CORNETTE: The last one to come was young Brian [aka Road Dogg]. They voted for ours, but WWE stayed on the air anyway. We needed buildings and production companies and TV stations so this eccentric music genius could somehow own a wrestling company in Tennessee. 12/3 8/27 (2) 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. 4/23 6/24 9/18 11/14 3/4 Watch Dirty White Boy sneak up on Dutch Mantel in a scrapyard. He had a big show that night at the Knoxville Civic Center. If Cornette gave up some of the reigns to Sandy Scott or Mark Curtis, they probably could have taken care of some stuff. ARMSTRONG: You have to show southern fans you know what youre doing and The Mummy made it really hard to do that. What was I gonna do? He talked like one of the people because he was one a plumber from east Tennessee. 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. 5/14 I didnt want to eat very much, because hed push you to your limits. Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. 4/10 7/23 Both Curtis Comes Home and the 2005 sequel show, held in memory of SMW head referee Mark Curtis are both considered "unofficial" reunion shows. 8/11 12/3 He broke in under Jerry Jarrett, who, at one time, was one of the most creative guys I knew. 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. As the founder of Def Jam Records and producer of practically half of every album produced over the last forty years or so, Rick Rubin is also just like the rest of us mere mortals. Six Pisgah wrestlers ( Kane Bryson, Cameron King, Xander Hill, Landon Pope, Tytus Bridges and Eli . It wasnt big enough to take that next step. Cable was not that widespread, a lot of people used antennas in the hills. The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray), Brian Lee vs. Tracy Smothers vs. James / The Road Dogg) and D'Lo Brown, but ultimately, like most independents, was not financially successful. Thanksgiving Thunder. Raw results, April 24, 2023: Bad Bunny challenged Damian Priest to a Street Fight at WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico! 11/13 During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. [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. 1/22 7/30 The SMW Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever SMW Tag Team Champions. Not meant to be an exact copy, but this is basically the Palace of Versailles of Bavaria. 7/2 Marietta Debut Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. 9,102 likes. 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. 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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. 1/16 10/2 [3], Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. He really did. 7/29 . 7/7 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 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. 9/8 7/2 Established The company was being mismanaged and we were arguing about our contracts. 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. Weight Class . 12/10 1/9 9/25 The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Fire On The Mountain 8/6 1/15 5/28 ROAD DOGG: My dad was already getting up there in years and there were a lot of young guys, so he became the commissioner. CORNETTE: DLo Brown was a CPA, had a good job, but he quit and moved to Knoxville to be in the wrestling business. 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. They could get pretty rowdy. Now picture a company trying to keep him in their employ. 11/6 In the same night, I went from being me to being DLo. 4/18 9/22 3/19 Either the story is good or the story is not good. BROWN: [Smoky Mountain] was like my first year in college. 5/3 I, as The Dark Secret, lost to him so he could take the baby bonnet off. 7/1 SMOTHERS: He never came back to the dressing room. STORM: I told Jericho that I was talking to Jim Cornette about going to Smoky Mountain. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money. He unmasked himself when I called him out for being ashamed of his father. ROAD DOGG: Brian Lee was a great wrestler, a big good-looking guy and had a lot of talent. The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. MANTEL: What held Smoky Mountain back was their markets were too small. SMOTHERS: In 1993, Dirty White Boy burned the rebel flag in a trash can while I was handcuffed. STORM: Jericho made the show and just had a plastic splint on his arm. BOB ARMSTRONG: Cornette was a fan club president of mine when I was in Memphis. $159. 7/4 5/10 ROAD DOGG: We worked high school gyms in small towns, but they were always packed and they were always the best fans. Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. 170: Marcus McCarson, East Henderson. He eventually lost the belt to Jerry Lawler on December 30, 1995.[2]. WWE for the first time ever acknowledged another wrestling promotion. Watch The Thrillseekers' amazing video package including riding bumper cars and at a petting zoo. Results ; Team Name . I couldnt believe it. Cornette was really . 5/20 ROAD DOGG: I wanted nothing more than to go there and wrestle because my family was there. Jim Cornette It probably never should have happened, considering Chris broke his arm earlier that afternoon and needed surgery. 7/16 Recently, music producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin was a guest on his former employee, Chris Jericho's podcast. 3/26 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. Every night he went out there and busted his hump. Rock defeated The Wolfman In 1974, The Mummy was fantastic, but I was 12 and times have changed. But Rick wanted a mummy. 