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NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (02.23.80)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
February 23, 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: Mr. Wrestling II (1/12/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff (12/7/1979)
NWA National Television Champion: Austin Idol (2/21/1980)
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. He’s talking with Mr. Wrestling II and we go to a clip of a Tommy Rich versus the Masked Superstar. Rich gets Superstar in an inside cradle and nearly pins him. Taking offense, Superstar grabs Rich and throws him over the top rope. He then grabs the ref (Joe Powell – the Wrestling II impersonator), rips off his shirt, and puts him in the COBRA hold. MR. WRESTLING II comes in and tries to save Powell by ripping off the Masked Superstar’s MASK. Back to the studio, Solie and Wrestling II remind everyone that Mr. Wrestling II has also broken the Cobra hold. Read the rest of this entry
Scott & Justin’s Wrestlemania VII
WrestleMania VII
March 24, 1991
Los Angeles Sports Arena
Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 15, 000
Buy Rate: 2.8
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1994
Review of Royal Rumble 1994: Featuring LIVE notes from the Civic Center
***Note from Justin – As a precaution, I will probably be overly optimistic and biased towards this show, as I was there live, and it was the first major show I was in attendance for, so it holds a special place in the wrestling section of my heart. I will try to be somewhat objective, but being there live has skewed my view of it, and I will whole-heartedly admit that. I will be talking more about the crowd feel and basics of the stories, while Scott talks more about the matches…also, even though it was 10 years ago, I will try to remember what was going on live in the arena, and will add those tidbits marked off by *** as we go***
Royal Rumble
January 22, 1994
Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Ted DiBiase
Attendance: 14,500
Buy Rate: 0.9
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1993
Royal Rumble
January 24, 1993
Arco Arena
Sacramento, California
Attendance: 16,000
Buy Rate: 1.25
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan
SUSHI! SUSHI! Vol. 2
- Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Dory & Terry Funk – (AJPW Real World Tag League Finals 12.11.80) Read the rest of this entry
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