ARMSTRONG: You have to show southern fans you know what youre doing and The Mummy made it really hard to do that. 6/10 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. 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. 7/4 They were close to 60-years-old at the time and he was doing moonsaults off the top into those chairs. 6/24 2/19 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. 4/14 4/9 After years of operating in red ink, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. 8/27 1/15 9/8 7/10 My wife and I became really great friends with them. It was my proving grounds and learning period. 9/3 Not wrestling heat. . 2/11 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. CORNETTE: DLo Brown was a CPA, had a good job, but he quit and moved to Knoxville to be in the wrestling business. 8/12 4/18 CORNETTE: Rob Mazzie was 6-foot-8 and 300-something pounds. It would get scary. 6/25 9/19 7/31 CORNETTE: I got a building rent free and made two TV pilots, which ended up being show No. CORNETTE: The last one to come was young Brian [aka Road Dogg]. 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. 8/5 CORNETTE: I had to get Lance paperwork to work in America. Cornette was really . How did it gain national attention? He had a big show that night at the Knoxville Civic Center. He was so knowledgeable, dedicated and determined. I hit him with a pair of brass knux and he had to leave town. He was green and learning, but when he switched to a villain, teamed with Chris Candido and was managed by Tammy, he did a lot better work. 6/2 10/9 Watch Smothers battle Chris Candido in an early Ladder Match. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 Christmas Chaos - Day 3 Learn the amazing story of Smoky Mountains rise and fall from the men who lived it, including an exclusive conversation with Jim Cornette himself, speaking to WWE.com for the first time ever. 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. People can watch it on Monday night for nothing, so its hard to get people to come out and pay to see you, especially in the towns and smaller venues we were running. Marietta Debut 10/30 I got this tape from a guy called Lance Storm who I saw leaping from the top rope and cutting these great dropkicks. 6/4 4/22 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. He had all the rebel gear on, and the son had it on, too. Thanks to SMW, an eclectic mix of superstars were able to get their start. 3/26 K-Town Showdown Thats when Smoky Mountain started to become less important. Christmas Chaos - Day 1 MANTEL: Cornette started at about 14 or 15-years-old taking pictures. 4/24 World Wrestling Entertainment STORM: It was one of the most amazing matches Ive ever been involved in, in that it never should have been that good. Theres a difference between country people and hillbillies and they were bona fide hillbillies. Overview; News and Rumors; History; Events; Event Statistics; Results; Titles; All-Time Roster; Matchguide; Win/Loss Records; Feuds; Promos; Tournaments; Rivalries; Ratings; Comments; Events. It was a personality-driven territory. I couldnt believe it. 4/30 Last updated by Sean Sweeny on April 28, 2014 Title History Career Highlights 1993: Rob Mayze wrestled as "Prince Kharis" in Jim Cornette 's Smokey Mountain Wrestling managed by Daryl Van Horn .. November 26, 1993 - Thanksgiving Thunder: Pince Kharis (debut) defeated Tim Horner with the sleeperhold.. All the mom and pop promotions were dropping like flies. This led to The Rock 'n' Roll Express wrestling The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) at SuperBrawl III in February. I used to say on commentary, A lot of these people have never left this town. Bob Caudle would say, What do you mean? Id say, Because they dont have a Rand McNally road map to know how to get out of this place.. 4/3 He faced off against Bruiser Bedlam, someone with multiple title reigns in multiple promotions, though he never made it big in WWE. 11/5 It was special. 9/5 10/8 11/20 People didnt just want to see them get their @$$es kicked, they didnt want to see them period. 2. We used those shows to go to stations to sell a wrestling TV show. 10/15 He unmasked himself when I called him out for being ashamed of his father. I wanted Brad Armstrong in that spot from the start, but hes one of the only ones I couldnt get from WCW. She was still in school, and stayed in school at UT while she was working for me. However in April 1995, The Rock 'n' Roll Express won the NWA World Tag Team Championship for the fifth time, giving SMW a handful of World Tag Team championship matches. 10/13 5/28 In hindsight, considering where we were, Jim was right. 5/17 Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991-1995) A firm believer in "old-school" territorial wrestling, Cornette began the Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) promotion in 1991. MANTEL: The wrestling business was in transition at the time. 8/6 Enter Jim Cornette. CORNETTE: Until April 1995, we were doing fairly well. Being commissioner, they knocked me out and painted an X on my back. The gimmick, among other things, led to the end of the friendship between Cornette and Mark Madden and their ongoing feud to this day, as Madden--who at the time was coming off the heels of getting Bill Watts fired from WCW after informing Hank Aaron of Watts' employment within the Turner Broadcasting System following publications of controversial comments made by Watts--had called the Gangstas gimmick racist.