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    Video of a backstage altercation between the Heavenly Bodies & Jim Cornette and the Stud Stable. The Bodies are getting ready to cut a local promo (Stan is sporting a baseball cap, roll neck, leather jacket and the wrestler's staple, the fanny pack; hardly looking like the Gangsta of Love here!) when they are interrupted by the Stud Stable. Jimmy Golden tells them that they're afraid to do an interview with them, just like they're afraid to get in the ring with them. Cornette responds by saying that the only thing they're afraid of is them and Dutch Mantel having a heart attack, and that they shouldn't be called the Stud Stable, but the 'Over the Hill Gang'. It descends into a pushing contest between them all before they are separated. Back in the studio and Cornette says that they don't appreciate the Stud Stable messing in their business and they were never friends in the first place, they just said that to try and make them feel good. They want their belts back, they want the Rock & Roll Express and are sick of the Stud Stable interfering in their title matches, trying to get on their nerves and trying to take their minds off what they're doing. Bob Armstrong comes out and says that in two weeks there will be a title match here on TV between the Rock & Rolls and the number one contenders. Cornette automatically believes that's them, but Armstrong says maybe it is, maybe it isn't, maybe the Stud Stable are the number one contenders but he's got two weeks to decide who is. Armstrong finishes by telling Tom Prichard that he's noticed he's been using that boot a fair bit, is going to do an investigation on it and if he finds anything up with it they're all going to be in a lot of trouble. He then warns him that he's going to be keeping an eye on that foot!. This elicits an hilarious response from Cornette 'Who does he think he is? Mel Phillips or somebody? Keeping an eye on the man's foot!' Cornette then believes it's the latest conspiracy from Armstrong ready to rip them off over the titles yet again, but Lane says that it doesn't matter as they're getting their title belts back.
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    Four way elimination match to determine the first 'Beat the Champ' TV title holder between Tracey Smothers, Killer Kyle, Jimmy Golden and Tony Anthony. I thought that this was a decent match in what was effectively a gauntlet match for Smothers. Kyle is eliminated almost immediately as Smothers small packages him, and then Golden and the Dirty White Boy appear to decide to work together to eliminate Smothers (although Golden does all the work). Reading some of the comments here, Golden is definely someone who I struggle to watch when the in ring action commences as he is not the most captivating (even moreso when he doesn't have Robert Fuller by his side), but I thought that this was one of his better outings. Smothers gets rid of Golden after the Stud Stable member whips him into the turnbuckle and runs in after him, Smothers jumps up, hooks his legs under Golden's armpits and rolls forward and through to get the pin. On to the Dirty White Boy and he is controlling things at first until he charges at Smothers, who moves and Anthony takes a fall out of the ring. Poor old Ron Wright appears to be having a heart attack on seeing this! Anthony goes for a crossbody off the top, Smothers rolls through (a favourite finish in SMW!) and gets the final pin to become the first TV champion. As I said earlier I thought that this was a decent match. Getting rid of Kyle early was for the better, it was one of the best Golden performances I have seen in SMW and we get a taster of Smothers vs Dirty White Boy. With the match starting so early in the show I was expecting it to go longer than it did, but it wasn't an issue to me. With Tim Horner now being moved on to a feud with Paul Orndorff it also clearly establishes Smothers as the top contender to Anthony's Heavyweight title with him getting the final fall on him. In regards to Stomper and Sullivan from the same show, that match did nothing for me. Stomper looks far too old and unthreatening to be taken seriously and as this almost psychopathic madman.
