1992-11-21-SMW-TV

[GSR]

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

TV

Aired November 21, 1992

Sullivan East High School, Bluff City, TN

1. Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs Robbie Eagle & Jeff Daniels - Dutch Mantel leaves the commentary desk claiming he has to make a phone call and The Fantastics join Bob Caudle for the match.
2. Recap of Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs The Fantastics from last week
3. INT: Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden - Fuller doesn’t want to talk to a little slimy fella like Bob Caudle, he wants to talk to a number one commentator like Dutch Mantel.  Dutch returns and says that he had to make a phone call, but wishes that The Fantastics could have stayed out here so that he could whip them both at the same time, however they ran off like the yellow, egg sucking dogs that they are.  Fuller says that Dutch has the potential to be the best referee there has ever been and he wants him to be part of the Stud Stable.  Fuller has bought one of his jackets out with them as a present for Dutch who puts it on, then gladly accepts the invitation to be part of the Stable.
4. INT: Bob Armstrong - he says that Brian Lee is recovering but it’s going to be a slow process as he was injured pretty badly.  They did send their camera crew to Lee’s home as he had a few comments that he wanted to make.  The video airs and Lee is all beaten up, his head covered with plasters, with broken ribs and all laid up in bed.  He says that the only reason he is here today is because he had a guardian angel looking over him that day, and he tells Kevin Sullivan that he better hope that the same guardian angel is looking over him as next time that they come face to face it will be him being stretchered out.  Armstrong then says that he has a man coming in for Kevin Sullivan, the Mongolian Stomper, and he has some film to show just how bad the Stomper is.  The footage that airs is of the Mongolian Stomper defeating Jerry Lawler at the Mid-South Coliseum.
5. Kevin Sullivan paid commercial - Sullivan is flanked by the Nightstalker and Molokai and says that Thanksgiving Thunder is coming and Bob Armstrong has bought in the Mongolian Stomper, a man whose race tried to eradicate everyone in Asia and a man who put fear in the heart of every wrestlers in the United States.  He says that there is a point in a man’s life when everything is taken from him, the Stomper was once a violent man, at one time was a warrior, at one time had ice running through his veins, but at Thanksgiving Thunder he is going to add him as another notch.  He says that all his family will be there because his people believe in him, you can’t believe in that Commissioner though, just ask Brian Lee!
6. INT: Rock & Roll Express
7. INT: Danny Davis & Ron Garvin - they can’t wait until their handicap match with “Paula” Orndorff at Thanksgiving Thunder.  Garvin says that he’s always given something to his fans, so today he is going to raffle off the robe that he took from Orndorff.
8. Tony Anthony (w/ Ron Wright) vs Reno Riggins - during the match Danny Davis goes to the commentary desk and hands Bob Caudle a black bag (supposedly containing Paul Orndorff’s robe that they will raffling later) and asks Caudle to look after it for him.  After the match Tim Horner jumps Anthony and the Fantastics, Tracey Smothers and Dixie Dy-No-Mite all surround the ring as a precursor to the lumberjack match.  Horner throws him out of the ring and the faces immediately throw him back in and he then ‘pins’ Dirty White Boy with his rolling bridge as Dy-No-Mite counts the fall.
9. Down & Dirty w/ Jim Cornette & Heavenly Bodies - 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 realize 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.
10. INT: Paul Orndorff - he now claims to never remember saying that he’d wrestle both Danny Davis and Ron Garvin, but Smoky Mountain Wrestling have done everything to try and hold Mr Wonderful down and this is no different.  He can’t believe that they were planning to raffle off his robe, he picks the black bag up and says with a bit of work and some sewing he’ll be able to wear his robe again.  He pulls the ‘robe’ out of the bag and it turns out to be a black negligee and Orndorff is livid.  Garvin and Davis appear in the ring with Davis wearing the robe, Orndorff charges towards the ring but they just leave.
11. Heavenly Bodies & Jim Cornette vs Rock & Roll Express & Ron Garvin - 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 utilizes 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.  This seemed more angle than match to me as it didn’t really go anywhere, just sets up Thanksgiving Thunder.  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).
12. INT: Jim Cornette, Tim Horner, Tim Horner & Brian Lee & Rock & Roll Express
13. INT: Rock & Roll Express - Ricky Morton (wearing his eye patch) tells Jim Cornette that it’s an “eye for an eye” and he’s going to have to kill them if he thinks they’re not going to show up for Thanksgiving Thunder.

Bold matches are PWO recommended