Championship Wrestling From Memphis Episode #5 3/27/2021

Championship Wrestling From Memphis Episode #5 3/27/2021

I've never seen this promotion before so I am not the most knowledgeable about it. I just had some spare time and wanted to do something different. Most of the wrestlers are just your local wrestlers and I'm not going to be too hard on them.

We were shown clips of Brett Michaels winning the Cobra Cup and then getting jumped by Alan Steel and Johnny Dotson. They broke Michaels' trophy.

Brett Michaels comes in with a bat looking for Steel and Dotson. He was told they aren't here and he says he is taking them out if he sees them.

Dustin Starr and Maria Starr welcome us to the show. I think they are husband and wife.

We see the remains of the Cobra Cup and Michaels comes out.

Brett Michaels vs Jay Smooth

This is Jay's debut. Jay takes a hard ride into the buckles and takes a spinebuster. Brett poses and hits a spinning clothesline for the win in a quick squash.

Precious tells Casandra Golden then would make a good team.

Justin Cole gets interviewed and immediately jumped by Mike Anthony with brass knucks.

We are shown a promo from Mike Anthony last week where he says he will accept Cole's challenge. We are shown clips from the match where Cole hits a twisting superplex and rolls up Mike for the win.

Also from last week, Van Vicious took the place of Derrick King and hits possibly Chriss Lexx in the back with a briefcase to win.

Cece Chanel is interviewed. She has a British accent and is happy to be here. Amber Rodriguez comes in and said she should be interviewed and not Cece. She tells her to watch the match and see how it is done.

Diana Taylor vs Cece Rodriguez

Diana hiptosses her and armdrags her. Cece blocks a slam and rakes her back. Cece then spanks her. DT comes back with some lariats for 2 but Cece evades a dropkick. Cece puts her in a sharpshooter with the arm hooked in the middle of the ring and taps her in a quick one. DT has to be helped to the back. Cece showed some personality here.

We get a commercial for "Suits U". It has a catchy little jazz theme song for a suits store.

Tickets for April 11th's show are sold out!

The Starr's do a promo for Pro Shingle.

King Cobra, a former Memphis wrestler, does a promo putting over the show. He said Memphis Wrestling is coming back and said is happy about The Cobra Cup. He said Dotson smashing the Cobra Cup was just gutless and it is like sticking an arrow in his heart. Cobra said there will be some reprocussions for that ansd said Brett Michaels will come back.

Yung Goats (Zay Washington and Aaron Roberts) vs The Crowleys (JackSYN and Otis Crowley)

The Crowley's have pretty cool masks for their entrance and one of them has smoke coming through his. One of them really looks like Kizarny.

Zay does a split legged moonsault off the top onto one of The Crowley's then Zay throws Aaron onto his opponent. A Crowley hits a sling blade on Aaron and one of the Crowley's comes off the bottom rope with a bulldog. The Crowley's trip Aaron into a stunner. Aaron hits a backfist and then flips over a Crowley. Zay makes a nice hot tag and a jumping neckbreaker. Zay then half and half suplexes possibly Otis. Zay then springboards off the 2nd rope for a cutter, which Otis breaks the pin on. Otis rolls up Zay out of nowhere and wins it. Zay can move for beinga little bit heavier and this was a short but decent match.

Humongous then comes out and has a black mask. Humongous chokeslams Aaron and we are told is an associate of The Crowley's.

Van Viciouss talks to Katelynn Black and Derrick King in the back. He says Nikki Lane is challenging Black and they all laugh. She says she will accept it on her own time. They then all laugh again.

We get a nice commercial for Tops Bar-B-Q.

Memphis's legendary announcer Dave Brown and Dustin Starr do a commercial for a shingles company.

Bam Bam Malone vs Action Jackson

This is Malone's debut. Jackson has a backpack with what Starr calls "Action Juice". He then says "When I say Action, you say Jackson".

Jackson is going to wrestle with the backpack on. Malone rolls out of a wristlock and hits a nice punch. Action goes for a leapfrog but leaps into an atomic drop. Jackson gets his back banged off the top rope chain then is back suplexed for 2.

Malone slaps on a sleeper then tries to grab some of AJ's juice. AJ tries to mount a comeback but gets a dropkick. The announcers discuss what could possibly be in the backpack and Dustin says he should put a cushion back there to lessen falls. Action comes back with a bulldog but Malone evades his asai moonsault. AJ hits a single leg dropkick and cannonballs him in the corner.

Malone hits a flying kick off the ropes for 2. AJ recovers and hits the sliced bread for the win. Not bad at all for a lower level indy and AJ is a fun character.

Our Slam of the Week is Steel and Dotson destroying the trophy.

Chris Lexx vs Derrick King with Van Viciouss and Katelyn Black

This is King's debut for the promotion. Lexx shoulderblocks him down to start and King accuses him of a hair pull. Lexx ducks a lariat and armdrags him down. Lexx hits a nice right hand. King stalls for a bit and Lexx sits up on the top rope. King slaps him hard and knocks him down to the apron.

Lexx really sells the slap and King hits a nice punch. We go to break and return with King in full control. King hits some nice Lawler style punches for 2. King hits a neckbreaker for 2 and pulls at the hair. King hits a nice boot in the corner and bangs Lexx's head off the mat. King goes for something in the corner but gets the second rope and goes down.

Lexx comes back with a spinebuster for 2. Lexx does a people's elbow type of move but drops a headbutt at the end.  Lexx comes back with a euro uppercut from the 2nd rope. Van gets on the apron and gets knocked down then Black pulls on Lexx's foot. The ref argues with King's seconds and Van nails Lexx with the briefcase. King then wins it with a superkick.

Lexx really really sold here, maybe a little too much which slowed down the match. King was very good all throughout working the crowd and just being an effective heel with great punches.

Overall thoughts: Not a bad show at all. Obviously, it's a local indy so you're not going to see the crazy moves and dives that you might see in other promotions. However, we saw a lot more of the basic fundamentals of wrestling that you don't see much of elsewhere, and that was nice.