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Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (04.10.82)
Posted by Matt
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
April 10, 1982
Charlotte, NC
(taped on 4/7/82)
Today’s host is Bob Caudle. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Angelo Mosca, Barry Windham, Boris Zhukov, Carl Fergie, Don Kernodle, Don Muraco, Eddie Graham, Gene Anderson, Ivan Koloff, Jack Brisco, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Weaver, Keith Larson, Kelly Kiniski, Mike Rotunda, Ole Anderson, Ray Stevens, Sgt. Slaughter, Terry Taylor, The Ninja, Tim Horner, Tony Anthony, Wahoo McDaniel
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (01.30.82)
Posted by Matt
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
January 30, 1982
Charlotte, NC
(taped on 1/27/82)
Your hosts are Bob Caudle & David Crockett. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Adrian Adonis, Austin Idol, Barry Windham, Blackjack Mulligan, Boris Zhukov, Don Kernodle, Eddie Graham, Gene Anderson, Ivan Koloff, Jack & Jerry Brisco, Jay Youngblood, Jesse Ventura, Johnny Weaver, Keith Larson, Ole Anderson, Ray Stevens, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (01.23.82)
Posted by Matt
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
January 23, 1982
Charlotte, NC
(taped on 1/20/82)
Your hosts are Bob Caudle and David Crockett.
The NWA representative Sandy Scott announces that Gene & Ole Anderson have been stripped of the NWA world tag team titles and tag team tournaments will be taking place all over the world. EAST vs. WEST! More about that later. Let’s get to the ring. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Austin Idol, Barry Windham, Big John Studd, Blackjack Mulligan, Boris Zhukov, Freddie Blassie, Gene Anderson, Ivan Koloff, Jake Roberts, Jay Youngblood, Johnny Weaver, Killer Khan, Mike Davis, Ole Anderson, Porkchop Cash, Ray Stevens, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter, Stan Hansen, Terry Taylor
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (12.12.81)
Posted by Matt
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
December 12, 1981
Charlotte, NC
(taped on 12/3/81)
Your hosts are Bob Caudle and David Crockett.
The US champ Sgt. Slaughter comes out and makes a $1000 challenge to anybody who can break his Cobra Clutch submission hold. He then exercises his authority by making Pvt. Nelson do a bunch of push ups. Let’s go to the ring! Read the rest of this entry →
Slamboree 1994
Posted by Matt
WCW Slamboree 1994: A Legends Reunion
May 22, 1994
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Civic Center
The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Ric Flair (12/27/1993)
WCW International World Champion: vacant (5/22/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve Austin (12/27/1993)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Nasty Boys (10/24/1993)
WCW World Television Champion: Larry Zbyszko (5/2/1994) (yet to air)
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in WCW
Tags: Angelo Mosca, Barry Windham, Big Van Vader, Brian Knobbs, Bunkhouse Buck, Cactus Jack, Col. Robert Parker, Dave Schultz, Dick the Bruiser, Don Curtis, Dustin Rhodes, Ernie Ladd, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Harley Race, Jerry Sags, Johnny B. Badd, Johnny Weaver, Kevin Sullivan, Killer Kowalski, Larry Hennig, Larry Zbyszko, Lord Steven Regal, Lou Thesz, Mr. Wrestling II, Nasty Boys, Nick Bockwinkel, Ole Anderson, Penny Banner, Ray Stevens, Red Bastien, Ric Flair, Rick Rude, Sir William, Slamboree, Steve Austin, Superstar Bill Dundee, Terry Funk, The Assassin, The Crusher, Tommy Young, Tully Blanchard, Verne Gagne, Wahoo McDaniel
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
Posted in NWA
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
NWA United States Heavyweight Title History
Posted by Matt
Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
---|---|---|---|
Harley Race | Johnny Weaver | 1/1/1975 | Tallahassee, FL[1] |
Johnny Valentine | Harley Race | 7/3/1975 | Greensboro, NC[2] |
Terry Funk | Paul Jones | 11/9/1975 | Greensboro, NC[3] |
Paul Jones | Terry Funk | 11/27/1975 | Greensboro, NC |
Blackjack Mulligan | Paul Jones | 3/13/1976 | Greensboro, NC |
Paul Jones (2) | Blackjack Mulligan | 10/16/1976 | Greensboro, NC |
Blackjack Mulligan (2) |
Paul Jones | 12/15/1976 | Greensboro, NC |
Bobo Brazil | Blackjack Mulligan | 7/7/1977 | Norfolk, VA |
