Heavenly bodies series#

Heavenly bodies series#

Prichard and Del Ray unsuccessfully challenged for the WWF Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam 1993 but captured the SMW Tag Team Championship against The Rock 'n' Roll Express three months later at Survivor Series 1993. In July 1993, SMW's working agreement with the WWF allowed The Heavenly Bodies and The Rock 'n' Roll Express to wrestle on the organization's pay-per-view shows. They continued their feud with The Rock 'n' Roll Express in these promotions and began new rivalries with the Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott Steiner), and The Smoking Gunns ( Bart and Billy Gunn). Over the next few years, the new duo competed not only in SMW but also in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The team continued with Lane replaced by Pritchard's 'cousin' 'Gigolo' Jimmy Del Ray. In May 1993, Lane left the team after losing a loser-of-the-fall leaves town match. For a brief time in 1993, Eaton held Smoky Mountain's television championship (the promotion's secondary title) while the Heavenly Bodies were the tag-team champions. An agreement between SMW and WCW allowed the bodies to face the Rock 'n' Roll Express at the SuperBrawl III pay-per-view on February 21, 1993. Their feuds were often highlighted with hardcore matches and numerous title changes. Manager Jim Cornette explained that any two of the three men could defend the belts at any given time, as he had registered the Heavenly Bodies with SMW as a 'corporation'.ĭuring 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). Following his departure from World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Bobby Eaton was added to the team. Managed by Jim Cornette, Prichard and Lane became the first SMW Tag Team Champions. In 1992, Prichard reformed the Heavenly Bodies in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) with Stan Lane. In 1985, Tom Prichard and Pat Rose briefly used the name The Heavenly Bodies while working in the Memphis territory.