1994-04-23-SMW-TV

[GSR]

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

TV

Aired April 23, 1994

Anderson County High School, Clinton, TN

1. Rock & Roll Express vs Killer Kyle & Dark Secret
2. INT: Well Dunn - they again come out for an interview and Bob Caudle again tells them that they aren’t scheduled, they have to be scheduled, and can’t just come out here as he wants everyone to see this tape of Dutch Mantel in South America.
3. Down & Dirty w/ Dutch Mantel - he’s in a South America but can’t say where as some people are trying to find him.  He had received some late night phone calls and some bad looking people had started to follow him around, so thought it would be beneficial to his health if he just left the country.  He tells everyone that he is okay and hopes to be back soon, when his bodyguards (Paco and Julio) spot some people and they abruptly have to go.  Dutch deserved better than this as his swansong, especially as the storyline doesn’t go anywhere.  Surely they could have thought of a better way to write him out than this?  I will say without question that he is one of the best colour men ever after having watching his run in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Bob Caudle and he were a wonderful double act.  It really won’t be the same without him (hmmm, haven’t I said that already recently?) and does feel like a changing of the guards with the Heavenly Bodies also now out of there.
4. INT: Bob Armstrong - announces that this year’s Volunteer Slam will be held on May 20th.  They’ve talked to a major wrestling star who is coming to try and take the Dirty White Boy’s title and when they finalise the contract he’ll have more to say about it.  On a personal note, James Cornette has barred him from wrestling through that injunction.  His heart is in the ring and there’s nothing he’d like better than to get back in the ring with Bruiser Bedlam and be a little more ready for him this time.  Since Cornette has bought in all his friends in the past, on May 20, he’s bringing in a friend of his own to take care of Bruiser Bedlam, that man is Randy Savage and he is going to be in the Macho Man’s corner for that match.  A Randy Savage music video ‘He’s the Macho Man’ that looks like it’s off a WWF album then airs.  Armstrong says what’s so good about this match and him being the Macho Man’s manager is that whenever James E tries any of his funny stuff he’ll be right there, so if he sticks his nose in, he’ll bite it right off.  He is joined by Jim Cornette and Bruiser Bedlam and Cornette tells him that he has no business bringing someone like Randy Savage into Smoky Mountain Wrestling to get in the ring with the Bruiser.  He’s going to tear his head off, Randy Savage or no-one else can stand up to Bruiser Bedlam, he’ll tear his stinking head off, that’s a promise!
5. Bruiser Bedlam (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Bobby Baze - nice finish as Blaze goes for a flip dive off the top, Bedlam catches him over his shoulder and drops to his knees for a shoulder breaker before applying the stomach claw.  He again continues to apply the hold again after the match until Tracey Smothers comes out for the save.
6. INT:  Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam - Cornette has had enough, he’s had enough of the stinking interference and has had enough of everyone banding together against him.  They did it to the Heavenly Bodies and now they’re doing it to Bruiser Bedlam as they can’t fight one on one.  Tracey Smothers joins them and tells Cornette that no-one is banding together, he’s out here all on his lonesome.  Bedlam says “Who is this hillbilly punk?” and Tracey replies that he’s Tracey Smothers, the wild eyed Southern Boy, this isn’t Detroit and this isn’t the streets, it’s the South and he represents it.  He challenges Bedlam to put up the TV title next week (no drawing out of a hat anymore?) and Cornette accepts with Bedlam calling Smothers a “hillbilly scab” and telling him he’ll bust him in half.
7. Personality Profile w/ Rock & Roll Express - Les opens by recapping the Brian Lee and Ricky Morton situation from last week.  Back on Personality Profile and Morton says that there is nothing he can do about Brian Lee and Chris Candido jumping on the Rock & Roll Express, but there’s a lot he can do to get them off.  They don’t care about their big reputation or Tammy Fytch outside on the floor, as they’ve been through it all with Jim Cornette for the past ten years.  The Heavenly Bodies are not around anymore and it looks like they’ll have to do the same to them too.
8. Brian Lee & Chris Candido (w/ Tammy Fytch) vs Anthony Michaels & Chris Hamrick - Candido leaves the match to go and sit at the commentary desk and it’s essentially a handicap match for Lee.  He says that Primetime is such a tough guy with all the moves that he’s been showing him that he can take care of these two on his own.  Candido is very funny here.
9. INT:  Brian Lee & Chris Candido & Tammy Fytch - Bob Caudle says how Chris left him up there to do it all by himself again.  Candido says he knew Brian could take care of those guys and he was telling Bob and everyone about all the new moves Brian had been teaching him and how he’s had him back in training (not quite what he said!).  Lee tells “little man” that all he’s got to do is stand back, keep his eyes open, his ears open, get that pad and Primetime will lead him down that golden path.  Candido makes signs and faces behind his back as if Lee is a bit doolally.  Tammy tells the Rock & Roll Express that Brian Lee & Chris Candido are coming at them strong and they’re not going to stop until they have the belts.
10. Tony Anthony vs Prince Kharis (w/ Daryl Van Horn) - Van Horn gets up on the apron and the White Boy grabs hold of him, but whilst this is going on Kharis starts to turn round his arm.  The White Boy decks Van Horn, who takes a great looking bump, and Kharis goes to hit him with his arm but he catches it and hits the Prince in the head with his own arm instead, knocking him out and scoring the pin.  Kendo the Samurai comes in to the ring after the match to attack Anthony and the White Boy ducks a couple of sword swings, lifts Kendo off his feet, but then he sprays some green mist in his face.  The three of them put the boots to the White Boy until the Rock & Roll Express make the save.  We return from a break and Anthony is still blinded in the ring and being tended to by the Rock & Rolls.  Tracey Smothers and Mike Furnas come out with a towel to try and help and get his eyes and face cleaned up.  As they are still trying to help, Daryl Van Horn goes to the commentary desk and tells the White Boy you see what happens when you screw with the Van Horn Corporation?  You pay a serious price.  He should be upset about the fact he got through Prince Kharis, but Kendo the Samurai is the man he has to worry about now and his days in Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the champion are through.  This appears to be the end for Prince Kharis who has been an almighty failure, and the fact that the blow off was in a TV match says it all.  Kendo the Samurai seems only marginally better mind, especially as it appears he is a masked Tim Horner.

Bold matches are PWO recommended