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[2000-07-29-MPPW-TV] Wolfie D & Seven vs Blade Boudreaux & Spellbinder (Texas Tornado)


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Really fun Baxter and heel Ali promo that sets up a Spellbinder singles match. I liked Ali using his clout as WCW talent. The match itself is fine and I do like Spellbinder as a competitor probably more than I should given his overall ability. Him and Wolfie in particular have some heated sequences around the announce table. Corey after getting involved and getting shoved is calling the action today with Dave gone and he does his best frantic Memphis sign off when the match gets thrown out. *1/4

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Brandon Baxter and Ali join Corey Maclin, and Baxter explains that now Ali is a WCW contracted performer, he only talks to people that are on his level; as Corey is not, he will be conducting the interview. After Baxter snatches the mic off him they have a physical (for Corey Maclin!) shoving exchange until Ali gets involved and Corey thinks better of it. You can tell Ali is under a WCW deal because he’s ‘shooting’ here. He explains that he was the one carrying Power Pro Wrestling from the day he arrived in the company. After everyone else left (to form MCW) he was the one who kept it going and did everything that was asked of him when he was the champion. The likes of Spellbinder wouldn’t even have a Power Pro Wrestling if it wasn’t for him! All the fans are now cheering for Bill Dundee, forgetting everything that he did before he left. He built Memphis Power Pro Wrestling, but Memphis Power Pro Wrestling turned their back on him. Spellbinder is out to confront him and challenges him to get in the ring and face him right now. Brandon Baxter pulls out his format for the show and says that that match isn’t on it so it won’t be happening. Maclin tears the format up and Brandon then claims that they won’t be wrestling for free on TV today. If Spellbinder wants Ali, they can do it on 8/12 at the ‘Clash on Campus’ where these people will have to pay to see it, and where Ali can regain his PPW title. Despite preferring to have the match today, Spellbinder agrees.

 

Texas Tornado tag match where all four men can be in the ring at the same time, where there is no time limit and no disqualification. To emphasise that there is no DQ, the first thing that Spellbinder does is clobber Wolfie with his Power Pro title. Binder chokes him on the announcer’s table while Seven and Blade fight it out in the ring. They soon join their partners on the outside and Blade reverses being whipped into the desk, sending Seven clattering into it instead. As he unloads with a flurry of rights, Khan appears, puts a plastic bag over Blade’s head and drags him off to the back leaving Spellbinder all alone, two against one. Two becomes three as ‘Mr WCW’, Ali, joins Baxter at ringside to get a closer view of the action. Seven with a big running splash in the corner for a two. He holds Spellbinder so that Wolfie can target his ribs with some kicks, only for Binder to move out the way and Wolfie connects with his own man. Spellbinder clotheslines Seven over the top rope to the outside and a powerslam on Wolfie for a two. Fallaway slam, he signals it’s over, when Ali reaches into the ring and grabs his leg. Wolfie tries to rush Binder but gets backdropped over the top and out to where Seven and Ali are. A reckless dive off the apron onto all three, but it’s not long before the numbers are too much and the three of them put a beating on Binder as the show goes off the air.

 

Good interview from Ali and while his reasonings for turning on Spellbinder all makes sense, he doesn’t explain or give any reason as for why he’s now associated with Brandon Baxter though. This ‘Mr WCW’ big shot gimmick is pretty funny mind especially, as mentioned previously, due to the fact I have no recollection of him ever wrestling there! The match was one of those ‘exploration of time’ deals so you’re left with no finish as they ran out of time on the show.

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After watching that interview, Ali is a way better heel than he was a face. He brings up all the talking points and even says he's "shooting". Ali/Spellbinder looks like it could be something that carries the promotion but Ali would soon be gone before that coule happen. As for the match, it was pretty crazy with Corey almost taking a bump off the stage twice and them brawling all over the studio. Reminded me of the Vic Grimes matches in 99.Spellbinder does a dive where he somehow misses three guys and almost lands on his head. That was nuts.

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