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    Jimmy Golden asks Dutch that he knows he's got them a title match and wants to know when and where it is? Dutch hasn't got them a title shot yet but he's been working on it. He went to see Bob Armstrong in his offices and Armstrong told him to leave, he wouldn't even speak with him saying it is none of his concern and he wanted to speak to 'you guys'. Fuller then tells him that maybe he should take a lesson from Jim Cornette as he has taken a mediocre team like the Heavenly Bodies and has gotten them somewhere. He then guarantees that the first time that the Stud Stable step in the ring with the Heavenly Bodies or the Rock & Roll Express that they will find out who the greatest tage team who ever wrestling in Smoky Mountain Wrestling is. Golden says that the Rock & Rolls should be called the drugstore toy champions as they've beaten them numerous times, they could beat the Bodies too and deserve a title match. We then get highlights from the handicap match at Christmas Chaos between the Bodies & Cornette against the Rock & Roll Express. I do like the almost awkwardness of Cornette's bumping, as if to show that he isn't really a 'wrestler' and he even attempts a second rope elbow drop in this one (missing it of course!). The Stud Stable make their way to ringside and Prichard nails Gibson with the loaded boot and covers him. Meanwhile Mark Curtis is seeing to Jimmy Golden and trying to get him down from the apron whilst at the same time Cornette is trying to drag him over to count the pin. With Curtis still distracted Morton comes off the top on to Prichard, pulls Gibson on top, Curtis turns round and makes the three count. After the match the Stud Stable and the Bodies square off, Cornette passes the tennis racket to Lane and three of them beat on the Studs until the Rock & Rolls come back out to run the Bodies off. The Rock & Rolls then offer their hands to the Stud Stable but they attack them instead, with Tim Horner and Tracey Smothers having to save the Express from the attack. Finally we get an interview from Cornette and the Bodies and Cornette thinks that the Stud Stable are sticking their noses in their business and that's not where it belongs. He tells them that they better stick their nose in somebody elses business besides the Heavenly Bodies, as they want the Rock & Roll Express and aren't in the mood for anyone getting in their way. Lane says that they have nothing against semi pro baseball players, nothing against minor league hockey players and nothing against Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden... As far as small time regional champions, they're some of the best, but they should stick to the Armory's, the moose lodges and High Schools and leave the international stars, cable TV and the big jobs, like the Rock & Roll Express, to them. Cornette then tells Bob Caudle to tell his broadcast partner to stick to talking instead of trying to manage as he'd hate something to happen to their friendship. The booking in this has been very nicely done and at times it seems like the crowd are ready to cheer for the Stud Stable, but little things here and there stop them from turning. It's years since I've seen the three way from Bluegrass Brawl which I am guessing is the pay off, but this is building very nicely indeed.
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    Bob Armstrong has been trying to find the SMW Heavyweight title to return it to the Dirty White Boy but has been having no luck. He's asked Tim Horner about it but he doesn't know where it is, he's looked in the dressing room, he's doing the best he can but just can't find it. We then get an interview with Horner and a young lad (called JT) from Horner's home and the young lad is holding the belt. This lad JT briefly makes an appearance on a local interview earlier in the year, but here we get it laid on in full. JT has been sick and Horner wanted to win the belt for him, this lad has made Horner know what is important in life etc etc. Horner says that he knows in his heart that he is the SMW champion and the Commissioner's office have said that he has to give the belt back. Whether he does or he doesn't, he is the champion and the fans know he is too. I didn't know what to make of this. The whole angle of Horner stealing the belt has reeked of desperation and then topping it off with the exploitation of a seriously sick child? Why on earth is a face stealing the title? Odd, uncomfortable, ass backwards booking. Just garbage!
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    Cornette is in his workout gear and Stan tells everyone to feast their eyes on the best conditioned, most finely tuned athlete in the world (just as Jim starts coughing). Cora Evans from Bodyshaping is writing him love letters, while Joe Weider wants him on the cover of Muscle Mag next week! Cornette does some shadow boxing and appears to be tiring himself out in the process. He says that he is going to be training until Christmas Chaos comes around, is on a diet of Twinkies white chocolate covered fudge Oreos and is stocking up on carbohydrates! He attempts to tear a phone book in half, struggles, so rips a few pages out and claims he’s done it. He then tells the Rock & Roll Express that they won’t know what’s hit them. The Rock & Rolls respond and Morton tells Cornette that the worst mistake he’ll ever make is stepping in the ring with them. Cornette then comes out to the ring and challenges Morton saying that he is in the best shape of his life and he’ll hit him so hard his grandkids will be dizzy. Morton accepts but it is all a plan as the Heavenly Bodies jump Robert Gibson, and with his back turned, Cornette clocks Morton with a coke can that’s been wrapped in his towel. Cornette says that he’s heard of athletes having a problem with coke in the past, but Morton has got rocks in his head He claims again that he is in the best shape of his life, has just beat up both of the Rock & Rolls by himself and is afraid he’s going to kill someone with his bare hands he’s that tough! Stan says that he’s so proud of Cornette and in one month he’s gone from 150 pushups to 2,000! Cornette demonstrates by doing women’s pushups, he sees the Rock & Roll Express coming, ups and flees and they attack the Bodies which leads to an impromptu match between the teams. The match is shown in its completion on the following week's TV episode (as it finished with it still in progress on the week of the 19th). The match itself was nothing special but stoked the fire for the three team feud. The finish comes when Robert Gibson decks Cornette and the Stud Stable come out to check on him. They throw his tennis racket in the ring for the Bodies to use but as Tom Prichard is picking it up, Gibson hits him with a sunset flip for the pin.
