Darrell Anthony

Darrell Anthony

Darrell W. Anthony is a retired American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony. He wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States. He was most active throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), and had two short stints with WWE under the ring names of T.L. Hopper and Uncle Cletus. Anthony competed primarily as a singles wrestler in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). He was quickly pushed as a main event wrestler, and won the SMW Heavyweight Championship from Brian Lee on August 8, 1992 After dropping the title to Tracy Smothers the following April, Anthony (under his masked Mighty Yankee gimmick) won the SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship in June 1993.] While holding this title, he defeated Brian Lee to regain the Heavyweight Championship. He was involved in an angle in which he was kayfabe forced to vacate the Television Championship on August 16, after a series of defenses. The rules stipulated that any wrestler who successfully defended the title five times would be awarded $5000, but be forced to vacate it. Anthony regained the title by beating Robert Gibson on September 13. He won his final SMW Heavyweight Championship on July 5, 1994, by defeating Jake Roberts. He held the title for over six months before losing it to Jerry Lawler on January 28, 1995. Anthony's performance in 1994 earned him his highest ever ranking (No. 25) in the annual PWI 500. Anthony won his final title in SMW on July 6, 1995, teaming with Tracy Smothers (as The Thugs) to defeat The Dynamic Duo (Al Snow and Unabomb) for the SMW Tag Team Championship. Although he did not wrestle on any WWE pay-per-views, he made an appearance during the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" segment, on the Free-for-All show immediately preceding SummerSlam '96. Based on his experience as a plumber, Hopper was chosen to investigate a brown object resembling feces on the bottom of the swimming pool. The segment parodied a scene in the movie Caddyshack. After taking a brief hiatus, he returned to WWE in September 1997 as Uncle Cletus, coming from the audience to help the heel tag team of The Godwinns (Henry O. & Phineas I. Godwinn) in a match against The Headbangers. He hit Mosh in the head with a horseshoe, allowing Phineas to make the pin. He was then billed as the uncle of The Godwinns, and became the team's manager. At Badd Blood 1997, The Godwinns won the WWE World Tag Team Championship, with Cletus in their corner. On October 13, Cletus interfered in another match, but his interference backfired and allowed The Road Warriors to win the title. Following this, The Godwinns attacked Cletus, who was never seen in WWE again. After leaving WWE, Anthony returned to his home state of Tennessee (where he had maintained considerable fame and popularity) and wrestled for various independents around East Tennessee until retiring from active competition in 2006. In recent years, he played a prominent role in Knoxville's Tennessee Xtreme Wrestling, as its face commissioner.

  • Title: Darrell Anthony
  • Popularity: 0.284
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1960-04-12
  • Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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  • Also Known As: American Eagle II, Dirty White Boy, Grappler #2, The Invader, Mighty Yankee, T.L. Hopper, Tony Anthony, Uncle Cletus, The Dirty White Boy, TL Hopper
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Darrell Anthony Movies

  • 1995
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    Blood, Brawls and Grudges

    Blood, Brawls and Grudges

    1 1995 HD

    This two hour DVD release contains wild, bloody matches and brawls from Smoky Mountain Wrestling arena events between 1993 and 1995, most of which...

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  • 1994
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    SMW Night of The Legends

    SMW Night of The Legends

    6 1994 HD

    Bullet Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and Road Warrior Hawk battle Jim Cornette's team of the Funk Brothers and Bruiser Bedlam, the controversial...

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  • 2015
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    Sting: Into the Light

    Sting: Into the Light

    7.3 2015 HD

    Get a behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the black and white face paint with Sting: Into the Light. Go into the mind of "The Vigilante" himself...

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  • 1993
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    SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993

    SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993

    1 1993 HD

    It's Triple-Threat Tag Team Madness with a six man melee main event! From The College Gym in Pikeville, Kentucky!

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  • 1993
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    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

    1 1993 HD

    Red-hot action rules the ring as the toughest men in professional wrestling battle it out for supremacy at Smokey Mountain Wrestling's Fire on The...

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  • 1993
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    SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993

    SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993

    1 1993 HD

    The thunder rolls in the Tennessee Valley as a Tag Team Gang Fight breaks out during a wrestling show!

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  • 1992
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    SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

    SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

    1 1992 HD

    The very first supershow presented by Smokey Mountain Wrestling on May 22, 1992 from The Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee!

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  • 1994
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    The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament

    The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament

    1 1994 HD

    The biggest and brightest stars in the professional wrestling universe converge on Cherry Hill, New Jersey!

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  • 1992
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    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

    1 1992 HD

    Tag Team action at it's finest as The Heavenly Bodies collide with The Fantastics, plus all your favorite Smokey Mountain Superstars get set to start...

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  • 1997
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    WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

    WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

    7.1 1997 HD

    The Road Warriors battles The Nation of Domination. The Headbangers defend the WWE World Tag Team Championship against The Godwinns. The first ever...

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  • 1995
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    SMW Superbowl of Wrestling

    SMW Superbowl of Wrestling

    1 1995 HD

    This is the Big One! The biggest stars from SMW, WWE, NWA and more battle it out in the squared circle!

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  • 1993
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    WWE Raw

    WWE Raw

    6.7 1993 HD

    A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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  • 1993
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    WWE Raw

    WWE Raw

    6.7 1993 HD

    A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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