[UNA] KAW TV 003

[Grape Ape]

Kick Ass Wrestling



Live from the WLMT-TV 30 Studios
6/24/1992
1 am
Memphis, Tennessee



The Kick Ass Wrestling logo explodes onto the screen while some generic, cheesy music plays. As that all goes away, we are inside a television studio with ...


once again ... Corey Maclin

Corey Maclin: "Whoa ho! Listen to this crowd. I don't know where they get their energy from this late at night but welcome once again to KAW rasslin'! Lots of action today. Lots to get to with Mike Samples in action and the KAW Icons in the studio for our main event. Before we head into a commercial, we have a few words from Doug Gilbert!"

Roll the video tape! A close up of Doug Gilbert starts with him looking around before starring right into the camera, his eyes opening wide.

Doug Gilbert: "You might know me as Eddie Gilbert's little brother. That's right, the brother of the TRUE King of Memphis!"

Gilbert smacks himself in the head several times as he repeats the "the TRUE King of Memphis!" line over and over before stopping and moving in closer to the camera.

Doug Gilbert: "WELL ... EDDIE ISN'T HERE!"

The tape ends and we head into a commercial with a close-up of Gilbert's face frozen in anger.

-- Local commercials for Dixie Queen and Covington Pike Cadilliac of Memphis --

We come back and Corey Maclin is shaking his head.

Corey Maclin: "Alright, before we get to our first match, we have this ..."

We're rolling more videotape, this time of ... well, why don't we just let you watch it.



Corey Maclin: "The Turtle is coming to KAW! Kowabunga! A familiar face in Memphis and a real treat for the kids. Let's go to the ring for our first match ..."

Maclin throws it to the ring with a smattering of boos from the crowd.

Mike Samples versus Scott Studd
Samples offers up a handshake to the rookie Studd as Maclin tells us this promising kid is new to the Memphis area. And true to Maclin's words, Studd mixes it up with Samples and gets in some offense and looks pretty good in doing so, earning another handshake from his opponent. Ever the gentleman, Samples keeps it clean but takes over with a huge clothesline when Studd gets a little too cocky and starts strutting around the ring after putting Mike down with a dropkick. A press into the air and Mike Samples takes the match after dropping Studd down across his knee. A repectable match that went around 8 minutes.

After helping Studd to his feet, Samples celebrates with the fans before joining Corey.

Corey Maclin: "Congratulations Mike Samples on your win today."

Mike Samples: "Thank you, Corey. I'd like to say this kid is pretty good and with a little more time in the ring, he might be going places."

Corey Maclin: "You and Doug Gilbert have been battling it out all over Tennessee these past few weeks and you saw what he had to say earlier. Your thoughts?"

Mike Samples: "The only thing I have to say is that Doug Gilbert is no Eddie and anytime he wants to get back in the ring with me, he knows where to find me. Next time, chain or no, Mike Samples has his number."

Samples leaves the set only for Alfonso Dantes and son Apolo to join Maclin. Apolo carries the Lucha Factory sign ... you know, this one ...



Alfonso spews machine gun fire Spanish at Corey who is confused until Apolo steps in and translates in decent English.

Corey Maclin: "Hold the phone! Can we get someone in here to translate?"

Apolo Dantes: "My father wants to know why a future World Champion isn't given an match here on television?

Corey Maclin: "World Champion? Where?

The Dantes start talking to each other with Apolo trying to calm his father down when Ken Timbs leads Ben Jordan out.

Ken Timbs: "Corey, maybe I can help. After spending some time south of the border, I've picked up a little Spanish."

Timbs and Alfonso Dantes banter back and forth with the animated Dantes waving his arms around while Timbs nods his head in agreement.

Ken Timbs: "Corey, he wants to know why his son Apolo hasn't been given a match here on TV. He says he's trained his son to be a future World Champion and is ready for any and all comers. Now, I've explained to him with so many talented wrestlers in the area, he just has to be a little patient, so next week, right here, I've challenged him to have his son Apolo ready for a match against Ben Jordan."

All four men shake hands as Corey Maclin sends it to a commercial break, before Mike Samples dropping Scott Studd across his knee plays in slow motion.

