Posted June 5, 201114 yr comment_5472425 The previous match had a fun moment where Storm hit a move and knocked down the check hanging above the ring so it's going to be interesting to see how they work this with out knocking the prize down. These guys had a formula for these matches but they were all great and honestly I would argue for all of them making the set. The camera angle on Smothers through the ropes dropkick was great here and I liked how he mixed in another baseball slide to keep Candido at bay after he set up the ladder. Candido getting wildly tackled into the ladder and then getting up with the ladder on his head and flung around the ring by it ruled. Candido gets control and works over Smothers with the ladder. Cool sequence as Smothers comes back with a belly-to-belly but gets his knees up on a Tracy splash attempt. Candido slams Tracy on the ladder but then misses a splash and lands on the ladder. Awesome spot on the Tracy comeback as he hits his back kick and Candido takes a twisting face first bump into the downed ladder. They both go for a superplex off the top but Smothers drops Candido face first and takes the money to win. Post-match Candido snaps and attacks Smothers. These guys really were the perfect opponents for each other.
June 20, 201114 yr comment_5474592 Another bad ass match between the 2. This is a strong nomination. Candido really takes some fun bumps. The noose with the ladder was great. The bump off Smothers back kick where Candido takes a header into the downed ladder was great. Smothers is awesome and brings the violence. I liked how it's worked more of a struggle than a stunt show. This feud might take the cake as best feud in SMW history for quality of the matches.
June 20, 201114 yr Author comment_5474603 You can go ahead and ditch the "might." This is the best in-ring feud in SMW history.
December 19, 201113 yr comment_5490478 Ladder Match for $2,500: "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" Tracy Smothers vs. "Suicide Blonde" Chris Candido (3/7/94) These two couldn't have a bad match and this was their first ladder match of an upcoming series so this set the template of what was to come. Candido took some great bumps here and they were doing some state of the art stuff with the ladder using spots that would be stolen years later. Smothers was spirited in his offense as well and Candido was also as he was ruthless with the ladder. Everything both men did looked crisp and the finishing sequence was done really well with Tracy throwing Candido off the top of the ladder and getting the check. Damn good match and a fairly easy nomination.
