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Post by cherry coloured funk on Oct 27, 2015 23:20:30 GMT -5
Weirdly enough, I somehow managed to catch their TV show a couple of times when I was living in Japan as a kid in the mid-90s. WCW was easier to find than WWF on our TV in Japan, but surprisingly enough, SMW managed to get in there as well. I remember a few matches, one with Lance Storm, and one with The Sandman (don't remember who their opponents were). I liked it as a kid, but haven't gone back to watch it before. That reminds me of how, while backpacking in India during 2003-2004, I was never able to find WWE on guest house TVs... Some other promotion called NWA: TNA though, that I kept on seeing. I never saw SMW due to being in Canada, but I remember the Apter mags doing a story on Prince Kharis, the wrestling mummy. I was convinced that he would show up to feud with the Undertaker at any moment.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Oct 28, 2015 0:02:46 GMT -5
Weirdly enough, I somehow managed to catch their TV show a couple of times when I was living in Japan as a kid in the mid-90s. WCW was easier to find than WWF on our TV in Japan, but surprisingly enough, SMW managed to get in there as well. I remember a few matches, one with Lance Storm, and one with The Sandman (don't remember who their opponents were). I liked it as a kid, but haven't gone back to watch it before. That reminds me of how, while backpacking in India during 2003-2004, I was never able to find WWE on guest house TVs... Some other promotion called NWA: TNA though, that I kept on seeing. I never saw SMW due to being in Canada, but I remember the Apter mags doing a story on Prince Kharis, the wrestling mummy. I was convinced that he would show up to feud with the Undertaker at any moment. I just got to the point of Kharis debuting and it by far the worst thing I've witnessed. Worst than the Yeti and Mantaur combined.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Oct 28, 2015 0:50:29 GMT -5
At SMW they booked the most violent angle I've ever seen. It started off cheesy as f***, that someone threatened to take out Brian Lee. They even send him a tombstone. It was only said that the master was behind it. The Master turned out to be Kevin Sullivan, and he spiked the f*** out of Lee. Like 30 times. Lee was bleeding and selling it, both faces and heels tried to save him but Sullivan's followers prevented them, even the cameraman and announcer tried to intervene. To top it all off, Bullet Bob Armstrong, who was the comissioner, gave Brian Lee CPR. The fans just stood there in silence. The most unnecessary and ineffective CPR ever. 1) He was clearly still alive. He was breathing and moving his limbs. 2) Bob never checked for a pulse, so what made him think Lee needed CPR? 3) I know non-kayfabe, you couldn't do actual chest compressions because you'd break the guy's ribs, but those chest compressions Bob gave looked like he was popping his own knuckles while awkwardly putting his hands on Lee's chest. Unneeded attempt to add drama to an already shocking moment.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 28, 2015 0:52:32 GMT -5
At SMW they booked the most violent angle I've ever seen. It started off cheesy as f***, that someone threatened to take out Brian Lee. They even send him a tombstone. It was only said that the master was behind it. The Master turned out to be Kevin Sullivan, and he spiked the f*** out of Lee. Like 30 times. Lee was bleeding and selling it, both faces and heels tried to save him but Sullivan's followers prevented them, even the cameraman and announcer tried to intervene. To top it all off, Bullet Bob Armstrong, who was the comissioner, gave Brian Lee CPR. The fans just stood there in silence. The most unnecessary and ineffective CPR ever. 1) He was clearly still alive. He was breathing and moving his limbs. 2) Bob never checked for a pulse, so what made him think Lee needed CPR? 3) I know non-kayfabe, you couldn't do actual chest compressions because you'd break the guy's ribs, but those chest compressions bob gave looked like he was popping his own knuckles while awkwardly putting his hands on Lee's chest. Unneeded attempt to add drama to an already shocking moment. Yeah it looked goofy, but those fans still believed it was real. It was the last "territory" type of fans.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Oct 28, 2015 1:05:47 GMT -5
The most unnecessary and ineffective CPR ever. 1) He was clearly still alive. He was breathing and moving his limbs. 2) Bob never checked for a pulse, so what made him think Lee needed CPR? 3) I know non-kayfabe, you couldn't do actual chest compressions because you'd break the guy's ribs, but those chest compressions bob gave looked like he was popping his own knuckles while awkwardly putting his hands on Lee's chest. Unneeded attempt to add drama to an already shocking moment. Yeah it looked goofy, but those fans still believed it was real. It was the last "territory" type of fans. Oh, I get it. It's just in hindsight, it looks extremely silly. It's like, when I was a kid, I thought Koko's Ghostbuster looked like he was dropping the guy right on top of his dome, or Papa Shango was powerbombing guys shoulder first on his knee. Now I can see Koko dropped them on their shoulder/upper back, and Shango just kind of lazily touched the guy's shoulder to his knee.
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Post by Viking Hall on Oct 28, 2015 9:28:48 GMT -5
Started watching too. So far, mullets, Russians, wheel-chair bound managers, mullets, Hollywood Bob Holly, $500 fines, mullets, Tim Horner promos, Dutch Mantel's singlet, mullets and the worst mask I've ever seen courtesy of The Mighty Yankee.
Mullets.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Oct 29, 2015 19:06:02 GMT -5
Somebody has got to fill me in on Bryant Anderson.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2015 22:25:29 GMT -5
A favor to Ole. He was pretty awful, but still better than Mike Furnas.
