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Which era of SMW did you like better? 1992? 1995>
The beginning
Greenville, SC - Memorial Auditorium - October 30, 1991
2/1/92 - hosted by Bob Caudle & Dutch Mantell; included comments from Bobby & Jackie Fulton who claimed they would take down Ivan Koloff in the main event; featured Caudle introducing Bob Armstrong as the Commissioner of SMW, who claimed he wanted wanted to provide affordable wrestling the way it used to be, that wrestlers would be fined, and disqualifications would occur for being thrown over the top, using a foreign object, or abusing a referee; included comments from Ron Wright, in a wheelchair, who claimed he was scouting for a wrestler to manage and help him make enough money to get hip and knee surgery; featured Caudle interviewing Jim Cornette who claimed the big wrestling corporations were all about wearing costumes, selling toys, and doing steroids, with Cornette then announcing he would be bringing a new team to SMW that would revolutionize wrestling just as the Midnight Express did; included Caudle & Mantell interviewing Brian Lee, who claimed he wanted to enter the SMW Heavyweight Title tournament, with Mantell stating Lee had a lot to learn, with Lee then claiming he could defeated Mantell:
Robert Gibson pinned Killer Kyle at 3:18 with a sunset flip out of the corner
Brian Lee pinned Barry Horowitz at 4:39 with the Cancellation (overhead backbreaker drop)
Tim Horner pinned Joe Cazana at 4:26 with a bridging O'Connor roll
Paul Miller pinned the Black Scorpion at 3:13 with an inside cradle
Ivan Koloff pinned Bobby Fulton at 6:58 after hitting him with a foreign obect handed to him by Ron Wright, who came to ringside late in the match; during the match, a video insert aired with Koloff stating he would embarass Fulton; after the bout, Jackie Fulton came to the ring to dispute the decision but was double-teamed by Ivan & Vladimir Koloff and hung over the top rope by their chain; after the commercial break, Bob Armstrong announced Ivan was fined $500 for using a foreign object and the Koloffs would face the Fultons next week
2/8/92 - hosted by Bob Caudle & Jim Cornette; included comments from Ivan & Vladimir Koloff who claimed they would finish off Bobby & Jackie Fulton later in the show; featured comments from Robert Gibson who claimed it was a pleasure to return from knee surgery and compete in SMW; included Caudle interviewing Brian Lee who stated he would settle any problems that Dutch Mantell had with him; featured SMW Commissioner Bob Armstrong stating that Mantell could bring his whip to ringside as it was part of his paraphernalia, but he'd be fined $500 for using it, with Armstrong announcing Mantell would face Lee the following week; included Cornette promising not to reveal his new tag team until SMW decided to crown tag team champions, with Cornette then stating other organizations decided who to give breaks to based on who sold the most trading cards, had licensing deals, or was starring on a TV show, and that SMW's champions would be decided by who was the toughest; featured Caudle introducing Wally Yamaguchi of Power Channel TV & Universal Wrestling of Japan, who was scouting talent and interested in televising SMW in his home country; included comments from Ron Wright who claimed he was a crippled man in a wheelchair and that the Fultons had no right to accuse him of handing Ivan a foreign object one week prior; featured Caudle interviewing Tim Horner who was glad to compete in SMW before his home area fans, and noted that SMW wasn't a bodybuilding competition or rock concert:
Bob Holly pinned Tim Frye at 4:30 with the knee drop off the top
Paul Orndorff pinned Rip Rogers at 6:29 with a double leg hook after reversing Rogers' attempt at a piledriver; neither man's entrance was shown
Scott Armstrong defeated Dutch Mantell via disqualification at 4:45 when Mantell hit Armstrong in the throat with his bullwhip and repeatedly whipped him in the back until Brian Lee chased Mantell away; after the match, Mantell threatened to whip Lee for interfering in his business
Bobby & Jackie Fulton defeated Ivan & Vladimir Koloff at 9:01 when Jackie pinned Ivan with a crossbody off the top
Morristown, TN - East High School - November 27, 1991
Thanksgiving Day
TV taping:
2/15/92 - hosted by Bob Caudle & Jim Cornette; included the announcement that Vladimir Koloff had been called back to Russia for important business and that Ivan Koloff would introduce a new partner at a future date; featured comments from Bobby Fulton who claimed the identity of Koloff's new tag team partner didn't matter because the Fultons had always proven to be winners; moments later, Caudle interviewed Koloff, who introduced Jimmy Golden as his new partner; included Cornette claiming that unlike Magic Johnson and Pee Wee Herman, you could believe in Cornette and that his new team would win the SMW Tag Team Title Tournament; featured Dutch Mantell speaking with Ron Wright, with Mantell stating Wright's condition saddened him and that he would like Wright to accompany him to ringside later when Mantell faced Brian Lee, with Wright shedding a tear; included comments from Buddy Landell who stated he left the major organizations because he doesn't do favors for the promoters and was here in SMW to hurt people:
Bob Holly pinned Pat Rose at 3:43 with the knee drop off the top
Rip Rogers pinned Joey Maggs at 4:44 with the Ripperplex (superplex)
Robert Gibson pinned the Mighty Yankee at 3:18 with a bulldog
Tim Horner pinned Barry Horowitz at 5:08 with the Natural Bridge (bridging O'Connor roll); after the match, Bob Caudle interviewed Horner who said he was happy to compete in his hometown
Dutch Mantell defeated Brian Lee via disqualification at 5:21 when the referee saw brass knuckles on Lee's hand that Lee had used, moments after Ron Wright came to ringside and handed them to Mantell; after the commercial, Bob Caudle interviewed Lee who demanded a rematch and promised to put Mantell in a wheelchair next to Wright