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    If Cortez vs Grey is the bout from 07.27.81 that's an outstanding one, and my favourite WOS match from the 80s.
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    I find his NXT 'insider' gimmick pretty amusing at times, especially with the vagueness of some of the stuff he comes out with. Claiming to know wrestler's gimmicks but not prepared to divulge them or that stuff with Jasmin Areebi who he refered to as Jasmin, until her real name was reported on the Observer website and then he started referring to her as Nhooph.
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    Fuller questions Dutch as he said things were going to turn around, that they were going to get a title match and that he was going to see to it personally but nothing has happened and they are still in the same boat? Golden claims that they're afraid to give them a title shot as they know what will happen. Dutch says that there is some political manoeuvring, some back stabbing, some insider stuff going on! He doesn't quite understand it, but his investigation is continuing. Fuller then says that he doesn't care who they wrestle and that they should be the champions now, but as soon as they get that title shot that is exactly what they will be. I'm enjoying this group a lot and while I haven't been sold on much of the in ring action of the Stud Stable, they have brought it every time in interview segments and this was no different.
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    Tracey Smother has been an outstanding athlete all his life; he played football, baseball, wrestling and golf at school, was an All-District football star two years in a row, was his baseball team's leading hitter and was the winner of the No. 1 Man award on his golfing team. He attended Carson Uni College on a double football and wrestling scholarship, where he lettered in football. Since becoming a professional wrestler he has won several regional titles and with his partner Steve Armstrong won the US tag team titles, now as a singles he is gunning for a shot at the SMW title. An avid camper and golfer he enjoys horse back riding, basketball and softball and his motto is 'American by birth, Southern by the grace of God'. I thought this was a good little piece and clearly positions Smothers as the top face in the company. Although very reminiscent of the one they did for Tim Horner in the first few weeks of the promotion, this was far superior and more effective than that.
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    Cornette says that the Rock & Roll Express have been to Bob Armstrong to get a handicap match against them at Christmas Chaos. He insists that he isn't a wrestler, but the Rock & Rolls want to get their hands on him and to get a kick out of seeing him being killed! He says that he is going into training, that Richard Simmonds is a very good friend of his and he is going to get into the best shape of his life. The Heavenly Bodies will keep the Rock & Rolls away from him and then they'll get their titles back. Prichard tells the Stud Stable to stay out of their business as he would hate anything to jeopardise their friendship, while Lane says that they need to stay in their local, regional matches and leave the main event stuff to them. Cornette closes by saying that next time we see him he'll be ripped to shreds and that everything about him will be hard!
