9/19/69 Fast shipping! While Barnett is scapegoated with the demise of GCW, when he sold his shares to McMahon, it allowed the WWF to run its product in the venerated 6:05 time slot on TBS. 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. 7/17/57 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. (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). National Heavyweight title (1980-1986) 1/20/61 The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. 11/7/70 , 7/5/67 3/28/67 1/1/69 4/29/70 1/31/61 7/18/56 2/7/61 1/24/67 Add to Cart. [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. GCW was one of the most powerful wrestling promotions in the NWA. There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. 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. 3/7/53 3/21/70 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. 4/27/70 11/16/56 georgia championship wrestling vols 11-20- pro wrestling. 3/20/69 1/1/70 9/23/61 After moving to Sydney, Australia, Barnett would open the original World Championship Wrestling there in 1964. Following a 1962 scandal that involved film star Rock Hudson and accusations of homosexual improprieties with some of Barnetts wrestlers, the promoter began to sell off shares and stockholdings he had in several ventures across the country. American professional wrestling promotion, The exact date on which the title was lost is not known, which means their title reign lasted between, The exact date on which the title was won is not known, which means their title reign lasted between, Foley, Mick. The new television deal would be one of Gunkel's last decisions. Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. 1/4/70 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 2/16/70 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. 1982 Has no April or July. Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. 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. 1/30/68 Georgia's Olympic hopefuls, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. 3/17/70 The new Omni Coliseum had opened up in the facility that would become the CNN Center in later years. 4/11/70 1/25/70 1/30/69 5/5/44 World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. They bought into the promotion alongside Graham, Barnett, and Paul Jones. 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. By this point, Ann Gunkels ASWA went out of business, and everything was re-absorbed by Barnetts newly built juggernaut. 2/27/50 3/31/70 3/21/67 Black History Moments 9/16/57 NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.2016 : 8: NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship: INACTIVE: xx.xx.1979 : 9: NWA Macon Tag Team . 9/16/70 4/16/68 8/20/59 Published Nov 7, 2021. 3/17/44 Something went wrong. 10/14/58 1/4/61 [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. 4/21/70 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. 1/31/67 2/26/70 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. While Barnett still held stock, it was less than even Ole, so they all thought they were in fairly safe waters, but McMahon smelled the stench of a dying animal and went in for blood like any good predator. 1/30/61 9/30/55 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. While there have certainly been many instances of this . 3/3/70 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." 2/18/44 CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been Columbus Tag Team Champions by ring name. 1/7/57 $17.99. 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 1/14/55 1/1/70 Championship Wrestling from Georgia 10/14/55 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. 2/4/55 He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. 12/6/53 7/16/59 slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. First, Turner made an offer to Bill Watts, a promoter who ran Mid South Wrestling out of Oklahoma, to take a Sunday afternoon time slot on TBS. 8/11/58 The first image is an aerial image of the Techwood Drive area from the mid-1960s (which looked very similar to this during the 70s and 80s when wrestling TV was taped there.) If you have not purchased your USA card please do ASAP. West Virginia (Wheeling, Bluefield, Huntington) 4/28/70 When the National Wrestling Alliance formed in 1948, one of the primary benefits it offered its members was protection from (and support against) an "outlaw" promotion entering a territory and working in opposition to the established NWA office. 2/7/70 Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) Gerald Brisco (19741984) 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. 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. 8/15/56 Professional Wrestling Online Museum, Copyright 2020 Adscape International, LLC - All Rights Reserved, Dr. George Zahorian Convicted Of Selling Steroids To WWF Wrestlers. 2/11/70 1/20/66 11/11/55 1/7/57 Wrestling Arrests You May Not Be Aware Of! 1/28/55 1/18/70 The Brisco Brothers also worked GCW during these years. 1/31/59 , 9/3/43 9/13/56 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 4/14/70 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 What had once been a model of success began to crumble internally due to overspending, mismanagement and in-fighting. 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. Georgia Heavyweight title (1964-1981) 4/17/64 2/23/70 3/2/70 2/25/57 $15.99. $15.99. 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 free shipping. 1/14/70 4/27/70 9/13/46 The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! 4/20/70 3/23/70 5/4/62 Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. Beginning in late January 1972 the promotion's regular series, Big Time Wrestling, began airing on Saturday afternoons on WQXI-TV in Atlanta; the show was recorded for later broadcast over WJBF in Augusta and WTOC-TV in Savannah, stations located in two of GCW's major cities. Jim Crockett Promotions took over production of the television show using the same set. 2/14/70 2/18/44 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). 2/25/70 Click here to send us your information. 2/24/70 12/2/69 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. 