Post by graymar on Jan 22, 2008 8:18:17 GMT -4
Smoky Mountain Saturday
WTVK Television
January 19, 2008, 10:00am
WTVK Television
January 19, 2008, 10:00am
Wrestling clips are shown…"Don't change that channel all that flippin' around! You're about to see the hottest show in town. The biggest stars and the biggest brawls, the biggest hits and the biggest falls. Non-stop action no messin' around, pretty soon we're comin' to your town. The way you like it way it used to be....Smoky Mountain Wrestling's on TV."
Big Jim Hess welcomes everyone to SMW Saturday…
Big Jim Hess runs down action from last night…(tape rolls of the Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy disqualification in their match against the Can-Am Connection)…
(tape of Bernard & Murphy)…(Bernard)…Kai-Pai crickets…you seem to bring the worst out of me ‘n’ Skull…for weeks now…we have beaten you up physically…but even good times have an end…at some point…you gotta’ pay the piper…we want one more match with you punks…and this time…we want a loser leaves the SMW…if’n’ you got the guts…
(Murphy)…we’ll knock the guts outta’ ya’…
(Tape rolls of Ricky Steamboat beating Bobby Eaton)…
(Tape rolls of Ricky Steamboat)…Jim Cornette…Bobby Eaton…Heavenly Bodies…I want you to know this right now…Paul Jones and I won’t roll over…we will not go down without a fight…and we’re taking our fight to you…
(Tape rolls of Ole Anderson nailing Junk Yard Dog in a SMW Heavyweight Tile match)…
(Tape of Junk Yard Dog)…You might think you’re in high cotton right now Ole Anderson…but what you gonna’ do when the Dawg get a chance to take a bite out of you…Arrrrrrgh…
Big Jim Hess welcomes out SMW TV champion, “Mr. 1derful” Paul Orndorff…(Orndorff comes out top a chorus of the fans chants of...DUS-TY…DUS-TY)…
(Orndorff)…listen up, Hess…and all you fat morons out there…Mr. 1derful is through with your fat, slob hero…American Dream…ha…if that’s the American Dream…than I’m going to move to Canada…now…this morning…I will face another great wrestler in the SMW…now…I don’t know who he is…but I am sure that Mr. 1derful will come out on top…(more DUS-TY chants)…shut up…shut up…(Orndorff outs his hands over his ears)…SHUT UP!
Big Jim Hess introduces tape of a house show right here in Knoxville at Chilhawee park…the match is Ivan Koloff versus Pepper Gomez…criss cross smash by Gomez…Mexican Leap and Mexican cradle on Koloff…finally. Koloff talking a chain and wrapping it around his fist…he nails Gomez with the chain…and the tape suddenly ends…
(Hess)…we’re sorry that we cannot show you more of the action after the match…but let’s just say that Mr. Koloff viciously attacked Pepper Gomez sending Pepper to UT Hospital where he had 25 stitches…(Ivan Koloff barges into the set)…
(Koloff)…HA…25 stitches…you see Mr. Big Jim Hess…in Russia…men are men…not whiney little mother boys…in Russia where men are men…we would need no stitches…we need no woman to hold our hand…we would laugh at such a little cut…know this Mr. Big Jim Hess…I an Russian…a Russian has pride…a Russian is tough…I will face this little mother’s boy anytime anywhere…
(Hess)…well…that’s some boast…particularly when you know that you will meet Pepper Gomez again…you will meet him this morning…and you will meet him NOW!
“Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff v Pepper Gomez
Pepper Gomez meets Ivan Koloff in the ring…Gomez has a large bandage over his forehead protecting where he had stitches just a few days ago…Mexican Leap by Gomez…cover…1…2…kick out…dropkick to Koloff…MEXICAN CRADLE…kick out…Mexican Leap by Gomez…leg drop by Koloff...cover…1…2…kick out…leg drop on Gomez…cover…1…2…kick out…second rope knee drop on Pepper…Koloff mounts the ropes for a second attempt…but Gomez catches him and tosses him to the mat…MEXICAN CRADLE…1…2…3…Pepper Gomez takes the win…as the referee raises his hand…Koloff attacks Gomez from behind with his chain…Koloff rips the bandage from around Gomez’ head…and goes back to work with the chain…he re-opens the wounds from last week…Gomez bleeds but WTVK black’s out the screen.
