Tony Anthony
Encyclopedia
Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony (born April 12, 1960 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a semi-retired American
professional wrestler
best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions
in the Southeastern United States. He was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the Tennessee
-based United States Wrestling Association
and Smoky Mountain Wrestling
and had two short stints with the World Wrestling Federation
, most notably as T.L. Hopper.
and Ron Wright, Anthony won his first major title while teaming with Len Denton
as "The Grapplers". They defeated The Fabulous Ones
, a tag team
that included Keirn, to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
on August 8, 1983. After losing the titles, The Grapplers continued to team together, winning the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
twice in 1984. However before he gained championship success, he worked as a jobber in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1981 and 1982.
Anthony continued to wrestle on the independent circuit, splitting his time between singles competition and tag team action. He also teamed with Jerry Stubbs
in Southeast Championship Wrestling to win the NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship
four times before the promotion closed. After the promotion became the Continental Wrestling Federation
, Anthony and Stubbs won the tag team titles twice more. As a singles wrestler, Anthony won the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship
on four occasions. He beat Wendell Cooley to begin each of the first two reigns. He also defeated Bob Armstrong
to win his third NWA Alabama championship and Tom Prichard
to win his fourth. His fourth reign lasted until the title was abandoned in 1988.
(USWA) tournament final to become the first USWA Southern Heavyweight champion
. The following year, he won the USWA Tag Team Championship
on three occasions, once with Tom Burton and twice with Doug Gilbert
.
(SMW). He quickly received a push and became a main event wrestler, winning the SMW Heavyweight Championship
from Brian Lee
on August 8, 1992. After dropping the title to Tracy Smothers
the following April, Anthony won the SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship
under his masked "Mighty Yankee" gimmick in June 1993. While holding this title, Anthony was booked to defeat Brian Lee to regain the Heavyweight Championship. On September 13, he was involved in an angle where he was kayfabe
forced to vacate the Television Championship on August 16 in a series of matches where the rules stipulated that any wrestler who successfully defended the title five times would be awarded $5000 but be forced to vacate it. Anthony regained the title by beating Robert Gibson
on September 13. Anthony won his final SMW Heavyweight Championship on July 5, 1994 by defeating Jake Roberts
. He held it for over six months before losing the title to Jerry Lawler
on January 28, 1995. Anthony's performance in 1994 earned him his highest placement in the annual PWI 500, in which he was ranked #25. Anthony won his final SMW title on July 6, 1995 by teaming with Tracy Smothers
(as "The Thugs") to defeat "The Dynamic Duo" of Al Snow
and Unabomb for the SMW Tag Team Championship
.
(WWF). He was given the gimmick of "T.L. Hopper", a wrestling plumber
. After a series of vignettes showing Hopper at work, he debuted wearing jeans that hung low and a stained undershirt. He carried his plunger
(named "Betsy") to the ring with him, and he celebrated his victories by sticking the plunger in his opponents' faces.
Although he did not wrestle in any WWF pay-per-view
s, he made an appearance at the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" during the Free For All show that preceded SummerSlam 1996
. Based on his kayfabe
experience as a plumber, Hopper was chosen to investigate a "brown object" that resembled feces
on the bottom of the swimming pool
. The segment was meant to parody a scene in the movie Caddyshack
.
He returned to the WWF in September 1997 as "Uncle Cletus", coming from the audience to help the heel
tag team of The Godwinns
(Henry
and Phineas Godwinn
) in a match against The Headbangers
. He hit Mosh
in the head with a horseshoe
, allowing Phineas to make the pin. He was revealed to be a kayfabe relative of the Godwinns, and he became the team's manager
. At Badd Blood 1997, Henry and Phineas won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Cletus in their corner. On October 7, Cletus interfered in another match, but his interference backfired and allowed the Legion of Doom
to win the titles. Following the match, the Godwinns attacked Cletus, who was never seen in the WWF again.
around East Tennessee
. He currently plays a prominent role in Knoxville
's Tennessee Mountain Wrestling as its face
commissioner, embroiled in a long standing feud with heel
promoter
/manager
"K-Town Daddy" Terry Landell and "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr.
Anthony is now the manager of the Dirty Boys (Aaron Cross & J.T. Colminer) at Tennessee Mountain Wrestling. He also part owner of Tennessee Mountain Wrestling with Terry Landell and Bob Orton, Jr.
