The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship. After years of operating in red ink, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. SMOTHERS: It was originally going to be Steve [Armstrong] and I together to work a program with The Heavenly Bodies, but Steve got a job with WWE. Watch the infamous and controversial Prince Kharis in action. 12/25, 1/8 7/14 ROAD DOGG: Once my skills were improving and could carry the Armstrong name, I started wrestling as Brian Armstrong and tagging with my brothers. 1 and No. First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola. They built a lot of heat. This was in sharp contrast to ECW, in which edgy angles, "tweeners" and anti-heroes increasingly took precedence over clearcut heroes and villains. 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. 12/18 Folded 120: Gunnar Marshall, East Henderson, Cooper Williamson, Tuscola. 8/5 6/25 Jimmy has a temper. 11/6 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. 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. BOB ARMSTRONG: Cornette was a fan club president of mine when I was in Memphis. ARMSTRONG: One time, [my son] Scott and I were trying to find a building. Recently, music producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin was a guest on his former employee, Chris Jericho's podcast. 1/16 Watch a young Al Snow take on Brad Armstrong for the Smoky Mountain Title. 11/20 8/6 Pisgah Smoky Mountain. 7/23 People knew him, he could talk and knew how to work the style. 3/26 5/1 7/2 4/8 4/24 Watch Cornette go too far in his verbal attacks on the Armstrong family. I knew something was wrong. The reason ECW was so successful is because Paul Heyman had his pulse on what the youth of America felt at the time. 4/22 10/23 He had about 20 guys there sitting ringside. The Mountain 7 has released its all-conference teams for the 2022-23 winter sports seasons. From what I understand, Jim paid really well. 9/24 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.. Its very obvious and straight-forward. 6/11 9/30 2/21 He faced off against Bruiser Bedlam, someone with multiple title reigns in multiple promotions, though he never made it big in WWE. Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. ROAD DOGG: My dad was already getting up there in years and there were a lot of young guys, so he became the commissioner. 6/18 7/30 11/6 10/12 12/24 5/19 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. Tracey worked so darn hard. They can all wrestle. The last SMW show was held on November 26, 1995 in Cookeville, Tennessee, and featured the entire SMW roster attacking Jim Cornette, who was then pinned by referee Mark Curtis. 12/12 ROAD DOGG: I wanted nothing more than to go there and wrestle because my family was there. Contents 1 History and overview 1.1 Formation 1.2 Territorial reach 7/3 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. 6.7K views 3 years ago 2 Smokey Mountain Wrestling Episode 2 Back in Time Wrestling 1.1K. 2/6 The last SMW show was held on November 26, 1995 in Cookeville, Tennessee (though it had been announced on SMW TV's November 25, 1995 episode that upcoming shows were to be held at the Collett Street Rec Center in Morganton, North Carolina on December 1, 1995, and at Cloudland High School in Roan Mountain, Tennessee the following night), and featured the entire SMW roster attacking Jim Cornette, who was then pinned by referee Mark Curtis. 8/13 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. Watch "The King" in Smoky Mountain against Dirty White Boy. 2/5 7/23 2/20 They were carrying WWEs Superstars, so they aired us from 11:00 to noon and aired Superstars from noon to 1:00 and asked people to vote for which program to keep. 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. 10/24 11/13 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. Contents Formation Territorial reach Notable talent 11/6 Cornette, a traditionalist, catered to fans that Mick Foley described as "old-time fanswho still believed in good guys and bad guys, and to whom cheating was still reason to get upset." 4/20 1986 - 30 Disks . And why did it close so quickly? 9/16 Watch Smoky Mountains biggest moments| Watch Smoky Mountains biggest stars in action, We needed buildings and production companies and TV stations so this eccentric music genius could somehow own a wrestling company in Tennessee.. What was I gonna do? It lasted almost five years and Ill never forget it. The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Dirty White Boy vs. Bruiser Bedlam and Jim Cornette, Bambi and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Tammy Fytch, Chris Candido and Brian Lee, The Dirty White Boy vs. Chris Candido for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and Road Warrior Hawk vs. Bruiser Bedlam and The Funk Brothers (Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk), The Dirty White Boy, Tracy Smothers and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Boo Bradley, Bruiser Bedlam and The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa), The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) vs. 11/14 5/22 3/27 8/21 It doesnt matter what kind of match I prefer, I have to deliver the kind of match that the people who bought the tickets want. Bluegrass Brawl III 3/26 He had people screaming during a Chain Match in Pikeville, Ky., population: 6500. 8/27 (2) Smoky Mountain Wrestling was short-lived, but made a big impact. ROAD DOGG: I got to travel with my family, do what I love to do and be with the people I love. He was tailor-made for the region. 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. CORNETTE: Bruce Prichard from WWE called me and asked if The Heavenly Bodies and I wanted to come for a few shows. He became a serious student of the business. 1/14 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. Chris had dual-citizenship. 11/4 Popular attractions Heimatmuseum Oberstdorf and Neue Skischule . 7/3 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." Theres a difference between country people and hillbillies and they were bona fide hillbillies. 1994 saw Randy Savage head to Smoky Mountain Wrestling to compete at their Volunteer Slam 3 PPV. It was special. 12/11 October 1991 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. Knoxville/MorristownTennessee It was a match made in heaven. 11/11 Sign up for Peacock to watch. 9/23 7/1 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 3 Tales From The Territories - Smoky Mountain Wrestling - Full Episode 12/30 Original Wrestling Documentaries 62.6K subscribers Subscribe 4K 429K views 5 years ago #TalesFromTheTerritories Follow. There were zero shades of gray. WWE now owns the SMW video library. But Cornette wanted to have a hand in everything. WWE now owns the SMW video library. Fans didnt know how to take them. This page is not available in other languages. 