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). 2/28/67 (Ted Turner and Ann Gunkel had both attended Brown University and were rumored to be romantically involved.) 1/27/66 Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. 3/9/70 One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 7/22/58 The source of the problem was Ole Anderson, who had begun to alienate his fellow owners with his booking and operation of the company. 1/13/50 3/6/70 After gaining control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, the WWF immediately shut down the wrestling operation. 143 talking about this. Jim Phillips is a contributor for Pro Wrestling Stories. 9/9/57 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. 3/14/70 1/22/69 1/10/57 It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 3/3/44 Promoting events through the mid-1990s across central Georgia, Odum was successful in keeping the brand alive. 3/31/70 9/23/55 4/6/70 4/8/70 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. 1/24/69 The NWA Georgia Television Championship shuffled around a lot, but it also gave many wrestlers the chance to make it their own and push their careers in the process. Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2/19/70 Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 12/16/55 2/8/61 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. 12/28/55 5/6/66 3/5/68 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. 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! While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. 1/26/61 After losing the titles for a final time in Savannah, The Vachons were pushed out of the way and sent packing by the team of Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto, better known as The Assassins. 11/19/57 4/13/70 9/10/68 4/21/61 When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. Fast shipping! It was a regular stop-off for the NWA Champion, but they maintained their own set of NWA-branded Georgia championships. 11/14/58 8/19/60 1/18/61 free shipping. 6/16/44 2/11/44 4/1/70 10/30/58 Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. Black Inventors Online Museum 2/9/51 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. 4/4/70 4/8/70 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. 1/1/69 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. 9/5/47 Ray Gunkel died of a heart attack later that year after a match versus Ox Baker in Savannah, Georgia. 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. January 1, 1981 (Thursday) - Columbus, GA - Columbus Municipal Auditorium (Fred Ward - Promoter / Georgia Championship. A secondary title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. 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. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. 1/26/70 4/11/70 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. There, Barnett learned the workings of the office and how to book to draw from Kohler during his early years. Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. 10/2/59 The Wrecking Crew left Georgia for a short time and formed the four-man powerhouse, The Four Horsemen, in the Mid-Atlantic territory. 1/14/57 4/17/55 November 23, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. 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. Consequently, he approached Turner with an offer to buy the Saturday night GCW time slot, only for Turner to reject him out of hand. Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". 4/18/70 3/28/70 Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . 3/12/65 1/28/69 7/22/70 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. 5/5/44 2/9/61 10/2/57 After a falling out there, Ole was booted out of the faction, and he returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling. GCW's main show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented with a Sunday evening edition. 7/24/57 Tommy Rich was born in the Volunteer State of Tennessee at the height of the 1956 summer. [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. 12/9/55 2/13/50 This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4/30/57 9/16/55 Today, wrestling operates on a global level and McMahon is the person . 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Top Ten in All Areas of Pro Wrestling, The Longest Running Pro Wrestling Columnist, Dave Meltzer, Mike Mooneyham, Steve Yohe, Tim Hornbaker, Greg Oliver, Bill Apter, Karl Stern, Scott Teal, wrestlingclassics.com, wwe.com, kayfabememories.com, wrestling-titles.com, The Lapsed Fan podcast, 6:05 Superpodcast, Great Black Heroes Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 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. By 1994, none of these companies remained in business, with the exception of the Memphis-based branch of the USWA, which folded in 1997. He got his early training in part by Pat OConnor and made his professional debut as Johnny Walker at 20. Please make sure you are signing up for the correct tournament. 1/30/61 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. 9/9/55 > Tony Atlas vs. Alexis. 1/20/70 1/21/70 Great Female Inventors 2/17/70 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. 1/11/61 4/16/70 , 7/17/67 10/18/55 Michigan (Lansing, Dearborn, Grand Rapids) 12/12/55 11/15/56 Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. 4/16/70 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew sold out anywhere they wrestled in Georgia and tore the house down in Arns birthplace of Rome anytime they made their way through the area. 5/1/70 9/25/58 10/7/55 2/10/61 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. 1/27/69 The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. 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. McMahon, undeterred, tried to find another way of securing the slot for the WWF; he discovered that method shortly after his rejection by Turner. 4/6/70 7/8/67 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. 8/19/70 3/8/70 Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. 2/6/70 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. 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