12/9/68 12/6/53 1/29/70 It would be a position he would hold for the next several years. 2/10/61 4/2/70 While there have certainly been many instances of this . 11/21/69 2/12/70 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. 4/11/70 2/18/44 When the National Wrestling Alliance formed in 1948, one of the primary benefits it offered its members was protection from (and support against) an "outlaw" promotion entering a territory and working in opposition to the established NWA office. When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. 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. If you have not purchased your USA card please do ASAP. 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. Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. 9/1/60 1/4/61 1/11/70 3/12/70 In 1976 WTCG (renamed WTBS in 1979) began retransmitting its signal via satellite and became a superstation available to cable systems across the United States. 1/29/69 4/14/70 January 1, 1981 (Thursday) - Columbus, GA - Columbus Municipal Auditorium (Fred Ward - Promoter / Georgia Championship. After a falling out there, Ole was booted out of the faction, and he returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling. 5/19/44 Novice Championship is for 1st and 2nd year wrestlers who have not placed at Kids State You can do both Kids State and Novice Championship (you must qualify for Kids State on 2/25/23) Novice Championship Weigh Ins: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - Little Kids - 8/10U - Must be in line 7AM Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12/14U - Must be in line 7AM PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! 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. Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 2/7/67 Jim Crockett Promotions took over production of the television show using the same set. 10/21/55 While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. 12/12/55 Current name: Georgia Championship Wrestling Current abbreviation: GCW Status: Inactive Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Active Time: 1944 - 1984 Details Names: Georgia Championship Wrestling (1944 - 14.07.1984) Abbreviations: GCW Owners: Vince McMahon (1984) Gerald Brisco, Jack Brisco, Ole Anderson & Paul Jones (1983 - 1984) Black Inventors Online Museum Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.226), NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States, Championship Wrestling from Georgia profile, from WrestlingData.com, "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (July-September 1971)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (October-December 1971)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (July-September 1972)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January 1973)", "On this day in pro wrestling history: Gagne wins AWA title from Fritz Von Erich, Wahoo beats Piper, Guerrera over Jericho", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (November 1973)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (April-June 1974)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January-March 1977)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January-March 1978)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (April-June 1978)", "Pulse Wrestling's Top 100 Wrestlers of the Modern Era: #35 Stan Hansen", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (October-December 1978)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January 1979)", Georgia Championship Wrestling Title History, Pay-per-view and closed circuit events (19831990), Professional wrestling in the United States, Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams), Heart of America Sports Attractions/Central States Wrestling, Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, International World Class Championship Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling/Portland Wrestling, Southern Championship Wrestling (Georgia), Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)/Mid-South Wrestling, Wrestling Association of Championship Krushers, Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Championship_Wrestling&oldid=1141177481, American professional wrestling television series, American companies disestablished in 1984, Entertainment companies established in 1944, Independent professional wrestling promotions based in Georgia (U.S. state), TBS (American TV channel) original programming, 1944 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state), Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. 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. 1/17/57 1/5/62 1/27/69 Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. Some wrestlers, such as Roddy Piper, say that he was in fact doing so, but was prevented by fears of crossing organized crime figures involved with the sport. Jones ran shows out of the Municipal Auditorium for nearly thirty years before his retirement. The WWF version of the show received somewhat lower Nielsen ratings than its NWA-associated forerunner. 2/2/70 2/13/50 1/3/66 The Masked Superstar became known for his hour-long cage matches against Blackjack Mulligan. Team Georgia's Mission & Vision, Click the donate button below to help support our athletes in achievingtheir Olympic Dreams. 