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3/21 Even though those guys were very white meat and clich, I learned from Bob Armstrong, Dirty White Boy, Tracy Smothers and The Rock n Roll Express. ROAD DOGG: Terry Funk stacked about 40 chairs in the middle of the ring. The promotion featured a number of wrestlers who were regulars in the Southeastern wrestling scene the Heavenly Bodies, Stan Lane and Tom Prichard and later Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray. He was tailor-made for the region. The promotion had a brief association with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), whose flagship promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling had split away in August 1994, leaving the NWA with no World Heavyweight Champion. 1/29 Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors History Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Feuds Promos Tournaments Rivalries Ratings Comments Year: All-Time Roster Displaying items 1 to 104 of total 104 items that match the search parameters. JIM CORNETTE: In WCW in 1990, The Midnight Express Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane and myself were still there. 5/14 Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies. 9/24 Chris Walker defeated Richard Slinger Doug Furnas defeated Killer Kyle (8:46) Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991-1995) A firm believer in "old-school" territorial wrestling, Cornette began the Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) promotion in 1991. CORNETTE: Hes an Armstrong. 1/21 10/9 9/2 Just give it a try, he said. 8/12 This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Here are the Mountain 7 conference teams from winter sports in 2022-23, Here are the 2022-23 All-WNC boys basketball teams, player of the year and coach of the year, Here are the 2022-23 All-WNC girls basketball teams, player of the year and coach of the year, All-WNC wrestling 2023: Kage Williams' perfect season highlights another strong year, Here are the Mountain 7 conference teams from winter sports in 2022-23. WWE for the first time ever acknowledged another wrestling promotion. Non-Televised Smoky Mountain House Shows . Hotels near Residenzschloss Oettingen Hotels near Der Marktplatz - Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Stadtmauer und Holzgraben Hotels near Knigsturm Hotels near Heimatmuseum Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Jakob Hotels near Das Rathaus - Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian Hotels near Vlkerkundemuseum im Residenzschloss Hotels . 160: Xander Hill, Pisgah, Jaime Vega, North Henderson. 9/3 6/4 8/12 1/29 5/15 10/29 There was one caveat - he wasnt going to continuously invest in the product (and lose money). 3/29 5/7 6/13 [29], After SMW closed, Brad Armstrong declared himself SMW champion and defended the SMW Heavyweight Championship in the United States Wrestling Association. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was an organization staging professional wrestling in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. 10/14 5/27 The Thugs (Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, Robert Gibson and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. 195: Titus Bridges, Pisgah. Christmas Chaos - Day 1 It took a while to get ingratiated into the style of being slowed down. Eventually, he was walking around in a full body cast. 2/27 JERICHO: The thing I really learned a lot about there was interviews. My dad moved and Terry just ate the chairs. But the southern style that Cornette grew up with and pushed forward with his promotion still lives on to this day. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. 7/10 But Cornette wanted to have a hand in everything. 10/23 Owned by the trio of Sweet Stan Lane, Sandy Scott, and Jim Cornette, SMW was very much an analogue to ECW the same way that its promoter is and was an analogue to Paul Heyman. SMW Tribute Page for the history and memories of Smoky Mountain Wrestling!! I took the nickname of a high school friend. 6/2 6/18 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was very much southern rasslin. 2/6 10/29 11/18 7/23 Mustafa is 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6, he was impressive as well, but New Jack just had this look about him. He was so knowledgeable, dedicated and determined. 1/23 Jericho was working in Mexico and Japan at the time and he thought Smoky Mountain would get his foot in the door in the States. 