John T. Smith

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John T. Smith, normally J.T. Smith, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling.

1 Career
- 1.1 Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 1.2 After ECW
2 Profile
3 Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Career

J.T. Smith became a well-known figure on the tri-state wrestling independent circuit before joining ECW.

[edit] Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 1990, Smith met Cactus Jack, who he adopted as his role model. Smith would execute similar high-risk maneuvers to Jack, but, lacking the well-cushioned frame of his mentor, was considerably less capable of absorbing the bumps. On one occasion Smith botched an Asai moonsault and knocked himself unconscious, drawing jeers and the now famous "You fucked up" chant from the somewhat callous ECW fans. Smith received numerous injuries while trying to get over.

On October 16, 1993 in North East, Maryland Smith won a battle royal to become the first ever ECW Maryland Heavyweight Champion. The title was abandoned later that year without Smith losing it. On March 6, 1994 Smith defeated The Tazmaniac for the ECW World Television Championship, and held the title until April 16 when he was beaten by Pit Bull #1. Later, Smith began a lengthy feud with Axl Rotten.

Smith began training students at the ECW Wrestling Academy. The first graduate was Francine in 1994.

In 1996, Smith formed a stable known as the Full Blooded Italians along with Little Guido, Tracy Smothers and Tommy Rich. While the F.B.I. claimed to be pure bred Italians, the fact that Smothers and Rich were Southern and Smith was African American made this claim seem implausible. Nonetheless, the F.B.I. achieved a degree of success, winning the ECW World Tag Team Championships twice. Smith began speaking with an Italian accent and deliberately botching moves, and finally got over. The ECW fans continued to jeer Smith when he attempted a maneuver and failed, but this time with a degree of affection.

[edit] After ECW

Smith appeared at both of the June 2005 ECW reunion shows. On June 10 at Hardcore Homecoming he accompanied fellow former F.B.I. member Tracy Smothers to ringside for his match with The Blue Meanie and enabled Smothers to win when he struck The Blue Meanie with a pair of brass knuckles. On June 12 at ECW One Night Stand 2005 Smith and several other F.B.I. members accompanied Little Guido to ringside as he faced Super Crazy and Yoshihiro Tajiri in a three way dance, but were unable to prevent him from being pinned and eliminated by Tajiri.

He currently is working as an instructional aide for special needs children & helps train young amateur wrestlers