1/7/57 5/6/66 6/30/44 Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. 9/13/56 The Brisco Brothers also worked GCW during these years. 2/8/61 1/30/61 2/7/70 The oldest city in Georgia and a strategic port city in the American Revolution, Savannah was the last city occupied by the British before they sailed back home in 1782. 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 4/21/70 Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. 3/20/69 1/6/69 Paul Jones (1944-1984) Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! There, Barnett learned the workings of the office and how to book to draw from Kohler during his early years. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been Columbus Tag Team Champions by ring name. Learn more about the rise and fall of Georgia Championship Wrestling: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. 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). 4/9/70 8/21/57 12/22/55 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. 2/19/70 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. What had once been a model of success began to crumble internally due to overspending, mismanagement and in-fighting. 2/27/70 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. 2/18/57 2/9/70 However, the combination of a restructured front office, a talented new booker in Jerry Jarrett (and, later, Bill Watts) and a great deal of support from the NWA enabled the Atlanta office to eventually overcome the serious challenge that was posed by Ann Gunkels All-South Wrestling Alliance and regain its position as the dominant promotion in the lucrative Georgia market. 7/24/57 Following Black Saturday, Ole sued Barnett and tried to continue with his own Championship Wrestling from Georgia. Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. 11/14/58 Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! Well, times a-wasting, yall. 3/8/70 1982 Has no April or July. 11/2/62 9/4/57 3/15/70 4/23/70 Jim Barnett (1974-1984) 1/7/70 National Television title (1979-1984). 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 ( 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 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. 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 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. No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 8/26/70 1/21/44 7/2/69 1/14/70 Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 1/28/57 The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. 2/10/70 12/23/68 4/20/70 1/4/70 I don't exactly know the dates for these things, so they'll just go up in parts. 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. 3/30/57 Shipping calculated at checkout. 2/28/67 1/27/69 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]. After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . 1/17/57 It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 4/2/70 2/18/44 4/1/55 3/3/70 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. McMahon, undeterred, tried to find another way of securing the slot for the WWF; he discovered that method shortly after his rejection by Turner. 8/26/54 4/27/70 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. 4/14/70 Gunkel also used her inside connections with Ted Turner, rumored to be romantically linked from their college days at Brown University, to acquire the television spot occupied by Watts at WTCG. 2/16/70 11/3/44 7/22/58 1/31/67 1/3/61 2/18/44 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. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS. 1/23/67 (1981-1985) $75.00 $75.00. Excellent communication! 1/2/69 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. 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. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3/16/70 GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. (Ted Turner and Ann Gunkel had both attended Brown University and were rumored to be romantically involved.) 4/7/70 The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. 4/15/70 4/1/70 12/9/57 Jack Brisco (1974-1984) Hamilton began wrestling as the original Assassin in the Georgia territory in the mid-60s. 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. While there have certainly been many instances of this . 4/15/44 11/6/57 10/15/57 4/22/70 Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 4/17/64 3/8/69 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) 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. 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. 4/8/70 Merged with Mid-Atlantic / Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985-03 and became a national promotion. 11/16/56 McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. 11/15/56 [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. History of Spies The footprint left by Georgia Championship Wrestling can still be felt in the way the product is presented today. 1/22/70 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. 2/2/61 11/25/63 He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. 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. 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]. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart said the accusations surrounding Bulldogs star defensive lineman Jalen Carter, and his alleged . Promoting events through the mid-1990s across central Georgia, Odum was successful in keeping the brand alive. 12/9/55 A+++Thank you again!!! 3/21/70 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers. 4/30/70 4/25/70 , 1/2/61 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 11/19/57 7/8/55 If you are willing to volunteer a few hours a year or a few hours a week, please let us know. 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. The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. When WTCG became distributed via satellite in 1976, the renamed Georgia Championship Wrestling became the first television program produced by an NWA-affiliated promotion to be broadcast nationally. 4/29/70 . 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. 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 9/10/68 He continued to achieve and grow with further expansions into the Indianapolis office as well, where he ran shows with Johnny Doyle. 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. 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. Championship vacated for unknown reasons. 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. 5/10/63 3/12/70 3/20/67 9/19/69 Noah competed at the 170 lbs weight class and was the eventual Georgia State Freshman Champion. Ted Turner had taken his investment capital and made the right moves to secure himself a swath of prime real estate in downtown Atlanta. 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. That man? Noah is also a stand out football player for the BMS football team playing running back and linebacker. 1/17/67 The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. His battles with Wahoo McDaniel were also the stuff of legend in GCW. 11/2/57 7/22/70 There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 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. 12/9/68 However, the story of its heyday really begins in 1944, with the first cards held by promoter Paul Jones. Likewise, Savannah was one of the last cities ran before the folding of WCW and its assimilation into the WWE. 10/7/55 4/17/55 4/12/70 143 talking about this. 3/10/70 3/31/70 6/3/61 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. 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. Despite his setback with regard to the TBS time slot, McMahon's USA Network contract and syndicated programming were not affected in any way. 