Tracy Stanton Smothers was an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He was trained by Steve Keirn and Jerry Jarrett. He died in a car accident on December 12, 1988.
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Tracy Stanton Smothers was an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He was trained by Steve Keirn and Jerry Jarrett. He graduated from Springfield High School, where he played football, golf, and wrestled. He won the state championship in wrestling. He also appeared in the combined promotional effort Pro Wrestling USA, making his televised debut at a taping on September 18, 1984 that was held in Memphis, TN. He gained his first victory on March 12, 1985 when he defeated Billy Travis at a house show in Louisville, KY. In August 1986 he entered a tournament to crown the vacant NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship. He successfully defended the title against Ron Sexton and The Great Kabuki, before losing it to The Ninja on September 20. Tracy regained the championship six days later and held it until October 10, 1986 he finally lost the title to Boy Tony. He made a jump back to the CWA in June 1986, teaming with Pat Tanaka against The Hunter & The Strong Machine. He joined Championship Wrestling from Florida in February 1987 and immediately formed a tag team with Steve Armstrong as \”The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys\”. Their first match came on February 17th in Tampa, FL, where they lost to The New Breed. The Southern Boys held the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship until March 15th, when they were defeated by The MOD Squad.
In June they unsuccessfully challenged for the Nwa United States Tag Team Championships, losing to The Midnight Express. As a team the Southern Boys experienced success, beating the likes of Osamu Kido, Kuniaki Kantoshino, Norio Honaga, and Seiji Sakaguchi. Their final match came in December 1988 at NJPW Cup Series – 21 television show. They lost to Kotetsu Yamamoto & Yoshji Yoshji. Tracy won the United States Wrestling Association with John Paul Teaming after the promotion was renamed CWA Teaming with John Teaming. He later won the U.S. Championship with Paul Teamed after he vacated the title. He died in a car accident on December 12, 1988. He is survived by his wife, two children, and two step-grandchildren. He had a son and a daughter with his first wife, who he had with his second wife, Tanya. He has a son with his third wife, Jennifer, and a step-daughter with his fourth wife, Amy. He currently lives in Memphis. He used to wrestle for the independent promotion Pro-Wrestling USA, and has appeared in several professional wrestling promotions, including Pro- Wrestling USA and Mid-South Wrestling. His last match was on July 15, 1988 at a NJPw Summer Fight Series 1988 event. He appeared in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The first match he wrestled was as a singles wrestler was as he defeated OsamU Kido on July 14, 1988 in Tokyo.
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