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The Unlikely Improbable Unwanted Rise Of The Bayou Brothers
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Topic Started: May 11 2016, 06:31 PM (153 Views)
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May 11 2016, 06:31 PM
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The Unlikely Improbable Unwanted Rise Of The Bayou...
A PRWDirtsheets Exclusive by Daniel Fluoride
The Louisiana region has produced some amazing moments in tag team history from the run the Freebirds had as rivals to the Junkyard Dog that sold out the Louisiana Superdome to the Moondogs terrorizing the Mid South Coliseum and providing a small rejuvenation period for Memphis wrestling. You can currently turn on your TV and see a group of men carrying on the Louisiana wrestling legacy armed with big beards, a vintern and a smoking lantern. The times have changed but the vibe of pro wrestling and Louisiana's rich, dark and mysterious history continue to go together. Even with that being said, Louisiana like most of the Southern United States has had it rough recently. Even the proud LSU Tigers face an uneasy future with the state's budgetary crisis. Contempt and unrest, civilly and culturally, reeks through the loud music and Bourbon Street buildings. In a ways, that only further makes the run the Bayou Bros have been on all the more remarkable. It also makes the fact that they're so despised even more amazing.
When PRW willingly killed its tag team division, the feeling inside their offices was that tag teams would be a novelty gimmick designed to help introduce new talent before splitting them off in their own separate ways. To PRW, the era of the tag division was dead and truly buried and the effort and focus would be better focused elsewhere. That meant for many tag teams, the days of being able to make your living in a tandem in PRW were truly dead and buried. In some respects, the Onslaught could be blamed (as they often are unfairly) due to how years of teaming seemingly prevented Patrick and Takato from being seen as single stars until far later in their careers. PRW laments the fact that they were late to the Slaughter train and in many ways, that hangs above the heads of every successful tag team. The fear of wasting prime years, combined with general dissatisfaction, created the end of the tag team titles and in theory, the end of full time tag team wrestling in PRW. Tag teams would have to accept two very vital facts; 1) the key to survival would be to be a team within a group and 2) you WILL at some point be split up.
At a time where 50% of the people on PRW tv look like they're auditioning for a role in the sequel for the Revenant or brood like they're the next in line for a cameo on the Walking Dead, the Bayou Brothers should've been dead right out of the gate. The Sinful Soldiers being similar in nature (if not scope) didn't help matters either. Throw in the fact that wrestling has really had but one successful brother tag team in close to 10 years and they, like New Orleans, faced an uphill climb for establishment. It wasn't an easy road simply getting to PRW and the trip surely looked set for a dead end for the group. They were, like most people, saved by the fact that they had a hook that others didn't. Even though it feels like most of the wrestlers on PRW television aim to talk over the audience's head, drowning them with the minutia of their own intellect, Mary's ability to cut promos that seemed simplistic enough for all to understand but deep enough at times to draw in "smart" viewers was a hit. It also doesn't hurt that she has no interest in being a wrestler and gives the group its own unique identity with a manager who isn't a retired wrestler or a paycheck grabber who is taking a break from in ring action. They're different and in a PRW where being different is usually an unattainable task, that's an impressive feat.
Not much is known about the Bayou Brothers or their manager but there are certain people who just don't have to know about to dislike. There is an air of dislike and an element of danger to them, something wrestling has missed. The Brothers found themselves lurking around the undercards but struck gold latching onto a rivalry with Sean Aries and Emily Hart. Fewer guys guarantee a level of immediate stardom like Sean Aries. Love him or hate him, Sean Aries is the sort of person who finds a way to make everybody around him seem like a bigger deal and so the Brothers, in theory, were being given a major opportunity to establish themselves. With no tag team title, the "division" really has no value to it and teams can be here today and gone tomorrow. They took advantage of the opportunity by tearing it up with Sean Aries in two separate violent showdowns. They were aided by the turn of Emily Hart and the fact that those shows weren't exactly dripping with big level matches. Still it's not always about being good and sometimes about taking advantage of the opportunities and the circumstances presented to you. The Bayou Brothers and their manager did a great job of using a sliver of opportunity and turning it into something unique for themselves. In a sense, Sean Aries owes them some gratitude as well given how Aries has gone from being one of PRW's many disgruntled "Why don't you just retire?" type veterans to inarguably the most sympathetic babyfaces on the roster. The Bayou Brothers went from relative unknowns lurking about on the undercard to potential developing superstars.
The challenge in life isn't accomplishing something great; it's finding a way to top your last accomplishment. The Bayou Brothers didn't guarantee themselves any long term tenure in PRW by doing a number on Sean Aries; they merely extended the timetable to establish themselves. Their violent brawling style does not guarantee longevity and there's only so much a hot mouthpiece can do to keep you in the eye of the public. As such, the next step was to find a bigger fish----and the Bayou Brothers set their plan into action. At Superbattle, they screwed over Joey NOX and cost him his chance to win the company's annual title shot rewarding battle royal in front of his hometown crowd. It was a massive blow to the wrestling community and in turn, opened up the door for them to go from up and coming stars to established superstars. By taking out Sean Aries and directly clashing with Joey NOX, the Brothers and Mary have set themselves up to potentially be the most hated people in PRW. Given how Louisiana has been clamoring for somebody to represent them on the big stage, it's a telling sign how many fans have distanced themselves from the Brothers. To people inside Louisiana, the Brothers and Mary represent "the unwanted sign" of New Orleans, the bible thumping sect that seems to feast on its reputation as a home for decay and decadence. A place where politicians and skeletons wine and dine in whorehouses together. It's that image of Louisiana that the Bayou Brothers create---and it's an image that wrestling fans are more than happy to buy into as the Brothers coninue to take out big name PRW stars.
All of this is leading to an eventual clash, be it at Summerfest or somewhere down the line. Joey NOX's pride and his legacy are too much to take this lying down. NOX's history is littered with him refusing to stay down and refusing to be somebody else's pincushion. NOX has never ducked a challenge and he's not going to duck this one either. PRW has already unofficially penciled in NOX and ??? vs the Bayou Brothers for Summerfest, adding to a loaded card that features two career matches, Jesse Drive vs Alexander Owens and a yet to be announced Takato Kazama match. The question now becomes; will the Bayou Brothers leave as the focal point of the show again by taking Joey NOX out? Can this improbable rise continue?
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