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Between their tournament win & beating the PoP at MSG, The Rockers are on a roll. The Hulkster bites back at Savage and proves his point by taking down Big John Studd. Even MSG couldn't handle the Towers and Demolition in the same ring! Martel doesn't seem particularly grateful for Tito lending him a hand.

I'm sure Anjo earned himself some new fans with his spirited performance against the boss. Vrij ends the night with a major win over Fujiwara.

Taped at the Civic Center before Main Event Originally airing on 9/24/88 on the USA Network. "World's Strongest Man" Bill Kazmaier defeats The Mongolian Mauler with a running powerslam. The Zero Fighters shooting star (Keiichi Yamada & Hiroshi Hase) defeat The Brooklyn Brawler & The Black Scorpion when The Scorpion tapped to the "Scorpion Death Lock". "Black Bullet Shaska Whatley w/"Number One" Paul Jones defeats M.C Slammer (Brickhouse Brown in a mask) with the "Flying Willie". Main event. Michael "PS" Hayes defeats Zodiac with a DDT. In other news... After recapping last nights Block B matches, we see the updated leaderboard. Block A: Kamala 6pts, Robert Fuller 4pts, Ron Garvin 4pts, Joe Lightfoot 2pts, Wahoo McDaniel 2pts, Wendell Cooley 0pts. Block B: Bob Orton 6pts, Jimmy Garvin 4pts, Manny Fernandez 4pts, The Super Destroyer 4pts, Jimmy Golden 0pts. Block A will continue next week with... Wendell Cooley vs Wahoo McDaniel Kamala vs Joe Lightfoot Ron Garvin vs Robert Fuller

From the Civic Center in Roanoke VA. Previously recorded & airing on 9/23/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie Ring announcer/Interviews: Sean Moony Match #1. Starrcade Series Block B match. The Super Destroyer w/"Number One" Paul Jones vs "The Gatekeeper" Jimmy Golden w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller Referee Tommy Young kept a close eye on both managers, making sure they both had to mind their manners. Left to their own devices, the two heels do all they can to one-up each other in the rule breaking department. SD proves he's the dirtier player by claiming victory with the "loaded" headbutt. Match #2 Buffalo Soldiers (Ranger Ross & Brickhouse Brown) defeat Nick Boogs & Rolph Ziggler when Brown pinned Boogs with a swinging neckbreaker. Match #3 Angel of Death defeats Riddick Moses with the Death Sentence. Match #4. Starrcade Series Block B match. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard vs "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez The two fan favorites had a tough but clean back-and-forth match that saw both men score a number of nearfalls. The end sees Prichard score a Superkick which knocks Fernandez into the ropes. Somehow Manny uses the momentum this creates to power the "Flying Burrito" for the win! Match #5 "British Magician" Steve Wright defeats Nate Riddle with the "Octopus Hold" Match #6 The Lawmen (Billy Joe Travis & Doug Gilbert) defeat Mick Khan & Vince Kenny with "Justice Served" (double hot shot) Main Event. Starrcade Series Block B match. "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin w/Precious vs "The Ace" Bob Orton w/JJ Dillon These two certainly know how to work a crowd and they show their skills here. Nothing too flashy but they tell a solid TV story. Dillon tries to slide his shoe to Orton but Precious stops him. Angered, Dillon grabs her by the shoulders and starts shaking her! She lets out a scream which gets Garvin to slide out of the ring, grabs Dillion and rams him into the post. He checks on Precious before climbing back in the ring where he runs into a sickening lariat from Orton which leads to the 1,2,3.

The Windhams vs The FBI could be a fun tag feud. Pillman & Darling outlast the big Harris boys. Gilbert shows why he's known in some circles as "Dangerous" Doug by trying to light 911 on fire! Thankfully Taz was on hand. Great job hyping the NWA World Heavyweight Title throughout the show. Shame Arn & Bobby aren't sticking together but at least their both in the title picture. I'm curious to see how #1 contender D-Lo reacts to Double A cutting in line to get the first shot at Ric next week.

Honestly if I'm on the NWA board of directors I'm a little nervous of Douglas winning the title considering what happened *ahem* last time.

I like that you're willing to repeat segments. After all it's not like the fans in Sparta can check Twitter and call you on it. Mr Memphis is back though not nearly as successful. Bass gets his shot at the big one but even the cowbell isn't enough to keep Michaels down.

