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Norman Anthony Smiley (born February 28, 1965) is an English-American retired professional wrestler who is signed to WWE in a Legends deal and as a trainer for NXT. [1] [4] He is best known for his appearances with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from 1991 to 1995 and with the American promotion World Championship Wrestling from 1997 to 2001.
The WCW Hardcore Championship was a professional wrestling Hardcore Championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). During late 1999, WCW promoted various hardcore matches, bouts where there were no disqualifications or countouts, that mainly involved Norman Smiley and Brian Knobbs.
The WCW Hardcore Title was a continuation from the WCW Hardcore Trophy that Fit Finlay won in the Junkyard Battle Royal that took place at the 1999 Bash at the Beach pay-per-view. Shortly after the PPV, the trophy was seized by Eric Bischoff and removed from television. Afterwards Norman Smiley was crowned first official WCW hardcore champion.
The fifth bout saw WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lance Storm defend his title against General Rection. Rection won the bout by disqualification, meaning Storm retained his title. The sixth bout was an "Octoberfest hardcore match" between Fit Finlay and Norman Smiley. Smiley won the bout by pinfall after driving Finlay through a table.
Norman Smiley: Norman Smiley 1997 2001 Tracy Smothers † Tracy Smothers 1987 1990-1992 Héctor Solano † Hector Garza 1997 1999 Charles Spencer: Tony Marinara: 1999 2000 Shannon Spruill † Daffney 1999 2001 Kenneth Stasiowski: Kenny Kaos 1996 1999 Shawn Stipich: Shawn Stasiak 2000 2001 Kevin Sullivan † Kevin Sullivan: 1994 2001 Sharmell ...
The second bout was a match for the WCW Hardcore Championship in which Terry Funk successfully defended his title against Norman Smiley. Smiley was also accompanied to the ring with a masked man who turned out to be Ralphus. The third bout was a singles match in which Shawn Stasiak defeated Curt Hennig via pinfall.
The third match was between Meng and Norman Smiley for the WCW Hardcore Championship. The match started with Meng dominating Smiley as they fought backstage. Fit Finlay and Brian Knobs then attacked Meng. Finlay hit Meng with a lead pipe, and Smiley pinned him to win the match, and retain the title.
Smiley's ribs were injured, which allowed 3 Count to take advantage. The two sides exchanged dance moves until Smiley locked in the Norman Conquest on Moore. Helms made the save and superkicked Smiley. Helms and Karagias delivered frog splashes on Smiley, thus allowing Moore to gain momentum and apply the Boston crab to make Smiley tap out. [3] [4]