T-N-T beat the Briscoe Brothers to regain the NWA Wildside tag titles in the highlight match of the TV taping last night in Cornelia. Briscoes worked twice and looked great both times. The ringwork was exceptionally strong throughout a show that was hurt by a lack of crowd heat from the faithful 110, particularly during the second half. The booking was another story. There were moments that made me wonder if Vince Russo had infiltrated the creative team.

1) Cliff Compton beat Pigeon & "Titanium" John Toland in 5:45. This group came in from the Monster Factory. Compton looks something like a shorter version of Sean O'Haire. Melanie's fashion tip of the night goes out to Pigeon: lose those beyond horrible flowered trunks. Pigeon had a French pronunciation to his name, sounded like Pee-o-john but I could be wrong. Pigeon worked the match as Compton flunky heel assistant against Toland. Compton and Toland both looked good on offense. Would have been better without the green guy added. Toland hit a missile dropkick. The heels took over after Toland took a flying bump into the ringpost. Compton missed on a rocket launcher senton. Good comeback by Toland. He missed on a moonsault where Pigeon moved way too soon. Compton won it with a top rope splash. OK opening match.

2) Kevin Hardner beat Sweet Dreams with an assist from Terry Knightenelli in 5:23. Dreams' dancing intro got some response. There's no accounting for taste, especially in Cornelia. Dreams was having his way, so Hardner took a breather. Hardner hit a couple of suplexes for near falls. Dreams did a dancing elbow drop, but missed on a senton off the top. Dreams rolled out the floor after a double head butt collision. Knightenelli did something to Dreams when the ref wasn't looking and shoved Hardner on top for the pin. Knightenelli said "The Winner" had proven himself, so he was proud to introduce him as the newest member to the FBI, Kevin Hardenetti. Knight as a part of the FBI was funny. Making Harden a member is a mockery.

3) Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark) beat Future Shock (Brandon P & Jay Freeze) to retain the NWA Wildside tag team titles in 11:07. Briscoe Brothers rule. It was put up or shut up time for Future Shock and they put on a helluva show in this match. Of course, it would be next to impossible to have a bad match with Briscoes. First big spot of the match was Mark moonsaulting to his feet and dropping Freeze on his head with an overhead suplex. Briscoes doubled on Freeze. Jay got two with a sitout gourdbuster. Future Shock turned the tide when P nailed Jay with a springboard clothesline. Future Shock switched without tagging. Jay exploded with a dragon screw and dropkick to Freeze's knee. Mark followed with a springboard dropkick to the knee. P countered out of Mark's cutthroat suplex attempt with a clothesline. Fans started a Briscoes chant as Future Shock worked over Mark. They did the Rolling Thunder legdrop/slingshot senton combo. Freeze hit a stiff superkick. Mark came back with a high leg lariat, but the ref didn't see the tag. Jay forced the issue with a springboard splash. Tremendous finishing sequence. Jay laid P out with a killer DVD. Freeze broke up the pin. Future Shock went for the Aftershock, but Jay pulled the ropes down to dump Freeze. Mark hit a huracanrana on P. Freeze saved again and clotheslined Mark over the top. Jay had P beaten after hitting the J Driller. Freeze spoiled it by hitting the Icebreaker on Jay. Mark hit a sick looking version of his cutthroat suplex for the pin.

4) They did a tag team turmoil match. Scottie Wrenn & Tank beat Swingers Inc. (Michael Adrian & Vincent I. Pain) in 1:47. Swingers must be into humiliation. They did a doggie style spot with Adrian taking it up the ying yang from Pain. Tank was kicking Pain in the ass to boot. That wasn't enough I guess, so they did a 69 position. Tank won it with a cool half nelson/chickenwing vice submission that he cooked up backstage.

Rage (Scott Cage & Mike Pittman) were the next victims. Rage did stereo tope con hilos. Pittman slipped out Wrenn's powerbomb, only to run right into a Psycho Scottie slam at 1:34.

Jeremy V & Derrick Driver came out. Wrenn & Tank pretty much destroyed them. They drilled V through the mat with a double spinebuster. Just as this deal was looking like a good way to rebuild Tank & Wrenn, the three-minute time limit expired for a double elimination.

G-Rated (Kid Kool & Kid Xtasy) beat the FBI (Terry Knightenelli & Kevin Hardenetti) in 1:56. G-Rated with a double uranage on Hardner. Kool pinned Hardner with a top rope splash. Xtasy turned on Kool, laying him out with an inverted DDT. Xtasy & Hardenetti tossed Kool up for a midair spear by Knightenelli. Xtasy said it was good to be with family. Xtasy said he wasn't a kid anymore. He was Salvatore Rinauro. "I am the Godfather."

