Loss Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 It's the first episode of SMW! SMW doesn't have an official backdrop yet, just a white sheet. Cornette lays out the SMW mission, talks about how WCW buried the Midnights and how corporations have destroyed wrestling in a quick, yet really good promo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 It's the first episode of SMW! SMW doesn't have an official backdrop yet, just a white sheet. Cornette lays out the SMW mission, talks about how WCW buried the Midnights and how corporations have destroyed wrestling in a quick, yet really good promo.Get used to this promo, you'll hear different versions of the same promo throughout the year on SMW TV. Also, I wonder if they got the white sheet from the background from Cornette's closet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Good promo. Wow seeing Cornette here and after watching a lot of SMW, Cornette really aged running his promotion for 3 1/2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Good promo, but kinda ridiculous when he talks about how wrestling as turned into a complete circus. Meanwhile, WCW was just at its all time best with the Dangerous Alliance and tons of good wrestling on TV. From day one, you get the same feel as ECW : we are the real deal. But infact, the first episode of SMW looked like a summer of 1990 episode of WCW TV, which is not a compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Awesome promo from Cornette, that's pretty much a total shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Corny gets the ball rolling in SMW talking about the big promotions turning wrestling into a joke and highlighting tag team wrestling as a feature from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Cornette shoots on the Big Two, in pretty effective fashion. Prince Kharis is a long, long way away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Good promo, but kinda ridiculous when he talks about how wrestling as turned into a complete circus. Meanwhile, WCW was just at its all time best with the Dangerous Alliance and tons of good wrestling on TV. From day one, you get the same feel as ECW : we are the real deal. But infact, the first episode of SMW looked like a summer of 1990 episode of WCW TV, which is not a compliment. I thought this exact thing when watching the show last night and how easily it could have been mistaken for an episode of World Championship Wrestling from 1990 (the arena, the jobbers (Cazana, Horowitz, Kyle), Dutch Mantel, Robert Gibson etc). Fantasic interview by Cornette and the highlight of the debut episode. I liked his line about the big promotions turned wrestling into a circus and sideshow, so he turned his back on them. Talks about how these days its all about how many dolls you can sell at Toys 'R' Us and how juiced up on steroids you are. Without naming them, sets the story for the Heavenly Bodies to debut in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 This was the best of both worlds for Corny; he could fire the crowd up and pave the way for the Bodies' debut and still get his shots in at the WWF and WCW at the same time. I really liked most of what I saw on Will's SMW set, but '92 was kind of underrepresented, so I'm excited to see how it all started for the promotion. Nice to see Bob Caudle again; this may sound weird for longtime JCP watchers, but I think he really did a lot of his best work here, especially with Dutch Mantel as his color man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Looking forward to seeing what SMW becomes. Corny gives a great mission statement despite (as mentioned above) WCW's turnaround with the DA. A southern wrestling promotion based on tag team wrestling with a focus on the actual in-ring sounds pretty awesome to me. I did like how he accomplished that and still heeled himself with the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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