Post by nwawildside on Jul 27, 2010 9:56:38 GMT -5
Episode 13 – “Boyce of Summer” by Larry Goodman
Available at www.nwame.com
Taped June 3, 2010 in Nashville at 413 Veritas St
My in-depth report on the live event can be found here.
The show opened with NWA Mid-America TV Champion Matt Boyce on his cell phone. It was Jeff “The Crippler” Daniels trying to get inside Boyce’s head that he had never beaten Tommy Mercer without Daniels’ help. Boyce wasn’t buying it .When Boyce learned that Daniels wasn’t going to be at TV, he gladly OKed giving Mercer another title match.
Cut to “Mouth of the Norh” Aaron Camaro flying solo with The Eagles “Boys of Summer” as background.
(1) Will Owens & Damien Payne (with Dan O’Mannly) beat White Tiger & Super Barney in 10:33. JIP at the five minute mark, as O’Mannly interfered to start the heat on Tiger. The hot tag was made and it was Barneymania. Finish saw Payne decimate Tiger with a flip piledriver, and while O’Mannley distracted Jess Fields, Owens busted O’Mannly’s cane over Barney’s back to get the three count
In the ring, Boyce addressed the situation with Mercer. He had the people eating out of the palm of his hand. Boyce said he beat Mercer the last time in what was supposed to be Mercer’s final title shot, but he was still hearing that he couldn’t beat Mercer alone. Boyce said he didn’t have anything going with Daniels and the fans knew it, but since Daniels wasn’t in the building and he was fighting champion, he was granting Mercer one more shot, so there would be no more excuses.
(2) NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Orion Bishop pinned Josh Hendrix in a non-title match at 2:04. Bishop squashes stick boy pinning him after a spear.
We saw Mercer in the locker room. In his bag, Mercer found Daniels’ atomic popsicle stick and a note that read. “I came through. The rest is up to you, The Crippler.” “Even when you’re not here your here, Jeff, huh? I told you I could do it on my own. I don’t need ya.” Mercer tossed the stick into his bag and started to walk away, then stopped and looked back towards the bag, obviously having second thoughts.
The O’Mannly Moment featuring “the world’s greatest talk show host” Dan O”Mannley and his bodyguard, “party animal” Xavier. O’Mannly claimed Ace Rockwell cheated to win the Number of the Beast Challenge, and then chickened out of doing the match with Se7en. O’Mannly brought “Mr. Poultry” out as his special guest. Rockwell grabbed O’Mannley and said he would fight Se7en anytime, anywhere. Xavier clubbed Rockwell from behind. When Rockwell started a comeback, Se7en came out to make it 2 on 1. Ace escaped their wrath and took a seat in the front row. The Reverend guaranteed with every breath in his demonic body that Rockwell couldn’t last 5 minutes with Se7en the next time the cameras were rolling. The fans said do it. Rockwell thought about it before accepting the challenge.
(3) “No Mercy” Tommy Mercer defeated Matt Boyce to win the NWA Mid-America TV Championship in 16:38. After a grueling match, that saw Mercer dish out major punishment and repeatedly cut off the champion’s comebacks, Boyce was pounding Mercer in the corner and wouldn’t let up. As referee Jamey Ferrari was trying to intervene, Mercer pulled the atomic popsicle stick out his knee pad and clocked Boyce for the 1-2-3.
Mercer held the belt high with a sly grin on his face. After Mercer did his thing, the camera stayed on Boyce, who was still down in the ring selling. Camaro called for applause, as Boyce departed from the NWA ME ring at 413 Veritas Street for the last time. Cue up “Boys of Summer”.
Thoughts: This instantly became my favorite episode of NWA ME, owing to the fantastic payoff of the Daniels/Mercer angle. It had been a great story all along and the conclusion did it justice. In the end, Daniels delivered on his promise – he got Mercer another title shot and devilishly provided the method to get the job done, and the beauty of it was, he wasn’t even in the building. Mercer comes out of it as a dark character of the lowest order. He did exactly what he vowed he would never do – he accepted Daniels’ help and did it Daniels’ way. The episode was aptly named, because Boyce was the star of the hour. He didn’t buy Daniels’ BS. He wasn’t stupid. But he gave Mercer another shot to prove it to the people. Boyce didn’t win the match, but he went out as the supreme babyface, based on how insanely over his was during that promo. They wrestled a slow-building championship style match and pretty much pulled it off. They key spots looked good. Mercer busted out a great array of offense than he’s shown before, and Boyce sold his ass off. On the whole, it has been the most intriguing and satisfying wrestling story done this year by any of the indie promotions I follow…The rest of the show was focused on building for the future with no time wasted on non-essentials - a squash to showcase the dominance of the champion, a heel win via cheating which will lead to a revenge opportunity down the road and a great set up for the NWA ME monster’s first true challenge…I like the Payne/Owens team. Pairing Payne with a veteran like Owens can only help him. Rockwell excels in working with monsters types and his segment this week was no exception. Camaro’s work on solo commentary showed just how far he’s come as an announcer. The theme music tied things together with just the right note of poignancy. Thumbs way up for this one.
