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November 11 TV Bob Caudle and Buddy Landell open the show, but they are interrupted by the trio of Robert Fuller, SMW Heavyweight Champion Unabom, and Terry Gordy. Fuller brags about his "ace in the hole" last week and announces Gordy as the newest member of the Smoky Mountain roster. Fuller then complains about it being "too easy" to challenge the champion for the title these days, and says that anyone who wants a title shot from here on out will have to win a number one contender's match! The first of these matches will be held next week on TV for anyone who wants it! This brings out Brian Lee, who immediately accepts. Lee and Unabom go nose to nose, but Fuller steps in between and makes the match... Lee vs. Terry Gordy next week in the main event! MATCH #1 Dirty White Boy (w/ Ron Wright) vs. Jerry Lynn A hard fought, back and forth match. DWB looks to be ready to finish it when Bull Pain comes to ringside. Distracted, DWB gets rolled up and pinned by Lynn. After the match, DWB rolls to the outside and starts another wild brawl with Bull Pain. It takes half the locker room and every referee to separate them. This brings out Commissioner Armstrong, who says the score will be settled at Thanksgiving Thunder. November 23 in Knoxville, Dirty White Boy will face Bull Pain in a Street Fight! Bob Caudle tries to get Armstrong's comments on last week's title match, but the Commissioner says he's been ordered not to comment. MATCH #2 SMW TV Title Dutch Mantel defends Another randomly selected contender... and it's Bull Pain! However, Pain has been ejected from the building after the brawl, so Dutch wins by forfeit! Dirty Dutch does another victory lap around the ring, and stops to shake hands and hug Landell. Bob Caudle whens Dutch will ever actually have to wrestle as champion! Caudle runs down the lineup for Thanksgiving Thunder tour. Nov. 23 in Knoxville Nov. 24 in Barbourville, KY Nov. 25 in Johnson City Two matches announced for Knoxville... Dirty White Boy vs. Bull Pain in a street fight, AND, just announced, the Rock & Roll Express challenge Public Enemy for the tag titles! MATCH #3 Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Matt Hardy The Connecticut blueblood scores another dominant win, finishing things off with the double underhook facebuster which, as mentioned last week, he calls the Pedigree. Out of the break, and Public Enemy are at the commentary station, upset over the title match with the Rock & Roll Express. Grunge: We don't know nothin' about no title match with those two wimps, and, well, we think you're making it up! Rocco: Yeah! Grunge: If these two think they're so tough, let's not wait for a match. Let's have a fight RIGHT NOW! Grunge and Rock roll into the ring, and Morton and Gibson quickly enter the studio. A wild brawl starts with all four men, raging all around the ringside area and the studio. Morton and Gibson appear to have the upper hand in the battle, when Grunge comes up with a fire extinguisher from under the ring and sprays Gibson in the face! Gibson down blinded, allowing the champions to double team Morton. Rocco Rock brings a table into the ring! They position Morton on the table... the studio audience is booing and many of the female fans are shrieking at Morton about to go through the table. Suddenly, two more men hit the ring in jeans and boots. IT'S THE HEAVENLY BODIES! Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray start laying waste to the champions with punches and kicks. Grunge and Rock bail out and make a hasty retreat! Meanwhile, Gibson has rolled back into the ring. The Rock & Roll Express and the Heavenly Bodies are staring down one another as the episode ends.

