1992-03-28-SMW-TV

[GSR]

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

TV

Aired March 28, 1992

Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

1. Tony Anthony (w/ Ron Wright) vs Joey Maggs - whilst the match is going on, Wright goes over to the commentary desk and can’t understand why these good fans haven’t sent any money in?  He then says that they are a little slow, can’t read, can’t write and gets them to put the details on the screen of where they should send their money to.
2. INT: Bob Armstrong - announces details for the SMW Heavyweight title tournament.  It will take place on 5/15 at an event called ‘Volunteer Slam’ and there will be five seeds (Tony Anthony, Brian Lee, Tim Horner, Robert Gibson and Jimmy Golden) and six wildcard entrants (Dixie Dy-No-Mite, Scott Anthony, Dutch Mantel, Hector Guerrero, Buddy Landell and Paul Orndorff).  The six wildcard entrants will wrestle each other on TV to make up the remaining three spots, and there will be an eight-man one-night tournament at the Volunteer Slam.
3. Personality Profile: Tim Horner
4. INT: Bob Holly - says how he was driving down Sunset Boulevard with Julia Roberts by his side and she asked him if ‘Hollywood’ was going to be in the SMW title tournament?  Why should he have to beat three guys when he can beat anyone, anytime, anywhere and all he has to do is wait round for that one guy to get his hand raised, go out and beat him and then he’s the champion.
5. Jimmy Golden vs Tommy Angel
6. INT: Robert Gibson
7. INT: Jim Cornette - Bob Caudle hopes that we’ll have better luck this week finding about Cornette’s team, and he then plays the video.  Phil Rainey is at a discrete location where Cornette has promised to reveal the identity of his new tag team.  Cornette shows up and tells Rainey to keep his voice down because they can’t let anyone know what they’re doing, as any time that these guys are seen in public it is complete chaos.  He doesn’t want anything to mess this up as he can’t do anything without being followed by all these screaming women.  He says that they should be here any minute, then a limo approaches and he talks about the greatest tag team in the universe and the next SMW tag team champions being inside it, and how he’s spent an arm and a leg to make sure no-one knows that they are here.  As the limo stops a hoard of women appear from nowhere surrounding the limo and it just drives off with the women chasing after it.  Cornette says that Rainey has blown it again!  Back in the studio Cornette claims that Rainey wants his men’s cast offs so he spilled the beans.  Goes on to say that you can’t bring stars to a hillbilly location like this and not expect to cause trouble, so next week he’ll take the cameras to the stars in a very private location and Bob Armstrong’s curiosity will be satisfied.
8. INT: Dutch Mantel - claims he’s never told a lie in his life and can’t understand why Bob Armstrong didn’t seed him for the SMW title tournament.  Doesn’t know why that happened to a man of his ability, stature and standing in the wrestling world, says that there is a conspiracy afoot and he’s going to sue Smoky Mountain wrestling.
9. Brian Lee vs Joe Cazana
10. INT: Brian Lee - he tells Dutch Mantel if he wants a seed in the tournament so bad, sign the sheet and wrestle him next week.  If he beats him, then he can have his seed in the tournament.  Mantel agrees and the match is set.
11. Recap of the Fantastics vs Wild Bunch & Jimmy Golden from last week - incl. post-match action
12. Wild Bunch vs The Fantastics - good match
13. INT: The Maulers 

Bold matches are PWO recommended