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. 9/25 I pay those lessons forward now. Watch the big Steiner Brothers vs. Heavenly Bodies match at SummerSlam 1993. King Of The Mountain Tournament 6/13 SMW Night Of Legends | Pro Wrestling | Fandom JERICHO: The thing I really learned a lot about there was interviews. SMW Night Of Legends is a Professional wrestling event of Smoky Mountain Wrestling which was taped on August 5, 1994. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 6/4 ARMSTRONG: It was really bad. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money.. She was still in school, and stayed in school at UT while she was working for me. Not meant to be an exact copy, but this is basically the Palace of Versailles of Bavaria. 1/22 We trained together, sat by the pool, went to dinner, went to the movies. He knew how to work the people, because he was a southern boy and catered to that crowd. CORNETTE: Bullet Bob was one of the most important parts of Smoky Mountain from the start. 8/28 ROAD DOGG: My dad was already getting up there in years and there were a lot of young guys, so he became the commissioner. 7/9 Mustafa couldnt say sooey if the hogs had him, but looked like he could break you in half. It was eye-opening to see that other side of him. 8/28 ARMSTRONG: You have to show southern fans you know what youre doing and The Mummy made it really hard to do that. CORNETTE:This woman in Barbourville, Ky, grabbed Tammy [Sytch] and dragged her on the gym floor by her hair and wrists, determined to drag her out of the back of the building. 6/5 She was a huge cornfed farmwoman and Brian Lee was trying to save Tammy without hurting her. Sunday Bloody Sunday II SMOTHERS: In 1993, Dirty White Boy burned the rebel flag in a trash can while I was handcuffed. He was tailor-made for the region. 1/22 9/1 Pisgah @ Smoky Mountain . 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. Brian had worked in Memphis and had a lot of potential. [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. CORNETTE: The following day, he needed surgery on his arm. It probably never should have happened, considering Chris broke his arm earlier that afternoon and needed surgery. Prince Kharis - Online World of Wrestling 11/4 11/6 I think he was the longest tenured roster member. The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. 6/26 He had so much heart and loved wrestling more than anybody Ive ever met. 4/1 With this upheaval also came the near-overnight disappearance of the territorial era when local stars and fanbases migrated to the increasingly global organizations of WCW and WWE. The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) vs. [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. Bluegrass Brawl I I didnt want to eat very much, because hed push you to your limits. I knew something was wrong. JERICHO: When youre in front of 200 people, theres no need to do a dive over the top rope to the floor. And, for a while, they were successful in doing that. And I dont know where the kids came from, there were no houses. 6/25 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. SMW (Wrestling) - TV Tropes Youre in those Appalachian Mountains. From 1992 until the promotion's end in 1995, Chris Candido wrestled for Jim Cornette 's Tennessee-based outfit Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Contents 1 History and overview 1.1 Formation 1.2 Territorial reach May 1 - May 2. 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. 4/22 Kevin opened that guy to the bone. It was obvious that he was saying as long as we broke even, we could do whatever we wanted. In Kentucky, you get the same reaction with a hiptoss or a slap to the face. The Last Tango In Tennessee Contents Formation Territorial reach Notable talent There were a lot sliced tires and keyed cars. 5/15 All-Time Roster Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) - CAGEMATCH 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. 9/4 10/28 If Cornette gave up some of the reigns to Sandy Scott or Mark Curtis, they probably could have taken care of some stuff. He broke in under Jerry Jarrett, who, at one time, was one of the most creative guys I knew. 11/5 A lot of experience. Rock, and The Dynamic Duo, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 01:50. They had been bugging me to come down to Smoky Mountain, so I said, Youve gotta wear dresses. You couldve heard a pin drop. 5/13 And why did it close so quickly? 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. 11/13 2/18 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,. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was very much southern rasslin. 9/17 6/24 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. Buddy Landell, The Punisher, Tommy Rich, Terry Gordy, Sgt. 4/29 1/16 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]. First Team: 106: Aydan Mull, Tuscola. 8/7 Christmas Chaos - Day 1 11/12 3/6 9,102 likes. 6/17 Owner We got lost in the mountains, came back and he was giving the meat to kids. His talent was great, but the fans didnt know exactly how to take him. 