Umm...all you had to do was ask Pumpkin.I have a billion stories about those Fanweeks and I'm sure Jim could dig up that tape for ya.Just remind me and I'll mail it out to you ASAP

That is the real Mrs. Cornette. I definitely want her to share some of her stories on here from the fan weeks. I know of one friend that told me about Cornette having to hold back Tammy Sytch from going after a woman after she pulled Tammy's hair, is that the story you are referring to smwfan?
 
I was a big fan of the deal as I had a friend of mine who would send me tapes of that stuff and I was instantly hooked. It reminded me of what wrestling use to be back in the day when it was hot. At the time we had Jim Herds crappy WCW and Vinces ridculous WWF stuff so it was good to have that to see even though it was regional ( I wish it would have been on national tv). I had a bunch of tapes until my ex's uncle taped over them without knowing one day, I was furious but I am not going to go on a rant here as now the man is no longer with us.  
 
 

Royal, those deaf kids were at seemingly every show in that area when I was living there going to JMU.  I just saw this thread and was thinking about those days, and it's weird but there weren't as many things that popped into my head like I woukd have thought.  Between the Fanweeks and the several dozen house shows I saw I'd have thought I;d have seen more unruly behavior.  A few to try and jog my brain:
 
- Sitting next to some guy at the August Expoland in Fishersville while he called New Jack the N-word and I was sure I'd see a live execution
-the Harris twins going after some guy in Knoxville on Thanksgiving Thunder 93 for reasons I could never determine even after watching the tape
-there was no end to the genetic mutant type fans you'd see in these towns
-going to some small town in KY i think on Fanweek for a show and haveing the locals be fascinated and follow the bus we were on like it was the Beatles Tour bus  
-the genius fans on Fanweek 95 who decided it would be a good idea to cheer all the SMW guys at a USWA show at the height of the USWA vs SMW feud and chant stuff while they beat the JD Costello outta Tommy Rich in a cage.  Then we almost got killed and had to go out the back of the Louisville Gardens
-I didn't see this but supposedly at Blugrass Brawl the KKK offered to help Smothers out against DWB if he needed it or something to that effect.

I wish  the majority of you genetic defective morons would learn to either, (A) SPELL, or (B) read what you post BEFORE you post it (and then maybe correct the misspellings that occured in your post!).

Quote from BoomerGer on Apr 24^th, 2008, 11:50pm:

 
Sorry Mr. College Professor....forgot you were stalking the boards looking for our mispellings...lol
 
Here is what you need to do:
a) Get a life
b) Do not read if you do not like us "morons"
c) Leave the memories alone because you will never change (isn't that from a song??).
 
So please forgive me for not typing to your liking.  
 
Now back to Smokey Mountain Wrestling. There will never be another promotion like that. I would like to see them do a Smokey Mountain Reunion and I mean one with everyone there like Jim, Bobby, Stan, Pritchard, DWB, Horner, Brian Lee, Jericho, The Rock and Roll Express, Orndorff, Mantell, Caudle, Brian Matthews, Bryan Clark, Sullivan, Arn, Fuller, Golden, and more. It was truley something we all loved.
 
Also there is another show out there i would love to see. It is the last show ever done by SMW where they all threw Cornette in the ring and started stomping on him. All those shows were classics. Thanks for the moments.

These stories are great. They are exactly what I am seeking as I am writing an article on wrestling fans and their days of growing up watching pro wrestling, in Appalachia, on TV and in person. If you are a fan of SMW, I would love to get your thoughts and feelings about pro wrestling in Appalachia. I am in the process of writing an article and want to get fan's thoughts on how pro wrestling influenced their childhood by watching matches on TV and/or attending matches in person. You can email me at emelniczek@gmail.com to get a rough draft of the journal article that I am planning to submit to an Appalachian journal for inclusion....