[1992-09-12-SMW-TV] Interview: The Fantastics / Interview: Heavenly Bodies

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

The Fantastics mention that in the rematch, Cornette will be handcuffed to Bob Armstrong at ringside. The Bodies and Cornette are getting crazy heat for their interview. Cornette's tie is way cool. They tease matches with the Rock & Rolls for the first time.

[Tim Evans]

I like the way Stan sells the "busted eardrum" during the interview while the crowd chants.

[shoe]

I liked how Cornette said the Either Bunny came to town early.

[Kevin Ridge]

Cornette will be handcuffed to Bob Armstrong in the return match with the Bodies and Fantastics. I get lost in Lane’s toupee during the Bodies promo until Cornette mentions the Ether Bunny.

[WingedEagle]

Fantastics talk about the Bodies winning the belts and set up a rematch where Cornette is handcuffed to Bob Armstrong. Pritchard says just like seafood, they have their women flown in. Cornette also redirects them to the RNR program for a match the following week to establish that as the next feud. Good stuff here.

[PeteF3]

How could the Bodies "steal" the titles in a no-DQ match?

 

Bob Caudle is INCENSED at the reprehensible act by Cornette to net the Bodies the SMW Tag Titles. I like how Lane sells his perforated eardrum. Prichard declares that the Bodies have their women FLOWN in, just like seafood. Cornette gives further hype to the upcoming feud with Bob Armstrong, who's probably used to being in handcuffs.

[GSR]

The Fantastics claim that once again the Bodies cheated them and took their tag team belts. Bobby Fulton says when he woke up he could still smell whatever was on that rag and the smell lasted for a couple of day, but the hatred he has for Cornette and the Bodies remains. He feels they were robbed, but there is nothing Commissioner Armstrong can do because it was a no DQ match. They've a return title shot upcoming where they'll prove they can beat the Bodies again, however this time Cornette will be handcuffed to Bob Armstrong at ringside.

 

After 13 years in the sport Stanfield Lane has sustained his fair share of injuries, but none were ever of the magnitude of the one he received at the hands of the Fantastics. He suffered a perforated eardrum, has to now wear protective headgear and wants everyone to keep the noise down! Tom Prichard is getting sick and tired of all these fat, disgusting women trying to rip their clothes and get to them every chance they get. 'We don't associate with any woman in the Smoky Mountain area, we get our women flown in!'. Cornette states that Bob Armstrong may be used to being in handcuffs but he's not, he's never spent a day in jail and this just goes to show he's out to see his men lose the belts again like last time. He goes on to say that Killer Kyle is going after the $10,000 bounty on Brian Lee, whilst people have been coming up to him saying that you're not true champions until you beat the Rock & Roll Express. He's going to rectify this and has asked for a match against them on TV next week and when they beat them, they'll never get another title shot as we'll have proved we're true champions.

 

Cornette is great on the mic here and the Bodies get superb heat. Not sure what will happen next week, but something just niggles that they're rushing the first match between the teams, especially when the Bodies have at least one match left against the Fantastics and there is no sign of the Rock & Roll/Stud Stable feud ending just yet. Maybe both will get involved next week, we'll see.

[garretta]

Putting the two promos back-to-back shows just how much more charismatic the Bodies are than the Fultons, even though Bobby's been surprisingly good during this feud.

 

I'm getting used to Stan's hair now that he's taken the headgear off during interviews. I liked the part where he said he's risking permanent brain damage if the fans don't keep the noise down. It would have been a hoot if Stan had snapped in the middle of an interview one time and started speaking gibberish and making unintelligible noises, and Corny had said "See? We told you he'd get brain damage if you idiots made too much noise, and now he's got it!!"

 

Nice plug by Corny for Killer Kyle's pursuit of Brian Lee and the $10,000 bounty, which we haven't heard about on the Yearbook since the original segment when it was introduced.

 

They're ramping up the Corny-Bullet Bob stuff now, as they'll be handcuffed together during the Bodies' rematch with the Fultons. Soon, this will be the only feud that means anything in SMW, with even Rock 'n' Roll-Bodies taking a backseat.

 

Speaking of which, nice way to promote the first televised match between the two teams for the following week. Of course, we get a match before that on the Yearbook.

 

I love Bob Caudle, but showing outrage in the way he did over Corny's actions when the match was no-DQ (which I'd forgotten myself) isn't exactly professional. Look, Bob, I know the guy's annoying, but what he did in this match was legal, and even intelligent in a perverse sort of way, since he saved his guys from actually having to risk injury to take the belts. Give the devil his due, no matter how much it may gall you.

[dawho5]

Stan was great in this, selling the eardrum.  Loved the heat and Corny's Ether Bunny line.  Tom egging the fans on with the tag belt was a nice touch too.