Last Week: The show ended with Ted Dibiase surviving just long enough to run out the time limit and earn a draw after Paul Orndorff managed to turn his Figure-Four Leglock against him. Join us this week as Dibiase and Orndorff continue their battle over Mid-South's biggest prize the North American Heavyweight Championship.

Hosts are Boyd Pearce & Ted Dibiase

from the Irish McNiel Boys Club (Shreveport, LA)

Pearce and Dibiase open the show up. Pearce asks Dibiase what his reaction is to last week's match. Dibiase gives them credit for finding a counter but says he won't give up to Orndorff and would rather have his leg broken than to submit.

Tom Renesto Jr. vs. Brian Blair

Match History: Brian Blair earned a win over the Monk to open last week's show. Tom Renesto Jr. fell to King Cobra in a less than impressive showing.

Blair gets a fireman's carry and grabs an arm. Renesto gets into the ropes to break the hold. Renesto gets a headlock but Blair tosses him into the ropes and hits a couple of armdrags. Blair gets another fireman's carry and goes back to the arm. Renesto fights to his feet and Blair turns it into a hammerlock. Renesto escapes with an elbow and then hits a shoulder block. Blair gets a takedown with the bad arm and then works it over on the mat. Blair drops a knee on the arm and then turns Renesto for a few one counts. Renesto gets to his feet and escapes with elbows. They run the ropes and Blair gets another armdrag and works the arm over again with a knee drop. Renesto tosses Blair to the mat and abuses him with fists and forearms. Renesto hits a backdrop and covers for a two count. Renesto goes for a second but Blair catches him with a boot. Blair pounds on Renesto in the corner and then hits a backdrop. Blair hits an elbow off the top rope for a two count. Blair hits a vertical suplex and then trips while dragging Renesto across the ring. Opps. Blair applies a figure-four leglock to earn a submission win. Nothing match with Blair just doing the same stuff over and over again. Not a great start for the show.

WINNER: Brian Blair

Paul Ellering is in the ring for an interview. He's back from his injury and bigger and better than ever. He issues a challenge to the Iron Sheik to take the Perisian Club Challenge. He's got a lovely lady out there and she could use $1000.

Paul Ellering vs. Don Serrano

Match History: This is Ellering's return from an injury. As far as these reviews go these guys are just debuting.

Serrano wants a handshake but Ellering blows him off. They trade hammerlocks but Ellering gets into the ropes. Ellering gets a front face lock but Serrano grabs a hammerlock. Serrano gets a roll up but Ellering gets in the ropes. Serrano gets a hammerlock but Ellering throws him in the ropes. They run the ropes and Serran catches Ellering with a small package after a handstand. They run the ropes again and Ellering hits a knee. Ellering drops a couple of big elbows and then a knee to the back. Ellering pulls Serrano up and hits a knee followed by a chop. Ellering throws Serran into the ropes and hits an elbow. Ellering hits a leg drop and follows it up with a neckbreaker for the three count. It was what it was. Not good but it was just there to establish Ellering.

WINNER: Paul Ellering

Mike Bowyer vs. Junkyard Dog

Match History: Bowyer looks like a mix between a zombie and Frankenstein. He's a fugly fugly man. JYD of course won last week in a matter of seconds. The JYD also comes out with the Louisiana Heavyweight Champion by defeating the Great Kabuki.

They exchange blows in the corner and the JYD gets the advantage. JYD gets a snapmare and then drops a fist on Bowyer's face. Bowyer gets a punch to the gut but then gets a headbutt from the JYD. Bowyer gets a half nelso but gets tossed to the mat. JYD works over the arm until Bowyer gets a drop toe hold. They roll around on the mat until they get into the ropes. Bowyer pounds on JYD but the JYD levels him with a first. JYD tosses him into the ropes and hits a running forearm. Big Thump gets the three count. Another quick one for this week. Energetic but nothing special.

WINNER: Junkyard Dog

Paul Orndorff and Bob Orton Jr. vs. Carlos Zapata and the Monk

Match History: Paul Orndorff has found a counter to Dibiase's signature move the Figure-Four Leglock. He turned the move against Dibiase last week but it wasn't enough to earn him more than a time limit draw. Orton was last seen a few weeks ago as he successfully retained his Mississippi Heavyweight Championship against Jim Garvin. The Monk lost to Brian Blair last week and Zapata is a newcomer as far as these reviews go.

Orndorgg and Zapata start. Orndorff gets a front face lock and tags Orton in. Orton stomps on Zapata and then hits a bodyslam. Orndorff tags in and hits a knee. Zapata fights back but Orndorff tosses him to the mat. Ornodroff drops a few fists and tags in Orton. Orton hits a fist drop from the top rope and then applies a neck wrench. Orton hits an elbow to the head. Zapata tries to fight back but Orton hits a running forearm. Orton gets a front face lock and tags in Orndorff. Orndorff pounds away at Zapata before dropping a knee for one. Zapata gets a sunset flip for one but Orndorff kicks him in the face. Orndorff tags Orton in and stomps on Zapata. Orton drops a knee and covers for two. Orton pulls Zapata up and slams him to the mat. Orton hits a great dropkick and then tags Orndorff in so he can hit a dropkick. Orndorff covers for two. Orndorff misses a corner splash and Zapata tags the Monk. Orndorff cuts off the hot tag portion quickly and just pounds away at the Monk. Orton tags in and hits knees to the head. Orndorff tags in and hits an elbow to the head as Orton holds the Monk over his shoulder. Orndorff applies the figure-four leglock to get the submission win. Now that was a nice little squash match there. ** easy for the energy of Orndorff and Orton.

