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Dave Brown and Corey Maclin are doing the announcing duties, returning to the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are doing commentary and they are taped from Harlan, Kentucky.
Taped from Dallas, TX
Airdate: April 20, 1985 (taped 04/05)
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Bill Mercer
Can Kevin defeat Gino while on his World title path? What is the BIG announcement this week? And who will join me for this bacon’n’eggs episode?
The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.27.82
By gawd, tonight I can only review one show, and that’s the one featuring a true patriot and his privates. It’s only right. See what I did there?
Corey Maclin is going solo today for this episode, taped from the Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. The temporary switch out of the WMC-TV5 studio is nice because this venue is bigger and has more energy. You can also see cigarette smoke wafting from the crowd on numerous occasions too as this was a time before indoor smoking bans. And in a weird aesthetic, the promotion uses a white picket fence for a guardrail.
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action, originating from Caywood High School in Harlan, Kentucky. According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the taping, which took place on October 9, drew a small crowd of 200 fans.
The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.20.82
Taped from Charlotte, NC
Your hosts are Bob Caudle & Roddy Piper
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for AWA SuperClash ’85 (September 28 1985)
– For some reason the full show didn’t appear on Sasktel until yesterday’s update, so I’ve been holding off until now. But I’ve been dying to see the full show for years now, so this is continued evidence of the awesomeness of the people who program this channel. The concept is that all the major non-WWF promotions are working together to beat the WWF, but since they can’t agree on ordering a cup of coffee, let alone running a show, things don’t work out. But it was quite the attempt. The most awesome story I’ve heard about this mess is that David Crockett, acting as the agent for the NWA, spent most of the time signing up AWA stars for his brother. Now those are some balls.
– Taped from Chicago, IL, in the sadly empty baseball stadium. It drew about 20,000, but it would have been better served in an arena.
– Hosted by Larry Nelson
Lance Russell and Corey Maclin are in the booth for today’s show, which is a special “on the road” broadcast because of repairs being made to the WMC-TV5 studio. The matches on this show come from the November 13 card in Memphis.
A replay of Buddy Landel being brutalized by Jim Cornette’s Militia on last week’s program is shown.
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action and are wrapping up the taping from Cookeville, Tennessee.
The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.13.82
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I’m ready to Kiss 2020 Goodbye myself.
Taped from Charlotte, NC
Your hosts are Bob Caudle, Ray Stevens & Johnny Weaver. That’s quite the crew. And Weaver stuck around on this show for FOUR YEARS!
Footage of Ahmed Johnson beating Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified World Championship in Memphis is shown.
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth, broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action once again from Cookeville, Tennessee.
Taped from Dallas, TX
Airdate: April 6, 1985 (taped 03/22)
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Bill Mercer
If it’s Friday night, it’s time to head to the Sportatorium! While Hercules and Oliver grapple, how will Kerry and Adias fare against Eaton and Kiniski in the main event? And who will join me for this runaway episode?
Lance Russell and Dave Brown call today’s action from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee
Brown interviews Richard Lee, a longtime Tennessee manager to worked for Nick and George Gulas in the 1980s and then started working for Jerry Jarrett in 1985. He was best known for managing the Moondogs, who he hypes as the most violent team in the territory. On today’s show he is returning after being gone for three years and brings with him Moondog Cujo, a man he claims is going to bring more violence to the USWA.
The SmarK Rant for NWA Final Conflict 83 – 03.12.83
OK, people have been asking me for my opinion on the Slaughter & Kernodle v. Steamboat & Youngblood match, so I figured I’d take a look at the full(ish) card that’s up on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripeKNwLGp4&ab_channel=4WrestlingFans
Taped in Greensboro, NC, drawing 16,000 or so people, with the footage apparently saved by Private Jim Nelson/Boris Zhukov. Bob Caudle provides commentary, with David Crockett joining later, and it’s pristine footage shot with multiple cameras. So this show was MASSIVE, with stories of a sellout of the building and then traffic backed up for miles from people trying to purchase walkup tickets.
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action in the second round of tapings in Cookeville, Tennessee.
The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.06.82
Time to head back for a deeper dive into the mysteries of Sgt. Slaughter’s Privates.
Taped from Charlotte, NC
Your hosts are Bob Caudle & Roddy Piper
Taped from Dallas, TX
Airdate: March 30, 1985 (taped 03/22)
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Bill Mercer
Who are these guys called the “Dynamic Duo”? And how will the Von Erichs fare against them? Also, a familiar face returns to WCCW to face Oliver. Will he succeed? And who will join me for this dark and confusing episode?
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are reunited in the booth for today’s show from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Russell interviews Downtown Bruno, who complains about what Doug Gilbert and Miss Texas have done to Brandon Baxter over the last few weeks. Bruno says that he will be taking Baxter’s place as an ally of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He also complains about the recent treatment of Bob Armstrong. This brings Armstrong out and he shakes Bruno’s hand before running down the USWA. Armstrong hypes his son Jesse James and Tracy Smothers as his biggest weapon.