[2000-06-10-MPPW-TV] Wolfie D vs Spellbinder

[soup23]

Brandon Baxter comes out in a douchy frat boy 2000 flannel and khaki combo. Corey is disgusted at them. Wolfie D delivers a nice promo too saying he is the top dog in PPW. Seven is out and there is problems in Camp baxter. Mr. Corey stirs the pot like Lance did in the Dream Machine leaves the Hart Family angle. Spellbinder appears to take the 15k from Baxter as he accompanies Wolfie D down the aisle. Spellbinder lays down and allows Wolfie to cover him with Baxter making the count. Binder thinks better of it and whacks D and he also had the check in his pocket which makes Corey giddy. This was a fun match with a ton of heel gimmicks including a chain from Baxter that backfires and ref bumps but I liked that Binder didn’t look like a goof at any point. He gives a fallaway slam that puts Wolfie into the table and Randy Hales comes to make the count but Baxter slams him into the table. As Binder goes after him, the numbers catch up to Binder as he gets hit with the belt and steals the win. Fun PPW main event. **3/4

[Tim Evans]

Spellbinder looks like a jacked up goth kid and it's hilarious. I'm not sure what Wolfie is going for here but it's unique I'll give him that. Fun match until the numerous ref bumps including Randy Hales going head first into the table.

[GSR]

Brandon Baxter is out with Wolfie D and he has an offer for Spellbinder. He says how he took that nothing happening Ali and made him a star, he took that big, dumb jock Seven and made him a star, and can do the same thing for Spellbinder. He’s got a cheque for $15,000 and if Spellbinder wants it, all he has to do is join up with Wolfie and him and cancel that Power Pro title match later today. Wolfie claims there is a conspiracy going on and Randy Hales wants them out of here, but he’s the Power Pro champion and there’s nothing Hales can do about that because there is nobody capable of lacing his boots, let alone taking the title away from him. Seven is out to confront Baxter over his comments and says how he’s been protecting that gold as much as Wolfie. Baxter tries to backtrack, claiming that Seven misunderstood him and he didn’t mean it the way it came out, although Corey Maclin does his best to stir the pot and cause dissension.

 

Baxter and Wolfie head to the ring for the title match followed by Spellbinder, as Dave Brown speculates that their $15,000 plan must’ve worked. Brandon says that he’s a man of his word hands Spellbinder the cheque and tells him to lie down and let Wolfie pin him. Spellbinder does what he’s told, Wolfie covers him and Baxter counts the three. Brandon instructs him to raise Wolfie’s hand, again he does what he’s told, only to double cross them both by then clotheslining Wolfie. An official is out and the match is underway, as Dave and Corey both find it amusing that Spellbinder still has Baxter’s cheque. Wolfie tries to turn a gorilla press into a sunset flip, however Spellbinder just grabs him around the neck and slams him down. Wolfie fires back with a series of punches and kicks, before grabbing a cravat and driving Spellbinder head first into the canvas for a two. ‘Rude Awakening’ neckbreaker for another near fall. Spellbinder blocks the spinning powerbomb and counters with an ‘Alabama slam’ for a two of his own. Scoop powerslam, and Baxter is up on the apron distracting the official while Spellbinder gets a visual pin, counting three himself. He makes a move for Brandon, but Wolfie with a knee to the back, taking out the ref in the process. Baxter wraps a chain around his fist and comes off the top, only to unintentionally hit his own man as Spellbinder moves out the way. Somersault senton and Spellbinder gets another visual pin as the official is still down. A second ref runs out and slides into the ring, but Wolfie is able to get a shoulder up at the last split second. The replacement ref ends up getting bumped after Wolfie, sort of, whips Spellbinder into him. He dumps Spellbinder over the top to the outside, Pescado, however Spellbinder catches and then launches him into the announcer’s desk with a fallaway slam. Apparently this is now ‘falls count anywhere’ as Spellbinder covers Wolfie on the concrete. Here’s Randy Hales, although Baxter quickly puts a stop to him playing ref by throwing him head first into the desk! Spellbinder drills Baxter with a right, but Wolfie then wallops him with his shin guard. He rolls him back in the ring, covers him with his feet on the ropes and one of the officials comes around to count the three.

 

Wasn’t expecting much here after how bad Spellbinder looked last week in the Elimination match, but this was a fun outing. Of course he was helped greatly by being in there with Wolfie who is probably the Memphis performer of the year six months in. He’s still stiff and stilted in his movements, but that fallaway slam into the announcer’s desk was great. Could’ve done without all the ref bumps, but how else is Randy Hales going to interject himself into proceedings otherwise! Baxter just throwing him head first into the desk was a genuine laugh out loud moment.