Big Jim Hess welcomes Jim Cornette…
(Cornette)…alright, Hess…you shut up , you second rate Bob Barker…I got something to say and I want everyone out there to hear me loud and clear…Smoky Mountain Wrestling have never liked me…and they have never liked any of my clients…oh…it was aright when the Midnight Express was LWA World’s Tag Team champions for 8 months and bringing all that extra money…but now…I got another team on the rise…and for the last couple of months…the Heavenly Bodies have dominated everyone put in their way…we beat the snot out of those two idiots…Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy…you could combine their IQ and still not be in triple digits…then who comes challenging the Bodies…Rocky Steamboat and Paul Jones…well…these two jerks faired even worse…they couldn’t beat the Bodies on their best day and still haven’t earned a title shot…so…I get this call from SMW management…guess what they say, Hess…they say that he Bodies haven’t defended their title in weeks…they want to know when I will have the Bodies defend the titles…what a joke…listen up, you SMW ‘brain trust’…and I use that term loosely…the Bodies will defend their titles when someone EARNS a title shot...it’s as simple as that…
(Hess)…uh…Jim…
(Cornette)….no one can…
(Hess)…Jim…Mr. Cornette…
(Cornette)…what do you want…
(Hess)…this memo came for me this morning…and without reading it…let me say that you have been ordered to defend the titles…right here…next week…against a new team to come to the SMW…or should I say…a returning team…
(Cornette)…WHAT…let me see that…(he rips the memo out of Hess’ hand)…they can’t do this…who is the team…Hess…you know who this team is…
(Hess)…sorry, Mr. Cornette…I told you as much as I know…
(Cornette)…well…I tell you what…I’m going backstage…and I am calling the SMW management …I’m going to look into this…and before this show is over today…I am going to know…and you’re (pointing to the camera) going to know who this ‘mystery team’ is…that, I promise you…(Cornette stomps off set)…
Tape rolls from last night’s matches…Curt Hennig is facing “Wildfire” Tommy Rich…Hennig seems to have the match well in hand when Rich’s teammate…”MR. USA” Tony Atlas enters the fray…Rich and Atlas double team Hennig…
Curt Hennig v “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas
Hennig starts with a running knee lift…cover…kick out…leg drop by Atlas…rolling neck snap by Hennig…rolling neck snap on Atlas…HENNIG PLEX…1…2…kick out…Hennig with a belly-to-back suplex…cover…here comes “Wildfire” Tommy Rich…he is stopped by the referee...while the referee and Rich argue…Atlas attacks Hennig from behind…body slam by Atlas…LEAPING HEADBUTT…kick out…rolling neck snap by Hennig…rolling neck snap on Atlas…The Axe by Hennig…Atlas clotheslines Hennig from the ring…Rich “helps him up”…and they brawl…Hennig rolls back in at 8…BIG SPLASH by Atlas…1…2…kick out…high one-legged drop kick by Atlas,…cover…1…2…kick out…overhead right puts Hennig down…HENNIG PLEX…1…2…3…Curt Hennig defeated Tony Atlas…Hennig nails Rich before heading to the safety of the back.
Big Jim Hess welcomes the Can-Am Connection…
(Hess)…Gentlemen…welcome to the SMW…I believe this is the first opportunity I have had to chat with you guys…
(Zenk)…We’re glad to be here…
(Hess)…Last night…Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy put out a significant challenge to you young men…they challenged you to a Loser Leaves the SMW match…I assume you want to address this challenge…
(Martel)…Yes we do, Mr. Hess…now…Brute & Skull are big, rough men…and anytime we face them…the Can-AM Connection know that we are in a battle for our lives…but the fact is, Mr. Hess…we have beaten these men every time we have faced them…
(Zenk)…four straight times to be exact…
(Martel)…yeah…so if they want to face us again…it doesn’t matter what the stipulations are…we have every confidence that we can beat them for the fifth time….
(Hess)…well, good luck top you boys…anyone that faces Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy will need all the luck they can get.
