SMW Hot Summer Nights Tour - Night 2 - Gatlinburg TN
Jul 2, 2017 11:51:12 GMT
Post by Mickey Yarber on Jul 2, 2017 11:51:12 GMT
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Hot Summer Nights Tour
Night 2 - Sunday July 2, 1988
Mills Park Pavilion - Gatlingburg TN
- In the opening match of the night, “White Lightning” Tim Horner pinned Nelson Royal with a “Natural Bridge” after 9:33 of action.
- The Destruction Crew def. The Nightmares at 11:18 with their version of the Doomsday Device on Davis.
- “Gorgeous” Gary Young made his SMW debut with a win over Rex King in 6:00 with a brain buster.
- Before the next contest, the ring announcer asked the crowd to please welcome one of the most decorated wrestlers in history…..Chief Wahoo McDaniel! He went on to defeat the Moondog in 10:45 by catching him with a chop coming off the ropes for the pin.
- The Midnight Express, Condrey and Rose, w/ Baby Doll def. Scott Armstrong and Johnny Rich at 13:30 with a double goozle on Rich.
- Vladimir Pietrov w/ Ivan Koloff def. a game Sam Houston with a Russian Hammer blow at 8:02.
- SMW Tag Team Champions, The Rock & Roll Express def. Ivan Koloff and The Russian Assassin at 15:00 by DQ when the Assassin hit Robert in the head with the Russian Chain. After the decision, Ivan and Assassin continued to assault the fan favorites, and Vladimir Pietrov also joined in the attack, but Wahoo McDaniel led the way to the ring to make the save, joined by Scott Armstrong, The Bullet, Johnny Rich, Tim Horner, and The Nightmares.
Over-the-top-rope elimination rules until it's down to just two men, then pin or submission is the only way to win. Come dressed as you are, anything goes, street fight rules.
Thunderdome Battle Royal Participants….
- Brooklyn Brawler who came with a stool
- Tim Horner who came out with his fists taped
- The Moondog with his leg bone
- The Stormtrooper wearing a helmet
- George South dressed in jeans, boots, and bandana
- The Blonde Bombers, Rip Rogers and Ken Timbs dressed in matching gear. Halfway down the aisle, they stopped at a man on crutches in the crowd, and ripped the crutches from his hands and they each carried one to the ring
- Nelson Royal in jeans and boots, and carrying an extra cowboy boot
- “Pistol” Pez Whatley
- “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel wearing a hockey mask
- The Bullet who came out carrying an axe handle like he was Buford Pusser
- Jungle music then played and out came The Botswana Beast!
- Barry Horowitz came out with a bottle of baby powder
- The crowd erupted when Wahoo McDaniel made his way to the ring with his Indian strap!
The bell rang and everyone engaged in battle.
Horowitz was squirting baby powder in the faces of several good guys, but it was quickly taken away from him by Wahoo, who squirted it in his face and quickly tossed him out over the top rope.
The battle raged on in and around the ring. The Stormtrooper had no luck with his helmet, and caught a shot from The Bullet’s axe handle to the mid-section and was quickly tossed from the match.
Landel was head butting people while wearing the hockey mask, and used that to eliminate George South.
Rip and Timbs double teamed Horner with their crutches, but Wahoo broke that up with several lashes from his strap across their backs, then he and Horner tossed both of the from the match.
Pez was tied up with Botswana Beast and it was looking grim, but Tim Horner helped out briefly by jumping on the Beasts back. The Beast pulled him off and tossed him though.
Nelson Royal was swinging his cowboy boot high over head, but The Moondog caught him with the bone and knocked him over the top. Immediately after, The Bullet came up from behind and dumped The Moondog.
Landel got rid of Pez after taking his mask off and hitting Pez with it.
Wahoo and The Beast were squaring off while The Bullet and the Brooklyn Brawler slugged it out. Landel just stood by watching. Finally, the Brawler missed a charge and was dumped over the top by The Bullet. Landel made his move but was caught and Bullet gave him a big clothes line to put him down on the mat. He quickly regained his feet however.
The Botswana Beast made a leap at Wahoo who caught him with a chop, and then picked the big man up for a body slam. He deposited him over the top rope, but Landel scooped his legs and eliminated him as well!
This left Landel and the Bullet in a fight to the finish. Landel got an advantage and used his hockey mask to open a cut on Bullet’s forehead. He worked on the cut and even broke one of the crutches over his back! He then locked on his figure four leg lock looking for the submission. The Bullet grasped around and got ahold of the baby powder bottle and shot Landel in the face with it, causing him to break the hold. When Landel regained his sight, he was met a shot from the axe handle in the gut which doubled him over, then a shot across the back that stood him upright again. The Bullet quickly dropped the handle and nailed Landel with a double karate thrust to the throat and dove in for the winning pin fall at 14:55!
The Bullet has won $1000 and qualified for the TunderDome Battle Royal Finals on July 15 in Johnson City!
- In the main event, for the Smoky Mountain Heavyweight title, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan pinned Ole Anderson after a running football tackle. Ole gave as good as he got in the match, and was in control until Ivan Koloff showed up at ringside. This constant distraction led to Ole looking over his shoulder the whole time and eventually falling prey to Duggan’s. Ole mounted the top rope in attempt to drive his knee into Duggan’s shoulder, but Ivan shook the ropes causing Ole to fall into the ring. When he got up, Duggan caught him with his finisher at 15:20. After the match while Duggan celebrated, Ole chased Ivan from the ring side area back to the dressing room.
The ring announcer wished everyone a happy and safe Independence day to close the show.
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