5/28 What made this small, regional organization so memorable? The Heavenly Bodies, managed by Jim Cornette, were featured heavily throughout the years as they worked storyline feuds with The Rock 'n' Roll Express, The Fantastics and The Armstrong Family (especially Bob Armstrong) SMW also featured a number of younger wrestlers who had not yet made their mark on a national stage, including Bob Holly, New Jack, Al Snow, Balls Mahoney, Chris Jericho, Glenn Jacobs (then known as Unabomb, later better known under the ring name Kane), Lance Storm, Chris Candido, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Brian Girard James (B.G. Watch Smothers battle Chris Candido in an early Ladder Match. The promotion was backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. CORNETTE: At The Night of Legends show in 94, The Heavenly Bodies were coming back from WWE to wrestle [Jericho and Storm]. 7/11 After SMW folded, The Louisville Slugger, Jim Cornette went to work for WWE. I didnt want to eat very much, because hed push you to your limits. 7/17 Speichackerstrasse 2, Oberstdorf, 87561. . Those Appalachian people are a little bit different than everybody else. 170: Marcus McCarson, East Henderson. All the mom and pop promotions were dropping like flies. 1/21 STORM: Chris worked every single night like it was WrestleMania. 7/1 Night Of Legends And the kid Chris Jericho he was with wasnt too bad either. Sullivan got at him with this spike, and we had to censor it because it was so gross. 9/12 182: Landon Pope, Pisgah. ARMSTRONG: I got to wrestle with all four of my sons at one time or another while Smoky Mountain was going on. We also got WYMT in Hazard, Ky., so we had eastern Kentucky covered, too, with those three stations. Pisgah @ Smoky Mountain on Jan 17, 2023 in , NC. I worked with my dad in a Loser Leaves Town Match dressed up as a ninja.. Rock defeated The Wolfman There were a lot sliced tires and keyed cars. 7/9 11/19 10/29 2/13 Christmas Chaos - Day 2 1 and No. ARMSTRONG: He worked himself to death. Thats not something southern America in 1994 was probably ready for. Mustafa couldnt say sooey if the hogs had him, but looked like he could break you in half. 5/19 [3], Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. Either the story is good or the story is not good. Smoky Mountain Wrestling is a little-known wrestling promotion that was founded in 1991 by Jim Cornette who had, at the time, just left WCW. 6/19 BROWN: Ill never forget the whole buildup when The Undertaker came down for a couple of shows and we were going to wrestle in a Six-Man Tag Team Match. The deer was strapped up and he was cutting it open at the gut. Fright Night 4/21 11/13 James / Road Dogg) and D'Lo Brown, but ultimately, like most independents, was not financially successful. TRACY SMOTHERS: They were hillbillies. It was my proving grounds and learning period. 1/15 106 113 120 126 132 138 145 152 160 170 182 195 220 285 . 3/26 I was just by myself and The Rock n Roll Express came in to go against The Bodies, but Jim needed a good guy to go against Dirty White Boy. Contents Formation Territorial reach Notable talent 8/22 The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. 7/9 1/16 I live 500 miles away from Knoxville, but wed go up and stay until the matches were over and then drive home. Im a country boy, but that was too much. 6/5 11/7 Sunny, New Jack, D-Lo Brown, Lance Storm, Chris Jericho, and more were able to first get noticed due to their time with Cornette. 12/4 Knoxville was their biggest market, but its not a big enough market to sustain a wrestling company. The Undertaker walked out and Im like, Wow, oh my God, Im about the wrestle The Undertaker. You can feel the people breathing. Though they did eventually run events over that large of a region, including a few shows at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, Georgia, the promotion's biggest towns included Knoxville, Tennessee, and Johnson City, Tennessee. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was an organization staging professional wrestling in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. Related: 5 AEW Stars That Jim Cornette Hates (& 5 He Actually Likes). The early 1990s saw Jim Cornette launch his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Both Curtis Comes Home and the 2005 sequel show, held in memory of SMW head referee Mark Curtis are considered "unofficial" reunion shows.[24][25]. 8/25 Buddy Landel for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. The outdoor festival . I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money.. Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling with Stan Lane, Tim Horner and Sandy Scott. 