4/21/70 Join us to honor history and carve. 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. 9/19/60 National Television title (1979-1984). 1/30/70 2/19/70 3/16/70 9/16/60 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. 2/21/70 4/27/70 12/8/61 1/14/57 In addition, WWF World Championship Wrestling was mainly used as a re-cap show, featuring matches which had previously aired on the WWF's main programming venues such as WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling. 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. Although positive changes were being made internally, things were not good at Georgia Championship Wrestling during this time. 2/14/70 12/28/55 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 . 9/1/61 ", After Black Saturday, Ole Anderson tried to carry on in the territory, promoting Championship Wrestling from Georgia (CWG), which briefly aired out of Atlanta. 12/16/55 Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. In July 2018, the Black Saturday episode was made available as a hidden gem on the WWE Network.[7]. [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. Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. Jim Oates (19801984) 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. He was very respectful from the first day I met him and his Step Dad. 2/13/70 1/30/61 The Wrecking Crew left Georgia for a short time and formed the four-man powerhouse, The Four Horsemen, in the Mid-Atlantic territory. They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. As G.C.W.s national popularity continued to grow and demand for the product increased, it made sense for the promotion to expand its base of operations. 10/23/57 After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. 1/24/61 2/9/70 3/28/67 1/25/61 3/24/70 1/30/68 11/14/58 4/12/70 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. 7/22/70 3/3/66 This left Ole out in the financial cold with his drawls in the breeze. Noah is also a stand out football player for the BMS football team playing running back and linebacker. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. 2/21/67 Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 2/25/57 Promoting events through the mid-1990s across central Georgia, Odum was successful in keeping the brand alive. 1/10/69 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. 4/15/70 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. 3/2/70 All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. 2/18/70 2/1/69 4/22/70 Throughout the season Mr. Stutler made his mark by beating several high level state contending wrestlers from around the state. 1/12/70 3/18/55 2/28/70 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. When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. The last World Championship Wrestling program under GCW control aired on July 7, 1984. 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. 3/11/57 4/4/70 This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 19:24. 1/8/70 4/17/55 10/14/58 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 2/6/59 The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 3/23/70 3/12/70 6/30/44 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. Georgia Tag Team title (1968-1980) Wrestling) > Bill Dromo and Luke Graham . Well, times a-wasting, yall. He continued to achieve and grow with further expansions into the Indianapolis office as well, where he ran shows with Johnny Doyle. After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . Excellent communication! 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. 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. Not only was he the state champion but was the first to ever win this level of tournament for a Bainbridge wrestler. 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. 4/2/70 Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! The 2nd image is a modern satellite image. 1/31/61 Their main interest was the 3 hours of national television time on Superstation WTBS (local Atlanta channel 17), as well as eliminating their competition in the state of Georgia which also gave them Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia . 3/17/44 [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 3/23/70 9/23/61 Another great transaction from this seller! Click here to send us your information. 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. In the shakeup that occurred following the death of his top star (and minority owner in ABC Booking) Ray Gunkel, Jones company went into an unforeseen tailspin that took some time to recover from. 5/18/67 5/5/44 1/16/50 Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. Michigan (Lansing, Dearborn, Grand Rapids) A+++Thank you again!!! 4/16/70 , 7/17/67 Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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. Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. Following a 1962 scandal that involved film star Rock Hudson and accusations of homosexual improprieties with some of Barnetts wrestlers, the promoter began to sell off shares and stockholdings he had in several ventures across the country. 7/16/63 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. slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. Wrestling promoter Jim Barnett at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Showground, March 7, 1973. 10/29/68 Consequently, he approached Turner with an offer to buy the Saturday night GCW time slot, only for Turner to reject him out of hand. 2/11/44 McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. Bill Watts (1972-1980) 9/26/55 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]. 8/17/55 After two years of strife, a trouble-shooter was called in: Jim Barnett, who had owned promotions in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado and Australia. 7/28/44 5/1/70 , 6/10/57 11/23/55 5/6/55 10/2/59 1/20/61 1/28/57 In return McMahon received GCW's television time slots on WTBS, which McMahon then claimed for his WWF, which was in the midst of expanding into a national promotion. 2/4/70 The past wrestling season Noah transferred in from Ohio to begin the season and finish with a near flawless record losing only once during the middle school and high school season. 9/19/69 1/29/70 1/28/70 4/23/70 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. 4/11/70 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. 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 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. 11/16/56 National Tag Team title (1980-1986) 11/21/69 Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. 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. 4/8/70 7 min read. 9/12/69 12/9/55 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. In 1983, Barnett was edged out of any shot calling in GCW through politicking and backroom dealings. 10/14/55 4/13/70 They bought into the promotion alongside Graham, Barnett, and Paul Jones. 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By Malik umar Khalid mahmood. The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. 11/25/55 3/26/70 1/12/61 11/5/55 7/21/60 1/1/69 2/5/69 8/27/58 Still, the incarnation with "nephew" Arn Anderson is the unit that memory evokes when you hear the name. The NWA Georgia Television Championship shuffled around a lot, but it also gave many wrestlers the chance to make it their own and push their careers in the process. As the Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion headed into 1972, some major changes were set into motion. 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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. 1/31/57 4/29/70 . 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. (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). After gaining control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, the WWF immediately shut down the wrestling operation. 