1993

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 2, 1993 ‘1992 Year in Review’ INT: Bob Armstrong (from 2/1) Bob Armstrong and Ron Wright (from 3/7) The hanging of Tim Horner (from 9/26) Personality Profile: Tim Horner (from 3/28) INT: Brian Lee, Tim Horner Paul Orndorff vs Brian Lee (from Volunteer Slam) Tony Anthony vs Brian Lee (from 6/13) Paul Orndorff’s piledriver spree (from 4/11) The Master vs Brian Lee (from 11/7) SMW stars of 1992 music video - Elton John ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting’ Heavenly Bodies Hooters vignette (from 3/21) Heavenly Bodies vs The Fantastics (from 5/9)…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 9, 1993 INT: Bob Armstrong - announces that next week they’ll crown their first ‘Beat the Champ’ TV champion. He says that four men have been selected at random to take part in the match and they are Jimmy Golden, Killer Kyle, Tracey Smothers and Tony Anthony. INT: Brian Lee & Mongolian Stomper - Lee’s ribs still aren’t 100% but Kevin Sullivan didn’t get the job done. He says that The Nightstalker has all the attributes to be a great wrestler but he doesn’t have a mind because Sullivan is leading him around like a dog, and if you want to talk about lunatics check out his partner, he doesn’t have one b…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 16, 1993 East High School, Morristown, TN INT: Ron Wright & Tony Anthony - Anthony says that he’s the Heavyweight champion so why would he want another title? What he wants is the money. Every time you win a ‘Beat the Champ’ match you get $1,000 and you get to come back the following week and win another $1,000. He’s not bothered by the title, what he wants is the money! They then bring in Reno Riggins and Bob Caudle says how last week Ron Wright offered him what he considered “a fantastic proposition”. Wright says that he offered him the opportunity of his life, all he has to do is help he and the …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 23, 1993 Dixie Dy-No-Mite vs Paul Lee Brian Lee vs Kevin Sullivan (jip, from Barbourville, KY) - with Lee in control one of Kevin Sullivan’s followers tries to interfere in the match. Lee stops him as he is perched on the top turnbuckle and throws him to the canvas but he crashes into referee Mark Curtis. This allows Sullivan to get hold of a spike and start another attack on Lee. He continues to spike him whilst a big red cross with ‘censored’ written on it is put up on the screen to try and obstruct the view of the ‘attack’. The follower also gets involved and the attack only ceases when Sandy Scott c…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 30, 1993 Newton Recreation Center, Newton, NC Tim Horner vs Dark Secret INT: Paul Orndorff - says he’s beaten Ron Simmons, Ron Garvin and Hulk Hogan, he’s done everything that a wrestler could possibly do, but there are certain people here in Smoky Mountain Wrestling not giving Mr Wonderful the respect he deserves. He says that someone is going to get hurt real bad until he gets the respect that he needs. INT: Brian Lee - he has bought a couple of videos with him and asks for them to be played; it is footage of him getting busted open on two previous occasions at the hands of Kevin Sullivan. He…

World Wrestling Federation WWF Mania Aired January 30, 1993 No review yet. Kamala vs Brooklyn Brawler (originally aired on 1/25/93 RAW) Shawn Michaels vs Reno Riggins (originally aired on 1/24/93 Wrestling Challenge) Tatanka vs Iron Mike Sharpe (originally aired on 1/24/93 Wrestling Challenge) Loser Leaves WWF: Mr. Perfect vs Ric Flair (originally aired on 1/25/93 RAW) (Discuss) Bam Bam Bigelow vs Gary Jackson (originally aired on 1/23/93 Superstars) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 6, 1993 Newton Recreation Center, Newton, NC INT: Ron Wright & Robbie Eagle - Wright claims that Eagle is one of the top amateur wrestlers in the world, he’s trained him for about five minutes, given him a bit of professional wrestling knowledge and he’s now going to show Reno Riggins what a man he has taken under his wing can do. Robbie Eagle (w/ Ron Wright) vs Reno Riggins - Tony Anthony joins them on commentary for this match. Riggins gest the pin and after the match the Dirty White Boy gets in the ring and browbeats him for turning down Wright’s offer before slapping him hard across the face.…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 13, 1993 Newton Recreation Center, Newton, NC INT: Ron Wright & Tony Anthony - the Dirty White Boy says that Reno Riggins made the biggest mistake of his life when he came out here, humiliated and embarrassed the living legend, Mr Ron Wright. He says that it’s about time that they start getting the respect that they deserve and they’re going to start with Riggins. Tony Anthony (w/ Ron Wright) vs Reno Riggins - Anthony punishes Riggins the whole match including picking him up after hitting him with his finisher. The Dirty White Boy unloads a barrage of punches to Riggins and as he appears to show…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 20, 1993 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN Dutch Mantel draws the name of The Nightstalker out of the hat as the challenger for the TV title. They are joined by Tony Anthony who says that he told Tracey Smothers he won’t get that $5,000 bonus as there is no way that he can beat the Nightstalker. Heavenly Bodies & Bobby Eaton (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Dixie