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PWInsider.com is sad to pass on the news that Johnnny Meadows, who wrestled for WCW and Smoky Mountain Wrestling in enhancement talent roles as well as lots of different Southern independent wrestling promotions over the years, passed away earlier yesterdat after battling COVID-19 for the last two months. He was only 59 years old.
A Tennessee native, Meadows, real name Johnny Condrone, broke into the business in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in the early 1970s after training with Rick Conners and had a journeyman's career, working undercard and enhancement matches for just about every promotion you could think of, including Mid-Atlantic, Continental Wrestling and Georgia Championship Wrestling, sometimes as Johnny Meadows and other times under an assortment of ring names or masked personas. He last wrestled in the mid-1990s.
Condrone was more well known in recent years for his musical exploits. Condrone had been a Grammy-nominated ASCAP songwriter and performed with bluegrass musical groups The Tranquility Express and The Roane State Boys.
Meadows' passing was covered by The Daily Times in TN.
On behalf of everyone at PWInsider.com, we'd like to express our deepest condolences to Condrone's family, friends and fans.
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