3/20/50 All donations are tax deductible. 10/21/55 No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. 4/27/63 , 8/14/50 This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! 2/23/70 2/10/70 Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. 11/7/70 , 7/5/67 3/3/70 Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. 9/9/57 1/5/62 Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. 1/31/57 12/2/69 1/24/67 6/4/68 8/19/70 4/7/70 3/5/70 3/16/70 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. 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. Published 2:21 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. 1/11/56 2/18/57 Throughout the season Mr. Stutler made his mark by beating several high level state contending wrestlers from around the state. 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). He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 1/23/68 Championship Wrestling from Georgia 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.) He was very respectful from the first day I met him and his Step Dad. 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. 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. 4/3/70 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. 10/29/68 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. Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. 2/4/70 3/3/44 7/21/60 4/29/70 . Ole Anderson (1980-1984) 9/12/69 1/14/57 While there have certainly been many instances of this . 3/20/67 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. Fast shipping! World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was founded in 1964 by Jim Barnett in Australia and represented much of the NWA's Asian and Oceania territory. 3/28/67 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. Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 50 talking about this. 1/26/70 Gunkel also used her inside connections with Ted Turner, rumored to be romantically linked from their college days at Brown University, to acquire the television spot occupied by Watts at WTCG. 11/23/55 Several loyal wrestlers went with her, including then Georgia Tag Team champs Dick Steinborn and Argentina Apollo, which left those titles vacant. 4/24/70 In 1979, Austin Idol made his bid for the belt and took it from Ray Candy, and captured it two more times by the end of 1980, feuding with Tommy Rich and Kevin Sullivan, who held it three times himself. 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. 1/17/67 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. 1/13/61 3/6/70 1/10/61 1/9/69 (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. 4/6/70 1/21/57 4/21/70 > Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. 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. Mr. Wrestling I & II gave them their most competition while at GCW, but very few teams stood in their way for long. 3/28/70 11/19/57 Great Female Inventors 12/9/66 11/2/57 2/28/70 The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. 12/16/55 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. Wrestlers can not be addedafterregistrationcloses. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. 7/2/69 Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. 8/11/58 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 1/1/69 4/15/61 1/22/69 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. 4/16/68 7/28/44 Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 3/2/70 2/7/67 Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. 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. 12/29/62 4/7/70 10/14/58 9/30/55 Georgia football coach Kirby Smart said the accusations surrounding Bulldogs star defensive lineman Jalen Carter, and his alleged . WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. 10/24/67 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. There are no bats or balls, or pucks or sticks. After two years of strife, a trouble-shooter was called in: Jim Barnett, who had owned promotions in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado and Australia. 2/8/70 12/23/68 1/10/57 After moving to Sydney, Australia, Barnett would open the original World Championship Wrestling there in 1964. 1/30/70 2/6/59 Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 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. 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. Black Inventors Online Museum Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 10/15/57 1/23/69 5/5/44 CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Team Georgia's Mission & Vision, Click the donate button below to help support our athletes in achievingtheir Olympic Dreams. 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 9/1/61 9/5/69 Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 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. 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. Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. 1/23/67 Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class iscompleted. 2/16/70 8/14/57 4/17/70 Tennessee (Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga) The 2022 NJSIAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Fast shipping! 12/28/55 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 Excellent communication! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 10/21/55 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. 6/23/44 1/4/70 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. National Tag Team title (1980-1986) 5/18/67 A power struggle in late 1983 forced Barnett to sell most of his shares in GCW to a conglomerate consisting of wrestlers and brothers Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco; Paul Jones; and Al Rogowski, a match booker, who also wrestled as "Ole Anderson." 11/6/57 We will still have the brackets posted to Floarena after registration closes and brackets become available. Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. Jones ran shows out of the Municipal Auditorium for nearly thirty years before his retirement. The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. 11/15/69 Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) 1/13/70 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. The Garvins, Ronny and Terry, also held the titles in the early 70s and battled with Bullet Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller until a new pair of heels took the title scene and made it their playground. The death set off some internal problems, with Ray's widow Ann, who had worked closely with Ray and expected to get her share of the promotion being shut out in favor of Bill Watts, with the promotion being renamed "Mid-South Sports." 6/9/44 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. 3/6/70 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. 3/20/69 3/1/70 1/10/69 8/15/56 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. 9/23/55 Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. 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]. 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. 10/27/60 8/24/59 3/17/70 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. Georgia's Olympic hopefuls, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. In 1983, Barnett was edged out of any shot calling in GCW through politicking and backroom dealings. 6/24/55 However, the story of its heyday really begins in 1944, with the first cards held by promoter Paul Jones. 4/4/70 GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. 9/16/70 1/28/57 1/16/69 Dating back to the 1920s, professional wrestling has enjoyed a long and rich history with the city of Atlanta. In July 2018, the Black Saturday episode was made available as a hidden gem on the WWE Network.[7]. 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. 10/23/57 2/12/70 1/16/67 After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. The company was also known for its self-titled TV program, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta-based superstation WTBS. 7/4/66 While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. 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