7/14/58 Although Ole had a run in the tag division with many partners, including Stan Hansen, the two lost the titles due to too many disqualifications. 1/27/70 2/14/70 Though many teams like Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel managed to wrangle the belts away from them on a few occasions, The Assassins always seemed to get them back in short order. 12/2/55 GCW also expanded its reach into Ohio and Michigan; wrestling returned to Dayton, Ohio in January 1983 after a lay-off of no wrestling in Dayton for five years. 2/20/70 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 3/7/67 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. The National titles, originally created in 1980 in Georgia, were carried on by Crockett until 1986, when they were either abandoned or unified with equivalent titles.[3]. 1/11/69 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. 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. 3/30/70 On June 23, 2018, a tribute event to the late Bill Dromo was held in Carrollton, Georgia. 2/21/67 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. 4/23/70 4/19/70 1/24/61 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. 1/21/57 Another great transaction from this seller! Instead of injuring them, they promptly informed the Briscos and told them not to worry because, "We're not those kinds of business people. 10/31/67 The oldest city in Georgia and a strategic port city in the American Revolution, Savannah was the last city occupied by the British before they sailed back home in 1782. 5/5/44 2/19/70 ", After Black Saturday, Ole Anderson tried to carry on in the territory, promoting Championship Wrestling from Georgia (CWG), which briefly aired out of Atlanta. 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. 5/13/57 1/25/70 Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. Ole Anderson (1980-1984) 10/24/67 10/15/57 4/4/70 4/15/70 Black Inventors Online Museum 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. 1/7/57 8/26/69 2/27/70 2/20/50 There's no time to rethink strategy, regroup, or even to catch your breath. This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 19:24. 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. Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. 3/20/69 1/10/69 Dating back to the 1920s, professional wrestling has enjoyed a long and rich history with the city of Atlanta. 5/5/44 4/18/70 4/27/63 , 8/14/50 1/23/70 1/21/69 2/4/70 Sunday, March 5, 2023(Little Kids State), 7:00AM Weigh Ins for 6/8/10U State and 12/14U Novice - MUST BE IN LINE AT 7AM, Est 3:30pm Finalist Ceremonies and Finals for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th place matches. The second half, however, ushered in such promotional notables as Ray Gunkle, Jim Barnett, and Paul Jones, who made Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. (a member of the National Wrestling Alliance) a household term throughout the state via television. 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. 1/20/66 4/8/70 5/6/55 GCW was one of the most powerful wrestling promotions in the NWA. Big Time Wrestling was hosted by Ed Capral, and featured ring announcer Charlie Harben and referee Leo Garibaldi, and included interviews with wrestlers pertaining to their upcoming matches. Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. 1/31/57 1/12/70 5/1/70 , 6/10/57 7/15/53 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. 11/14/58 4/1/55 Jim Barnett (1974-1984) 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. legends of wrestling - pedro morales vols 1-10 - pro wrestling. 1/28/57 1/11/70 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. 3/12/61 The final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. 4/21/61 4/2/70 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. 4/22/70 Following the Dromo event, GCW again lay dormant until October 3, 2020, when Odum granted local wrestlers and businessmen Tim Rice and Chris Nelms the rights to begin promoting their events under the Georgia Championship Wrestling banner. 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. 7/22/70 Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. 11/11/55 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. 2/4/55 8/6/57 2/14/67 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. 1/7/70 The 2022 NJSIAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Wrestling Arrests You May Not Be Aware Of! 1/7/70 Tennessee (Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga) 4/15/70 11/22/63 His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. All of the NWA National Titles that were active in GCW went on to see time in JCP and the later World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in one capacity or another. 1/22/70 The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. Experience, preparation and the will to succeed will determine the victor. All final champions are for this promotion, the title may have continued in other promotions. Please make sure you are signing up for the correct tournament. 1/14/44 2/7/61 Something went wrong. 7/27/62 Yes this is some of the most legendary of all Georgia Championship Wrestling television with the angle in full and all the promos in the aftermath from every. There have been a total of 13 recognized individual champions and 8 recognized teams, who have had a combined 10 official reigns. The two main titles in the promotion in those days were the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship and the Tag Team Championships, both of which got their starts in the early 50s. El Mongol worked in Championship Wrestling from Florida during this time, and he ventured into the tag ranks while he was at Georgia Championship Wrestling and floating between the two territories. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Wrestlers can not be addedafterregistrationcloses. 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 4/2/70 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Longtime GCW booker, Ray Gunkel, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after a match with Ox Baker in Savannah. 3/2/70 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. 4/11/70 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. 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. 