WINNERS: Paul Orndorff and Bob Orton Jr.

Bob Roop vs. Mike George

Match History: Bob Roop is in on trying to bring down Ted Dibiase. He's been working with Orndorff on countering the Figure-Four Leglock and at this point it appears they have one. George is one half of the Mid-South Tag Team Champions with the JYD and picked up an easy tag team win last week.

Lock up is a stalemate. George gets a waistlock takedown but Roop gets to the ropes. George gets a headlock but Roop escapes with an elbow. Roop gets a full nelson but George powers out. Roop gets the full nelson again and rams George into the turnbuckle. George grabs a full nelson and and rolls Roop up for a two count. Roop gets a knee and jumps to the middle rope but decides against it when George is ready for him. Roop backs George into the corner and pounds on him but George fights back until the ref breaks it up. Roop goes for a cheap shot but George gets an atomic drop. Roop begs off in the corner and gets a short breather. George gets a headlock but Roop gets to the ropes. Roop rakes George across the ropes after the break. Roop hits some elbows and punches and then hits a running knee to get a one count. Roop applies a headlock. George fights to his feet but Roop smashes him into the corner. Roop goes for a front face lock but George counters. Roop gets a face rake to regain the advantage. George fights to his feet and pounds on Roop in the corner. George gets revenge and rakes Roop face first on the ropes. George stomps and chokes Roop in the corner. George sends Roop into the ropes and hits a backdrop. George hits a Russian Legsweep for a two count. George goes for the legsweep again but Roop throws him off using the ropes. Roop goes for the Shoulderbreaker but George escapes. George goes for a waistlock but Roop throws him off in the ropes. George hits two dropkicks and covers for a one count. Roop throws George to the floor during the kick out of the pin. Roop goes for a head scissors but can't get him. They brawl a bit on the apron which leads to George charging and hitting the ringpost. George hits a series of punches after getting back into the ring. Roop smashes George into the corner and hits a running knee. Roop pulls George away from the ropes and covers for a three count. Very nice match there. I'd say a solid **3/4. Nice length and good energy.

WINNER: Bob Roop

Ed Wiskowski vs. Mike Bond

Match History: Wiskowski got a win over Jim Garvin last week.

Ed gets a hiptoss and then abuses Bond with his superior power. Ed hits a big bodyslam and stomps on the smaller Bond. Ed slams Bond face first into the mat a couple of times. Ed rams Bond into the corner and then further beats on him. Ed gets another bodyslam and does a splash on Bond's back. Backbreaker gets the win for Ed. Yeah, too short to be anything. Just a power display for Ed.

WINNER: Ed Wiskowski

We're back with the $1000 Persian Club Challenge. The Challenge is basically that the Iron Sheik says that he can do double the swings with the clubs that any other athlete can. If he can't he'll forfeit the $1000. Paul Ellering manages to get off 50 swings with the clubs before stopping. Skandar Akbar says they're here to wrestle and his man will take the challenge after their match with Frank Monte.

The Iron Sheik vs. Frank Monte

Match History: Iron Sheik is 2-0 with some fairly dominating wins so far during these reviews. Monte teamed with Blair during the first review but that match was never resolved on tv. I have a feeling we're not seeing the Sheik do the clubs until next week.

Sheik pounds away at Monte to start. Sheik hits an elbow and further abuses Monte. Sheik tosses Monte into the ropes and rams him with his head. Sheik hits a bodyslam and goes back to the beating. Sheik tosses Monte to the outside. Back into the ring as Sheik gets a bear hug. Monte escapes with an arm clap. Sheik regains control and throws Monte into the ropes. Monte catches Sheik with a boot and goes to town with a series of forearms. Monte tosses the Sheik and hits a shoulder block. Sheik rams Monte into the corner and hits the belly to back suplex for the win. Short but fun. Sheik really had a lot of energy for this short squash matches.

WINNER: Iron Sheik

Skandar Akbar gets on the mic and says his man was just through a tough match and it's not fair to have him do the challenge now. Akbar stalls until the show ends. Well there's always next week I guess. Here's next week's card:


Jerry Novak & Ricky Ferrara vs. Mike George & Carlos Zapata
“Precious” Paul Ellering & The Iron Shiek $1000.00 Persian Club Challenge
Brian Blair vs. Paul Orndorff
Ted Dibiase vs. Mike Bowyer
Mike Bond & Frank Monte vs. Bob Roop & Bob Orton Jr.
Tommy Renesto Jr. vs. Ed Wiskowski
Don Serrano vs. The Iron Sheik

Final Thoughts:

Kind of a meh show this week. First half utterly sucked as the matches were boring. Second half really picked up with some solid action from the usual suspects. The angle with Ellering and the Iron Sheik was well done and I look forward to see how it plays out next week. Until then I guess.

So is there anything you'd like added to these. I know the match history deal is pretty basic so far but I need time for angle development and such for it to really have more meat.