Card #200
Smoky Mountain Saturday
WTVK Television
08-22-09
7PM 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, the way it used to be...Smoky Mountain Wrestling's on TV.""Big" Jim Hess is in studio to kick off the show!!!!Hess: Welcome to Card #200!!! I am your host Big Jim Hess, with my special co-host Bill Apter!! How have you been doing?
Apter: Thank you very much for having me. I have been meaning to check out the action more closely in the SMW, and I have a front row seat!
Hess: Well we have an absolutely stacked card for the big event, including the return home of Dusty Rhodes, a man who spent 2+ years before heading to his other home in Texas. But he is greeted by Horseman member Barry Windham!!
Apter: It should be a tough match up for sure. Good to see big Dust back in the SMW, even if it is just temporarily.
Hess: And look who is at ringside yet again......
(The camera pans over and it is the Black Panthers contingent of Bad News Brown, Tony Atlas, and Ahmed Johnson.)Hess: Enough of all the chatter, let's head to the ring!!!
SMW TV Championship MatchThe Mountie (c) vs Bob SappA great match that saw several reversals. The Mountie went for the SHOCK STICK, but Bad News Brown jumped the railing and took it off the apron before it could be gotten. Sapp finally gets the win with the second SAPP POWER BOMB. Sapp hugs Bad News Brown, and all 4 members of the Black Panthers head to the back.
Hess: It is hard to feel sorry for the Mountie here, especially after what he has done to Christopher Daniels and others with that shock stick.
Apter: I am sure Daniels will have plenty of things to say about that when he returns from injury. On to the next match!!!
Gillberg vs Savage T w/ KJ HillA quick match that ends when Savage T lands the SUPERKICK.
Hess: I actually thought Savage T would be FIRST on Gillberg's hit list.
Apter: Savage T looked great in that match, and who knows could be bigger things coming on his horizon.
Superstar Graham vs Terry TaylorA very cocky Graham came into this match very confident. But Taylor had other plans as he battered Graham with several agility moves, including 4 FIVE ARMS. But Graham was deterimined in this one, and locked in the SUPERSTAR BEARHUG 3 times in a row to finally get Taylor to submit.
Hess: Well, Graham didn't have the easy time he thought he would have.
Apter: Terry Taylor came to fight, and came within an eyelash of winning the match. I wouldn't mind seeing these 2 in the ring again sometime down the road.
Honky Tonk Man w/ Jimmy Hart vs SabuHonky Tonk Man starts out dominating, but cannot put Sabu away. Sabu attempts a deathjump, but Jimmy Hart nails him with the megaphone in the back of the leg. Sabu falls to the mat, and is locked in the FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK, and HTM picks up the controversial win.
Hess: Once again, outside interference is the key in this one.
Apter: You always got to keep one eye on that Jimmy Hart. He is a very shifty man.
Hess: He is indeed. Up next is the SMW Memphis Championship match!!
SMW Memphis Championship MatchJerry "The King" Lawler vs Colonel DebeersLawler takes a page out of Debeers book, and wins the match with a PILEDRIVER outside the ring. Debeers is unable to answer the 10 count.
Hess: Rare ruthless behavior by Lawler.
Apter: He looks like he went the extra mile to get revenge for the comments made about his son.
Hess: Maybe that will teach Debeers to keep his mouth shut.
Randy Savage w/ Eizabeth vs Johnny RodzSavage pins Rodz easily after the FLYING ELBOW DROP.
Hess: Savage dominates, and may have his eye on the SMW Heavyweight Championship.
Apter: Plenty of stiff competition in SMW for that belt, will be interesting if he can beat the odds.
(Captain Lou Albano is standing in the ring, and he calls out the British Bulldogs.)Albano: Davey Boy, Dynamite. This is your final chance to have the greatest tag team manager ever, Captain Lou represent you. I feel with your skill and my expertise, I can take you 2 to the top.
Davey Boy: We appreciate the offer, but we prefer to do things on our own. And we will become the new SMW Tag Team Champions in a short time!!!
Albano: I am sorry to hear that. I feel sorry for you.
(Out of the crowd comes The Wild Samoans!! Afa and Sika lay out Dynamite Kid with a few chair shots. Davey Boy has Albano by the shirt, but is quickly freed by the Samoans. They deliver a SAMOAN DROP/BIG SPLASH on Davey Boy. The crowd is furious with Albano and the Wild Samoans as they toss garbage into the ring.)Albano: No one says no to me.....No one......
Hess: What is all that about?
Albano should respect the wishes of the Bulldogs. They don't want a manager.
Apter: I agree with you there. As the Bulldogs are both carried from the ring, I think they have revenge on their minds.