2/22/92 - hosted by Bob Caudle & Dutch Mantell; included Caudle interviewing Ivan Koloff & Jimmy Golden who claimed Bobby & Jackie Fulton were fools for facing them later on in the show; featured Mantell introducing Carl Stiles who would be by his side to protect him from Brian Lee; included comments from Ron Wright who stated it broke his heart to see Brian Lee use brass knuckles the previous week and it was men like Lee who were responsible for Wright being crippled in a wheelchair, with Wright stating he hoped to find a wrestler to manage before flu season kicked in; featured an in-ring segment with Don Cunningham of the juvenile court of Morristown presenting Tim Horner with an award for his community work; included comments from Bob Holly who claimed he was in SMW to give the hillbillies a look at a real movie star:
Hector Guerrero pinned Tommy Angel at 4:44 with a rolling stretch cradle
Killer Kyle pinned Rikki Nelson at 3:44 after Nelson's head was slammed into Kyle's violin case in the corner
Brian Lee pinned Brad Anderson at 3:46 with the Cancellation; after the match, Carl Stiles and Lee brawled in the ring until Stiles accidently knocked Dutch Mantell off the ring apron
Ivan Koloff & Jimmy Golden defeated Bobby & Jackie Fulton at 9:14 when Golden pinned Jackie after Vladimir Koloff ran in and hit Jackie in the back of the head with a boot as he applied a sleeper to Golden; after the commercial, Bob Caudle interviewed Golden & the Koloffs until Bobby ran onto the set and brought Ivan back to the ring, where all five wrestlers brawled until Tim Horner helped even the sides; the two teams then brawled throughout the arena as the show ended
Dark match: Tim Horner (w/ East High Principal Jerry Williams) vs. Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette)
and the end
Thanksgiving Thunder - Johnson City, TN - Freedom Hall - November 25, 1995 (550)
Included opening in-ring segment in which Buddy Landel announced that Jos LeDuc was not in the building, with Bob Armstrong appearing and saying he would find a replacement partner for Landel later in the show
Flash Flanagan pinned Headbanger Thrasher with a backslide
Sgt. Rock pinned the Wolfman with a kick to the groin and DDT
Tommy Rich (sub. for Terry Gordy, said to have suffered a concussion) (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned SMW Heavyweight Champion Brad Armstrong to win the title after hitting him with a chain thrown to the challenger by Cornette; prior to the match, Rich and Cornette came out and said Armstrong was a coward unless he agreed to the title match
Butch Cassidy defeated Jim Cornette via disqualification when Sgt. Rock attacked Cassidy; during the match, Cornette argued with referee Mark Curtis, with Curtis knocking Cornette from the ring with a dropkick; after the bout, the Wolfman made the save
Buddy Landel & the Bullet (sub. for Jos LeDuc) defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion Tommy Rich & the Punisher when Landel pinned Rich with the corkscrew elbow drop; after the match, Robert Gibson ran in but Brad Armstrong cleared the ring with a baseball bat to make the save
Robert Gibson, SMW Tag Team Champions Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray (w/ Jim Cornette) fought Ricky Morton (sub. for Bob Armstrong), Tracy Smothers, & the Dirty White Boy to a double disqualification when all six men began brawling; prior to the bout, Smothers & DWB brought their partner out with a blanket covering his face; Jim Cornette hit the man with his tennis racquet, then revealing it to be Flash Flanagan; moments later, Morton came through the crowd to start the match
Cookeville, TN - Community Center - November 26, 1995
Final event
The Wolfman vs. Sgt. Rock
Jim Cornette vs. Butch Cassidy
Tommy Rich & the Punisher vs. the Bullet & Buddy Landel
Ricky Morton, the Dirty White Boy, & Tracy Smothers vs. Robert Gibson, SMW Tag Team Champions Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray
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Interesting that they did a TV taping on Thanksgiving but it wasn't broadcast until the following February
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They needed to get on WCYB in Bristol and may have had to wait until February 1992 for it to air
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Can a promotion that only lasted four years have eras?
I think 1993 was the best calendar year. The Night of Legends Show in 1994 was probably the high point for the promotion.
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550 fans in their second-largest arena looked to be the last mail in the coffin for them.
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I liked 1992 the best. That was well before things reeked of desperation. Plenty of great talent around in 1992. However, the booking of Tim Horner still has me puzzled.
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This message was edited by JaySharknado on February 10th, 2023 20:26 GMT
Anybody that believes that BS rant Cornette posted on YouTube about Horner.I have some beach property I’ll sell you in Knoxville
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Should we have reason not to believe it? The video with him singing "Shameless" and that angle with him and the special-needs kid aired on television plain as day.
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I know Cornette and Horner had their falling out many moons ago.
That said, 1992 SMW seemed like a great place for a guy like Horner to shine, a humble babyface from Morristown who was an excellent worker. In 1992 I saw Tim Horner as SMW champion as a bit of an overreach, but not a *crazy* overreach.
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Jim and Rick Rubin tried. Just a rotten time to start a promotion and cost too much money to try and get on any decent TV stations
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