andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 12, 2013 21:27:38 GMT -5
Been watching some of the shows on youtube. Not really a fan of the Dirty White Boy but Ron Wright has been great with him. Dirty Dutch been great too. And Tim Horner can't cut a promo for nothing. Anyone else a fan of SMW?
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Post by Mrs. Potato Dick on Oct 12, 2013 21:54:04 GMT -5
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Smoky Mountain. Gave me my first real exposure to Cornette, Jericho/Storm, Mark Curtis, Foley, et. al. Didn't know there were some on YT. Gotta check that out.
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andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 12, 2013 21:57:49 GMT -5
You can find the first episode all the way till may of 93
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Crappler El 0 M
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Oct 12, 2013 22:29:26 GMT -5
I remember watching it as part of a block of wrestling shows on a local station here in Atlanta. Even at a young age, I thought it looked really low-rent. I enjoyed some of the performers, but I never really got into the promotion.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 12, 2013 22:42:25 GMT -5
I respect and appreciate the hell out of SMW and Cornette for it, but there's something about it that always caused any connection I could feel for it to fail. It felt a little too "been there, done that" to me, especially given how populated it was by guys that were already a bit long in the tooth ten years prior when I first started watching. I can absolutely see why it's still so fondly remembered, I just don't have that fondness myself.
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Post by Mac on Oct 12, 2013 23:02:33 GMT -5
Some really well done matches, almost everything they did was soilid, but nothing spectacular.
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Post by saintpat on Oct 13, 2013 3:22:15 GMT -5
Lot of talent, certainly knew how to appeal to their fan base ... but doesn't translate that well when looked at without being there.
I was in Knoxville, Tenn., a few years ago and local access cable in my hotel ran some classic SMW shows -- Mongolian Stomper in the TV main event, can't recall anyone else. But it was cool to see.
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Post by aaronslip on Oct 13, 2013 4:36:06 GMT -5
"Take that crap back to Smokey Mountain"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 10:11:08 GMT -5
I'm still in favor of a "Beat The Champ" TV challenge, and this is something that any televised promotion should try. Dutch is already in WWE; have him fill that hat with names and have Michael Cole draw one each and every week. Whomever the champion is before the next PPV, he receives an automatic shot at the I-C or US title. (Instead of winning $1,000, like in SMW.) If he should happen to win said title, vacate it and go through it again. It's so simple, of course they would never go for it. It involves winning and losing matches mattering.
I liked SMW. Years ago, I bought a tape of the shows in February-March 1994. Detailed the Tony Anthony/Dirty White Girl Kimberly vs. Brian Lee/Tammy Fytch feud, including the girls' training videos. (Tammy freaking out that Kimberly is serious and Chris Candido - of all people - is calming her down; that's hilarious.) The Thrillseekers vignettes & debut. Even some promos from WWF Superstars Lex Luger and the Undertaker.
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Post by Bishblast on Oct 13, 2013 10:42:29 GMT -5
I didn't realize there were full shows up on Youtube, thanks for the heads up on that.
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Post by lovingway on Oct 13, 2013 11:43:55 GMT -5
Loved it. Actually preferred it to ECW but I was raised on Georgia wrestling. I remember being shocked with Macho Man lost and submitted to Big Bully Busick's stomach claw
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 13, 2013 17:27:41 GMT -5
Loved it. Actually preferred it to ECW but I was raised on Georgia wrestling. I remember being shocked with Macho Man lost and submitted to Big Bully Busick's stomach claw That wasn't Busick you remember, it was Bruiser Bedlam (aka Johnny K-9), who is currently in prison in Canada for multiple murders. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 18:12:54 GMT -5
The original TNA
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Oct 13, 2013 18:32:17 GMT -5
Loved it. Actually preferred it to ECW but I was raised on Georgia wrestling. I remember being shocked with Macho Man lost and submitted to Big Bully Busick's stomach claw That wasn't Busick you remember, it was Bruiser Bedlam (aka Johnny K-9), who is currently in prison in Canada for multiple murders. In Bruiser's defense, the people he murdered weren't being true to the Crew. Were any of these murders up by Winnipeg? |
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Post by Kash Flagg on Oct 13, 2013 18:57:03 GMT -5
If you can find it, look for the promo Al snow and Unibomb (the future Kane) does as the Rock and Roll Express. It's a classic.
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lovingway
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Post by lovingway on Oct 14, 2013 4:34:38 GMT -5
Loved it. Actually preferred it to ECW but I was raised on Georgia wrestling. I remember being shocked with Macho Man lost and submitted to Big Bully Busick's stomach claw That wasn't Busick you remember, it was Bruiser Bedlam (aka Johnny K-9), who is currently in prison in Canada for multiple murders. Crap my bad Busick was in GWF |
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Post by YaakovLee on Oct 14, 2013 7:52:46 GMT -5
The Ron Wright angle is pretty hilarious, but other than that it's pretty terrible IMO. It's basically a ton of squash matches with every redneck wrestler of all time. Seriously, "Hollywood" Bob Holly?!?! Tim Horner as a country western musician on the side? The Fantastics?
There is no diversity on the show at all. Mid-South was about a million times more diverse than this. SMW is what would happen if CMT tried to start a wrestling company.
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