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NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (06.14.80)
Posted by Matt
Georgia Championship Wrestling
June 14, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios
The current GCW champs are as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Baron Von Raschke (6/8/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Ole & Lars Anderson (6/8/1980)
NWA Georgia Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Sullivan (6/8/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Tommy Rich (2/23/1980)
TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That’s right. While this show is incomplete and jumps around, it’s available here on YouTube for all to enjoy and there’s enough action here to warrant a watch.
Your host is Gordon Solie. He and Freddie Miller explain that Kevin Sullivan won the round-robin tournament last Sunday night in the Omni to become the first Georgia Jr. Heavyweight champion while Ole and Lars Anderson defeated Ivan Koloff and Alexis Smirnoff to become the Georgia tag team champions to which Miller comments was a great moment for America. As Solie mentions the new Georgia heavyweight champion Baron Von Raschke, he shows up and explains that Idol is just a weakling who couldn’t hang. Raschke feels that Georgia finally has a “true champion”. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Austin Idol, Baron Von Raschke, Bob Sweetan, Boris Zhukov, Charlie Fulton, Don Diamond, Eddie Gilbert, Great Mephisto, Iron Mike Sharpe, Kid Collins, Lars Anderson, Marion Crumley, Mark Lewin, Masked Superstar, Mike Davis, Mr. Wrestling II, Ole Anderson, The Assassins, Tommy Rich, Tony Atlas
NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (06.08.80)
Posted by Matt
Georgia Championship Wrestling
June 8, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios
The current GCW champs are as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Austin Idol (3/29/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff (4/26/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Tommy Rich (2/23/1980)
TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That’s right. While this show is incomplete and jumps around, it’s available here on YouTube for all of us to enjoy and there’s enough action here to warrant a watch.
Your host is Gordon Solie. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Austin Idol, Blackjack Mulligan, Cousin Luke, Doug Somers, Jay Youngblood, Jim Brunzell, Len Denton, Ricky Steamboat, Tank Patton
NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (05.80)
Posted by Matt
Georgia Championship Wrestling
May 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios
The current GCW champs are as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Austin Idol (3/29/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff (4/26/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Tommy Rich (2/23/1980)
TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That’s right. While this show is incomplete and jumps around, it’s available here on YouTube for all of us to enjoy and there’s enough action here to warrant a watch. This time, we’re covering the whole month of May in 1980.
Your host is Gordon Solie. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Alexis Smirnoff, Austin Idol, Baron Von Raschke, Bryan St. John, Charlie Fulton, Chief Jay Strongbow, Don Muraco, Ernie Ladd, Genichiro Tenryu, Great Mephisto, Iron Mike Sharpe, Ivan Koloff, Jay Youngblood, Kevin Sullivan, Lars Anderson, Mark Lewin, Mike Graham, Mr. Wrestling II, Ole Anderson, Ricky Steamboat, Rock Hunter, Stan Lane, Swede Hanson, The Angel, Tommy Rich, Tony Atlas
NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (04.26.80)
Posted by Matt
Georgia Championship Wrestling
April 26, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios
The current GCW champs are as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Austin Idol (3/29/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Kevin Sullivan & Tony Atlas (4/21/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Tommy Rich (2/23/1980)
TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That’s right. While this show is incomplete and jumps around, it’s available here on YouTube for all of us to enjoy and there’s enough action here to warrant a watch.
Your host is Gordon Solie. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Alexis Smirnoff, Austin Idol, Baron Von Raschke, Bob Sweetan, Chick Donovan, Chief Jay Strongbow, Ernie Ladd, Genichiro Tenryu, Harley Race, Iron Mike Sharpe, Ivan Koloff, Kevin Sullivan, Lars Anderson, Mr. Wrestling II, Rock Hunter, Stan Stasiak, The Angel, Tommy Rich, Tony Atlas
NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (04.05.80)
Posted by Matt
Georgia Championship Wrestling
April 5, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios
The current GCW champs are as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Austin Idol (3/29/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff (12/7/1979)
NWA National Television Champion: Tommy Rich (2/23/1980)
TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That’s right. While this show is incomplete and jumps around, it’s available here on YouTube for all of us to enjoy and there’s enough action here to warrant a watch.
Your host is Gordon Solie. Read the rest of this entry →
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