-- Local commercials for Dixie Queen and Covington Pike Cadilliac of Memphis, along with dates for next week's KAW events near and around the Memphis area --

We come back from the break and Corey Maclin is yawning

Corey Maclin: "LET'S GO TO THE RING!

Rainbow Brown and Izzy w/Tasha versus the Kick Ass Icons, Jamie Dundee and JC Fargo w/Kevin Lawler and the Midget
The pretty red head wearing Reggie B's fur coat is in the corner of Brown and Izzy with the Kick Ass Icons being cheered as they come to the ring. Fast paced match with Izzy going to the air as often as possible and both teams getting in some offense in the early going. The Icons, with the fans behind them, start to take over after isolating Rainbow Brown. Some double teaming by Dundee and Fargo leads to a near pinfall ... and it is time for a commercial!

Heading into the break, Big Sid's angry face pops on the screen with a graphic noting that Sid's coming to Memphis and the KAW! Rather than the still that has been used the past two weeks ... we have a talking Sid!!!

Sid: "I'M HERE!"

-- WLMT-TV 30 commercials advertising the Late, Late Movie following this morning's wrestling ... Sean Connery and Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King --

The match is back in progress and out on the floor, we have Reggie B. Fine harrassing Tasha over the fur coat. HE'S TRYING TO PULL IT OFF OF HER! Inside the ring, Izzy and Jamie are trading dropkicks. After making a tag to Rainbow Brown, Izzy is pulled out of the corner and whipped across the ring before he launches himself into the air to the outside where he wipes out Reggie B.!

We've got KICK WRESTLING chants from the fans while Fargo and Dundee work over Brown. A double hiptoss and a pair of fistdrops before referee Al Hall chases Fargo from the ring. Snap suplex and several leg drops has Jamie Dundee EN FUEGO! Whip into the far ropes and one big back body drop shakes the ring.

On the outside of the ring, Reggie B. is putting the boots to the downed Izzy. Kevin Lawler is in trying to calm the situation but Reggie is spouting off about getting his fur back! He never sees Tasha slip in behind and land a low blow. OUCH!

JC Fargo with a back elbow off an Irish whip and he tags in Dundee. Jamie with a diving crossbody block gets the win at 7:48.

Al Hall raises Dundee and Fargo's arms in the air while on the outside of the ring the fans start howling when a face familiar to Memphis Wrestling steps out from the back. With a black do rag on his head, it's ...

THE SNOWMAN EDDIE CRAWFORD!

He confronts Kevin Lawler and after some words, drives a boot into Lawler's midsection. Flipping him up into the air, The Snowman powerbombs him onto the floor and we have pandemonium in the studio!

Corey Maclin: "KEVIN! OH NO!"

Jamie Dundee and JC Fargo to the rescue and here comes the head of Kick Ass Wrestling, Bert Prentice with a smiling Snowman retreating to the back with the damage already being done as the show goes off the air!

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Wow. Great closing segment with the power bomb on the floor. Snowman could make for a fun act in these parts. Dude was pretty darn over once upon a time in Memphis history.

Great use of the real life Turtle video, it's a fitting gimmick for Mark Curtis, nothing wrong with a little fun.

Great to finally see the Dantes gimmick hit TV. Well done, sir. It's a great little act. Now if we can only get a Sid segment on here, hehe.

Loved the Doug Gilbert promo by the way... love that he's staying loyal to Eddie man. Your work with Dougie has been stellar thus far, he's got a few screws loose which makes him that much more dangerous.

Fantastic work as per usual.

[Chief]

Super super fun show. As I've said before, KAW is such a guilty pleasure. The ECW of the South indeed.

I love the role Macklin is playing here. You can tell this is just a job on the side for him.

The Turtle is a good use of Mark Curtis. AND it's a much better name then the TMNT.

Mike Samples and Scott Studd was a mighty fine match. I've only seen Samples as a heel and a great one at that. Samples makes a great foil for Doug Gilbert, especially given the type of matches you want the two to have.

Alfonso and Apolo Dantes FINALLY showing up on TV is gold. I also like that Timbs and Jordan interjecting themselves. Alfonso is such a great personality that I can't wait to see Jordan and Apolo wrestle on TV. Hopefully next week?

Haha, "I'm HERE!". Sid is great. He's going to be the baddest of asses here in KAW. I cannot wait.