In comparison, they made Erik Watts and David Flair look like Bill and Ric.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Oct 29, 2015 23:58:13 GMT -5
Being from middle Tennessee, I'm not sure why we never got Smokey Mountain or maybe I just missed it. We got all the USWA we could handle along with the typical stuff. Oh and now we get NWA SAW Wrestling at like 3 a.m.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 1:24:41 GMT -5
It didn't seem that they had a real interest in trying to get the show on television in places they didn't intend to run live events. In that respect, they were strictly east Tennessee, rather than step on USWA toes.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Oct 30, 2015 16:25:45 GMT -5
Mike Furnas is one of the worst wrestlers ever. His debut along with Prince Kharis were brutal.
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Post by nickcave on Oct 30, 2015 18:24:21 GMT -5
I think I remember the only reason Prince Kharas happened was because Rick Rubin demanded a wrestling mummy which is hilarious.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 21:17:16 GMT -5
I loved the stories Sinister Minister James Mitchell (Darryl Von Horne) told about his promos there. They were all dirty, but said in a way nobody caught on to the raunchiness.
I saw SMW one time here in the Chicago area, think someone sent it in instead of our usual USWA show. Since it was on at 5am, nobody noticed...except me, who worked overnights and got done in time to watch.
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Post by "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly on Oct 30, 2015 21:22:30 GMT -5
I love SMW, went to a few live shows back in the day. Mr. Ron Wright as a wheelchair bound manager is one of the greatest things in the history of the business. Yeah that's immediately who I thought of when Zeb Colter came back in that scooter last weekend. I don't know if it was intentional, but it wouldn't surprise me if Zeb did that in tribute to Ron Wright.
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Post by HisRoyalGreeness on Oct 31, 2015 0:27:31 GMT -5
Ron Wright trying to convince fans to send his ass money is one of the greatest heel moves I've ever seen. He paved the way for Virgil's GoFundMe campaign.
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Post by warriorthug4edge on Oct 31, 2015 0:45:27 GMT -5
A favor to Ole. He was pretty awful, but still better than Mike Furnas. In comparison, they made Erik Watts and David Flair look like Bill and Ric. Best part was it led to Corny rubbing s booger on Eric Bischoff's car.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 31, 2015 4:49:35 GMT -5
I loved the stories Sinister Minister James Mitchell (Darryl Von Horne) told about his promos there. They were all dirty, but said in a way nobody caught on to the raunchiness. I saw SMW one time here in the Chicago area, think someone sent it in instead of our usual USWA show. Since it was on at 5am, nobody noticed...except me, who worked overnights and got done in time to watch. He once told the story that he used to carry a book (neo solar something I don't remember), he said that the book illuminated everyone who read it, unlike the bible that the stupid rednecks like the SMW fans believed in. James said that when he dropped that line the announcer looked like if he was gonna cry. SMW gave us the Thrillseekers...back in the early 90s Cornette was behind the times. I love Corny but he's stuck in his ways, he's a really good coach and brings out the best in guys, but he can't present ideas to a new generation of fans. Every wrestling promotion could use a guy with Jim's knowledge, he's an awesome agent and an even better teacher. He could really help at nxt when a talent doesn't know how to cut a promo. He can come up with ideas that improve the characters, like he came up with mankind's mandibular claw, and Kane ripping the door in his debut (he also came up with the hell in a cell concept of being it completely closed, he admitted to steal that from Memphis). Having said that, his weakness is coming up with storylines.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 31, 2015 4:58:47 GMT -5
Cornette's pretty good at coming up with ideas for guys he likes, generally speaking (Outside of that utter shit Invasion write up he did once where he couldn't have possibly been trying), but I feel like he lets his own personal likes and dislikes get in the way of what's good for a promotion, which I think made his ROH run suffer. I think for that reason, he wouldn't be the best fit helping NXT folk, because he'd be playing favorites right off the bat, instead of trying to help everyone out. I also could see him blowing it again like when he slapped Santino in OVW.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Oct 31, 2015 10:31:19 GMT -5
Ron Wright trying to convince fans to send his ass money is one of the greatest heel moves I've ever seen. He paved the way for Virgil's GoFundMe campaign. Every week, the list of ailments would get longer and worse. Then they flashed up the address one week. The next week, Ron was out there talking about how disappointed he was in all the rednecks, etc. for not sending him money. He basically cut an angry promo on the entire fan base, then went right back to sickly old man mode with, "So remember...if you'd like to help a broken down old clean scientific wrestler, a good Christian man who never tried to hurt anybody..." Just phenomenal stuff.
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Post by dreamer75 on Nov 2, 2015 6:55:57 GMT -5
Cornette's pretty good at coming up with ideas for guys he likes, generally speaking (Outside of that utter shit Invasion write up he did once where he couldn't have possibly been trying), but I feel like he lets his own personal likes and dislikes get in the way of what's good for a promotion, which I think made his ROH run suffer. I think for that reason, he wouldn't be the best fit helping NXT folk, because he'd be playing favorites right off the bat, instead of trying to help everyone out. I also could see him blowing it again like when he slapped Santino in OVW. With the Santino situation that is a case with his other weakness...his temper. His temper is rather legendary for all the wrong reasons
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