> Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. Ray Gunkel died of a heart attack later that year after a match versus Ox Baker in Savannah, Georgia. 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 3/7/70 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. However, greed, Vince McMahon, and a dark day in wrestling forever remembered as Black Saturday led to the demise of this territory, leaving many to wonder what could have been. Team Georgia's Mission & Vision, Click the donate button below to help support our athletes in achievingtheir Olympic Dreams. WRESTLING LEGENDS - JACK BRISCO VOLS 1-15 - PRO WRESTLING (#185736680115), WRESTLING SUPERSTARS -BILLY JACK HAYNES VOLs 1-5 - PRO WRESTLING (#185727442110). 9/9/55 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. 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. The CNN Complex housed the now booming Omni Coliseum and his ground-breaking twenty-four-hour news service and the newly crowned "Superstation," WTBS. They took the titles in 1980 when they defeated both teams of The Assassins and Mr. Wrestling I & II. 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. 2/9/61 6/23/61 When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. 10/18/55 3/5/70 7/2/69 4/25/70 , 1/2/61 11/25/63 2/28/70 5/13/57 2/20/50 There are no bats or balls, or pucks or sticks. 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. Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. 1/21/44 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. 1/8/69 [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. I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. 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. 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. 11/16/56 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 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.). 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. He went on and on about sports and what he wanted to accomplish as a wrestler. 5/18/67 12/21/57 GCW's core audience began writing and calling TBS in droves,[3] furious over the fact that GCW was no longer airing on the station and demanding to know why. 8/26/54 1/1/65 7/17/57 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. Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. The NWA Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw their origin in the late 60s. 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. 2/18/44 1/7/70 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. 4/9/70 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. 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. 1/24/69 We will still have the brackets posted to Floarena after registration closes and brackets become available. 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. 4/2/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstatio. Throughout the season Mr. Stutler made his mark by beating several high level state contending wrestlers from around the state. 1/1/69 1/1/69 4/5/70 Paul Jones (1944-1984) McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. The National titles, originally created in 1980 in Georgia, were carried on by Crockett until 1986, when they were either abandoned or unified with equivalent titles.[3]. 9/9/57 4/21/70 1/23/69 3/3/70 2/9/70 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 4/6/70 2/6/50 El Mongol worked in Championship Wrestling from Florida during this time, and he ventured into the tag ranks while he was at Georgia Championship Wrestling and floating between the two territories. The Grahams worked there for a bit, and Eddie managed to get a piece of the promotion as well. 1/3/66 11/4/55 After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . 3/8/69 In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. 3/16/70 This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. 10/24/67 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. 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. 7/16/63 World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was founded in 1964 by Jim Barnett in Australia and represented much of the NWA's Asian and Oceania territory. 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. As a result, on March 30, 1985, McMahon sold the Saturday night time slot (but not the Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion) to Jim Crockett, Jr., a Charlotte-based promoter who ran NWA-branded shows in the Mid-Atlantic states. 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 . 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. 3/22/70 1/3/61 11/6/57 4/30/70 1/6/61 The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 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. 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. 1/31/67 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 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. 4/27/63 , 8/14/50 As our story unfolds, we will see how this little city by the Atlantic, with its moss-laden live oaks and old money, had a hand in guiding the outcome of Georgia Championship Wrestling. Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. 10/29/68 1/7/70 National Heavyweight title (1980-1986) Consequently, he approached Turner with an offer to buy the Saturday night GCW time slot, only for Turner to reject him out of hand. 7/29/60 11/26/56 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers. The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. November 23, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. 7/16/59 1/16/69 ABC held its matches at Atlanta's Municipal Auditorium on Friday evenings. 10/2/59 1/20/69 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. Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. 3/12/61 The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. February 27, 2023 Monday Night RAW results, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship, GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com (Official Website), Georgia Championship Wrestling at CAGEMATCH.net. 4/21/70 No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. The NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). 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. 3/27/67 10/15/57 9/1/60 4/14/70 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. 5/1/70 , 6/10/57 3/2/70 This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. 4/1/70 3/24/70 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. Learn more: Battle for Atlanta How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion. Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. 