It wasnt big enough to take that next step. They used to call us the flying squirrels and mean it. 2/26 The Mummy was cool. I said, I loved The Mummy, too. 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]. 2/19 10/23 Knoxville was their biggest market, but its not a big enough market to sustain a wrestling company. I wasnt very good at them at the time. Smoky Mountain was a big tag team territory and Cornette asked if wed be willing to come in as a team. 6/4 CORNETTE: We had a deal with the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va. 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. 7/15 The Thanksgiving Thunder 1995 was a Professional wrestling event of Smoky Mountain Wrestling which was taped on November 23, 1995. 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. 8/21 That was the genesis. Legends like the Rock And Roll Express extended their runs as well as perennial Journeyman like Tony Anthony, one of the regions hottest heels - The Dirty White Boy (WWE fans would know him as the Plumber, TL Hopper). From 1992 until the promotion's end in 1995, Chris Candido wrestled for Jim Cornette 's Tennessee-based outfit Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Sunday Bloody Sunday II This page is not available in other languages. Watch a young Al Snow take on Brad Armstrong for the Smoky Mountain Title. 1994 saw Randy Savage head to Smoky Mountain Wrestling to compete at their Volunteer Slam 3 PPV. 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. 2/12 They voted for ours, but WWE stayed on the air anyway. 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. First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola. In 1974, The Mummy was fantastic, but I was 12 and times have changed. But Rick wanted a mummy. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. 11/26 Flash Flanagan defeated Thrasher Sgt. And why did it close so quickly? 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. 4/21 Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) was Jim Cornette 's own Professional Wrestling promotion based in Knoxville, TN, running from October 1991 through December 1995. 1/16/23 - HI!, WE'RE STILL IN BUSINESS! 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. Watch Dirty White Boy sneak up on Dutch Mantel in a scrapyard. I got this tape from a guy called Lance Storm who I saw leaping from the top rope and cutting these great dropkicks. 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. 7/8 It was pretty crazy. I hit him with a pair of brass knux and he had to leave town. So that was the idea behind Smoky Mountain Wrestling. CORNETTE: Rob Mazzie was 6-foot-8 and 300-something pounds. 152: Cameron King, Pisgah. ARMSTRONG: Great, great wrestler. The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) and Jim Cornette for the SMW Tag Team Championship, Bobby Eaton and The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) vs. Arn Anderson and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Dutch Mantell and The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden), Brian Lee, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) and The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden) vs. Kevin Sullivan, The Tazmaniac, Killer Kyle and The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard), Tracy Smothers vs. 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. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), The Bruise Brothers (Ron Bruise and Don Bruise) vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) for the SMW Tag Team Championship, Chris Candido vs. Tracy Smothers for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. 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. Stay at this 3-star spa hotel in Oberstdorf. 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. 6/16 The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. 10/14 We got lost in the mountains, came back and he was giving the meat to kids. 2/25 106 113 120 126 132 138 145 152 160 170 182 195 220 285 . Thats why it was cutting-edge and ahead of its time. CORNETTE: I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings. 8/7 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. Thats when Smoky Mountain started to become less important. SMW event tours also included high school gyms and fairs in cities throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. 5/8 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. Summer Blast 7/30 4/23 7/10 8/7 160: Xander Hill, Pisgah, Jaime Vega, North Henderson. 10/7 1/21 Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling, with Sandy Scott and backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. 1/9 CORNETTE: I got a building rent free and made two TV pilots, which ended up being show No. 9/3 8/18 World Wrestling Entertainment That really raised my opinion of him right there, when he did that. 6/24 But Cornette wanted to have a hand in everything. 3/6 9/10 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 7/19 He was legitimate. 8/5 Related: 5 Things Jim Cornette Gets Right About Modern Wrestling (And 5 He's Wrong About). I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money. DLO BROWN: [Cornette] was a good character and a good entertainer, but he also knew TV stations, syndication, how to book venues and how to promote. 2/5 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. 6/4 Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling with Stan Lane, Tim Horner and Sandy Scott. 