Anthony declined to appear on WWE's Old school RAW on November 15, 2010, where he would have portrayed his T.L. Hopper character[
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professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
in the Southeastern United States. He was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
-based United States Wrestling Association
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
and Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette...
and had two short stints with the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
, most notably as T.L. Hopper.
Territories (1980-1988)
Trained by Steve KeirnSteve Keirn
Stephen "Steve" Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from...
and Ron Wright, Anthony won his first major title while teaming with Len Denton
Len Denton
Len Denton is a semi-retired professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.While wrestling as The Grappler in Pacific Northwest Wrestling , his gimmick was a loaded boot, and later a loaded mask, which he had started wearing earlier in his career after losing a hair match and...
as "The Grapplers". They defeated The Fabulous Ones
The Fabulous Ones
The Fabulous Ones was a professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Stan Lane and Steve Keirn that was active between 1982 and 1987 with brief reunions during the 1990s...
, a tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
that included Keirn, to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern...
on August 8, 1983. After losing the titles, The Grapplers continued to team together, winning the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
The NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team championship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988...
twice in 1984. However before he gained championship success, he worked as a jobber in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1981 and 1982.
Anthony continued to wrestle on the independent circuit, splitting his time between singles competition and tag team action. He also teamed with Jerry Stubbs
Jerry Stubbs
Jerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions...
in Southeast Championship Wrestling to win the NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship
NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship
The NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory known as Southeast Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1974 until 1986, when it became the NWA Southeast Continental Tag Team Championship...
four times before the promotion closed. After the promotion became the Continental Wrestling Federation
Continental Championship Wrestling
Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
, Anthony and Stubbs won the tag team titles twice more. As a singles wrestler, Anthony won the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship
NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship was created in October, 1962. Since its creation, the championship has been defended in a number of NWA territories throughout the decades....
on four occasions. He beat Wendell Cooley to begin each of the first two reigns. He also defeated Bob Armstrong
Bob Armstrong
Joseph Melton James is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong held numerous championships throughout the Southeastern United States...
to win his third NWA Alabama championship and Tom Prichard
Tom Prichard
Thomas Prichard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling as a trainer using his ring name Tom Prichard...
to win his fourth. His fourth reign lasted until the title was abandoned in 1988.
United States Wrestling Association (1989-1991)
In 1989, Anthony was booked to defeat Dustin Rhodes in a United States Wrestling AssociationUnited States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
(USWA) tournament final to become the first USWA Southern Heavyweight champion
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
The Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship is a major professional wrestling title in the Memphis Wrestling promotion. The title is part of a long lineage that is best known while the title was named the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship for Continental Wrestling Association during...
. The following year, he won the USWA Tag Team Championship
USWA Tag Team Championship
The USWA World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the Memphis, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion, the United States Wrestling Association.The title was originally known as the WCWA World Tag Team Championship....
on three occasions, once with Tom Burton and twice with Doug Gilbert
Doug Gilbert
Doug Gilbert is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is the brother of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and the son of wrestler/referee/promoter Tommy Gilbert....
.
Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1992-1996)
Anthony competed primarily as a singles wrestler in Smoky Mountain WrestlingSmoky Mountain Wrestling
Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette...
(SMW). He quickly received a push and became a main event wrestler, winning the SMW Heavyweight Championship
SMW Heavyweight Championship
The SMW Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. It existed from 1992 until 1996 when SMW folded. "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony held the title the most times with three reigns. The United States Wrestling Association briefly recognized the SMW Heavyweight...
from Brian Lee
Brian Lee
Brian Lee Harris is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Prime Time" Brian Lee...
on August 8, 1992. After dropping the title to Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed...
the following April, Anthony won the SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship
SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship
The SMW "Beat the Champ" Television Championship was the secondary singles championship for the Smoky Mountain Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. The title was created in 1992 and was active until SMW closed its doors on November 26, 1995. The storyline concept of the title was that the...
under his masked "Mighty Yankee" gimmick in June 1993. While holding this title, Anthony was booked to defeat Brian Lee to regain the Heavyweight Championship. On September 13, he was involved in an angle where he was kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
forced to vacate the Television Championship on August 16 in a series of matches where the rules stipulated that any wrestler who successfully defended the title five times would be awarded $5000 but be forced to vacate it. Anthony regained the title by beating Robert Gibson
Reuben Kane
Robert Gibson is a professional wrestler. He is famous as half of the tag team known as Rock 'N Roll Express, with Ricky Morton.-Early career:Cain started wrestling as Robert Gibson in 1977...
on September 13. Anthony won his final SMW Heavyweight Championship on July 5, 1994 by defeating Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts
Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
. He held it for over six months before losing the title to Jerry Lawler
Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional...
on January 28, 1995. Anthony's performance in 1994 earned him his highest placement in the annual PWI 500, in which he was ranked #25. Anthony won his final SMW title on July 6, 1995 by teaming with Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed...
