January 24, 2026

WCW & SMW – A Wasted Opportunity

If Bill Watts had remained in World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling would have been for WCW what ECW would be for the World Wrestling Federation. After Jim Cornette and Stan Lane quit WCW in late-1991, they formed a new promotion called Smoky Mountain Wrestling. With the backing of famed music producer Rick Rubin, SMW was based out of Knoxville, […]

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January 7, 2026

MTV and WWF – The Rock N Wrestling Connection

There are a number of factors to consider when evaluating the reasons why Vince McMahon achieved his goal of taking the World Wrestling Federation national in the 1980s. While the Rock N Wrestling Connection represented a relatively short period of time, it provides one of the major reasons for the success of the WWF in their early expansion years, and […]

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