NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling

National Wrestling Alliance Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Acronym NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Founded 2004
Headquarters Kingsport, Tennessee
Owner(s) Tony Givens
Parent National Wrestling Alliance
Website nwasmokymountain.com

NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling (also known as NWA Smoky Mountain) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Kingsport, Tennessee.[1] The company was established in 2004 and is associated with the National Wrestling Alliance.

History

The promotion was founded by wrestler Tony Givens in 2004, as the Championship Wrestling Alliance, after breaking away from Southern States Wrestling. That same year, Championship Wrestling TV began airing locally on WCYB-DT2 and was later syndicated nationally on AMG-TV. It held weekly television tapings at the National Guard Armory in Morristown, Tennessee as well as house shows throughout East Tennessee. The promotion joined the National Wrestling Alliance as NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling in early-2011.[2] The announcement was made by CWA Commissioner Robbie Cassidy on the March 13th TV taping of Championship Wrestling TV in Gray, Tennessee.[3] On July 7, 2012, an unidentified fan attacked Cassidy and Tony Givens at an interpromotional show co-hosted by the Pro Wrestling Federation. The fan was subdued by Cassidy and police escorted him out of the building.[4]

On April 6, 2013, NWA Smoky Mountain drew its biggest crowd to date with 2,017 fans attending a NWA Smoky Mountain TV TV taping at Elizabethton High School.[5] In October 2013, Givens attempted to raise $15,000 on Kickstarter.com to improve the production values for NWA Smoky Mountain TV. The appeal raised only $1,485 before the 60-day deadline.[6] The show became available on YouTube the following year.

NWA Smoky Mountain is advertised as a "spiritual successor" of the original Smoky Mountain Wrestling and has used a mix of SMW alumni and younger Southern independent wrestlers since its inception. Among the SMW talent to appear for the promotion include, most notably, Bunkhouse Buck, Eddie Golden, Tom Prichard, Tracy Smothers and Ricky Morton. On January 6, 2014, Morton defeated Chase Owens at an NWA Smoky Mountain show to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[7]

A number of top NWA stars have also visited the promotion. In February 2015, Jason Kincaid was interviewed on Pipebomb Radio. He was billed as the longest-reigning NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship in the company's history.[8] On April 17, 2015, Jax Dane won the Smoky Mountain Cup and earned a title shot for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[9] He defeated then champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the title four months later. NWA Smoky Mountain's "Collision Course 10", held on May 9, 2015, nearly sold out the Civic Auditorium in Kingsport, Tennessee. Bobby Eaton also made a special appearance managing Eddie Golden against Jeff Tankersley on the undercard. Larry Goodman of GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com claimed that the show, headlined by a A.J. Styles versus Chase Owens bout, "[shattered] the company's attendance and gate records".[10] NWA President R. Bruce Tharpe visited Kingsport for the first time at this event.[11]

On October 17, 2015, NWA Smoky Mountain held a special tribute show, "Enter the Dragon", for Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat served as Ricky Morton's cornerman in a "student vs. teacher" grudge match against Kid Kash as part of Kash's retirement tour. This turned a no-holds-barred grudge match after a falling out between the two during a tag team bout.[12][13]

Championships

Smoky Mountain Championships

ChampionshipCurrent champion(s)Date won
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship Jason Kincaid November 10, 2011[14]
NWA Smoky Mountain Television Championship Jordan Kage November 21, 2015[15]
NWA Mountain Empire Championship Nick Hammonds May 9, 2015[16]
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell) June 21, 2014[17]
NWA United States Tag Team Championship The Giants of Gehenna (Chris Richards and Travis Lee) December 19, 2015[18]

NWA Major Championships

ChampionshipCurrent champion(s)Date won
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Jax Dane August 29, 2015
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tiger Mask IV September 23, 2015
NWA World Tag Team Championship The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway) December 4, 2015
NWA World Women's Championship Amber Gallows December 18, 2015
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship Tim Storm July 17, 2015
NWA National Heavyweight Championship Arrick Andrews July 11, 2015

Accomplishments

AccomplishmentsLatest winnerDate won
Smoky Mountain Cup Jax Dane April 17, 2015

Roster

Ring name Notes
Chase Owens
Chris Richards
Cody Blades
Dylan Wayne Sizemore
Elliot Russell
Gavin Daring
Arawn
Jason Kincaid NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Champion
Jax Dane NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Jeff Conelly
Jordan Kage NWA Smoky Mountain Television Champion
Nick Hammonds NWA Mountain Empire Champion
Rob Conway NWA World Tag Team Champion
Sigmon
Skylar Kruze
Travis Dykes
Vince Brent
Wayne Adkins

Personality's/staff

Ring name Notes
Miss Hathaway
Rob Knight
Sara Dox
Tony Givens Owner

Smoky Mountain Cup

2011

The first Smoky Mountain Cup took place on April 1, 2011 in Kingsport, Tennessee.[19]

