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NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (08.80)

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Georgia Championship Wrestling
August 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios

The current GCW champs are as follows on 8/2/80:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion: Baron Von Raschke (6/8/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: Steve Keirn & Mr. Wrestling II (7/30/1980)
NWA Georgia Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Sullivan (6/8/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Vacant (6/28/1980)

We start the clip with Kevin Sullivan and Stan Hansen talking with Gordon Solie. Hansen says he can’t trust anybody around here and tells the good guys that he’s going to start looking out for himself. When Hansen mentions Ole and Gene Anderson, they come over and bully him into the ring. As Kevin Sullivan goes to help Stan, the Great Mephisto shows up and grabs Sullivan as they begin brawling. Mark Lewin runs over and grabs Sullivan from behind and slaps on the SINGAPORE SLEEPERHOLD. Some jabronis try and help out. Ole Anderson goes to help Mephisto and Lewin while Hansen beats up Gene. Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Andre the Giant, Baron Von Raschke, Bill Watts, Dory Funk Jr., Dusty Rhodes, Ernie Holmes, Gene Anderson, Great Mephisto, Jim Brunzell, Kevin Sullivan, Lars Anderson, Mark Lewin, Masked Superstar, Mike Davis, Mr. Wrestling II, Ole Anderson, Stan Hansen, Stan Lane, Steve Keirn, Terry Taylor, The Assassins, Uvalde Slim, Wahoo McDaniel

NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (07.26.80) – THE OLE HEEL TURN~!

May 21

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Georgia Championship Wrestling
July 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: Baron Von Raschke (6/8/1980)
NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions: The Assassins (6/16/1980)
NWA Georgia Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Sullivan (6/8/1980)
NWA National Television Champion: Vacant (6/28/1980)

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. Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: Baron Von Raschke, Charlie Fulton, Dennis Condrey, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Mansfield, Ernie Holmes, Great Mephisto, Ivan Koloff, Kevin Sullivan, Lars Anderson, Mark Lewin, Mike George, Ole Anderson, Stan Hansen, Stan Lane, Steve Keirn, Terry Taylor, The Assassins

NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (06.28.80)

May 12

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Georgia Championship Wrestling
June 28, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios

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. Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Austin Idol, Dennis Condrey, Dusty Rhodes, Dutch Mantel, Great Mephisto, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin, Mike Davis, Terry Taylor, Tommy Rich

NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (06.21.80)

May 11

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Georgia Championship Wrestling
June 21, 1980
Atlanta, GA
WTBS-17 Studios

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. Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Austin Idol, Baron Von Raschke, Big Red, Bob Sweetan, Boris Zhukov, Charlie Fulton, Don Diamond, Dusty Rhodes, Great Mephisto, Idolaters, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin, Mike Davis, Ole Anderson, Stan Hansen, Terry Taylor, The Assassins, Tommy Rich

NWA: Georgia Championship Wrestling (06.14.80)

Apr 24

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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 →

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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 (05.80)

Apr 15

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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 →

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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: Southeastern Championship Wrestling (Knoxville): (03.29.80)

Dec 25

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NWA: Southeastern Championship Wrestling
March 29, 1980
Knoxville, TN
WBIR-10 TV Studio

The current SECW champions are as follows:
NWA World Champion: Harley Race (11/7/1979)
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Champion: Killer Karl Kox (3/16/1980)
NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champions: The Manchurians (3/2/1980)
NWA Southeastern TV Champion: Troy T. Tyler (3/22/1980)

Your hosts are Les Thatcher and Allen Williams.
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