The Outlaws (John Dalton & Henry Hoss) beat Kid Kool in :56 with a slice 'n dice elbow by Hoss.

Total Destruction (Sean Royal & Rusty Riddle) and The Outlaws went to a three minute draw. TD did a back suplex/neckbreaker combo on Hoss, who is a real load. Riddle wanted to know how much Hoss weighed. Outlaws double suplexed Royal. Riddle used chairshots on Hoss and blasted him in the face with a can of Coors Light at ringside. Royal nailed Dalton with a stiff chairshot to the head. All four brawled on the outside as the time limit expired.

Royal grabbed the mic. He said that wasn't the real Total Destruction. He said using the chair was good, but they needed a table, or maybe a cage. Royal promised to give the people what they wanted to see.

5) Tony Mamaluke beat Caprice Coleman to take a 2-1 lead in their best of five series for the World TV Title in 10:13. Long collar and elbow lock up to open the match. They did some chain and exchanged pinning combinations. Crowd was quiet but seemed to be into the match. They locked up again. Mamaluke tried to cheat on the break, but wound up on the receiving end of Coleman's Thrilla in Cornelia punch combo and bumped over the top. Coleman connected on a springboard dropkick. When Mamaluke went to the floor, Coleman followed with a high springboard plancha. Both down for an eight count before Mamaluke making it back to the ring. It appeared that Coleman injured his right knee, which was heavily wrapped. Coleman missed on a slingshot senton. Great psychology by Mamaluke, as he worked on Coleman's neck in all kinds of interesting ways. Mamaluke got two with a high angle back suplex. Coleman came back with the spin scissors kick, but took a big flying bump in the corner. Mamaluke locked on a cobra clutch and Coleman made the ropes…hangman neckbreaker for two … gourdbuster into a submission. Coleman fought back with an over-the-top reverse X factor and his senton/quebrada combo for a two count. Mamaluke grabbed the ropes to block the Thermal Shock. Mamaluke crotched Coleman on the top and brought him off the top with a superplex. Mamaluke locked on a body scissors and choke out combo. Coleman fought it for a long time before unconscious. Mamaluke woke Coleman up and extended his hand. At first, Coleman wanted no part of it, but they wound up shaking. Coleman got his cockiness back and started using his belt as a mirror. "I can't let you go."

6) AJ Styles beat Sonny Siaki in 7:57. Siaki was introduced as the leader of the Flying Elvises and came out in his Elvis garb. Siaki used his strength and a ton of punches against the against the skill and quickness of Styles. Styles with a leapfrog, dropdown, and a dropkick. Siaki took timeout. Siaki went for a German suplex, but Styles landed on his feet and hit a spinkick for a two count. Siaki used a press slam hotshot for a two count. Styles went for the clash but Siaki was able to counter. Siaki used a pumphandle suplex. Stiff chops both ways in this one. Siaki blocked Styles' powerbomb attempt. Siaki sent Styles down on the ropes with a drop toe hold and went to the outside to snap his throat across the ropes. Styles came back with a discus clothesline. Styles missed big on the Spiral Tap when Siaki rolled out of the way. Styles missed on an enzuigiri, but caught Siaki with a reverse version. Siaki scored with a big uppercut when Styles had his head down. Siaki got a sunset flip, but Styles was able to counter with the Clash to get the pin. The Clash didn't look quite as impressive on a big thick dude like Siaki.

7) Onyx beat Mr. Delicious in 3:28. I guess there were no crickets out tonight because otherwise I would have heard them chirping during this match. Mr. D attacked Onyx from behind. He shocked himself by putting Onyx on the canvas with a shoulder tackle. Onyx turned Mr. D's crossbody attempt into a slam. They exchanged armdrags and missed on simultaneous dropkicks. Onyx used a neckbreaker. Delicious ducked a charge and Onyx flew over the top rope. Mr. D did a dive off the top. Back inside, Delicious hit the Iconoclasm. Mr. D hit a top rope headbutt that knocked him a little loopy, but he covered for two. Onyx won it with the Blackout (spinning implant DDT).

