1994

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 1, 1994 ‘1993 Year in Review’ Bobby Eaton debuts in SMW (from 1/30) Ron Wright gets out of his wheelchair (from 3/6) The unveiling of Arn Anderson (from 3/13) Chain Match: Tony Anthony vs Tracey Smothers (from 4/2) Street Fight: Stud Stable vs Rock & Roll Express & Arn Anderson vs Heavenly Bodies & Jim Cornette (from 4/2) INT: Tammy Fytch, Jim Cornette Tammy Fytch’s debut interview (from 4/24) History of the Bob Armstrong and Jim Cornette feud (from 5/22) Post-match attack on Bob Armstrong at the Rage in the Cage (from 5/9) Loser Leaves Town M…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 8, 1994 INT: Sandy Scott & Tracey Smothers - Scott says that as the time limit expired in the last ‘Beat the Champ’ match and it ended in a draw, he thinks that the fans deserve to see a winner, so they’ve ordered a rematch for today’s show. Smothers agrees with Scott that there should be a rematch. While he likes the money that comes your way with the TV title, he wants to prove to everyone, and himself, that he can beat Chris Candido. Rock & Roll Express vs The Hornet & Michael Collins INT: Rock & Roll Express - Ricky Morton says that everyone saw what happened at the Survivor Ser…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 15, 1994 Chihowie High School, Chihowie, VA INT: Rock & Roll Express - Ricky Morton is glad that Dutch picked him name as today’s ‘Beat the Champ’ challenger as he sure could do with an extra $1,000. Just as they leave Robert Gibson hands Bob Caudle a letter and it says “Bob, don’t tell Ricky but his father Paul is here tonight. Paul has been in bad health and Ricky couldn’t go home for Christmas because we were wrestling, so they haven’t seen each other for a long time. I flew Paul over here as a surprise to Ricky, he’s in the extra locker room and we’re going to surprise Ricky later in the program. …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 22, 1994 Chihowie High School, Chihowie, VA The Moondogs (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Robbie Eagle & Jason Herd - the Dogs get DQ’d and Herd (who Dutch says is the son of Jim Herd) is the recipient of most of the punishment here with the obligatory chair and weapon shots to the head. INT: Bruise Brothers - they’ve finally got a date and there suspension is up on 2/13, just in time for Sunday Bloody Sunday. They’ve got a steel cage match against the Moondogs, no-ones getting in and no-ones getting out. They don’t know whether the Moondogs have ever been caged up, they have, there’s nowhere to go and they…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired January 29, 1994 Chihowie High School, Chihowie, VA INT: Louie Spicolli - says he’s come all the way from California as Chris Candido wouldn’t come out and give him a title shot, so he had to come to Smoky Mountain to get one. Chris Candido vs Louie Spicolli - Tammy Fytch again comes down to ringside once the match is underway. INT: Dennis Coraluzzo - he’s at the Hall of Records in Pennsylvania to prove that Chris Candido is correct in what he’s been saying all along, and that Tracey Smothers is really Vito Maranara from Schuylkill Haven, PA. His ‘associate,’ Vinny, shows up and hands Coraluzzo somethin…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 5, 1994 The Moondogs (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Jason West & Jeff Victory - the Dogs are DQ’d, you know the score by now. INT: Bruise Brothers We return from the Bruise Brothers interview and the Moondogs are still beating on the jobbers INT: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. - they’re going to Knoxville, but what does it smell like? It smells like butt crack, USA. What does that smell like? That smells like cheap wine, unholy women, illegal politicians and fear; fear that seeps out of every pore of Bob Armstrong. Terry warns him not to have his family try to come and help him, as Dory will not only …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 12, 1994 ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday Preview Special’ Recap of Tracey Smothers and Chris Candido from last week where Smothers cost Candido the TV title INT: Chris Candido INT: Tracey Smothers Bruise Brothers music video - George Thorogood ‘Get A Haircut and Get A Real Job’ Recap of the Moondogs destroying Jason West & Jeff Victory from last week INT: Jim Cornette, Brian Lee & Chris Candido & Tammy Fytch INT: Mike & Doug Furnas Recap of the Heavenly Bodies/Paul Morton/Rock & Roll Express angle and injunction INT: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. - Terr…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 19, 1994 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN Dutch Mantel draws today’s ‘Beat the Champ’ challenger and it’s Larry Santo. They are soon joined by Chris Candido and Santo and Candido is sure everyone knows that Larry has a great win/loss record here on Smoky Mountain television! It was the biggest upset of all time when Robbie Eagle beat him for the TV title, but he knows that Santo has a match against Eagle for the TV title today and he’s betting on Larry Santo. He’s going to teach him in five minutes all it takes to beat Eagle, before Santo gets a bit of interview time and says that with Candido’s support …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired February 26, 1994 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN