit of weight back on, and spent a lot of time intimidating announcers here, especially Terry Boddie.

3. Heidi Lovelace beat OVW Women's champion Taeler Hendrix w/Dylan Bostic in a non-title no DQ match

Hendrix said before the match that the OVW BOD has ruled that Heidi Lovelace could have a no DQ match tonight, but that it must be non-title. That made no sense to what they said on TV this past Wednesday, it was just called a title match, the no DQ stip was never in the equation, until now, though these two ladies did go to a no contest on TV the week before last. Hendrix and Lovelace brawled outside the ring for a few minutes before the bell even rang. Hendrix ended up bringing the OVW Women's title belt into the ring, but Lovelace garnered the non-title win after kicking Hendrix in the head, though it wasn't exactly a devastating looking shot.

4. Crimson won the 30 man "Nightmare Rumble" to become the new #1 contender to the OVW heavyweight title

Rob Terry was in first, thanks to the sneaky manipulations by Crimson on TV the past few weeks, and Terry totally dominated things early on. The entries were in two minute intervals here, but they had problems with that at first. Much later in the match Chris Silvio had one of the prime spots, like #26, but he wasted it by going right after Cliff Compton, eliminating himself, and chasing Compton out of the arena. Rob Terry had petered out a lot by that point, but made a big comeback, overpowering like 10 guys at once, and tossing a few out right in a row. Crimson was in at #29, but was more than content to just lay on the floor at watch the proceedings once he got sent out under the bottom rope. Alex Silva had the coveted #30 spot, and soon as he came in he tossed Dylan Bostic clear out of the ring with way too much gusto. Bostic landed with his leg/ankle hitting the announce desk in a rude manner, and appeared to injure his shoulder as well, they had an ice pack on it, and he had to be legit helped out of the arena. A super scary looking bump. Hope he's OK. Silva gets too keyed up and becomes reckless at times. Yeesh.

It came down to Crimson, Silva, and a spent Rob Terry, which it was highly predictable it would come down to those three. Silva and Terry had a Hell of an interesting battle for a few minutes, while Crimson watched from the floor. Terry finally eliminated Silva, but Crimson then ran back in the ring and dumped Terry out for the win at 64:53. Some of this was boring, but some was good, it picked up down the stretch. Rob Terry went for over an hour here, and he looked like it, heck of a workout for him.

Intermission

5. "Smooth" Johnny Spade beat Jamin Olivencia in a 30 minute Ironman match to retain the OVW Heavyweight title

Olivencia rolled up Spade soon as the bell rang to win the first fall instantly. Olivencia stayed on a roll, and was up 3-0 around the 10 minute mark. Spade finally got uptrapped around the 20 minute mark, tying things up at 3-3 with three straight superkicks and pinfalls on Olivencia. Spade then went up 4-3 when Olivencia rolled to the floor and was counted out. Olivencia tied it up at 4-4 by holding the trunks of Spade. Both guys used each others finishers, but couldn't get a fall with them. Olivencia went up top with time rapidly winding down, but Spade caught him with yet another superkick in mid air, to get the pin and win it 5-4 as the time limit expired. A very good match, and a very physical one too. A battle of attrition no doubt.

Crimson ran in and speared Spade after the match, and talked smack to him. So far everything has gone Crimson's way since arriving in OVW. Can he win the OVW title at the October Saturday Night Special? I wouldn't be against it, but Rob Terry will want revenge no doubt. Send any feedback to tvd65@hotmail.com

2013 - Wrestling Is Fun ran Reading, PA. Seth Abraham filed the following live report:

Wrestling Is Fun show "Keep your eyes peeled" at the Goodwill Beneficial Association in Reading, PA. Crowd was in the 100 range.

1. The Osirian Portal vs. Los Ice Creams

El Hijo started off by doing the Ice Cream Shuffle and forcing fans at ringside to do it. Osirian Portal both danced in response but El Hijo slapped Amassis hard. Osirian Portal began working the arm and did a number of comedy spots with the arm. They turned it up a notch and did the Slave Initiation double team move in the corner (Amassis with a split legged wheelbarrow on ophidian who turns it into an arm drag on Amassis who launches into his opponent). Ice creams did get some offense in on amassis and worked him over with kicks and then some sharp punches. They began doing Kwang the Ninja throat thrusts which angered Ophidian. They did multiple kwang thrusts on Amassis. Amassis was catapulted into a forearm and then bodyslammed. Amassis took a nasty ddt for a near fall. Eventually a third attempted catapult was blocked and the hot tag to Ophidian was made. Ophidian came in with kicks and then the portal did simultaneous dives to the outside on Los Ice Creams. Ophidian came up short on his but he walked it off. In the ring, el hijo got a flurry of kicks and then a discus elbow from Amassis which set up a running double knee press by Ophidian for the three. Great opener that had comedy and some nice wrestling. Can't say enough how good it is to see the portal together again.