Lazarus hit the ring with the sexaliciously chubby Neysa in tow. Lazarus did the Blackout on Onyx. Lazarus punched and chopped. Lazarus came off the top to hit a neckbreaker on Onyx. Neysa got out her makeup bag and painted Onyx's face. Neysa gave Onyx a backhand slap and a couple of kicks. Lazarus got on the mic. He insulted the female fans for not looking like Neysa. You could have heard a pin drop. Lazarus said it was Onyx who looked like a woman. Problem was there was no make up visible on Onyx's face. Onyx recovered enough to do some mic work, calling Neysa a cheap whore. Neysa started back towards the ring, so Lazarus had to grab her. She dropped her makeup bag and ordered Lazarus to pick it up. Then came the funniest moment of the night. Neysa forgot to duck as she went up the entrance ramp and hit her head on the frame.

8) Jeremy Lopez and Slim J went to a 10 minute draw in rematch for the NWA Wildside junior heavyweight title. Lopez retains the title. J got mouthy. Lopez responded by taking him down for a quick two count. They built to a spot with J mounted on Lopez's shoulders that J somehow countered into an armdrag. J kicked Lopez off the apron and a hit crotch grabbing splash to the outside. J hit a corkscrew neckbreaker. Lopez scored with the Sudden Impact. Lopez went for a surfboard styles submission and then into a crossface. Dan Wilson made the five minute call, for a dead giveaway that this was going to the limit. That's the downside of not making the time calls routine. Lopez got J in the Texas cloverleaf and the crowd was suddenly hot for the first time since the intermission. Lopez dragged J back to the center of the ring before J was able to make the ropes on the second try. Great facial expressions by J. A great spot. Lopez did a neckbreaker across the knee out of a backdrop driver for a two count. Lopez did the rolling double underhook DDT into position for a tiger driver, but J countered nicely with a pinning combination. J hit a twisting roundhouse kick off the top for a two count. J countered a DDT with a rolling body scissors pin attempt. Lopez hit the Yakuza kick but J kicked out. Lopez hit the elevated DDT. J was able to get a foot on the ropes. Lopez hit his finisher again, and J somehow got a shoulder up. J got a roll up two count as the bell rang.

9) T-N-T (Todd Sexton & Tony Stradlin) beat Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark) to win the NWA Wildside tag team titles in 11:52. Way too much stuff in this match to cover all the detail. An outstanding match that would be worth catching on TV or tape. Sexton's chest was beet red from the slap and chops as the Briscoes controlled the early going. Jay did a dragon screw on Stradlin. Jay applied a camel clutch, while Mark did a springboard dropkick to Stradlin's face. Sexton did a rocker dropper and T-N-T got heat on Jay. T-N-T did a double team which finished with a beautiful spinning splash by Stradlin. Sexton went for another rocker dropper that Jay countered with a powerbomb. Hot tag to Mark, who caught T-N-T with a pair of exploder suplexes. Stradlin hung upside down and got Mark in a bow and arrow across the top turnbuckle. Jay broke that up with an awesome baseball slide dropkick to Stradlin's exposed face. T-N-T hit Jay with a double superkick. More heat on Jay. Stradlin used a pumphandle backbreaker. Mark made a blind tag and landed a springboard splash for a two count. The pace picked up even more. Jay hit spinning facebuster off the top on Stradlin. Mark did slingshot clothesline. Briscoes were setting Stradlin up for another killer move when Sexton saved by crotching Mark on the top. T-N-T hit the Power Keg on Mark but Jay made the save. Ref bump. Stradlin got Briscoes in a wild looking combination hold, with one of them in a Gory Special and the other in a dragon sleeper.

Lost Boyz (Azrael & Gabriel) hit the with the Holy Roller on Stradlin and the Excommunicator on Sexton. Lost Boyz put Briscoes on top of T-N-T for a double pin but they made the miracle kick out at the last instant. Mark hit the cutthroat suplex on Stradlin and Jay did the J Driller on Sexton. Meanwhile, Big Business Brown made his way to ringside for first time since Hardcore Hell. Brown got on the apron to distract the ref and tossed his briefcase into the ring. Sexton used the briefcase on Mark. 1 ... 2 ... 3. T-N-T are champions once again.

