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). 2/26/70 11/23/55 1/13/61 [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 3/30/70 1/7/70 7/24/57 10/21/55 Black History Moments Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . This left the trio of The Briscoes and Paul Jones in the decision-making end of the office with Ole along for the ride with his little percentage of stock. 4/16/70 , 7/17/67 NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.2016 : 8: NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.1979 : 9: NWA Macon Tag Team . 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. 7/17/57 4/17/64 3/5/70 1/14/55 3/10/70 3/27/50 A+++ Thank you again!!! 3/11/70 12/29/62 10/14/55 The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. 1/31/61 1/28/69 [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 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. 1/23/69 1/14/57 On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling made its television debut with a special Christmas program. 3/20/67 Join us to honor history and carve. The Wrecking Crew left Georgia for a short time and formed the four-man powerhouse, The Four Horsemen, in the Mid-Atlantic territory. 4/6/70 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. 4/17/55 1/31/67 Overview; News and Rumors; Articles; . CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. 1/4/70 January 1, 1981 (Thursday) - Columbus, GA - Columbus Municipal Auditorium (Fred Ward - Promoter / Georgia Championship. 1/11/69 superstar sgt. 10/24/67 3/9/70 After a falling out there, Ole was booted out of the faction, and he returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling. 10/2/59 3/4/70 1/19/70 11/21/69 9/16/70 The 2022 NJSIAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. 1/1/68 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. There have been a total of 13 recognized individual champions and 8 recognized teams, who have had a combined 10 official reigns. 1/23/70 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. 4/15/61 The 2nd image is a modern satellite image. 9/30/55 Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. 4/18/70 4/9/70 Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. 11/30/55 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. 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. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was founded in 1964 by Jim Barnett in Australia and represented much of the NWA's Asian and Oceania territory. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 2/14/70 4/18/70 2/1/70 2/9/61 10/28/55 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. 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 2/23/70 3/8/70 1/1/65 3/28/70 1/20/70 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. I don't exactly know the dates for these things, so they'll just go up in parts. 1/12/61 legends of wrestling - pedro morales vols 1-10 - pro wrestling. 4/4/70 Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". 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. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 3/25/55 OWNERS/PROMOTERS: WWE: The Incredible Story Of Black Saturday, Explained. 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. Thousands of complaints were received, many of which focused on the loss of Gordon Solie. 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. Michigan (Lansing, Dearborn, Grand Rapids) 1/31/57 12/6/53 1/2/69 1/16/50 1/4/61 Published Nov 7, 2021. 1/1/69 1/26/61 Another great transaction from this seller! 7/16/59 Refresh your browser window to try again. 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. 1/20/66 Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. Crockett, who had just bought out Championship Wrestling from Georgia, bought the World Championship Wrestling program from McMahon for $1 million and returned NWA programming to TBS. 3/31/70 Austin Idol is still in the aftermath of breaking Tommy Rich's leg plus other great moments from that day at TBS Studios John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Parade Of Champions 7/4/66 1/16/67 4/30/57 The promotion underwent some big changes in 1972. 1/23/68 9/16/57 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 1/24/67 1/5/70 4/5/70 2/13/50 10/31/67 2/6/69 50 talking about this. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. 2/13/70 Well see you here next time and never forget: Our wrestling history is gold. 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. 2022-2023 FOLKSTYLE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION, 7:00 Weighs in for 12/14U State and 8/10U Novice - -MUST BE IN LINE AT 7AM -. This promotion would eventually become World Championship Wrestling (WCW) when Turner bought the promotion from Crockett in 1988 and later withdrew it from the NWA. 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. 7/20/61 , 1/7/55 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. During the season I decided to move Noah from the BMS wrestling team to the Bainbridge High School team due to his ability and work ethic. Georgia Championship Wrestling. 2/1/69 11/18/55 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. 4/18/70 1/17/67 2/23/70 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. 2/24/70 1/1/70 7/21/61 9/26/55 1/29/70 4/23/57 Georgia Championship Wrestling was formed in Atlanta in 1944 by promoter Paul Jones (retired wrestler Andrew Lutzi, not Paul Frederik who later was given the name) as ABC Booking. 2/8/63 , 10/29/60 3/3/70 Friday Night Weigh Ins - Will be determined by the Tournament Director. Black Inventors Online Museum The most up-to-date schedule for the season can be found here:Schedule of Tournaments (teamgawrestling.org), The directions on how to register can be found here:www.teamgawrestling.org/register, Registrations will close on Friday before tournament at 9AM. 6/17/55 6/23/44 GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. 1/21/44 1/6/69 We look forward to seeing Noah excel in both sports as well as the classroom. 1/29/59 3/10/44 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. The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. 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. 12/9/68 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. Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. 4/7/70 All three men agreed to sell their stakes in GCW to McMahon, giving the WWF the controlling stake in GCW and McMahon access to the Saturday night time slot. 3/20/50 2/15/70 1/6/61 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. 2/20/70 President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. 