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45-582: Professional wrestling championship\ SSW Appalachian Heavyweight Championship Details Promotion Southern States Wrestling Date established May 11, 1996 Date retired 2017 Statistics First champion(s) Beau James Final champion(s) Stan Sierra Most reigns Beau James (4) Longest reign Chuck Jones (361 days) Shortest reign The Fall Branch Redneck (<1 days) The Southern States Wrestling (SSW) Appalachian Heavyweight Championship

90-575: A railroad station called "Johnson's Depot", Johnson City became a major rail hub for the Southeast , as three railway lines crossed in the downtown area. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Johnson City served as headquarters for the narrow gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (the ET&;WNC , nicknamed "Tweetsie") and the standard gauge Clinchfield Railroad . Both rail systems featured excursion trips through scenic portions of

135-1119: A "Title on a Pole" match. Title is held-up following a match between Danny Christian and Steve Flynn in which both men scored a double pin.' Steve Flynn 1 April 24, 1998 Fall Branch, Tennessee Iron Cross 1 January 30, 1999 Kingsport, Tennessee The War Machine 2 May 8, 1999 Kingsport, Tennessee Ricky Harrison 1 July 10, 1999 Kingsport, Tennessee Chuck Jones 1 August 7, 1999 Kingsport, Tennessee Ricky Harrison 2 October 30, 1999 Kingsport, Tennessee Chuck Jones 2 November 4, 1999 Johnson City, Tennessee Porkchop Thomas 1 October 30, 2000 Kingsport, Tennessee Bryan Wayne 1 June 2001 Kingsport, Tennessee Flex Armstrong 1 October 2001 Kingsport, Tennessee Ricky Harrison 3 January 2002 Mountain City, Tennessee Beau James 4 February 27, 2002 Kingsport, Tennessee Title

180-907: A building in downtown Johnson City for use as a new satellite teaching site. Tusculum College has a center on the north side of Johnson City in the Boones Creek area. Within Washington County, the vast majority of the city is in the Johnson City School District , while small parts of the city are in the Washington County School District . The portion in Carter County is within the Carter County School District . The portion in Sullivan County

225-471: A household in the city was $ 30,835, and the median income for a family was $ 40,977. Males had a median income of $ 31,326 versus $ 22,150 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 20,364. About 11.4 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.9 percent of those under age 18 and 12.7 percent of those age 65 or over. Johnson City is an economic hub largely fueled by East Tennessee State University and

270-426: A list of clues to aid in the search for all the animals. Other public art includes banners and art on light poles and traffic boxes, and quote stones along sidewalks and paths. Two annual art events take place in the city. As a regional hub for a four-state area, Johnson City is home to a large variety of retail businesses, from well-known national chains to local boutiques and galleries. The Mall at Johnson City

315-635: A population of 207,285 as of 2020. The MSA is also a component of the Tri-Cities region. This CSA is the fifth-largest in Tennessee, with a population of 514,899 as of 2020. William Bean , traditionally recognized as Tennessee's first white settler, built his cabin along Boone's Creek near Johnson City in 1769. In the 1780s, Colonel John Tipton (1730–1813) established a farm (now the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site ) just outside what

360-505: A small contiguous border with Kingsport to the far north along I-26 and a slightly longer one with Bluff City to the northeast along US 11E. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 43.3 square miles (112.1 km ), of which 42.9 square miles (111.2 km ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km ), or 0.75 percent, is water. Buffalo Mountain, a ridge over 2,700 feet (820 m) high,

405-607: A total of 25 title reigns. Title history [ edit ] Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Beau James 1 May 11, 1996 Meadowview, Virginia Defeated Tracey Smothers in a best-of-three matches to become the first champion. Scott Sterling 1 May 31, 1996 Pennington Gap, Virginia Beau James 2 July 5, 1996 Fall Branch, Tennessee The War Machine 1 December 21, 1996 Beckley, West Virginia Beau James 3 January 17, 1997 Fall Branch, Tennessee Awarded

450-466: Is Cathy Ball. East Tennessee State University has around 16,000 students in addition to a K-12 University School, a laboratory school of about 540 students. University School was the first laboratory school in the nation to adopt a year-round academic schedule. Milligan University is just outside the city limits in Carter County, and has about 1,200 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Northeast State Community College has renovated

