President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. We will still have the brackets posted to Floarena after registration closes and brackets become available. The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. Her new All-South Wrestling Alliance looked to be stronger than Watts had anticipated, and they began to draw business away from his new promotion. 8/21/57 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. He went on and on about sports and what he wanted to accomplish as a wrestler. 4/13/70 We look forward to seeing Noah excel in both sports as well as the classroom. ABC held its matches at Atlanta's Municipal Auditorium on Friday evenings. Turner's decision to give time slots to Bill Watts and Ole Anderson indirectly led to other wrestling organizations gaining national cable television contracts. 3/30/70 While Barnett is scapegoated with the demise of GCW, when he sold his shares to McMahon, it allowed the WWF to run its product in the venerated 6:05 time slot on TBS. Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling was one of the main shows that kept the Superstation alive.[1]. 5/6/66 Jones operated ABC for thirty years until his retirement in 1974, though from about 1970 until 1972 he was assisted by his booker Ray Gunkel. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=1117413106, TBS (American TV channel) original programming, Mass media-related controversies in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 October 2022, at 16:07. Jones ran shows out of the Municipal Auditorium for nearly thirty years before his retirement. 3/12/65 To this point, the NWA National Heavyweight Title and the NWA National Tag Team Titles were the only really active titles, along with the NWA National TV title in the background. 8/17/55 However, once he paired with Renesto, the team of The Assassins tore through the Southern and Southeastern wrestling area and left no prisoners in their wake. The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. These programs ran until March 30, 1985, using the same set that would later be used by Jim Crockett when he purchased the WWF time slot from McMahon (see below).[2]. 9/13/46 Finally, on March 2, 1985, the WWF began airing in-studio matches (while changing the name of the program to WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling) co-hosted by ring announcer Miller and play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon. 7/24/57 2/25/44 > Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. Upon receiving the news that Titan Sports had purchased the promotion and its valued time slot on TBS, Ole Anderson temporarily blocked McMahon by obtaining a restraining order against Titan and he hoped that the court system would find the forced buyout to be unlawful. Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. 2/27/50 4/7/70 According to Ric Flair in his autobiography To Be the Man, The Road Warriors were offered $5,000 to injure the Brisco brothers during a tag team match by an unnamed, disgruntled source. After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. 3/9/70 From that date, GCW's program aired for two hours (from 6-8 PM and later from 6:05 to 8:05 following the introduction of TBS' "Turner Time" in 1981) every Saturday night. Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. 4/7/70 While The Torres Brothers and The Vachons went to war in the fall of that year, there was another powerhouse that was about to get the titles in their grasp. 8/26/70 Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. WTCG would become a satellite-distributed superstation in 1976, change its call letters to WTBS in 1979, and became WPCH-TV after its over-the-air Atlanta-area signal was spun off from the national TBS cable channel in 2007. Once Barnett sold, The Briscos were quick to follow, leaving Paul Jones little choice but to scramble and get what he could out of his piece of the pie. 1/31/59 , 9/3/43 7/28/44 1/11/69 superstar sgt. A small percentage was even owned by part-time booker and a man with one expression: Ole Anderson. 3/7/67 10/2/59 5/19/44 12/21/57 Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 6/30/61 Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. 10/24/67 While Barnett and Anderson were very successful in their efforts to expand into new markets, that success came at a price and the cities within Georgia that had long been the lifeblood of the promotion soon began to suffer from a lack of attention. Jim Barnett quickly saw the marketability in Rich and christened him "Wildfire" Tommy Rich due to his ability to captivate and pop a crowd. 8/7/57 American professional wrestling promotion, The exact date on which the title was lost is not known, which means their title reign lasted between, The exact date on which the title was won is not known, which means their title reign lasted between, Foley, Mick. 7/4/69 Jim Oates (19801984) It was launched under the ABC Booking company run by Paul Jones (not to be confused with Paul Frederik, who was later given the name), a former wrestler who went by the name of Andrew Lutzi. The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. It was launched under the ABC Booking company run by Paul Jones (not to be confused with Paul Frederik, who was later given the name), a former wrestler who went by the name of Andrew Lutzi. However, unlike World Championship Wrestling, which had been a weekly show from the TBS studios in Atlanta, the WWF's TBS show at first consisted solely of highlights from the WWF's USA Network and syndicated programming, as well as house show clips from Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, and most of the other major arenas it did business in. The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. 