Whether Arn did it alone last week or not, the Stinger gets his chance at payback in the big tag match at Fall Brawl. Speaking of big tag matches, we've got a Bunkhouse Brawl incoming and I love it. It's bounty vs bounty, and Hart seems to have someone looking to collect his. Reed tries to get back at Gilbert but Missy pulls her man out of harms way. The US tag title tournament is shaping up nicely. Lord Humongous arrives in dominant fashion. The ladies may have found a home in WCW.

Victoria. Finlay lets Burke know he is never safe. Hashimoto derails Tenryu. Scotty's win streak continues to build. Christopher & Cornette out-heel Candido. Haynes pulls off a perfect victory. Vancouver. Lynn scores a solid opening win. Regal's ko punch claims another one. Stormfront beat a out of synch Barr and Guerrero. Hall & Taker gets thrown out. Vic proves he's still a good sport in the absence of Cornette. The Beast gets a second chance but the Widowmaker pulls it out again. Kelowna. Azul's rise continues, as does Brookside's slump. DDP has really turned things around for the DC. Adams & Albright win a pair of slugfests. The Midnights show they don't need to cheat to retain their titles. Silver may be a King but Pillman retains the TV crown.

Shamrock & Kohsaka turn out a classic in the mid-card. Excited for the start of the Mega Battle Tournament.

Like Tojo keeping watch on the floor allowing Jamie do his thing. Liz is determined to at least have a conversation. The Cubans make some poor local suffer for their money. Riggins & Baxter win the rematch proving they belong together. A well hyped main event ends in total chaos. Definitely gonna have the locals coming back next week.

Miss Kentucky is getting awfully possessive of a client she hadn't even signed yet. Looks like Riggins has finally found a partner he gells with in Sean Baxter. The Assassin & The Renesto Brothers make a formidable trio but Michaels & Grundy are ready to take the fight to them.

Synergy ain't buying what the Olympians are selling. The Wild Ones can already taste the gold. Gorditas lol. The psychological battle between Orndorff and Poffo begins. Vin Man coming in clutch. Yeah! The Shiek sends Canek a bloody message. Not to be outdone by the Rich's, the Rose's are ready for their shot at the National Tag titles. Former Gagne Gang members Blackwell and Young reunite and leave their respective rivals laying. The Fantastics and Glamour Boys are right on the edge of blowing up on each other. The Man of Steel looks to pry the World title away from the Russian Nightmare. Adidas wants a face-to-face with the Iceman. I'm sure he just wants a nice, respectful conversation. Another great preview for Wargames to send us off the air.