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    Dutch asks Cornette to give him some comments about the upcoming Christmas Chaos match and he says that it was bad enough that they ripped them off for the belts, but now they've gone to Bob Armstrong requesting a 3 on 2 handicap match. They've got to be crazy as there is no way that they can beat Stan and Tom together, much less with a man of his calibre in the ring. However he doesn't want to get in the ring; he's afraid that he may hurt them and get arrested, it's not that he's scared. He is also upset that Armstrong has signed a match between them and the Stud Stable where they were to defend the title belts against them, but has invited his good friends Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden to join them. Cornette says that Armstrong set this up to try and cause trouble between them, but he knows that it's not going to work. He says that as they are no longer the champions there is no point in having the match as it would just be a waste of time. Robert Fuller says that there is no point in getting the Commissioner mad, lets go ahead and have the match and find out who the number one contender is Stanfield tells the Studs that even though they haven't had the national exposure that they have, he's admired them for a long time because they have been on top in the local small promotions and it would be a pleasure to wrestle them. Prichard says that if they are to have the match he knows it will be a good clean bout as the Bodies won't break the rules and he knows that they won't break them either. Cornette says that they live by sportsmanship and if they have the match that is what's going to take place, it's just a shame that Dutch won't be there to witness it. Dutch responds and says that he will be there as he is an associate member of the Stud Stable as you can see by his jacket. Cornette is a bit taken back by this and tells him he's admired him for years, but that he's taking too much on and to just stick to his commentary as he's doing great and that Bob Caulde would be nothing without him. Dutch states that he will be right across the ring from him and the Bodies and Cornette reluctantly offer their hands to the Stud Stable. This was a fun segment and as awesome as Dutch has been on commentary this year it's nice to see him being featured prominently in an angle here. Lane's patronising and condescending digs at the Stud were hilarious and I'm looking forward to far more interplay between these six in the run up to the match.
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    Prichard powders Gibson and the Bodies double team Morton. Gibson eventually gets his bearings back then gets hold of a chain and starts to unload on Prichard. Cornette throws an ether soaked towel into the cage to Lane but Morton kicks it out of his hands. The towel ends on Stanfield's head and Morton rolls him up for the pin whilst Gibson sprays the ether at Prichard for the fourth title change in four days. We only got a few minutes of this but it seemed a bit of a let down after the street fight.
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    This is jip on the TV and the footage starts just before Cornette takes a great punch from Morton. Corny uses the tennis racket to the throat of Morton, before they tie him to the ropes and bust him open. In the ring the Bodies double team Gibson and one of the ring attendants eventually cut Morton free (why is the attendant getting involved?). The Bodies 'bag' Gibson attempting to suffocate him and Morton with a chair makes the save. As someone else mentioned, these are some ultra conservative hands up chair shots, but with what we know now, no issue on my part with that. The Rock & Rolls bring a table in to the ring and both Bodies get whipped into it. Cornette throws his tennis racket in and as Lane is about to hit Gibson with it, he kicks him in the mid-section and snatches it off him. Gibson backs Cornette up but Prichard knees Gibson in the back and as Cornette holds him, Prichard goes for the clothesline but Gibson ducks and he nails Cornette instead. Double dropkick on Prichard, but Lane makes the save and breaks up the pin. Gibson goes back to attacking Cornette, Prichard loads the boot, kicks Gibson in the head and gets the pin for another title change. From what aired on TV I thought this was an awesome brawl. My main criticism is that Cornette was far too involved in the match and it was almost as though this was a handicap match as opposed to a straight tag. I know the street fight stipulation allows for this to be the case, but I've gone from wanting him to get his comeuppance to wanting him gone from the action. Also, a slight quibble but why was the ring attendant getting involved and cutting Morton free? Why not have Tracey Smothers or one of the Fantastics do it? Would like to see the full version of this.
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    Les Thatcher has a special report on the tag team situation and the match ups between the Heavenly Bodies and the Rock & Roll Express. We start with a hospital elimination match from Harlan, KY which took place a few days prior to the Thanksgiving Thunder tour. Unfortunately the Smoky Mountain Wrestling cameras weren't present at the event, but a fan using a camcorder in the bleachers was willing to give them their tape. With Stan Lane and Robert Gibson already eliminated through being busted open, Jim Cornette enters the ring and is about to hit Rocky Morton with the tennis racket when Gibson jumps in the ring and steals it off him. Gibson then hits Prichard in the head with it, splitting him open and the Express win the belts. The Bodies and Cornette go to work on the Rock & Rolls after the match, with Cornette and his tennis racket keeping everyone at bay and from getting in the ring to help. As more wrestlers come out, so does Killer Kyle to help his manager and it does into a pretty wild and crazy scene. From here it is off to Hazard, KY for a falls count anywhere match in the first match of the Thanksgiving Thunder tour. Lane has Gibson in a sleeper inside the ring and this enables Cornette to use the ether soaked towel on Morton, who is outside the ring and outside the vantage point of Mark Curtis. Morton is knocked out from the ether and Prichard covers him on the arena floor for the win and title change. Thatcher then informs us that there is no footage of the second match in the tour, the Texas death match from Welch, WV, however the Rock & Roll Express defeated the Bodies in the tenth fall to become the new champions. I'll write more after the street fight, but Cornette is far too involved in these matches for my liking and wish he would stay out of them far more than he does.