Hess: Well the show must go on, and that is what we are going to do....
"American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs Barry WindhamA great match that saw several damaging moves delivered by both men. Windham manages to spoil the return of Dusty and pins him after a 3rd SWEETWATER SUPLEX.
Hess: I was really hoping for a Rhodes win in his return.
Apter: Both men battled it out, but it was Windham who got the last word in. Great match.
Curt Hennig vs Big Van VaderCurt put up a heck of a fight, but it was not enough. Hennig is pinned after 3 VADER SAULTS, and then a VADER POWER BOMB. After the match, Vader delivers another VADER POWERBOMB on the concrete floor. Curt is carried off on a stretcher.
Hess: That Vader is a sick man. He has one of the more popular SMW stars carried out on a stretcher.
Apter: He needs to be stopped, and it is only a matter of time who does it.
Hess: Speaking of sick men, we have our next match........
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat MatchBruiser Brody vs Abdullah The ButcherAfter several exchanges, Brody manages to grab the bat, but before he can use it Abdullah knocks it out of his hands. Abdullah swings and misses, but Abby retains control of the bat. Both men are bloodied and battered, and both took several shots with the bat. Abby manages to pin Brody after KARATE SHOPS TO THE THROAT to win the match.
(After the match, Abby continues the assault on Brody. HE grabs the bat again, and goes for the kill. The big screen hits, and the crowd is shocked.)www.youtube.co/watch?v=W1tNY5tVG3A(Snuka hits the ring, and attacks Abby. He lands some vicious chops and FLYING HEADBUTT, sending Abby from the ring. The crowd is silent as Snuka comes to the aide of the hated Brody.)Hess: What a bloody match!! And what is Snuka doing helping Brody?
Apter: A fan favorite in Jimmy Snuka unexplainably helps out a fallen Brody. I don't know what to say. Hopefully this explained in the weeks to come.
C.M. Punk vs Diamond Dallas PageDDP comes through the crowd and to the ring to the delight of the fans. A great match that saw both men kick out of each others finishers. Punk manages to get the win with CORNER KNEE STRIKES. The fans give both men standing ovations after the match is over.
Hess: Punk with a very impressive win, and DDP continues his losing ways in SMW.
Apter: DDP has no need to feel bad about that performance. He has the skills to rise above the competition. Only time will tell if he can get it done or not.
SMW Tag Team Championship MatchThe Steiner Bros (c) vs Half-A-Ton w/ CornetteThe Steiners batter Monsoon (6 tokens) but could not put him away. He manages to make the tag to Calhoun and he is on fire, battering both Steiners. He hits the BIG SPLASH on Scott but Rick makes the save. A battered Scott tags in Rick and he rallies the troops. He pins Calhoun with back to back STEINER BULLDOGS to retain the belts.
Hess: What a match!!!! The Steiners beat the giant odds and beat the biggest team in wrestling to retain their belts!!!
Apter: Both teams look exhausted, but I believe the better team managed to win the match and retain their belts.
Hess: Well the time has come for the Main Event, as Ric Flair puts up the SMW Heavyweight Championship against Bruno Sammartino. Bruno has beaten some tough competition to earn this chance. Any predictions Bill?
Apter: Well, both men are at the top of their sport. I am going to pick the upset, and Bruno Sammartino will win the SMW Heavyweight Championship!!!
Hess: Only time will tell, let's head to the ring for the main event!!
MAIN EVENT: SMW Heavyweight Championship Match"Nature Boy" Ric Flair (c) vs Bruno SammartinoSammartino came really close to winning the belt, but it was just not to be. Flair manages to recover from a Bruno BACKBREAKER, and then he goes to work on the legs. He locks in the FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK, but Bruno manages to escape. The action takes to the outside, as both men battle. Flair picks up a lead pipe he found under the ring, and clobbers Sammartino with it as he tries to get back into the ring. Sammartino crashes back to the floor. The referee did not see this, and Flair manages to get back into the ring just to beat the count of 10.
Hess: A great match with a controversial ending as Flair uses every dirty trick in the book to hang onto his SMW Heavyweight Championship.
Apter: Flair looks unstoppable as both the DWA and SMW Heavyweight Championships. It will be very interesting in a couple weeks when he takes on his buddy Tully Blanchard. Will he pull out every stop on Tully to hold onto his belt?
Hess: Only time will tell. Thanks to all the fans out there for tuning in to our 200th card in the modern era of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. And a special thanks to Bill Apter for joining us for this great event. We hope that you continue to tune in as we continue toward Card 300 and beyond. That's all the time we have this week, tune in next time for another exciting edition of Smoky Mountain Saturday!!!