495-541: Is a city in Washington , Carter , and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee , mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 71,046, making it the eighth-most populous city in Tennessee . Johnson City is the principal city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area , which consists of Carter, Unicoi , and Washington counties and had

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540-579: Is a city park on the south side of town. The Watauga River arm of Boone Lake , a Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir, is partly within the city limits. Johnson City has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with warm summers and cool winters. Temperatures in Johnson City are moderated somewhat by its elevation and proximity to the Appalachian Mountains . Precipitation is abundant, with an average of 45.22 in (1,149 mm). Summer

585-728: Is a secondary professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern States Wrestling . It was first won by Beau James who defeated Tracey Smothers in a best-of-three matches in Meadowview, Virginia on May 11, 1996. The title is generally defended in the Southern United States , most often in its home base in East Tennessee , but has been defended in Virginia and West Virginia . There are 14 recognized champions with

630-514: Is now Johnson City. During the State of Franklin movement, Tipton was a leader of the loyalist faction, residents of the region who wanted to remain part of North Carolina rather than form a separate state. In February 1788, an armed engagement took place at Tipton's farm between Tipton and his men and the forces led by John Sevier , the leader of the Franklin faction. Founded in 1856 by Henry Johnson as

675-1121: Is retired in 2002.' Eric Darkstorm 1 April 23, 2004 Greenville, Tennessee Defeated Super Destroyer to win the newly reinstated title. References [ edit ] ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4 . ^ Matt Benaka and Brian Westcott (2005). "SSW Appalachian Heavyweight Title History" . Solie's Title Histories . Solie.org. External links [ edit ] Official Tag Team Championship Title History SSW Appalachian Championship Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SSW_Appalachian_Heavyweight_Championship&oldid=1240787322 " Category : Regional professional wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Southern States Wrestling Others to appear in

720-507: Is stripped of the title after the match when he refuses to reveal his identity. The title is returned to Brooklyn Bad Boy #1. Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 2 February 20, 1998 Awarded title via forfeit. Brooklyn Bad Boy #2 1 March 6, 1998 Fall Branch, Tennessee Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 3 March 20, 1998 Fall Branch, Tennessee Won in a "Loser Leaves Town" match. Danny Christian 3 April 10, 1998 Fall Branch, Tennessee Wins in

765-654: Is the city's only enclosed shopping mall. Much of the new retail development is in North Johnson City, along State of Franklin Road. Johnson City Crossings is the largest of these developments. Several Minor League Baseball teams have been based in Johnson City. Professional baseball was first played in the city by the Johnson City Soldiers in the Southeastern League in 1910. The city's longest-running team

810-399: Is typically the wettest part of the year, while early autumn is considerably drier. Snowfall is moderate and sporadic, with an average of 15.6 in (40 cm). As of the 2020 United States census , there were 71,046 people, 30,724 households, and 15,904 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 55,469 people, 23,720 households, and 14,018 families residing in

855-683: Is within the Sullivan County School District . Schools in the Johnson City School System include: Elementary schools Middle schools High schools Johnson City is served by Tri-Cities Regional Airport ( IATA Code TRI ) and Johnson City Airport (0A4) in Watauga. Johnson City Transit operates a system of buses inside the city limits, including BucShot, a system serving the greater ETSU campus. The Southern Railway used to serve Johnson City with several trains:

900-762: The Birmingham Special (ended 1970), the Pelican (ended 1970) and the Tennessean (ended 1968). Johnson City serves as a regional medical center for northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, along with parts of western North Carolina and southeastern Kentucky . Johnson City Medical Center includes a level 1 trauma center, the Niswonger Children's Hospital, and Woodridge Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Franklin Woods Community Hospital

945-530: The Blue Ridge Mountains and were engineering marvels of railway construction. The Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern ) also passes through the city. During the American Civil War , before it was formally incorporated in 1869, the name of the town was briefly changed to "Haynesville" in honor of Confederate Senator Landon Carter Haynes . Henry Johnson's name was quickly restored following

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990-619: The Johnson City Sessions . Native son "Fiddlin' Charlie" Bowman became a national recording star via these sessions. The Fountain Square area in downtown featured a host of local and traveling street entertainers including Blind Lemon Jefferson . During the 1920s and the Prohibition era, Johnson City's ties to the bootlegging activity of the Appalachian Mountains earned the city the nickname of "Little Chicago ". Stories persist that