1/9/61 3/28/70 1/11/61 1/22/70 Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.226), NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States, Championship Wrestling from Georgia profile, from WrestlingData.com, "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (July-September 1971)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (October-December 1971)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (July-September 1972)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January 1973)", "On this day in pro wrestling history: Gagne wins AWA title from Fritz Von Erich, Wahoo beats Piper, Guerrera over Jericho", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (November 1973)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (April-June 1974)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January-March 1977)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January-March 1978)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (April-June 1978)", "Pulse Wrestling's Top 100 Wrestlers of the Modern Era: #35 Stan Hansen", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (October-December 1978)", "CARDS & RESULTS: 1970-79 (January 1979)", Georgia Championship Wrestling Title History, Pay-per-view and closed circuit events (19831990), Professional wrestling in the United States, Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams), Heart of America Sports Attractions/Central States Wrestling, Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, International World Class Championship Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling/Portland Wrestling, Southern Championship Wrestling (Georgia), Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)/Mid-South Wrestling, Wrestling Association of Championship Krushers, Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Championship_Wrestling&oldid=1141177481, American professional wrestling television series, American companies disestablished in 1984, Entertainment companies established in 1944, Independent professional wrestling promotions based in Georgia (U.S. state), TBS (American TV channel) original programming, 1944 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state), Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. 10/2/57 1/20/70 143 talking about this. Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). 3/26/70 12/8/61 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." 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. 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. 1/14/55 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. 4/8/70 4/27/70 12/9/68 11/5/55 1/2/69 A respected member of the National Wrestling Alliance for the vast majority of his three decades as a promoter, his ABC Booking company was one of the most successful regional wrestling companies of the era and, not excluding the normal fluctuations in attendance that were a part of the promotional business, that success continued through to the early 1970s when ABC Booking became Mid South Sports, Inc. and Georgia Championship Wrestling was born. 8/26/70 Before they joined the NWA, they were a member. 4/29/70 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 1/14/44 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. 1/28/69 The two sometimes ran shows against the NWA Detroit brand periodically but mostly kept within the confines of the organizations umbrella. 7/28/60 5/5/44 7/4/69 On June 23, 2018, a tribute event to the late Bill Dromo was held in Carrollton, Georgia. 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. There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. He brawled his way through the Georgia heavyweight division, capturing the title four times during his time there, and he unified his belt with the newly formed NWA National Heavyweight Championship in September 1981. 7/18/56 Join us to honor history and carve. 2/14/70 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. 7/28/44 Georgia's Olympic hopefuls, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. Bad Fads Museum 1/7/57 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 3/10/70 Jim Barnett also worked for JCP for a short time as well. 9/15/67 CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. If you are willing to volunteer a few hours a year or a few hours a week, please let us know. IF YOU DOUBLE BRACKET YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 1982 Has no April or July. 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. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. WWE: The Incredible Story Of Black Saturday, Explained. 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]. Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". 1/5/68 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. 2/10/70 3/7/67 After documenting 9 house shows durin. 2/21/70 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. 1/11/69 All donations are tax deductible. 8/15/56 Refresh your browser window to try again. Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. 7/27/62 9/4/57 4/21/61 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. 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. 4/3/70 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. 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. $17.99. 1/30/69 Parade Of Champions Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. 7/27/50 1/20/61 11/15/56 1/31/57 2/6/59 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. ", After Black Saturday, Ole Anderson tried to carry on in the territory, promoting Championship Wrestling from Georgia (CWG), which briefly aired out of Atlanta. 3/13/70 1/1/68 1/6/69 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." 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. After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. georgia championship wrestling vols 11-20- pro wrestling. 1/10/57 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. 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. The 2nd image is a modern satellite image. These teams dominated the tag division until The Fabulous Freebirds came to town. 2/18/44 11/23/55 Jim Crockett Promotions took over production of the television show using the same set. 9/16/57 There's no time to rethink strategy, regroup, or even to catch your breath. Jim Barnett (1974-1984) 3/12/65 11/14/58 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. Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. 10/29/68 11/18/55 1/25/70 President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. 3/11/70 2/10/61 2/27/70 12/16/55 7/28/44 2/24/70 5/19/44 12/2/60 OWNERS/PROMOTERS: Along with these matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the first WrestleMania card. 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