No. Semifinal Results
1. Menace defeated Shawn Schultz
2. Jeff Connelly defeated Frank Parker
3. Jason Kincaid defeated Keith Knox
4. Chase Owens defeated Eddie Golden
5. Chance Prophet defeated Nick Hammonds
6. Alyx Winters defeated Gavin Daring
No. Final Results Note
1. Chase Owens defeated Alyx Winters and Chance Prophet and Jason Kincaid and Jeff Connelly and Menace Six Way Elimination Match

2012

The second Smoky Mountain Cup took place on March 30, 2012 in Kingsport, Tennessee.[20]

No. Semifinal Results
1. Zac Vincent defeated Jeff Connelly
2. Sigmon defeated Alyx Winters
3. Shawn Shultz defeated Shane Andrews
4. Menace defeated Lance Erickson
5. Jason Kincaid defeated Eric Darkstorm
6. Chase Owens defeated Matt Conard
No. Final Results Note
1. Sigmon defeated Chase Owens and Jason Kincaid and Menace and Shawn Shultz and Zac Vincent Six Way Elimination Match

2013

The third Smoky Mountain Cup took place on April 26, 2013 in Kingsport, Tennessee.[21]

No. Semifinal Results Time
1. Sigmon defeated Jason Kincaid 16:10
2. Ricky Morton defeated Tony Kozina 7:27
3. Kyle O'Reilly defeated Menace 11:30
4. Jeff Connelly defeated Zac Vincent 12:08
5. Damien Wayne defeated Shane Williams 12:09
6. Adam Pearce defeated Vince Brent 11:37
No. Final Results Note Time
1. Ricky Morton defeated Adam Pearce and Damien Wayne and Jeff Connelly and Kyle O'Reilly and Sigmon Six Way Elimination #1 Contenders Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 14:55

2014

The fourth Smoky Mountain Cup took place on April 19, 2014 in Kingsport, Tennessee.[22]

No. Semifinal Results
1. Sugar Dunkerton defeated ATL and Jimmy Nutts
2. Zac Vincent defeated Ron Mathis
3. Joe Black defeated Eric Darkstorm
4. Jason Kincaid defeated Fred Yehi
5. Chris Richards defeated Vince Brent
6. Chase Owens defeated Facade
No. Final Results Note
1. Jason Kincaid defeated Chase Owens and Chris Richards and Joe Black and Sugar Dunkerton and Zac Vincent Six Way Elimination Match

2015

The fifth Smoky Mountain Cup took place on April 17, 2015 in Kingsport, Tennessee.[23]

No. Semifinal Results
1. Vince Brent defeated Jordan Kage
2. Shawn Schultz defeated Skylar Kruze
3. Jeff Connelly defeated Nick Hammonds
4. Jax Dane defeated Gavin Daring
5. Jason Kincaid defeated Chris Richards
6. Chase Owens defeated Wayne Adkins
No. Final Results Note
1. Jax Dane defeated Chase Owens and Jason Kincaid and Jeff Connelly and Shawn Shultz and Vince Brent Six Way Elimination Match

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NWA Smoky Moutain Wrestling".
  2. ↑ Gargiulo, Eric (September 2, 2011). "The Independent Pro Wrestling Pot Calling the Kettle Black". CamelClutchBlog.com.
  3. ↑ Behrens, Bill (March 14, 2011). "BILL BEHRENS NWA NEWS & NOTES for 3-14-11". NWAwildside.com.
  4. ↑ Bobo, Jeff (July 9, 2012). "Zealous fan tangles with wrestler at Mount Carmel Block Party". Kingsport Times-News.
  5. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (April 7, 2013). "NWA Smoky Mountain’s Biggest Crowd Ever". Gerweck.net.
  6. ↑ Givens, Tony (October 1, 2013). "Help NWA Smoky Mountain upgrade our production to make our 10th Season the best on yet". Kickstarter.
  7. ↑ "VETERAN RICKY MORTON WINS NWA WORLD JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE". 1wrestling.com. January 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ Felix Olmedo, Austin James and Nate Milton (3 February 2015). "NWA Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champ Jason Kincaid joins us live Tonight". BlogTalkRadio.com (Podcast). Pipebomb Radio. Event occurs at 03:14. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ↑ ""Godzilla" Jax Dane is on a rampage through the NWA". OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. April 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ Goodman, Larry (May 10, 2015). "NWA Smoky Mountain Collision Course Report form Kingsport on May 9". GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com. Georgia Wrestling History News and Notes.
  11. ↑ "NWA Wrestling Collision Course at Civic Auditorium, Kingsport". Bristol Herald Courier. May 2015.
  12. ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 10/3 NWA Smoky Mountain in Kingsport, Tenn.: NWA Hvt. Title match, Rob Conway, Kid Kash, Ricky Morton, more". PWTorch.com. Pro Wrestling Torch. October 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ Apter, Bill (October 16, 2015). "RICKY MORTON, STEAMBOAT, MORE WHAT’S HAPPENING @SMOKY MT. WRESTLING". 1wrestling.com.
  14. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  15. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Television Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  16. ↑ "NWA Mountain Empire Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  17. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  18. ↑ "NWA United States Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  19. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2011 results".
  20. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2012 results".
  21. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2013 results".
  22. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2014 results".
  23. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2015 results".

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