{"id":39041,"date":"2017-02-22T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39041"},"modified":"2017-02-26T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T19:12:23","slug":"smw-lookback-ep-5-2-29-1992-danny-davis-barry-horowitz-bob-holly-ron-wright-paul-orndorff-brian-lee-dutch-mantel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/22\/smw-lookback-ep-5-2-29-1992-danny-davis-barry-horowitz-bob-holly-ron-wright-paul-orndorff-brian-lee-dutch-mantel\/","title":{"rendered":"SMW LOOKBACK \u2013 Ep. 5 (2-29-1992): Danny Davis, Barry Horowitz, Bob Holly, Ron Wright, Paul Orndorff, Brian Lee, Dutch Mantel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-928944303\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 29, 1992<br \/>\nTAPED IN\u00a0KNOXVILLE, TENN. AT THE CIVIC COLISEUM<br \/>\nAIRED IN SYNDICATION REGIONALLY<br \/>\nREPORT BY MIKE MILLS, PWTORCH SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<h3><b>Show Summary<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Bob Caudle and Dutch Mantel kick off the show. Bob Caudle runs down the lineup of today\u2019s action and sends us to the ring for our opening match.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) Nitro Danny Davis vs. Barry Horowitz<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nitro Danny Davis makes his SMW debut in this match. I\u2019ve raved about Barry Horowitz on previous SMW and BTT podcast episodes and article on the PW Torch site but the guy is really a great technician and pro wrestler. There is a spot in the match where Horowitz went from an abdominal stretch to a cradle to the stinger death drop that Dutch mentions Horowitz is the only guy that uses that move. They don\u2019t call it a death drop; Bob Caudle calls it a neck breaker of sorts but it\u2019s a stinger death drop if I\u2019ve ever seen one. They go through a series of moves where Davis hits Horowitz with a hip toss out of the corner and then a backdrop to Horowitz. The match ends when Davis rolls up Horowitz with an inside cradle. This is a good quick match as Davis gets his first win in his SMW debut match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; JIMMY GOLDEN PROMO. After the match, we go to a Jimmy Golden promo. Jimmy tells Rock and Roll Robert Gibson he\u2019s going to chop him down to size. It\u2019s a solid promo and your regular early 1990s family friendly heel promo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We then get a recap of last week\u2019s action with the Fulton\u2019s and Koloff\u2019s with Jimmy Golden that we discussed last week that turned into an all-out brawl. But we also get the Fulton\u2019s cutting a promo talking about how they\u2019re in Japan but they\u2019ll be back to fight the Koloff\u2019s and Golden soon enough. Back at the desk Bullet Bob Armstrong announces a $500 fine that will be levied out against all parties in the fight but that the Fulton\u2019s do have a legal gripe and he is granting them a 6-man match against the Koloff\u2019s and Golden when they return. If you remember, last week there was a big-time brawl at the end of the episode and Bullet Bob is making sure everyone knows that type of stuff won\u2019t be allowed in SWM without a fine. Armstrong also tells Dutch that he\u2019s made PrimeTime Brian Lee aware that as long as Dutch is at the desk he can\u2019t touch him but when Dutch gets to that ring Lee can do as he pleases to Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; RON WRIGHT PROMO. Ron Wright is still looking for a man to manage but he has a message for all his fans. Ron Wright states, \u201cI\u2019d like to read one of the thousands of letters I\u2019ve received from a fan. I love how you always showed good sportsmanship when those other wrestlers would try to harm and MAME you. Here is $5 that I\u2019d like to give you for your surgery. Maybe some other good Christians will help you out.\u201d Wright says, this nearly breaks me down, they know I was a good Christian and clean scientific wrestler.\u201d It is hard to articulate how good of a heel manager promo this is without seeing it. Everyone watching knows that Ron Wright is full of bull but he is carrying out his role as an excellent heel manager would back in the day. Also, knowing the history of Ron Wright and how dirty of a heel that he was is what makes this promo of his even better.<\/p>\n<p><b>(2) &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; Bob Holly vs. Tommy Angel<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The highlight of this match is Bob Caudle questioning Dutch about why is Carl Styles standing behind Dutch as his body guard. Dutch says Brian Lee is dangerous and Carl is his protection. They get on the topic of Bob Holly who Dutch says is a great wrestler in the making and a future superstar. During the match, Ron Wright rolls out to ringside. Dutch goes into this speech about Wright and how sad it is that he\u2019s in a wheel chair. Bob Caudle no sells this sympathy that Dutch is giving Mr. Ron Wright because Caudle knows how terrible of a person Ron Wright was when he was a wrestler. This is a relatively hard hitting match that of course Ron Wright helps out with as Wright grabs Angel\u2019s leg as he\u2019s going up to the top rope. As Angel is distracted, Holly get the advantage and ends up getting the upper hand on Angel. Bob Holly gets the pin after hitting his finisher. When Bob Caudle and Dutch are recapping the end of the match, Caudle says look at Ron Wright grabbing Angel\u2019s foot and holding him from climbing the top rope to which Dutch says he\u2019s stepping on Ron Wright\u2019s hand and Angel got what he deserved when he was trying to step on poor Ron Wright\u2019s hand.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3042662360\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; PAUL ORNDORF PROMO. After the match, we go to a Paul Orndorff promo. Orndorff is talking about how he\u2019s held tons of titles everywhere and that SMW is a hotbed of wrestling right now that everyone is coming to. Orndorff does a fantastic job selling SMW as a great new promotion that all of the top talent is going to. Orndorff does say he needs to have a talk with Bob Armstrong about this no pile driver rule since that\u2019s his finisher. A slight teaser here for you. The pile driver being banned becomes a big issue over the next few months in SMW.