1994-07-23-SMW-TV

[GSR]

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

TV

Aired 23 July, 1994

Northwest Ashe High School, Warrensville, NC

1. Recap of the announcements surrounding the ‘Coward Waves the Flag’ match from last week
2. The show opens with Jim Cornette and Bruiser Bedlam picketing at ringside
3. Chris Candido (w/ Tammy Fytch) vs Scott Studd
4. INT: Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam - Cornette is not happy with the working conditions in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, having to be wrestling and associated with an attempted murderer like Road Warrior Hawk, that cantankerous Ron Wright, that goof Bob Armstrong and Tracey Smothers.  He’s got a list of grievances as long as his arm that he’d like to read, however Les Thatcher says that they don’t have the time and they have to take a break.
5. INT:  Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam & Terry & Dory Funk Jr. - their prognosis for Bob Armstrong and his crew is pain, lots and lots of pain.  Dory tells him that he’s been waiting 22 years to slap him in the ring, and for once why doesn’t he just put that bat away so they can see who the best wrestler is?  Cornette says that when Armstrong had Road Warrior Hawk hid in the back as his mystery partner he knew something was up, that’s why he made sure the contract read that if he got his match on fifth, they got theirs on the sixth.  It’s going to be “double trouble, a weekend like you’ve never seen before, and piece by piece, inch by inch, Bob Armstrong’s crew is going down”
6. INT:  Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam - Cornette says that there is no fear in hearts of the men in FITE, they are not scared of any man walking and are certainly not scared of Road Warrior Hawk.  He doesn’t think it’s appropriate or good working conditions though that they should have to associate with him, or that they should be forced to get in the ring with a man like Road Warrior Hawk, not to mention a crochety, nasty, disgusting old man like Ron Wright, a man that gives managers a bad name.  He’s worked long and hard to uphold the honour of professional wrestling managers and Ron Wright does them no favours at all, and it’s all because of Bob Armstrong and his surrogate son Tracey Smothers.  He wouldn’t have signed the contract for the ‘Coward Waves the Flag’ match if he knew their partner was Road Warrior Hawk, however he would’ve signed the contract for the ‘Texas Death’ match even if they had King Kong or Godzilla as their third man.  They may have one up on them at Night of Legends in Knoxville, but they’ve got one up on them at Fire on the Mountain in Johnson City.  Cornette then says that they’ve got some more striking to do and they’re going to stay right here; that is until Bob Armstrong, Tracey Smothers and Ron Wright come out and they make a sharp exit.  Bob says that no matter what Cornette says, the contracts are signed, the deals are done, Road Warrior Hawk is on his way and before he says anything else he’s got some comments from Hawk that he’d like everyone to hear.  Hawk doesn’t really say anything of note, but they again replay Cornette taking the bump off the scaffold at Starcade ’86.  Back in the studio and Smothers says that Cornette’s Union is busted; he and The Bullet are going to take care of the Funks and in Road Warrior Hawk they’ve got a man that can match power with Bruiser Bedlam.  Wright says that it’s such an honour to be in these men’s corner, the flag won’t wave and he probably won’t even carry a flag out there with him.  He tells Cornette that he better keep his nose out of the ring and out of their business, because if he gets involved he’s going to chop his head off and they won’t have to worry about him ever again.  Armstrong says that they are coming like gangbusters, are going to get the job done and the “People’s Union” will prevail.
7.  The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustafa Said) vs Chris Hamrick & Anthony Michaels - The Gangstas have their own security as they don’t trust the police force