8/7/57 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 12 All-Time Legends the WWE Hall of Fame Did Wrong, Wrestler Nanjo Singh and His Wifes Brutal Murder, Global Force Wrestling: Its Brief History and Why It Broke Down, Yam Bag: The Night I Wrestled an Elderly Woman, Kurt Von Hess Lifestyle of an Old-School Ethnic Heel, Lou Thesz The Side Business Hustles of a Champion Wrestler, Buddy Rogers The Man Who Drove a Wedge in the NWA, Steve Austin and his Flat-Out Refusal to Work with Jeff Jarrett. The promotion underwent some big changes in 1972. 1/30/61 8/26/54 Four hundred and seventy-two wrestlers will . 1/1/69 4/13/70 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. 2/25/55 Wrestling Arrests You May Not Be Aware Of! 4/18/70 > Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. Jim Barnett. GCW was one of the most powerful wrestling promotions in the NWA. The first image is an aerial image of the Techwood Drive area from the mid-1960s (which looked very similar to this during the 70s and 80s when wrestling TV was taped there.) 4/20/70 Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 50 talking about this. 7/4/66 10/14/55 2/8/63 , 10/29/60 4/15/61 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. Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. 1/18/61 2/7/57 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. In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling. 1/2/69 According to Ric Flair in his book To Be The Man, Ole vowed revenge, and he even attempted to pay the Road Warriors to cripple The Briscos in a tag match over the NWA National Tag Titles in Georgia. 2/14/67 At this point, Ann's promotion went downhill, being locked out of arena dates, with wrestlers defecting to Mid-South, and finally Ann Gunkel's All-South Wrestling Alliance folded in 1974. 9/16/70 His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. 1/14/57 4/28/70 2/4/57 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). Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. Secondly, Southerners resented the symbolism of a "Yankee" company coming down from the North and "taking over" their wrestling. 6/23/44 4/8/70 One such leap of growth was catalyzed by Barnett himself when he saw an opportunity to go nationwide in 1976. Georgia Championship Wrestling Back to Solie's Wrestling Videos Catalog Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstation WTBS. 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. Black History Moments 2/28/67 Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). 1/21/57 World Championship Wrestling was a program featuring the "rasslin'" style of wrestling, that emphasized a more athletic product and put less emphasis on cartoonish gimmicks. Several loyal wrestlers went with her, including then Georgia Tag Team champs Dick Steinborn and Argentina Apollo, which left those titles vacant. 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. The NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). This program was hosted by Gordon Solie and was recorded in the studios of WTCG in Midtown Atlanta. 11/26/56 4/16/68 3/5/68 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. 143 talking about this. The NWA Georgia Television Title was also battled for by some of the best in the business. 4/27/70 1/31/67 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. 1/18/70 The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 1/14/55 In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. The NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was a sought-after belt from its inception in the territory, but it was the man from Mexico known as El Mongol that really made the title his for the taking throughout the 60s and as far up as 1972. free shipping. 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. 2/27/50 4/3/70 4/14/70 $17.99. From Bill Watts and Buddy Colt to Abdullah the Butcher and Stan Hansen, they all lost their titles to one man, who in total held that championship almost a dozen times between 1973-78. 2/8/70 1/1/68 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 2/7/67 **this is not for the State or Novice Championships tournaments***. By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Overview; News and Rumors; Articles; . Parade Of Champions 3/31/70 2/7/70 3/30/70 McMahon, undeterred, tried to find another way of securing the slot for the WWF; he discovered that method shortly after his rejection by Turner. 4/9/70 He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling made its television debut with a special Christmas program. 3/20/69 Georgia Championship Wrestling had many glory years that saw wrestlings finest journey through its doors. At 131 days, Armstrong's second reign was the longest in the title's history. Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 2/18/44 Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. 4/3/70 The Brisco Brothers also worked GCW during these years. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS. 1/27/66 Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 11/17/55 13/9/54 11/11/55 He ended his time in Georgia with a series of matches against Ted DiBiase, where he lost his title and began wrestling under the mask against DiBiase as Mr. R. Tommy wrapped up his time in GCW in 1984 before he headed on to Memphis. 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. 2/4/57 free shipping. Tommy Rich was born in the Volunteer State of Tennessee at the height of the 1956 summer. 4/25/70 , 1/2/61 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. 2/12/70 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. Paul Jones, the promoter responsible for the territory, began booking shows in the mid-1940s, and he was aided by a former . 1/28/69 Fast shipping! 9/17/68 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. 1/14/57 Georgia football coach Kirby Smart said the accusations surrounding Bulldogs star defensive lineman Jalen Carter, and his alleged . 11/15/56 GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. Fast shipping! Black Inventors Online Museum 1/24/69 11/18/55 12/30/60 1/19/63 7/16/59 2/25/44 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. 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. 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. 3/25/57 Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. 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 One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 1/23/61 Event Name: 8/19/60 4/14/70 2/22/70 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. 3/25/70 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. 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. Shipping calculated at checkout. As a result of its far-reaching television program as well as its newly expanded territory, the decision was made to rename the promotions major championships and the Georgia Heavyweight title became the National Heavyweight title, as did the Georgia Tag Team and TV titles. Gunkel quickly made moves to open her own outlaw promotion outside of the NWA banner and run shows against Watts. Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class is completed. 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 Events Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 2063 items that match the search parameters. 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) While GCW's programming had a loyal fan base and was fairly popular, things were not as great for the promotion behind the scenes. Medal match defensive lineman Jalen Carter, and he returned to Georgia Wrestling. Championship was a professional Wrestling regional Championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling, the responsible... 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