Dy-No-Mite & Reno Riggins & Lynn Fields - Dutch Mantel says on commentary that since President Clinton has lifted the ban on gays in the military, he doesn’t want Cornette and the Bodies knocking themselves out to run down there and enlist! …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 27, 1993 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN Killer Kyle (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Ted Allen Rip Rogers vs Reno Riggins - Riggins gets the pin in a good little bout INT: Bob Armstrong - says that they are getting bills every week from Kevin Sullivan’s therapist and these bills are staggering. They’re looking for a way out of it because he is trying to bleed the company dry and is doing a very good job of it. He then goes on to say that their attorneys are investigating the situation with the Heavenly Bodies because three people defending two belts just doesn’t add up. Finally he announces that on 4/2…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 6, 1993 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN INT: Tracey Smothers INT: Tony Anthony - says that the beating he gave Tracey Smothers a few weeks ago is nothing compared to what he’s going to do to him today when he comes for the SMW Heavyweight title. Video of Kevin Sullivan’s latest therapy session, which sees him on the beach feeding the birds and calling them names of different Smoky Mountain wrestlers, before suddenly turning, pulling out his spike and chasing after them. Tim Horner vs The Nightstalker - Horner gets the pin to become the new TV champion, but is jumped by Kevin Sullivan and the…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 13, 1993 Caton’s Chapel Elementary School, Sevierville, TN Dixie Dy-No-Mite vs Tim Horner Rock & Roll Express (w/ their mystery partner underneath a sheet) vs Jeff Daniels & Lynn Fields - Jim Cornette joins them on commentary for this match and he is laughing as he doesn’t think the Rock & Rolls could find anyone, so they’ve picked some random guy up from the gas station and put him under a sheet to make it seem like they’ve someone credible as their mystery partner. INT: Rock & Roll Express - they’re at the commentary desk where Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton and the Heavenly Bodies are…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 20, 1993 Caton’s Chapel Elementary School, Sevierville, TN INT: Bob Armstrong - he’s accompanied by Mr Sean Yamaguchi. Earlier in the week Mr Yamaguchi flew in from Japan and presented them with a bill at the Smoky Mountain offices that they were supposed to pay due to the damage Kevin Sullivan did on his last trip there. Sullivan had told Mr Yamaguchi that we would be responsible for that bill, but we’re not, that is an outright lie. Armstrong says that when he told Mr Yamaguchi what had in fact happened he was really shook up by it, so has bought his young star Yukihiro Kanemura to take care of Sullivan a…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 27, 1993 Caton’s Chapel Elementary School, Sevierville, TN Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs Reno Riggins & Lynn Fields INT: Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden & Dutch Mantel - they’ve got the street fight this Friday in Pikeville against the Heavenly Bodies and Rock & Roll Express & Arn Anderson. Golden says that they’ve beaten them all before and will do so again. Brian Lee vs Larry Santo Singapore Spike: Brian Lee vs Kevin Sullivan (jip, from 3/21 in Knoxville, TN) - The Nightstalker comes down and into the ring about to get involved in the match when he is intercepted by …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 3, 1993 Haysi High School, Haysi, VA INT: Ron Wright & Tony Anthony - Wright says that he didn’t know how redneck, ignorant and backwards these hillbillies in the South were until he got out of the South and moved up North. He had to go to Duke University in the North to find out what was wrong with his heart. He thought the whole world was covered in smog until an opticians up there sorted his eyesight out and he can now see everything. In addition he had comes down with something and had been having these attacks, no-one in the South could find out what was wrong with him, but the doctors in the North…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 10, 1993 ‘Bluegrass Brawl Special’ Brian Lee rolls the disc and rolls the number six. He wants a Singapore Spike match with Kevin Sullivan, just like they had in Knoxville. Singapore Spike Match: Kevin Sullivan vs Brian Lee (extended highlights) - with Mark Curtis down, the Nightstalker has the spike and tries to pass it to Sullivan but Lee comes over to wrestle it off him. Sullivan goes to hit Lee, who moves and he hits the Nightstalker instead. The Nightstalker gets back hold of the spike and Sullivan comes to get it from him, but he won’t give it to him and as they argue Lee rolls him from behind f…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 17, 1993 Bobby Eaton (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Robbie Eagle INT: Jim Cornette & Bobby Eaton - Cornette is going to appeal the decision from last week by Bob Armstrong, but Bob Caudle informs him that they’ve got something else (another video) from the Commissioner that he may be interested in. Armstrong has been digging and has found out that Bobby Eaton is still under contract to WCW. He never told them he was leaving, just showed back up with his old