SMW TV for November 4, 1995 Packed house in the studio this week. Bob Caudle and Buddy Landell once again are the commentators. Caudle hypes today's huge main event... Unabom vs. Brad Armstrong for the SMW title. There must be a winner, and if Armstrong loses, he will not receive another shot at the SMW Title for one year! From there, he takes us to the ring for the opening match. MATCH #1 Justin Hawk Bradshaw & Kendall Windham vs. The Hardy Brothers Matt and Jeff Hardy make their SMW debut against the surprising team of Bradshaw and Windham. The two Texans use their size, strength and experience to overwhelm the two rookies. A double flying lariat onto Jeff Hardy finishes the match. After the match, Caudle interviews Bradshaw and Windham from the broadcast area. Caudle: Gentlemen, everyone is wondering... how do two rivals end up teaming together? Windham: Bob Caudle, me and Bradshaw took each other to hell and back last month. I threw my best at him, and he threw his best at me... and the one thing we realized was that, together, there was no stopping us. So, we are bringing a little taste of Texas to the tag division, and we're coming after YOU, Public Enemy, for those Tag Titles. COMMERCIAL Back from the break, and Caudle introduces footage of the Rock & Roll Express attacking Public Enemy last week. extra footage rolls after the television time ran out, as basically the entire locker room and staff of the promotion come pouring out of the back to separate the four combatants. Back to ringside, and Caudle says Morton and Gibson will be back in action next week! MATCH #2 SMW TV Title Match Dutch Mantell comes out, dressed to wrestle, and says he's issued his open challenge against a randomly drawn opponent. Mantell waits in the ring as James Stone comes through the curtain... and is immediately attacked from behind by Sgt. Craig Pittman! The Pitbull getting payback for last week's loss! Pittman brutalizes Stone, delivering a wicked body slam on the concrete floor and then getting down in his face and screaming "You're worthless!" over and over again like a drill sergeant. As referees get Pittman to the back, Mantell scurries out of the ring, grabs Stone's carcass and drags it into the ring. He motions to the referee, who calls for the bell. Mantell covers and makes the three count. As Mantell celebrates with a victory lap around the ring, Landell praises his friend. Landell: What an incredible start to his TV Title reign! Mantell just beat his first challenger in three seconds! He just might end up the greatest TV champion ever! COMMERCIAL Caudle announces the Thanksgiving Thunder tour, coming later this month during Thanksgiving week! Tickets on sale now... Nov. 23 in Knoxville Nov. 24 in Barbourville, KY Nov. 25 in Johnson City All your favorite SMW stars in action! Caudle then introduces "the blueblood from Connecticut", Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Helmsley: Bob Caudle, do you know why I did not grace you with my presence last week for an interview? It is because you did not... say... please. You see, manners are important. Without manners, without etiquette, we have nothing. We're barbarians. It is important, above all things, to be civilized. And so that's why I'm here. That's why I have sullied myself to come to this... toilet... in Tennessee. Trying to bring a little class to people in dire need. And I will accomplish that by becoming the top wrestler here. Look at my record, Mr. Caudle. I'm undefeated. Every single wrestler I have faced has gone down to my Pedigree. So everyone here had best prepare themselves... for an etiquette lesson. Helmsley strolls away. COMMERCIAL MATCH #3 SMW Heavyweight Title, There Must Be A Winner Unabom vs. Brad Armstrong Unabom tries to jump Armstrong before the bell but the challenger sees it coming, moves and Unabom smashes into the corner turnbuckles. Armstrong fires away on Unabom with punches and kicks, battering away relentlessly. Unabom bails out to the floor, Armstrong out to the apron and dives on top of him! This match quickly getting out of hand! Armstrong taking advantage of the relaxed rules and they begin to brawl all throughout the studio as Bob Caudle reminds the fans there has to be a winner! Armstrong goes for a chair, nails Unabom in the gut with it. He winds up for a blast to the head, but Unabom kicks the chair back into the face of the challenger! Armstrong comes up bleeding after that... Unabom peels him up off the floor and rolls him into the ring. Cover, but only a two count! Unabom starts to pummel Armstrong, focusing on the head and opening the cut. Armstrong is a bloody mess! However, Unabom once again is unable to put him down for the three count. Unabom heads to the outside now, and he brings two chairs into the ring. He sets both chairs on the mat, then hooks Armstrong for his finishing powerbomb. Armstrong hoisted up into the air... and he drops down behind! Reverse mule kick to Unabom for the low blow! He then turns the champion, hooks a Russian legsweep... RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP ONTO THE CHAIRS! The studio audience erupts! Unabom is lifeless, but Armstrong also hit the chairs and rolls away, grabbing his back. He crawls over for the cover. One! Two! Thr--referee Mark Curtis gets pulled out of the ring by... TERRY GORDY?!? Caudle: What in the world is Terry Gordy doing here?!? The Freebird rolls into the ring and starts hammering Armstrong with punches, making him bleed even more. He hooks Armstrong for a powerbomb, and nails it in the center of the ring! Gordy rolls Unabom over onto Armstrong, and orders the referee to count. 1... 2... 3! The show ends with Robert Fuller coming to the ring. The SMW minority owner celebrates with Unabom and Gordy as the referee checks on Armstrong.

Next week he reveals his reason.

