Dad knew what Jim wanted and Jim knew how Dad was going to act out there. Hotels near Residenzschloss Oettingen Hotels near Der Marktplatz - Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Stadtmauer und Holzgraben Hotels near Knigsturm Hotels near Heimatmuseum Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Jakob Hotels near Das Rathaus - Oettingen in Bayern Hotels near Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian Hotels near Vlkerkundemuseum im Residenzschloss Hotels . 2/25 And its an art that can be lost. 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. 12/12 MANTEL: Up there in eastern Kentucky and northern Virginia, youre back in the hills, buddy. 12/2 4/14 Style 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. 5/17 [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]. Contents 1 History and overview 1.1 Formation 1.2 Territorial reach 10/29 4/22 12/18 9/23 Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Shahid. There, he functioned as both a singles competitor and a tag team specialist, capturing pretty much every title one could win in the company save for the Heavyweight Championship. 12/3 Kevin opened that guy to the bone. Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. 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). The palace sits on an island in the middle of the lake and requires a ferry for access. 9/18 7/1 They were either already established stars or were guys that went on to become stars. Bluegrass Brawl I 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. Warren went 22-3 at 185 pounds with a win at the Smoky . The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. ROAD DOGG: Brian Lee was a great wrestler, a big good-looking guy and had a lot of talent. 2/12 Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. 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). WCW was struggling with management issues, WWE was moving away from Hulkamanias golden age and the glory days of ECW were still years away. Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling with Stan Lane, Tim Horner and Sandy Scott. 9/19 Rick Rubin was a big wrestling fan and he had just made like $100 million from CBS Records. Wrestling and swimming are determined based on votes from coaches and conference championship results . Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. There were about nine guys living in this house. Watch Dirty White Boy sneak up on Dutch Mantel in a scrapyard. Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. Not wrestling heat. 9/19 We passed this guy who had killed a deer. It was a good chance to get promoted on national television, but I was afraid that if I showed up, people would think I was leaving Knoxville and it would hurt shows, so Bruce got Vince to agree that we could mention Smoky Mountain on WWE TV. 8/5 7/16 The signal up in those mountains went 100 miles in almost any direction. 7/29 1/21 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. They could get pretty rowdy. He asked, What are you doing May 26? And he showed me a paper for a Klan rally. 3/13 (24 reviews) "Room and hotel were not as described. 9/10 12/11 Watch the infamous and controversial Prince Kharis in action. SMOTHERS: Some of the best matches Ive ever had were with Chris. The Mummy was cool. I said, I loved The Mummy, too. 7/31 He and The Rock n Roll Express together showed how much fun a locker room can be if you dont take yourselves too seriously. 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. 3/13 4/22 We were far away from breaking even and it wasnt getting any better. 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. Marietta Debut CORNETTE: DLo Brown was a CPA, had a good job, but he quit and moved to Knoxville to be in the wrestling business. 4/10 6/7 7/8 Thats how they got there in Smoky Mountain. Not meant to be an exact copy, but this is basically the Palace of Versailles of Bavaria. SMOTHERS: That was different. He had so much heart and loved wrestling more than anybody Ive ever met. 6/12 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. Owned by the trio of Sweet Stan Lane, Sandy Scott, and Jim Cornette, SMW was very much an analogue to ECW the same way that its promoter is and was an analogue to Paul Heyman. 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. And the kid Chris Jericho he was with wasnt too bad either. The next spring, I beat him in a cage with a tennis racquet and sent him to the hospital and Scott came back with Steve, his other son, and then we did this big Lumberjack Match. 5/8 Theres a difference between country people and hillbillies and they were bona fide hillbillies. 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. DUTCH MANTEL: Sometimes the best baseball managers are not the greatest players, but they spend their playing days in the dugout watching the manager manage the game. 4/17 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 liked Lee with Candido a lot more than I liked Lee as a hero. 6/11 Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. (c) refers to the champion (s) heading into the match. per night. 