9/4 1/16/23 - HI!, WE'RE STILL IN BUSINESS! We were running 15 towns a month from three strong TV tapings, but we couldnt get into the Asheville or Lexington markets or get a better timeslot in Chattanooga. 1994 saw Randy Savage head to Smoky Mountain Wrestling to compete at their Volunteer Slam 3 PPV. BROWN: Straight heat. The first Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion, "Primetime" Brian Lee, won the championship in a tournament held at Volunteer Slam on May 22, 1992, in Knoxville, Tennessee. 7/15 Learning when to do things, why to do them and getting the crowd to react the way you want. Rasslin' 10/7 132: Kavan Wilson, Smoky Mountain, Mason Maybin, East Henderson. He had about 20 guys there sitting ringside. It was Marilyn Manson before he got famous. 4/29 11/9 A 10-man tournament was held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in November, featuring many SMW wrestlers; the participants were Tracy Smothers, Devon Storm, Eddie Gilbert, Johnny Gunn, Chris Candido, Al Snow, Dirty White Boy, Jerry Lawler, Lou Perez, and Osamu Nishimura. 3/11 Cornette eventually signed a working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation to trade talent, manage and serve as an on-air talent for that company. 2/5 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. People knew my friend Cat Collins and were asking, Whos that bum hanging around with Cat? I drove him to Nashville to produce the Johnny Cash album and I got to eat lunch with Johnny Cash. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. BROWN: We had what was called the Smoky Mountain Flophouse in Morristown, Tenn., close to Cornettes house. Smoky Mountain Wrestling held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments between 1992 and 1995 that were competed for by wrestlers that were a part of their roster. 9/19 Alumni [ edit] Male wrestlers [ edit] Female wrestlers [ edit] Similar to the promotion in Philadelphia that has now earned mythic status, Cornette and SMW were able to do many of the same things that Happy Heyman was able to pull off in ECW. It was exciting to be just getting out of the military and getting my start in wrestling. 4/14 1/9 Fans didnt know how to take them. 4/23 He was the best performer of the three of them, so I made him their posse member. 12/24 We could get them last. Christmas Chaos - Day 2 And that ended up as our territory. CORNETTE: Scott [Armstrong] wrestled under a mask as Dixie Dynamite. 11/20 The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustafa), Jim Cornette and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. D-Lo Brown and The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustafa), Tracy Smothers and The Undertaker vs. D-Lo Brown and The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa), Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and The Undertaker vs. D-Lo Brown and The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa), The Dynamic Duo (Al Snow and Unabomb) vs. 2/18 4/21 Christmas Chaos - Day 2 He had people screaming during a Chain Match in Pikeville, Ky., population: 6500. Summer Blast 5/5 Its an art. 5/20 Thats how full the place is. 10/17 8/19 STORM: Tracy Smothers was so much fun to be around. 11/12 We used those shows to go to stations to sell a wrestling TV show. 8/6 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. 7/22 Jim Cornette had to fight his way out of more than one of those towns. I looked at his arm and there was a dent where one bone was supposed to be and he could bend his forearm in the middle. STORM: We were brought in for the Sunday Bloody Sunday show, which was Terry Funk vs. Bob Armstrong. 6/11 Its hard to make your product seem impressive enough when youve got WWE and WCW to compete with. Rick Rubin on loving pro wrestling, learning from Ric Flair and how "Rowdy" Roddy Piper turned the Beastie Boys Bad. A 10-man tournament was held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in November, featuring many SMW wrestlers; the participants were Tracy Smothers, Devon Storm, Eddie Gilbert, Johnny Gunn, Chris Candido, Al Snow, Dirty White Boy, Jerry Lawler, Lou Perez, and Osamu Nishimura. I knew we could get him back in the ring after someone pushed him too hard, which likely would be me. 10/2 Thats Jim in a nutshell. WCW was struggling with management issues, WWE was moving away from Hulkamanias golden age and the glory days of ECW were still years away. 8/14 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. 