(as "The Thugs") to defeat "The Dynamic Duo" of Al Snow
Al Snow
Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
and Unabomb for the SMW Tag Team Championship
SMW Tag Team Championship
The SMW Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling . It existed from 1992 until 1995 when the promotion closed .-Title history:...
.
World Wrestling Federation (1996-1997)
In 1996, Anthony signed with the World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF). He was given the gimmick of "T.L. Hopper", a wrestling plumber
Plumber
A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable water, sewage, and drainage in plumbing systems. The term dates from ancient times, and is related to the Latin word for lead, "plumbum." A person engaged in fixing metaphorical "leaks" may also be...
. After a series of vignettes showing Hopper at work, he debuted wearing jeans that hung low and a stained undershirt. He carried his plunger
Plunger
A plunger is a common device that is used to release stoppages in plumbing. The tool consists of a rubber cup with an attached stick "shaft", usually made of wood or bronze. Before use, any objects such as hair in the plug grate should be removed and, if possible the overflow hole should be...
(named "Betsy") to the ring with him, and he celebrated his victories by sticking the plunger in his opponents' faces.
Although he did not wrestle in any WWF pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
s, he made an appearance at the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" during the Free For All show that preceded SummerSlam 1996
SummerSlam (1996)
SummerSlam was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on August 18, 1996 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.-Event:...
. Based on his kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
experience as a plumber, Hopper was chosen to investigate a "brown object" that resembled feces
Feces
Feces, faeces, or fæces is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.-Etymology:...
on the bottom of the swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
. The segment was meant to parody a scene in the movie Caddyshack
Caddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray...
.
He returned to the WWF in September 1997 as "Uncle Cletus", coming from the audience to help the heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
tag team of The Godwinns
The Godwinns
The Godwinns was the best known gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team composed of Dennis Knight and Mark Canterbury that they used in the WWF. The team has used other gimmicks before they joined the WWF and had a gimmick change in the WWF shortly before disbanding...
(Henry
Mark Canterbury
Mark Canterbury is an American professional wrestler, best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Henry O. Godwinn.-Career:...
and Phineas Godwinn
Dennis Knight
Dennis Knight is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment as Phineas I. Godwinn and Mideon.-Career:...
) in a match against The Headbangers
The Headbangers
The Headbangers is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Mosh and Thrasher, best known for their work in the World Wrestling Federation...
. He hit Mosh
Charles Warrington
Charles Warrington is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Chaz and Mosh.-Career:Warrington began training under Larry Sharpe and Glen Ruth during the early 1990s, debuting in 1993...
in the head with a horseshoe
Horseshoe
A horseshoe, is a fabricated product, normally made of metal, although sometimes made partially or wholly of modern synthetic materials, designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear and tear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall...
, allowing Phineas to make the pin. He was revealed to be a kayfabe relative of the Godwinns, and he became the team's manager
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
. At Badd Blood 1997, Henry and Phineas won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Cletus in their corner. On October 7, Cletus interfered in another match, but his interference backfired and allowed the Legion of Doom
Road Warriors
The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis. They performed under the name "Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association, the National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling, and the name Legion...
to win the titles. Following the match, the Godwinns attacked Cletus, who was never seen in the WWF again.
Tennessee independents (1997-present)
After his final run with the WWF, Anthony returned to his native state of Tennessee, where he had maintained considerable fame and popularity. He appeared in various independentsIndependent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
around East Tennessee
East Tennessee
East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely...
. He currently plays a prominent role in Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
's Tennessee Mountain Wrestling as its face
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
commissioner, embroiled in a long standing feud with heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
promoter
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
/manager
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
"K-Town Daddy" Terry Landell and "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr.
Bob Orton, Jr.
Robert Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...
Anthony is now the manager of the Dirty Boys (Aaron Cross & J.T. Colminer) at Tennessee Mountain Wrestling. He also part owner of Tennessee Mountain Wrestling with Terry Landell and Bob Orton, Jr.