2. The Proletariat Boar of Moldova vs. Assailant

Boar absolutely annihilated Assailant with a spear as Assailant entered the ring. Boar followed this up with a nasty big boot. Boar mauled Assailant early on and threw him into a bunch of fan's seats. Boar did a lot of power spots on the not much smaller Assailant. Boar nailed a nasty Sickle to the back of Assailant's head and then a nasty belly to belly overhead toss for a near fall. Assailant was getting decimated. Boar then did a bizarre spot where he had Assailant up in a samoan drop but then walked around to all 4 turnbuckles and tapped them. He then dropped Assailant down in the samoan drop for a near fall. Assailant battled back but then came off the turnbuckles and got caught mid-air for a side slam and a nearfall. Eventually Boar B Smoothe rolled Assailant up and held the tights for the three. After the match the crowd said Boar cheated by ring announcer Gavin Loudspeaker reminded the crowd that Bryce Remsburg was the only licensed ref here so his call stood.

Another solid match. This was probably the best Boar has looked in my opinion. Really a nice match between two power guys.

3. Eric Corvis vs. Kobald

corvis has a steampunk, book of eli kind of look going on but he looks like he's dropped a bit of weight. Originally Missle Assault Ant was supposed to be the opponent but He got moved to facing Green Ant. Kobald stepped in. Both wrestlers commented about how hot the venue was. Kobald got the advantage early on as he hit Corvis with a demon's toilet while Corvis was sitting on a chair. Kobald focused on the abdomen and bit Corvis as he was in a adominal stretch. Kobald miss a top rop demon's toilet. Corvis battled back and hit a splash but sold his injured body and stomach. Corvis then got the advantage and looked to be going for a package piledriver but dropped Kobald neck first on his knee. Very Innovative move. Corvis then got the win with a violent backpack snapmare slam.

Another really solid match! Both guys worked hard here.

4. Green Ant. vs. Missile Assault Ant

Missile Assault did the thing where he says his name over and over. The crowd really goes nuts over it with both hatred and laughs. Missile would do one move and then do say his name and this allowed Green ant to continually make comebacks.Green Ant really is starting to get crazy good in the ring. His moves are very crisp and he's got some swagger and character. Green Ant nailed Missile with a jumping front enzigiri but Assault came back with a launching superman lunge. Assault then did an amazing spot where multiple Garvin Stomps while chanting his own name. Amazing stuff for the older fans in attendance. Assault hurled Green to the outside but then did the name thing again and got lit up by one of the best chops I've ever seen thrown in a match. Flair would have been proud. Green Ant lit up Missile again and then tossed him back in. They went back and forth until Missile went for a turnbuckle lawn dart and Green Ant was able to counter and get Missile caught in a modified Chikara Special where both legs are trapped instead of just one for the tap out.

After the match Missile kept repeating his name as he left.

Great match! More Promotions should be looking at Green Ant. That is all I have to say.

5. Juan Francisco de Coronado vs. Shynron
This is a rematch from the last WIF show which saw Shenron get a tapout against the Ecuadorian Arstocracy. Coronado berated Herbert, his manservant for not earning his keep and told him he needed to do better. Coronado worked Shynron's legs early and ddted one of the legs, trying to ground the dragon spirit. Shynron nailed the dragon ball z spot early on Juan Francisco and followed up with a twisting body splash to Coronado on the outside. Shynron hopped over the top rope and spike ddted Coronado for a near fall. He caught the Ecuadorian with a standing shooting star press for another near fall. Coronado went for a german and got blocked and then then went for a half nelson suplex but Shynron fought him off. Crowd was getting into this.At one point Shynron hit an unbelievable split legged press in the corner, basically using only his legs to get himself from the mat to top rope. The kid has some great balance and aerial ability. Shynron then went for the Dragon's Maw submission but Coronado got to the ropes. The ref got distracted as Coronado ascended the turnbuckle and Shynron tried to catch him with headstand headscissors. As Shynron went for this Coronado's man servant nailed Shynron in the ribs with the Ecuadorian flag. Coronado then locked up the ankle of Shynron in the Coronado clutch. Shynron fought valiantly but was forced to tap out.

