Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-22 SMW

Good morning, good afternoon good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-02-09, we are going back in time once more this time to the Smoky Mountains.  We are going to watch the January 22nd SMW show.  Las time Cornette attacked Ricky Morton's dad so I am sure there will be hell to pay!

• It is so weird that Cornette hated this style match but yet it is happening on his own show
• That kid just ran from the Moondog.  Now they would be laughing because no one believes
• If Candido came around now he would be one of the biggest stars going
• Ron White is coming back!  The fans will love that
• Good solid match by Spicolli, just another guy who left us too early
• Wait, did he just shake hands with the ref?  Obviously Mark Curtis is on the take!
• Dr. Tom sounds so much like Piper
• How great is Corny?
• Good grief look at this!  Is that the Yeti?
• Nice we get to hear Daryl Van Horne on commentary!
• Damn I miss Candido in the ring
• I feel like if White Boy was in better shape he would have had a better run in WWF
• There was almost a full moon with Tammy!

A good show for SMW.  Obviously building to Sunday Bloody Sunday with the Chain Match and the Cornette group.  I love how real it seemed between Cornette and the Rock N Roll.  It did not seem like a wrestling angle or people playing mad.  Also how hokey, and done on purpose, is the Prince.  Overall a fun show and I do enjoy me some SMW and old school wrestling!  Until next time.....Abyssinia!

RESULTS

• Moondog Rex/Moondog Spot def. Jason Herd/Robbie Eagle
• Segment:  Ron Harris & Don Harris
• Recap:  Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers/ Chris Candido & Brian Lee
• Interview:  Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers
• Upcoming Shows:  Tammy Sytch\Jim Cornette
• Louie Spicolli def. Jeff Victory
• Segment:  The Bullet
• Down and Dirty:  Jim Cornette & Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray
• Upcoming Shows:  Chris Candido (US Lightweight Champion) & Tammy Sytch
• Segment:  Mike Furnas & Doug Furnas
• Segment:  Jim Cornette & Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray/Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
• Segment:  Daryl Van Horne
• Prince Kharis def. Jason West via Stoppage
• Upcoming Shows:  Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson/Dirty White Boy
• Dirty White Boy def. Chris Candido (Beat the Champ TV Champion) via DQ for the Title

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-15 Smokey Mountain

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever you find this entry.  Today we are going back to 1994 once more this time to the Smokey Mountains for the Leader of the Cult of Cornette's own promotion.  I have not seen a lot of SMW so I am extra excited about this.  Lets stop the talking and get to it shall we!

• I do love the theme to SMW and the team of Bob and Dirty Dutch
• AEW would love to have that hot a crowd....so would WWE for that matter
• Ricky Morton against Chris Candido?  YES PLEASE!
• If this interviewer does not say 90's I do not know what does!
• THERE IS MY CULT LEADER!  CORNY!
• Is Cornette the best talker in wrestling history?
• So weird to see someone being cheered draped in the Stars and Bars!
• Listen to those fans!!
• Great to see Tracey Smothers who is currently battling lymphoma.  He is going to beat it like he did Victory here
• Strange that WWF could not use Candido better, even though I enjoyed Skip and Sunny
• Dirty White Boy was not the best interview but you believed what he said!
• Daryl Van Horn!  The most underrated manager I think, be it Van Horn, Sinister Minister or all the other names he has gone by
• This should be a hell of a match!
• Spiked Candido on his head with that head scissors!
• It is weird that Ricky looks almost the same today as he did in 1994
• Well....that match was not what I wanted.  A countout really?
• Notice we have seen on superkick this whole show
• Wow Doug should never have been given a mic
• OH MY GOD A YOUNG TAMMY!!!!
• Sorry got distracted there
• Brian Lee just looks like a moron, he has such a puncha.....sorry got distracted as Tammy was getting out of the ring....a punchable face
• Blaze should NOT have worn those trunks

Great storylines but not a lot of great wrestling but that is old school southern wrestling.  The TV was about making you want to go to the matches and man did those fans want to be there!  Loved hearing Corny and Bob is such an underrated announcer.  A fun show but not the classic wrestling that I was hoping for but this was a new year and new feuds so there is always "next week".

