3/5 11/18 1/18 The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. K-Town Showdown 11/8 CORNETTE: Bullet Bob was one of the most important parts of Smoky Mountain from the start. Find the all-conference team for each sport below. Rubin was technically one of Jerichos bosses in wrestling; the producer was a financial backer for the short-lived regional promotion - Smokey Mountain Wrestling. SMOTHERS: Some of the best matches Ive ever had were with Chris. 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. Warren went 22-3 at 185 pounds with a win at the Smoky . 9/7 8/25 Christmas Chaos - Day 1 The company honored the traditional wrestling sensibilities Cornette came up with, and continued to espouse long after, with a focus on realistic action featuring legitimate tough guys. It was an invaluable experience. BROWN: [Smoky Mountain] was like my first year in college. But when Jimmys on his game, hes very intense and wants it done right. 6/26 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 11/6 Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/8 The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. Tom Horner and Robert Gibson for the SMW Tag Team Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. Tracy Smothers and Robert Gibson for the SMW Tag Team Championship, Jake Roberts vs. 3/25 7/8 WWE now owns the SMW video library. 10/13 6/12 Theyre very vocal about who they like and who they dislike. I liked Lee with Candido a lot more than I liked Lee as a hero. Event history He had about 20 guys there sitting ringside. Watch The Rock 'n' Roll Express battle The Heavenly Bodies in a Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage Match. We take a look back on this short-lived territory. 7/9 After years of operating in red ink, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. 6/25 King Of The Mountain Tournament Chris Walker defeated Richard Slinger Doug Furnas defeated Killer Kyle (8:46) 5/29 9/23 Location 8/27 (1) The first Smoky Mountain Tag Team Champions were crowned in a tournament final on April 23, 1992, in Harrogate, Tennessee, when The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Fantastics. 2/13 CORNETTE: We led up to a World Tag Team Title Match against The Steiner Brothers at SummerSlam. Al Snow was working in Ohio and northern Kentucky, so I called him up and Al jumped at the chance. Though the promotion was highly thought of, it struggled to get a profitable television deal, and operated throughout a wrestling recession that would not end until the second half of 1996. But we knew they were going to be stars. I offered Chris and his girlfriend Tammy to come to Knoxville. We take a look back on this short-lived territory. He has a bad temper and sometimes he lets it get the best of him. 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. CWA MEMPHIS. 7/3 Where else could a good ole country boy from Springfield, Tenn., like Tracy Smothers have people cheer for him? 9/27 STORM: We were brought in for the Sunday Bloody Sunday show, which was Terry Funk vs. Bob Armstrong. They had been bugging me to come down to Smoky Mountain, so I said, Youve gotta wear dresses. You couldve heard a pin drop. The Black Bears have won 13 of the past 16 conference championships, according to The Mountaineer. We trained together, sat by the pool, went to dinner, went to the movies. Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/15 11/19 (c) refers to the champion (s) heading into the match. I wasnt very good at them at the time. It didnt mean anything for the average Smoky Mountain Wrestling fan, but it was the tape traders that were the ones watching this stuff because they knew who Kanemura was. This page is not available in other languages. It was more about the moral high ground than the action. 6/11 7/30 The Last Tango In Tennessee 9/19 10/30 7/2 6/5 I spent all of 1991 going back and forth to California to talk with Rick. Not meant to be an exact copy, but this is basically the Palace of Versailles of Bavaria. 9/3 My dad moved and Terry just ate the chairs. 11/11 Non-Televised Smoky Mountain House Shows . Now picture a company trying to keep him in their employ. ARMSTRONG: He worked himself to death. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in Knoxville, Tennessee from 1991 to 1995. Not wrestling heat. 3/13 Cornette was able to broker deals with both WCW and WWE, bringing talent like the highly understood Heavenly Bodies to both promotions to get a big look. 120: Gunnar Marshall, East Henderson, Cooper Williamson, Tuscola. WWE for the first time ever acknowledged another wrestling promotion. In addition to making occasional appearances on the independent circuit in Georgia and Alabama, Armstrong acted as the commissioner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling and worked backstage with Southeast Championship Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Federation. MANTEL: When you take the demographics into consideration, Tracy fit it perfectly. 5/1 Sign up for BINGE to watch. 1/14 And its an art that can be lost. Its hard to compete with Vince McMahon and the machine. 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. ARMSTRONG: One time, [my son] Scott and I were trying to find a building. Its hard to make your product seem impressive enough when youve got WWE and WCW to compete with. The Mountain 7 has released its all-conference teams for the 2022-23 winter sports seasons. The Mountain 7 has released its all-conference teams for the 2022-23 winter sports seasons. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling, with Sandy Scott and backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. From 1920 to last week. We were working so fast and doing all these high spots. 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. She was still in school, and stayed in school at UT while she was working for me. We passed this guy who had killed a deer. 5/13 He was used as a star of yesteryear that still had it in him and had the crowd on the edge of their seats the whole time. He really did. CORNETTE: DLo Brown was a CPA, had a good job, but he quit and moved to Knoxville to be in the wrestling business. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 3/18 7/7 CORNETTE: Rick Rubin only came to Smoky Mountain shows once. 