The early stalling and rope running spots in this look really great and do a good job to set up "Candido as a fool" which is a role I always like him in. They do a cool sequence with Horner eating a couple of hiptosses after more rope running and then on the third attempt he decks Candido with a clothesline. This is followed by a barrage of well paced big spots as Candido takes two big bumps, then a big dive from Horner, then posts Horner and then hits a plancha of his own to take control of the match. They do several fun hope spots and cut off with Horner, but Horner really is no Smothers when it comes to working a crowd and you can't help but make the comparison watching this as this match is very similar to the Tracy/Chris matches structurally. Horner's comeback however is really cool as he blocks a top rope rana, with a huge spinebuster off the top, then hits a handspring elbow, and a vader bomb for a nearfall. Candido looks to be reeling, but he clotheslines Horner from the outside and then dives through stealing a pin with his feet on the ropes. Smothers comes out and gets Curtis to restart the match and Horner wins with a cool roll up. This is good enough to move forward.

This was solid stuff and I agree on it being a low end nomination. Candido was again a pinball here making Horner look good. Horner was solid, but like Dylan said he doesn't work the crowd like Smothers. This being Horner's hometown I thought they would be more into him. He's over, but I thought he'd be over more. Both men do dives which I would say is rare for SMW. The finishing run was well done. Basically all the work was well done. Just not awesome, just good.

"White Lightning" Tim Horner vs. Chris Candido (8/13/93)

 

Candido is good early on stooging around being a chickenshit pinball with Horner being just as good as his antagonist. Candido goes to the floor trying to escape but Horner hits a Macho Man esque diving axehandle from the top rope but Candido recovers to post Tim then followed up with a pescado from the ring to the floor. Candido goes on offense and does a good job of working Horner over who fights back with hope spots a couple of times and as Candido goes for a superplex off the top rope Horner grabs his legs and just drives him down to the mat in a cool spot. Horner then starts his comeback even breaking out a handspring elbow and a Vader Bomb for a nearfall. Candido would again go to the floor where he cheapshotted Horner and jumped back in the ring on him using the ropes to get the win or so it seemed. Tracy Smothers then comes out and tells Mark Curtis what happened and he restarted the match with Horner using his O'Connor Roll with a bridge to get the win. This was a fun match and moves forward.