Anthony declined to appear on WWE's Old school RAW on November 15, 2010, where he would have portrayed his T.L. Hopper character[
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- BrainbusterBrainbusterA brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts his/her opponent in a front facelock, hooks his/her pants, and lifts him/her up as if he/she was executing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then falls onto his/her back so that the opponent lands on his/her head while remaining...
- Bucksnort Blaster (ChokeslamChokeslamA chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
)
- Brainbuster
- ManagerManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
s- "Dirty White Girl" Kim Anthony
- Ron Wright
- Wrestlers managed
- Justin "Hawk" BradshawJohn LayfieldJohn Charles Layfield is a former American professional wrestler, a former commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League and financial analyst for Fox News...
- The GodwinnsThe GodwinnsThe Godwinns was the best known gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team composed of Dennis Knight and Mark Canterbury that they used in the WWF. The team has used other gimmicks before they joined the WWF and had a gimmick change in the WWF shortly before disbanding...
(Henry O. GodwinnMark CanterburyMark Canterbury is an American professional wrestler, best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Henry O. Godwinn.-Career:...
and Phineas I. GodwinnDennis KnightDennis Knight is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment as Phineas I. Godwinn and Mideon.-Career:...
)
- Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw
Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Federation
- AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Continental Wrestling AssociationContinental Wrestling AssociationThe Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
- AWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipAWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipThe AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern...
(1 time) - with Len DentonLen DentonLen Denton is a semi-retired professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.While wrestling as The Grappler in Pacific Northwest Wrestling , his gimmick was a loaded boot, and later a loaded mask, which he had started wearing earlier in his career after losing a hair match and... - CWA Southwestern Heavyweight ChampionshipCWA Southwestern Heavyweight ChampionshipThe CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived professional wrestling title defended in the United States Wrestling Association and the World Class Wrestling Association during their joint promotion in 1989 and 1990...
(1 time)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #299 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Smoky Mountain WrestlingSmoky Mountain WrestlingSmoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette...
- SMW Beat the Champ Television ChampionshipSMW Beat the Champ Television ChampionshipThe SMW "Beat the Champ" Television Championship was the secondary singles championship for the Smoky Mountain Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. The title was created in 1992 and was active until SMW closed its doors on November 26, 1995. The storyline concept of the title was that the...
(2 times) - SMW Heavyweight ChampionshipSMW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe SMW Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. It existed from 1992 until 1996 when SMW folded. "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony held the title the most times with three reigns. The United States Wrestling Association briefly recognized the SMW Heavyweight...
(3 times) - SMW Tag Team ChampionshipSMW Tag Team ChampionshipThe SMW Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling . It existed from 1992 until 1995 when the promotion closed .-Title history:...
(1 time) - with Tracy SmothersTracy SmothersTracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed...
- Southeastern Championship Wrestling / Continental Championship Wrestling / Continental Wrestling FederationContinental Championship WrestlingContinental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
- CWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jerry StubbsJerry StubbsJerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions...
- NWA Alabama Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA Alabama Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship was created in October, 1962. Since its creation, the championship has been defended in a number of NWA territories throughout the decades....
(4 times) - NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Jerry Stubbs
- Southwest Championship WrestlingSouthwest Championship WrestlingSouthwest Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joseph Blanchard and based in San Antonio, Texas, from 1978 to 1985, when it was purchased by Texas All-Star Wrestling and absorbed into that company.-Venues:...
- SCW Southwest Tag Team ChampionshipTexas All-Star USA Tag Team ChampionshipThe Texas All-Star USA Tag Team Championship was a major tag team title in Texas All-Star Wrestling. The title was first established in Southwest Championship Wrestling in 1981 when it was the SCW Southwest Tag Team Championship...
(2 times) - with Len DentonLen DentonLen Denton is a semi-retired professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.While wrestling as The Grappler in Pacific Northwest Wrestling , his gimmick was a loaded boot, and later a loaded mask, which he had started wearing earlier in his career after losing a hair match and...
- Tennessee Mountain Wrestling
- TMW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- United Atlantic Championship Wrestling
- UACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- United States Wrestling AssociationUnited States Wrestling AssociationThe United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
- USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Tom Burton (1) and Doug GilbertDoug GilbertDoug Gilbert is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is the brother of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and the son of wrestler/referee/promoter Tommy Gilbert....
(2)