SMW Heavyweight Championship
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Jerry Lawler, the last ever SMW Heavyweight Champion
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Date established | May 22, 1992 | ||||||||||
Date retired | December 30, 1995 | ||||||||||
Promotion | Smoky Mountain Wrestling United States Wrestling Association |
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The SMW Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. It existed from 1992 until 1996 when SMW folded. "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony held the title the most times with three reigns. The United States Wrestling Association briefly recognized the SMW Heavyweight Championship as part of a USWA vs. SMW feud in late 1995, before abandoning the title.[1][2] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[3]
Title history
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Symbol | Meaning |
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# | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
style="background: #aaaaaa;" | Indicates periods of unknown lineage |
(NLT) | Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date. |
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Brian Lee | 1 | May 22, 1992 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | Defeated Paul Orndorff in a tournament final. | |
2 | The Dirty White Boy | 1 | August 8, 1992 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Johnson City, Tennessee | SMW Live event | ||
3 | Tracy Smothers | 1 | April 2, 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Pikeville, Kentucky | SMW Live event | This was a Tennessee Chain Match. | |
— | Vacated | N/A | May 15, 1993 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship held up after a match against Tony Anthony. | |
4 | Tracy Smothers | 2 | June 11, 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | Defeated Tony Anthony in a rematch. | |
5 | Brian Lee | 2 | July 17, 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Johnson City, Tennessee | SMW Live event | ||
6 | The Dirty White Boy | 2 | February 13, 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | This was a Tennessee Chain Match. | |
7 | Jake Roberts | 1 | May 2, 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Harriman, Tennessee | SMW Live event | Aired May 14, 1994 on SMW TV. | |
8 | The Dirty White Boy | 3 | July 5, 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Warrensville, North Carolina | SMW Live event | This was a fictitious title change. Roberts had no-showed several events. | |
9 | Jerry Lawler | 1 | January 28, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | ||
10 | Bobby Blaze | 1 | February 26, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | ||
11 | Buddy Landel | 1 | April 8, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Johnson City, Tennessee | SMW Live event | Landel's watch, car and money was also on the line. | |
— | Vacated | N/A | July 1, 1995 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Title held up after a match against Brad Armstrong | |
12 | Brad Armstrong | 1 | August 12, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Johnson City, Tennessee | SMW Live event | Defeated Buddy Landel in a rematch. | |
13 | Terry Gordy | 1 | October 20, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | With Headbanger Thrasher, defeated Brad Armstrong and The Wolfman in a tag team match in which Armstrong's title was on the line. | |
14 | Brad Armstrong | 2 | November 23, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Knoxville, Tennessee | SMW Live event | This was a Badstreet Death Match. | |
15 | Tommy Rich | 1 | November 25, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Johnson City, Tennessee | SMW Live event | ||
— | Abandoned | N/A | November 26, 1995 | N/A | N/A | N/A | SMW held its final event. | |
16 | Brad Armstrong | 3 | November 27, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Memphis, Tennessee | USWA Live event | Armstrong did not defeat Rich for the title, but defended it the night after SMW closed at a United States Wrestling Association event. | |
17 | Jerry Lawler | 2 | December 26, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Louisville, Kentucky | USWA Live event | This title change was repeated on December 27, 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee. | |
— | Abandoned | N/A | December 30, 1995 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lawler's victory over Armstrong was recognized on television on. Following this mention, the title was abandoned, as it was never mentioned again. |