SMW TV for October 28, 1995 We open with footage from ringside from a handheld camera. "Halloween Scream, Friday, October 20, Knoxville" appears in the lower left hand corner of the screen as Public Enemy and the Godwinns do battle. The finish of their match plays out, as Phineas gets handcuffed to the ringside barricade. In the ring, Henry hits the Slop Drop on Rocco Rock but as he goes for the cover Johnny Grunge runs in and wallops Henry with the steel chair. He crumples, and Grunge makes the cover for the three count. We cut to the SMW Studio, and Bob Caudle, joined on commentary this week by Buddy Landel. Caudle: Smoky Mountain Wrestling television is on the air! Hello fans, I'm Bob Caudle, joined this week by Buddy Landel. And Buddy, we just saw that we have new SMW Tag Team Champions... the Public Enemy. Today they put the titles on the line, Buddy, against Jerry Lynn and Joey Maggs. Landel: Lynn and Maggs just need to ask themselves one question... "Table for one?" Hehehe... Caudle: Halloween Scream also saw Unabom successfully defend his SMW Heavyweight Title, but that match certainly was controversial and we're going to take a look at that later. Landel: But Bob, don't forget! Later in the episode... we're gonna have a celebration for our new SMW TV Champion! My good friend Dirty Dutch Mantel will be here and I can't wait to congratulate him in person for the biggest win in his career! Caudle: Plus, the television debut of Hunter Hearst Helmsley. All that and more, but ight now we've got our first match lined up, so let's go to the ring! MATCH #1 James Stone vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman The match starts out with Pittman using his size advantage to bully and strong-arm Stone, but Stone comes fighting back. Most of the match actually plays out on the mat, with Pittman focusing on the left arm to try and set up his Code Red armbar. Each time Stone is able to defend. Finally Pittman gets frustrated and starts clobbering Stone. He again goes for the armbar, but Stone is able to slither free, hooks Pittman in a rolling cradle and ensnares him for the 1... 2... 3! The studio audience ERUPTS at the big win by Stone, but he has zero time to celebrate it as Pittman delivers a wicked boot to the head before Stone can even stand. Pittman hammers Stone with punches and kicks as the referee tries to stop him. Pittman then gets down into the face of his semi-conscious foe, screaming "YOU'RE WORTHLESS!' at him repeatedly before rolling out of the ring, sneering, and heading to the back. Back from the commercial break, and Caudle cues up footage from night 2 of Halloween Scream, and the SMW Heavyweight Title Match between Unabom and Brad Armstrong. We see Robert Fuller save Unabom from the figure four, which sends Armstrong to the outside of the ring only to get sent headfirst into the post by the champion. Caudle: There you have it, fans... definitely a controversial outcome there in Morristown. Buddy, if you ask me, Unabom would have lost that title if it wasn't for Robert Fuller... I-- Caudle doesn't get another word in before Fuller comes storming into the shot. Fuller: Listen here, Caudle! I'm the minority owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and I'm not gonna stand back there and hear you libel me. You understand? Trust me, you can be replaced just like that! *snaps fingers* Now, as for Unabom... he's not just my champion, he's become like an understudy to me. I'm his mentor. Heck, you might say I'm like a father figure to the young man... and I think it's best for a promising young wrestler like him to face fresh competition. So, now that Brad Armstrong has had his rematch, and lost, it's time to move on to fresh opponents... This brings Commissioner Bob Armstrong into the shot, and Armstrong is taking his glasses off before he even makes it all the way to the broadcast position. Armstrong: Now you listen here, you yella belly carpet bagger! Smoky Mountain Wrestling was doing just fine before you came along, and started throwing Ted Turner's dollars into the pile. You've poisoned this locker room, and you've poisoned this whole territory! But when your actions get my boy hurt... my flesh and blood... you've crossed the line! I'm gonna-- Fuller: Go ahead Bob! Do it! Hit me! C'mon, do it! Put your hands on a minority owner of this company, and you'll be fired so fast it'll make your head spin! And just for spite, I'll fire your son, too! So go ahead! The studio audience is screaming for Armstrong to hit him, but he backs down. Armstrong: You know, Fuller, I don't have to beat you up. Lord knows I've done that enough times right here in this very town. But my boy, he's still ready to fight. And you might be the minority owner, but I'm still the Commissioner. I still make the matches... and I say that Brad gets one more shot at Unabom, for that SMW title... next week. Fuller: Fine with me, Bob! You wanna line up your boy like a lamb to the slaughter, then be my guest! But I'll