[20][21]. I worked with my dad in a Loser Leaves Town Match dressed up as a ninja.. Dad knew what Jim wanted and Jim knew how Dad was going to act out there. Fire On The Mountain 6/26 Jericho asked me if he could go in the ring to practice some stuff. Buddy Landel for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. The hero is going to be very much Clark Kent, straight and honest. He could talk like crazy. 3/3 3/25 ARMSTRONG: One time, we were out back and we saw, over the hill, came an old mule. 6/8 6/25 Night Of Legends 9/19 7/21 6/19 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 It probably never should have happened, considering Chris broke his arm earlier that afternoon and needed surgery. I bought a whole package of Peanut Butter crackers and thats all I ate all day. 4/15 11/20 I think he was the longest tenured roster member. 3/18 Rick Rubin was a big wrestling fan and he had just made like $100 million from CBS Records. 5/4 Youre not going to see that in Madison Square Garden, I can assure you. Smokey Mountain was the exact opposite of that, so even at the time, as a teenager, it felt like watching wrestling that my parents might have liked. During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. CORNETTE: Scott [Armstrong] wrestled under a mask as Dixie Dynamite. 12/18 [26], The King of Kentucky Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Hazard, Kentucky on June 24, 1993. 1/28 12/29 Its very obvious and straight-forward. 10/1 9/7 We trained together, sat by the pool, went to dinner, went to the movies. 3/18 Big Apple Grapple 8/9 11/12 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. 12/10 The way he spoke, it was just like, Wow. Jim Cornette Day 3: Herrenchiemsee Palace. 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. WWE now owns the SMW video library. 2/19 In 1974, The Mummy was fantastic, but I was 12 and times have changed. But Rick wanted a mummy. 4/8 4/9 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. We wanted to get away from sports-entertainment.. 7/14 [9] The Heavenly Bodies (Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) then faced The Steiner Brothers for the WWF Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam 1993,[10][11] and then defeating The Rock 'n' Roll Express at Survivor Series 1993 for the SMW Tag Team Championship.[12][13]. Wrestling and swimming are determined based on votes from coaches and conference championship results. 5/8 When we finally had a wrestling match together, it sold out Knoxville Civic Center. 8/21 9/30 CORNETTE: We would get VHS tapes from wrestlers who wanted to come to Smoky Mountain. 4/2 Watch Dirty White Boy sneak up on Dutch Mantel in a scrapyard. Non-Televised Smoky Mountain House Shows . STORM: Chris was trying to do a Shooting Star Press, bailed on it and landed as if he was trying to do a dropkick off the top rope. 7/24 The whole time I was there, traveling with my dad and brothers and getting my foot in the door of the industry, it was all a really memorable experience for me. The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. 6/3 JERICHO: The thing I really learned a lot about there was interviews. Much like several others, including Ric Flair had left the company, Cornette as well felt he had no choice other to leave or run headlong into a brick wall, since he was getting nowhere to begin with. He has a bad temper and sometimes he lets it get the best of him. 7/1 11/13 7/22 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. 3/19 He was just taking photographs. At Bluegrass Brawl in Pikeville, Ky., Dirty White Boy and I had a Chain Match and a member of the Ku Klux Klan showed up at my merch table. 3/15 10/2 STORM: Tracy Smothers was so much fun to be around. He rolled out of the ring and had a weird look on his face. ROAD DOGG: Money has definitely got to be one of the big factors. Charlotte Memories ROAD DOGG: Brian Lee was a great wrestler, a big good-looking guy and had a lot of talent. Watch The Rock 'n' Roll Express battle The Heavenly Bodies in a Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage Match. 3/26 7/17 5/7 7/30 Contents 1 History and overview 1.1 Formation 1.2 Territorial reach 3/27 7/30 ARMSTRONG: I got to wrestle with all four of my sons at one time or another while Smoky Mountain was going on. BROWN: [Smoky Mountain] was like my first year in college. We passed this guy who had killed a deer. Smoky Mountain Wrestling Current abbreviation: SMW Status: Inactive Location: Morristown, Tennessee, USA Active Time: 1991 - 1995 Details Names: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991 - 1995) Abbreviations: SMW Owners: Jim Cornette & Sandy Scott (1994 - 1995) Jim Cornette, Sandy Scott & Tim Horner (1991 - 1994) Popular events: One time, before I took the hood off, I worked with my dad in a Loser Leaves Town Match dressed up as a ninja. Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. 4/16 6/13 Having my sons with me, it was a great family experience and one of the greatest experiences of my life. 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Smoky Mountain Wrestling was based . Fright Night 12/2 When he looked to start his own promotion he met Rick Rubin and got the funding to start SMW. Summer Blast [29], After SMW closed, Brad Armstrong declared himself SMW champion and defended the SMW Heavyweight Championship in the United States Wrestling Association. 5/19 9/27 Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 6/5 6/4 Those Appalachian people are a little bit different than everybody else. 12/4 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 145: Wesley Murray, East Henderson. He wasnt able to sit and enjoy his wrestling company. Theyre very vocal about who they like and who they dislike. 6/6 Founder 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. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 3 5/7 Tennessee, Kentucky and all those places that we used to go to, he really knew what people wanted to see there and he was really smart with it. He has even stated on several podcasts that he to his day watches eight hours of wrestling a week (Dont hold that against him, the man has a job and cant sit on the couch ALL day to watch). 4/22 Show me what you got. I guess he liked what he saw because I started working for the company two weeks later. 11/13 7/2 8/26 During the bout, Bruiser got off to a slow start, as would be expected considering Savage's stature. 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. STORM: Chris worked every single night like it was WrestleMania. Watch a Tammy Sytch manage Brian Lee in a Coal Miner's Glove Match. 3/29 Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. 1/9 It was me, New Jack, Mustafa, Unabomb, Chris Jericho lived there at one point, Balls Mahoney and another kid who was Little Snot Dudley in ECW. 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. It presented a great product for a particular region in the world and gave a place for many to work and hone their craft when there was only a few big promotions to earn a living in. 9/10 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. 7/1 December 1995 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. 11/5 History and overview [ edit] Formation [ edit] CORNETTE: We had a deal with the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va. Alongside his on-screen managerial duties, being the US spokesman for Yokozuna, Corny would start helping with the booking and he was able to help Vince McMahon usher in The Attitude Era before some other Vince came along to drive Cornette insane. 5/22 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. 4/8 170: Marcus McCarson, East Henderson. Thanksgiving and Christmas had been a big time of year for us, but when Thanksgiving weekend in 1995 earned us less than it had the previous year, I knew it was inevitable to halt things. Four years later, it was gone. Nobody really did that back then have wrestlers from all these different promotions come in. And its an art that can be lost. 3/13 6/25 [4][5][6][7], In 1993, Smoky Mountain Wrestling signed deals with World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation to showcase their wrestlers on the larger companies' shows. WWE now owns the SMW video library. Sign up for BINGE to watch. 3/21 2/26 BROWN: I was scared out of my wits of New Jack. 9/6 Thanksgiving Thunder. 5/27 Speichackerstrasse 2, Oberstdorf, 87561. He always sat in the crowd. And the kid Chris Jericho he was with wasnt too bad either. JERICHO: He would micro-manage it. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 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. 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,. [6][7][22] In February 1995, however, Candido lost the belt to Ultimate Fighting Championship winner Dan Severn,[22] who as a freelancer decided to become a traveling World Champion, depriving SMW of a basis for World Heavyweight championship matches. 9/1 Alumni [ edit] Male wrestlers [ edit] Female wrestlers [ edit] 6/4 That was a crossover time in wrestling where WWE and WCW were getting ready to go head-to-head and a lot of the regional promotions had folded. Bob Caudle, who was the play-by-play announcer on the TV program, would also proclaim at the beginning of each show that Smoky Mountain Wrestling was "professional wrestling the way it used to be, and the way you like it." Here are a few things fans should know about Jim Cornette's promotion. Both Curtis Comes Home and the 2005 sequel show, held in memory of SMW head referee Mark Curtis are both considered "unofficial" reunion shows. Sunday Bloody Sunday II Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. 12/12 The signal up in those mountains went 100 miles in almost any direction. 7/18 Big Apple Brawl 11/14 Summer Blast 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. The deer was strapped up and he was cutting it open at the gut. 5/1 7/12 When you see guys later in a WWE locker room, theres an instant connection that you did time in the territory together. That really raised my opinion of him right there, when he did that. For a guy who sometimes feels some on his roster are too southern, at various points Vince McMahon employed an awful lot of guys who had plenty of experience wrestling along the Appalachian Trail. 9/25 ROAD DOGG: We worked high school gyms in small towns, but they were always packed and they were always the best fans. 10/23 Cornette established the promotion after having cut ties with WCW, with initial financial backing from Record Producer Rick Rubin. 138: Jacob Ed, West Henderson, William McCoy, Smoky Mountain. Later on, he turned into Jim Cornette the manager. And why did it close so quickly? 11/9 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. CORNETTE: All the talent in Smoky Mountain either got their big opportunity later, like Al Snow, Candido or Unabomb, or already had their opportunity, such as The Rock n Roll Express and Bob Armstrong. 9/12 9/5 7/23 9/17 WCW was struggling with management issues, WWE was moving away from Hulkamanias golden age and the glory days of ECW were still years away. 4/1 Thats what Cornette did. Results ; Team Name . Parent 4/8 [1] The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. JERICHO: When youre in front of 200 people, theres no need to do a dive over the top rope to the floor. I dont know how they got home. It was eye-opening to see that other side of him. 3/5 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 2/27 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. 