Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Born: October 11, 1963
in Waco, Texas, United States
Michael Maurice Smith is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sam Houston. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1991. Houston's father Grizzly Smith was also a professional wrestler, as was his half-brother Jake "The Snake" Roberts and his sister Rockin' Robin.

Movies for Michael Smith...

WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Title: WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 27, 2021
Type: Movie
WrestleCade presented its 2021 Supershow from the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, featuring Malakai Black facing Buddy Mathews in the main event. Plus, Jay Lethal takes on Matt Cardona, Thunder Rosa battles Deonna Purrazzo and Mercedes Martinez in a Three-Way match, and much more!
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WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Title: WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Character: Sam Houston
Released: January 19, 1991
Type: Movie
The 1991 WWE Royal Rumble was the third annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation, and fourth overall. It took place on January 19, 1991 at The Miami Arena in Miami, Florida. The main event was the 1991 Royal Rumble match. Featured matches on the undercard were The Ultimate Warrior versus Sgt. Slaughter for the WWE Championship, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase & Virgil versus "The Common Man" Dusty Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes and The Mountie versus "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware.
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WWE Survivor Series 1988
Title: WWE Survivor Series 1988
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Survivor Series (1988) was the second annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on November 24, 1988 (Thanksgiving night in the United States) and was held at the Richfield Coliseum, in Richfield, Ohio. The main event was a ten-man Survivor Series match between a team captained by The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and WWF Champion Randy Savage) and a team captained by The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man). Hogan and Savage were the sole "survivors" of the match. The undercard featured three Survivor Series matches between mid-card wrestlers.
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The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Title: The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 10, 1988
Type: Movie
All the best and brightest rising stars of WWE - plus the biggest and baddest superstars!
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WWE WrestleFest
Title: WWE WrestleFest
Character: Sam Houston
Released: July 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Much like 'The Big Event' held in August of 1986, Wrestlefest '88 was a supercard meant for the live audience only, but ticket sales were large enough to justify recording it for Coliseum Video, with commentary added in afterwards. Taped from Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the latter part of July 1988, with the wonderful combination of Sean Mooney, Lord Alred Hayes, and Superstar Billy Graham on the call. The main event was Hulk Hogan versus Andre the Giant in a steel cage match. The British Bulldogs challenged Tag Team Champions Demolition while WWF Champion Randy 'Macho Man' Savage defended against challenger Ted DiBiase. There were 15 matches total.
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WWE WrestleMania IV
Title: WWE WrestleMania IV
Character: Sam Houston
Released: March 27, 1988
Type: Movie
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 27, 1988 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The main event was the finals of a fourteen-man tournament for the undisputed WWF Championship, where Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase to win the vacant title. The main matches on the undercard were a twenty-man battle royal won by Bad News Brown, Demolition (Ax and Smash) versus Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) for the WWF Tag Team Championship, Brutus Beefcake versus The Honky Tonk Man for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and a 14-man tournament for the vacated WWF Championship.
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WWE Royal Rumble
Title: WWE Royal Rumble
Character: Sam Houston
Released: January 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Royal Rumble (1988) was the first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Unlike the subsequent Royal Rumble events, this event was not shown on pay-per-view and was instead a television special shown on the USA Network. The main event was a two out of three falls match where The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers). The undercard featured the first-ever Royal Rumble match which was won by Jim Duggan, Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) in a two out of three falls match for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship and Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.
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NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
Title: NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Only one team will survive the "Night of The Skywalkers" as The Road Warriors and The Midnight Express clash high atop a 25 foot scaffold! Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff. The Rock 'n' Roll Express defend the NWA Tag Team Championship against Ole & Arn Anderson in a Steel Cage Match and so much more!
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Title: WWF Wrestling Challenge
Character: Sam Houston
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1995. The show became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match interviews, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming. Matches primarily saw top tier and mid-level talent versus jobbers. At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates and house shows in local media markets.
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Title: NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Character: Sam Houston
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
The Greensboro Coliseum is the site for the final stop on the '86 Bash tour!
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Title: NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Character: Sam Houston
Released: July 5, 1986
Type: Movie
The Bash rolls into Charlotte's Memorial Stadium for a red-hot night of action!
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The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Title: The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Character: Sam Houston
Released: April 19, 1986
Type: Movie
The first Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.
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NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
Title: NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 28, 1985
Type: Movie
NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the NWA banner. It took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Their feud escalated when Flair broke Rhodes' ankle in September. After the event, Flair formed the Four Horsemen stable, and continued to feud with Rhodes. Other matches included Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard in an "I Quit" steel cage match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express and the team of Ivan and Nikita Koloff in a Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
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NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Title: NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Character: Sam Houston
Released: July 16, 1985
Type: Movie
The Great American Bash (1985) took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was a steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship with Tully Blanchard defending the title against Dusty Rhodes. Nikita Koloff challenged for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair with David Crockett as the special guest referee. Magnum T.A. defended the NWA United States Championship against Kamala, while the NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Kruschev and Ivan Koloff fought the AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors. 4 other matches took place on the undercard.