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. It was my proving grounds and learning period. [28], The Carolina Cup Tag Team Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held at the Grady Cole Center on August 13, 1995. (24 reviews) "Room and hotel were not as described. 12/24 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 eventually signed a working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation to trade talent, manage and serve as an on-air talent for that company. They were close to 60-years-old at the time and he was doing moonsaults off the top into those chairs. 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.. 4/9 The first events and TV tapings were held in October and November 1991. 5/7 This is somebody you have to worry about., Watch The Gangstas address The Undertaker from a southern graveyard. 5/21 4/3 Alumni [ edit] Male wrestlers [ edit] Female wrestlers [ edit] 220: Reese Meadows, North Henderson. 10/17 11/20 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. 5/29 [26], The King of Kentucky Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Hazard, Kentucky on June 24, 1993. 10/29 We knew they were going to be stars. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) was Jim Cornette 's own Professional Wrestling promotion based in Knoxville, TN, running from October 1991 through December 1995. 3/26 10/29 4/22 James / The Road Dogg) and D'Lo Brown, but ultimately, like most independents, was not financially successful. 12/25, 1/8 I spent all of 1991 going back and forth to California to talk with Rick. 3/25 4/23 Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. Fire On The Mountain 1994 Fans didnt know how to take them. 4/16 Unfortunately, four years in, Smokey Mountain had to close its doors in 1995. 3/11 JIM CORNETTE: In WCW in 1990, The Midnight Express Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane and myself were still there. ROAD DOGG: Brian Lee was a great wrestler, a big good-looking guy and had a lot of talent. 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. WNC high school sports: Wrestling, swimming 2023 conference championships 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. Volunteer Slam IV 2/20 But if there was ever anything wrong with the paychecks, hed make it good. He liked southern territory wrestling, wild stuff, big heat, that type of thing. The basketball teams are voted on by league coaches. 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. 9/23 2. 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). 12/29 1/9 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. ARMSTRONG: He worked himself to death. 10/21 12/10 The Dirty White Boy for the SMW Heavyweight Championship, The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) vs. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. Other names that helped in the founding of this promotion were: The money bag behind the whole thing was Rick Rubin, who is a well-known wrestling fan and music producer. 7/24 It didnt matter if we had 112 people in Pikeville, Ky. CORNETTE: I had visited my friend Cat, who was touring with Danzig. 9/5 STORM: We were brought in for the Sunday Bloody Sunday show, which was Terry Funk vs. Bob Armstrong. I didnt want it to get to a point where I owed talent money. 6/16 11/25, 5/16 The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 9/24 Smoky Mountain Wrestling Results - The Official Wrestling Museum 7/9 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. Brawl In The Hall 6/17 He was legitimate. Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. 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. It was special. CORNETTE: We would get VHS tapes from wrestlers who wanted to come to Smoky Mountain. If youre thinking Rubin produced a Fozzy album at some point, youd be wrong. 4/15 2/11 He was the best performer of the three of them, so I made him their posse member. [3], Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. Jimmy did it all. There was an opening act where a guy came out in a skirt, combat boots, piercings and was spitting on the fans. Bluegrass Brawl II Cornette was really . 1/29 11/11 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. 8/18 3/12 10/9 Stay at this 3-star spa hotel in Oberstdorf. Hes a creative genius bordering on insanity, which is the best kind of genius. Rick Rubin's Wrestling: A Look At Smoky Mountain Wrestling - TheSportster Parent Like many territories in a post Vince McMahon Jr. 4/14 I live 500 miles away from Knoxville, but wed go up and stay until the matches were over and then drive home. 5/10 8/22 Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. I had never seen a cut that deep. 7/3 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. 5/1 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 2 When Kanemura came backstage from the ring, I couldnt believe what I saw. 12/3 2/20 Recently, music producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin was a guest on his former employee, Chris Jerichos podcast. He unmasked himself when I called him out for being ashamed of his father. 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. 