3/21 3/13 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. Matches from these shows were first shown in February 1992. They had been bugging me to come down to Smoky Mountain, so I said, Youve gotta wear dresses. You couldve heard a pin drop. 11/4 [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. But the southern style that Cornette grew up with and pushed forward with his promotion still lives on to this day. Watch "The King" in Smoky Mountain against Dirty White Boy. Wrestling and swimming are determined based on votes from coaches and conference championship results. 4/3 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. They built a lot of heat. 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. If Cornette gave up some of the reigns to Sandy Scott or Mark Curtis, they probably could have taken care of some stuff. MANTEL: Cornette started at about 14 or 15-years-old taking pictures. Acronym 7/9 Its an art. May 1 - May 2. 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. 9/3 American professional wrestling promotion, NWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1994), List of former Smoky Mountain Wrestling personnel, SMW "Beat The Champ" Television Championship, SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship, List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States, "Smokey Mountain Wrestling > Ring Results > 1991-92", "Smokey Mountain Wrestling > Ring Results > 1993", "Smokey Mountain Wrestling > Ring Results > 1994", "Smokey Mountain Wrestling > Ring Results > 1995", "A Look Back at Smoky Mountain Wrestling", "Nostalgia Review: WCW SuperBrawl III; Sting vs. Vader Strap Match, Hollywood Blondes, Barry Windham vs. 138: Jacob Ed, West Henderson, William McCoy, Smoky Mountain. 3/27 ROAD DOGG: Jim Cornette gave me the name The Dark Secret, because it was a dark secret that the Commissioners son was the one under the hood. 4/20 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. CORNETTE: We led up to a World Tag Team Title Match against The Steiner Brothers at SummerSlam. King Of The Mountain Tournament MANTEL: The wrestling business was in transition at the time. ROAD DOGG: I wanted nothing more than to go there and wrestle because my family was there. 11/13 Thats how full the place is. Dad knew what Jim wanted and Jim knew how Dad was going to act out there. 5/21 SmackDown results, April 28, 2023: Find out who was drafted in Night One of the 2023 WWE Draft, WWE NXT Spring Breakin' results, April 25, 2023: Indi Hartwell retains the NXT Women's Championship in gutsy performance at Spring Breakin', Roman Reigns survives Cody Rhodes with controversial victory at WrestleMania, Watch Smoky Mountains biggest stars in action, Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest Road to Backlash, The American Nightmare takes on The Beast at WWE Backlash. 5/14 6/18 4/21 3/11 Fire On The Mountain If he was seven-foot and 300 pounds, hed kill 20 people. 2/27 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 In Kentucky, you get the same reaction with a hiptoss or a slap to the face. 6/17 126: Damon Landreth, West Henderson, Matthew Mehaffey, Pisgah. 3/28 11/6 2/27 Christmas Chaos - Day 3 12/10 5/22 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. JERICHO: Our style was completely insane. 6/11 Watch The Thrillseekers' amazing video package including riding bumper cars and at a petting zoo. He always sat in the crowd. It would get scary. Bankrolled by an LA-based music genius who produced Eminems latest album, the fiery Louisville Slugger founded Smoky Mountain Wrestling as a throwback to what he believed to be the lost art of southern-style rasslin. 8.8/10 Excellent! Just give it a try, he said. Related: 5 AEW Stars That Jim Cornette Hates (& 5 He Actually Likes). They were heartthrobs.. 3/12 Volunteer Slam I 10/16 Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 9/19 And the kid Chris Jericho he was with wasnt too bad either. The early 1990s saw Jim Cornette launch his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. The basketball teams are voted on by league coaches. It was a great time for me. From what I understand, Jim paid really well. 8/11 Speichackerstrasse 2, Oberstdorf, 87561. 9/30 My wife and I became really great friends with them. 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. 12/9 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. 7/23 2/21 7/10 There was an opening act where a guy came out in a skirt, combat boots, piercings and was spitting on the fans. The promotion was backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. 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. [26], The King of Kentucky Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Hazard, Kentucky on June 24, 1993. 7/16 CORNETTE: [Dirty White Boy] was the perfect villain for the territory from the start. 10/23 The outdoor festival . I didnt want to eat very much, because hed push you to your limits. I said, Now theres a gimmick. These two guys with tattoos had been The Masked Spiders in New Jersey. 1/17 What was I gonna do? 6/19 The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. MANTEL: Jimmy has a short fuse. 7/29 Later on, he turned into Jim Cornette the manager. Jim Cornette 8/7 Overview; News and Rumors; History; Events; Event Statistics; Results; Titles; All-Time Roster; Matchguide; Win/Loss Records; Feuds; Promos; Tournaments; Rivalries; Ratings; Comments; Events. 