RESULTS

• Interview:  Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
• Interview:  Sandy Scott/Jim Cornette
• Tracey Smothers def. Jeff Victory
• Recap:  Chris Candido def. Tracey Smothers (TV Champion) for the Title
• Interview:  Chris Candido (TV Champion)
• Interview:  Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson/Dirty White Boy & Dirty White Girl
• Down and Dirty:  Dirty White Boy & Dirty White Girl
• Interview:  Daryl Van Horn
• Chris Candido (TV Champion) def. Ricky Morton via Countout for the Title
• Interview:  Ron Harris & Don Harris
• Segment:  Ricky Morton & Paul Morton & Babyface Locker room
• Interview:  Dirty White Boy & Robert Gibson
• Tom Prichard/Jimmy Del Ray def. Jason Herd/Jason West
• Segment:  Doug Furnas/Mike Furnas
• Brian Lee (SMW Champion) def. Bobby Blaze
• Interview:  Jim Cornette
• Interview:  Tracey Smothers
• 
  

1991-01-30 Clash of the Champions Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today I am checking out the first Clash of the Champions from 1991 which is headlined by Ric Flair defending his title against Scott Steiner.  Sting and Lex Luger face Doom for the Tag Titles.  This was one of the low points of WCW according to most.  I was not watching WCW at this point and I am not sure if I have ever watched this event so let's go to the tape!

• Uggg, one of those horns are really off!
• That was a sour note if I ever heard one!
• Sting's entrance music starts off sounding almost like the Time Warp, never noticed that before
• The fans are hot and that place does look packed like Jim Ross said
• Luger with a leapfrog!  I do not think I have seen him do that before
• I like that these guys do not make it look like they are cooperating with each other
• So Pee Wee did not see Spivey attack?
• Damn I could watch Missy Hyatt read me the phone book!
• So Eaton's music is people chanting his name?
• Uggg, no wrestler should wear those baby blue trunks
• Really?  Hyatt and Dangerously is a long-awaited anything JR?
• It is sad to think about all the guys that Eaton had to put over that he was SO much better than
• Yeah, when these two are on your main show going against the Freebirds your roster is kind of thin
• All those who think the Freebirds are losing stand on your heads
• I remember in the only good WCW game Hayes finisher was that bulldog.  I loved that game!
• The lights in the Teepee?  Come on JR!
• Kind of made the Freebirds look weak only winning because the ref missed the tag
• Why is Paul in the tiny window and Dusty in the big window?
• Joey Maggs?  Really?  He has NEVER won a match and is on the Clash?
• Oh well it is against Sid so that makes sense
• This one makes sense because they needed to continue to have Sid look dominate.  Too bad they did not feed him Z-Man but he is still the TV champ
• I love his powerbomb, dropping down to his knee making it look even more vicious....no pun intended
• Why is Taylor the Computerized Man if he is not part of the York Foundation yet?
• I always thought that Taylor looked better with the short hair, made him standout
• Ugly finish for sure
• Ranger Ross just had a weird look to him
• Hello ladies!
• Two of the best of all time in the Horsemen
• The Renegade Warriors did have weird charisma
• I LOVE ARN ANDERSONS STUN LOOK!
• I know Dusty had to shill for the show but Scott Steiner vs. Ric Flair is not the greatest World Title match on TV ever Dream!
• Best move ever!  Double A spinebuster
• Vader and Stan were great, I miss guys like that in wrestling
• Buddy Lee Parker?  Seriously?
• Who did Buddy Lee have blackmail footage on to keep his job all those years in WCW?
• What in the blue hell was Buddy Lee doing?
• That was pointless....well there were two points....
• Why is Kevin Sullivan there...oh others besides the Horsemen are there
• Worst cheerleaders ever after what we just saw
• Flair has already made Scotty look like a star
• Weird to see Flair in yellow trunks
• It is weird to see Scotty Steiner like this given how he looked 10 years later as Big Poppa Pump
• I never felt Flair's Figure Four was that dangerous as people constantly fought out of it.  Did he ever win a major match via submission with it without something else happening first?
• Flair's punches are underrated
• Flair is flopping around like a fish after that Tiger Driver
• Why is Nick Patrick letting Rick Steiner get involved so much?

