Cornette is incensed that wcw television showed the rock n roll express beating the heavenly bodies, and demands a public apology from watts, lest he sue ted turner and reduce watts to scrubbing bathrooms at cnn center. In this interpromotional match, smoky mountains heavenly bodies tom prichard and stan lane team with stunning steve austin and. On november 24, 1993 in boston on the world wrestling federations payperview survivor series 1993, prichard and del ray defeated the rock n roll express. Rock and roll express vs midnight express nwa southern. Best of the rock n roll express 4 bluray bluray disc. Ironically, jim was the one to induct them into the wwe hall of fame in 2017. The rock n roll express regained the titles on february 18, 1994 in port huron, michigan, but lost the titles to the heavenly bodies on the following day in taylor, michigan. The footage to the blow off between the heavenly bodies and the rock n roll express is amazing to watch because of the reaction of the crowd to the finish. Thats kind of cool to think that two teams, who wrestled for smoky mountain wrestling, were competing on two separate wrestling organizations. Fast forward to present day and the rock n roll express is still tearing up the scene. The heavenly bodies and rock n roll express square off for the smoky mountain wrestling tag team titles at survivor series on november 24, 1993. Only ten episodes from 1994 are available on the wwe network.
Rock n roll express to be inducted into wwe hall of fame. Brian matthews interviews the rock n roll express ricky morton and robert gibson and the armstrongs bullet bob, scott and steve about their 10man elimination match in hazard, ky. Dusty didnt want to book the rock n rolls and midnights to go 60 because ricky getting the shit kicked out of him for that long simply wouldnt be believable. Watch rock and roll express vs midnight express nwa southern professional wrestling july 18th, 1987 roy luciers wrestling classics on dailymotion. The rock n roll express defeat brad anderson and mustapha saed.
Scotty flamingo defeats marcus alexander bagwell to advance in the wcw world television title tournament. Jim cornette and pretty much anyone he managed the midnight express, the heavenly bodies. April 1, 1994 the rocknroll express beat the heavenly bodies in a loser leaves town cage match to win the tag team titles. Dirty white boy finish only smw 8892 heavenly bodies vs. Ric flair, oliver humperdink, jim cornette, and more. The rock n roll express hype their match at superbrawl with the heavenly bodies, saying regardless of whether the titles are on the line, they will beat the bodies. Survivor series 1993 smoky mountain wrestling tag team championship match wwe. Tom prichard at wcws superbrawl iii event and the bodies this time prichard and jimmy del ray defeating the express for the smw tag team championship at the survivor series. In 1993, the rock n roll express competed against the heavenly bodies at wcw super brawl 3 and at the wwf survivor series.
The calendar year has flipped to 1993 after a strong 92 and this clash. The rock n roll express defeated the heavenly bodies stan lane and dr. Rock n roll express perform the rowboat on the heavenly bodies at survivor series 1993. The promotion was based in knoxville, tennessee, with offices in morristown, tennessee. Koudoumaris does a fantastic job of weaving the tale of the discovery of the skeletons, their issue to the towns that revered them, and the eventual, horrific downfall of their esteem. Rock n roll express vs the anderson brothers, steel cage, starrcade 1986. Cornette had built the feud to make the fans feel as if the rock n roll express were headed to wwe to build some steam behind the. Rock n roll express unveil a poster of mama cornette 101792. The rock n roll express was a professional wrestling tag team comprised of ricky morton and robert gibson that was popular in the 1980s. The rock n roll express found themselves in 3 on 2 situations constantly facing off with the stud stable and the heavenly bodies, so they bring in a mystery partner to even the odds. Jim cornette managed the heavenly bodies stan lane and tom prichard april 1992 january 1993. The gangstas gets frisked again, rock n roll express vs the heavenly bodies, and much more.
The dirty white boy for the smw heavyweight championship. May 20, 1994 brian lee and chris candido defeated the rocknroll express to retain the tag team titles. The rock n roll express was formed by ricky morton and robert gibson in 1983 in memphis. More than a photography book, heavenly bodies is a beautifully haunting history of the catacomb saints taken from rome by the catholic church centuries ago. The rock n roll express vs the heavenly bodies youtube. The rock n roll express debut their mystery partner. The rock n roll express are the trope namers for ricky morton the trope n roll express. The rock n roll express have to defend their titles against the anderson brothers inside a steel cage. During their tenure in smw, the heavenly bodies had long running feuds with the likes of the new fantastics bobby fulton and jackie fulton and the rock n roll express ricky morton and robert gibson. 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. Rock n roll express vs the anderson brothers, steel cage.
Cornettes criminals jim cornette, bruise brothers and heavenly bodies. The heavenly bodies, the rock n roll express 1 day the smw tag team championship was the tag team title in smoky mountain wrestling. The rock n roll express ricky morton and robert gibson, jimmy golden, robert fuller and brian lee vs. After a career spanning more than 30 years that still continues to this day, the rock n roll express are the latest names announced as inductees into the wwe hall of fame class of 2017, the. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. The heavenly bodies tom prichard and stan lane, killer kyle, kevin sullivan and the tazmaniac in a rage in the cage match. Their opponents in this match are the new heavenly bodies. This text is hidden because it is only available in german language. The rock n roll express is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of professional. Rock n roll expressarmstrongs promo 08071993 youtube. Even crazier, they won all three matches march 1921. The heavenly bodies loser leaves town smw tag team championship cage match.
Better to drag out the shine stuff for awhilethat way you can get away with. Heavenly bodies street fight smw 112892 rock n roll express vs. It existed from 1992 until 1995 when the promotion closed. Download booking the territory pro wrestling podcast. Whoever loses is gone from smoky mountain and the victory causes the biggest crowd reaction in the promotions history. As george south said in their profile in the book the pro wrestling hall of fame. The fantastics feud recap smw 8892 heavenly bodies vs.
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