LANCE STORM – A highly respected performer and teacher, Storm’s first experience in the United States was in Smoky Mountain. ROAD DOGG – One of the most popular Superstars during WWE’s Attitude Era, the youngest son of Bob Armstrong got some of his first ring experience in Smoky Mountain.BOB ARMSTRONG – The WWE Hall of Fame patriarch of the legendary Armstrong family performed the role of Smoky Mountain’s commissioner and occasional competitor.
JIM CORNETTE – The mastermind behind Smoky Mountain Wrestling is often regarded as one of wrestling’s brightest voices, but remains a polarizing figure.What made this small, regional organization so memorable? How did it gain national attention? And why did it close so quickly? Learn the amazing story of Smoky Mountain’s rise and fall from the men who lived it, including an exclusive conversation with Jim Cornette himself, speaking to WWE.com for the first time ever. 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. Bankrolled by an LA-based music genius who produced Eminem’s 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’. 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.Įnter Jim Cornette. 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. During the early 1990s, wrestling was in a state of transition.
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