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    Highlights from the Rock & Roll Express's matches and segments in SMW set to Thin Lizzy's 'The Boys Are Back in Town'. I liked how in places they tried to match the lyrics of the song to the action here where they could.
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    Another paid commercial from Sullivan who says that the people who watch Smoky Mountain Wrestling now know that he is for real and that Commissioner Armstrong has sent for the Mongolian Stomper, a man that he once hated, he's now shaking hands with. He says that he is not going away and that he has heard a rumour that Brian Lee is planning to get out of his sick bed to try and give some inspiration to the Stomper. He tells Lee that when someone has had a near death experience you always see the light, and that light is telling you not to get in any more near death experiences and that goes for the Mongolian Stomper too. The seriousness and evil of Sullivan in these paid commercials compared to the comic book nature of the Dungeon of Doom is something to be seen. Just a complete contrast and you honestly think that Sullivan would have no problem in putting someone six feet under if you watched these.
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    This was a 'dream match' requested by one of the fans, and Ron Garvin was a replacement for Bob Armstrong who claimed a 'conflict of interests' and wouldn't be able to wrestle in it. Cornette immediately sprays something in Ricky Morton's eyes (what he had foretold in the earlier episode of Down & Dirty) and he is taken from the ring and it becomes a handicap bout. Garvin utilises a back rake, chest rake and a wedgie on Prichard whilst Cornette spends most of his time on the apron. When Gibson is hurt enough he finally tags in, punches him a couple of times although these just seem to wake Gibson up and Cornette sensing he's about to get pounded offers Gibson his hand in a moment which made me laugh out loud. The finish comes when Cornette hits Gibson in the back with the tennis racket (somehow behind Mark Curtis' back), Curtis then turns round, see him holding it and DQ's them. They continue to attack them after the bell until Morton, now wearing an eye patch, dashes back to the ring and chases after Cornette. Morton then cuts an interview saying that it's going to be 'eye for an eye' and they'll have to kill them if he thinks they're not going to show up for Thanksgiving Thunder. This seemed more angle than match to me. It could've been really good, had some nice moments but a crap finish and the overbooked nature of some of the matches and screw job endings are really starting to get to me (to the point that you know they are coming). I can see the criticism about taking Morton out of the match, but it was all done to further the storyline for Thanksgiving Thunder so I don't have any issue with that.
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    Cornette isn't happy about the upcoming six man tag match and says that it's a con job! He says that everyone knows he doesn't belong out there, isn't an athlete and shouldn't be forced to wrestle and whilst the Heavenly Bodies can take care of themselves, now they've got to worry about taking care of him. It's all a con! The Rock & Roll Express came up with the 'four faces of fear' match for Thanksgiving Thunder, but now they're trying to chicken out of it, now they've got to have some sort of advantage. They go to Bob Armstrong and make up this 'dream match' which people have supposedly written in requesting, they needed an advantage and knew that if they got him in the ring then they would have it. Armstrong then claims a conflict of interest for him, so signs Ron Garvin to take his place in the match. Cornette says that they will be alright though, he doesn't know what they are going to do but they are going to do something, and the Rock & Roll Express won't get their hands on him. The Express think that if they put him out of commission he's not going to lead his men at Thanksgiving Thunder, that he won't be able to advise them from ringside, and that will give them the advantage. He states that he will be there and that they have the advantage as Robert Gibson's hand isn't 100%, and who knows, something may happen to Ricky Morton too so he's not 100% either? Cornette says that no-one can go through the 'four faces of fear', the four most dangerous matches in pro wrestling, on four consecutive nights without getting hurt so at some point someone will get hurt bad, and they plan on that someone being the Rock & Roll Express. He then runs down the dates, venues and each match in the 'four faces of fear' (falls count anywhere, Texas death, street fight and barbed wire cage) explaining them all and what may happen. He tells the Rock & Rolls that at some point they will look the faces of fear in the face and when the Heavenly Bodies are beating them up so bad they'll ask the referee to stop it, but he'll say he can't, he doesn't have the authority because you asked for it to be that way. They'll then ask him and will say 'please pull them off us', but he'll tell them no because you were stupid enough to ask for it and he doesn't feel sorry for stupid people. Then when the Bodies are stood with their arms raised, the belts over their shoulder and the Rock & Roll Express are lay face down in a pool of their own blood they will realise they've seen the face of fear, and it was the Heavenly Bodies! This was an amazing promo. For five minutes Cornette just talks and draws you into the upcoming series of matches on the Thanksgiving Thunder tour, he starts to focus on each match, explaining what will happen and reeling off the dates and venues too and the promo turns from amazing to incredible. Cornette even gives himself a nosebleed from the intensity and with how focused he is. Replaces the 6/27 promo as 'promo of the year' and really is something that everyone should see and should be shown to every aspiring wrestler.