1/3/61 At 6:05 p.m. the following Saturday, July 14, 1984, WWF World Championship Wrestling made its debut on TBS, an event that was later dubbed Black Saturday. For his part, Ted Turner was not at all pleased with news of the takeover and he soon allocated a Saturday morning time slot for Andersons new Championship Wrestling from Georgia program, as well as a Sunday afternoon spot for Bill Watts popular Mid South Wrestling Association. 1/23/68 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 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling. 3/27/67 5/5/44 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. 1/13/61 In the Summer of 1984, McMahon began a correspondence with Barnett in an attempt to buy his portion of GCW. After documenting 9 house shows durin. Secondly, Southerners resented the symbolism of a "Yankee" company coming down from the North and "taking over" their wrestling. 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 Results Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 2063 items that match the search parameters. 12/29/62 8/20/59 Hulk Hogans Rock n Wrestling | When Wrasslin Shifted to Entertainment, Gorgeous George and the Don Eagle Chicago Short Count Screwjob, Freddie Blassie The Truth (and Somewhere In-Between). Gerald Brisco (19741984) Then, only a month later, in a match where they defeated NWA National Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Stan Frazier, better known for his time in the WWF as Uncle Elmer, The Freebirds unified the NWA and Georgia Tag Titles. legends of wrestling - pedro morales vols 1-10 - pro wrestling. 4/8/70 5/6/66 2/23/70 2/3/66 9/19/69 DVD $8.00 Buy It Now +$3.60 shipping 5 watchers Sponsored GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HOUSE SHOWS 1981-82 PRO WRESTLING DVD (W-992) 2/18/44 1/11/61 3/8/70 Simultaneously, unbeknownst to Barnett, McMahon also began making deals with the majority stockholders, The Brisco Brothers. 2/9/61 8/7/57 Georgia Wrestling Announcer Freddie Miller Introducing Vince McMahon, That did not turn out to be the case and on July 11, 1984, Titan Sports officially took legal control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. and its two weekend time slots on Ted Turners Superstation. If you are willing to volunteer a few hours a year or a few hours a week, please let us know. 1/2/68 Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 1/22/69 After moving to Sydney, Australia, Barnett would open the original World Championship Wrestling there in 1964. The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. By Malik umar Khalid mahmood. 3/30/57 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 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. El Mongol would retire from wrestling in 1982 to open a pair of Mexican restaurants with his wife in Doraville, Georgia. Noah competed at the 170 lbs weight class and was the eventual Georgia State Freshman Champion. Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. Georgia Championship Wrestling is mostly remembered for its glory days from the 70s through the mid-80s as the likes of Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, The Hollywood Blonds (Rip Rogers & Ted Oates), Randy Savage, Dusty Rhodes and Harley Race were regularly featured in the promotion on WTBS in Atlanta. 1/20/70 7/16/63 10/14/55 By 1980, Georgia mainstays like Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Wildfire Rich, The Masked Superstar, Tony Atlas, Austin Idol, Ole Anderson, Wahoo McDaniel and many others were genuine national wrestling celebrities due to the fact that Georgia Championship Wrestling had become cable TVs first legitimate hit show. All Wrestlers Must Make Scratch Weight - No Allowance. 3/3/44 There have been a total of 11 recognized champions who have had a combined 18 official reigns, with "Bullet" Bob Armstrong holding the most at four. ABC held its matches at Atlanta's Municipal Auditorium on Friday evenings. 1/25/61 Finally, on March 2, 1985, the WWF changed the name of their program to WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling and began airing in-studio squash matches co-hosted by ring announcer Miller and play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon. Vincent K. McMahon (1984), STATES & PRIMARY CITIES: 1/30/70 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. 11/14/58 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired its first show on WTCG, a UHF independent station in Atlanta, as a Christmas special on December 25, 1971. 2/11/55 Ray Gunkel died of a heart attack later that year after a match versus Ox Baker in Savannah, Georgia. 7/23/59 Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. Hamilton began wrestling as the original Assassin in the Georgia territory in the mid-60s. 7/18/60 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all [] 4/28/70 1/23/67 3/8/70 2/4/57 6/24/55 Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! 9/23/55 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. This left Ole out in the financial cold with his drawls in the breeze. 3/19/70 Boasting a rotating but consistently first-rate roster of talent that was now being seen by fans from coast to coast, the already popular Georgia territory quickly became the place to be in professional wrestling and its television program, hosted by the legendary Gordon Solie, was a bona fide ratings giant during the infancy of cable TV. 9/16/70 10/7/55 **this is not for the State or Novice Championships tournaments***. 