History Wrestling / SMW

* SpiritualPredecessor
** Smoky Mountain need of money and desiring attention of television companies, WCW in need of new stars and angles, began to work together, with not only WCW taking stars from Smoky Mountain but a Smoky Mountain invasion angle being teased. Instead, Jim Cornette's anti WCW rant was edited out of WCW television and the invasion angle ended up being transferred to the outsiders who became the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo a year after Smoky Mountain closed. Furthermore, a year after Smoky Mountain closed, the Heartland Wrestling Association opened up and started farming talent into WCW.
** Ohio Valley Wrestling, which started in 1997 was bought out from the National Wrestling Alliance (WWF/E agreed to cover 30% of its operating expenses) and eventually came under the ownership of Jim Cornette, operating as a farm league to both WWE and TNA.

* {{Angry Black M|an}}en[=/=]{{Scary Black M|an}}en[=/=]{{Politically Incorrect Villain}}s: This is where the Gangstas (Wrestling/NewJack and Mustafa, w/[[Wrestling/DLoBrown D'Lo Brown]] and Killer Kyle) came together as a tag team whose whole act was based on playing on the racial fears of SMW's very white audiences.

* TurtlePower: Kowabunga, the wrestling ninja turtle SurferDude.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling The Other Wiki]].

-->''"Don't change that channel all that flippin' around!\\

* RingOldies: Bob Armstrong, "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr., the Moondogs, Dick Murdoch, the Mongolian Stomper, the Funk Brothers (Wrestling/{{Terry|Funk}} and Dory Jr.), the Stud Stable...

* {{Samurai}}: Kendo the Samurai, a masked gimmick first used by "White Lightning" Tim Horner, and later Bobby Blaze, [[Characters/WCWBischoff Scott Antol (WCW's Scotty Riggs)]] and others.

* RickyMorton: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]] You can't have the Rock N Roll Express win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/e/smw/smw-t.html SMW Tag Team Titles]] 10 times without the ''Trope Namers''.

* RealMenWearPink: They had been teaming together for awhile, but this is where Mosh and Thrasher started developing their Headbangers gimmick. Real men wear skirts!

* CaptainErsatz[=/=]WritingAroundTrademarks: Brian Hildebrand as [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Cowabunga the Ninja Turtle]].

* IdentityImpersonator: Wrestling/AlSnow faced Ricky Morton once in a cage match, which can be found [[http://www.vcientertainment.com/Film-Categories/Wrestling?product_id=676 here]], so that Unabomb, who was masked and supposedly chained outside, couldn't interfere. Unabomb (Jacobs) did, coming up through the mat from under the ring. The masked Unabomb here was [[Characters/WWETagTeams Barry "Recon"/"Bull" Buchanan]].

* RickyMorton: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]] You can't have the Rock N Roll Express win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/e/smw/smw-t.html SMW Tag Team Titles]] 10 times without the ''{{Trope Namer|s}}''.

* {{Samurai}}: Kendo the Samurai, a masked gimmick first used by "White Lightning" Tim Horner, [[TheOtherDarrin later]] done by Bobby Blaze, Scott Antol (WCW's Scotty Riggs) and others.

** The Armstrongs (Bob, Brad, Scott, Steve, Brian[[note]][[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} "Road Dogg" Jesse Jammes]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{TNA}} BG James]][[/note]])

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: [[Wrestling/IvanKoloff "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff]] and Vladimir Koloff made some appearances in late 1991 and early 1992, even after [[HistoryOfTheUSSR the Soviet Union was dissolved.]]

Along with various RingOldies, SMW also provided early exposure for Glen Jacobs, best known in WWE as Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido and [[Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch Tammy "Sunny" Sytch]] (here as Tammy Fytch), Jonathan Rechner (here as Boo Bradley, better known as ECW's Wrestling/BallsMahoney), as well as introducing the U.S. to the Thrillseekers (Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/LanceStorm).

* EnemyMine: The Gangstas pushed Cornette to the point that he actually aligned himself with his perennial nemeses the Rock N Roll Express (Ricky [=Morton=] and Robert Gibson), and even led to '''[[Wrestling/TheUndertaker THE UNDERTAKER]]''' coming in to team with Tracy Smothers against them at ''SMW Bluegrass Brawl III'', April 7, 1995, and with Smothers and "Bullet" Bob Armstrong at ''SMW Fright Night,'' April 8, 1995.

* IdentityImpersonator: Wrestling/AlSnow faced Ricky [=Morton=] once in a cage match, which can be found [[http://www.vcientertainment.com/Film-Categories/Wrestling?product_id=676 here]], so that Unabomb, who was masked and supposedly chained outside, couldn't interfere. Unabomb (Jacobs) did, coming up through the mat from under the ring. The masked Unabomb here was [[Characters/WWETagTeams Barry "Recon"/"Bull" Buchanan]].

** Smokey Mountain need of money and desiring attention of television companies, WCW in need of new stars and angles, began to work together, with not only WCW taking stars from Smokey Mountain but a Smokey Mountain invasion angle being teased. Instead, Jim Cornette's anti WCW rant was edited out of WCW television and the invasion angle ended up being transferred to the outsiders who became the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo a year after Smokey Mountain closed. Furthermore, a year after Smokey Mountain closed, the Heartland Wrestling Association opened up and started farming talent into WCW.

Along with various RingOldies, SMW also provided early exposure for Glen Jacobs, best known in WWE as Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido and Tammy "Sunny" Sytch (here as Tammy Fytch), Jonathan Rechner (here as Boo Bradley, better known as [[Wrestling/BallsMahoney ECW's Balls Mahoney]]), as well as introducing the U.S. to the Thrillseekers (Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/LanceStorm).

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Chris Candido
** BlondesAreEvil: Tammy Fytch.

* SpiritualPredecessor: Smokey Mountain need of money and desiring attention of television companies, WCW in need of new stars and angles, began to work together, with not only WCW taking stars from Smokey Mountain but a Smokey Mountain invasion angle being teased. Instead, Jim Cornette's anti WCW rant was edited out of WCW television and the invasion angle ended up being transferred to the outsiders who became the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo. Furthermore, a year after Smokey Mountain closed, the Heartland Wrestling Association opened up and started farming talent into WCW.

* DeepSouth[=/=]SweetHomeAlabama: Based in Tennessee, also did shows in Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia.