[1995-08-12-SMW-Fire on the Mountain] Buddy Landell vs Brad Armstrong

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Really nice match. It's short, but really stiff. Landell lays in some crazy shots that either just look good or he was just potatoing the hell out of him. Armstrong wins the SMW title, but Landell is the star of the match. Cornette tears into Landell after the match. Landell is close to throwing a punch at Cornette, who ends up costing Buddy another match by trying to help when he was specifically asked not to help.

[Tim Evans]

Not sure why this was a Lumberjack match since they did nothing except hold tennis rackets Armstrong hits Landell with a tennis racket that Cornette brought out to win the title. Landell then dumps Cornette.

[El-P]

Good match. Brad Armstrong is exactly at the right place as the ace of a small regional promotion, he looks really good in that role. Buddy's punches look great, as does Brad's selling.

[PeteF3]

They tease a Landell no-show/walk-out, as Cornette produces BRIAN LEE to take Brad on in the Nature Boy's place. And...oh, wrong chapter. Not worth tracking down but I'd be curious if Brad could drag Lee to something good. I'd be cautiously optimistic.

 

Since Brad's already wrestled once, we can jump straight to the heat, as Landell absolutely peppers him with some awesome punches. But he wrestles on the level, and the lumberjacks (all 3 of them) don't get involved until Cornette and his Militia appear at ringside. In the confusion, one of the tennis rackets makes its way to Brad, and as Buddy and Cornette argue he clobbers Landell with it to take the vacant SMW title. Hulk Hogan would be proud of that kind of unprovoked cheating from a babyface.

 

Landell is incensed after the match and teases punching out Cornette, but Jimbo bails. Buddy settles for tearing into him on the mic.