For the longest time, Erik Watts was held up as the epitome of the term “nepo baby”. The son of booker Bill Watts, folks watching on TV could tell in the ring he simply wasn’t ready for prime time. Despite this he was getting all kinds of matches and well…they weren’t great. Today let’s all kick back and watch him squash this man…
…BILL PAYNE! No doubt you see this image and think, “Man that guy looks really constipated.” And maybe he is, I dunno. One thing I do know however is that during my independent wrestling days, we had a guy who went by the name BULL PAYNE. I don’t believe this to be the same guy, but again, who knows. I do remember that during his time in the legendary Pro Wrestling International that I was part of, he was once announced as Bull PEN, like he was a reliever for the Padres or something.
I’ve stalled long enough! Time to get to this match as Erik starts giving us day one wrestling school tactics like arm wringers…and arm wringers…and a schoolboy roll up!
The onslaught continues with an arm DRAG. Two of them in fact! It’s so brutal it has poor Mr. Payne begging off in mercy!
Erik then rams Bill’s head into one turnbuckle then another. He follows that up with a kinda sorta bulldog, one that has him literally yelling “YEAH!” to the fans in the stands.
A dropkick, body slam, and belly to belly come next, along with a clothesline. Now you may look at that dropkick and not be impressed, but all I can say is…
…it’s a big improvement from other dropkicks this guy threw in the past.
He wraps things up with what we are told is an STF. And it’s a good thing he won with it, since he literally has STF on his tights! And the fans go mild, as was always the case with an Erik Watts match. Eh, I’ve seen far worse and far more nepotism in this business. So here’s to Erik Watts. You’ll always have a special place in our hearts.
Largely because of that.