add THIS... if Armstrong loses, and he will, then he will not get another shot at the Smoky Mountain Title for a full year! Armstrong: You've got yourself a deal! But if those are the stakes, then it's gonna be no countout... no DQ... no time limit... there MUST be a winner! Fuller: Fine! Armstrong: Fine! They storm off in opposite directions. Caudle: More action when we return! COMMERCIAL MATCH #2 Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Duane Gill Helmsley comes out in his waistcoat and earns the immediate wrath of the studio audience with his curtsy after stepping through the curtain. He gets in the ring and curtsys again... then removes his coat and turns and BLASTS Gill with a running clothesline! Helmsley shows a real vicious streak here, showing Gill no quarter before finishing him with his double underhook facebuster maneuver. Helmsley strolls to the ringside broadcast position after the win but, when Caudle approaches for an interview, Helmsley just sneers and walks away. COMMERCIAL Back from the break, and Queen's 'We Are The Champions" is playing. Dutch Mantell bursts through the curtain, holding the SMW TV Title over his head. Mantell keeps screaming "I Did It!" and does a victory lap around the squared circle. Caudle: This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen... Landel: Dutch Mantell is proud of his title win. He's proud of being a champion here in Smoky Mountain. What's wrong with that?!? Caudle: Because he didn't even wrestle anybody to win it, Buddy! He was the last man in a Gauntlet, and by the time he entered, everyone else had been eliminated! Mantell gets into the ring, motioning to the broadcast positon and Buddy Landel comes with a microphone. Mantell: Thank you, thank you... thank you all for all of your support! You know, this win's just not for me... this title is for everyone. It's for the little people! Sky Lo Lo... the Haiti Kid... and Little Beaver. Being a champion here should MEAN something. And I wanna be a fighting champion! You know, it's been tradition for the TV Champ to defend against a random opponent each week, and I say we start that right here and right now.... in this ring... starting NEXT WEEK! That's right! Be ready! Next week, I will put this title on the reign and become the GREATEST TV Champion in the history of television itself! COMMERCIAL SMW Tag Title Match Public Enemy defend vs. Jerry Lynn & Joey Maggs Lynn and Maggs already are in the ring as Public Enemy make their entrance. They've got the title belts secured around their necks, and they're carrying a table. One of the cameras catches a glimpse of the table, which has two names written on it, then crossed out: Cornette Quackenbush Landell: Lots of room for more names on that table! The match itself starts out even, with Lynn and Rock going back and forth in an exchange of holds and moves. Grunge makes a blind tag into the match, however, and a clothesline to the back of Lynn's head gives the champs the upper hand. The studio audience gets behind Lynn, even as Rock and Grunge beat him down with clubbering, double teams and some high impact slams and suplexes. Lynn's able to fight them off, though, and finally tags Maggs into the match! Maggs is in like a house afire, dropkicking Grunge out of the ring, hitting a huge back bodydrop on Rock followed by another dropkick and a slam. Grunge up on the floor, and Lynn comes into the ring, leaping with a suicide dive to level Johnny Grunge! Maggs has Rocco Rock isolated in the ring! And he hits a flying cross body! One... two... Rock kicks out! Maggs motioning to Lynn now, they come into the ring, hook Rock... DOUBLE DDT! Maggs with the cover. One... Two... Grunge in to break up the pin! Lynn goes to fight him off, Grunge pokes him in the eye and dumps him out to the floor. Grunge then hits a high angle back suplex on Maggs, and combines with Rocco to hit the Drive By on Maggs for the three count. After the match, Public Enemy bring the table into the ring. Rocco props it up in the corner, as Grunge scoops Maggs for a bearhug... then charges right across the ring, DRIVING MAGGS THROUGH THE TABLE! Maggs collapses in a lifeless heap in the wreckage of the table! Grunge and Rock talking as Lynn crawls into the ring, checking on his partner. Public Enemy turn and assault Lynn, who withers under the stomps and punches of both men. And now Rocco Rock out of the ring... he's looking for another table! Rocco looking under the ring... Caudle: HEY WAIT! Before the attack continues, RICKY MORTON and ROBERT GIBSON come storming into the studio! The Rock & Roll Express start slugging it out with Public Enemy! Caudle: Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson HAVE RETURNED! And we've got maybe the greatest tag team ever fighting it out with the current tag champs! I don't know if this brawl is ever gonna stop! Fans, we are out of time! Unabom defends against Brad Armstrong next week! The fight between the four men continues as the show ends.