Fire promo from Anderson & Eaton to start the show. Tajiri, Guido and Kidman stand out on a show highlighting the Jr Heavyweights. Flair makes his presence felt by storming the main event. Curious to see how Double A reacts to his old friend costing him a match.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV. From the Morristown-Hamblen High School East in Morristown TN. Taped 9/20/96, originally airing on 9/22/96. On Commentary: Bob Caudle & Dutch Mantell. Ring announcer: Tommy Noe Interviews: Michael St John The Smoky Mountain intro plays to "The Hit" by Richard Myhill before cutting to Caudle Mantell, the SMW Heavyweight Title over his shoulder at the desk. Caudle: Hello wrestling fans and welcome back to Smoky Mountain Wrestling, pro wrestling the way it used to be and the way you like it. I'm Bob Caudle alongside my tag team partner and your Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion *Dutch proudly pats the title* "Dirty" Dutch Mantell. We have another exciting hour for you today including the return of the ever dangerous Bruiser Bedlam. Mantell: Bruiser Bedlam has beaten absolute legends like Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and even the "Macho Man" himself Randy Savage. I've been in the locker room when Bruiser Bedlam walks in the room and let me tell folks the mood changes and I guarantee you Bob Caudle the mood is gonna change out here when that man walks through the curtain. Caudle: Not only that fans but after weeks of video, we will see the debut of the team now known as The Arkansas Hit Squad. Dutch I understand you spoke to the Arkansas Hit Squad earlier today. Anything to share with us? Mantell: I did have a brief conversation with them as they were arriving to the building and they made one thing clear, their stint up north may have people treating them like some kind of joke. Well later today in their tag team tournament qualifer, Canterbury and Knight look to prove to the wrestling world that their a lot of things but they are certainly not a joke. Caudle: We'll certainly be looking forward to that and much more on this week's addition of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Let's send it to the ring for our opening contest. Match #1 "Sweet Music Man" Billy Joe Travis vs Nick Dinsmore Dinsmore is a 21 year old trainee of "Nightmare" Danny Davis from Louisville Kentucky. Travis is a 15 year veteran and seems to take him lightly allowing Dinsmore to show off his moves a bit. After a nearfall Travis turns it up and his experience, particularly in bending the rules, proves too much to overcome and he falls to the "Just a swingin" neckbreaker. *We cut to backstage where a slim moustached man stands in front of the SMW banner* St John: Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael St John and I'm proud to join the Smoky Mountain Wrestling family. I'll be handling the backstage interviews from now on and my first guest is a man integral to the history of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, a triple crown Champion as they say, ladies and gentlemen "Primetime" Brian Lee! Lee: Thank you Michael and may I say welcome aboard. *Lee extends a hand which St John accepts* St John: Thank you very much. Now I understand you requested this time to speak about your match two weeks ago with Chris Candido, I man, may I say, you have quite the history with here in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Lee: That we do, in fact let me give a quick history lesson for the newcomers in the audience. Ya see back in 94 Chris and I were running buddies in fact we even became tag team champions together. But the second things started going a little rough he and his blonde floozy turned their backs on me. Skip forward two years, a new era for Smoky Mountain Wrestling but but the same old Chris Candido. And he proved it two weeks ago when he took the easy way out. Well Chris I spoke to Bert Prentice earlier in the week and he agreed with me that our issue is far from settled. And that's why it's gonna be you and me, one more time at the Big Apple Grapple on September 30th in Paintsville Kentucky. And this time there is no easy way out for you and you're gonna find out what I've known for a long time. You may be good Chris but you're not ready for Primetime. Match #2 "Tough" Tony Falk vs Koko Ware A fun contrast in styles sees Ware frustrate the brawling Falk while also showing off his personality to the receptive crowd before taking the win with a missile dropkick. *VTR- we see Dick Slater sitting in a rocking chair on a ranch house. He says he's made a career traveling the world taking on the toughest men the business has to offer and he's constantly looking for his next worthy opponent. Says he's heard stories of Smoky Mountain Wrestling and everybody says that's where all the toughest wrestlers come to prove themselves. At the Big Apple Grapple Dick Slater proves that while a lot has changed in pro wrestling one thing remains the same, Dick Slater is the baddest man to lace up a pair of boots and he dares anyone to come to that ring and prove him wrong. -VTR ends* Match #3. Tag Team Title Tournament qualifer. The Arkansas Hit Squad (Mark Canterbury & Dennis Knight) vs Mad Man Pondo & Rollin Hard As Dutch alluded to, The AHS were all business and took it to their opponents. Pondo and RH put up a good fight but the tag experience of Canterbury and Knight triumphed when they put RH away with a back suplex/neckbreaker combo Mantell calls the "Hangman's Noose". *Caudle hypes the main event for next week's go-home show which will see Dutch Mantell & Jim Duggan each select a partner for a tag team match. Mantell says he's got the night off next week because nobody will want to team with Duggan and he's pick can take care of "Slackjaw Jim" by himself." Main event. Bruiser Bedlam vs Brickhouse Brown A very physical main event which sees both men looking strong until James Mitchell comes down and starts yelling at Brown. This gets his attention long enough for Bedlam to nail him with a clothesline to the back of the head before slapping on a double stomach claw. Brown tries to hang on but ultimately has to submit. Mitchell shoves the ref out of the way to raise Bedlam's hand himself. Caudle: My word Dutch! First the Moondogs and now Bruiser Bedlam? James Mitchell is building quite the force Mantell: Without a doubt, James Mitchell is quickly becoming a man the entire Smoky Mountain Wrestling locker room needs to keep an eye on. Caudle: Yes indeed. Well fans that'll do it for this week, we'll see you next week and until then, so long for know.

Smoky Mountain releases Sweet Daddy Falcone.

Looks like a fun show in Sapporo.

Oooh....*waves hands ominously* foreshadowing.

I've reworded it to get the image across better.

Not sure what you mean. I didn't write Perez getting up.

Not sure if it's good idea for the Hulkster to go on the Brother Love show. Bad News & the Warrior are both getting serious hype treatments. A Fuji missque leads to Demolition retaining. Sullivan, Rotundo, and Steiner? Makings of a weird club there. Major heat for the Russians with a beat down on brother Bruty.

