WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). 6/30/44 1/26/61 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. (Ted Turner and Ann Gunkel had both attended Brown University and were rumored to be romantically involved.) 4/17/70 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 9/4/69 1/1/70 All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. 7/29/61 A+++Thank you again!!! 12/9/68 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 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. To register for novice tournaments you must be a first or second year wrestler, you can not have placed at kids state. Georgia Championship Wrestling had many glory years that saw wrestlings finest journey through its doors. 1/18/69 In 1983, Barnett was edged out of any shot calling in GCW through politicking and backroom dealings. 8/3/68 1/28/55 9/19/69 4/8/70 Promoting events through the mid-1990s across central Georgia, Odum was successful in keeping the brand alive. 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. 2/18/55 11/23/55 While Barnett still held stock, it was less than even Ole, so they all thought they were in fairly safe waters, but McMahon smelled the stench of a dying animal and went in for blood like any good predator. 3/25/55 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 9/23/61 There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. 9/26/55 10/7/55 3/20/50 7/27/50 10/29/68 3/7/70 Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. 9/4/57 8/15/56 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 12/9/57 wrestling superstars - road warrior hawk vols 1 & 2 - pro wrestling. 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! Join us to honor history and carve. 4/17/55 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. 3/26/70 1/3/66 > Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. In July 2018, the Black Saturday episode was made available as a hidden gem on the WWE Network.[7]. National Television title (1979-1984). After moving to Sydney, Australia, Barnett would open the original World Championship Wrestling there in 1964. 12/9/66 On June 23, 2018, a tribute event to the late Bill Dromo was held in Carrollton, Georgia. 2/6/70 Wrestling) > Bill Dromo and Luke Graham . Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. 1/6/50 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. 2/5/70 7/29/60 11/21/69 NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.2016 : 8: NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.1979 : 9: NWA Macon Tag Team . 3/4/70 1/27/70 1/1/69 9/17/68 There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 2/9/51 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. 3/5/70 3/25/57 4/9/70 1/23/67 2/13/50 10/7/55 12/28/55 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. 3/31/70 7/22/58 11/15/56 President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. 9/1/61 Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. 5/5/44 3/2/70 7/21/61 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. 8/26/54 1/28/70 11/30/55 3/15/70 (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. 1/13/70 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 2/25/70 10/2/59 10/30/58 143 talking about this. 2/8/61 Ole Anderson (1980-1984) (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). 11/18/55 ( 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 12/2/60 1/1/65 9/30/55 6/23/44 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. OWNERS/PROMOTERS: McMahon worked one against the other and bulldozed down the middle like something out of Fistfull of Dollars, coming out a winner of everything in the end. One such leap of growth was catalyzed by Barnett himself when he saw an opportunity to go nationwide in 1976. All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. November 23, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. Whether or not Barnett was in fact taking the promotion national is a matter of dispute. 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. 1/13/50 They bought into the promotion alongside Graham, Barnett, and Paul Jones. 2/15/70 10/21/55 9/1/60 4/4/70 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. 4/18/70 11/19/57 Georgia's Olympic hopefuls, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 2/4/57 While there have certainly been many instances of this . 1/5/62 Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all [] Friday Night Weigh Ins - Will be determined by the Tournament Director. 2/20/70 6/21/69 They took the titles in 1980 when they defeated both teams of The Assassins and Mr. Wrestling I & II. 2/20/50 6/4/68 7/4/69 CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 [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. 2/25/55 4/14/70 1/21/55 superstar sgt. 2/21/70 GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. 5/5/44 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. 1/22/70 Still, the incarnation with "nephew" Arn Anderson is the unit that memory evokes when you hear the name. He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 12/28/55 1/7/57 4/19/70 Georgia football coach Kirby Smart said the accusations surrounding Bulldogs star defensive lineman Jalen Carter, and his alleged . His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. Great Female Inventors Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. 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. 4/2/70 Fast shipping! 5/13/57 Walker would also travel to the transplanted Mid-South territory in the early 80s to work, and while he was there, he trained a few names that would change the business: "Magnum TA" Terry Allen and Rick Rude, among others. Ratings for the WWFs TBS programs ranged from mediocre to low while the handful of live events that the Federation staged in Georgia drew poorly. 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. Austin Idol is still in the aftermath of breaking Tommy Rich's leg plus other great moments from that day at TBS Studios 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. 4/6/70 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. 1/6/69 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. McMahon's purchase led to a longstanding rivalry between himself and WTBS owner Ted Turner, who later bought GCW's successor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and formed his own company under the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) name. $15.99. John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. 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. 4/7/70 By 1994, none of these companies remained in business, with the exception of the Memphis-based branch of the USWA, which folded in 1997. 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. [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 2/8/70 The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! 11/15/56 Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . 4/27/70 3/31/70 12/2/55 1/1/69 El Mongol would retire from wrestling in 1982 to open a pair of Mexican restaurants with his wife in Doraville, Georgia. While it probably wasnt a good idea to screw over Ole, the partners all came out of the deal financially or occupationally sound for the rest of their careers in the business. Georgia Tag Team title (1968-1980) 1/31/61 Published Nov 7, 2021. Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 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. 3/17/70 11/2/62 10/31/67 9/15/67 1/1/69 12/29/61 1/20/50 BMS Coach and Athletic Director, Chad Smith, had the opportunity of welcoming in Noah on day one of his enrollment and was immediately excited about the skill set Noah contained in both sports. 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. Savannah, Georgia is steeped in U.S. history as much as it is the wrestling business. 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. All Wrestlers Must Make Scratch Weight - No Allowance. Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. Refresh your browser window to try again. 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. In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. Fast shipping! Paul Jones (1944-1984) The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. 8/26/70 3/23/70 One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 1/17/57 13/9/54 2/14/67 1/26/70 1/14/57 Mr. Wrestling II worked as a singles and tag competitor during his time at Georgia Championship Wrestling, but two of his opponents really moved that promotion into the 80s and stood out among the many who worked there. 8/19/70 Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. Please make sure you are signing up for the correct tournament. The territory was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Wrestlers can not be addedafterregistrationcloses. 2/11/55 4/11/70 WRESTLING LEGENDS - JACK BRISCO VOLS 1-15 - PRO WRESTLING (#185736680115), WRESTLING SUPERSTARS -BILLY JACK HAYNES VOLs 1-5 - PRO WRESTLING (#185727442110). If you have not purchased your USA card please do ASAP. 8/14/57 Georgia (Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Gainesville, Canton, Macon, Athens, Savannah, Augusta, Rome) 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. 2/10/70 1982 Has no April or July. 6/10/68 1/25/69 There are no bats or balls, or pucks or sticks. 1/1/70 It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. This program was hosted by Gordon Solie and was recorded in the studios of WTCG in Midtown Atlanta. 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Without Andersons knowledge, Jim Barnett, with help from the Briscos, facilitated the buyout of minority shareholders Frances Jones and Jim Oates, which allowed McMahon to acquire 51% of the company and controlling interest of the stock on April 9, 1984. 11/4/55 6/9/44 Another great transaction from this seller! 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. 1/21/69 2/7/57 1/17/67 1/30/68 1/15/70 1/20/69 10/14/55 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. 12/2/69 1/21/44 If you are willing to volunteer a few hours a year or a few hours a week, please let us know. Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 4/25/70 , 1/2/61 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. free shipping. 4/30/70 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. Championship vacated for unknown reasons. He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. 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. 4/15/44 4/8/70 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 1/14/55 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. 2/1/69 4/18/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling. World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. 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. 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. 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. Dating back to the 1920s, professional wrestling has enjoyed a long and rich history with the city of Atlanta. free shipping. 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. 4/2/70 9/16/55 Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstatio. Longtime GCW booker, Ray Gunkel, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after a match with Ox Baker in Savannah. 3/27/50 4/6/70 3/30/70 10/18/55 4/13/70 1/19/70 The Tag and Heavyweight Titles werent the only championships in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory being fought over in the promotions heyday. 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. 2/11/44 Excellent communication! Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. 7/18/60 2/2/70 Secondly, Southerners resented the symbolism of a "Yankee" company coming down from the North and "taking over" their wrestling. I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. 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