Lawler Looking At You Is Drained Outright

Jerry Lawler/Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart v. Sex & Violence (Dave Danger/Jeff Starr) NEW 3/10/07 - FUN

ER: Lawler teaming up with a Hart? That doesn't make sense. I also don't like that Neidhart was kind of put over as the star of the match. He and Lawler came out together, with Lawler walking out behind him to the Hart Foundation entrance theme. Neidhart got to start the match cleaning house on Sex & Violence (which is kind of a gross name), while Lawler was the one to take a beatdown and build sympathy for the big immobile Neidhart hot tag. I mean, for obvious reasons Lawler was the wise choice to play Morton, as he's good at selling and building sympathy, and also has no problem working the entirety of a match. Sex & Violence was kind of a pleasant surprise, for two guys I had never heard of. Danger was a big guy who kept it simple with stiff shoulderblocks and corner charges, nothing crazy. Starr seemed really good and I'm kinda surprised I haven't heard anybody mention him before this. He had really good punches (good enough to make exchanges with Lawler plausible) and had some personality. Lawler was really good in this and while it was lame playing second banana to Neidhart, the meat of this was like a good Lawler handicap match.

PAS: I liked this a little more then Eric. Neidhart gets to throw some clotheslines and shoulder blocks, but this is pretty much all Lawler, and he is pretty great. The missed fistdrop looked really nasty and was a great transition move. I like Starr working on the arm and wrist after the move too. I also liked Danger's clubbering, his elbow drop was appropriately violent looking for such a fat dude. I kind of understand Lawler playing second fiddle as he was a NEW regular at this point, and Neidhart was the special attraction, I did like Lawler doing the clothesline for the Hart Attack. Still a little short and basic to get to a GREAT rating, but this was high end FUN.

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE KING