3/21/70 12/8/61 7/21/61 1/30/67 9/15/67 Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 12/6/53 With the grizzled, stoic Ole calling the shots, and the pitbull of a young worker in Arn delivering the heavy hits and suffocating spine busters that looked like Rembrandt in motion, the two decimated any pair that they laid their gaze on. No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. 2/24/70 slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. 11/15/56 3/11/57 Barnett saw this as an opportunity to go beyond the confines of just his home base of Atlanta to get his product into any cable market in the country. 3/25/70 Buddy Fuller and Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods gave El Mongol his best matches, but he managed to capture the title ten times in that stretch of time. 11/2/62 4/6/70 6/17/55 6/9/44 Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Within a year of McMahons debut on the Superstation, Jim Crockett, Jr. was able to purchase the WWFs TBS time slots and Jim Crockett Promotions absorbed Andersons Championship Wrestling from Georgia group, thus establishing the entity that would eventually become WCW. Honoring the history of the greatest in professional wrestling while writing the next chapter. 8/15/56 2/6/50 2/14/61 The promotion underwent some big changes in 1972. Gunkel quickly made moves to open her own outlaw promotion outside of the NWA banner and run shows against Watts. 4/3/70 8/26/58 Published Nov 7, 2021. 5/1/70 Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers, "End of an era on TBS Solie, Georgia and 'Black Saturday', "Full List Of WWE Network Additions (07/12/2018): Historic WWE Network Hidden Gem, Smackdown, and More! 4/22/70 GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. Please make sure you are signing up for the correct tournament. The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 Friday Night Weigh Ins - Will be determined by the Tournament Director. Learn more. Noah is also a stand out football player for the BMS football team playing running back and linebacker. This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. McMahon had underestimated two major factors, however. 1/1/69 There have been a total of 13 recognized individual champions and 8 recognized teams, who have had a combined 10 official reigns. By Coach Chad Smith Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. 2/1/70 9/14/62 2/20/50 Another great transaction from this seller! He first started as the tag partner to the original Mr. Wrestling but would eventually take the character full-time once Tim Woods moved on to work the Mid-Atlantic territory. [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. After it was merged into the NWA World and subsequently the NWA National Television Title, the duo of Ron Garvin and Bob Roop battled back and forth for the belt. Members of the National Wrestling Alliance after 1949-11 except between 1957 and 1962. 11/11/55 Georgia Tag Team title (1968-1980) This did not last long, and after starting a family, he went back to wrestling under the mask, firstly as The Grappler, but then as the name that would be his legacy: Mr. Wrestling II. By Malik umar Khalid mahmood. 2/20/70 However, greed, Vince McMahon, and a dark day in wrestling forever remembered as Black Saturday led to the demise of this territory, leaving many to wonder what could have been. 1/1/69 1/11/56 1/14/57 1/1/69 Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. 3/31/70 1/23/50 The death set off some internal problems, with Ray's widow Ann, who had worked closely with Ray and expected to get her share of the promotion being shut out in favor of Bill Watts, with the promotion being renamed "Mid-South Sports." 9/10/68 He got his early training in part by Pat OConnor and made his professional debut as Johnny Walker at 20. They took the titles in 1980 when they defeated both teams of The Assassins and Mr. Wrestling I & II. 7/27/50 Nick Bockwinkel and Thunderbolt Patterson both held the title three times in the 70s, with Bob Armstrong holding it twice in those years as well. Beginning in late January 1972 the promotion's regular series, Big Time Wrestling, began airing on Saturday afternoons on WQXI-TV in Atlanta; the show was recorded for later broadcast over WJBF in Augusta and WTOC-TV in Savannah, stations located in two of GCW's major cities. 1/13/61 Vincent K. McMahon (1984), STATES & PRIMARY CITIES: 1/26/70 7/22/58 4/17/55 7/20/61 , 1/7/55 ( GHSA) Photo Galleries All Galleries GHSA Traditional State Championships Day 1 (Class 5A & 6A) Published: 2023 | 148 Photos GHSA Traditional Consolidation Finals (Classes 1A, 4A, 5A & 6A) Published: 2023 | 178 Photos 4/15/70 1/22/70 The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. 9/4/69 GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. 10/29/68 4/18/70 2/1/61 8/26/69 Mr. Wrestling I & II gave them their most competition while at GCW, but very few teams stood in their way for long. 