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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 →
NWA: Worldwide Wrestling (09.18.82)
Posted by Matt
NWA: Worldwide Wrestling
September 18, 1982
Charlotte, NC
WPCQ Studios
(taped on 9/15/82)
The current MACW champs were as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair (9/17/1981)
NWA U.S. Heavyweight Champion: Wahoo McDaniel (8/22/1982)
NWA World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (9/1/1982)
NWA Television Champion: Jimmy Valiant (6/6/1982)
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion: Paul Jones (9/1/1982)
NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions: Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood (8/22/1982)
Your hosts are David Crockett and Johnny Weaver.
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NWA World Television Title History
Posted by Matt
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Miller | Ole Anderson | 2/27/1974 | Raleigh, NC[1] |
| Ivan Koloff | Danny Miller | 5/10/1974 | Richmond, VA |
| Paul Jones | Ivan Koloff | 7/8/1974 | Charlotte, NC |
| Ivan Koloff (2) | Paul Jones | 10/24/1974 | Anderson, NC |
| Paul Jones (2) | Ivan Koloff | 12/26/1974 | Greensboro, NC |
| Ric Flair | Paul Jones | 2/8/1975 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Paul Jones (3) | Ric Flair | 8/8/1975 | Richmond, VA[2] |
| Angelo Mosca | Mr. Wrestling | 4/14/1976 | Raleigh, NC[3] |
| Paul Jones (4) | Angelo Mosca | 6/30/1976 | Raleigh, NC |
| Mr. Wrestling | Paul Jones | 10/16/1976 | Greensboro, NC |
| Greg Valentine | Mr. Wrestling | 11/8/1976 | Raleigh, NC |
| Rufus R. Jones | Greg Valentine | 11/30/1976 | Charleston, SC |
| Greg Valentine (2) | Rufus R. Jones | 1/19/1977 | Raleigh, NC |
| Rufus R. Jones (2) | Greg Valentine | 2/15/1977 | Raleigh, NC |
| Ric Flair (2) | Rufus R. Jones | 4/4/1977 | Greenville, SC |
| Ricky Steamboat | Ric Flair | 6/15/1977 | Raleigh, NC |
| Baron Von Raschke | Ricky Steamboat | 10/12/1977 | Raleigh, NC |
| Johnny Weaver | Baron Von Raschke | 3/5/1978 | Charlotte, NC |
| Baron Von Raschke (2) | Johnny Weaver | 3/26/1978 | Greensboro, NC |
| Paul Jones (5) | Baron Von Raschke | 6/7/1978 | Raleigh, NC |
| Ricky Steamboat (2) | Paul Jones | 6/10/1978 | Asheville, NC |
| Masked Superstar | Blackjack Mulligan | 4/1/1980 | Raleigh, NC[4] |
| Roddy Piper | – | 11/1/1980 | Richmond, VA[5] |
| Sweet Ebony Diamond | – | 4/29/1981 | Raleigh, NC[6] |
| Greg Valentine (3) | Sweet Ebony Diamond | May 1981 | – |
| Sweet Ebony Diamond (2) | Greg Valentine | 5/30/1981 | Charlotte, NC |
| Greg Valentine (4) | Sweet Ebony Diamond | Summer 1981 | – |
| Ron Bass | Greg Valentine | 9/6/1981 | Asheville, NC |
| Ivan Koloff (3) | Ron Bass | 11/3/1981 | Charlotte, NC |
| Jimmy Valiant | Ivan Koloff | 1/2/1982 | Hampton, VA |
| Ivan Koloff (4) | Jimmy Valiant | Spring 1982 | – |
| Jimmy Valiant (2) | Ivan Koloff | 6/6/1982 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Ivan Koloff (5) | Jimmy Valiant | Fall 1982 | – |
| Jimmy Valiant (3) | Ivan Koloff | 10/17/1982 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Jos LeDuc | Jimmy Valiant | Fall 1982 | –[7] |
| Bad Leroy Brown | – | 11/27/1982 | Greensboro, NC[8] |
| Mike Rotunda | Bad Leroy Brown | 12/25/1982 | Charlotte, NC |
| Dick Slater | Mike Rotunda | 2/22/1983 | Columbia, SC |
