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1/28/69 9/4/69 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 There, Barnett learned the workings of the office and how to book to draw from Kohler during his early years. 7/20/61 , 1/7/55 At 131 days, Armstrong's second reign was the longest in the title's history. 4/1/55 1/1/69 11/5/55 By 1994, none of these companies remained in business, with the exception of the Memphis-based branch of the USWA, which folded in 1997. As the Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion headed into 1972, some major changes were set into motion. 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. 1/17/57 The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). 2/20/70 Members of the National Wrestling Alliance after 1949-11 except between 1957 and 1962. 8/17/55 Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. - Top Rated Plus - opens in a new window or tab, - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING Vols 21-30- PRO WRESTLING, cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab. 4/21/70 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. Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. 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) 1/21/44 In the Summer of 1984, McMahon began a correspondence with Barnett in an attempt to buy his portion of GCW. 1/16/64 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.). Compare and contrast the images below. 4/8/70 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. (Ted Turner and Ann Gunkel had both attended Brown University and were rumored to be romantically involved.) 1/14/57 11/11/55 4/11/70 Four hundred and seventy-two wrestlers will . 4/5/70 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. 2/9/51 Several loyal wrestlers went with her, including then Georgia Tag Team champs Dick Steinborn and Argentina Apollo, which left those titles vacant. Please make sure you are signing up for the correct tournament. 2/25/70 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. 1/14/57 3/8/70 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. 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. 2/5/69 Join us to honor history and carve. 10/29/68 12/9/55 12/9/66 10/15/57 There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 8/19/70 This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4/20/70 11/3/44 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. 1/9/70 2022-2023 FOLKSTYLE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION, 7:00 Weighs in for 12/14U State and 8/10U Novice - -MUST BE IN LINE AT 7AM -. Published Nov 7, 2021. 2/24/70 4/7/70 Overview; News and Rumors; Articles; . $17.99. The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 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. 1/25/61 4/25/70 1/1/69 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. 1/6/50 1/1/70 2/6/69 7/2/69 Add to Cart. Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. 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. 9/13/56 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. The restaurants were sold in 2000, and Ray "El Mongol" Molina passed away in 2016 at 86. Turner's decision to give time slots to Bill Watts and Ole Anderson indirectly led to other wrestling organizations gaining national cable television contracts. Along with these matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the first WrestleMania card. 2/19/70 4/4/70 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." 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. 1/25/70 World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title By this point, Ann Gunkels ASWA went out of business, and everything was re-absorbed by Barnetts newly built juggernaut. The WWF version of the show received somewhat lower Nielsen ratings than its NWA-associated forerunner. Est 3:30PM Finalist Ceremonies and Finals for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th place matches - -State Championship ONLY - - Novice Championship will run straight through the finals. 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. 1/5/68 1/7/57 6/3/61 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. 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. 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. 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 The promotion underwent some big changes in 1972. The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. 1/3/61 1/11/69 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. 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. 1/4/61 Paul Jones (1944-1984) Eadie was a hard-hitting bruiser that met every challenge with a flurry of fists and a hail of boots. 1/30/61 It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. 1/8/70 To register for novice tournaments you must be a first or second year wrestler, you can not have placed at kids state. 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. 6/23/61 Wrestling promoter Jim Barnett at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Showground, March 7, 1973. 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]. 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. Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1/21/69 3/18/55 1/15/70 8/11/58 9/23/55 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. 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. 8/26/69 3/19/70 4/22/70 12/29/61 3/30/57 In July 2018, the Black Saturday episode was made available as a hidden gem on the WWE Network.[7]. 1/14/55 Dating back to the 1920s, professional wrestling has enjoyed a long and rich history with the city of Atlanta. 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. Once back on American soil, Barnett was involved with the wrestling business full bore, and things started to turn around for Watts and his Mid-South one-off. 2/28/70 He is not only taking care of his responsibilities on the mat and field but is an A/B student in his academics with great behavior for Bainbridge Middle School. 7/27/62 2/6/70 2/6/50 This left Ole out in the financial cold with his drawls in the breeze. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. 6/21/69 Not only was he the state champion but was the first to ever win this level of tournament for a Bainbridge wrestler. 10/21/55 4/17/55 8/7/57 2/6/59 1/1/69 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. 4/7/70 ", After Black Saturday, Ole Anderson tried to carry on in the territory, promoting Championship Wrestling from Georgia (CWG), which briefly aired out of Atlanta. In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 10/7/55 3/27/67 4/3/70 4/23/70 2/21/70 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. 