7/19 6/4 10/16 People had never seen it before. King Of The Mountain Tournament 11/4 Jimmy has a temper. 4/17 He talked like one of the people because he was one a plumber from east Tennessee. They had been bugging me to come down to Smoky Mountain, so I said, Youve gotta wear dresses. You couldve heard a pin drop. 7/8 7/29 4/1 I didnt want to eat very much, because hed push you to your limits. 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. He was the best performer of the three of them, so I made him their posse member. Learning when to do things, why to do them and getting the crowd to react the way you want. 10/15 The OJ car chase had just happened and Rodney King a few years before that, so I came up with The Gangstas from South Central LA. Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling, with Sandy Scott and backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. 11/18 4/15 Sign up for Peacock to watch. 11/6 4/29 4/23 Thats how full the place is. 11/6 He was such a class act. 9/22 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. 7/23 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, while also using fried chicken and watermelon as props. CORNETTE: [Dirty White Boy] was the perfect villain for the territory from the start. The promotion was backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. 2/21 10/29 LAWLER: I went to Knoxville and beat Dirty White Boy for the Smoky Mountain Title as a part of a crossover with the USWA in Memphis. 9/23 8/12 I pay those lessons forward now. ARMSTRONG: They were completely different. 4/30 The previous champion Shane Douglas had infamously "threw down" the NWA title in favor of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship after defeating 2 Cold Scorpio at the NWA World Title Tournament three months earlier. 7/10 5/22 Chris Walker defeated Richard Slinger Doug Furnas defeated Killer Kyle (8:46) The Official Wrestling Museum Non Profit Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) Results Promoting the Areas of: Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, The Carolinas Promoter: Jim Cornette 7/91 in ??? 4/20 He eventually lost the belt to Jerry Lawler on December 30, 1995.[2]. 9/25 Of course, 90% of the shows were in small little towns and rec centers and community clubs. 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. Bluegrass Brawl I He wined and dined us to impress us with the biggest show they had and we were just super excited about it. MANTEL: The style was what they now call old school. Telling a story doesnt have an era. 11/13 3/4 SMW Tribute Page for the history and memories of Smoky Mountain Wrestling!! We were working so fast and doing all these high spots. The result was a unique Appalachian institution that attracted fans who traveled over the hills on the backs of mules to watch performers like Chris Jericho, Road Dogg, Sunny and a guy called Dirty White Boy. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) was Jim Cornette 's own Professional Wrestling promotion based in Knoxville, TN, running from October 1991 through December 1995. 10/7 [23] Several SMW wrestlers would soon obtain work in the WWF, including Tracy Smothers, The Dirty White Boy, and Boo Bradley. The early 1990s saw Jim Cornette launch his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. CORNETTE: We ran shows in Marietta, Ga., wed use some of the local promoters guys and there was New Jack. 285: Eli Frizzell, Pisgah. CORNETTE: Rick Rubin only came to Smoky Mountain shows once. 7/22 SMW Night Of Legends is a Professional wrestling event of Smoky Mountain Wrestling which was taped on August 5, 1994. Several SMW wrestlers would soon obtain work in the WWF, including Tracy Smothers, The Dirty White Boy, and Boo Bradley. It was more about the moral high ground than the action. ARMSTRONG: He worked himself to death. Watch a young Al Snow take on Brad Armstrong for the Smoky Mountain Title. 1981 - 39 Disks. 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. 1/16/23 - HI!, WE'RE STILL IN BUSINESS! Pisgah @ Smoky Mountain on Jan 17, 2023 in , NC. 9/16 Now picture a company trying to keep him in their employ. 2/18 Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. Contents Formation Territorial reach Notable talent 3/28 6/17 SMW - Pro Wrestling The Smoky Mountain Wrestling 1991-1995 9/12 1986 - 30 Disks . 8/25 The SMW Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever SMW Tag Team Champions. 132: Kavan Wilson, Smoky Mountain, Mason Maybin, East Henderson. 3/11 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. 10/28 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 2/20 Bluegrass Brawl III SMW The two companies were very diverse and gave a lot of opportunities to some people that have gone on to be cult heroes and legendary icons. They voted for ours, but WWE stayed on the air anyway. 4/2 They could get pretty rowdy. ROAD DOGG: I wrestled the late, great Chris Candido in a Baby Bonnet Match where he had lost and had to wear a baby bonnet until he won another match. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies. 9/3 Who is after two or three years in the business? 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. He knew how to work the people, because he was a southern boy and catered to that crowd. 6/21 It was held between March 12 and April 23, 1992; the finals of the tournament was originally scheduled for Volunteer Slam on May 22 in Knoxville, but the teams that made the finals, The Fantastics and The Heavenly Bodies, decided to have the tournament final on the April 23, 1992 TV taping, which aired on May 9.
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