| Roddy Piper (2) | Dick Slater | 3/27/1983 | Asheville, NC |
| Dick Slater (2) | Roddy Piper | 4/3/1983 | Greensboro, NC |
| Jos LeDuc (2) | Dick Slater | 4/30/1983 | Richmond, VA |
| Great Kabuki | Jos LeDuc | 5/23/1983 | Greenville, SC |
| Jimmy Valiant (4) | Great Kabuki | 11/24/1983 | Starrcade[9] |
| Mark Youngblood | Dick Slater | 3/7/1984 | Spartanburg, SC[10] |
| Tully Blanchard | Mark Youngblood | 5/1984 | – |
| Dusty Rhodes | Tully Blanchard | 3/16/1985 | Greensboro, NC |
| Tully Blanchard (2) | Dusty Rhodes | 4/28/1985 | Charlotte, NC |
| Dusty Rhodes (2) | Tully Blanchard | 7/6/1985 | Great American Bash |
| Arn Anderson | Wahoo McDaniel | 1/4/1986 | Greensboro, NC[11] |
| Dusty Rhodes (3) | Arn Anderson | 9/9/1986 | Pro |
| Tully Blanchard (3) | Dusty Rhodes | 11/27/1986 | Starrcade |
| Nikita Koloff | Tully Blanchard | 8/1/1987 | Pro |
| Mike Rotunda (2) | Nikita Koloff | 1/26/1988 | Pro |
| Rick Steiner | Mike Rotunda | 12/26/1988 | Starrcade |
| Mike Rotunda (3) | Rick Steiner | 2/20/1989 | Chi-Town Rumble |
| Sting | Mike Rotunda | 3/31/1989 | World Championship Wrestling[12] |
| Great Muta | Sting | 9/3/1989 | Atlanta, GA |
| Arn Anderson (2) | Great Muta | 1/2/1990 | Power Hour |
| Tom Zenk | Arn Anderson | 12/4/1990 | World Championship Wrestling |
| WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991. | |||
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final to crown the first NWA Mid-Atlantic TV champion.
[2]: Paul Jones had won the NWA US title on November 27, 1975, and gave up the TV title.
[3]: This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy.
[4]: Steamboat vacated the title in December 1978 when he won the US title. This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy.
[5]: Piper vacated the title after winning the US title on January 27, 1981.
[6]: This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy.
[7]: LeDuc was soon stripped of the title for excessive cheating.
[8]: Bad Leroy Brown won a 20-man battle royal to win the title.
[9]: Valiant dropped his ‘Charlie Brown’ persona and vacated the title.
[10]: This was the final round of a tournament to determine the NWA TV champion. Dick Slater’s US title, of course, was not on the line in this match. Also note that in a semifinal encounter vs. Assassin #2, Mark Youngblood put his feet up on the middle ropes to gain the pinfall.
[11]: This was a tournament final. The title was declared vacant when Dusty Rhodes was unable to defend the belt due to an injury.
[12]: Due to a controversial finish at the Great American Bash in July 1989, the NWA world TV belt was held up. Tapes later showed that Muta’s shoulders were off the mat.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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Tags: Angelo Mosca, Arn Anderson, Bad Leroy Brown, Baron Von Raschke, Dan Miller, Dick Slater, Dusty Rhodes, Great Kabuki, Great Muta, Greg Valentine, Ivan Koloff, Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Weaver, Jos LeDuc, Mark Youngblood, Masked Superstar, Mike Rotunda, Mr. Wrestling, Nikita Koloff, Ole Anderson, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Ron Bass, Rufus R. Jones, Sting, Sweet Ebony Diamond, Tom Zenk, Tully Blanchard, Wahoo McDaniel
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