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[2000-03-24-NWA Wildside-TV] Ricky Morton vs Chris Hamrick


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This was fun for the few minutes it lasted, with Hamrick doing an incredible moonsault that misses. Seriously, it's kinda breathtaking. They were constructing a nice match with Morton going after Hamrick's knee before the Rick Michaels run-in seeking revenge on Morton. Morton is such a great heel. Hope we see these two lock up again sometime these decade. This closes with quite the expletive-laden promo from someone whose name I somehow missed and don't care enough to rewind (I know, shame on me) and Morton closes with a solid promo pretty much confirming him as leaving the territory.

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I love heel Ricky Morton. We don’t get much of a match here but what we do see is really entertaining with Morton stooging off and Hamrick being an effective white meat babyface for the Georgian crowd. In a good bit of continuity, Bad Attitude hits the ring and Morton goes right onto the injured leg of Michaels with a chair. RNR are a great addition to NWA Wildside currently. **

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Morton is managed by Bill Behrens again and the announcers talk of Hamrick being a newcomer to the area. Hamrick with a quick roll up off a whip to the turnbuckles, an arm drag and an arm bar. Still holding on to the arm he climbs to the top rope, bounces on it and flips backwards. Japanese arm drag, regulation one and he’s back to the arm bar. Hamrick with a bodyslam but he misses a moonsault. Irish whip reversal to the corner, Hamrock comes charging in, Morton moves and he ends up crotching himself. Nice use of the turnbuckles as Morton bends and stretches Hamrick’s leg around it. As he’s hobbling, Morton kicks his leg out from under him and Hamrick takes this great 360 degree backwards flip bump. Morton struts around like he’s Jackie Fargo and in case anyone missed it first time, kicks his leg out again and Hamrick takes the same great bump. Morton distracts the referee and now Behrens is involved trying to work on that leg. Behrens hands Morton a chair and just as he’s about to hit Hamrick in the leg with it, Rick Michaels is out and attacks Morton. He goes for a dive from the top on to the ‘Rock & Roller’, but Behrens shoves him off. Morton nails Michaels in the knee with the chair, Romeo Bliss makes the save and Morton gets out of there. Bliss then cuts a fired up promo and wants a match on ‘Holiday Hell’, ideally against Terry Taylor or the Colorado Kid. We then get a backstage Morton promo where Behrens says how he is going overseas and isn’t coming back here because he’s got bigger and better places to see than wrestle trash like Bad Attitude. Morton says that the Rock ’n’ Roll Express are seven time World tag team champions, are in popular demand. They’re off overseas as Bad Attitude aren’t going to make their name off them and use the Rock ’n’ Roll Express as a stepping stone to climb that ladder.

 

Just as this was getting interesting it was all over. The announcers talk about this being Hamrick’s debut in Wildside and I’d sure hope he earned himself a regular gig (I’m forgetting what his timeline with ECW is). The closing promo did sound like it was Morton’s goodbye, so guessing we’re not getting a rematch between these two which is unfortunate as I have a hunch a straight match with a clean finish would be pretty darn great.

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This was entertaining while it lasted. Morton as a heel is still providing the fun.

 

Hamrick goes for 100 MPH for he majority of this and his crash and burn was awesome. He does the Mr. Perfect grab the rope leg kick flip.

 

It sucks this goes for about 2-3 minutes before it's called off.

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