7/8 7/1 8/28 What made this small, regional organization so memorable? The way he spoke, it was just like, Wow. 3/6 Watch a Tammy Sytch manage Brian Lee in a Coal Miner's Glove Match. ALL-WNC BOYS BASKETBALL: Here are the 2022-23 All-WNC boys basketball teams, player of the year and coach of the year, ALL-WNC GIRLS BASKETBALL Here are the 2022-23 All-WNC girls basketball teams, player of the year and coach of the year, ALL-WNC WRESTLING: All-WNC wrestling 2023: Kage Williams' perfect season highlights another strong year, Player of the Year: Jackson Lyda, West Henderson, Coach of the Year: Brandon Brooks, West Henderson, First Team: Lukas Kachilo (West Henderson), Truitt Manuel (West Henderson), Grant Putnam (West Henderson), Cal Drake (Franklin), Max McClure (Franklin), Parker Cabe (Franklin), Kehler Lamb (Franklin), Bryson Rowe (North Henderson), Noah Pierce (North Henderson), Micah Pierce (North Henderson), Josh Heiny (North Henderson), Caiden Brewer (East Henderson), Reece Alverson (East Henderson), Caiden Robinson (Pisgah), Sawyer Belue (Pisgah), Jett Benson (Tuscola), Co-Player of the Year: Chloe Burch and Dot Mills, Pisgah, Coach of the Year: Brandon Holloway, Pisgah, First Team: Cayce Lovelace (Pisgah), Whitney Boone (Pisgah), Maddie Rhea (Pisgah), Tori Ensley (Franklin), Cali Queen (Franklin), Avery Moffit (Franklin), Roselyn McCollum (Franklin), Jaza Wilson (West Henderson), Jania Wilson (West Henderson), Ava Heffner (West Henderson), Kayden Lyda (West Henderson), Greenlee Flynn (Smoky Mountain), Xalia Spencer (Smoky Mountain), Lexi Gunter (North Henderson), Amy Rhymer (North Henderson), Karsen Cherry (Tuscola), Kaylee Foushee (East Henderson), Wrestler of the Year: Kane Bryson, Pisgah, Coach of the Year: Erik Wilson, Smoky Mountain. 7/11 Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/15 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 We knew they were going to be stars. It didnt matter if we had 112 people in Pikeville, Ky. CORNETTE: I had visited my friend Cat, who was touring with Danzig. Volunteer Slam II SuperBowl of Wrestling 8/27 (2) 7/31 3/19 10/22 BROWN: We had what was called the Smoky Mountain Flophouse in Morristown, Tenn., close to Cornettes house. Fans had rallies for us not to come to town and paid to see us lose. ROAD DOGG: I got to travel with my family, do what I love to do and be with the people I love. 9/19 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 12/29 6/19 Jericho asked me if he could go in the ring to practice some stuff. You can take five minutes for the villain to pull the hair and the crowd would get really upset about it. 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. Rock, and The Dynamic Duo, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 01:50. 7/14 4/17 Big Apple Grapple Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 637 items that match the search parameters. The Heavenly Bodies (Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) then faced The Steiner Brothers for the WWF Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam 1993, and then defeating The Rock 'n' Roll Express at Survivor Series 1993 for the SMW Tag Team Championship. 6/19 Former employees in SMW consisted of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, announcers, interviewers and referees. 5/20 8/12 Night Of Legends I liked Lee with Candido a lot more than I liked Lee as a hero. SMW event tours also included high school gyms and fairs in cities throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. 10/12 There was one caveat - he wasnt going to continuously invest in the product (and lose money). 7/24 SMW Tribute Page for the history and memories of Smoky Mountain Wrestling!! Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. And I dont know where the kids came from, there were no houses. He really did. WWE now owns the SMW video library. Thanks to SMW, an eclectic mix of superstars were able to get their start. 10/1 TV Taping 10/30/91 in Greeneville, SC @ the Memorial Auditorium He was paying. 5/3 BOB ARMSTRONG: Cornette was a fan club president of mine when I was in Memphis. Of course, 90% of the shows were in small little towns and rec centers and community clubs. 8/27 (1) 11/13 3/29 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 most important thing about wrestling is know your audience and Cornette really knew that southern area. 9/11 3/5 11/12 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.. 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. 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. 170: Marcus McCarson, East Henderson. 10/29 ARMSTRONG: You have to show southern fans you know what youre doing and The Mummy made it really hard to do that. 12/2 9/16 People didnt just want to see them get their @$$es kicked, they didnt want to see them period. 4/30 Where else could a good ole country boy from Springfield, Tenn., like Tracy Smothers have people cheer for him? ARMSTRONG: One time, we were out back and we saw, over the hill, came an old mule. 3/11 4/16 8/12 Big Apple Brawl 4/30 10/9 I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money.. Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/8 Cable was not that widespread, a lot of people used antennas in the hills. During the bout, Bruiser got off to a slow start, as would be expected considering Savage's stature. Sign up for Peacock to watch. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was very much southern rasslin. Its hard to make your product seem impressive enough when youve got WWE and WCW to compete with. 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.
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