2/13 We cut all the expenses that we could cut, but I had pride. She was still in school, and stayed in school at UT while she was working for me. I dont know how they got home. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money. 7/9 CORNETTE: I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 4 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 STORM: I told Jericho that I was talking to Jim Cornette about going to Smoky Mountain. 10/10 10/9 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. That really raised my opinion of him right there, when he did that. 7/3 Smoky Mountain Wrestling was short-lived, but made a big impact. 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. 1/16/23 - HI!, WE'RE STILL IN BUSINESS! [26], The King of Kentucky Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Hazard, Kentucky on June 24, 1993. These were people that would get involved. She was a huge cornfed farmwoman and Brian Lee was trying to save Tammy without hurting her. I had wrestled in Knoxville many times before, but it had been a while since Id been back. [3], Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. 3/12 I couldnt believe it. He wasnt able to sit and enjoy his wrestling company. 3/18 I offered Chris and his girlfriend Tammy to come to Knoxville. Its hard to compete with Vince McMahon and the machine. 2/21 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. CORNETTE: Tracy Smothers was the epitome of the perfect Smoky Mountain hero. 6/16 Brawl In The Hall 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. Watch The Thrillseekers' amazing video package including riding bumper cars and at a petting zoo. 3/6 2/5 11/11 7/2 132: Kavan Wilson, Smoky Mountain, Mason Maybin, East Henderson. 6/25 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. 195: Titus Bridges, Pisgah. Watch The Rock 'n' Roll Express battle The Heavenly Bodies in a Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage Match. The early 1990s saw Jim Cornette launch his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. 3/28 3/26 1980 - 36 Disks. 10/29 WWE now owns the SMW video library. Related: 5 AEW Stars That Jim Cornette Hates (& 5 He Actually Likes). Day 3: Herrenchiemsee Palace. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. 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,. 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. 3/12 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. Summer Blast 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. 5/4 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. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 1991-1995. Bob Armstrong, The Armstrong Brothers (Scott Armstrong and Steve Armstrong) and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Jim Cornette, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. There were a lot sliced tires and keyed cars. 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. Later, Mark Curtis came running up to me saying, Jericho went to the hospital. 5/1 8/20 5/29 And, for a while, they were successful in doing that. ROAD DOGG: Once my skills were improving and could carry the Armstrong name, I started wrestling as Brian Armstrong and tagging with my brothers. He had a good match, was a great kid, came to eat ribs with us and I liked the way he carried himself. Thats when Smoky Mountain started to become less important. James / The Road Dogg) and D'Lo Brown, but ultimately, like most independents, was not financially successful. 9/11 JERICHO: When youre in front of 200 people, theres no need to do a dive over the top rope to the floor. The Rock n Roll Express and Tracy Smothers could give you an education you cant get in the ring. 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. It was an invaluable experience. 6/4 Folded They rode their mule to the wrestling matches. It probably never should have happened, considering Chris broke his arm earlier that afternoon and needed surgery. 12/9 4/30 7/4 CORNETTE: We would get VHS tapes from wrestlers who wanted to come to Smoky Mountain. 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. Speichackerstrasse 2, Oberstdorf, 87561. 11/26 3/25 9/4 SMW event tours also included high school gyms and fairs in cities throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. WCW was struggling with management issues, WWE was moving away from Hulkamania's golden age and the glory days of ECW were still years away. 9/3 10/14 3/11 He eventually lost the belt to Jerry Lawler on December 30, 1995.[2]. Under Cornette, it was fresh and exciting. I knew something was wrong. Fire on the mountain: The oral history of Smoky Mountain Wrestling facebook twitter During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. 2/4 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 ??? 6/10 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. JERICHO: The thing I really learned a lot about there was interviews. It was sold out with like 5,000 people. 