"Don't change that channel all that flippin' around! You're about to see the hottest show in town. The biggest stars and the biggest brawls, the biggest hits and the biggest falls. Non stop action no messin' around, pretty soon we're comin' to your town. The way you like it way it used to be...Smokey Mountain Wrestling's on TV."

That was the theme we heard weekly as SMW was broadcasted nationally on syndicated TV networks. SMW, owned and promoted by Jim Cornette, was a hot territory from 1992-1995, in which anyone whom was anyone traveled through at one time or another. Established stars from Randy Savage and Cactus Jack to The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels appeared. SMW is also where a lot of people got there first big break. Wrestlers like Hardcore Holly, Brian Lee, Chris Candido and Tammy (Sunny) Sytch, New Jack, Boo Bradley (Balls Mahoney), Unabom (Kane), Al Snow and many others all had their first big exposure in SMW. The region was also where great talent of the past were resurrected to show they still can work including Rock 'n Roll Express, Stan Lane, Tom Pritchard, The Fantastics, Eddie Gilbert, Buddy Landel and many others.

Throughout its run, SMW saw several men in the broadcasting booth. The original commentating team consisted of Dutch Mantell and the legendary Bob Caudle. Over time, others took that role but two are most important to note… current HWA Promoter Les Thatcher and the WWF's own, Jim Ross. The main referee throughout the years was the one and only late, great Mark Curtis (Brian Hilderbrand).

1992