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; BRIAN LEE PROMO. After the Orndorff promo, we get a very quick Brian Lee promo and he\u2019s got a message for Dutch Mantell. Lee tells Dutch that he knows he can\u2019t touch Dutch when he\u2019s at the desk but if he sets foot in a ring he\u2019s all his and Dutch isn\u2019t ready for PrimeTime. It\u2019s a decent promo. Brian Lee is continuing to establish himself as one of if not the top face in the promotion.<\/p>\n<p><b>(3) Carl Styles vs. Reno Riggins<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dutch is supposed to fight in this match but begins acting like he has the \u201cChinese Flu\u201d as he says and how he\u2019s got a 105 fever. Caudle calls him out and says he can\u2019t believe he\u2019s scared to step in the ring and he\u2019s obviously not sick. Dutch sends Carl Styles his bodyguard to the ring to wrestling Riggins for him. Styles ends up getting the win. Brian Lee hits the ring at the end. Lee tells Styles he\u2019s being made a fool of and that he has no problems with Styles. Lee challenges Dutch to get in the ring but Dutch says from the desk \u201cI\u2019ve got a fever and can\u2019t do it.\u201d Lee turns his back on Styles and Styles jumps him from behind. We go off the air with Lee and Styles slugging at each other without a solution as we fade away with Dutch Mantell playing the role as the chicken heel who wants no part of Brian Lee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; JIM CORNETTE PROMO. Jim speculates on who his new tag team is going to be. He says that Bob Armstrong says you can\u2019t enter a nameless team because it\u2019s not fair to the others. Cornette says it\u2019s only fair because if he did say who it was everyone would bail on the tournament and there would be no one left to compete. I continue to give Jim Cornette credit here. We are 5 weeks into SMW TV at this point and Jim continues to do a great job of teasing who his team will be. This is something that doesn\u2019t seem to happen any longer in wrestling. Payoffs seem to happen much quicker especially when there are 3 hours of TV to fill on RAW weekly.<\/p>\n<p><b>(4) Robert Gibson vs. Jimmy Golden<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The match gets started but before we start talking about the competitors the topic is Dutch\u2019s health. Dutch continues to talk about how he\u2019s sick and not feeling well. Dutch and Bob Caudle then change topics and start discussing who Cornette\u2019s new tag team is going to be. They finally get to the match after Dutch explains that he\u2019s feeling better. He claims he took a few Advil and his 105 fever is gone. They talk about how Robert Gibson is now a singles wrestler. They then announce Terry Gordy from the Fabulous Freebirds is making his debut starting next week. During the match, Ivan and Vladimir show up at ringside. Bob Caudle immediately says something is up with the Koloff\u2019s at ringside. Dutch says they\u2019re just defending their friend and supporting him. Long story short, Gibson is on his way to victory when the Koloff\u2019s jump in and decide to interfere giving Gibson the win by DQ. It\u2019s a rather uneventful episode but still not terrible and only 48 minutes of my time with no commercials. But we\u2019re not done as we see below.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson and Brian Lee cut a promo with Bullet Bob Armstrong. Armstrong says to Gibson and Lee, you guys can get a few guys together and show those Koloff\u2019s and Golden something. Armstrong says, \u201cI\u2019ll turn my back!\u201d Which Armstrong seems to be saying if you cheat and use a foreign object that Armstrong won\u2019t fine them or say a word. Gibson vows revenge on Golden. Lee then talks up his match with Carl Styles who jumped him earlier in the program. He\u2019s going to go through Styles and eventually get his hands on Dutch and break Dutch in half.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3777518869\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3><b>Final Thoughts<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a rather uneventful episode but still not terrible and only 48 minutes of my time with no commercials. This is one of those early episodes that I like to say that SMW is getting their feet under them. This is only the fifth episode and there is not anything major that happens. I guess if it were on TV today as a wrestling product that is reviewed, one might say this was definitely not must see TV. If that statement was made, I would tend to agree. While this is not a must-see episode, there are a bunch of mainstays in this episode that become major players throughout the SMW early run. Therefore, in a sense it is good to see what guys like Jimmy Golden, Ron Wright, and Brian Lee do in the early on SMW TV episodes. On a scale of 1-10, I\u2019d rate this episode a 5 and very average by SMW standards. However, like I said stick with us because SMW improves drastically in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S SHOW REVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/20\/smw-lookback-ep-4-2-22-1992-hector-guerrero-killer-kyle-brian-lee-ivan-koloff-jimmy-golden-bobby-jackie-fulton-fantastics\/\">SMW LOOKBACK \u2013 Ep. 4 (2-22-1992): Hector Guerrero, Killer Kyle, Brian Lee, Ivan Koloff, Jimmy Golden, Bobby and Jackie Fulton (The Fantastics)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>(Mike Mills is a PWTorch.com Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV Flashback Specialist, providing his point of view on Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV that aired between February of 1992 through November of 1995. You can follow Mike at @BTT_Podcast and @Mike504Saints on Twitter. An audio version of the Smoky Mountain flashbacks are also available at mikemills.podbean.com. You can e-mail Mike at BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3542471257\"><div id=\"pwtor-698350547\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING FEBRUARY 29, 1992 TAPED IN\u00a0KNOXVILLE, TENN. 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