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The Mark Curtis Memorial Reunion was a professional wrestling memorial show produced by Pam Hildebrand-Clark, which took place on May 5, 2005 at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee. The show was held in memory of wrestling referee Mark Curtis, who died of stomach cancer at his home in Talbott, Tennessee on September 8, 1999, with the proceeds donated to the Children's Miracle Network.〔Goodman, Larry. "5/7 Mark Curtis Memorial show report." ''DeclarationofIndependents.net.'' Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., May. 2005. Web. 5 October 2011. Many of the Curtis Comes Home participants returned to take part in the 2005 edition.〔〔 Like the original event, the Mark Curtis Memorial Reunion served as an unofficial reunion show for Smokey Mountain Wrestling where Curtis had served as head referee. Johnson City's Freedom Hall was a monthly venue for the promotion during early 1990s. One commentator wrote that the venue choice, in addition to the "small but enthusiastic" crowd, gave the event a nostalgic feel of an SMW show.〔 Six professional wrestling matches, two of which were for championships, were featured on the card. The main attraction on the event card was a tag team match for the Tri-Cities Tag Team Championship with Mick Foley and Shane Douglas, accompanied by former trainer Dominic DeNucci, versus Al Snow and D'Lo Brown managed by Les Thatcher. The championship itself was a "unsanctioned title" with the four men instead battling for the right to call themselves the "best friends" of the late Mark Curtis. On the undercard, Terry Taylor defeated Tom Prichard in a standard wrestling match for the Texas Heavyweight Championship. The return of Count Grog, coming out of retirement for a special one-night appearance, was also promoted for the card.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Online World of Wrestling )〕 The show drew only 350 people,〔 a much smaller number compared to the 1,500 fans that had attended Curtis Comes Home five years earlier. In spite of the low attendance, the show's surprise main event was highly praised. Tim Whitehead of PWInsider.com found the show very enjoyable and that "everyone involved deserves praise for volunteering their time for this tribute to a great representative of the best side of the wrestling business".〔 Declaration of Independents and WrestleView.com echoed these sentiments but were less enthusiastic about many of the undercard matches.〔〔 ==Event== Prior to the show, wrestling fans had the opportunity to interact with D'Lo Brown, Dominic DeNucci, Shane Douglas, Mick Foley, Tom Pritchard, Al Snow and Terry Taylor in a special autograph and photo session. Johnny Grunge, Sandy Scott and Tracy Smothers were among those scheduled to attend〔〔 but later cancelled.〔〔〔 The show was opened by former Smokey Mountain Wrestling ring announcer Tommy Noe who brought out SMW television announcers Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher as part of the announcing team for the event. The three men were subsequently joined by the rest of the roster for a ten-bell salute to the late Chris Candido, one of SMW's top heel performers during the mid-1990s, and a participant of Curtis Comes Home, who had died the previous week.〔〔〔 This was followed by local East Tennessee wrestler Mike Cooper who sang the American national anthem to start the event.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Curtis Memorial Reunion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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