8. INT:  The Gangstas - New Jack says that 30 years ago they would’ve been strung up getting hung in somebodies tree for beating two white boys like the way they just did.  They don’t like being here as he was getting out of his car, slipped and fell in some tobacco spit; there’s nothing but rednecks, geeks, coal miners, chicken farmers and Klan’s men up here and he doesn’t like anyone but his partner.  He doesn’t care who they line up in front of him as he is going to show them how bad New Jack and Mustafa are.  Violence to some people may be putting the Figure Four on someone, to him, violence is taking a can of gas, pouring it over them and then setting it on fire.  He didn’t come up here to be liked, he came here to be paid and whoever they put in front of him he’s going to drop down.  He’d like to send a special shout out to his homeboy O.J. Simpson, keep up the good work baby, two less they’ve got to worry about!  Well this was something else!  New Jack comes across as one seriously scary, dangerous man and you would have no trouble whatsoever believing he would pour gasoline over someone and then set them alight.  Not too sure what to make about Mustafa on first viewing, it’s as though he is trying to act unhinged but it comes across a bit more comedic; not at all like the aura New Jack projects.  The TV show needs a shot it the arm at the moment and all the help it can get and I think these two may very well be the men to do it.
9. SMW Night of Legends update - Les Thatcher profiles Whitey Caldwell.  And it’s outstanding.
10. The Thrillseekers vs Brian Logan & Steve Skyfire
11. INT: Jim Cornette & Heavenly Bodies - Cornette says that everyone is talking about the Heavenly Bodies coming back to Smoky Mountain Wrestling.  The ban hasn’t been lifted yet, he’s still working on that, but thanks to The Thrillseekers going to all these officials and wanting their chance to get even, for one week the Heavenly Bodies are back in SMW from 8/5 to 8/13.  The Thrillseekers say it was the Heavenly Bodies who attacked them in the parking lot, and for arguments sake say it was, they were only on them for about a minute and look what happened.  What do you think is going to happen when you’re in a wrestling match with them for 15, 20, 30 or however many minutes it takes?  The Thrillseekers have had the press, the publicity and the videos, and now they’re going to find out if they’ve got the guts, the heart and the desire to get in the ring and do what needs to be done against a couple of guys who don’t care what they’ve got to do break someone’s leg, bust someone’s head open or to end someone’s career.
12. INT: The Thrillseekers - they say how they got beat up by the Heavenly Bodies, but have the chance to get some revenge at Night of Legends as the WWF has ordered them to return to Smoky Mountain Wrestling for one week to face them.  They’ve got more guts in their little fingers than the Heavenly Bodies have in their whole body, and when the Bodies come back to the Smoky Mountain area they’re going to be there to give them a welcome home party and they’re not going to like it.
13. INT: Terry Gordy - this appears to be two interviews spliced together; firstly with Gordy talking over some AJPW footage and then him just sat at home.  Fairly non-descript promo as he just says he will get the SMW Heavyweight title and he doesn’t care who he has to go through.
14. INT: Tony Anthony - says how he’s got some tough matches coming up, as on 8/5 in Knoxville he’ll be facing Terry Gordy and if he’s lucky enough to beat him he’ll drive straight up to Johnson City to take on Dick Slater, while Jim Cornette has formed his ‘Union’ and gone and gotten himself ‘Conan’ Chris Walker.  He didn’t get the belt by laying down, he got it through blood, sweat, tears and beating people up, because that’s what the Dirty White boy does and they all better get ready to do battle with him.  Never knew Walker was ever in SMW.
15. Recap of Tracey Smothers vs Brian Lee from last week
16. INT: Tammy Fytch & Brian Lee & Chris Candido - Tammy is not happy as the people aren’t sending in the money for her legal defence fund so that she can keep her lawyers.  If she can’t keep them she’ll have to continue with these matches and neither she nor her boys want to be involved in either of them.  They don’t want her to be handcuffed to Ricky Gibson because who knows what he’ll do to her, while they don’t want her to be shaved bald as life wouldn’t be worth living for them if she was.  She hasn’t conditioned her hair in three days because she doesn’t want to give Ricky Morton the satisfaction of shaving a beautiful head of hair and she’s going to make it look as ugly as possible.  That is until it dawns on her what might happen and she storms off the set.

Bold matches are PWO recommended