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Main Event (02.12.89)

NWA Main Event
February 12, 1989

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously! Paul E asks where that “Italian fella” is at, of course alluding to Tony Schiavone. Read the rest of this entry

World Championship Wrestling (02.11.89)

NWA World Championship Wrestling
February 11, 1989
Atlanta, GA
WTBS Studios

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Magnum TA!

Interview with the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette. Corny whips out a doctored edition of the popular tabloid paper The Sun with Paul E’s picture under the caption “Doc Gives Woman Sex Change By Mistake” and that Paul E plans to have that procedure reversed on February 20 when his wrestling commitments come to an end. Read the rest of this entry

World Championship Wrestling (02.04.89)

NWA World Championship Wrestling
February 4, 1989
Atlanta, GA
WTBS Studios

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Magnum TA! Read the rest of this entry

World Championship Wrestling (01.28.89)

NWA World Championship Wrestling
January 28, 1989
Atlanta, GA
WTBS Studios

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. This was actually Tony’s last televised NWA show, as he went to hang out in the WWF for the next year. Read the rest of this entry

World Championship Wrestling (01.14.89)

NWA World Championship Wrestling
January 14, 1989
Atlanta, GA
WTBS Studios

AnimeJoe from YouTube, you are the greatest person ever to hit the internet. In case you others are unaware, this man has uploaded TONS of NWA television from ’89 over the past month and now I’ve finally found time to prop my feet up and watch me some old school goodness. Major kudos, my friend.

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone! Read the rest of this entry

Crockett Cup ’88

The 3rd Annual Crockett Cup
April 22-23, 1988
Greenville, SC & Greensboro, NC
Greenville Auditorium & Greensboro Coliseum

So Turner would buy out JCP in the fall, making this the final Crockett Cup. In case you haven’t been following or just don’t know, the winner of this tag team tournament gets a million dollars cash money!

Your hosts are Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone Read the rest of this entry

The Great American Bash Tour 1987

NWA The Great American Bash Tour 1987
July 1-31 1987

This is from back in the old days when the Great American Bash was a month-long extravaganza. It wouldn’t be until four months later when the NWA would showcase their first ever PPV, so this was acceptable. This tape was put out by Turner Home Entertainment as a “best of” tape of sorts, featuring some full and some clipped matches from the tour. Read the rest of this entry