Dutch Mantel draws today’s ‘Beat the Champ’ challenger and it is The Hornet and just like last week, they are soon joined by Chris Candido and The Hornet. Candido says that last week was just a warm up, he’s travelled the world and The Hornet is the most accomplished wrestler in professional wresling! He’s got himself another $2,500 and tells Tracey Smothers to put his money back up, they’ve got themselves another bet and The Hornet is his man! Recap of Robbie Eagle vs Larry Santo from last week INT: Tracey Smothers - he heard Chris Candido running hi…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 5, 1994 Jellico High School, Jellico, TN Chris Candido vs Pat Rose INT: Chris Candido - says Smoky Mountain Wrestling has done it to him again. He proved he wasn’t a joke when he gave Tracey Smothers a concussion, when he threw a bucket of water on him and when he beat him for the TV title, but now they’re trying to make a fool out of him again with this Ladder match. Tracey Smothers stole his money but he’s got it back, he doesn’t need this match as its back with its rightful owner. At Golden Week ’94 they’ve got this Ladder match and there will be $2,500 hanging above the ring and he’s going to be t…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 12, 1994 Bobby Blaze vs Larry Santo INT: Tracey Smothers - says the last few weeks he and Chris Candido have had a lot of money floating round, they’ve had other people fighting their battles but at Golden Week ’94 it will be them doing the fighting in the ladder match. After everything that Candido has done to him, he’s going to scale that ladder and if he can get that $2,500 he’s going to throw it out into the crowd. Recap of the Dirty White Girl KO’ing The Hornet from last week INT: Tony Anthony & Dirty White Girl - last week was proof positive to Bob Caudle that the Dirty White Girl’s tra…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 19, 1994 Dungannon Elementary School, Dungannon, VA Bobby Blaze vs Larry Santo INT: Bob Armstrong - Bob Caudle is pleased to have him back as Commissioner and he’s glad to be back. Everyone is talking about the ‘Loser Leaves Town’ match on 4/1 and while one of the teams will be out of here, he couldn’t just sit back. Contracts have been signed for the rest of April, but what he has done is appoint alternate teams. If the Rock & Roll Express lose then their alternate team is The Thrillseekers, however if the Heavenly Bodies lose, their alternate team will be Brian Lee & Chris Candido. He will …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired March 26, 1994 Dungannon Elementary School, Dungannon, VA Well Dunn vs Jason West & Bobby Blaze Recap of Tony Anthony and the Dirty White Girl stripping the clothes off Brian Lee from last week INT: Tony Anthony & Dirty White Girl - they’re still carrying Brian Lee’s clothes with them, while the Dirty White Boy is sporting Lee’s shades that he also picked up from his last week. At Bluegrass Brawl it’s a ‘Back Alley Brawl’, pinfalls don’t count and the only way they can beat them is by stripping him and the Dirty White Girl down. Last week was an example of what they’ve been preparing for and wh…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 2, 1994 Dungannon Elementary School, Dungannon, VA INT: Rock & Roll Express - they start be recapping Brian Lee’s and Chris Candido’s attack on them from last week. We then get a taped interview from Tammy Fytch & Brian Lee & Chris Candido where Tammy says that last week her team pounded the life out of the Rock & Roll Express. That was for Jim Cornette, but this week on today’s show they’re going to do it for themselves and prove that Brian Lee & Chris Candido are the best team in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Ricky Morton says that although the fans are seeing this after the Bluegrass Braw…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 9, 1994 The Thrillseekers vs The Hornet & Mike Sampson - Well Dunn joint them on commentary for this match The Thrillseekers music video - Bon Jovi ‘Sleep When I’m Dead’ (the video emphasises that Jericho is this party animal while Lance would rather be tucked up in his bed. Jericho comes across as a right irritant here. The two of them are about to have a beer when they remember the cameras are on them and get two milks instead. Jericho gets slapped across the face by a woman, they get kicked out of a bar and Lance ends up falling asleep in another. Pretty funny overall although some of the acting le…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 16, 1994 Anderson County High School, Clinton, TN Dutch Mantel is out of the country and Bob Caudle is not too sure why, so he’s being replaced by Les Thatcher. Sad times and the end of an era. The Thrillseekers vs Chris Hamrick & The Hornet - both Thrillseekers are stood on the top turnbuckle and Storm gives Jericho a face first suplex onto Hamrick, but proceeds to fall off the turnbuckle and crotch himself afterwards!) INT: Jim Cornette - says it’s hard to upset him today because a light has come shining down from the heavens onto him. Yes, the Heavenly Bodies are out of Smoky Mountain Wre…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 23, 1994 Anderson County High School, Clinton, TN Rock & Roll Express vs Killer Kyle & Dark Secret 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. 