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. The NWA Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw their origin in the late 60s. Styles Dusty Rhodes Jake Roberts Ric Flair Randy Savage Andr the Giant All items (429) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M The WWF's style of wrestling sharply differed from that of GCW, with the WWF featuring cartoonish characters and storylines and squash matches and GCW featuring more athletic competition. They bought into the promotion alongside Graham, Barnett, and Paul Jones. After documenting 9 house shows durin. In 2011 he began promoting a string of reunion shows in Macon, Cordele, Athens and Augusta which saw many legends of GCW along with upcoming local talents. 7/16/59 3/25/55 1/25/70 9/19/60 1/23/67 4/15/44 10/14/55 McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. If you can not find the information you are looking for click here for help, Georgia Amateur Wrestling Association is a 501c3 all volunteer organization Non-profit organization. Secondly, it switched its television outlet from its original home, then-ABC-affiliated WQXI-TV (now WXIA-TV) to UHF independent station WTCG, then owned by Ted Turner. Tales From The Territories - GCW - Georgia Championship Wrestling - Full Episode 17/30 Original Wrestling Documentaries 61.1K subscribers Subscribe 1.9K 212K views 4 years ago. 1/1/68 He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. 8/8/60 2/28/67 2/8/70 4/8/70 He held the Georgia Tag titles with Tarzan Tyler for a short time, but it was short-lived as the Torres and Vachon families battled for the straps for most of 1968. Mid-South Sports's longterm prospects were not good at that point, most of their wrestlers had gone with Ann, and Ann's promotion had gotten Mid-South's television time slot, though both promotions aired on WTCG. (The Australian promotion was called World Championship Wrestling.) Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. Another great transaction from this seller! During the season I decided to move Noah from the BMS wrestling team to the Bainbridge High School team due to his ability and work ethic. Parade Of Champions All final champions are for this promotion, the title may have continued in other promotions. There are no bats or balls, or pucks or sticks. Add to Cart. 3/18/70 1/3/61 12/7/62 1/2/68 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni, Battle for Atlanta How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion, the tag division until The Fabulous Freebirds, Championship Wrestling from Florida | Wrestling Territories, A Ghost Story: How a Long-forgotten Territory Still Haunts WWE, Battle for Atlanta | How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HWwv81Oni3PeOwYGuclbA, Disclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Ted Turner had taken his investment capital and made the right moves to secure himself a swath of prime real estate in downtown Atlanta. The changing of hands and promotional banners that Georgia Championship Wrestling went through in the early 70s leaves its history somewhat clouded during that time. 3/16/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling had many glory years that saw wrestlings finest journey through its doors. 1/29/59 3/14/70 With Gordon Solie providing the soundtrack that only he could, Georgia Championship Wrestling began to tape shows for television at a small studio on Peachtree Street. Mid-South Championship Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida and Jim Crockett Promotions were all homes to Jackson at various points in the 80s. 4/29/70 Consequently, he approached Turner with an offer to buy the Saturday night GCW time slot, only for Turner to reject him out of hand. Event Name: One such leap of growth was catalyzed by Barnett himself when he saw an opportunity to go nationwide in 1976. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! In 1983, WWF owner Vince McMahon, who promoted the cartoonish gimmicks that GCW fans were not traditionally supportive of and who in recent months had begun to expand his promotion nationwide, took control of the other major cable television contract at the time when he purchased Southwest Championship Wrestling's Sunday morning USA Network time slot for his All American Wrestling program. Excellent communication! 9/23/55 The restaurants were sold in 2000, and Ray "El Mongol" Molina passed away in 2016 at 86. He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. 2/18/44 $15.99. 4/30/57 DVD $8.00 Buy It Now +$3.60 shipping 5 watchers Sponsored GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HOUSE SHOWS 1981-82 PRO WRESTLING DVD (W-992) Fast shipping! 7/18/60 Published 2:21 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2023. 1/28/57 1/25/61 1/16/64 5/18/67 2/11/55 It was a regular stop-off for the NWA Champion, but they maintained their own set of NWA-branded Georgia championships. 7/14/58 He is not only taking care of his responsibilities on the mat and field but is an A/B student in his academics with great behavior for Bainbridge Middle School. Eventually, the friction between Barnett and Anderson led to Barnett being forced out of GCW and giving up his long-held position of power within the National Wrestling Alliance. 4/4/70 First, Turner made an offer to Bill Watts, a promoter who ran Mid South Wrestling out of Oklahoma, to take a Sunday afternoon time slot on TBS. 11/25/55 Gerald Brisco (19741984) Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. 