Post by Mickey Yarber on May 21, 2017 0:23:23 GMT
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Tennessee Thunder Tour
Sunday May 21, 1988
East High School
Morristown, TN
- To kick things off, Rip Rogers pinned George South with a running high knee at 9:30
- In a grudge match, Nelson Royal pinned Sam Houston at 11:22. Royal whipped Houston to a corner, but Houston leapt to the middle rope and jumped back with a cross body block attempt. Royal ducked and Houston crashed hard to the canvas. Royal then flipped him over with an Oklahoma Roll for the pin.
- The Brooklyn Brawler made his way to the ring, and ran down the fans along the way. He got to the ring, and got on the house microphone and ran down the people of Morristown pretty good before giving the microphone back to the announcer. The announcer then said "Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome your home town favorite...a native son of Morristown...."White Lightning" Tim Horner!!! Horner waded through the fans wanting a high five and got to the ring, and the Brawler attacked before the bell, and before Horner could get his ring jacket off. He controlled for a few minutes before Horner came roaring back. In the end, Horner rolled up Brawler with a bridge and pinned him at 9:55.
- The undefeated Terry Snuka finally lost when he ran into Ole Anderson. Snuka looked good in the match, but missed his flying Superfly splash from the top and crashed on his shoulder. Ole went right to work on it and finished him off with a knee from the top rope right into the shoulder of Snuka for the pin at 10:33
- In a non-title match, The Rock and Roll Express def. The Jive Tones with Ron Wright at 15:00 with a double drop kick on Conway Jr.
- New Smoky Mountain Champion, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan retained over Ivan Koloff in 12:17 with a running football tackle.
- Main Event - Six Man Tag Team Stretcher Elimination Match
Black Bart, Joel & David Deaton vs. Scott Armstrong, Johnny Rich, Phil Hickerson
All six men started fighting as soon as the bell rang, and the action was going inside and outside the ring. They were gouging, biting, choking, hitting each other with chairs, and everything else they could think of to try and gain an advantage. The first elimination came at 6:50 gone by when Hickerson gave David Deaton a suplex on the hard court floor of the gym. He couldn't answer the 10 count, and was carried off on a stretcher.
The fight continued on, and Black Bart made up for the disadvantage in numbers by getting his bull rope and cow bell involved. He layed out all three members of the opposition with the cowbell, then he and Joel focused on Hickerson. Joel picked Hick up and held him while Bart blasted him three more times with the bell, busting him wide open. He slumped to the floor and the referee counted him out, and they hauled him out on a stretcher at 10:09.
Armstrong and Rich got back in the fight though, and gave David Deaton a double whip into the ring post on the floor. He couldn't answer the count and was eliminated at 15:05.
With both of them focusing on Bart, the writing was on the wall. Rich got the cow bell, and with Bart in the ring between them, Rich gave him a shot with the bell that opened him up. He staggered around and caught a right fist from Armstrong...he staggered back around into another shot from the cow bell from Rich...and finally staggered back around right into a super kick from Scott that put Bart flat on his back! The referee counted as the crowd counted along with him. He couldn't answer the count and was carried out on a stretcher, giving Scott Armstrong and Johnny Rich the win at 17:59.
Working on it now.