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 benefici…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired April 30, 1994 Anderson County High School, Clinton, TN Well Dunn vs Anthony Michaels & Bobby Blaze INT: Bob Armstrong - says that everyone knows that the ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage is on his way to Knoxville for the Volunteer Slam to take care of Bruiser Bedlam, but the news he promised everyone about the Dirty White Boy’s title defence has all been signed and finalised and he will face Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts. Armstrong believes it will be the Dirty White Boy’s toughest defence yet, and rather than just talk about Jake, they’ve got some words from him. Jake appears to be sat at home and says let’s see …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 7, 1994 Anderson County High School, Clinton, TN Tony Anthony vs Dark Secret INT: Tony Anthony - he tells Daryl Van Horn to take a good look as he thought the Dirty White Boy would cut tail and leave town, but there’s not a chance of that ever happening (incl. a clip of Kendo the Samurai spraying him in the face with the mist). As for the Jap who he’s got running round with him, he plans to take him out, but him main concern is the Volunteer Slam on 5/20 and his match with Jake Roberts. He wants a shot at the title and Jake Roberts is the nastiest, meanest, raunchiest person he’s ever laid eyes on; the m…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 14, 1994 Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN Tony Anthony vs James Atkins - Jake Roberts comes down to ringside midway into the match to watch it from there INT: Jake Roberts & Tony Anthony & Bob Armstrong - the Dirty White Boy wants to know what Jake is doing out here as he doesn’t just show up for no reason. Jake says that it’s great to be here in Smoky Mountain Wrestling because they’re giving people who are handicapped the chance to do something. He says that the Dirty White Boy looked fair out there in the ring, on a scale of one to ten, a soft four. The White Boy gets a bit closer …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 21, 1994 Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN INT: Rock & Roll Express - Ricky Morton has a match against Chris Candido in the main event on today’s show, but the good thing about this match is that Brian Lee will be handcuffed in one corner and Robert Gibson in the other to prevent either from interfering. He’s not worried about Robert, but everyone knows what Brian Lee is capable of doing before warning Candido that he’s going to drop him on his head with the piledriver. Tracey Smothers vs Chris Hamrick INT: Tracey Smothers - he tells Bruiser Bedlam that the Volunteer Slam is over and h…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired May 28, 1994 ‘Volunteer Slam Special’ The Thrillseekers vs Well Dunn (highlights) INT: Well Dunn - say the Thrillseekers have gotten everything going their way; they’ve got the SMW Commissioners in their back pocket, they get music videos, they get it all. Dunn says that every time they get The Thrillseekers right where they want them, they start their double teaming, paying off referees, they pull some kind of stunt to come out on top. They’re going to talk to their lawyers, the officials, put their heads together and think of some way to make them follow the rules because they’re the best team and they ar…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired June 4, 1994 Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN Rock & Roll Express vs Killer Kyle & James Atkins INT: Tammy Fytch - she’s called a press conference to answer some of the controversies that have come up recently. There have been some questions as to who is the ‘boss’ in the team of Brian Lee & Chris Candido is? Obviously this has come from the male media as everyone knows that when a woman is involved the woman is in charge because women, unlike men, are born leaders. She calls the shots for the tag team champions, but occasionally she’ll let Brian and Chris think it was their idea just…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired June 11, 1994 Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN Tracey Smothers vs Brian Logan INT: Bob Armstrong & Tracey Smothers - Bob announces that this year’s Summerblast tour will run from 7/1 to 7/9 and later on he’s got a special announcement just for the ears of James E. Cornette. Smothers says that Bruiser Bedlam is an animal, he’s the ‘Motor City Madman’, he can drive nails with his fists, break bricks and glass bottles over his head, but he’s going to knock him into the next area code in the ‘Coal Miner’s Glove’ match. He tells Armstrong that as much as he wants to get back in the ring they need …

Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Aired June 18, 1994 Loudon High School, Loudon, TN The Thrillseekers vs Larry Santo & Chris Hamrick - Well Dunn join them on commentary for this INT: The Thrillseekers & Well Dunn - Lance Storm says that they are fed up of Well Dunn’s continued complaining and all the excuses about why they lose a few matches saying how they cheat. They have had an idea and Chris Jericho challenges them to a ‘Penalty Box’ match, where if anyone breaks the rules they get put in the ‘Penalty Box’ outside the ring for two minutes. Well Dunn accepts and the matches are set for the Summerblast tour. INT: Rock & Roll E…