10/22 3/11 Summer Blast Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. World Wrestling Entertainment We were trying to be a little more serious than the colorful world of WWE. Thanksgiving Thunder. 9/23 6/11 Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Shahid. 10/1 3/18 He was a retired wrestling legend and talked better than anyone on the roster. 12/9 12/25, 1/8 The Thugs (Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers) and a, Robert Gibson and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. Ricky Morton and The Thugs (Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers), This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 01:59. Sunday Bloody Sunday Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 I had never seen a cut that deep. 9/24 CORNETTE: Buddy [Landel] shouldve been a top level performer in one of the big companies, but never got a shot because Buddy was his own worst enemy. 10/7 It would get scary. Flash Flanagan defeated Thrasher Sgt. 4/30 9/25 We did the match and it had a crazy emotion to it.We were wrestling against WWE Superstars and founding members of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. 7/12 We wanted to get away from sports-entertainment.. 11/19 People were scared of them. 3/15 After years of operating in red ink, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. 5/7 CORNETTE:This woman in Barbourville, Ky, grabbed Tammy [Sytch] and dragged her on the gym floor by her hair and wrists, determined to drag her out of the back of the building. Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. ARMSTRONG: Tracy actually pinned a bear and the guy who owned the bear came to me the next day and said, Please tell Tracy to take it easy on my bear. He was a fantastic wrestler. 10/21 The Last Tango In Tennessee He wasnt able to sit and enjoy his wrestling company. 7/17 11/12 Later, Mark Curtis came running up to me saying, Jericho went to the hospital. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, Bobby Blaze and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. D-Lo Brown and The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. 3/13 December 1995 CWA MEMPHIS. I was trying to think about wrestling in a positive way, and I had noticed that every time we ran the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, the crowd would really like it. He wined and dined us to impress us with the biggest show they had and we were just super excited about it. We cut all the expenses that we could cut, but I had pride. 2/19 SMOTHERS: I was there the night Kevin [Sullivan] cut up [W*ING] Kanemura. 6/24 I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money. 3/25 7/23 SMW Night Of Legends is a Professional wrestling event of Smoky Mountain Wrestling which was taped on August 5, 1994. 9/23 9/24 9/17 6/17 CORNETTE: The following day, he needed surgery on his arm. 10/2 7/8 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 6/26 4/8 From 1992 until the promotion's end in 1995, Chris Candido wrestled for Jim Cornette 's Tennessee-based outfit Smoky Mountain Wrestling. 12/30, 1/14 We put baby powder on him so if he was dropkicked, dust would fly out. He beat up my dad and put him down on the chairs and went to do a moonsault off the top. STORM: We were always trying to push a little further in the ring and Jim was trying to pull us back. BROWN: Balls Mahoney had just gotten hired to be Boo Bradley in Smoky Mountain, but he didnt have a drivers license, so he was asking around for someone to drive him from New Jersey to Knoxville, Tenn. We drove all night and he said in exchange for driving him down he would talk to Cornette about giving me a match. It wasnt big enough to take that next step. 5/21 3/6 7/3 So I thought to myself, Well at least Knoxville is still an old-time wrestling town. I started booking a territory in my mind to keep myself from going crazy. 2. 11/6 The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. Its very obvious and straight-forward. Smoky Mountain was, however, the birthplace of the controversial "Gangstas" gimmick, where black wrestlers New Jack and Mustafa would cut promos about activist Medgar Evers, use fried chicken and watermelons as props and win matches as a result of a two count (rather than the conventional three count), which the Gangstas (kayfabe) insisted on due to Affirmative Action. 11/6 Dad knew what Jim wanted and Jim knew how Dad was going to act out there. 9/5 The hero is going to be very much Clark Kent, straight and honest. 1/28 We were far away from breaking even and it wasnt getting any better. 