Garth Reviews SMW — page 2

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – June 27th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… The Heavenly Bodies successfully defended the Tag Team Titles against Tim Horner and Robert Gibson, with a little help from Buddy Landell… Speaking of Horner and Landell, Horner offered to leave SMW if he doesn’t defeat Landell next time they meet. Landell retorted by offering to move next door to annoy him as much as possible, and pop out his eyeballs so he can blow wind through his skull… Paul Orndorff is still crying about conspiracy theories because of the banned Piledriver… Everyone hates the Heavenly Bodies… Summer Blast is coming soon.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – June 20th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… Rip Rogers handed over his Championship Match to the Dirty White Boy (for a handful of cash). The White Boy won the match by DQ when Lee obtained a foreign object previously used, and post-match, along with Paul Orndorff, laid waste to Lee and a handful of undercard geeks… Jimmy Golden and Robert Gibson are both throwing down the gauntlet for a rematch from the Volunteer Slam… Tim Horner offered to leave SMW if he couldn’t beat Buddy Landell… Dutch Mantell debuted “Down & Dirty with Dutch”, told us Carl Stiles has been institutionalized, and offered to improve Barry Horowitz’s 0-43 record… The Party Patrol won a showcase to get the audience pumped for a live event Championship opportunity against The Heavenly Bodies…Killer Kyle continues to win half-hearted squash matches but still doesn’t have direction.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – June 13th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… Brian Lee made his 1^st appearance as SMW Champion, defeating Barry Horowitz and has unfinished business with the Dirty White Boy and Ron Wright… The Batten Twins were given shine to pump them up for local events against the Heavenly Bodies… Bobby Fulton vows revenge now that his brother is on the mend… Paul Orndorff pinned Dixie Dy-No-Mite with a handful of tights in the Main Event.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – June 6th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… We recapped the entire Volunteer Slam, with highlights from all seven Tournament matches, as well as the Tag Team Championship Match between the Heavenly Bodies and Party Patrol… Bobby Fulton had unkind words for the Heavenly Bodies, vowing revenge when his brother, Jackie, recovers… Tim Horner pinned Buddy Landell for the Mountain Mayhem paycheck, but Landell bloodied him up afterwards, tore the check up, and stuffed it down his throat.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – May 30th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… Buddy Landell won an “18” Man Mountain Mayhem Battle Royal, last eliminating Tim Horner, despite being thrown out moments earlier. Unfortunately for Horner, the referees were distracted by an altercation between Brian Lee and the Dirty White Boy on the opposite side of the ring, allowing Landell to pull the underhanded tactic. On the bright side, Bob Armstrong has ordered a one-on-one match where Landell and Horner will compete for the $5,000 prize.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING TV – May 23rd, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… It was the Volunteer Slam Preview Show, so no new content to further existing storylines other than “the tournament is coming this week.”

SMW VOLUNTEER SLAM (1992)

– Presented on May 22nd, 1992 from the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum in, you guessed it, Knoxville, TN. The show runs 90-minutes and was produced in-house for home distribution, so I would expect most matches to be clipped down, but not to unwatchable levels. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (yup, get used to reading this here, too), the attendance was around 1,000, which is slightly better than what WCW had done recently, and slightly down from the WWF, which goes to show how hard the times were, at least for WWF. In the Dark Match, Hector Guerrero & Joey Maggs defeated “Hustler” Rip Rogers & “Bad Boy” Barry Horowitz.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLNG TV – May 9th, 1992

– Last week on SMW TV… The Fantastics defeated The Maulers to advance to the Finals of the Tag Team Championship Tournament, and that’s pretty much it. The rest of the show was a recap of the entire tournament leading up to that, with highlights from the other five matches already featured in the tournament. The Volunteer Slam is now only two weeks away!