Norman Smiley

Hang on just a second.

Norman Smiley didn't show up tonight, nor did he bring the Hardcore belt.

Punk ass.

Exactly.

Please, Stevie.

Here comes the Hardcore Champion, Screamin' Norman Smiley.

This shouldn't be much of a match.

No, it shouldn't be.

This is one of the most bizarre things we've ever witnessed on Thunder.

Norman just can't fulfill the deal because he can't talk.

Norman Smiley right now is taking an old-fashioned flogging.

Yeah, he is getting flogged.

Those were my trainers before WWE.

And when I got to WWE and I was at down at FCW, uh, Norman Smiley and Ricky Steamboat, those were my coaches.

Uh, and then being on the road, like I said, Noble and, and Arn Malenko.

Uh, learning from guys like that has been such a blessing.

But it seems like above average, Mike Sanders has got something to say.

He's got a microphone but he's calling out, screaming Norman Smiley.

It was a great debut for Mike Sanders here on this program.

And he's got hardcore tools in the ring.

Most of you people don't know who I am and Norman Smiley,

you

definitely don't know who I am.

Mike Sanders, we have known him as Average Mike Sanders, but he says he's gonna make himself above average here.

And there's a lot of people that come.

The coaches that they have at the Performance Center, if you notice their temperament, X-Pac, Carino, Norman Smiley, Matt Bloom, they're nurturers.

Steve Regal is a badass, but Steve Regal, he loves the beauty in humans.

They have all those nurturers there.

Driving the shin across the head, stepping on one arm, pulling back the other arm.

As Conan is back on the attack once again, sending Norman Smiley in to the ropes.

Leapfrog goes Conan.

Conan hugs him.

That's always a prelude to that tequila sunrise.

Submission hold of his and here it is.

And quickly, Norman Smiley taps out.

Can you blame him? Not at all.

I give Yachty a lot of credit.

Again, going to the PC to train, uh, putting in the time with Norman Smiley, and, you know, coming and in towns all over.

It- I give him a ton of credit because he does love this.

He really does, and I appreciate that, but it doesn't make you equal enough to stand in the ring across from me-

it's like, so the, the crazy thing is the cool thing about it is, and especially watching the PC matches at the PC is I never put it on because like, match right here we have to watch it because it's this match with this historical i put on random matches because i want to see something different i want to catch something whether it's somebody move how their footwork is just as long as it catches my attention, I can be like, oh, that can make a difference in my match.

The way somebody sells, the way somebody throws a punch, even a body slam, like how Norman Smiley used to do the big, you know, how he would body slam somebody.

That was different.

And that's what I always try to look for.