SMW cuts... (effective as of 10/31) Carl Oulette Mike Quackenbush Duane Gill Joey Maggs

I'll take both Hardys roster cuts on the free agents page now

do tag team rules apply?

Thanks, I watched quite a bit of it during my formative years. I'm behind on reading everyone else's stuff but I will get caught up soon

HALOWEEN SCREAM RESULTS from October 21 in Morristown, TN MATCH #1 The Godwinns vs. Craig Pittman & Buddy Landell Classic Southern-style tag match, with Pittman and Landell stooging for the hog farmers early on, then Phineas gets isolated. When Phineas rallies and makes the hot tag to Henry, Landell quickly bails out on his partner, leaving Pittman to get hit with the Hog Slop reverse DDT. MATCH #2 Gauntlet Match for the SMW TV Title The match begins with two wrestlers. When the singles match taking place ends, a new wrestler enters and a new match starts. The last man left standing is the new champion. Justin Hawk Bradshaw vs. Brian Lee Bradshaw comes out with his left arm heavily taped after last night's two out of three falls match, and is no match for the power and ferocity of Lee, who wins quickly. Brian Lee vs. Kendall Windham A more even match, although Windham also is nursing injuries after last night. Lee is able to block Windham's bulldog and score the win with the Cancellation. Brian Lee vs. Bull Pain Before the match "officially" begins, Pain sprints to the ring and nails Lee with a low blow. The referee protests, but Pain quickly puts away Lee before he can recover. Bull Pain vs. Dirty White Boy Pain doesn't bother waiting for DWB, instead meeting him in the aisle. They start slugging it out in a wild brawl. The referee heads out and tries to separate the two men, whose brawl spills into the crowd. Fans start to scatter and both men are bloodied. The referee has no choice but to throw the match out and disqualify BOTH wrestlers. The ring announcer says there's still one man left in the gauntlet, who will now automatically become the TV Champion. It's Dirty Dutch Mantel! Dutch comes to the ring and does a victory lap, then gets in the ring with the belt and celebrates like he just won an Olympic gold medal, dropping to his knees and mock sobbing as the crowd boos mightily. MATCH #3 Public Enemy vs. jerry Lynn & Mike Quackenbush in a non-title match Public Enemy come to the ring with their new SMW Tag Titles. Lynn and Quack actually get the early upper hand using their speed and athleticism to knock the new champs for a loop. But then the brutal tactics of Rock and Grunge take over. They isolate Quack, and get the win when Grunge launches Rocco for a somersault senton that comes crashing down on Quackenbush! After that the three count is academic. Public Enemy then go for a table under the ring. The referee starts to protest and gets dropped with a roundhouse right from Grunge. Jerry Lynn tries to help and gets knocked back to the floor, and Rocco comes flying off the top rope to put Quack through the table. INTERMISSION MATCH #4 Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Joey Maggs A similar effort from Helmsley, from the pre-match curtsy to the illegal tactics midway through the match, then finishing him with the double underhook facebuster. MATCH #5 SMW Heavyweight Title Unabom (w/ Robert Fuller) vs. Brad Armstrong A clash of styles, with Armstrong's speed and technique against the size and power of Unabom. Armstrong definitely has the advantage in mat wrestling and starts working over the left leg of the champion. Armstrong goes for the figure four, but Unabom kicks him off, sending Armstrong careening into the near corner. Unabom picks him up for a Snake Eyes type maneuver, headfirst into the post! Armstrong is busted open badly. Unabom goes to work on the cut, pounding Armstrong, who is quickly a bloody mess! However, Unabom is unable to put Armstrong away. Armstrong starts to make his comeback, when Unabom goes for his powerbomb finisher, but his leg buckles! Armstrong rolls behind into a sunset flip... only two and a half! From there Armstrong stands, dragging Unabom to the near corner and smashing his leg and knee against the ringpost multiple times. Armstrong now into the ring, and he hooks Unabom in the figure four! The champ seemingly has nowhere to go... but then Robert Fuller reaches into the ring, helping pull Unabom close enough to reach the ropes. Armstrong rolls out of the ring and confronts Fuller, who starts warning Armstrong not to touch him. Unabom crashes into Armstrong from behind, sending him headfirst into the ringpost and down! Unabom then rolls back into the ring... Armstrong is out after that impact! The referee continues his count until Armstrong is counted out. SMW TV returns October 28!