5/13 I pitched him the idea of starting a wrestling company, because I had an idea of where we could do it. Thats Jim in a nutshell. 10/28 5/14 7/9 The Thanksgiving Thunder 1995 was a Professional wrestling event of Smoky Mountain Wrestling which was taped on November 23, 1995. 2/18 WWE now owns the SMW video library. There was one caveat - he wasnt going to continuously invest in the product (and lose money). 7/4 3/25 He wined and dined us to impress us with the biggest show they had and we were just super excited about it. MANTEL: Cornette started at about 14 or 15-years-old taking pictures. 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. 7/22 3/5 Recently, music producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin was a guest on his former employee, Chris Jerichos podcast. 3/6 I worked with my dad in a Loser Leaves Town Match dressed up as a ninja.. 7/9 6/25 8/7 5/13 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 started with us and was there when we closed. 5/21 Nobody really did that back then have wrestlers from all these different promotions come in. 5/1 The reason ECW was so successful is because Paul Heyman had his pulse on what the youth of America felt at the time. 6/4 3/26 4/17 5/1 It was my proving grounds and learning period. SMOTHERS: Sometimes the pressure would get to him and hed just snap. Watch Cornette go too far in his verbal attacks on the Armstrong family. 7/1 The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), The Bruise Brothers (Ron Bruise and Don Bruise) vs. He was legitimate. 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. Flash Flanagan defeated Thrasher Sgt. 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. 7/9 9/4 That really raised my opinion of him right there, when he did that. Thats when Smoky Mountain started to become less important. 11/4 1/9 CORNETTE: I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings. The deer was strapped up and he was cutting it open at the gut. It would get scary. 7/17 3/18 [23] Several SMW wrestlers would soon obtain work in the WWF, including Tracy Smothers, The Dirty White Boy, and Boo Bradley. 7/16 285: Eli Frizzell, Pisgah. 8/28 Founder 4/24 5/29 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]. 7/31 3/3 12/2 He was just intimidating. 3/12 We used those shows to go to stations to sell a wrestling TV show. 2. 6/10 11/27 SMW 2/13 6/7 10/7 From what I understand, Jim paid really well. Chris had dual-citizenship. 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. This was in sharp contrast to ECW, in which edgy angles, "tweeners" and anti-heroes increasingly took precedence over clearcut heroes and villains. Then we got The Steiners to come have rematches in Smoky Mountain. I had never seen a cut that deep. STORM: I got married literally the day before I moved to Smoky Mountain and my wife ended up renting an apartment in the same apartment complex as Chris and Tammy. CORNETTE: I met [Chris] Candido and his girlfriend, who were teenagers, in New Jersey. 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. 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Jim Cornette, Lt. 4/22 The hero is going to be very much Clark Kent, straight and honest. 8/20 He was just taking photographs. This was in sharp contrast to ECW, in which edgy angles, "tweeners" and anti-heroes increasingly took precedence over clearcut heroes and villains. 5/6 ARMSTRONG: I was commissioner, so Jimmy and I were always at each others throats. Contents Formation Territorial reach Notable talent 2/20 One of the Largest collections of Wrestling footage. CORNETTE: Nobody knew what the hell we were doing because we werent talking with any wrestlers. Jimmy did it all. [1] The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. 2/19 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. Related: 5 AEW Stars That Jim Cornette Hates (& 5 He Actually Likes). Acronym 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. Just give it a try, he said. 11/20 9/11 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. They had been bugging me to come down to Smoky Mountain, so I said, Youve gotta wear dresses. You couldve heard a pin drop. 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. 11/7 He was a retired wrestling legend and talked better than anyone on the roster. Summer Blast [26], The King of Kentucky Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Hazard, Kentucky on June 24, 1993. My dad moved and Terry just ate the chairs. 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. The Rock n Roll Express and Tracy Smothers could give you an education you cant get in the ring. 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(c) refers to the champion (s) heading into the match. After a while, he became a great fan favorite. 6/10 Tracey worked so darn hard. 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. 9/24 There were about nine guys living in this house. 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. I wasnt very good at them at the time. Matches from these shows were first shown in February 1992. 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). Eddie left without telling me, so I needed a cocky guy to be Unabombs partner. People knew him, he could talk and knew how to work the style. 