7/15/53 YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. 7/8/55 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 3/15/70 6/27/52 2/17/70 (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). 8/27/58 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. Instead of injuring them, they promptly informed the Briscos and told them not to worry because, "We're not those kinds of business people. History of Spies 1/6/50 He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. 2/18/44 7/14/58 Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. 12/2/60 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. That man? 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 Shipping calculated at checkout. 1/22/70 GCW's program was hosted by NWA announcer Gordon Solie, who also hosted programs for various other NWA affiliated promotions at the time (such as Championship Wrestling from Florida). 3/27/67 7/8/67 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. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 10/7/55 3/6/70 Jim Barnett. 1/11/70 4/3/70 All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. Whether or not Barnett was in fact taking the promotion national is a matter of dispute. 10/7/55 1/18/69 $17.99. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Experience, preparation and the will to succeed will determine the victor. The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! 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. They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni, Battle for Atlanta How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion, the tag division until The Fabulous Freebirds, Championship Wrestling from Florida | Wrestling Territories, A Ghost Story: How a Long-forgotten Territory Still Haunts WWE, Battle for Atlanta | How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HWwv81Oni3PeOwYGuclbA, Disclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. Georgia Television title (1969-1979) 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. It would be a position he would hold for the next several years. 1/11/56 1/8/69 Another great transaction from this seller! National Television title (1979-1984). 1/9/61 By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Paul Jones, the promoter responsible for the territory, began booking shows in the mid-1940s, and he was aided by a former . Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired its first show on WTCG, a UHF independent station in Atlanta, as a Christmas special on December 25, 1971. A+++Thank you again!!! Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. 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. [5] He also entered into negotiations to bring Championship Wrestling from Georgia,[3] an NWA affiliate founded by Ole Anderson after his ouster by McMahon and which the NWA regarded as the successor to GCW, to the station on Saturday mornings with Gordon Solie as announcer. Georgia Championship Wrestling had many glory years that saw wrestlings finest journey through its doors. 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. 1/10/61 6/24/55 1/24/69 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. Despite his setback with regard to the TBS time slot, McMahon's USA Network contract and syndicated programming were not affected in any way. 10/14/58 I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. 4/29/70 . 9/1/61 Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. 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. 1/15/69 slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. The NWA Georgia Television Title was also battled for by some of the best in the business. 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. - 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. 4/25/70 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling. 1/7/57 1/14/57 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. 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) GCW was one of the most powerful wrestling promotions in the NWA. 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. 1/21/70 Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 11/25/55 4/15/44 12/17/68 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. To register for novice tournaments you must be a first or second year wrestler, you can not have placed at kids state. 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. 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. 6/30/61 A secondary title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. 7/28/44 WRESTLING LEGENDS - JACK BRISCO VOLS 1-15 - PRO WRESTLING (#185736680115), WRESTLING SUPERSTARS -BILLY JACK HAYNES VOLs 1-5 - PRO WRESTLING (#185727442110). 4/20/70 2/21/70 3/1/70 Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. 4/15/70 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. While GCW's programming had a loyal fan base and was fairly popular, things were not as great for the promotion behind the scenes. 2/3/66 7/16/63 6/10/68 3/16/70 McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 8/6/57 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. Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 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. 11/22/63 2/25/57 The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. 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. Learn more. Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. Paul Jones (1944-1984) 2/10/70 3/12/65 3/28/70 5/5/44 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. The earliest recorded champions were The Mighty Yankees (Mighty Yankee #1 and Mighty Yankee #2), and the last-known champions were Robert Fuller and Bob Armstrong. Barnett wasnt the only one growing a company in the 70s. 9/23/55 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. Promoting events through the mid-1990s across central Georgia, Odum was successful in keeping the brand alive. 1/27/70 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.). 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. Although positive changes were being made internally, things were not good at Georgia Championship Wrestling during this time. 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. 2/8/61 11/25/63 2/18/70 1/23/61 12/2/55 The Masked Superstar became known for his hour-long cage matches against Blackjack Mulligan. Jim Barnett (1974-1984) 1/1/69 Both images show the WTBS Techwood Drive studios on the right and Alexander Memorial . 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. 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