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    Down & Dirty opens by recapping what happened between Kevin Sullivan and Brian Lee last week, with Dutch giving a disclaimer that it is graphic footage and has been censored due to some complaints they've received about it. The censoring (a black circle) makes no difference and to an extent makes it look worse as things are left to your imagination. Dutch says that he doesn't blame Armstrong in his actions of suspending Sullivan as last week the whole show got out of control. Bob says that he finally found out why Sullivan had this grudge against him and SMW and it is because when the company first started he wanted to come and wrestle here, however due to his bad reputation he didn't want him here and didn't need another problem. As a result he held this grudge and finally picked his chance. Armstrong says that he feels responsible because he let him come back and wrestle Brian Lee and when he entered the ring last week and saw what a bad condition Lee was in, he did lose control. He's thought about things and while he is banning him from TV, if he wants to be so bad as to wrestle somebody, he's not going to let him get away with what he did. He's going to pay for it as he knows a man who is as big, as bad, has been suspended from more territories than anyone and who he has personal experience with. He tells Sullivan if he wants a part of this, if he wants to get a part of the real baddest men in the organisation, then at Thanksgiving Thunder he'll see the baddest of them all, the Mongolian Stomper. A cool old video then plays of Bob Armstrong vs Mongolian Stomper from the 70s. Armstrong says that he didn't even want to call the Stomper but did want to correct a wrong that he felt he caused, and at Thanksgiving Thunder the Mongolian Stomper will leave Sullivan looking twice as bad as Brian Lee. We then get a paid commercial announcement from Kevin Sullivan who has bought time on the station. The commercial opens to the sound of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ with Sullivan sat by a fire and the Nightstalker and Molokai flanking him on either side. Sullivan says that what happened is on Bob Armstrong’s head as all he wanted was a chance to come to SMW, but just like the other federations, he said I was too violent. ‘It was never proven, it was lies, it was insinuendos’. He says that this is just the beginning, wrestling has gone through a change, they want to sanitise it, make it a kiddie’s show, well he’s not for kids. He was told he was not a good influence that he and his followers are what’s wrong with society and it’s because of people who pass judgment that is why he is here today. The big organisations can sanitise wrestling all they want but this is Smoky Mountain Wrestling, this is where it’s all real! Bob Armstrong has made another mistake at the Thanksgiving Thunder and he’s going to show the Mongolian Stomper that he is no longer a warrior, just an errand boy for the commissioner. Sympathy for the Devil plays again as the commercial ends. A couple of fantastic segment, firstly with Armstrong all contrite about what he feels he's caused and wanting to right a wrong and then this creepy, eerie Kevin Sullivan paid commercial. Sullivan's delivery is spot on with the tone and the setting is perfect all dark, and just lit by the fire. Mesmerising stuff. I didn't twig that Armstrong is doing Lee's work on the promo front, but when he is that good and the difference between the two of them is so wide it makes no difference, and makes the whole thing so much better anyway.
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    Seconded. I went to download this earlier and saw that I wasn't able to (at least yet).