Available at www.nwame.com
Taped June 3, 2010 in Nashville at 413 Veritas St
My in-depth report on the live event can be found here.
The show opened with NWA Mid-America TV Champion Matt Boyce on his cell phone. It was Jeff “The Crippler” Daniels trying to get inside Boyce’s head that he had never beaten Tommy Mercer without Daniels’ help. Boyce wasn’t buying it .When Boyce learned that Daniels wasn’t going to be at TV, he gladly OKed giving Mercer another title match.
Cut to “Mouth of the Norh” Aaron Camaro flying solo with The Eagles “Boys of Summer” as background.
(1) Will Owens & Damien Payne (with Dan O’Mannly) beat White Tiger & Super Barney in 10:33. JIP at the five minute mark, as O’Mannly interfered to start the heat on Tiger. The hot tag was made and it was Barneymania. Finish saw Payne decimate Tiger with a flip piledriver, and while O’Mannley distracted Jess Fields, Owens busted O’Mannly’s cane over Barney’s back to get the three count
In the ring, Boyce addressed the situation with Mercer. He had the people eating out of the palm of his hand. Boyce said he beat Mercer the last time in what was supposed to be Mercer’s final title shot, but he was still hearing that he couldn’t beat Mercer alone. Boyce said he didn’t have anything going with Daniels and the fans knew it, but since Daniels wasn’t in the building and he was fighting champion, he was granting Mercer one more shot, so there would be no more excuses.
(2) NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Orion Bishop pinned Josh Hendrix in a non-title match at 2:04. Bishop squashes stick boy pinning him after a spear.
We saw Mercer in the locker room. In his bag, Mercer found Daniels’ atomic popsicle stick and a note that read. “I came through. The rest is up to you, The Crippler.” “Even when you’re not here your here, Jeff, huh? I told you I could do it on my own. I don’t need ya.” Mercer tossed the stick into his bag and started to walk away, then stopped and looked back towards the bag, obviously having second thoughts.
The O’Mannly Moment featuring “the world’s greatest talk show host” Dan O”Mannley and his bodyguard, “party animal” Xavier. O’Mannly claimed Ace Rockwell cheated to win the Number of the Beast Challenge, and then chickened out of doing the match with Se7en. O’Mannly brought “Mr. Poultry” out as his special guest. Rockwell grabbed O’Mannley and said he would fight Se7en anytime, anywhere. Xavier clubbed Rockwell from behind. When Rockwell started a comeback, Se7en came out to make it 2 on 1. Ace escaped their wrath and took a seat in the front row. The Reverend guaranteed with every breath in his demonic body that Rockwell couldn’t last 5 minutes with Se7en the next time the cameras were rolling. The fans said do it. Rockwell thought about it before accepting the challenge.
(3) “No Mercy” Tommy Mercer defeated Matt Boyce to win the NWA Mid-America TV Championship in 16:38. After a grueling match, that saw Mercer dish out major punishment and repeatedly cut off the champion’s comebacks, Boyce was pounding Mercer in the corner and wouldn’t let up. As referee Jamey Ferrari was trying to intervene, Mercer pulled the atomic popsicle stick out his knee pad and clocked Boyce for the 1-2-3.
Mercer held the belt high with a sly grin on his face. After Mercer did his thing, the camera stayed on Boyce, who was still down in the ring selling. Camaro called for applause, as Boyce departed from the NWA ME ring at 413 Veritas Street for the last time. Cue up “Boys of Summer”.
Thoughts: This instantly became my favorite episode of NWA ME, owing to the fantastic payoff of the Daniels/Mercer angle. It had been a great story all along and the conclusion did it justice. In the end, Daniels delivered on his promise – he got Mercer another title shot and devilishly provided the method to get the job done, and the beauty of it was, he wasn’t even in the building. Mercer comes out of it as a dark character of the lowest order. He did exactly what he vowed he would never do – he accepted Daniels’ help and did it Daniels’ way. The episode was aptly named, because Boyce was the star of the hour. He didn’t buy Daniels’ BS. He wasn’t stupid. But he gave Mercer another shot to prove it to the people. Boyce didn’t win the match, but he went out as the supreme babyface, based on how insanely over his was during that promo. They wrestled a slow-building championship style match and pretty much pulled it off. They key spots looked good. Mercer busted out a great array of offense than he’s shown before, and Boyce sold his ass off. On the whole, it has been the most intriguing and satisfying wrestling story done this year by any of the indie promotions I follow…The rest of the show was focused on building for the future with no time wasted on non-essentials - a squash to showcase the dominance of the champion, a heel win via cheating which will lead to a revenge opportunity down the road and a great set up for the NWA ME monster’s first true challenge…I like the Payne/Owens team. Pairing Payne with a veteran like Owens can only help him. Rockwell excels in working with monsters types and his segment this week was no exception. Camaro’s work on solo commentary showed just how far he’s come as an announcer. The theme music tied things together with just the right note of poignancy. Thumbs way up for this one.