10) David Young & Rick Michaels & Adam Jacobs beat Iceberg & Rainman & John Phoenix (with Jeff G. Bailey) in 15:28. For some unexplained reason Young's Wildside heavyweight belt was on the line in this match. That made it two TV tapings in a row in which a significant storyline development was not explained to the live crowd. I guess the previous match sapped whatever energy the crowd had left because they were dead for this one. Match had some excellent action though. Rainman and Michaels started out trading punches like it was Memphis in the 80's again. Young and Iceberg faced off. Iceberg missed on a charging stinkface and slumped down in the corner. Young connected with a baseball slide to the nuts. The faces took turns dropkicking Iceberg, but they couldn't move him. They landed a triple dropkick that sent Iceberg through the ropes. A series of dives followed. Young did an Asai moonsault. Jacobs did a tope con hilo. Phoenix jumped off the top to a sit down springboard off the top rope for an Arabian press to the floor. Michaels hit Iceberg with a tope off the top. Rainman got so much height and distance on a tope con hilo that he sailed over the target. I think this is where Rainman and Michaels brawled their way out of the building and disappeared. Back inside the ring, Iceberg turned Young's crossbody attempt into a fallaway slam. Young came back with a Shining Enzuigiri. Jacobs and Phoenix in. Jacobs hit a fisherman buster. Iceberg, of all people, superkicked Jacobs to start the heel heat. Phoenix got near falls with an Asai moonsault and a spinkick. Jacobs took an upside down bump in the corner and got crushed by Iceberg's avalanche splash. Iceberg went into Abdullah tribute mode with a flying elbow and a thrust to the throat. Iceberg did a slingshot suplex. Phoenix countered a Gibson roll attempt by Jacobs with a reverse crucifix powerbomb. Very cool. Phoenix got two with a high leg drop off the top. Phoenix dumped Jacobs, so Bailey could use his Gucci loafer on him. Phoenix splashed Jacobs off the apron. Iceberg did a gargantuan legdrop, but Jacobs was able to grab the ropes. Phoenix finally missed on a frogsplash. Double clothesline, both men down, and hot tag to Young. After cleaning up on Phoenix, Young gave the heels a noggin knocker.

Michaels and Rainman reappeared as it turned into a real cluster with all six men going at it. Michaels hit the Double Shot on Phoenix. No pin there. Young hit the spinebuster on Rainman for the win. Things got a little weird here. The setup was for Iceberg to come up behind Young with a chair but he didn't, so Bailey did it instead. Styles chased Bailey out of the ring with a chair. Styles wheeled around with a superkick on Young!? Styles pummeled Young. Bailey said he knew the day would come when Styles would return to the Elite. Styles said, "who said I was part of the Elite?" and stormed out of the ring. Bailey called Iceberg out to the ring to do a number on Young with his carving toy. Young hit a gusher. Blood was instantly pouring down his face. Michaels tried to make the save with a chairshot, but Iceberg didn't sell it. Bailey was in his glory as Michaels helped Young from the ring area. There were already puddles of blood at ringside. Bailey said he loved to see the blood pouring from Young's head like a faucet. Bailey said Young could expect more of the same as long as he had Iceberg's belt. "No one can stop the Iceberg."

NOTES: Young was said to have cut an awesome backstage promo with the blood and the title belt after the show. Young's forehead required stitches because an artery had been opened up. … The SAT will be back for the next TV taping on 9/7. … The 9/21 TV Taping will be the Wildside 3rd Anniversary Show. … A lot of the Wildside talent is booked for 8/24 in Thomaston. … Bobby Fulton ran a show at University of Georgia on 8/15 using mostly Wildside talent along with the Barbarian. … AJ Styles is part of the awesome talent lined up for the Sweet Science Sixteen on 9/6 and 9/7. The single elimination technical wrestling tournament is being put on by Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South promotion. The field includes Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, American Dragon, CM Punk, Ace Steel, Colt Cabana and Chris Hero. … The UCW television taping that originally scheduled for the Roxy Theater in Atlanta on 9/13 has been moved to the larger (and significantly less expensive) Cobb County Civic Center. … Jimmy Rave was not at last night's taping because he was working the NWA Main Event show in Columbia, Tennessee, where he regained the NWA World junior title from Star. … The Wildside "invasion" of CZW has gotten over so well that it appears the monthly shows at Viking Hall will become a regular stop for a portion of the Wildside roster. … On the 8/10 show, Rainman lost to Nick Mondo in a singles match, while T-N-T and Lost Boyz teamed up to win an 8 man tag with Bailey as their manager. The CZW fans quickly developed an intense dislike for Bailey. They were eating it up when Bailey ate a quadruple superkick in the postmatch. … No card announced yet for Steve Martin's 8/31 show in Gainesville. … Wildside talent is also booked for the 9/6 show in downtown Atlanta at the Dragon Con SciFi/comics convention.