4/16 10/9 4/21 This was in sharp contrast to ECW, in which edgy angles, "tweeners" and anti-heroes increasingly took precedence over clearcut heroes and villains. 12/30, 1/14 1/29 3/18 6/1 . 10/10 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. We cut all the expenses that we could cut, but I had pride. BROWN: The thing I really think about is when Jimmy went to WWE, he split his time and focus, and obviously hes putting most of his thought and input into WWE. 2/19 Wrestling and swimming are determined based on votes from coaches and conference championship results. 5/27 8/12 Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. Raw results, April 24, 2023: Bad Bunny challenged Damian Priest to a Street Fight at WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico! Christmas Chaos - Day 1 7/23 The basketball teams are voted on by league coaches. CORNETTE: Brian Lee was playing the part of Brad Armstrong. Thats when Smoky Mountain started to become less important. [8] This led to The Rock 'n' Roll Express wrestling The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) at SuperBrawl III in February 1993. Under Cornette, it was fresh and exciting. After a while, he became a great fan favorite. Its hard to compete with Vince McMahon and the machine. I looked at his arm and there was a dent where one bone was supposed to be and he could bend his forearm in the middle. Flash Flanagan defeated Thrasher Sgt. 2/19 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. And that created a lot of controversy. I wanted Brad Armstrong in that spot from the start, but hes one of the only ones I couldnt get from WCW. 2/5 5/22 3/13 10 Things Fans Should Know About Chris Candido - TheSportster He was such a class act. 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. It was a great time for me. Smoky Mountain was a big tag team territory and Cornette asked if wed be willing to come in as a team. Rock defeated The Wolfman People had never seen it before. 7/23 3/20 Later on, he turned into Jim Cornette the manager. Event history The good guy wore the white hat, the bad guy wore the black hat. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee . I dont think America in 1994 was ready for it. 9/18 2/13 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. 6/25 Its a camaraderie thats not relevant exclusively to Smoky Mountain. Thats Jim in a nutshell. SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1995 | Pro Wrestling | Fandom It was Marilyn Manson before he got famous. 9/17 5/8 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. CORNETTE: Hes an Armstrong. 8/11 3/21 3/3 And that ended up as our territory. I said, Now theres a gimmick. These two guys with tattoos had been The Masked Spiders in New Jersey. 10 Wrestlers We Can't Believe Defeated Randy Savage In A - TheSportster SMW promoted shows in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Six Pisgah wrestlers ( Kane Bryson, Cameron King, Xander Hill, Landon Pope, Tytus Bridges and Eli . 6/11 Eddie left without telling me, so I needed a cocky guy to be Unabombs partner. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 3 1/28 Enter Jim Cornette. 1/16/23 - HI!, WE'RE STILL IN BUSINESS! They voted for ours, but WWE stayed on the air anyway. 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. During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition. The most important thing about wrestling is know your audience and Cornette really knew that southern area. 7/18 6/5 It wasnt big enough to take that next step. Cornette had initially envisioned a territory reaching from Kentucky into as far as South Carolina and Georgia. 5/5 10/16 6.7K views 3 years ago 2 Smokey Mountain Wrestling Episode 2 Back in Time Wrestling 1.1K. Cornette formed the promotion in October 1991 upon leaving World Championship Wrestling, with Sandy Scott and backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. 8/7 ARMSTRONG: They were completely different. 6/4 We could get them last. 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. 12/31, 1/7 Smokey Mountain Wrestling was a wrestling promotion founded by Jim Cornette, Rick Rubin and others. TRACY SMOTHERS: They were hillbillies. 3/21 Welcome to Corey'S Wrestling Video Archives The deer was strapped up and he was cutting it open at the gut. 7/30 I, as The Dark Secret, lost to him so he could take the baby bonnet off. They think its broken, but hell be back.. Ive seen him destroy rings. ARMSTRONG: You never knew what he was going to do next and I always had to be on my best. 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. Thats how they got there in Smoky Mountain. What was I gonna do? They take their rasslin very seriously. 10/1 And the stories were good in Smoky Mountain. Fire On The Mountain 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 ??? 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. 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." 