boss Jim Cornette. WCW didn’t say a thing about it because he was such a troublemaker there, so they let it slide. Armstrong then informs them that Eaton h…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 24, 1993 Knox Central High School, Barbourville, KY Tim Horner vs The Avenger INT: Tammy Fytch - Bob Caudle announces that the SMW attorneys have advised them to let Tammy Fytch have her say on the program. Tammy can't believe that Caudle hasn't heard of her family, the Fytch's of New England, they're very well connected! She's filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Smoky Mountain Wrestling, because since the promotion began it hasn't employed a single woman in any prominent position. She is currently enrolled in Wellesley College, the same school that her idol Hilary Clinton attended, and Mrs …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 1, 1993 Knox Central High School, Barbourville, KY Tracey Smothers vs The Avenger - Tony Anthony is out to provide commentary while Ron Wright watches the match from ringside to do a little prospective scouting. Smothers gets the pin and the Dirty White Boy rushes the ring but Smothers sees him coming. He gets in the first shots in and dropkicks the White Boy out of the ring. Anthony gets some brass knux off Wright and he slugs Smothers. He posts him and drops a leg before motioning to Wright to pass him something. Wright produces a can of spray paint and the Dirty White Boy paints a yellow streak down Smot…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 8, 1993 Knox Central High School, Barbourville, KY Dixie Dy-No-Mite vs The Avenger - Tammy Fytch comes down to ringside to scout Dy-No-Mite) INT: Tammy Fytch & Dixie Dy-No-Mite - Tammy has just had a brilliant idea. In this article that she is reading, Hilary Clinton saw the greatness in Bill before anyone else did because she’s a genius, like her. She figures that she’ll sign up a wrestler with not much obvious greatness, take him from the bottom and see what she can do with him. She hands Dixie a contract, tells him to sign it and she will take him straight to the top. Dixie tells her “Hell no!” …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 15, 1993 ‘Volunteer Slam II Special’ Recap of Jimmy Golden vs Stan Lane and the subsequent confrontation between Jim Cornette and Bob Armstrong from last week Heavenly Bodies (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden (jip, from Barbourville, KY) - Fuller is about to put the Fuller leglock on Tom Prichard when Cornette interferes and cracks him with the racket allowing Prichard to get the pin. Fuller puts the leglock on Lane after the match, while Golden stops Prichard or Cornette getting in the ring to help. He ends up injuring Lane and it’s only when Killer Kyle comes out does Fuller release…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 22, 1993 Coward Waves the Flag: Tony Anthony (w/ Don Wright) vs Tracey Smothers (w/ Tim Horner) (jip) - Don Wright, seconding the Dirty White Boy instead of his brother Ron, goes around to Horner’s corner and attacks him, however Horner soon gets the better of things and starts beating on Wright with the flag. Referee Mark Curtis thinks that he is waving it though, rings the bell and awards the match to the Dirty White Boy. Wright sneaks back to his own corner, but is caught by Curtis as he throws Horner’s flag back across the ring to their corner. He tells the ring announcer that since the bout is being videotape…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 29, 1993 Cawood High School, Harlan, KY Tracey Smothers vs Robbie Eagle Recap of the Tony Anthony vs Tracey Smothers ‘Coward Waves the Flag’ match INT: Tracey Smothers - says that people have been questioning him as to whether there are problems between him and Tim Horner. Everyone has seen the footage, Don Wright came and attacked him and he was just returning the favor hitting him with the flag, but the referee thought he was waving it. The belt has been held up, it’s a bunch of nonsense and he is going to settle things with the Dirty White Boy on 6/11. Horner comes out and for his own piece of …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired June 5, 1993 Cawood High School, Harlan, KY Bobby Blaze vs Paul Lee INT: Bobby Blaze - he’s just got his first win in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and is surprised and excited as all these fans are. They put him in the with the like of Bobby Eaton, the Heavenly Bodies and the Dirty White Boy and he was slightly intimidated, but a young kid came up to him the other night and said he wasn’t giving 100%. Tonight, that kid’s face came into his mind, he gave 100% and got a victory. From now on Bobby Blaze will be blazing new trails through Smoky Mountain Wrestling. INT: Rock & Roll Express - this weekend …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired June 12, 1993 Cawood High School, Harlan, KY Chris Candido vs Bobby Blaze - Candido hooks the trunks for the win INT: Chris Candido - he’s still the WWA champion and Smoky Mountain Wrestling better be ready as he’s here to take on all comers. He doesn’t appreciate that Bob Caudle said he cheated in that last match though, it’s bent camera work, he doesn’t cheat! Caudle replays the video and Candido still proclaims he didn’t cheat and it isn’t his fault that Blaze wore trunks that don’t fit him. Recap of Brian Lee vs Tony Anthony from last week INT: Ron Wright & Tony Anthony - they’re both ha…