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. In 2001, the WWF gained the rights to Crockett's library of GCW/WCW/NWA matches and shows, augmenting the WWE Tape Library through its purchase of assets and trademarks belonging to the now-defunct WCW (now a legal entity called WCW, Inc.). 10/14/58 Mr. Wrestling I & II gave them their most competition while at GCW, but very few teams stood in their way for long. Excellent communication! Given the programs nationwide reach, it was soon common to see performers who were not normally associated with Georgia to come into the territory for short stints in order to benefit from the exposure that WTBS and Georgia Championship Wrestling afforded them, men like AWA legend The Crusher, Texas Kevin Von Erich, Calgarys Bret Hart, Mid Atlantics Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Greg Valentine and even WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund. The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). Word began to spread between workers who lived on the East Coast and out to California that Georgia was one of the places to get over and make some money. 2/26/70 3/28/70 ( 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 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! 4/29/70 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. In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 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. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was founded in 1964 by Jim Barnett in Australia and represented much of the NWA's Asian and Oceania territory. Savannah, Georgia is steeped in U.S. history as much as it is the wrestling business. 2/25/55 When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. The following year, in addition to the cable contract and his nationally syndicated offerings (WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling), McMahon expanded further by premiering Tuesday Night Titans on USA. After documenting 9 house shows durin. [6] McMahon was not happy with either of Turner's decisions, thinking his control of GCW would make the WWF the exclusive wrestling company on TBS. 1/23/68 4/22/70 1/9/61 It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. 11/9/57 12/21/57 Bad Fads Museum Still, the incarnation with "nephew" Arn Anderson is the unit that memory evokes when you hear the name. 8/24/59 Black History Moments 11/6/57 Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. After losing the titles for a final time in Savannah, The Vachons were pushed out of the way and sent packing by the team of Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto, better known as The Assassins. 1/19/70 3/3/66 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. Refresh your browser window to try again. CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. 12/22/55 10/29/68 In 1983, Barnett was edged out of any shot calling in GCW through politicking and backroom dealings. 4/7/70 12/28/55 McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. While still a shareholder in the company, Paul Jones was, by this point, a silent partner and the day-to-day operations of the promotion were primarily handled by the Chief Executive Officer of Mid South Sports, James E. Barnett and his booker, Ole Anderson. 1/1/70 National Tag Team title (1980-1986) 1/20/61 When Georgia Championship Wrestling's local television carrier, WTCG Channel 17 (later renamed WTBS) was broadcast nationally via satellite beginning on December 17, 1976, it became cable TV's first "superstation" and the NWA's Georgia promotion was poised to become the first wrestling program with nationwide coverage since the days of the Dumont Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class iscompleted. 1/30/50 1/21/44 Coach Paul Coleman has done a great job getting Noah mat time at the high school level and putting him in position to elevate and push his skills further. 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. 10/14/55 4/20/70 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. The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 3/13/70 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 4/21/70 2/10/70 They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS. 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. Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. 9/16/57 1/21/70 7/22/58 8/7/57 4/13/70 9/9/55 After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. 3/7/53 5/20/60 , 6/21/50 3/28/67 Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". 9/13/56 4/16/70 Simultaneously, unbeknownst to Barnett, McMahon also began making deals with the majority stockholders, The Brisco Brothers. Parade Of Champions 5/1/70 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. He was 80 years old. 2/10/61 4/8/55 2/7/70 3/14/70 8/15/56 9/4/57 Noah competed at the 170 lbs weight class and was the eventual Georgia State Freshman Champion. 11/15/56 8/26/70 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. 1/17/67 NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.2016 : 8: NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.1979 : 9: NWA Macon Tag Team . 7/18/56 1/15/69 1/20/70 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. 9/12/69 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. 1/31/61 Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) The Georgia titles were absorbed, and The Freebirds carried on as NWA National Tag Champs. 3/30/57 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), GCA Cougars baseball seeing progress in 2023 under new coach, GCA Cougars basketball defeats Fullington before falling to RTCA in final seconds, Bearcats track programs set to kickoff 2023 Larry Clark Invitational, GCA Lady Cougars basketball looking ahead as 2023 season comes to a close. 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. free shipping. 3/31/70 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. 3/10/44 10/2/57 When WTCG became distributed via satellite in 1976, the renamed Georgia Championship Wrestling became the first television program produced by an NWA-affiliated promotion to be broadcast nationally. Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) joined ESPN in 1986 and its Dallas-based successors, the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), later occupied time slots on the network as well. 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