1035-483: The National Register of Historic Places . For many years, the city had a municipal "privilege tax" on carnival shows, in an attempt to dissuade traveling circuses and other transient entertainment businesses from doing business in town. The use of drums by merchants to draw attention to their goods is prohibited. Title Six, Section 106 of the city's municipal code, the so-called " Barney Fife " ordinance, empowers

1080-636: The Night of Grudges supercard at the National Guard Armory in Kingsport. This was the first interpromotional event in which both promotion's champions faced each other. In November 2006, Beau James married female wrestler Misty James at the 15th annual supercard Thanksgiving Night Spectacular at the Kingsport National Guard Armory. Both would participate in mixed tag team matches during

1125-558: The SSW Young Guns Television Championship in Kingsport coinciding with the promotion launching its weekly television program which aired regularly on WAPK-CA from January 1999 until October 2003. The promotion eventually released a series of dvds from the program, most notably, Superstars and Legends, Vol. 1 , which featured Don Wright , Ivan Koloff , The Equalizer , Jimmy Valiant , Wahoo McDaniel , Killer Kyle , Jimmy Valiant and Stan Lee. On May 10, 2001,

1170-572: The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Cemetery ), Mountain Home, Tennessee was created by an act of Congress introduced by Walter P. Brownlow . Construction on this 450-acre (1.8 km ) campus, which was designed to serve disabled Civil War veterans, was completed in 1903 at a cost of $ 3 million. Before

1215-451: The city's police force to draft into involuntary service as many of the town's citizens as necessary to aid police in making arrests and in preventing or quelling any riot, unlawful assembly or breach of peace. Johnson City is in northeastern Washington County, with smaller parts extending north into Sullivan County and east into Carter County. Johnson City shares a contiguous southeastern border with Elizabethton . Johnson City also shares

1260-533: The city. Johnson City and its metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of US$ 9.1 billion in 2019. Public art includes 12 to 15 sculptures that change every two years. Also, 24 bronze statuettes of animals indigenous to the Appalachian Highlands, cast by faculty and students at ETSU, are installed in various downtown locations; staff at the Johnson City Public Library created

1305-479: The city. The population density was 1,412.4 per square mile. There were 25,730 housing units at an average density of 655.1 units per square mile (252.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 90.09 percent white , 6.40 percent African American , 0.26% Native American , 1.22 percent Asian , 0.02 percent Pacific Islander , 0.69 percent from other races , and 1.32 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.89 percent of

1350-556: The completion of this facility, the assessed value of the entire town was listed at $ 750,000. The East Tennessee State Normal School was authorized in 1911 and the new college campus directly across from the National Soldiers Home. Johnson City began growing rapidly and became the fifth-largest city in Tennessee by 1930. Together with neighboring Bristol , Johnson City was a hotbed for old-time music . It hosted noteworthy Columbia Records recording sessions in 1928 known as

1395-455: The late Whitey Caldwell were also in attendance. Southern States Wrestling became involved with AWA Superstars of Wrestling during the early-2000s, although not an official affiliate promotion, and has held interpromotional events with its sister promotion Tennessee's Championship Wrestling. In April 2005, Beau James, Tom Prichard and The Super Destroyer faced Championship Wrestling's "Adorable" Danny Ray, Nick Hammonds & Wayne Adkins at

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1440-602: The medical "Med-Tech" corridor, anchored by the Johnson City Medical Center and Niswonger Children's Hospital, Franklin Woods Community Hospital, ETSU's Gatton College of Pharmacy, and ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine . The popular citrus soda Mountain Dew traces its origins to Johnson City. In 2012, PepsiCo announced a new malt-flavored version of the drink named Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold in honor of

1485-811: The network also has rare footage from Continental Championship Wrestling and other Territory-era wrestling promotions from the Tennessee area. The Kingsport Wrestling Hall of Fame (also known as the East Tennessee Wrestling Hall of Fame ) is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Kingsport -based promotion Southern States Wrestling (SWW). It was established in 1999 to honor select personalities in East Tennessee wrestling history. The induction ceremonies are held as part of its annual " Weekend of Champions and Legends Reunion ". Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City

