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Ron Fuller finally withdrew from Knoxville at the end of the year and sold the NWA Knoxville office to Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Jim Barnett. Fuller replaced Knoxville with Birmingham as the main end of SECW's territory and continued promoting in Alabama for a number of years. Fuller attempted a return to Knoxville several times ...
Ran against Continental Wrestling Association in Kentucky and assisted fellow outlaw promotion All-Star Wrestling in its war against the NWA-affiliated Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Knoxville, Tennessee. [4] [8] [9] [17] International Wrestling Association 1984 [4] Mountain Wrestling Association Georgetown, Kentucky: Dale Mann 1979 ...
January 1979: SCW Show N/A 4 N/A 38 Alexis Smirnoff: May 18, 1979: SCW Show Knoxville, TN 1 14 39 Ron Garvin: June 1, 1979: SCW Show Knoxville, TN 5 N/A [3] 40 Dick Slater: July 1979: SCW Show N/A 1 N/A 41 Mongolian Stomper: August 3, 1979: SCW Show Knoxville, TN 9 21 42 Dick Slater: August 24, 1979: SCW Show Knoxville, TN 2 N/A 43 Toru Tanaka ...
[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
Landel first became interested in professional wrestling when a friend of his sister, Lou Anne Smith, introduced him to Bob Orton, Randy Savage and Boris Malenko.Landel was an amateur wrestler in high school, but dropped out during his junior year.
Beyond giving bands space to play, BrickYard Bar & Grill also hosted DJ sets, wrestling, comedy and other events for Knoxville's various scenes.
Jerry Blackwell (April 26, 1949 – January 22, 1995) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. [1] Blackwell competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest, but withdrew early in the competition due to an injury. [3]
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