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. He was very respectful from the first day I met him and his Step Dad. Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. 2/9/70 Another great transaction from this seller! He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 1/19/63 1/30/70 1/25/61 The CNN Complex housed the now booming Omni Coliseum and his ground-breaking twenty-four-hour news service and the newly crowned "Superstation," WTBS. 10/29/68 2/13/50 4/6/70 4/29/70 1/21/44 11/14/58 Something went wrong. 6/27/52 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. 2/15/70 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. 8/7/57 1/19/70 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. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 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. In April 1985, shows began being co-promoted with Jim Crockett Promotions. 1/2/68 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. They took the titles in 1980 when they defeated both teams of The Assassins and Mr. Wrestling I & II. In 1984, the Brisco brothers sold their stock in GCW to McMahon for $900,000. 3/26/70 legends of wrestling - pedro morales vols 1-10 - pro wrestling. 3/28/70 On April 27's main event, Arn Anderson wrestled Thunderbolt Patterson to a no contest in the Columbus Municipal Auditorium, then CWG disappeared. John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. 1/18/70 9/30/55 Fast shipping! Gerald Brisco (19741984) They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. Nick Bockwinkel and Thunderbolt Patterson both held the title three times in the 70s, with Bob Armstrong holding it twice in those years as well. Well see you here next time and never forget: Our wrestling history is gold. 7/29/60 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. Secondly, Southerners resented the symbolism of a "Yankee" company coming down from the North and "taking over" their wrestling. 6/9/44 1/5/62 1/12/70 7/14/58 The Georgia titles were absorbed, and The Freebirds carried on as NWA National Tag Champs. The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 2/11/44 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. 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. 6/25/48 4/27/70 Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. [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. It looked like Ann had Mid-South against the ropes, but it was an audible call by Watts to bring in outside help that would finally help him win the insurrection. 7/27/62 GCW- Georgia Championship Wrestling 3/1/70 3/31/70 [6] McMahon was not happy with either of Turner's decisions, thinking his control of GCW would make the WWF the exclusive wrestling company on TBS. 10/14/58 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 final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. 3/7/70 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. Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 1/28/55 7/28/44 We will no longer refund for incorrect registration. Although positive changes were being made internally, things were not good at Georgia Championship Wrestling during this time. 7/28/44 4/2/70 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. Thousands of complaints were received, many of which focused on the loss of Gordon Solie. 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. 4/21/61 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. 12/7/62 Parade Of Champions 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." Barnett then joined Vince McMahon as the Vice President of the World Wrestling Federation, a move that would come back to haunt his former booker. 3/17/44 However, unlike World Championship Wrestling, which had been a weekly show from the TBS studios in Atlanta, the WWF's TBS show at first consisted solely of highlights from the WWF's USA Network and syndicated programming, as well as house show clips from Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, and most of the other major arenas it did business in. 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. By this point, Ann Gunkels ASWA went out of business, and everything was re-absorbed by Barnetts newly built juggernaut. 3/3/66 3/12/65 6/16/44 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. OWNERS/PROMOTERS: $15.99. Refresh your browser window to try again. There's no time to rethink strategy, regroup, or even to catch your breath. This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 19:24. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. 9/12/69 Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers, "End of an era on TBS Solie, Georgia and 'Black Saturday', "Full List Of WWE Network Additions (07/12/2018): Historic WWE Network Hidden Gem, Smackdown, and More! 3/18/70 Instead of injuring them, they promptly informed the Briscos and told them not to worry because, "We're not those kinds of business people. One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 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. 2/15/70 12/29/61 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. 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. 1/18/69 The following year, in addition to the cable contract and his nationally syndicated offerings (WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling), McMahon expanded further by premiering Tuesday Night Titans on USA. On June 23, 2018, a tribute event to the late Bill Dromo was held in Carrollton, Georgia. 1/1/68 4/8/55 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. 1/9/61 McMahon had underestimated two major factors, however. 12/29/62 2/18/70 10/18/55 12/9/66 Jackson most regularly worked with GCW based out of Atlanta and Continental Championship Wrestling based out of Dothan, Ala., as well as working TV tapings for . Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. 5/18/67 Though he had a tough time getting his product out there as easily as he thought, things began to pick up swiftly. 1/21/57 12/30/60 4/11/70 This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.2016 : 8: NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.1979 : 9: NWA Macon Tag Team . 2/28/70 Event Name: The 2022 NJSIAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. 3/20/50 $15.99. The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. 12/8/61 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. 3/23/70 Throughout the season Mr. Stutler made his mark by beating several high level state contending wrestlers from around the state. 1/1/69 Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. 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. This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. 9/5/47 There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. 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. Before they joined the NWA, they were a member. 2/25/70 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. 7/15/53 11/11/55 ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=1117413106, TBS (American TV channel) original programming, Mass media-related controversies in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 October 2022, at 16:07. After documenting 9 house shows durin. PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! Lit the territory up like wildfire original Assassin in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta Georgia. Walker was born under the mask, while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers divisions. 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