2/14/67 3/15/70 3/28/70 document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Top Ten in All Areas of Pro Wrestling, The Longest Running Pro Wrestling Columnist, Dave Meltzer, Mike Mooneyham, Steve Yohe, Tim Hornbaker, Greg Oliver, Bill Apter, Karl Stern, Scott Teal, wrestlingclassics.com, wwe.com, kayfabememories.com, wrestling-titles.com, The Lapsed Fan podcast, 6:05 Superpodcast, Great Black Heroes The NWA Georgia Television Title was also battled for by some of the best in the business. 4/14/70 This was in direct violation of a promise McMahon had made at the time of the purchase to provide original programming for TBS,[1] including having shows taped at the TBS studios. Fast shipping! 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 4/21/70 1/21/63 Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . 2/15/70 Notes - Delivery *Estimated delivery dates include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 11/14/58 8/26/54 Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. 3/5/70 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 A secondary title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. By this point, Ann Gunkels ASWA went out of business, and everything was re-absorbed by Barnetts newly built juggernaut. Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. 12/2/69 3/28/70 10/21/55 3/16/70 1/16/67 7/28/44 Georgia (Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Gainesville, Canton, Macon, Athens, Savannah, Augusta, Rome) 3/27/67 4/27/70 1/8/70 7/23/59 Simultaneously, unbeknownst to Barnett, McMahon also began making deals with the majority stockholders, The Brisco Brothers. All donations are tax deductible. 10/7/55 free shipping. 1/12/61 Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors Articles Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Promos Tournaments Rivalries Books Ratings Comments Year: All-Time Roster Displaying items 1 to 117 of total 117 items that match the search parameters. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 11/2/57 Black History Moments 3/8/69 3/13/70 2/16/70 After gaining control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, the WWF immediately shut down the wrestling operation. 7 min read. GCW announcer Freddie Miller was the only member of the original GCW on-air cast who did not quit in protest or just get replaced by the new owner. This move set the stage for an important move in wrestling history, involving another regional promoter: Vince McMahon. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. 2/18/44 4/28/70 A respected member of the National Wrestling Alliance for the vast majority of his three decades as a promoter, his ABC Booking company was one of the most successful regional wrestling companies of the era and, not excluding the normal fluctuations in attendance that were a part of the promotional business, that success continued through to the early 1970s when ABC Booking became Mid South Sports, Inc. and Georgia Championship Wrestling was born. The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. $15.99. Both images show the WTBS Techwood Drive studios on the right and Alexander Memorial . USA gave McMahon another time slot when WWF Prime Time Wrestling, a similar program to the WWF's TBS program that aired on Monday nights and was a forerunner to the current Monday Night Raw, debuted early in 1985. 2/6/70 1/9/69 9/16/70 In 1979, Austin Idol made his bid for the belt and took it from Ray Candy, and captured it two more times by the end of 1980, feuding with Tommy Rich and Kevin Sullivan, who held it three times himself. 4/8/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling's first weekly television series had premiered on then-WTCG in 1972 when station owner Ted Turner purchased the rights to air the program from station WQXI. Though he got his break in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, it was in Georgia Championship Wrestling that he really made his mark on the NWA. 9/16/55 Georgia's Olympic hopefuls, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. 3/8/70 WRESTLING LEGENDS - JACK BRISCO VOLS 1-15 - PRO WRESTLING (#185736680115), WRESTLING SUPERSTARS -BILLY JACK HAYNES VOLs 1-5 - PRO WRESTLING (#185727442110). Hamilton began wrestling as the original Assassin in the Georgia territory in the mid-60s. 1/26/61 2/6/69 Likewise, Savannah was one of the last cities ran before the folding of WCW and its assimilation into the WWE. 2/6/59 Jim Barnett also worked for JCP for a short time as well. West Virginia (Wheeling, Bluefield, Huntington) There, Barnett learned the workings of the office and how to book to draw from Kohler during his early years. 2/1/69 The Columbus titles were one of two sets of GCW's city-wide championships, along with the NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship and NWA Macon Tag Team Championship, and one of a select few city championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. 4/29/70 . This left Ole out in the financial cold with his drawls in the breeze. 