HALLOWEEN SCREAM, NIGHT 1 Friday, October 20, 1995, in Knoxville, TN Dirty White Boy comes out with his manager, Mr. Ron Wright, who cuts a fiery promo calling Bull Pain, among other things, "an egg sucking dog." Wright says his man doesn't want to wait any longer and challenges Bull Pain to come out for their match right now! MATCH #1 Jerry Lynn vs. Joey Maggs Lynn wins an athletic, competitive 8-minute opener with his tornado DDT. MATCH #2 Dirty White Boy vs. Bull Pain More of a fight than a traditional wrestling match. Pain grabs the upper hand after a couple of minutes, before DWB makes his comeback, battering Pain from pillar to post. Bull Pain goes reeling back into the corner, and DWB opens up with a wicked series of closed fists to the head. He completely ignores the five count from the referee, who calls for the bell and disqualifies DWB, who has busted open Pain with the punches. The brawl continues for a few more minutes until Pain catches DWB with a thumb to the eye and rolls to the outside and makes his retreat, bleeding. MATCH #3 Brian Lee vs. Buddy Landell Lots of stalling in this one by Landell, who gets tossed around by Lee when he does try to wrestle. Landell gets the upper hand after a knee that looked low, and goes to work on the neck of Lee, who makes his comeback. Before Lee can hit the Cancellation, however, Landell bails out of the ring and leaves, taking the countout loss. MATCH #4 Two out of Three Falls: Justin Hawk Bradshaw vs. Kendall Windham Bradshaw gets the best of Windham early, until the veteran runs Bradshaw shoulder first into the metal ringpost and then starts to go to work on his arm. Windham then takes the first fall after hitting a shoulder breaker. Windham keeps targeting the arm in fall 2, but Bradshaw makes a comeback. He hits his leaping lariat, with the opposite arm, and only gets a two count. Bradshaw then delivers a big boot that knocks Windham flat and gets the pin. Both men showing serious signs of exhaustion as the third fall gets under way. Windham hits the bulldog, but Bradshaw rolls out of the ring to avoid getting pinned. Later, Bradshaw hits the lariat, instinctively with the bad arm, and is left writhing on the mat in pain. Windham applies a nasty looking arm submission and Bradshaw has to submit. Windham wins 2 falls to 1, and shakes hands with Bradshaw after the match. INTERMISSION MATCH 5 Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Mike Quackenbush The SMW debut for Helmsley, who comes out wearing a long nobleman's coat and does a curtsy as he enters the ring to huge boos from the Knoxville crowd. The match starts out with mat wrestling and hold for hold wrestling, but after Quackenbush hits a series of armdrags, Helmsley takes the first shortcut, poking Quack in the eye. From there, Helmsley starts using every dirty trick in the book -- gouging at the eyes and face, choking Quackenbush and pummeling him with punches and kicks in the ropes. Helmsley then positions Quack in a standing headscissors, hooks both arms, and drops to his knees, driving Quack facefirst to the mat and finishing the match. MAIN EVENT For the vacant SMW Tag Titles Public Enemy vs. Godwinns The ring announcer says, before the match, that this is a no countout, no DQ match under the orders of SMW minority owner Robert Fuller. Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge make their SMW debut. Huge boos from the Knoxville crowd. The Godwinns use their size and power advantage to throw around Public Enemy early. Grunge and Rocco then turn the match into a brawl that spills to the floor. They pair off and fight all around the ringside area as the fans scatter. Both Godwinns end up busted open, then make their comeback. After a few double team moves, the action spills out of the squared circle again. Grunge pulls out a pair of handcuffs and chains Phineas to the ringside rail! Back in the ring, Henry Godwinn hits the Slop Drop on Rocco Rock but Grunge comes running in and obliterates Henry with a steel chair, then covers Godwinn for the three count. Public Enemy are the new SMW Tag Champions.