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    'The Master' slowly makes his way to the ring to the sounds of some creepy music, keeping his identity covered by a black cloak. Brian Lee charges at him and 'The Master' unleashes a fireball, then pulls down his hood to reveal he's Kevin Sullivan. Immediately he starts to hit him in the head with a spike, while the Nightstalker and Molokai both come into the ring to help with the attack. Sullivan spikes referee Mark Curtis and continues the assault bloodying Lee up. Paul Lee tries to come and help his namesake, but he is the next victim of the spike and they then hang Brian Lee in the tree of woe. The non-stop attack is relentless as Sullivan spike him some more. Robbie Eagle and Mike Sampson run down to try and help but the Nightstalker is keeping guard, preventing anyone get to Lee and he sees them off. Meanwhile on commentary Bob Caudle is saying that someone's got to stop this 'call the law, call the army, do something?'. A cameraman ends up getting up on the apron trying to help, but he gets spiked as well, leading to Caudle leaving the commentary desk and going over to where the assault is taking place, waving his arms and trying to get them to stop. Lee's face at this time is an absolute bloody mess and Dixie Dy-No-Mite is next to try and help, but like everyone before him the Nightstalker keeps him at bay, while Sullivan keeps spiking Lee and digging it into his forehead. The Fulton brothers come out but it makes no difference and it seems like no-one is able to get to Lee to help him. There is some visual at this point with Lee lay on his back, head hanging over the apron, covered in blood with his hair turned red and Sullivan still continuing to spike him. In the end the Rock & Roll Express, Tim Horner, Tracey Smother and Bob Armstrong all rush out and Sullivan leaves, with Dutch saying 'we ain't going to see none of this shit on TV' and then tells Caudle that he should've stayed over there with him. Armstrong starts to massage Lee's heart and check for a pulse. He then goes over to Dutch and Caudle and says that he made a mistake by allowing Sullivan to come in here but he's correcting it now, and from this point on he's banned from the area for the rest of his life! This was incredible and the violence levels were off the charts with the repeated spike shots and Lee's face (and hair) being drenched in blood. Caudle getting involved and then Dutch agreeing with Armstrong when he bans Lee just adds to everything. After years of hearing Cornette rant on ECW, IWA-MS, Ian Rotten etc and then watching this? Probably more pure violence in this one angle than anything I have ever seen in those promotions. Crazy, wild, chaotic, an unbelievable angle and piece of wrestling television.
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    Cornette says that after what has happened the Rock & Roll Express are anxious to get rid of the Heavenly Bodies, whilst the Bodies have always been anxious to get rid of the Rock & Rolls. The Express went to Bob Armstrong and said that they wanted some kind of showdown, some way to get rid of the Heavenly Bodies out of professional wrestling for good. Armstrong came to him with their idea and he accepted. On the Thanksgiving Thunder weekend, from 11/26 to 11/29 it will be 'the four faces of fear', the four most dangerous types of match in wrestling on four consecutive days: texas death match, falls count anywhere, barbed wire cage and Smoky Mountain street fight. He goes on to say that it's all coming down Thanksgiving Thunder and no-one can come through that without getting hurt, and that's exactly what they want! For some reason it does feel as though they are rushing through this feud, but I don't know how anyone cannot be hyped by this proposal and especially with how great Ricky Morton has been since he debuted.
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    Down and Dirty opens with clips from last week's action where according to Dutch, the Rock & Roll Express had tried to chicken and weasel their way out of a match with the Heavenly Bodies, but due to Jim Cornette's expertise in contractual matters they couldn't do it. Dutch asks him to explain the reasoning behind going to work on Robert Gibson's when he eventually showed up. Cornette says how his mother is a deaf mute, Gibson was tending to her after surgery and it was their intention to break his fingers so he couldn't talk to her! Bob Armstrong has now threatened them with suspension unless they put the belts on the line every time they face the Rock & Roll Express, but that's fine with him as he's finally found the perfect combination to take them out. BREAK HIS FINGERS SO HE COULDN'T TALK TO HIS DEAF, MUTE MUM? That is some nasty stuff there!
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    I was surprised listening to this that Liger was someone who Jerry said he needed to look into/watch more of. I certainly wasn't expecting any Joshi to make his list, and from his posts on here kinda guessed what it would be heavy on, but that comment did surprise me. I enjoyed the diversity of Chad's list with a nice mixture of everything including a couple of Rings matches in there too.
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    Washing by pouring water over his head (and then drying himself off on Dutch's poncho) and cleaning his teeth by swigging on some beer!
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