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. After years of operating in red ink, and the loss of financial backing from Rubin, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. Contents 1 History and overview 1.1 Formation 1.2 Territorial reach Knoxville/MorristownTennessee 9/8 4/14 7/10 Fire On The Mountain 106 113 120 126 132 138 145 152 160 170 182 195 220 285 . SMOTHERS: In 1993, Dirty White Boy burned the rebel flag in a trash can while I was handcuffed. The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Armstrong Family (Bob Armstrong, Scott Armstrong and Steve Armstrong) vs. Jim Cornette and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey), Tracy Smothers vs. Brian Lee for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Armstrong Family (Bob Armstrong, Scott Armstrong and Steve Armstrong) vs. Jim Cornette and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray). 11/12 AWA TV. Buddy Landell, The Punisher, Tommy Rich, Terry Gordy, Sgt. They were heartthrobs.. Overview; News and Rumors; History; Events; Event Statistics; Results; Titles; All-Time Roster; Matchguide; Win/Loss Records; Feuds; Promos; Tournaments; Rivalries; Ratings; Comments; Events. He broke in under Jerry Jarrett, who, at one time, was one of the most creative guys I knew. 3/25 I took the nickname of a high school friend. I dont think America in 1994 was ready for it. Other names that helped in the founding of this promotion were: The money bag behind the whole thing was Rick Rubin, who is a well-known wrestling fan and music producer. But the southern style that Cornette grew up with and pushed forward with his promotion still lives on to this day. 9/25 3/13 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. Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. SuperBowl of Wrestling Smoky Mountain was a big tag team territory and Cornette asked if wed be willing to come in as a team. When Kanemura came backstage from the ring, I couldnt believe what I saw. Day 3: Herrenchiemsee Palace. Im a country boy, but that was too much. Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. 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. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. 9/19 First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola. SMOTHERS: He carried a pistol on him at that time. 8/27 (2) The same show that we would do live in Memphis every Saturday morning would then show the following week in Louisville. Pisgah Smoky Mountain. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 9/22 3/11 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. 2/18 1/9 7/2 12/4 1/14 Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. 6/25 Stay at this 3-star spa hotel in Oberstdorf. 1981 - 39 Disks. He was tailor-made for the region. Watch The Thrillseekers' amazing video package including riding bumper cars and at a petting zoo. 10/15 3/19 7/24 7/29 He had a good match, was a great kid, came to eat ribs with us and I liked the way he carried himself. Rock, and The Dynamic Duo, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 01:50. During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. 160: Xander Hill, Pisgah, Jaime Vega, North Henderson. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, The Dynamic Duo (Al Snow and Unabomb) vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship, SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. People didnt just want to see them get their @$$es kicked, they didnt want to see them period. He never went out to any bars on the road. 7/29 145: Wesley Murray, East Henderson. It was Marilyn Manson before he got famous. 1/9 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. 2/6 STORM: It was the time where I realized that its more about the people in the seats than it is about the people in the ring. October 1991 ROAD DOGG: Once my skills were improving and could carry the Armstrong name, I started wrestling as Brian Armstrong and tagging with my brothers. 5/21 We used those shows to go to stations to sell a wrestling TV show. 4/21 3/6 JERICHO: He flew us to Knoxville from Calgary. It was a really big deal and Jericho did more than he should have. 6/10 Established 10/22 The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. CORNETTE: I had made a deal for Eddie Gilbert to come in January 1995 and Dutch had said he had this big guy in Puerto Rico. MANTEL: I used to tell some of the guys in the locker room, The crowd is aggressive towards you because you might be the biggest stars theyll ever meet. Rock stars dont play concerts back in those hills. 8/11 It was a match made in heaven. It didnt matter if we had 112 people in Pikeville, Ky. CORNETTE: I had visited my friend Cat, who was touring with Danzig. After a while, he became a great fan favorite. [2] The first Smoky Mountain Tag Team Champions were crowned in a tournament final at a TV taping on April 23, 1992, in Harrogate, Tennessee, when The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Fantastics; the match would air on May 9, 1992. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money.. In 1993, Smoky Mountain Wrestling signed deals with the World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation to showcase their wrestlers on the larger companies' shows. SMOTHERS: Sometimes the pressure would get to him and hed just snap. You can take five minutes for the villain to pull the hair and the crowd would get really upset about it. Cornette said, Kid, you got eight minutes. He was legitimate. ARMSTRONG: I was commissioner, so Jimmy and I were always at each others throats. [8] This led to The Rock 'n' Roll Express wrestling The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) at SuperBrawl III in February 1993. 11/20 2/12 He was just taking photographs. Super Saturday Night Fever He talked like one of the people because he was one a plumber from east Tennessee. In February 1995, however, Candido lost the belt to Ultimate Fighting Championship winner Dan Severn, who as a freelancer decided to become a traveling World Champion, depriving SMW of a basis for World Heavyweight championship matches. MANTEL: Cornette started at about 14 or 15-years-old taking pictures. 4/23 12/3 Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. 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. That really raised my opinion of him right there, when he did that. I asked him if he wanted to be a mummy and he drove to South Carolina so we could make the suit out of giant rolls of gauze and tape. The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs.

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