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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. 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. 3/7/53 Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 1/16/67 3/26/70 11/14/58 4/3/70 **this is not for the State or Novice Championships tournaments***. 1/19/63 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. 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]. 7/4/69 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. 3/28/70 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 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. GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. 3/30/70 8/26/54 9/13/46 Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. 1/7/57 2/2/61 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. Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 2/19/70 3/6/70 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. 9/1/60 11/16/56 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." 3/25/55 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). Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. Compare and contrast the images below. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. 1/6/61 3/19/70 1/7/57 7/21/61 11/2/57 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. 3/10/44 8/8/60 His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. 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. 2/1/69 Learn more. 2/3/66 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. 1/7/57 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). 2/27/50 11/25/63 1/25/70 1/22/70 2/6/59 3/31/70 3/23/70 12/16/55 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. He continued to achieve and grow with further expansions into the Indianapolis office as well, where he ran shows with Johnny Doyle. 1/12/61 2/4/57 4/15/61 Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. 11/7/70 , 7/5/67 1/8/70 Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) 4/8/70 8/19/70 3/6/70 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. 4/17/70 If you are willing to volunteer a few hours a year or a few hours a week, please let us know. 7/2/69 This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! 1/21/44 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. 9/26/55 2/23/70 11/15/56 No pads or helmets or jerseys. 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. Consequently, he approached Turner with an offer to buy the Saturday night GCW time slot, only for Turner to reject him out of hand. Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4/29/70 1/31/59 , 9/3/43 El Mongol would retire from wrestling in 1982 to open a pair of Mexican restaurants with his wife in Doraville, Georgia. Both images show the WTBS Techwood Drive studios on the right and Alexander Memorial . Professional Wrestling Online Museum, Copyright 2020 Adscape International, LLC - All Rights Reserved, Dr. George Zahorian Convicted Of Selling Steroids To WWF Wrestlers. 7/29/61 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. 4/13/70 2/22/70 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. 1/28/70 2/21/70 The new television deal would be one of Gunkel's last decisions. 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. 2/2/70 Instead of injuring them, they promptly informed the Briscos and told them not to worry because, "We're not those kinds of business people. 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. 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. 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. It was a regular stop-off for the NWA Champion, but they maintained their own set of NWA-branded Georgia championships. 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. 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. He went on and on about sports and what he wanted to accomplish as a wrestler. 5/4/62 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. A+++ Thank you again!!! 7/17/57 National Heavyweight title (1980-1986) (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. 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. Honoring the history of the greatest in professional wrestling while writing the next chapter. After working out a few prior commitments, Georgia Championship Wrestling ceased to exist. 9/4/69 Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. 2/4/57 4/18/70 The WWF version of the show received somewhat lower Nielsen ratings than its NWA-associated forerunner. Before they joined the NWA, they were a member. 3/13/70 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. Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. free shipping. 9/16/60 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 1/10/57 1/22/69 11/14/58 Fast shipping! 9/14/62 12/2/55 11/3/44 4/21/61 After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . 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. Although positive changes were being made internally, things were not good at Georgia Championship Wrestling during this time. 2/8/63 , 10/29/60 1/2/68 Another great transaction from this seller! 1/21/44 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 4/29/70 1/14/44 1/31/61 4/25/70 1/25/69 3/3/66 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. 10/2/59 4/16/68 Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. 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. Gunkel quickly made moves to open her own outlaw promotion outside of the NWA banner and run shows against Watts. 3/28/67 WWE's purchase of Georgia Championship Wrestling set forth a course of events that would change pro wrestling forever. While still a shareholder in the company, Paul Jones was, by this point, a silent partner and the day-to-day operations of the promotion were primarily handled by the Chief Executive Officer of Mid South Sports, James E. Barnett and his booker, Ole Anderson. On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling made its television debut with a special Christmas program. 9/25/58 You do not have to qualify for Novice Championship, 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), Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - Little Kids - 8/10U - Must be in line 7AM, Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12/14U - Must be in line 7AM, Schedule of Tournaments (teamgawrestling.org), 2/12/23 The Commerce Clash, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300150502?section=registration, 2/18/23 Dawsonville Mean Streak Open, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300149702?section=registration, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events_registrations/participant?event_category_id=&state_id=11&month=&year=, 2/26/23 Freshman/Girls State, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300148102?section=registration, Team Georgia USA Wrestling Events and Tickets by GoFan, 3/4-3/5/2023 Kids State & Novice Championship, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300148202?section=registration. It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. Meanwhile, The Briscos payday, besides the near one million dollars they sold their stock for, was guaranteed spots at the WWF as road agents and later an on-air role for Gerald in the Attitude Era. 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.). 50 talking about this. $17.99. 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. 4/8/70 Published Nov 7, 2021. 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. 9/13/56 It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 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 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. 