Overall this was an okay show.  The stars were good and all the wrestling...well minus the Z-Man match...was fine but it felt like something was missing.  What I cannot say.  The show was just there ya know.  The crowd was hot but nothing was special ya know.  Felt like the show never left first gear and that everyone was just there not really giving 100%.  Overall a fine show but nothing to go out of your way to watch

Results

• Sting/Lex Luger (US Champion) def. Ron Simmons/Butch Reed (Tag Team Champions) via DQ for the Titles
• Segment:  Sexy Wrestler Contest Results:  Z-Man
• Z-Man (TV Champion) def. Bobby Eaton for the Title
• Segment:  Alexandra York
• Michael Hayes/Jimmy Garven def. Tommy Rich/Allen Iron Eagle
• Interview:  Paul E. Dangerously
• Sid Vicious def. Joey Maggs
• Interview:  Sid Vicious
• Terry Taylor def. Ricky Morton
• Segment:  Wrestler of the Year:  Sting
• Segment:  Dusty Rhodes
• Ranger Ross def. El Cubano
• Arn Anderson/Barry Windham def. Chris Youngblood/Mark Youngblood
• Interview:  Stan Hansen
• Brian Pillman def. Buddy Lee Parker
• Missy Hyatt def. Paul E. Dangerously in an Arm Wrestling Match
• Ric Flair (World Champion) & Scott Steiner fought to a draw for the Title

1991-01-05 Power Hour Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Tonight I am checking out the first WCW Power Hour episode of 1991.  The main event is Bobby Eaton taking on Ricky Morton.  Midnight Express taking on the Rock N Roll Express....even though neither of these teams are active at this point.  Let us go to the show!

• The video on the compy I currently have is really bad so this might be a very short review
• Pillman got up there to get Cazana on the top rope
• Its funny, I always remember Z-Man as average in pretty much every way but he would be above average nowadays
• Who was it in WCW that was obsessed with Little Richard?
• Wait...is Jericho in AEW copying Hayes with is weird makeup and such?
• What is with Hayes pant?  
• Remember when the DDT was the end all be all and not an opening segment move?  I 'member
• It is weird to think that Rick Steiner now sits on a school board in Georgia I believe
• Rick was always stiff-looking in the ring; always looked believable
• The Black Scorpion could have been so cool
• Sting never could cut a good promo
• Watching Taylor in this era I am reminded that he could have been a star if not for the Red Rooster.  I truly believe that.
• It is weird that all the "job guys" are bigger and better than a lot of the "stars" of today
• Taylor always needed a better finisher than the "five" arm
• Did Paul Heyman try to channel Roddy Piper at times?  Never noticed that before 
• Michael Wallstreet is one of the best wrestlers never to be the man for a major promotion I think
• Heyman and Ross had some of the best chemistry as announcers
• It is weird to see Terri without certain...um....assets
• Hardrock is a big boy!
• Was there a better technical wrestler than Wallstreet?  I can not think of one
• Both of these guys need to straighten their hair!
• Well, Sid is not getting paid by the hour!  Wait...no powerbomb?
• This match is already going too long
• Bill Fralic played for the Falcons?  I thought he was a Detroit boy only!
• Name a more underrated wrestler than Beautiful Bobby?  I do not think you can!
• If I was a wrestler I would be watching Eaton, Morton, Double A, William Regal and Wallstreet to find out what wrestling is supposed to be like!
• I would pay to watch these guys go at it today more than I would most of the AEW and WWE main roster!
• Who has the better mullet between these two?  I am going with Bobby personally
• I do not like that finish at all!
• GOOD GAWD LOOK AT MISSY AT THIS POINT!!!

