Memphis Thing - Memphis Wrestling recap for May 21, 2022

Dustin Starr interviews Kross at the announce desk. Kross says he has not had a good week, as Jay Smooth has a leg injury and he has not heard from Martin, then says he has to take care of business in order to keep The Etiquette together and that he will do whatever he has to do.

"The True American" Trace Lee Hunt beats Kross.

We hear from Norman Meklakov, who says that he is the most dominant man in all of professional wrestling and that no man can break out of the Meklalock.

Dustin Starr interviews Norman Meklakov at the announce desk. Meklakov says nobody can break the Meklalock, then says he has seen some new faces as well as new victims to break with the hold. Meklakov issues an open challenge, and Austin Lane and Matt show up. Austin Lane says he has had an eye on Meklakov and that can break the Meklalock, but Matt wants an opportunity. Austin tells Matt to let him have the opportunity, which Matt does, and says he can not only break the Meklalock, but reverse it. Meklakov punches Austin Lane in the back before putting him in the Meklakov, and Dustin Starr goes for a closer look just before Austin Lane gets back to his feet and Matt clocks Austin Lane in the face. Matt then stomps Austin Lane in the head on the ring steps before revealing he is in league with Meklakov.

Dustin Starr interviews Diana Taylor on the announce desk. Diana Taylor says that she earned the Memphis Women's Championship and that nobody has done anything for her despite being in the company since the beginning, then tells Dustin Starr that if the board of directors want it, somebody can come and get it.

Cassandra Golden beats Diana Taylor. After the match, Cassandra Golden hands the Memphis Women's Championship back to Dustin Starr and says that next time she touches it, it is coming home with her.

Backstage, Kid Wrestling meets with "Big Swole" Justin Cole and offers to team with him against The Posse, but Justin Cole says this is not a fight, not a wrestling match. Kid Wrestling says he is not waiting in the back for the bulls to pounce, but Justin wants to do this alone.

The L.A. Hustlers (Bradley and Lamont) beat Country Rock (Carter Matthews and Chris Hayes) after Lamont knocks Chris Hayes out with a gold chain...almost. After the match, referee Ray Ray Sanders finds Lamont's gold chain in Lamont's hand and reverses the decision, giving Country Rock the win.

"Big Swole" Justin Cole beats The Posse (Simon and Mr. Chris) in a two-on-one handicap match by disqualification. During the match, Kid Wrestling runs in and gets on the apron to become Justin Cole's tag team partner, and Justin Cole accepts his help. The match ends with Simon pulls Mr. Chris out of a pinfall attempt following the Swole Slam before pulling a big, long rusty chain out from underneath the ring and hitting Justin Cole with it. After the match, Mr. Chris takes the spiked shoulder pad from his jacket and runs it into Kid Wrestling's eye before he and Simon tear Kid Wrestling's mask apart.