Ric Flair | Bobo Brazil | 7/29/1977 | Norfolk, VA |
Ricky Steamboat | Ric Flair | 10/23/1977 | Greensboro, NC |
Blackjack Mulligan (3) |
Ricky Steamboat | 1/1/1978 | Greensboro, NC |
Mr. Wrestling | Blackjack Mulligan | 3/19/1978 | Greensboro, NC |
Ric Flair (2) | Mr. Wrestling | 4/9/1978 | Greensboro, NC |
Ricky Steamboat (2) | Ric Flair | 12/18/1978 | Toronto, Ontario |
Ric Flair (3) | Ricky Steamboat | 4/1/1979 | Greensboro, NC[4] |
Jimmy Snuka | Ricky Steamboat | 9/1/1979 | Charlotte, NC[5] |
Ric Flair (4) | Jimmy Snuka | 4/19/1980 | Greensboro, NC |
Roddy Piper | Ric Flair | 1/27/1981 | Raleigh, NC |
Wahoo McDaniel | Roddy Piper | 8/8/1981 | Greensboro, NC[6] |
Sgt. Slaughter | Ricky Steamboat | 10/4/1981 | Charlotte, NC[7] |
Wahoo McDaniel (2) | Sgt. Slaughter | 5/21/1982 | Richmond, VA |
Sgt. Slaughter (2) | – | 6/7/1982 | Greenville, SC[8] |
Wahoo McDaniel (3) | Sgt. Slaughter | 8/22/1982 | Charlotte, NC |
Greg Valentine | Wahoo McDaniel | 11/4/1982 | Norfolk, VA |
Roddy Piper (2) | Greg Valentine | 4/16/1983 | Greensboro, NC |
Greg Valentine (2) | Roddy Piper | 4/30/1983 | Greensboro, NC |
Dick Slater | Greg Valentine | 12/14/1983 | Shelby, NC |
Ricky Steamboat (3) | Dick Slater | 4/21/1984 | Greensboro, NC |
Wahoo McDaniel (4) | Ricky Steamboat | 6/24/1984 | Greensboro, NC[9] |
Wahoo McDaniel (5) | Manny Fernandez | 10/7/1984 | Charlotte, NC[10] |
Magnum TA | Wahoo McDaniel | 3/23/1985 | Charlotte, NC |
Tully Blanchard | Magnum TA | 7/21/1985 | Charlotte, NC |
Magnum TA (2) | Tully Blanchard | 11/28/1985 | Starrcade |
Nikita Koloff | Magnum TA | 8/17/1986 | Charlotte, NC[11] |
Lex Luger | Nikita Koloff | 7/11/1987 | Great American Bash |
Dusty Rhodes | Lex Luger | 11/26/1987 | Starrcade[12] |
Barry Windham | Nikita Koloff | 5/13/1988 | Houston, TX[13] |
Lex Luger (2) | Barry Windham | 2/20/1989 | Chi-Town Rumble |
Michael Hayes | Lex Luger | 5/7/1989 | Wrestle War |
Lex Luger (3) | Michael Hayes | 5/22/1989 | Bluefield, WV |
Stan Hansen | Lex Luger | 10/27/1990 | Halloween Havoc |
Lex Luger (4) | Stan Hansen | 12/16/1990 | Starrcade |
The belt becomes part of WCW. Multiple reigns will continue on. |
Footnotes:
[1]: Race was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final.
[2]: Johnny Valentine vacated the title after suffering a plane crash on October 4, 1975.
[3]: This was a tournament final.
[4]: Flair was forced to vacate the title after winning the NWA World tag team championship days earlier.
[5]: This was a tournament final.
[6]: Wahoo vacated the title after being injured by Abdullah the Butcher.
[7]: This was a tournament final.
[8]: Sgt. Slaughter was awarded the title when Wahoo McDaniel was unable to show up for a title match as the result of having sustained an injured left leg at the hands of Don Muraco and Roddy Piper.
[9]: The title was held up and vacated after this bout due to the interference of Tully Blanchard, who hit Ricky Steamboat in the head with a chair.
[10]: This was a tournament final.
[11]: This match was the final bout in a best-of-seven series to fill the vacancy created in May 1986 when Magnum TA was stripped of the title for attacking NWA President Bob Geigel.
[12]: Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title after beating NWA President Jim Crockett with a baseball bat in April 1988.
[13]: This was a tournament final.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
Posted in NWA
Tags: Barry Windham, Blackjack Mulligan, Bobo Brazil, Dick Slater, Dusty Rhodes, Greg Valentine, Harley Race, Jimmy Snuka, Johnny Valentine, Johnny Weaver, Lex Luger, Magnum TA, Manny Fernandez, Michael Hayes, Mr. Wrestling, Nikita Koloff, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter, Stan Hansen, Terry Funk, Tully Blanchard, Wahoo McDaniel
Starrcade 1983
Posted by Matt
NWA Starrcade ’83: A Flair for the Gold
November 24, 1983
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Your hosts are Gordon Solie and Bob Caudle!
Posted in NWA
Tags: Abdullah the Butcher, Angelo Mosca, Bob Orton Jr., Boogie Woogie Man, Bugsy McGraw, Carlos Colon, Charlie Brown, Dick Slater, Gary Hart, Gene Kiniski, Great Kabuki, Greg Valentine, Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Jay Youngblood, JCP, Jerry Brisco, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Weaver, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin, Mark Youngblood, NWA, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Rufus R. Jones, Scott McGhee, Starrcade, The Assassins, Wahoo McDaniel, WWE