SMW signs Terry Gordy

Hell of an idea

October 14 TV We open the show with footage from Last Tango In Tennessee last month, and the SMW Tag Title match between Heavenly Bodies and Rock & Roll Express where the losing team must disband. It is the closing moments of the match, when Public Enemy storm the ring and lay waste to Prichard, Del Ray, Morton and Gibson. Jim Cornette comes into the ring to try and help fight them off, and is driven through a table. Into the studio, with Bob Caudle on commentary, joined by Dirty Dutch Mantel. Caudle: Fans, you just saw the shocking footage from Last Tango In Tennessee, when Public Enemy interfered in our tag team title match... as well as the shocking violence on Jim Cornette when he got put through that table. Well, during our hiatus due to sports programming, Cornette had to have surgery to repair those injuries, Dutch, and we sitll don't know when the Louisville Slugger will return. We ALSO have yet to hear from our tag champions, the Heavenly Bodies. Mantel: That's right, Bob, and that 30-day time limit for the Bodies to defend their titles expires in just three days! Caudle: This week on the program, fans, in a rematch from Last Tango In Tennessee, in this week's main event, Justin Hawk Bradshaw challenges Kendall Windham. Plus, we'll have all kinds of information on our Halloween Scream tour, which kicks off this coming Friday, right here in Knoxville. But right now, let's go to the ring! MATCH #1 Jerry Lynn vs. James Stone Two wrestlers from out of the area making their TV debuts here. Lynn and Stone show a more fast-paced, athletic style than the SMW fans are used to. After Stone has the advantage in the early going, Lynn makes his comeback. Stone tries to powder out, and Lynn hits a diving crossbody out onto the floor! A couple of minutes later, Lynn finishes the match with a tornado DDT. COMMERCIAL Back from the break, and Caudle is joined by Commissioner Armstrong, who announces a gauntlet match for the vacant TV Title next Saturday as part of the Halloween Scream tour, from Morristown. The participants will be announced that night. Armstrong also says that his son, Brad, will get his rematch for the SMW Heavyweight Title that night. Armstriong is then interrupted by Robert Fuller. Fuller: If we're out here making matches and talking about championships, then I think it's only fair that the minority owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling has his say! Brad Armstrong wants another shot at MY champion, Unabom? That's fine. He has no problem beating the hell out of your boy again! But we need to talk about the tag titles. As the best color commentator in wrestling, Dutch Mantel, noted earlier, the 30-days are almost up since the Heavenly Bodies defended the titles. You and I both know we haven't got hold of them. And so I'm declaring those titles vacant! And this Friday, we're gonna declare new champions... when the Godwinns take on Public Enemy! MATCH #2 Dirty White Boy (w/ Ron Wright) vs. Craig Pittman A hard-fought match here, with Pittman focusing on the left arm of DWB trying to set up for his Code Red armbar. Dirty White Boy rallies, and finishes the match with an inverted DDT. After the final bell, DWB has no time to celebrate as he's jumped by Bull Pain. Pain beats down Dirty White Boy and stands triumphant over his carcass. Another pre-taped promo from Hunter Hearst Helmsley, riding in the back of a limousine, sipping tea, pinky finger extended. Helmsley: The time has come. I'm on my way right now from my lovely estate in Greenwich, Connecticut to that... toilet... Knoxville, Tennessee. That's where I'm going to make my Smoky Mountain Wrestling debut, and I cannot wait to bring some much needed class to the proceedings there. By the time, I am done, and I have cemented my legacy as the greatest wrestler ever to step into a Smoky Mountain ring... there is going to be a complete culture change. Fans are going to be sipping tea and enjoying fine scones at ringside... no more beer and popcorn. People will begin wearing their finery to the wrestling matches again. So whether you like it, or whether you don't, be prepared, Smoky Mountain... for an etiquette lesson. Helmsley goes back to sipping his tea as we go to another commercial break. Bob Caudle runs down the confirmed matches for the first weekend of the Halloween Scream tour. 10/20, Knoxville Public Enemy vs. the Godwinns for the vacant SMW Tag Titles Just added... a rematch between Dirty White Boy and Bull Pain Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his SMW debut 10/21, Morristown Unabom defends the SMW Heavyweight Title vs. former champion Brad Armstrong A gauntlet match for the SMW TV Title Hunter Hearst Helmsley in action Plus more! MAIN EVENT Justin Hawk Bradshaw vs. Kendall Windham Bradshaw comes out especially aggressive after losing at Last Tango In Tennessee, but Windham keeps cutting him off. A completely 50/50 match until Windham starts stringing together offensive moves late. Windham goes for his bulldog, but Bradshaw throws him off to counter. As Windham stands, Bradshaw delivers a big boot. He then fires Windham off the ropes, and nails his flying lariat for the pin! After the match, Windham gets on the mic and challenges Bradshaw to yet another match this Friday in Knoxville... this time, two out of three falls!

Smoky Mountain Wrestling tv currently is pre empted due to college football programming on Saturday's. We return October 14

SMW adds James Stone

Your write-up of Taker vs. Sid was amazing. Five stars

Been enjoying the hell out of this tournament so far

went the "quickie results" route to get caught up on my promotion. Still... shit gets real. Let me know what y'all think

((As sent in to the Wrestling Observer from a loyal subscriber)) LAST TANGO IN TENNESSEE RESULTS September 17, 1995, from Cookeville, TN Hey Dave, Here are the results from the other night in Cookeville. It was a night full of surprises! MATCH 1 Jerry Lynn vs. Mike Quackenbush *** 1/2 Lynn was making his SMW debut here, and these guys pulled off a lot of high-flying moves that fans in this area are not used to seeing. It took the crowd a while to warm up to this match but they really got into it. I was honestly surprised Cornette let these two do as much as they did. MATCH 2 Kendall Windham vs. Justin Hawk Bradshaw ** 1/2 More of a technical-style match, although Bradshaw did some heelish work midway through the match after Windham got the better of him. Good back-and-forth late, as Bradshaw hit his flying lariat, but Windham landed too close to the ropes for the pin. Then he recovered and hit Bradshaw with his bulldog for the win. Both men shook hands after the match. MATCH 3 Dirty White Boy vs. Bull Pain *** This was more of a fight than a brawl. The match itself didn't last long before it spilled to the floor and both men were counted out but the action continued for a good 10 minutes after as they brawled all over the building. Bull Pain actually got the better of the fight, and left DWB down and bleeding as we went to intermission. MATCH 4 Brian Lee vs. Craig Pittman * Pittman cut a promo after the intermission about how weak and spineless all the fans were, typical drill sergeant stuff. Lee came out and won quick with the Cancellation. MATCH 5 Unabom vs. Brad Armstrong ** 1/2 Robert Fuller accompanied Unabom to ringside and cut a promo before the match on how he was the "secret investor" in SMW now. He said he'd stay at ringside to make sure Brad Armstrong didn't cheat. Bullet Bob accompanied his son to ringside, but Fuller ordered him to leave. Standard big man vs. little man match, with Armstrong doing his best to make Unabom look like a million dollars. Armstrong made his comeback and hit Unabom with the Russian legsweep, but Fuller pulled the big man's foot under the bottom rope. Armstrong went after Fuller, allowing Unabom to recover and hit his big powerbomb for the 3 count. Big heat for the title change. MATCH 6 Rock & Roll Express vs. Heavenly Bodies **** The losing team agreed never to team together in SMW again. This started out as a fight, then turned into more of a traditional Southern style match. The fans were living and dying on every near fall on Ricky Morton during the heat. The referee ejected Cornette from ringside halfway through for interfering. Finish was red hot. Jimmy Del Ray actually kicked out of the double dropkick. After a ref bump, Cornette came back out and gave the Bodies the tennis racket. They hit the double flapjack on Morton, onto the racket, but he kicked out after the ref made a woozy slow count. This built to a double superplex spot that left all four men down... and then things got crazy as PUBLIC ENEMY hit the ring. Yes, you're reading that right. Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock came out and started brutalizing all four men! The referee called for the bell, then got tossed out over the top rope. Cornette came in to try and make the save and actually got a pop! But he got decked. They took the ringside announcer table, and brought it into the ring. They set up the table and put Cornette THROUGH THE TABLE on a crazy twisting legdrop off the top by Rocco Rock! Cornette was stretchered out of the ring. The match ended in a no contest. Great tag match, and even with the non finish this angle definitely had people talking. I'm sure they'll have video on TV in the coming weeks; I saw cameras there.