1530-533: The next year. In early 2008, he and his wife were involved in a major interpromotional feud with AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion Brian Logan . In August 2017, Beau James announced that SSW had signed a deal with a VOD service to provide online streaming platform for the promotion. It took nearly a year to transfer the entire SSW Video Library from VHS/DVD to a digital format . The Southern States Wrestling Network made its debut on July 15, 2018. In addition to SSW television and supercards,

1575-439: The population. There were 23,720 households, out of which 25.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.6 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9 percent were non-families. 33.9 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1620-652: The promotion continued to hold events at county fairs and high school gyms. Later on in 2022, Beau James announced that SSW would resume to full time competition, with a tournament to crown a new Southern States Heavyweight Champion, a tournament won by Lord Murphy Costigan. Southern States Wrestling was founded by Beau James, who began promoting wrestling events in Kingsport and Fall Branch, Tennessee . The promotion crowned its first heavyweight champion when The Tennessee Equalizer defeated George Hiatt in Elizabethton, Tennessee on February 16, 1991. A junior heavyweight title

1665-692: The promotion have included former National Wrestling Alliance veterans Ivan Koloff , Jimmy Valiant , Junkyard Dog , Pez Whatley , Terry Taylor , Shane Douglas and female wrestlers Sherri Martel , Debbie Combs , Brandi Alexander , Lexie Fyfe and Malia Hosaka . Jillian Hall , E. Z. Money , Joey Corman and Samir and Andy Douglas . The promotion also runs a wrestling school in Fall Branch, Tennessee . In 2015, Beau James began cutting back SSW's schedule due to his commitments to Appalachian Mountain Wrestling as manager of The Progressive Liberal , however,

1710-626: The promotion held the Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions in Kingsport, Tennessee in honor of World Championship Wrestling referee Mark Curtis with the proceeds donated to the Children's Miracle Network . Among those headlining the event included Arn Anderson . The next year, the Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions and Legends Reunion featured Jimmy Valiant, Ivan Koloff and Sandy Scott . Family members of

1755-477: The revamped league designed for rising college freshman and sophomores. In the United States House of Representatives , Johnson City is represented by Republican Diana Harshbarger of the 1st district. Johnson City is run by a five-person board of commissioners. The mayor is Todd Fowler, the vice mayor is Aaron Murphy, and the commissioners are Jenny Brock, Joe Wise, and John Hunter. The city manager

1800-402: The title via forfeit when The War Machine failed to appear. Danny Christian 1 July 18, 1997 Fall Branch, Tennessee Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 1 November 14, 1997 Fall Branch, Tennessee Won in a "Loser Leaves Town" match. The Fall Branch Redneck 2 January 16, 1998 Fall Branch, Tennessee The Fall Branch Redneck, secretly Danny Christian,

1845-399: The town was one of several distribution centers for Chicago gang boss Al Capone during Prohibition. Capone had a well-organized distribution network within the southern United States for alcohol smuggling; it shipped his products from the mountain distillers to northern cities. Capone was, according to local lore, a part-time resident of Montrose Court, a luxury apartment complex now listed on

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1890-539: The war, with Johnson elected as the city's first mayor on January 3, 1870. The town grew rapidly from 1870 until 1890 as railroad and mining interests flourished. However, the national depression of 1893 , which caused many railway failures (including the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad or "3-Cs", a predecessor of the Clinchfield) and resulting financial panic, halted Johnson City's boom town momentum. In 1901,

1935-429: Was 2.20, and the average family size was 2.82. In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.8 percent under the age of 18, 13.7 percent from 18 to 24, 28.1 percent from 25 to 44, 22.5 percent from 45 to 64, and 15.9 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median income for

1980-578: Was created the following year when Eddie Golden defeated Jamie Gibson in Banner Elk, North Carolina . In 1995 the promotion expanded by creating two more titles. The junior heavyweight title was abandoned the previous year and replaced by the SSW Appalachian Heavyweight Championship won by Eddie Golden when he beat Tracy Smothers in a best-of-three series in Meadowview, Virginia on May 11, 1996. Four years later, Mike Cooper won

2025-798: Was the Johnson City Cardinals , who played in the Appalachian League as the Rookie affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1975 to 2020. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a collegiate summer baseball league , and the Cardinals were replaced by the Johnson City Doughboys , a new franchise in

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