Another fine WCW show.  It is funny that people hated this era of WCW but look at the roster.  I know the storyline were not very good but compared to today...anyway while the storyline sucked the action itself was fine.  Great performers and some legends on the show!

Below are the results

• VQ: VERY POOR
• Brian Pillman/Z-Man def. Ed Brock/Joe Cazana
• Jimmy Garvin/Michael Hayes def. Tommy Angel/Rob Morgan
• Rick Steiner def. Chuck Coats
• WNN:  Sting/Ric Flair
• Terry Taylor def. Brian Carr
• Michael Wallstreet def. Rick Hardrock
• Sid Vicious def. Dave Perry
• Ricky Morton def. Bobby Eaton via DQ
• 
  

1990-11-24 Worldwide

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry. Tonight I am checking out a late 1990 WCW Worldwide.  This was late in the Black Scorpion storyline.  You also have Doom as the tag team champs and Stan Hansen as the US Champion.  Let us see what Worldwide had for us at that point.  (If you want to see the results scroll down to the end)

• I do love Dirty Dutch on announcing
• Doom was a hell of a tag-team
• Weird, Flair did not say a thing there
• So weird to see Ron Simmons throw a dropkick
• Ugly looking piledriver
• Aside from the snap powerslam that Randy Orton/Dustin Rhodes do I love Simmons version
• Brian Pillman could not talk at this point
• So weird that Morton kept the RNR gear at this point but Rich did not do something similar
• How bad is wildfires hair at this point?
• It is weird to think that Ricky Morton is currently the NWA Tag Team Champions with Robert Gibson
• I cannot watch this knowing where the Black Scorpion story goes without thinking it had such potential
• I wish I saw more Stan Hansen, this brief period in WCW I really enjoyed
• Paul E was good even back in the day
• Weird to see Mr Hughes in regular wrestling gear
• I always loved Rip Rogers hair and dark beard
• Zenk just was not that good in the ring and I am surprised Rip never got more of a push
• However, that was a pretty good top rope crossbody
• Such a weird team, Landell and the Moondog
• It is sad to think about how good Buddy could have been if Buddy did not always get in his own way
• I know people love the Big Poppa Pump version of Scotty but this was my favourite, 90-93
• Look how think the Nastys are!!
• How many Nature Boys did WCW have?  Flair...Lee...Landell all at once!

I do not know why but I didn't enjoy that as much as I do the older WWF shows.  Maybe because I was watching WWF at the time so I have fond memories.  Maybe because WCW/NWA had lesser characters.  But aside from the Main Event tag team match (the Steiners match) this show as just there for me.  I just do not and did not care about most of the guys on the card and I think that sums up WCW/NWA in 1990!

Segments:

• Butch Reed/Ron Simmons (NWA Tag Team Champions) def. Mark White/Pablo Crenshaw
• Segment:  Brian Pillman
• Ricky Morton/Tommy Rich def. Jim Corbett/Mike Samples
• Segment:  Black Scorpion/Sting (NWA Champion)
• Wrestling Wrap-up
• Winner Circles:  Stan Hansen (US Champion)
• Big Kat def. Keith Hart via DQ
• Segment:  Sid
• The Z-Man def. Rip Rogers
• Rick Steiner/Scott Steiner (US Champions) def. Moondog Rex/Buddy Landell
• Segment:  Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (US Champions)/Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags
•  Jimmy Garvin/Michael Hayes def. Todd Brewer/Paul Lee
• Segment:  The Juicer
• Interview:  Butch Reed & Ron Simmons (NWA Tag Team Champions) & Teddy Long