Doug Gilbert delivers a promo vowing to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on today’s broadcast.
Dave Brown and Corey Maclin are today’s announce team and they are calling the show from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – August 12, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action and they are concluding the tapings from Jellico, Tennessee. This is also the go home show for Fire on the Mountain.
Jim Cornette tells Kessler and Thatcher that Brad Armstrong has no chance against his militia in a gauntlet match.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – September 2, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are back in the booth and they are calling the action in the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Russell talks with Jesse James Armstrong, who is not happy that Randy Hales has suspended his friends in SMW.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain Wrestling – August 5, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are in the booth and they are still covering action from the Jellico, Tennessee tapings.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – August 26, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown call the action from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: The Super Bowl of Wrestling (1995)
This show took place on Friday, August 4, 1995 at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer, the show drew a crowd of 5,000, with 4,600 fans paying, thereby creating a gate of $37,500. That made this the best-attended card in the history of the promotion. The show is provided courtesy of a fan cam.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – August 19, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown call the action from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
A video package hypes Brian Christopher, who must be on the verge of returning to action after a shoulder injury.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – August 12, 1995
The regular team of Lance Russell and Dave Brown are calling the action and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – August 5, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are continuing their regular commentary duties from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – July 15, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are in the booth and they are broadcasting from a new set of television tapings from Jellico High School in Jellico, Tennessee. According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the tapings took place on July 6, but no attendance figures were reported.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 29, 1995
(Based on comments, it seems like the Blog is favoring SMW in its feud with the USWA. SMW’s TV is missing most of this inter-promotional feud because of its taping schedule, sadly)
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Russell interviews Tracy Smothers, who runs down the USWA. He repeats a lot of the same talking points that he used last week.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – June 22, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown call today’s action from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain Wrestling – June 24, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are handling the broadcasting duties and they are taped from Sevierville, Tennessee.
Thatcher interviews Commissioner Bob Armstrong and Armstrong’s Avenger. Armstrong says he has faith in the Avenger against SMW Champion Buddy Landel. He promises a surprise.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 15, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Brown tells fans that Brian Christopher will be out of action for six weeks with a broken shoulder blade. Russell follows up by saying that Randy Hales was hurt in the Rock N’ Roll Express-PG-13 USWA Tag Team Championship match in Memphis on Monday.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – June 17, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher kick off a new round of television tapings in Sevierville, Tennessee. According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the tapings took place at Catan’s Chapel Elementary School and drew 300 fans.
What the World Was Watching: ECW Hardcore TV – June 6, 1995
The Hack Myers-Tony Stetson match from Enter Sandman airs. Instead of airing a clip job, which would have covered up how bad this match was, ECW opts to show it in its entirety.
Joey Styles asks Paul E. Dangerously why Taz dropped his gimmick. Dangerously answers that Taz does not need a gimmick to reach the top of professional wrestling. He adds that Taz is already a “larger than life man” and the Tazmaniac is no more.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 8, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are calling the action and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 1, 1995
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are calling the action, broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
A video package highlights Brandon Baxter’s issues with Jimmy Valiant.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – June 3, 1995
After showing Jim Cornette’s turn on Bob Armstrong at Volunteer Slam IV, Chip Kessler interviews Cornette, SMW Champion Buddy Landel, and the Punisher outside of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee. Cornette wants to do the interview in his penthouse suite so after a commercial break the segment moves there. After Landel gloats about the accommodations, Cornette gives a play-by-play of how he set Armstrong up and managed to also get revenge on the Gangstas at the same time, aided by video footage of the last six months. During the re-telling, Cornette gets a phone call from Pamela Anderson for Landel, telling Landel that WWF Champion Diesel must be a lousy kisser. After going through four commercial breaks, the segment ends with Cornette saying that Bob Armstrong cannot mess with him or his crew anymore because they promised last Thanksgiving was their final encounter. Landel chips in and says with Cornette at his side that his SMW title is safe.
What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – June 24, 1995
Lance Russell returns to today’s broadcast alongside Dave Brown and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Russell interviews Brandon Baxter, who is upset that he is not being treated like a star in the USWA like he was in the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). Baxter demands that Russell tell him who Bill Dundee is going to have as his mystery partner for an upcoming match and that brings Dundee out. As expected, that leads to Doug Gilbert and Brian Lee backing up their manager, but PG-13 make the save.