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Shipping calculated at checkout. 1/1/68 Jim Crockett Promotions took over production of the television show using the same set. 10/7/55 Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. Barnett saw this as an opportunity to go beyond the confines of just his home base of Atlanta to get his product into any cable market in the country. Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 6/16/44 1/3/66 1/7/57 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. 9/16/70 Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. After a falling out there, Ole was booted out of the faction, and he returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling. 2/15/70 After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. 12/22/55 5/18/67 On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling made its television debut with a special Christmas program. Though he got his break in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, it was in Georgia Championship Wrestling that he really made his mark on the NWA. 3/26/70 7/8/67 4/8/70 2/25/44 Longtime GCW booker, Ray Gunkel, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after a match with Ox Baker in Savannah. The CNN Complex housed the now booming Omni Coliseum and his ground-breaking twenty-four-hour news service and the newly crowned "Superstation," WTBS. Jack Brisco (1974-1984) 2/21/67 Championship Wrestling from Georgia All donations are tax deductible. 8/20/59 1/22/70 3/20/50 2/5/70 7/27/50 3/25/70 4/9/70 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. [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 10/28/55 1/11/56 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. 4/15/44 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. 3/13/70 While GCW's programming had a loyal fan base and was fairly popular, things were not as great for the promotion behind the scenes. On April 27's main event, Arn Anderson wrestled Thunderbolt Patterson to a no contest in the Columbus Municipal Auditorium, then CWG disappeared. 4/1/70 6/30/61 3/22/70 10/27/60 1/19/63 11/9/57 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. 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. Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region. Honoring the history of the greatest in professional wrestling while writing the next chapter. 1/20/70 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. 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). YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. 4/13/70 Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling was one of the main shows that kept the Superstation alive.[1]. The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. The WWF's style of wrestling sharply differed from that of GCW, with the WWF featuring cartoonish characters and storylines and squash matches and GCW featuring more athletic competition. 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. 2/7/61 12/6/53 Excellent communication! 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. 3/28/70 Ole Anderson (1980-1984) Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. 2/15/70 10/21/55 Hamilton began wrestling as the original Assassin in the Georgia territory in the mid-60s. 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. 3/30/70 All final champions are for this promotion, the title may have continued in other promotions. 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. 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. Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. 7/14/58 12/30/60 Georgia Tag Team title (1968-1980) In 1976, GCW became the first National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory to earn a national cable television contract as the soon-to-be-renamed Superstation WTBS began to be carried by various cable and satellite providers nationwide. All Wrestlers Must Make Scratch Weight - No Allowance. 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. 1/8/70 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. John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. 4/15/70 All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . 7/28/44 3/25/55 5/6/55 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. Learn more. The Masked Superstar became known for his hour-long cage matches against Blackjack Mulligan. Vincent K. McMahon (1984), STATES & PRIMARY CITIES: That man? 10/2/59 The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. 1/20/66 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. 1/26/70 Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. 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. 10/23/57 Fast shipping! The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. He was 80 years old. National Heavyweight title (1980-1986) The last World Championship Wrestling program under GCW control aired on July 7, 1984. McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! [Photo: Mervyn George Bishop/Fairfax Media]Barnett stayed in Australia for the next decade until he got the call to return to Georgia in 1974. 2/21/70 Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. 1/31/61 The Tag and Heavyweight Titles werent the only championships in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory being fought over in the promotions heyday. 8/26/58 January 1, 1981 (Thursday) - Columbus, GA - Columbus Municipal Auditorium (Fred Ward - Promoter / Georgia Championship. While there have certainly been many instances of this . Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . 2/2/70 4/12/70 A+++Thank you again!!! When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. 12/16/55 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 Georgia Championship Wrestling had many glory years that saw wrestlings finest journey through its doors. 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.) 1/18/70 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. 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. With the grizzled, stoic Ole calling the shots, and the pitbull of a young worker in Arn delivering the heavy hits and suffocating spine busters that looked like Rembrandt in motion, the two decimated any pair that they laid their gaze on. 8/24/59 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 1/7/70 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. 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