3/29 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 10/29 5/7 8/25 My wife and I became really great friends with them. (c) refers to the champion (s) heading into the match. CORNETTE: Rubin was working with Mick Jagger, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Crowes and Johnny Cash and he got behind on watching the TV shows. Thats not something southern America in 1994 was probably ready for. He asked, What are you doing May 26? And he showed me a paper for a Klan rally. The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. 9/30 6/21 6/26 Christmas Chaos - Day 1 113: Kane Bryson, Pisgah, Davey McCoy, Smoky Mountain. Brian had worked in Memphis and had a lot of potential. 4/29 It was the night Terry Funk did his first-ever top rope moonsault and I think he was 50 at the time. 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. AWA TV. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money.. CHRIS JERICHO: Jimmy was a great wrestling mind for that area. 9/16 Eventually, he was walking around in a full body cast. He had so much heart and loved wrestling more than anybody Ive ever met. It wasnt by accident that he became next in line. I didnt like the masks, but I liked their work. 5/27 It was a match made in heaven. I live 500 miles away from Knoxville, but wed go up and stay until the matches were over and then drive home. I started listening to my audience and trying to engage them rather than trying to entertain the fan that I was. He has a bad temper and sometimes he lets it get the best of him. Al Snow was working in Ohio and northern Kentucky, so I called him up and Al jumped at the chance. 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. 8/20 Hes a creative genius bordering on insanity, which is the best kind of genius. Big Apple Grapple 3/28 10/13 We trained together, sat by the pool, went to dinner, went to the movies. 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. He became a serious student of the business. 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. 3/11 9/18 Smoky Mountain was a big tag team territory and Cornette asked if wed be willing to come in as a team. 10/1 K-Town Showdown Bluegrass Brawl II He knew how to work the people, because he was a southern boy and catered to that crowd. 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. 12/12 CORNETTE: I had to get Lance paperwork to work in America. Its simple as that. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 James / Road Dogg) and D'Lo Brown, but ultimately, like most independents, was not financially successful. 4/23 2/21 2/20 The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson), Shawn Michaels vs. 12/5 He never went out to any bars on the road. Related: 9 Wrestlers We Forgot Were Managed By Jim Cornette. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 9/3 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. I wanted Brad Armstrong in that spot from the start, but hes one of the only ones I couldnt get from WCW. Its very obvious and straight-forward. 8/12 12/4 8/18 12/3 1/28 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. MANTEL: The business had morphed. 1/28 The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) vs. 4/8 11/3 Overview; News and Rumors; History; Events; Event Statistics; Results; Titles; All-Time Roster; Matchguide; Win/Loss Records; Feuds; Promos; Tournaments; Rivalries; Ratings; Comments; Events. What made this small, regional organization so memorable? 9/24 They wanted an edgier, alternative product. 3/12 9/23 The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. 11/6 2/12 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was based . Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 5/8 CORNETTE: We would get VHS tapes from wrestlers who wanted to come to Smoky Mountain. 7/14 10/1 Of course, 90% of the shows were in small little towns and rec centers and community clubs. 2/19 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. 5/5 TV Taping 10/30/91 in Greeneville, SC @ the Memorial Auditorium 2/11 MANTEL: Jimmy has a short fuse. The Last Tango In Tennessee 220: Reese Meadows, 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. I offered Chris and his girlfriend Tammy to come to Knoxville. 7/15 CORNETTE: We ran shows in Marietta, Ga., wed use some of the local promoters guys and there was New Jack. We also got WYMT in Hazard, Ky., so we had eastern Kentucky covered, too, with those three stations. It took a while to get ingratiated into the style of being slowed down. Wrestling was not popular in America. 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. 6/18 5/17 STORM: I absolutely love Bob Armstrong. 8.8/10 Excellent! ARMSTRONG: It was really bad. They take their rasslin very seriously. They can all wrestle. 10/29 9/11 Wrestling and swimming are determined based on votes from coaches and conference championship results . 12/18 STORM: It was one of the most amazing matches Ive ever been involved in, in that it never should have been that good. 4/9 The Moondogs, The Dirty White Boy and The Dirty White Girl vs. Brian Lee and Tammy Fytch, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. Christmas Chaos - Day 2 8/5 I took the nickname of a high school friend. They used to call us the flying squirrels and mean it. They were heartthrobs.. 120: Gunnar Marshall, East Henderson, Cooper Williamson, Tuscola. 2/26 I bought a whole package of Peanut Butter crackers and thats all I ate all day. 6/4 Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. 4/1 1994 saw Randy Savage head to Smoky Mountain Wrestling to compete at their Volunteer Slam 3 PPV. 4/20 7/27 First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola.
