DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: True crime – Morton vs. Smothers

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• By Karl Stern
• Published: 23 Nov 2021, 14:41

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In August of 1995, Tracy Smothers and Ricky Morton were top stars in both Smoky Mountain Wrestling and USWA when an incident occurred.

Smothers and his girlfriend allegedly beat up the girlfriend of Ricky Morton and she pressed charges against them. Despite the fact that Smothers and his girlfriend were arrested on felony assault charges, it was Morton who Jim Cornette fired. Why? Well…you’ll see. Oh how this story would have played out in 2021. What a mess.

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Karl Stern

Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.

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