12/10 6/18 7/2 6/5 He beat up my dad and put him down on the chairs and went to do a moonsault off the top. 12/1 5/7 And its an art that can be lost. 9/3 5/21 10/29 Chris was really moving too fast for small towns in Kentucky. Stay at this 3-star spa hotel in Oberstdorf. 1981 - 39 Disks. 3/5 5/21 [Rubin] would call me at three in the morning, Id hear the latest main event playing the background and wed talk about cool wrestling. 4/22 In the same night, I went from being me to being DLo. 6/7 Nobody really did that back then have wrestlers from all these different promotions come in. Twenty-eight wrestlers from 16 schools made this year's All-WNC wrestling list, led by Robbinsville junior Kage Williams' 57-0 campaign. 5/6 If Cornette gave up some of the reigns to Sandy Scott or Mark Curtis, they probably could have taken care of some stuff. 3/28 10/29 2/18 We were working so fast and doing all these high spots. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 Christmas Chaos - Day 2 3/5 9/4 126: Damon Landreth, West Henderson, Matthew Mehaffey, Pisgah. One of the Largest collections of Wrestling footage. [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. Weight Class . Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. 1980 - 36 Disks. 11/5 11/25, 5/16 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. Brawl In The Hall Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. 3/26 It probably never should have happened, considering Chris broke his arm earlier that afternoon and needed surgery. 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. 11/8 10/23 1/23 * Note: The was the first ever Smoky Mountain Wrestling show. CORNETTE: I couldnt believe the sight of it. 10/28 12/4 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. 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. 170: Marcus McCarson, East Henderson. Volunteer Slam I My wife and I became really great friends with them. 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. We could get them last. Find the all-conference team for each sport below. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. K-Town Showdown 8/5 Christmas Chaos - Day 2 9/25 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. 9/3 Then we got The Steiners to come have rematches in Smoky Mountain. I offered Chris and his girlfriend Tammy to come to Knoxville. Fright Night Sunday Bloody Sunday 4/16 Im a country boy, but that was too much. Rick Rubin on loving pro wrestling, learning from Ric Flair and how "Rowdy" Roddy Piper turned the Beastie Boys Bad. 182: Landon Pope, Pisgah. And the kid Chris Jericho he was with wasnt too bad either. What made this small, regional organization so memorable? We needed buildings and production companies and TV stations so this eccentric music genius could somehow own a wrestling company in Tennessee. The day-long Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 6 at the Townsend Visitors Center, 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, after the Bigfoot 5K race at 9 a.m. LANCE STORM: It was clean-cut. 6/13 Enter Jim Cornette. 6/19 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. Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 637 items that match the search parameters. They rode their mule to the wrestling matches. 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. 7/9 7/19 Watch Dirty White Boy sneak up on Dutch Mantel in a scrapyard. 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Hotels near Gasthof Alte Schreinerei, Steinsfeld on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews, 386 candid photos, and prices for 842 hotels near Gasthof Alte Schreinerei in Steinsfeld, Germany. 220: Reese Meadows, North Henderson. Christmas Chaos - Day 3, 1/15 4/22 The same show that we would do live in Memphis every Saturday morning would then show the following week in Louisville. 11/4 It was my proving grounds and learning period. They were heartthrobs. 106 113 120 126 132 138 145 152 160 170 182 195 220 285 . In 1974, The Mummy was fantastic, but I was 12 and times have changed. But Rick wanted a mummy. Rasslin' 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. He wasnt able to sit and enjoy his wrestling company. He unmasked himself when I called him out for being ashamed of his father. 4/21 7/8 We passed this guy who had killed a deer. 6/17 I started listening to my audience and trying to engage them rather than trying to entertain the fan that I was. 4/17 7/4 4/29 History and overview [ edit] Formation [ edit] They had such heat. 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. Chris Walker defeated Richard Slinger Doug Furnas defeated Killer Kyle (8:46) 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 1997. Watch the big Steiner Brothers vs. Heavenly Bodies match at SummerSlam 1993. The signal up in those mountains went 100 miles in almost any direction. 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. 10/13 11/5 8/12 The gardens and a portion of the palace were completed before Ludwig II's mysterious death. He had all the rebel gear on, and the son had it on, too. SMOTHERS: I was there the night Kevin [Sullivan] cut up [W*ING] Kanemura. 8/25 He knew those people so well, what they wanted and when they needed it. 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: The Rock n Roll Express and Tracy Smothers could give you an education you cant get in the ring. 10/16 2/25 I wanted Brad Armstrong in that spot from the start, but hes one of the only ones I couldnt get from WCW. BROWN: [Smoky Mountain] was like my first year in college. Thats how full the place is. The hero is going to be very much Clark Kent, straight and honest. 9/24 3/15 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 3/18 Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region. 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. I had never seen a cut that deep. 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]. 8/19 9/23 2/5 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. 5/5 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. 8/11 Sullivan got at him with this spike, and we had to censor it because it was so gross. 8/5 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. 8/27 (1) 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. 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. During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. Hes a creative genius bordering on insanity, which is the best kind of genius. 10/9 And the stories were good in Smoky Mountain.

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