Darrell Anthony
Born: April 12, 1960
in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 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.
World Wrestling Federation (1996–1997)
Although he did not wrestle on any WWF 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 the WWF 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 WWF 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 the WWF again.
After leaving the WWF, 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.
World Wrestling Federation (1996–1997)
Although he did not wrestle on any WWF 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 the WWF 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 WWF 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 the WWF again.
After leaving the WWF, 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.
Movies for Darrell Anthony...
Title: Sting: Into the Light
Character: The Invader
Released: October 13, 2015
Type: Movie
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 as he reflects on his historic career in sports entertainment and prepares to compete in a WWE ring for the first time ever on The Grandest Stage of Them All at WrestleMania. Hear from his greatest allies and rivals, relive his greatest matches as "The Franchise of WCW" and see "The Man Called Sting" finally emerge from the shadows and into the light.
Title: WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Character: Uncle Cletus
Released: October 5, 1997
Type: Movie
The Road Warriors battles The Nation of Domination. The Headbangers defend the WWE World Tag Team Championship against The Godwinns. The first ever Hell In a Cell match as Shawn Michaels squares off with The Undertaker. Plus, Bret Hart competes in a Tag Team Flag Match and more!
Title: SMW Super Bowl of Wrestling
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: August 4, 1995
Type: Movie
This is The Big One! The biggest stars from SMW, WWE, NWA and more Battle it out in The Squared Circle!
Title: The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: November 19, 1994
Type: Movie
The biggest and brightest stars in the professional wrestling universe converge on Cherry Hill, New Jersey!
Title: SMW Night of The Legends
Character: Dirty White Boy
Released: August 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Bullet Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and Road Warrior Hawk battle Jim Cornette's team of the Funk Brothers and Bruiser Bedlam, the controversial Gangstas speak their minds, The Dirty White Boy defends the SMW Heavyweight Title, the Rock N Roll Express challenge Chris Candido and Brian Lee for the SMW Tag Team Titles, and, in the bloodiest match in SMW history, the Thrillseekers face the Heavenly Bodies, and more!
Title: SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: November 25, 1993
Type: Movie
The thunder rolls in the Tennessee Valley as a Tag Team Gang Fight breaks out during a wrestling show!
Title: SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: August 14, 1993
Type: Movie
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 Mountain '93 from Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee!
Title: SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
It's Triple-Threat Tag Team Madness with a six man melee main event! From The College Gym in Pikeville, Kentucky!
Title: WWE Raw
Character: Uncle Cletus
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
Title: WWE Raw
Character: TL Hopper
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
Title: SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: August 8, 1992
Type: Movie
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 the fire!
Title: SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
Character: The Dirty White Boy
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
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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