With Kevin Lawler...and the Midget. Priceless. The Kick Ass Icons are obviously your pet project and I'm really starting to get into them.

I know very little about the Snowman but god damn did he make an impact at the end of this show. Perfect ending. The Icons need a good set of heels.

Was saddened about the lack of Volunteers on this show. They are my favorite act in KAW.

Oh yeah and phenomenal promo by Doug Gilbert. Building off of Memphis history while crafting it's own way is what makes KAW awesome.

[cdw]

Good show I love the Sid Promo was great. I think the snowman will be a good foil for the KAW Icons. Dantes is one of my guys so it great to see him on T.V.

[appstorm]

Snowman could wresck a lot of havoc here. Especially in going after the Kick Ass Icons. Nice, brief but effective promo from Samples. The Turtle is a good shot of comic relief.

Solid.

[somethingsavage]

Kick ass TV is pure entertainment, from beginning to end. I dig it. Maclin burning the candle at both ends is just a fun little gag, and I like that you keep revisiting it. I can practically hear his loud, shouting, garbled "peanut butter in the roof of my mouth" voice with the dialogue you write for him. Oh, and that Sid promo was just laugh-out-loud funny. Short & sweet, to the extreme.

I'm liking your presentation of the Kick Ass Idols thus far. They've got a baby face DX feel to them, if you ask me. Maybe that's not your intention, but that's just the vibe I get. Pairing them with a midget & stuff just gives them that sort of "misfit" quality, too. Either way, it's good fun.

Great to see Dougie & Samples make their way to TV. Enjoyed their violent bouts early on here, so I'm hoping to see them link up for more brutality again soon. Equally cool to see the Dantes gimmick land on the airwaves, too. Timbs and Jordan are perfect "straight" foils for that act, in my eyes.

Is Curtis simply going by "The Turtle" here? Or is it Kowabunga? Doesn't make much difference. Just curious. ;D

Highly effective segment to cap things off, man. I'll agree with Drew on that. Snowman was a decent talker, and the guy had a white hot act in Mempho at one time. The racism stuff is always hit or miss with me, so I hope you find a creative way to keep it balanced, if you even go that route with him. There's plenty of potential, and you've definitely given him a solid stepping stone right away.

[Grape Ape]

By the weekly comments, KAW seems to be on the right track. There's quite a bit of comedy with some of the stuff that is being presented - The Turtle, The Icons to a degree, some of the stuff I have in store for Sid, parts of the Dantes angle - all of which is intentional. My thinking on this goes back to the original backstory of the promotion - run by Jerry for Jerry's kid. Jerry seems to have a good sense of humor and that is where the comedy comes in. Also, it arms him for his "pieces" on the USWA where he badmouths other promotions. Again, my intention.

While comedy is not for everyone in this business, I hoped that some of the other things going on offset the funny stuff. The Doug Gilbert/Mike Samples feud has been bloody and brutal, Sid has been a no-nonsense monster so far, Ken Timbs and Ben Jordan, the Vols and others have been serious in their portrayal. I think The Snowman's debut was on the serious side and with the next few shows as it continues, you'll see that it is anything but funny.

As for the racism question, other than the color of their skins, racism isn't the reason for what is to come. With a working title of "Sins of the Fathers" for this angle, I hope it gives a little insight without giving anything away.

Now ... will we be rude? Will we be crude? Will we be politically incorrect? The answer to them all is ... YOU BET! So expect a little bit of this and little bit of that and hopefully, it will add up to a whole lot of fun.

In answer to your question, Savage ... Mark Curtis is simply the Turtle.

[somethingsavage]

Got'cha. On board for all of it, man. Appreciate the insight as well.

[anacondavice]

Excellent show. I really liked the Snowman's debut, great, serious ending to a very fun show. I really liked the Samples/Stud bout, that is the kinda match that would get a crowd going at 1 am. Nice interview from Samples, but pure gold from Doug. Brilliant booking with him, being loyal to his big brother, but obviously not all there. Great role for Doug, and Samples is a good choice of opponent.

And man you don't have to sell anything, there is room in wrestling for comedy always has been, you do it very well, there is plenty of blood and guts, serious wrestling, to get me full on. This place is a full course meal. Dab of this, some of that. Great work bro.

Peace
Jeff