4/4/70 Due in large part to both parties' actions, McMahon and Turner began a rivalry that would continue for over a decade, before ending in 2001 when McMahon purchased the non-license assets of WCW from AOL Time Warner, which had previously purchased Turner's wrestling assets (along with the rest of his company) in 1996. Watts pulled out and headed to Oklahoma full-time with his Mid-South brand that would morph into the UWA before its eventual demise at the hands of national expansions. 1/25/69 1/21/70 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. After his death, Rays widow Ann wanted to take over her husbands share in the business, but the promotion was sold from under her to Bill Watts, who began to spin off his own Mid-South Sports out of the business move. In addition to the cities within Georgia that made up its traditional circuit, the stars of GCW began appearing in markets that had no specific NWA affiliation and soon cities in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Michigan became part of the Georgia promotions touring schedule. 11/15/56 It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 3/2/70 12/28/55 1/27/69 To register for novice tournaments you must be a first or second year wrestler, you can not have placed at kids state. At the time, Crockett was trying to counter the WWF's national expansion by unifying the remaining NWA territories that McMahon had not driven out of business into one nationwide unit. The most up-to-date schedule for the season can be found here:Schedule of Tournaments (teamgawrestling.org), The directions on how to register can be found here:www.teamgawrestling.org/register, Registrations will close on Friday before tournament at 9AM. 6/3/61 3/22/70 2/25/57 Georgia Championship Wrestling was a promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS. This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 19:24. 11/18/55 He brawled his way through the Georgia heavyweight division, capturing the title four times during his time there, and he unified his belt with the newly formed NWA National Heavyweight Championship in September 1981. 1/1/69 1/12/70 1/7/57 Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. While the stars of World Championship Wrestling were off packing houses in states far from their home base, local fans were offered a substandard product and attendance in Georgia dwindled. It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. 1/14/55 3/12/70 GCW's program was hosted by NWA announcer Gordon Solie, who also hosted programs for various other NWA affiliated promotions at the time (such as Championship Wrestling from Florida). That man? Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. It looked like Ann had Mid-South against the ropes, but it was an audible call by Watts to bring in outside help that would finally help him win the insurrection. In 1984, the Brisco brothers sold their stock in GCW to McMahon for $900,000. In 1976, GCW became the first National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory to earn a national cable television contract as the soon-to-be-renamed Superstation WTBS began to be carried by various cable and satellite providers nationwide. Losing money on the deal and desperately looking for help, McMahon turned to Jim Barnett, who directed him to NWA President Jim Crockett Jr., the owner of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which promoted wrestling shows in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This left the trio of The Briscoes and Paul Jones in the decision-making end of the office with Ole along for the ride with his little percentage of stock. While the new WWE may not have the freeform promos that made the territory days great, or the bloody cage matches and specialty stipulation matches we all came to love as kids, so many of their stars today still have roots in not only the NWA but in the Southern Wrestling movement, and GCW as well. 12/29/62 12/2/60 wrestling superstars - road warrior hawk vols 1 & 2 - pro wrestling. 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 It was a secondary title, complementing the NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship, and defended almost exclusively at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium throughout the 1970s.[5]. 12/28/55 The old NWA cage matches are some of the bloodiest Ive ever seen, and The Masked Superstar was up at the top of that list with Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair for the amount of blood let onto the canvas. 10/31/67 4/21/70 6/10/68 2/7/67 A+++Thank you again!!! 2/4/70 Event Name: Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. When Georgia Championship Wrestlings local television carrier, WTCG Channel 17 (later renamed WTBS) was broadcast nationally via satellite beginning on December 17, 1976, it became cable TVs first superstation and the NWAs Georgia promotion was poised to become the first wrestling program with nationwide coverage since the days of the Dumont network in the 1950s. Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers. 1/21/55 4/7/70 Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 10/29/68 Rich got his training from Jerry Jarrett when he was still a young man, and he took to the roads and worked most of the major NWA markets in the South and Southeast. 2/22/70 The only other national cable deal available at the moment was the one GCW had with WTBS; if McMahon was able to acquire this time slot, he would control all nationally televised professional wrestling in the United States.
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