2/6/59 4/4/70 We will no longer refund for incorrect registration. By this point, Ann Gunkels ASWA went out of business, and everything was re-absorbed by Barnetts newly built juggernaut. However, the combination of a restructured front office, a talented new booker in Jerry Jarrett (and, later, Bill Watts) and a great deal of support from the NWA enabled the Atlanta office to eventually overcome the serious challenge that was posed by Ann Gunkels All-South Wrestling Alliance and regain its position as the dominant promotion in the lucrative Georgia market. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 1982 Has no April or July. 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. 3/31/70 50 talking about this. 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. 1/14/55 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. 1/21/57 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. 1/14/57 The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. Fast shipping! 9/19/60 They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. Georgia Championship Wrestling. 1/28/55 (The Australian promotion was called World Championship Wrestling.) 3/7/70 Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: National Television title (1979-1984). 9/17/68 A small percentage was even owned by part-time booker and a man with one expression: Ole Anderson. 1/7/57 Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title 9/23/61 $15.99. Walker made a name for himself, working with NWA promoter Paul Boesch out of Houston but opted to start a family and retired as a young man just ten years after his debut. 4/7/70 In April 1985, shows began being co-promoted with Jim Crockett Promotions. Paul Jones (1944-1984) 5/6/55 Parade Of Champions 7/15/53 1/23/70 3/14/67 9/16/55 Tennessee (Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga) His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. The 2022 NJSIAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Published 2:21 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Excellent communication! There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 3/5/70 11/26/56 7/24/57 2/22/70 7/28/44 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. To register for novice tournaments you must be a first or second year wrestler, you can not have placed at kids state. 2/23/70 GCW's core audience began writing and calling TBS in droves,[3] furious over the fact that GCW was no longer airing on the station and demanding to know why. 9/4/69 No pads or helmets or jerseys. Jackson most regularly worked with GCW based out of Atlanta and Continental Championship Wrestling based out of Dothan, Ala., as well as working TV tapings for . 9/9/55 Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. free shipping. 4/28/70 , 1/3/57 12/9/57 Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. 1/21/55 Another great transaction from this seller! The final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. Following Black Saturday, Ole sued Barnett and tried to continue with his own Championship Wrestling from Georgia. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS. 12/29/61 2/7/70 The Tag and Heavyweight Titles werent the only championships in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory being fought over in the promotions heyday. 1/21/69 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. 9/30/55 2/25/57 GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. The restaurants were sold in 2000, and Ray "El Mongol" Molina passed away in 2016 at 86. 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. Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. 1/30/68 Bill Watts (1972-1980) 2/6/69 This promotion would eventually become World Championship Wrestling (WCW) when Turner bought the promotion from Crockett in 1988 and later withdrew it from the NWA. 1/10/69 1/31/61 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! $15.99. In 1999, it secured a cable deal to air a show on TNN, but the next year, TNN gained rights to WWF programming and dropped ECW, which folded in April 2001, shortly after the WWF's purchase of WCW's assets. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. Well see you here next time and never forget: Our wrestling history is gold. Barnett would actually be the one to broker the deal between Jim Crockett Promotions and Titan Sports to sell the 6:05 time slot to JCP when Vinces product wasnt received well by the Southern loyalist fans, and it took a big dump in the ratings. 3/17/70 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. The footprint left by Georgia Championship Wrestling can still be felt in the way the product is presented today. He was 80 years old. No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. The 2nd image is a modern satellite image. 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. Add to Cart. 1/16/50 November 23, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. There's no time to rethink strategy, regroup, or even to catch your breath. 10/15/57 1/19/63 No matter how hard they tried, the might of Vince McMahon would not be stymied from reeling in everything he could, and Georgia Championship Wrestling would be no exception. 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. 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 4/9/70 7/22/70 4/24/70 Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. 4/29/70 11/25/55 3/3/70 This angered WTBS owner Ted Turner, who believed McMahon reneged on a promise to have live matches originating from Turner Broadcasting System's Atlanta studios. Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. 8/27/58 11/14/58 Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. Noah, who was accompanied by his family, entered the tournament as an individual through USA Wrestling certification.The Georgia Freshman State Championship exists to give college coaches and high school coaches a glimpse of what is to come skillswise in wrestling. 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 In professional wrestling, the term Black Saturday refers to Saturday, July 14, 1984, the day when Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF) took over the time slot on Superstation WTBS that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and its flagship weekly program, World Championship Wrestling, for 12 years. President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. 9/9/57 West Virginia (Wheeling, Bluefield, Huntington) However, the story of its heyday really begins in 1944, with the first cards held by promoter Paul Jones. Event Name: 2/13/70 6/25/48 12/2/55 Excellent communication! 1/26/61 11/3/44 11/17/55 2/20/50 1/6/61 4/8/55 Thousands of complaints were received, many of which focused on the loss of Gordon Solie. 9/25/58 Learn more about the rise and fall of Georgia Championship Wrestling: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. 1/18/70 Eadie was a hard-hitting bruiser that met every challenge with a flurry of fists and a hail of boots. The show featured wrestling matches, plus melodramatic monologues and inter-character confrontationssimilar to the programming offered by other territories, including the Northeast-based World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The situation was further complicated by a growing rift in the working relationship between Barnett and Anderson, as well as dissatisfaction in the profit levels by shareholders Jack & Jerry Brisco and Jim Oates. 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. 3/23/70 IF YOU DOUBLE BRACKET YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. Georgia Championship Wrestling alumni Category page Edit this page This category is for all wrestlers who have wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling at some point within their career. 10/2/57 11/15/56 3/16/70 View cart for details. 2022-2023 FOLKSTYLE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION, 7:00 Weighs in for 12/14U State and 8/10U Novice - -MUST BE IN LINE AT 7AM -. 11/4/55 143 talking about this. 2/6/70 This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. 1/25/70 1/18/69 It was considered a power-brokering move by Barnett to secure his tight hold on the NWA office during that time. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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. In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. 2/6/59 1/31/59 , 9/3/43 4/14/70 Despite his setback with regard to the TBS time slot, McMahon's USA Network contract and syndicated programming were not affected in any way. Jim Barnett (1974-1984) Not only was he the state champion but was the first to ever win this level of tournament for a Bainbridge wrestler. 3/12/65 1/14/57 2/1/70 Jones staged his weekly cards at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium every Friday evening beginning in 1944 until his retirement in 1974 and, under his watch, pro wrestling in the state of Georgia flourished. 7/28/44 Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class iscompleted. 2/10/70 3/7/67 The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. georgia championship wrestling vols 11-20- pro wrestling. 11/15/56 The CNN Complex housed the now booming Omni Coliseum and his ground-breaking twenty-four-hour news service and the newly crowned "Superstation," WTBS. This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. 4/16/70 4/13/70 8/26/58 They took the titles in 1980 when they defeated both teams of The Assassins and Mr. Wrestling I & II. 1/10/61 Long before some territories adopted a Light Heavyweight or Junior Heavyweight Title, the Television Championship was one where the smaller wrestlers, or workers that werent in the major title hunt at that time, could still achieve gold and carry the notoriety that went along with it. 6/21/69 Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. 3/1/70 During the 1990s, Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) rose to become the third-largest wrestling company in North America, behind the WWF and WCW. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. 1/20/50 6/23/44 The last World Championship Wrestling program under GCW control aired on July 7, 1984. 12/28/55 Born in Oklahoma City in June of 24, Jim Barnett started working around the wrestling business in his teens for Fred Kohler in his NWA Chicago territory. 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 WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. 4/20/70 4/30/57 2/11/44 The July 14 program opened with show co-host Freddie Miller (Gordon Solie was absent for reasons never made clear; he either resigned in protest or was terminated following the purchase, as were many other people involved with the production) introducing McMahon and welcoming the WWF to TBS. Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. 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. These teams dominated the tag division until The Fabulous Freebirds came to town. 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