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Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are doing commentary and they are taped from Harlan, Kentucky.
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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – October 14, 1995
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.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – October 7, 1995
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.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – September 30, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action once again from Cookeville, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – September 23, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action in the second round of tapings in Cookeville, Tennessee.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – September 16, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are doing commentary and they are finally kicking off a new set of television tapings at the Cookeville Community Center in Cookeville, Tennessee. According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the tapings took place on September 5 and drew 400 fans.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain Wrestling – September 2, 1995
Chip Kessler announces that the Heavenly Bodies are now double tag team champions since they have the belts for SMW and the USWA.
The Bob Armstrong-Jim Cornette first blood match at Fire on the Mountain is shown.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – August 26, 1995
Chip Kessler hosts this edition of Smoky Mountain TV, with matches on today’s show coming from The Super Bowl of Wrestling and Fire on the Mountain.
The Billy Jack Haynes-Brad Armstrong match for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship at The Super Bowl of Wrestling is shown.
What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – August 19, 1995
This show is supposed to feature live footage from The Super Bowl of Wrestling but it gets off to a bad start when the opening with Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher has mic issues and they cannot be heard over the crowd in Knoxville, Tennessee who attended the show. Why SMW decided not to edit this out is a mystery as it immediately makes the viewers dismiss the promotion.
What the World Was Watching: Fire on the Mountain (1995)
This show took place on August 12, 1995 at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee. According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the card drew 1,900 fans, 1,400 more than attended a Summer Blast tour card in the city a month earlier. Footage was provided courtesy of a fan cam.
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: 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: Smoky Mountain TV – July 29, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher call the action from the Jellico High School tapings. Kessler has been trying to channel Vince McMahon to kick off each program by screaming “Neexxtt” but he just ends up sounding like he is grunting on the toilet.
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: Smoky Mountain TV – July 22, 1995
Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher call the action, which is still from the Jellico High School tapings.
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.