Tracy Smothers
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Tracy Smothers in November 2007.
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| Birth name | Tracy Stanton Smothers |
| Born |
September 2, 1962 Springfield, Tennessee, United States |
| Residence | Evansville, Indiana, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Freddie Joe Floyd Jason the Terrible Shaquille Ali Tracy Smothers |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st) |
| Billed from |
Nashville, Tennessee "Nashville, Italy" (ECW) Bowlegs, Oklahoma (as Freddie Joe Floyd) Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Trained by |
Stan Lane Steve Keirn |
| Debut | 1982 |
Tracy Smothers (born September 2, 1962) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain, the World Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as a member of the Full Blooded Italians throughout the 1990s.
Smothers was from Springfield, TN. He graduated from Springfield High School, where he played football, golf, and wrestled. Smothers was the first person in Springfield High School history to go to the state championship in wrestling. Smothers started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed. They moved on to Southeast Championship Wrestling where they feuded with The Stud Stable. In 1989, he won the CWF Tag Team Championship in the newly renamed Continental Wrestling Federation. While in Continental, Smothers wrestled an unmuzzled bear that was announced as 550 lbs; Tracy took the bear to the mat several times.
Smothers and Armstrong competed in World Championship Wrestling for a number of years and were known as the Southern Boys and later the Young Pistols upon turning heel. Smothers and Armstrong had a long feud with The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin). Smothers' last major appearance for WCW was on January 21, 1992 at Clash of the Champions, as he teamed with Terry Taylor in a loss to Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Brian Pillman.
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