1/14/57 2/9/70 The CNN Complex housed the now booming Omni Coliseum and his ground-breaking twenty-four-hour news service and the newly crowned "Superstation," WTBS. Likewise, Savannah was one of the last cities ran before the folding of WCW and its assimilation into the WWE. 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. 8/7/57 4/28/70 6/17/55 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. Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. Herb Abrams' UWF had a weekly program that aired on SportsChannel America. Jack Brisco (1974-1984) 12/17/68 4/14/70 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. 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. 12/22/55 In 1984, the Brisco brothers sold their stock in GCW to McMahon for $900,000. The 2nd image is a modern satellite image. [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. Savannah, Georgia is steeped in U.S. history as much as it is the wrestling business. 1/7/70 Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. 3/7/70 143 talking about this. One such leap of growth was catalyzed by Barnett himself when he saw an opportunity to go nationwide in 1976. 12/8/61 5/18/67 2/4/55 1/14/57 3/28/70 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. 4/18/70 4/5/70 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. 3/11/57 6/23/61 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. Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class is completed. 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. Ted Turner had taken his investment capital and made the right moves to secure himself a swath of prime real estate in downtown Atlanta. 4/27/63 , 8/14/50 Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . $15.99. 7/27/62 The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 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. After moving to Sydney, Australia, Barnett would open the original World Championship Wrestling there in 1964. 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. Add to Cart. 10/21/55 1/11/70 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. 6/23/44 3/5/70 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. Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. 9/16/70 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. 1/3/66 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. History of Spies 1/16/64 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. (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). Friday Night Weigh Ins - Will be determined by the Tournament Director. Simultaneously, unbeknownst to Barnett, McMahon also began making deals with the majority stockholders, The Brisco Brothers. IF YOU DOUBLE BRACKET YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. This move set the stage for an important move in wrestling history, involving another regional promoter: Vince McMahon. 11/15/56 Coach Paul Coleman has done a great job getting Noah mat time at the high school level and putting him in position to elevate and push his skills further. 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. Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling was one of the main shows that kept the Superstation alive.[1]. 4/6/70 President Jimmy Carter & Mr. Wrestling II. Black History Moments 2/17/70 This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. 4/9/70 These teams dominated the tag division until The Fabulous Freebirds came to town. 1/18/70 georgia championship wrestling vols 11-20- pro wrestling. 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. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). ( 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 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. 9/19/69 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. 1/10/69 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. 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. 10/14/55 Excellent communication! From that date, GCW's program aired for two hours (from 6-8 PM and later from 6:05 to 8:05 following the introduction of TBS' "Turner Time" in 1981) every Saturday night. 3/3/70 They bought into the promotion alongside Graham, Barnett, and Paul Jones. 3/12/70 Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. Ole Anderson (1980-1984) 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. Event Name: Following the Dromo event, GCW again lay dormant until October 3, 2020, when Odum granted local wrestlers and businessmen Tim Rice and Chris Nelms the rights to begin promoting their events under the Georgia Championship Wrestling banner. 11/2/62 As the NWA tried to broaden its scope and unify the territories, instead of seeing them bought out by the McMahon machine, many titles were absorbed and ceased to exist, as weve learned so far. 1/16/50 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. 10/23/57 What had once been a model of success began to crumble internally due to overspending, mismanagement and in-fighting. When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. On June 23, 2018, a tribute event to the late Bill Dromo was held in Carrollton, Georgia. The Masked Superstar became known for his hour-long cage matches against Blackjack Mulligan. 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 12/29/61 2/9/70 The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. 1/21/70 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. By Malik umar Khalid mahmood. 3/16/70 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. 12/2/60 5/6/55 Excellent communication! 7/16/59 12/7/62 9/4/57 1/17/67 The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. Gerald Brisco (19741984) 7/18/56 11/19/57 Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class iscompleted. 4/17/55 Eadie was a hard-hitting bruiser that met every challenge with a flurry of fists and a hail of boots. Another great transaction from this seller! The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. 9/17/68 7/14/58 12/9/55 11/11/55 10/18/55 The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 4/15/70 8/11/58 7/8/67 Join Al Getz as he looks at all the known house shows for Georgia Championship Wrestling for a one-week period in 1971. 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. 10/29/68 4/11/70 The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). 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. 5/20/60 , 6/21/50 Barnett wasnt the only one growing a company in the 70s. free shipping. 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. 2/21/67 11/22/63 1/5/68 Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. 2/6/59 In April 1985, shows began being co-promoted with Jim Crockett Promotions. 7/16/63 It was considered a power-brokering move by Barnett to secure his tight hold on the NWA office during that time. 1/30/70 By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. 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. 4/12/70 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. November 23, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. 7/28/44 5/10/63 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all [] 3/8/70 11/9/57 Born in Oklahoma City in June of 24, Jim Barnett started working around the wrestling business in his teens for Fred Kohler in his NWA Chicago territory. Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 8/26/70 3/31/70 1/27/66 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. 2/8/70 We will still have the brackets posted to Floarena after registration closes and brackets become available. superstar sgt. 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. 3/30/70 11/30/55 I don't exactly know the dates for these things, so they'll just go up in parts. 4/2/70 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. 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