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Hogan vs. Paul Wight Draws Big Numbers
Topic Started: Apr 28 2007, 02:11 PM (498 Views)
Mad Dog
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MEMPHIS WRESTLING RESULTS: HULK HOGAN VS. PAUL WIGHT AND MORE
by Brian Tramell @ 1:19:00 AM on 4/28/2007

----Moondog Cujo with "Big Cheese" Sal Corrente beat The Barbarian in pretty much a hardcore match. Crowd was into it. Barbarian had Cujo pinned, but Sal got on the ring apron with Cujo then pinning Barbarian.

----Greg Valentine beat Mr. Hughes with a roll up. Hughes had Valentine pinned with his feet on the ropes, but then ref Bill Rush seen it. Hughes had his back turned and Valentine rolled him up.

----Jazz beat Christie Ricci & Miss Passion in a triple threat Ladies Match.

----Abdullah The Butcher vs Big Al Greene was No Contest in a match that never got into the ring. A bloodbath. The fans got into it.

----Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell with Jimmy Valiant beat Koko Ware/Bobby Eaton with Slick. Jimmy Hart came down from the announcer's desk to have the formation of the First Family with Koko/Eaton back together [they were a team a long time ago], then in called out Slick to manage them.

----Brutus Beefcake/Bubba The Love Sponge beat The New Assassins with "Big Cheese" Sal Corrente. Assassins looked just like the guys working in Memphis as Fire/Flame. Bubba was horrible in the ring. He did a splash from the second rope for the pin. Beefcake put Sal in the sleeper and they cut his hair after the match.

---- Brian Christopher beat Buff Bagwell with the hip hop drop. Bagwell talked about how bad Memphis was and heeled the crowd. Christopher came out to a huge pop.

----Southern Tag Team Title Match: Ricky Morton/Kid Kash beat "Too Cool 2" [Flex/Tim Grind] for the titles.

----Hulk Hogan beat Paul Wight slamming him and dropping the leg on him. It was around a 10 minute match with the crowd so nuts for Hogan!!

NOTES: No official figure, but I am guessing close to 6000 fans with a gate close to $256,500…Jazz performed her own entrance music to the ring…Koko had Frankie and got Lance Russell to dance with him…NBA's Memphis Grizzlies Mascot - The Grizz came out and was shooting t-shirts out to everyone at intermission…Before the show started, it was announced that "Too Cool 2" [Flex/Tim Grind] had regained the Southern Tag Team Titles from The Moondogs [Cujo/Spike]. That was one of those phantom changes. They announced Grind/Flex vs Rock N Roll Express for later in the show, but it turned out to be Kash/Morton…After Bubba’s match they brought some kid from St. Jude down and Bubba had the kid on his shoulders. VH1 cameras captured that and it was a kewl moment for the kid and the crowd…I got to say "great job" to Corey Maclin and crew for putting the local guys - Flex/Grind in the semi-main event. All my bitching about them not featuring the local guys and they do go and do this -- perfect way to get them over being seen by so many fans. I would have loved have seen them win, but apparently they got plans for Morton/Kash and Flex/Grind down the road…I was told all in all a fun show and crowd loved it.

----Brian Tramel @ www.rasslinriotonline.com with much appreciated help from Randy Dailey. Thanks to everyone for joining me on the site for the match by match coverage. I will continue to cover this story as a possible new era in Memphis Wrestling starts next weekend as they scheduled to do tapings with their regular crew. They promised the crowd a special TV show tomorrow night, so it will probably have clips from the show. Congrats to Memphis Wrestling cast and crew for a recording breaking crowd and setting a new standard for indy wrestling.


I threw up a little in my mouth while reading how awful that card was. But hey, potentially drawing 6,000 people is nothing to sneeze at. If Lawler and co. could get a clue they could actually revive Memphis wrestling by using Hogan in a nostalgia tour every couple of months while building up younger talent.
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Erick Von Erich
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Well it sounds like a big show.

The sad thing is... if I saw that card coming to my town and it was about 15-20 bucks to get in, I'd go.
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This show looks like another Heroes of Wrestling on paper. Glad to hear the crowd enjoyed it, at least.

I probably would've gone :ph43r:
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Memphis fans are a different breed. For them this is a pretty solid show. Name power has always been more important than workrate there.
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Hence Jerry Lawler's career.
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I do admit. The Morton/Kash vs. Too Cool II match could potentially be decent. I would at least be interested in seeing such a freak combo like Ricky Morton and Kid Kash.

But they played it smart on the undercard. This is how I would've played it with a Hogan/Wight main event. Just bring in a ton of old timers and get the full nostalgia effect out of it.
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eStragand,Apr 28 2007
06:09 PM
The sad thing is... if I saw that card coming to my town and it was about 15-20 bucks to get in, I'd go.

Ditto.
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Ew...
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