2/27 7/9 He started with us and was there when we closed. MANTEL: Jimmy has a short fuse. It took a while to get ingratiated into the style of being slowed down. 3/11 During the late eighties, as wrestling got more cartoonish, Rubin did what any fan with money would do - he forked over some money to Cornette to start a traditional territory like the ones they both had grown up with. The way he spoke, it was just like, Wow. 7/10 126: Damon Landreth, West Henderson, Matthew Mehaffey, Pisgah. STORM: Chris worked every single night like it was WrestleMania. It was exciting to be just getting out of the military and getting my start in wrestling. 1/22 3/26 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. 6/25 138: Jacob Ed, West Henderson, William McCoy, Smoky Mountain. They were heartthrobs.. We trained together, sat by the pool, went to dinner, went to the movies. 3/26 10/2 [29], After SMW closed, Brad Armstrong declared himself SMW champion and defended the SMW Heavyweight Championship in the United States Wrestling Association. Knoxville was their biggest market, but its not a big enough market to sustain a wrestling company. MANTEL: When you take the demographics into consideration, Tracy fit it perfectly. 7/23 Jim Cornette had to fight his way out of more than one of those towns. Night Of Legends 4/30 Find the all-conference team for each sport below. 11/25, 5/16 They voted for ours, but WWE stayed on the air anyway. I live 500 miles away from Knoxville, but wed go up and stay until the matches were over and then drive home. 10/1 Big Apple Grapple CORNETTE: Until April 1995, we were doing fairly well. 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. SMW event tours also included high school gyms and fairs in cities throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. ROAD DOGG: We worked high school gyms in small towns, but they were always packed and they were always the best fans. He has a bad temper and sometimes he lets it get the best of him. 8/26 Its very obvious and straight-forward. He broke in under Jerry Jarrett, who, at one time, was one of the most creative guys I knew. 5/7 10/1 To some of them, it wasnt just entertainment. 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. 9/30 Cornette established the promotion after having cut ties with WCW, with initial financial backing from Record Producer Rick Rubin. 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. 2/20 Recently, music producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin was a guest on his former employee, Chris Jerichos podcast. 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. We used those shows to go to stations to sell a wrestling TV show. 9/8 2/26 5/22 This is somebody you have to worry about., Watch The Gangstas address The Undertaker from a southern graveyard. Both Curtis Comes Home and the 2005 sequel show, held in memory of SMW head referee Mark Curtis are both considered "unofficial" reunion shows. 4/9 6/5 10/21 From 1920 to last week. 2/26 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 We got to the point where we were too small to be big, but too big to be small. Having my sons with me, it was a great family experience and one of the greatest experiences of my life. I knew we could get him back in the ring after someone pushed him too hard, which likely would be me. Al Snow was working in Ohio and northern Kentucky, so I called him up and Al jumped at the chance. Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. People had never seen it before. CORNETTE: At The Night of Legends show in 94, The Heavenly Bodies were coming back from WWE to wrestle [Jericho and Storm]. It was eye-opening to see that other side of him. Watch the big Steiner Brothers vs. Heavenly Bodies match at SummerSlam 1993. The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. 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. The Mountain 7 has released its all-conference teams for the 2022-23 winter sports seasons. 7/7 BROWN: My first night, I worked a match with Tracy Smothers in the opener as AC Conner and then in the main event I dressed as one of The Gangstas. 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." It was Marilyn Manson before he got famous. 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. It was more about the moral high ground than the action. The basketball teams are voted on by league coaches. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. Pisgah Smoky Mountain. Weight Class . The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 8/21 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. 7/23 1986 1988 . 7/15 1/14 When Kanemura came backstage from the ring, I couldnt believe what I saw. 8/20 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]. 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. The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. 11/27 Matches from these shows were first shown in February 1992. 4/29 220: Reese Meadows, North Henderson. 6/24 3/3 12/24 10/13 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." Owner CORNETTE: We got Knoxville straight off the bat on the Fox station on Sunday mornings, and we also got WCYB, which was the NBC affiliate in the Tri-Cities Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City. 12/4 4/23 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].

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