The crowd gave Shynron a standing ovation afterwards. He was very impressive and has only been in the business a few short years. He and Coronado put together an amazing match. This match was 800% better than their match in Easton.

6. Fire Ant vs. The Brown Morning of Belarus

The Brown Morning looked like Wolverine during his feral comic book run. He nailed Fire Ant with a few running strikes and power moves. Fire Ant was able to fight back with a nice senton and a running kick to the chest. He followed up with a stunner and then nailed the Brown Morning with the beach break for the three count. Shorter match but still everyone worked hard.

7. The Spectral Envoy (UltraMantis Black & Hallowicked & returning Blind Rage) vs. The Wrecking Crew ( Ax Smashmaster & Oleg The Usurper & JAKA)-

No Backabella here at ringside which was sad. His Gimmick is great. Oleg was thrown off by Blind Rage being on the opposing team. All 6 men wanted to start in the ring so the ref let them and then Ultra Mantis battled Smashmaster in a test of strength. While the other watched in the ring. Eventually all six battled and things got wild. Oleg and Blind Rage fought in the back to the locker room and Oleg yelled "off with his head (he always yells this before his clubbing closeline finisher). Smashmaster nailed a violent powerslam on Hallowicked. Mantis and Hallowicked then battled back and nailed a number of shots on Smashmaster and a double big boot which sent the big man to the outside. Jaka nailed a chokebomb into a samoan drop on Wicked and then was distracted by Blind Rage dressed in oleg's Viking armor. Ultra Mantis captalized and rolled through from the top rope into a beautiful rollup with a bridge on Jaka for the three count.

Fun Main Event. Really a great afternoon of wrestling. I can't stress enough how people in the PA area should come out and see this group. They really knocked it out of the park this afternoon with everyone working very hard. If you can make a show...I highly recommend it! They announced they would becoming to Norristown, PA in November 3rd ( Norristown is near the King of Prussia mall) and that they'd be going up to the New England area on 9/21/13

2013 - WWE ran Washington, DC. Jamie Bishop filed the following live report:


I went to the WWE show in DC last night. As you noted on the site, no Mark Henry. They had locally advertised Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio as well but that didn't happen as well.

Here is what we did get:

*Dolph Ziggler beat Big E. Langston with the ZigZag. Really entertaining opener. Langston was really good here, showing much more than he usually does on TV. Ziggler got a big reaction. Shame he's working openers.

*WWE U.S. champ Dean Ambrose beat R-Truth after rolling him up. Decent.

*Vickie Guerrero came out to announce that a fan poll via texting meant we'd get a Divas dance-off. It was AJ, Layla and Brie Bella vs. Kaitlyn, Naomi & Natalya. Yes they did a dancing deal without the other Funky girl. & Naomi ended without a winner in a dance-off. AJ refused to dance, so the other villains danced pretty awful. When it was the heroes' turn, they got attacked and it became a six woman tag.

*Kaitlyn, Naomi and Natalya defeated AJ, Layla and Brie Bella. Brie got angry at AJ playing off her promo on Raw and left her, allowing Kaitlyn to spear the champ for the win. OK. You could see they were doing all they could do.

*Ryback nailed Kofi Kingston with Shell Shock for the win.

*RVD and Big Show & Rob Van Dam beat WWE Tag champs The Shield by DQ when Ambrose attacked them with a chair. long match. Shield retained the WWE Tag Titles. Ambrose ran in for the DQ.

*The Wyatt Family defeated The Usos. Too short to be anything.

*CM Punk pinned Curtis Axel in a non-title No DQ match. Paul Heyman was there working the house show and cut an interview saying the title was not on the line. Punk destroyed Axel and nailed Heyman with a Kendo Stick.

*WWE champion Randy Orton pinned Daniel Bryan. Really good 20 minute match. At one point, Orton was trapped in the Yes Lock but Brad Maddox pulled the referee out, so he missed Orton tapping. The Shield worked over Bryan and Orton pinned him with the RKO. They kept beating him down, so the heroes hit the ring. Orton ran off and the Shield was destroyed by everyone with their finishers.

Overall, a fun show.

2021 - Shannon Claire Spruill aka Daffney during her time in World Championship Wrestling and Impact Wrestling passes away.