Post by Mickey Yarber on Jul 8, 2017 1:30:17 GMT
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Hot Summer Nights Tour - Night 4
Chilhowee Park Ampi-theater, Knoxville TN
Tuesday July 4, 1988
- Members of the University of Tennessee Marching Band played the National Anthem before the show began.
- In the opener, "White Lightning" Tim Horner pinned the Brooklyn Brawler with a "Natural Bridge" roll up at 9:00.
- Scott Armstong and Sam Houston teamed up to defeat The Blonde Bombers, Rip Rogers and Ken Timbs at 11:28 when Sam caught Rip with a bulldog.
- The Bullet pinned Nelson Royal after a judo thrust at 8:44.
- Ole Anderson pinned Ivan Koloff after a gourd buster at 11:22.
- Les Thatcher led "Pistol" Pez Whatley to the ring for the next match, as the crowd awaited to see who Ron Wright has finally found to manage. Wright came to the ring alone and got on the house microphone and said that everyone has doubted him...especially Les Thatcher! He went on to say that Pez Whatley made the biggest mistake of his career when he left Ron Wright, and tonight, he's gonna pay. He then introduced his new wrestler...."The Mountain from Stone Mountain"...."The Crusher" Jerry Blackwell!!!
Blackwell came to the ring and it didn't take very long for he and Pez to start hooking it up. Pez had a hard time countering the size of Blackwell, but made good use of his speed and took the fight to the big man. Finally, Wright tried to interfere, but was cut off by a punch from Les Thatcher! The distraction on the outside was just enough for Blackwell to catch Pez off guard and pick him up and flatten him with a power slam for the winning pin at 9:54. Afterwards, he helped Wright shake off Thatcher, and the two of them started putting the boots to Pez. Pez tried to fight back, so Wright started motioning to the locker room, and out came running Rip Rogers and Ken Timbs to join in on the attack. They got Pez down and held him as Blackwell came off the ropes with a huge splash on the prone Pez. He started to do it again when the crowd erupted, as "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant was slowly making his way to the ring, looking suspisious. He slowly climbed in the ring and looked around at the three heels and Ron Wright. Wright smiled at Boogie, and then told him to get Pez!!! Boogie went over to Pez and grabbed him by the hair and pulled him to his feet and held him there by the hear just jawing at him. He pulled way back for a big punch to level Pez, but pushed him out of the way and blasted Wright instead!!! He then fired off on both Rip and Timbs before Blackwell got him from behind. Pez was regaining his senses and joined Valiant as they fought off the heels to a roar from the crowd! After the heels bailed from the ring, Boogie and Pez stared each other down for a bit before Pez held out his hand. Boogie looked at it, and then looked to the crowd before finally slapping his hand and grabbing Pez in a big hug and the two of them exchanged high fives and danced for the crowd as Boogie's music played before they exited together.
- Knoxville hero Doug Furnas won the Thunderdome Battle Royal by pinning Buddy Landel with a running powerslam at 16:50. There was fighting all over the park in this one with every weapon imaginable. The crowd was surprised by several entrants including the masked Tennessee Stud, Great Kabuki, Botswana Beast, The New Guinnea Head Hunters, and legend Ricky Gibson! Also in the match were the Moondog, Russian Assassin, Barry Horowitz, Scott Armstrong, Johnny Rich, Davey Rich, Mike Enos, Wayne Bloom, Danny Davis, Ken Wayne, and Denny Brown.
- The Original Midnight Express, Condrey and Rose w/ Baby Doll def. The Rock & Roll Express at 21:30 to win the SMW Tag Team Titles when Baby Doll sprayed Ricky Morton in the face with hair spray allowing him to fall victim to the Double Goozle.
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan became the first man in SMW to defeat Vladimir Pietrov and hold onto the SMW title when he caught the big man with a leaping football tackle shoulder block from the top rope. He had hit him with 3 of his usual running football tackles before even knocking him down, but could not get the pin that way.
- Fire works capped off the night while the Tennessee band played Rocky Top.
Working on it now.