LA. Finlay's temper is out of control. Adams trumps a struggling Spicoli. Cornette decides Steamboat needs a hand to beat Owen. Curious to see what happens when Vic finds out. Bigelow wins a battle of the bruisers. Bret almosts gets a submission on Adams before the Exchange spoils it. What is their beef with the Harts anyway? LA night 2. Barr, Payne & Scotty all get solid wins. Steamboat vs Chono may well have stolen the show. Southern Boys hold on to the gold. Windham needs his lucky glove to get past the Bulldozer. Santa Barbara. The Animal weathers the storm. Azul earns Eddie's respect. Haynes is too bullish for Backlund. Steamboat may not be privy to Cornette's new methods but Christopher is? Interesting. Rhodes and Pillman with successful defenses to send the fans home happy.

NWA drops Siva Afi and Cocoa Samoa.

Taped at the Township Auditorium before Main Event. Originally airing on 9/17/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle & David Crockett Brett "Hack" Sawyer defeats B.T Express (Billy Joe Travis in a mask) with a bridging German suplex. As his hand is raised he can be heard telling the audience to "accept no imitations" Ace's High (Johnny & Mark Ace) defeat The Brooklyn Brawler and The Mongolian Mauler with "Pocket Rocket" on Brawler. Angel of Death defeats The Pearl with the "Death Sentence". Main event. "The Latin Heartthrob" Al Perez defeats Brad Anderson. Ole's still in Japan but Brad handled himself well before succumbing to a bridging German suplex. As Perez was celebrating, Brett Sawyer came up for behind and snatched Perez into a German suplex of his own! Security quickly got in the ring to prevent Sawyer from doing more damage but as he left Sawyer yelled at Perez "that's your first lesson boy!" In other news... The updated leaderboard for the Starrcade Series reads as follows.... Block A: Kamala 6pts, Robert Fuller 4pts, Ron Garvin 4pts, Joe Lightfoot 2pts, Wahoo McDaniel 2pts, Wendell Cooley 0pts. Block B: Bob Orton 4pts, Jimmy Garvin 4pts, Manny Fernandez 2pts, Tom Prichard 2pts, The Super Destroyer 2pts, Jimmy Golden 0pts. Block B will continue next week with... The Super Destroyer vs Jimmy Golden Tom Prichard vs Manny Fernandez Bob Orton vs Jimmy Garvin

Taped at the Township Auditorium in Columbia SC. Previously recorded & airing on 9/16/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie Ring announcer/Interviews: Sean Moony Match #1. Starrcade Series Block A match. "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley vs "Chief" Joe Lightfoot We start with a match where both men are looking for their first win and the loser will be mathematically eliminated. As a result, both men go full tilt to keep their tournament dream alive. Ultimately it's Lightfoot's willingness to go to the gutter that proves the difference maker as a desperation shot from the "War club" that hands the villainous Chief his first win of the series. Match #2 "British Magician" Steve Wright defeats The Prowler with the "Octopus Hold". We see a video montage of Col Debeers and Junkyard Dog having a series of matches in house shows. A recurring theme is Debeers escaping with the title however he has to. Match #3 The Stud Stable (Rod Price & Tommy Cairo) w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller defeat Danny Schultz and Jimmy Jarrett with a double spinebuster on Jarrett. Match #4. Starrcade Series Block A match. "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel It's a tale of two tournaments in this match. Garvin is 2-0 while Wahoo is 0-2. Wahoo, determined to preserve what could be his last chance at a World Title shot, fights with a fire that initially takes Garvin by surprise. There's definitely a portion of the crowd that rallies behind the underdog of the match. Garvin fires up and we get a pretty heated TV bout. Garvin goes for a sunsetflip but the experienced Wahoo grabs Garvin's legs and drops to his knees for the surprise 3 count! Match #4 The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat The Creeps with a double chop to Creep #2. We see video highlights of Super Strong Machine and The Zero Fighters on a successful tour of Japan. We see many shots of the three receiving hero's welcomes from their countrymen. Match #5 "Crippler" Chris Benoit defeats "Jumping" Joey Mitchell will a "Dragon suplex. Main event. Starrcade Series Block A match. "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala w"/Number One" Paul Jones & Friday vs "Tennessee Stud Robert Fuller w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller The winner of this match becomes the unquestioned leader of block A. Ron and Jones neutralize each other throughout the match with the two eventually getting into a shoving match that gets them both ejected. Fuller tries every trick he can think of but Kamala just keeps coming. Eventually he runs out and finally falls to "Air Africa". As Friday leads him to the back, Solie hypes that Kamala seems all but unstoppable.