((Playing catch up, so quickie results only)) SEPTEMBER 16, 1995 TV The show opens with a recap video of the brawl between the Rock & Roll Express and Heavenly Bodies that left Cornette bleeding with his glasses broken. We then see Cornette issuing the challenge to a huge match TONIGHT in Cookeville where the losing team agrees to disband! Bob Caudle, working solo on commentary, announces that the challenge has been accepted tonight in Cookeville at an event appropriately called Last Tango In Tennessee. Commissioner Bob Armstrong walks in, and announces that due to the huge stakes of the match, it will be contested under relaxed rules. The referee will use his discretion on countout or disqualification rulings. Before Armstrong can continue, a member of the SMW staff comes in to announce that he's heard from the new "secret investor" who is en route to the studio now. VTR promo from Rock & Roll Express accepting the challenge. They promise to get rid of the Heavenly Bodies once and for all TONIGHT in Cookeville. VTR from Jim Cornette, still bandaged. He rips off the bandage during the promo, re-opening the wound on his face and promises Rock and Roll will DIE. MATCH #1 Justin Hawk Bradshaw def. Mike Quackenbush Huge size discrepancy between the two men, and Bradshaw ragdolls Quack. Kendall Windham comes out to watch the match, which Bradshaw wins with a leaping lariat off the ropes. After the match, Bradshaw goes to get interviewed by Caudle when Kendall Windham walks up. He says he wants to see what Bradshaw's made of and challenges him to a match tonight in Cookeville. Bradshaw accepts. MATCH #2 Dirty White Boy def. Joey Maggs Accompanied by Mr. Ron Wright, DWB makes quick work of Maggs. After the match, Wright cuts a scathing promo challenging Bull Pain to a match tonight in Cookeville. Another video of Hunter Hearst Helmsley, this time wearing all white while playing polo. He'll make his debut on SMW TV next week! MATCH #3 Bull Pain def. Duane Gill Bull destroys Gill in less than a minute. He goes to Caudle and accepts the challenge from Dirty White Boy, then says why wait?! DWB comes running out and they engage in a brawl that takes referees and staff to separate the two men. Caudle runs down the card for tonight in Cookeville, then brings out the SMW Heavyweight Champion, Brad Armstrong, who has issued an open challenge for tonight against any willing contender. Armstrong only says a few words before ROBERT FULLER walks into the studio! HUGE shock from Caudle, Armstrong and the studio audience as Fuller strolls into the studio grinning like the cat who ate the canary! Fuller announces that he is now the minority owner in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and promises things are going to change. He's the money man and the secret investor, using money from "Uncle Ted" to create a new empire in SMW to make it bigger and better than ever before! This brings Commissioner Bob Armstrong out. Commissioner Bullet Bob is SEETHING at seeing his arch nemesis with this power, but Fuller tells the Commissioner that if he lays a single finger on him, Bullet Bob will be fired! Fuller then announces that he's already found a willing challenger for Brad Armstrong tonight, and introduces UNABOM! Unabom and Brad Armstrong have a staredown as the show comes to a close.

I completely dig the presentation of this

That might be my favorite bit in any of the territories so far