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. Rasslin' 6/18 8/12 I liked Lee with Candido a lot more than I liked Lee as a hero. SMOTHERS: Some of the best matches Ive ever had were with Chris. The winner was Chris Candido, who defended his title mostly at SMW events. Mustafa is 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6, he was impressive as well, but New Jack just had this look about him. We passed this guy who had killed a deer. The promotion featured a number of wrestlers who were regulars in the Southeastern wrestling scene the Heavenly Bodies, Stan Lane and Tom Prichard and later Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray. List of former Smoky Mountain Wrestling personnel - Wikipedia The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson), Shawn Michaels vs. 2/18 MANTEL: The wrestling business was in transition at the time. People knew him, he could talk and knew how to work the style. Its very obvious and straight-forward. Reddit - Dive into anything 3/17 Having my sons with me, it was a great family experience and one of the greatest experiences of my life. STORM: Like ECW, Smoky Mountain was too big to be small and too small to be big. 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. 8/27 (2) 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. Jim Cornette had to fight his way out of more than one of those towns. Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 7/10 He was just taking photographs. Established 9/4 In hindsight, considering where we were, Jim was right. Then we got The Steiners to come have rematches in Smoky Mountain. 7/3 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. It was a really big deal and Jericho did more than he should have. 7/8 He knew those people so well, what they wanted and when they needed it. After years of operating in red ink, Cornette shut the promotion down in December 1995 to work full-time with the WWF. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 1991-1995. Sunny, New Jack, D-Lo Brown, Lance Storm, Chris Jericho, and more were able to first get noticed due to their time with Cornette. 11/7 When he looked to start his own promotion he met Rick Rubin and got the funding to start SMW. 5/5 Smoky Mountain Wrestling - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia Christmas Chaos - Day 3 Wrestling was not popular in America. BOB ARMSTRONG: Cornette was a fan club president of mine when I was in Memphis. 10/15 3/28 Sign up for BINGE to watch. 5/21 10/13 Chris Walker defeated Richard Slinger Doug Furnas defeated Killer Kyle (8:46) List of former Smoky Mountain Wrestling personnel, Last edited on 23 November 2022, at 01:50, "The Complete History of Smoky Mountain Wrestling", "The Name on the Marquee: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (2.22.1992)", "Smoky Mountain Fell Victim To Changing Times (Part Two)", Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at Cagematch.net, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at OWW.com, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni at Wrestlingdata.com, Pro Wrestling Statistics: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991 to 1995), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_former_Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling_personnel&oldid=1123310255, Brian Logan / Gabriel Brimstone / The Hornet, Bob Armstrong, Brad Armstrong, Scott Armstrong, Steve Armstrong, Bobby Blaze, Tracey Smothers, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Federation of International Thugs and Eliminators, Bruiser Bedlam, Chris Walker, Killer Kyle, and The Funk Brothers, Moondog Rex, Moondog Spot and Moondog Splat, Gen. Jim Cornette, Lt. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) Play all Shuffle 1 SMW Episode 1 2/1/1992 Old School Rasslin! 10/23 Thanksgiving Thunder - Day 1 Later, Mark Curtis came running up to me saying, Jericho went to the hospital. Both Curtis Comes Home and the 2005 sequel show, held in memory of SMW head referee Mark Curtis are both considered "unofficial" reunion shows. 5/22 7/29 Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. Buddy Landel for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) vs. Jim CornetteTim HornerStan LaneSandy Scott The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee with offices in Morristown, Tennessee. 7/2 Overview; News and Rumors; History; Events; Event Statistics; Results; Titles; All-Time Roster; Matchguide; Win/Loss Records; Feuds; Promos; Tournaments; Rivalries; Ratings; Comments; Events. He really did. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was based . 10/7 10/1 Jimmy has a temper. People didnt just want to see them get their @$$es kicked, they didnt want to see them period. CORNETTE: We had a deal with the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va. 6/24 8/14 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. 11/13 Non-Televised Smoky Mountain House Shows . Tracey worked so darn hard. 11/9 11/13 Fire on the mountain: The oral history of Smoky Mountain Wrestling - WWE 3/18 We needed buildings and production companies and TV stations so this eccentric music genius could somehow own a wrestling company in Tennessee. 5/6 6/4 10/8 1/15 7/9 7/2 4/30 The promotion was backed financially by music producer Rick Rubin. What happened to Smoky Mountain Wrestling? - The Pro Wrestler 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.. 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.