Big Jim Hess brings out “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes…
(Hess)…The American Dream…Mr…Dusty…Rhodes…the crowd starts chanting DUS-TY…DUS-TY…(Dusty is dressed in a duster…a cowboy hat and mirrored sun glasses)…
(Rhodes)…Thank you…Big JY-am Hess…now, Jim…all you folks at home…I want to show you something…Mr. Cameraman…can you get a close-up of this…(Dusty holds up his fist…on one finger is the M.A.T. Classic Ring)…
You see that…that is the M.A.T. Classic ring…on the 15th…in Chicago…Illinois…I went through 12 men…twelve of the toughest men that the LWA has to offer…men like Giant Baba…Scott Hall…Johnny Valentine…Steve Austin…and the great…Harley Race…and only one man…one man…came out the winner that night…and you’re lookin’ at him…now Mr. 1derful…has come out here…and called me a fat slob…a couch potato…just know this…Orndorff…I don’t care what you say about me…and ya’ know…I don’t think these fans care about what you say about me (more DUS-TY chants)…because…this ring…proves I am one of the best…in the country to say…no matter that I may be a little heavy…no matter that I might like the occasional beer…you understand me…The American Dream…it ain't about what you look like Orndorff…it ain’t about that…it is about grit…it is about determination…it is about accomplishment…and the American Dream…I am accomplished…(Orndorff stomps onto the set and starts yelling at Dusty…while he holds his ears and more DUS-TY chants start...Orndorff heads to the ring and wants Rhodes to follow him)…whoa…whoa…whoa…Orndorff…as I recall…you didn’t want to face me again…so I have a little surprise for you…I asked one of my friends to come out and show you what the American Dream really is…to show you that you don’t have to look like an Adonis to achieve…now…you stay right there…’cause there is a friend of mine I want you to meet…CAP-TAIN…REDNECK…(Dick Murdoch hastily comes from the back and get s in the ring with Orndorff as the bell rings…
“Mr. 1derful” Paul Orndorff© v “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch
SMW TV Title Match
Orndorff is upset and doesn’t want to start this match…Captain Redneck…patiently waits…to get his hands on Mr. 1derful…Murdoch turns to tell the referee to get this match started…and Orndorff nails him with a forearm clothesline…Orndorff with a flying clothesline on Murdoch…Orndorff takes Murdoch outside and hits another short clothesline…Murdoch crawls back into the ring…PILEDRIVER…1…2…here comes Dusty Rhodes to ringside…Orndorff turns to yell at Rhodes…the crowd starts the chant (DUS-TY…DUS-TY)…Orndorff points at Dusty…and hits another PILEDRIVER on Murdoch…1…2…3…Paul Orndorff takes the win.
As Big Jim Hess tells the audience that the SMW will not have a card this Friday because of LWA’s Storm Warning from Calgary…the Horsemen join him…
(Arn)…Jim Cornette…I don’t know what world you’re living in…but you don’t have to look far for the contenders for the SMW Tag Titles…the Brain Busters are here…but you haven’t had the guts to face…the Horsemen…
(Ole)…Junk Yard Dog…I’m going to say to this crowd…just like I’d say to you’re face…you are a tough man…a great wrestler…Monday night…I face you again for this title (holds up the SMW Title)…the problem is JYD…Ole Anderson is just a little bit better…
(Flair)…BIG…JIM HESS…for the last two weeks…the Nature Boy has come out here and told you about all the atrocities perpetrated against Slick Ric…three times…I have defeated the LWA champion…yet, I am held back from a title match…instead…the administration of the LWA…you know who you are MR. Wildfire…you have told the Nature Boy…"You beat Harley Race…and we’ll talk”…well…the Nature Boy is a man of action…even though I have no more to prove…I have met Harley Race in the ring before…and I’ll say this…Harley Race is one of the toughest SOB’s I’ve ever faced…but…no one beats the Nature Boy…while I have faced Harley Race…it was Race that was looking up at the lights at the end of the night (from the crowd…WOOOOOO)…shut up, fat boy…or I’ll take you to school…now…Harley…Friday night…January 25th…Calgary…Canada…in a STEEL Cage…once more you will be looking at the lights…(to someone off camera)…don’t wrap me up…the Nature Boy is through when the Nature Boy is through...and no two-bit kid in a big boy suit is going to tell me to get off…this is Slick Ric’s time…Harley Race…the Horsemen will be there…because where one Horseman rides…we all ride together…and Buddy Rogers…
(Credits roll as we run out of time)