6/20 I wasnt very good at them at the time. ROAD DOGG: Brian Lee was a great wrestler, a big good-looking guy and had a lot of talent. 4/16 6/12 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 3 They used to call us the flying squirrels and mean it. One of the Largest collections of Wrestling footage. MANTEL: Cornette started at about 14 or 15-years-old taking pictures. Brian Hildebrand was a Smoky Mountain mainstay, occupying such myriad roles as Head of Merchandise, referee (under his alter ego Mark Curtis) and sound director. 7/31 6/25 I had a police officer keep an eye on them while I took care of White Boy in the ring. Cornette took all he learned growing up on Memphis TV and brought his own southern-style to the masses of the region. He talked like one of the people because he was one a plumber from east Tennessee. 9/8 We needed buildings and production companies and TV stations so this eccentric music genius could somehow own a wrestling company in Tennessee. He knew those people so well, what they wanted and when they needed it. Cornette was really . Anything you wanted Dirty White Boy to do, he was there to do. 6/12 7/2 2/19 SMW promoted shows in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. [1] The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. Founder 11/26 Two kids were on the mule, they rode up, got off, slapped him on the ass, and he went back over the hill and the kids came to the wrestling match. He unmasked himself when I called him out for being ashamed of his father. 2/11 ARMSTRONG: The guy has more guts than I ever thought. The signal up in those mountains went 100 miles in almost any direction. For everyone who has paid a lick of attention to Jim Cornette over the past decade or two then you already know how bombastic the guy is. 7/3 Theyre very vocal about who they like and who they dislike. First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola. Matches from these shows were first shown in February 1992. 10/8 6/10 8/5 The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. 3/13 1986 1988 . 12/2 Popular attractions Heimatmuseum Oberstdorf and Neue Skischule . 145: Wesley Murray, East Henderson. 7/2 SMW - Pro Wrestling The Smoky Mountain Wrestling 1991-1995 Where else could a good ole country boy from Springfield, Tenn., like Tracy Smothers have people cheer for him? So that was the idea behind Smoky Mountain Wrestling. List of former Smoky Mountain Wrestling personnel, Last edited on 23 November 2022, at 01:50, "The Complete History of Smoky Mountain Wrestling", "The Name on the Marquee: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (2.22.1992)", "Smoky Mountain Fell Victim To Changing Times (Part Two)", Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at Cagematch.net, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at OWW.com, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at Wrestlingdata.com, Pro Wrestling Statistics: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991 to 1995), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_former_Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling_personnel&oldid=1123310255, Brian Logan / Gabriel Brimstone / The Hornet, Bob Armstrong, Brad Armstrong, Scott Armstrong, Steve Armstrong, Bobby Blaze, Tracey Smothers, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Federation of International Thugs and Eliminators, Bruiser Bedlam, Chris Walker, Killer Kyle, and The Funk Brothers, Moondog Rex, Moondog Spot and Moondog Splat, Gen. Jim Cornette, Lt. 2/4 People didnt just want to see them get their @$$es kicked, they didnt want to see them period. This page is not available in other languages. 10/16 . Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/15 CORNETTE: Nobody knew what the hell we were doing because we werent talking with any wrestlers. SuperBowl of Wrestling 7/19 I pay those lessons forward now. 6/5 1981 - 39 Disks. Ever since WWE became a national promotion in the 1980s, wrestling promotions have risen to present themselves as alternatives to Vince McMahon's pro wrestling empire, if not direct competition. 4/8 5 Things Jim Cornette Gets Right About Modern Wrestling (And 5 He's Wrong About), Jim Cornette, SMW was very much an analogue to ECW the same way that its promoter is and was an analogue to Paul Heyman, Jim Cornette over the past decade or two then you already know how bombastic the guy is, 9 Wrestlers We Forgot Were Managed By Jim Cornette, 5 AEW Stars That Jim Cornette Hates (& 5 He Actually Likes), a guy who sometimes feels some on his roster are too southern,.

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